Pretzelparty

The mare grinned wide as she put the finishing touches on the painting,"there we go!" she said proudly with a sniffle. She turned to the stallion and nodded,"I know... I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't paint" she said with a serene smile on her face.

Welcome to canterlot! I'm new here too but so far everyone is really nice. so I'm sure you'll like it here!

The shabby looking unicorn smiled and shook Octavia's hoof,"A pleasure ta meet ya, Octavia!... hm, yer name sounds familiar." She put her hoof to her chin as she tried to place where she'd heard that name, but then it came to her. She'd read her name in one of her family's letter from home, her parents had never missed one Octavia's performances and were big fans of the talented earth pony. "Now I remember! Yer a Cellist, right?" she asked in an eager tone before she bowed in a respectful manner,"I'm Presteza, and I'm going to be Equestria's greatest painter!" said the silver maned mare with no shortness of pride in her voice. After a brief pause she cleared her throat. "So... is this yer first time attendin' the G.A.?"

The new mare smiled excitedly,"Dj pon-3?! I went ta a party you worked in in Manehattan once! you were awesome!" Walking alongside the other ponies here eyes drifted over to the princess of the moon and night,"Holy... Princess Luna! It's incredible ta meet ya!" she said bowing politely to the starry maned alicorn.

The mare smiled brightly and memorized this scene. "Thanks, Miss!" she said in a cheerful tone before coming right back out and setting up a piece of parchment with her magic, lifting it up high as she lifted up several paintbrushes up. With a bright but serene smile she levitated several brushes out of her saddlebags and began to paint a beautiful painting of the zebracorn. Her piece had captured the mystical nature of the shop's owner perfectly.

hey there! I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun here!

"Woohoo!" she cried in excitement before galloping over to the door the zebracorn just went through and knocked a few times,"'Scuse me, but could I watch you work for a second?"

Coming around the corner of one of the hallways was a golden-tan unicorn. Presteza had snuck away from the tour group to do some exploring of the castle on her own terms, she prefered to set her own pace after all and the most fun places are usually the ones you aren't allowed to go. No sooner did she round the corner did she find herself in a collision with a white unicorn with blue mane(AKA Vinyl scratch) After a moment she smiled at Vinyl and said with a hint of embarrassment in her voice,"Well... look like I'm busted. Sorry fer runnin' inta ya like that!"

okay I think I've addressed the issues.

Walking through the halls was a silver-maned mare with a golden-tan coat and bright blue eyes. Those aforementioned eyes were positively lighting up as she looked all around the halls. This could be potentially be one of the best days of her life! The enraptured young mare eagerly trotted around a midst the groups of attendees and some of the pieces that were on display. Presteza's hoped were exceptionally high today, her dream of being Equestria's greatest artist may be a pretty difficult thing to achieve seeing all the beautiful pieces other painters had brought along with them promised her some stiff competition for the title. Right now however her ambitions were far from at the forefront of her mind seeing as not only did she have a chance of meeting some of her artistic idols, but perhaps even getting them to comment on her work. "This is so bloody awesome!" she said with extreme glee, her voice cracking a bit as she spoke. Once again getting swept up in her passion for what she loved her jaw dropped when she saw an incredible looking mural at the far end of the room and broke into a gallop toward it... only to run into Grey earth pony wearing a pink bowtie. The slightly shabby looking unicorn laughed nervously,"er sorry about that."

The mare seemed to pretty much forget about her cold and was now enraptured by the prospect of a chance to paint somepony so unique. The pink nosed mare turn to Rusty with a big grin plastered on her face,"Isn't this incredible?!" The mare gave another series of coughs but she didn't seem phased by it in the least, still having that grin on her face. "Do ya think We'll be able to get 'er ta model fer me before we take off, Rusty? I'll definately be quick."

Okay I've made some changes! please tell me what you think

Is it okay if i have my character wander in after having snuck away from the tour group to explore herself?

The young mare's jaw practically dropped as she laid eyes upon this "Zebracorn" she looked so unique! so special! the mare sped over to shop owner and asked pointblank in a fast excited tone,"'ey there! can I paint you?!" she asked ecstatically

Pressy gave a chuckle at rusty's joke, she was a strong unicorn but since the spell she just used only shoots you forward at an incredible speed but she doubted she would actually be able to break a hole through the machine,"More likely I'd get squished against the metal." She took a look at the shop and tilted her head inquisitively at the establishment,"Well... the pony in charge clearly has some.. weird choices when it comes to home decoration, eh?" she said playfully at the Old inventor.

The mare's cold seemed to be slowly getting worse, her coughing growing more frequent and a bit more hoarse. With a sigh and slight blush of embarrassment that added to her flushed face she looked almost beet red. She looked to rusty and said in between coughs,"A-are ya sure we even 'ave time fer this, Ru-- er Uncle? I mean we are... kinda on the clock." She sniffles weakly and while they wandered down the road of shops she wrinkled her nose and got that dazed expression, her jaw falling open before she let out a rather loud and forceful sneeze. With that her horn glowed brightly and she seemingly blasted off from her position several yards away, another accidental casting having befallen her. The mare gave a sigh and a look of extreme irritation as she approached Rusty,"Let's jus' get this over with..." she said with a sniffle and rub of her muzzle.

welcome to canterlot I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun here

((OOC are you accepting anymore OCs?)

THe mare gave a sniffle and wrinkled her muzzle with a sigh of annoyance,"I think... I'm fightin' off a cold...what rotten timin' ,'eh?" she said with a chuckle and a rub of he rnow slightly pink nose and muzzle. She pulled her scarf up onto her tighter trying to keep herself warm. "W-we can't waste any time though rust... what's ne---" her voice trailed off a moment as her nose wrinkled before she coughed and continued,"next on the list?" she said with a cheesy grin.

"I'm no pushover myself, mister! if anything comes up we can take care of it!" she said proudly.

Name: Aria "Aurelia" Elixir Gender: Female Age: Mare Species: Changeling Eye color: Lavender Character color:Dark grey Mane and tail: Light shade of Violet and long. Always appears wet even when dry and has relatively few holes. Physique: On the thin side but not gangly. Has a less weathered look compared to other changelings, such as having less holes in the legs and her wings looking shiny and pristine. has slightly longer than average horn. Residence: None in particular but was raised in Dodge Junction. Occupation: Traveling Singer Unique traits: *Typical changeling shape-shifting and illusion magic but can be dropped if she is sufficiently stressed or scared default disguise: "Aria" the daughter of two doctors in Dodge Junction. Has a long flowing and neatly kept red mane and white coat ,Bright and lively green eyes with freckles under them. *Has a lovely almost hypnotic singing voice to the point she made her cutie mark in her pony form a stylized treble clef with a heart in the lower loop. *Due to being raised by doctors she has some knowledge of healing and medical magic taught to her by her mother who was a unicorn. also knows about simple curative and herbal remedies taught to her by her father. History: Aurelia was born in the changeling hive years before the invasion of Equestria. Her caretaker, not approving of the current queens rule escaped the hive and ran to Equestria in the hopes of finding a better life for the both of them. Agents of the hive eventually tracked the caretaker down but not before he hid Aurelia in a cocoon in the Painted Pinto desert, bordering Roughrider Ridge. Eventually she was found by a pair of Traveling doctor Ponies named Elixir Cross and Golden Remedy and their foal named Mythic Salve. Their curiosity piqued they opened up the cocoon whereupon a filly sized changeling popped out, although seeing as these Equestrians hadn't seen a changeling before they were perplexed as to what she was. The couple were doctors, so they couldn't just leave a helpless creature like this on her own in the wilderness so they took her back to their home in Dodge Junction hidden in the various supplies in their chuck-wagon. Upon getting home the pair decided to name her after what they found her in, a chrysalis... although for some reason that sounded unoriginal to them so they settled on the name Aurelia which was a synonym for chrysalis. The little grey changeling was crying at first for a long time until it opened it's eyes and saw the ponies who found her. The young changeling spent a most of her time around the foal which was a bit worrying to the Foal's parents but the pair seemed to get along very nicely. It was Downright terrifying when one day the parents left them alone for a moment and suddenly they had twins! This was rather quickly resolved as they found their original daughter responded to her real name and the other one responded to the name they gave their discovery and daughter. While they couldn't go around telling everypony the origin of their other daughters name so the named her after hearing her sing along to one of their records, the name Aria seemed perfect. As a filly Aria was often very confused, when she was positive nopony was looking she would drop her spell and look at what she truly was. She'd discovered her true form during a haunted house event at her school on Nightmare Night winding up terrified and dropping the spell out of fear... luckily for her her schoolmates just thought it was some sort of magically applied costume that she cooked up for the event as a jump-scare,, this trait has stayed with her until marehood. A lot of her private time was spent in front of her mirror in wondering why she was like this, she was growing fangs, a horn, and even insect style wings with protective chitinous shell that shielded them when hidden, however she was able to hide them easily with her Illusion. She found it very fortunate she was a good singer and it turned out so was her sister to the point she gained a clef as a cutie mark which Aria wound up mimicking as well. During the events of the Canterlot wedding her family was there on vacation, Aria declined thinking it was best she stayed home and took the opportunity with her parents absence to go on a hunt for clues on her history. Looking in the local library didn't help much and any information she gathered was vague at best and even though she was angry at herself for doing so she went through her parents stuff. Not long after the event she welcomed her family back but they seemed somewhat distant for awhile. Eventually they opened up and told her about the events of the changeling invasion in great detail. She was at first hopeful when they told her they saw... creatures like her but her hopefulness faded when they described the rest. After a long sulk the changeling mare formed a theory that she was living proof of her theory, her kind didn't need to forcefully drain love from other creatures to survive she had to have been doing it passively her entire life. The mare told her family her theory and said she had to share it with any changelings she could find! Aria Character Summary: Aurelia or "Aria Elixir" in her pony form is usually cheerful and eager to meet ponies while she will admit she may have be subconsciously hunting for affections she does indeed try and befriend ponies for the sake of friendship. When she does establish a bond with another pony she is willing to with tooth and hoof to keep and protect this bond. While she is a strong as any normal changeling she prefers to try and negotiate her way out of a situation. Having grown up around her parent's medical books she knows a few good ways to incapacitate a creature her own size in self-defense if it comes down to it however as she is not exceptionally strong it isn't recommended. Her major faults would include some impatience as well as being a bit too nosy in things that don't concern her. Personality wise Aria is calm and cool headed with a bit of a mischievous streak, usually using illusion magic to mess with the heads of some ponies, particularly the ones who get on her nerves. While she has indeed been mimicking her sister's appearance all her life she has never really had to completely pretend to be her seeing as ponies throughout her life have referred to her as her own identity. While she does often try to think calmly and not overreact to a situation she does have a short temper when annoyed. The most sure fire way to get her upset would be to say she's a "Fake". Ever since leaving home however she has noticed she does feel a strange hard to define hunger rising up inside her when she isn't traveling with somepony who takes even the smallest liking to her. Oddly enough while she loves music and can sing beautifully she has is terrifyingly inept when attempting to play any instrument to the point that in music class in dodge junction classmates and teachers would beg her to stop playing. When not singing or searching for fellow changelings she is often seen looking for ingredients for curatives and attempting to befriend animals she either meets on the road or comes across... which usually ends very badly for her, typically getting bitten or scratched and even then it is extremely rare for even tame pets to openly like her. Despite being a changeling Aria is at heart an equestrian who loves her perceived homeland as much any pegasus,unicorn, or earth pony. Having passively absorbed love she has found has formed a theory that all changelings are capable of doing so and wishes to reform as many of them as she can. However since the invasion attempt made by the changelings and their queen she has been very careful in her search for other changelings so as to not reveal herself as one. If possible she hopes to show the changelings a peaceful co-existence with Equestria is possible and even better than all out conquest. While she understands her kind will not likely be forgiven anytime soon she encourages them to make friends and find ponies they believe that they can trust and only to reveal themselves if they are completely sure that this pony will not turn them into the guard. Seeing as she has a truly beautiful singing voice she originally made a career as a duo act with her sister, Myth. Her tastes in music cut a wide swath through many genres but she has seems to have a preference for some country oriented music due to her upbringing in dodge junction but loves many different types. While she sees herself as a happy mare she seems to have an affinity to sad almost mournful sounding love songs and ballads and always seems to get swept up in the feelings of her song as well as those of her audience and winds up crying. Seeing as she doesn't like appearing sad or making other ponies sad she typically sticks to energetic upbeat music and singing so she can spread happiness and love she can absorb. Back in Dodge Junction she was usually an energetic lounge singer who gained a fair bit of admiration from those who attended her and her sisters shows. Aria and myth would usually write their music together and were inseparable even as mares until Aria went off on her journey. While her future is uncertain Aria one day hopes to become a famous singer and a role model for other changelings, for her failure or being found out is not an option as Equestria is the only home she has ever known and is worried she wouldn't be able to survive anywhere else if anypony learned her secret.

The golden tan mare cleared her throat and trotted over with a rather bemused look upon her face, the glowing ball of light that orbited her following along and giving the group a bit of light,"didja ferget about this already? she asked teasingly

The mare smiled right back at darkness and chuckled,"ya don' have ta be so nervous mister dark, I'm not gonna bite ya er anythin'" she said playfully before sticking her tongue out at the pegasus. Her eyes scanned around the area, nonchalantly listening to the discussion about time. She never paid much attention to the exact time of day herself, except with it was important like whe she had to catch an airship or something.

Presteza looked around in fascination, yea this place was kind of creepy but it was this was her first time venturing deep into the Everfree forest,"Think we'll be there soon?" she asked darkness.