Kite

Stalliongrad, a massive industrial city broken into districts; a place of many ponies, and many problems. Still on her pilgrimage to become a true knight, the young and overly ambitious, if not slightly under confident Kite found herself travelling the mighty city's streets, effectively lost. Stalliongrad was very alien to the pegasus, but at the very least she stood out less here than in Ponyville. Or Hoofington. Or Manehattan. With the concentration of metal-workers, it was apparently not a strange sight to see a pony in armor walking the streets. Nevertheless, she kept her guard up; she was still young and small for a knight, and her particular suit of armor (quite visibly dented and scratched by this point) could still garner unwanted attention.

"Keep calm, and keep cool, Kite." She muttered to herself, as she clanked down a particularly smoggy street; at least it felt smoggy in comparison to back home in Canterlot. "You're here to help ponies in need, and as long as you do that, everypony'll believe you're a real knight, and not just some no-good thief..."

It was a tall order to fill for such a short knight; on the run from Royal Guards, who had since their last encounter, increased efforts to detain the filly, meant that Kite had to be incredibly cautious in her pursuit of justice. So far though, no wanted posters with her face made themselves known to her; in fact, the only posters she happened to notice were, well, HELP wanted posters! One in particular stood out:

"Blacksmith in need of expert treasure-recovery, adventurers, or trackers re : stolen shipments. See Metalhoof Smithy." She read aloud to herself, eyes peering out from behind her visor. The writing under it was incomprehensible to the little wannabe-knight - a native language perhaps? It didn't matter! There were thieves about, and an adventurer was needed! And on top of that, if they were robbing a smithy, there was a good chance they were armor thieves, the most heinous and villainous of thie- oh wait, maybe not. "Metalhoof Smithy... I can do this!" And with that, she was off, tearing down the roads in pursuit of this Metalhoof Smithy where a grand adventure was sure to begin!"

Of course, it would take a few wrong turns, some deciphering directions spoken in the native tongue, and some more wrong turns before the short metal encumbered pony found her destination. A few pangs of nerves, and maybe a hint of paranoia tugged at her brave knightly facade, but she was here, and there was little point in turning back; she needed a win, she NEEDED to do this. With a deep breath, she gave three short knocks on the door with a hoof, and pushed her way inside, calling out. "H-hello? I'm here about the notice...?"

This was... a surprise. Suddenly, from out of seemingly nowhere, the knight found herself accosted by what could be described as a prismatic puff of a persistent pegasus pony, a hyperactive hub of hopping and hectic heckling; cute to be sure, yet a very odd sight this early in the morning. Indeed, she looked the type who by all accounts SHOULD be fast asleep at such a time, but the way she gushed over the shiny armor and made faces in the reflection was more akin to a pony who'd mixed a few too many teaspoons of sugar in her mug of imagination!

"Ah, excuse me, citizen..." The wannabe knight tried to catch the filly's attention. "Citizen? Umm..?" Oh, now the strange filly was rubbing up against the armor. It was quite the strange reaction to a knight in armor; after all, cold metal wasn't exactly the ultimate conveyor of cuddliness compared to clouds, cotton or comforters.

Wait, nevermind, that wasn't what was important! Kneeling down just a bit to the filly's level (Kite was hardly the definition of 'tall', herself), the iron-encased pegasus lifted her visor with a hoof. "H-hey, citizen! It's a bit of an odd time for a little filly like you to be running around, don'tcha think?" She offered a smile. "Are you lost? What's your name? Mine's Kite."

Ah, Baltimare; the next step on Kite's journey to becoming a true knight, and indeed quite a different sight from the places she'd visited previously. Gone were the bright fields of Ponyville, or the spires and towers of Canterlot; Baltimare traded these things, it seemed, for a dark and eerie silence, almost akin to that which hung over the Everfree forest. Pausing for a moment during her first routine patrol through the city, the little prospective knight took notice of the heavy lack of noise, and well... life. It was all rather unsettling... but no! None of that! I knight was never afraid! Still...

"I know it's a little early, but where is everypony?" She muttered to herself, sliding up her visor to get a better look at her surroundings. Buildings, alleys, a few street lanterns casting long, ominous shadows like claws just slowly reaching out to grab somepony and pull them into the dark! The tiny armored pegasus shook her head vigorously, expelling these scary imaginings, and continuing her march, the tell-tale CLINK, CLANK, CLINK, CLANK of her armor ringing out even more obviously in the dead silence of the Baltimare morning, the sound reaching down to a certain spooky mansion, and the individuals who stood outside it's gates!

I'm sure once you get into the swing of things with photoshop, you'll be able to bring this sketch up to par with what you'd like. That aside, it is a fantastic sketch as is; I do like the grumpy look Curtain Call is sporting, and the sketch has a fine attention to detail, especially on the armor scales and mane. It's fine to want to push yourself to do better, but give credit when it's due!

Heard about this today; really sad news, but he left his mark on the world. Might not be how he intended, but I would imagine making a lot of people smile is a comforting thought to have, =D

If there was one thing Kite knew how to do, and do well, it was crash; the dings and dents built up in her armor from the day she'd first 'acquired' it could attest to that. She'd learned to fly and learned to fall, on more than one occasion. Heck, the whole reason she was ON the train to begin with was because she had fallen into something, a mess she couldn't quite fix, and here she was, one minute having a conversation with a wonderfully toxic mare (little did she know that said mare was now quite LITERALLY toxic), the next stuck in a high speed upwards tackle with a pegasus who really wasn't a fan of Equestria Railways' furniture as headgear.

Moving out of the villain's vice grip was hopeless, Capo had one heck of a hold, despite Kite pushing with her hooves to get away; all the while, wind was whipping past, clouds zooming by like a blur mixed in with the bright blue sky. Up, up, up... and then, slowly, the world tilted, and down they were careening, those same blurs moving back the other way.

"Look, if this is about the chair, I was having a bad day, my train was gonna be late because somepony wasn't watching where they were going and crashed into it." A small smile behind her visor, while she safely tucked her wings into her armor; she'd broken them before, and wasn't keen on repeating the experience. "Alright, bad joke, lemme try another one... stop me if you've heard this one. Did you hear the one about the knight falling from the sky with the brutish thug that caught chairs with her face? Well anyw-"

THUNK! The little armored pegasus was prepared for the impact; her signature move was, after all, throwing herself from great heights like a canonball. All the same, the force was humbling, and it knocked the wind right out of her. As she blinked away the stars, there was a surge of bright light as the thuggish Capo wrenched her helmet off. Kite gave a cough, trying to catch her breath, and secretly wishing Equestria had softer dirt.

"S-so... I, uh... I guess you heard that one." Another smile, despite dizzyness. While she certainly didn't enjoy getting thrown around like this, it was her job, and what she lived for. She took the hit, so somepony else didn't have to. A knight worried about others first, then themselves after. She got back to her hooves, steadying herself; she couldn't hear what was going on inside the train, and with Capo still in the way, she wouldn't be able to check up. Still, distract the leader somehow, keep Rue, Thistle, and Blaze safe, no matter what!

"Ahem...! SO!" The little pegasus spoke in a big voice, keeping her gaze on the lumbering Capo, her eyes occasionally darting to the train to check for signs of activity; an uncomfortable dent in her armor dug into her side as a result of the high velocity landing. "Which one of you train wrecking losers wants to take a shot at a real knight next, huh? H-how about it, Cut-less-than-impressive!? Or are you gonna send out your unicorn pal to help big, dumb and, uh..."

THWACK! Looks like Capo didn't like that one so much, opting to shoulder check the knight into shutting up; and still no answer from the train car. The armored knight tumbled in the dirt, but was quick to get back up, armor creaking with the movement. "I-I wasn't gonna say ugly...! Why, you're the nicest looking rock I've ever se-"

THUNK. A heavy kick, right in the chestpiece; that left another pair of dents, and no doubt was gonna leave a bruise too. But, sputtering, again she was back up, green eyes peering over her bandaged nose. "I-I give that one a four on ten, tree trunk. Where's the emotion? I'm just not feeling it!"

CLANG! THUNK! This time, the oversized pegasus had thrown the smaller knight right into the side of the train cart, where she stuck for a moment before falling to the ground with a clunk. "...o-okay, I felt THAT one a little bit..." It was evident that Capo wouldn't tire of this anytime soon, and that Kite wouldn't be able to keep it up much longer; and yet, despite that it was going nowhere fast, she again pushed herself, rather wobbily, to her hooves, wincing with the effort. "...f-five on ten."

Kite blinked away the stars in her eyes; whoever the big pony was, she packed quite a wallop. Still, the little filly wasn't going to let herself be intimidated by size; she had a suit of armor, and knights were supposed to be more than capable of standing up to petty thugs! She stared back through her visor at the brutish pony. "MOVE. Before I make you."

In a moment, the cloaked mare, and apparent ringleader of the train-wrecking trio had hopped past the two, heading towards Rue. It was quite apparent that the two were acquainted, and despite this Cutlass' (Rue had shouted the name) pleasant greeting, the words were dripping with malice. A sudden magical barrier surrounding Cutlass, however, meant Kite could deal with the big one for the moment.

"Ah, no need to get violent, Miss...uh... umm?" She waited, but the behemoth pegasus didn't seem to be the conversational type; she simply narrowed her harsh gaze towards the little wannabe knight, who in turn leaned back to get a better look at the whole pony. Huh, one big pegasus alright... but say, that chair hanging from the ceiling above her looked awful loose. It gave her an idea.

"N-no name, huh? Alright, I'm moving, I'm moving." Taking several steps back, eyes scanned the wreckage from behind the visor for something to throw... "Ah, y'know, it's no wonder you look so grouchy, headbutting helmets like that will give you a headache..." Suitcase, 3 o'clock! Ammunition acquired. "Y-you should try relaxing, y'know... maybe take a seat!" Grabbing the suitcase with a wing, the armored pegasus lobbed the luggage over Capo's head, into the dangling seat which snapped, falling straight down on the oversized pegasus.

No time to cheer though; that seat wouldn't slow down a train-tackling pony for long, and Kite still had to rescue a ball of claws and feathers from a unicorn, and deal with this 'Cutlass' as well. Luckily, the unicorn looked to be busy trying to contain the very-upset little gryphon, so next was getting Cutlass' attention before she hurt anypo-

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Turning her helmeted head towards the source of the commotion, the little knight was shocked to find the red unicorn now slumped on the ground, Cutlass turning away from her to again face Rue, a menacing sneer on her face.

"So. Are you going to come quietly?"

Clank. The filly immediately placed herself between the two, staring down the villainous train wrecker. Hurting another pony; it was despicable, and it went against everything Kite believed in, everything a knight stood for!

"You're not taking Miss Rue, and you're not hurting anypony else!" Crud, the seat was already shifting, big pony was gonna be out in seconds. Knights didn't get scared though, no matter the odds; why then, was her heart beating so fast? "You think you can just hurt somepony and get away with it!? I-I won't let you!" The important thing at this point was to get Cutlass mad enough at her so that she'd focus her attention on the armored knight, while Rue could hopefully slip free; no doubt the big pegasus would already want a little revenge for the seat-dropping stunt. It was gonna be a bumpy ride, but being a shield was what she did best. "Not even checking to see if there was a knight on board the train... for a pony named Cutlass, you're not very sharp, are you?"

"A little bit of trouble" was something of a huge understatement. With the sudden downpour of rain, the skies seemed to immediately turn from a grumbly grey to inky black, Buckets and buckets of ice cold rainwater pelted the pegasi, the wind pushing and pulling with unrelenting force, it's touch made even colder on soaked skin. Nevermind the sight and feel of the storm, even the SOUND was unbearable, with loud crashes of thunder and cracks of lightning echoing in the empty sky expanses, the unbearable howling of the wind, and even the rain, which added to the din with a series of "tiktaktiktaktiktak" sounds as each drop bounced off Kite's armor.

For an expert flyer, this would be a very dangerous and relatively frightening scenario to be in. For an amateur flyer like Kite, draped in heavy metallic armor, it was a deadly and downright terrifying one. By the time she readjusted to having been let go of, the mass of dark clouds had all but surrounded them. "Uh oh, this is n-not good!" She did her best to scan for some sort of escape route, but there seemed to be none, save for maybe a straight nosedive down; but that would be way too dangerous, and the clouds would have a really good chance at hitting either of the flyers with a bolt of lightning.

"I can't risk flying down, and Paradise getting hurt... but we can't just stay here either! W-what're we gonna do!?" The wannabe knight turned her gaze to the overconfident pegasus on the board, who seemed to be zipping about, looking for a way out of the storm. She was a way better flyer than Kite was, that was to be sure; but skill wouldn't matter if the clouds completely closed in on them. It was time to be reckless! The tin-can filly beckoned her daredevil friend over.

"I have a plan, Miss Paradise, but we gotta be fast, and we gotta do it now!" She explained, having to nearly shout over the noise of the storm. "We're gonna hafta dive down as fast as we can, just straight straight down, and when we get past the lower clou-" She paused; suddenly, her armor felt all... tingly. Right above the two ponies, a monster of a cloud had drifted over. It crackled ominously, right before...

"LOOK OUT!"

The little knight wasn't close enough to tackle Paradise out of the way; the bolt was going to hit one of them! At the same moment as the sky lit up with blinding light, and the mighty KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK ripped across the sky, Kite did the only thing she could; she flapped her wings. The one flap was enough to maybe put her a few inches higher in the air than Paradise, and it made the little filly and her very conductive suit of armor the perfect target for the bolt of lightning, which struck with such force that it sent the pegasus spiralling sideways out of control. Miraculously, she managed to realign herself for but a moment, uttering a feeble "...Y-you call that a bolt of li-" before a SECOND bolt came crashing down with an even louder KARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKK! this time sending the now unconscious knight racing helplessly to the ground below!

Glad to have you back, Techno! We sure missed you! Hope you're doing well!

The various Abridged Series' that LittleKuriboh and TFS have worked on are great, my personal fave being Yugioh Abridged. Even though I never watched Yugioh or DBZ, I found them to be really quite hilarious. I've wanted to do a Pokemon abridged with the new Black and White series myself, but I lack time/equipment/inspiration. Either way, always happy that these guys do what they do, it's hilarious. XP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ

The fact that this video is already filled with comments about Flim Flam and Cider astounds me XD

Altogether, great episode. I'm beginning to find that their episodes with various allusions to pop culture really shine, and they do it in a subtle enough way that makes it really fun to spot them. XP

Loved Dash's minor breaking of the fourth wall as well. "Is this some kind of sick joke...?" Maybe. XP

Hey y'all. This is moreso for the folks I'm usually chatting with on the IRC, but I suppose it applies here as well. A couple of you may have noticed that lately I haven't really been myself, or as enthusiastic as normal. Thing is, recently my family was hit with the news that my stepdad, who's been more of a dad to me than my biological dad, and IS my little sister's biological father, has cancer. As in, the kind of cancer that doesn't go away.

I'm... not exactly the type of person to talk about these sorts of things, and it feels odd typing it out, much less here on a pony forum, but you guys are cool and the IRC ponies have helped me smile through this, even if this is the first I'm mentioning of it. Either way, the doctors have given him 6 months max, and I'd be lying if I was saying it wasn't something that was hitting me pretty hard on the inside. Tomorrow my little sister is supposed to be finding out about, and well, I'm just not sure how the next 6 months are going to be. I'll likely still be around, as I think I might need this place to get away from what's happening sometimes, as selfish as that may be. But if I do suddenly drop off the IRC and forums for a bit, you know why at least.

Made my pony OC when I decided to join here, so both the name and character were born at the same time, so to speak XP

Call em out on it. I have friends of a similar vein, and sometimes it takes a "dude, seriously, all you do is complain" to get em to actually realise what they're doing. When you complain lots, eventually it just becomes this thing that you do by default. It's like breathing, only when you stop to think you're breathing do you realise you are. XP

Eleven tickets to the gala right from the get-go sure would have saved Twilight alot of trouble. XP

Welcome! The following topic is a work in progress! Below, you'll find the adventure logs of Kite, organised chronologically within board cannon. A synopsis of important events will be noted in the spoilers below the title.

Kite's Adventure thus far...

[Canterlot] Running Start [FIC] - Coming Soon

Detailing some of Kite's earlier years, the story explores Kite's family, her attempts at getting accepted into knight school, and her earning her cutie mark, leading up to her stealing the suit of armor and running from home.

- Kite is introduced

- Kite's family is introduced

- The Knight Entrance Exam is failed

- Kite earns her Cutie Mark

- The Knight Entrance Exam is failed 3 more times.

- Kite steals the suit of armor

- Kite runs away from home

[Ponyville] Ponyville Downpour [Hiatus]

Kite arrives in Ponyville in the midst of a large storm, and encounters Neon Pop and Alejandro. After a startling introduction, Neon Pop invites the knight to lunch at Honey's Sweet Honey, where Honeycomb and Jebediah Crockett are met.

- Arrives in Ponyville

- Meets Neon Pop and Alejandro

- Meets Honeycomb

- Meets Jebediah Crockett (They have not spoken)

[Ponyville] The Dismal Dull Day [Hiatus]

While patrolling for trouble on a particularly cold day, Kite is invited indoors by Quicklime, who is desperate for company.

- Meets Quicklime

- Meets Danton

[Ponyville] Shocking Events [Ongoing]

Returning to her camp just outside of Ponyville, Kite encounters Brazil Nut and Paradise Nut. Paradise is taking Brazil on a dangerous stunt of flying through thunderclouds, and Kite intervenes to try and keep both ponies safe from the storm.

- Meets Paradise Nut

- Meets Brazil Nut

[Everfree Forest] A Not-So-Ursa-Minor Encounter [Chat RP]

Travelling deep into the Everfree forest in search of a pony's missing doll, Kite retrieves the doll, but is attacked by an Ursa Minor. She survives the encounter thanks to her armor, but is left wandering the forest, gravely injured. The knight is promptly found by Rue and Mirthbane, who rescue her, despite their apparent disapproval of her career choice. After discussing and debating Kite's desire to become a knight, the nature of the Destriers, and her status as a runaway and thief, the ponies part ways on good terms. While Mirthbane seemed indifferent on the matter, Rue seemed to accept Kite's choice to become a knight, hoping she'd change the Destriers for the better and not be turned into another jerk knight, while Kite left with a borrowed copy of "Robin Hooves", and many thoughts to consider regarding her future and general self worth.

- Injured by Ursa Minor

- Meets Rue

- Meets Mirthbane

- Borrows "Robin Hooves" from Rue

It's a mighty intimidating discussion going on here, which I like, and most of the bases seem to be covered so if I reiterate what somepony else said as I throw my helmet in this discussion, well, sorry XD

I honestly can't see the harm in what a non-RP member might suggest in OOC-RP threads. If anything, I think having access to such a feature before applying a character would be a benefit, as it'll give new members the sense that the RPers aren't some elite super group; we're all just Canterlot-ians coming up with ideas and writing. Ideas, good and bad, old and new come from all sorts, so we shouldn't cut off any avenues where more might arrive.

It could be that non-RPers only have interesting ideas every 20, 15 or 5% of the time, but shutting them out could be seen as pretty intimidating, and would ensure that we'd never see those potential ideas 100% of the time. My 2 bits. XP

The armored pegasus frowned slightly behind her helmet at the comment about "ignoring the pony looking for dragons in the cupboard"; had she been too enthusiastic? In retrospect, it DID seem like a silly thing to suggest... Nonetheless, Kite shook the momentary lapse in outward confidence off, and after a quick sip of her coffee (it was really hot!), she stood up to greet the new visitor.

"Oh, a friend of Miss Quicklime? My name is Kite, at your service!" She gave another polite bow, this time her visor sliding down with a loud CLANG before she could catch it. "Uh, I mean, don't mind me, sorry!" She quickly sat back down, flushing slightly; acting the part of a real cool knight sure was hard!

Nightmare Night! A celebration held all across Equestria, Kite was no stranger to the festivities, though it was her first time seeing the celebration outside of Canterlot. The filly had not packed a costume with her for her travels, and, not wanting to miss out on the fun, had instead opted to customize her suit of armor, which was now deep black instead of it's usual grey. Some dye for her wings turned her normal creamy-brown coloration to a dark black as well; Kite the dark night pony was ready to roll!

And what better place to test her scary new costume (and her mettle as a fearless knight!) than at Pinkie Pie's Hilarious Haunted House of Horrors? The word around town was that this was THE scariest place to be on Nightmare Night, and despite her insecurities, the little armored pegasus knew she could not simply pass up such a a chance to prove her worth.

"Well... here goes." She mumbled to herself, pushing the creaky door open and entering, apparently the last pony in the group to do so. Each step she took made her armor creak and clank, the sound echoing off the walls. No doubt it would add to the spooky atmosphere; Kite might even get a scare or two in herself!

I'm weaning myself out of my 3-year fast food job and into a new career at a local company specialising in mail-order game rentals/sales, corporate/party event management and shipping for rewards programs. At the moment, I'm doing part time at both, as I promised the bosses at my old job I'd at least give them til the end of November, and as much as I just want to up and leave them, if I don't have my word, I don't have anything.

The new job is quite a ton of fun though, the people are awesome, the work slightly mundane at the moment, but tolerable. I get to listen to my Ipod at work, and we get early copies of games like any other game retailer. November is gonna be a crazy busy month though, what with all the new releases. Might need an unemployment topic when Skyrim comes out too XP

"I was out on a pre-emptive strike!" The filly explained, straightening up. "On the lookout for anypony in need of a helping hand, or for trouble; one never knows when it might rear it's head!" She gave a small grin, which was hidden behind her helmet. "Though so far, all is peaceful and quiet in town. Unless..." Kite paused; she hadn't though about it, but perhaps there WAS trouble in town! Maybe this pony, QuickLime, was in trouble, and here Kite was blathering on! "...unless you require assistance somehow! Like a quest! What's the problem?"

The armored pony's eagenerness shone through like a sunbeam in the clouds; "You just name it! Dragon in the cupboard? Evil wizard in the coffee pot? Let me at em! I might not look it, but I'm really tough, just gimme a chance!"

I imagine most of the errors aren't spotted the first watch around. Still though, with the way Pinkie breaks the 4th Wall/Physics on a regular basis, this particular teleportation seems relatively tame. XD

"Uh... I believe Dad did meet the Princess before, but..." The wannabe knight paused as the towel, floating via Neon Pop's magic, zoomed past her eyes. "...he's not specifically a Palace guard, so he doesn't know her very well."

The filly sat back in her seat for a moment, as the towel ruffled up her mane; the restaurant sleepily quiet, with only the occasional grumbles of thunder and rattling windows to interrupt the subdued chatter and droning Bzzzzzzz of the fat little bees that busily flew about. With such a nice, relaxing environment, Kite couldn't help but wonder how she'd find the motivation to go back outside into the cold wet storm after lunch.

"But see, even if he doesn't know the Princess really well, Dad's still the best knight ever! He always said that being a knight was about helping others and being strong, fighting for what's right!" The bandaged pony explained with enthusiasm. "Everypony back home really respects him, I hope to be a knight that's at least half as good as Dad!"

Giving her sore wing a slow stretch, Kite gave a small sigh. "It's gonna be a long time before I can go back to Canterlot and say that though." She wrinkled her nose slightly as the towel brushed past it. "But, I have no intention to quit! No storm, monster or rogue flying towel is gonna stop me from helping everypony that I can." She joked, giving a small silly grin.

"Hmm?" Kite slid up the visor to her helmet, looking up at the source of this sudden invitation. It was true that the weather was quite chilly; the idea of a hot cup of coffee was sounding quite fantastic as another crisp breeze danced past, sending several abandoned leaves down the path. "Oh, uh, of course!" The wannabe knight gave a nod, moving over to QuickLime's open door, and entering gratefully.

It was immediately warmer inside, and the strong scent of coffee was enough to lift a pony off their hooves. The armored filly didn't want to forget her manners though; so far, it was her experience that the ponies of Ponyville were a friendly and hospitable sort, and Kite didn't want to give the impression of being ungrateful for this. She bent her forelegs and bowed her head, stopping to catch her visor from sliding down noisily at the last second. "Uh, many thanks for the invitation inside, that coffee smells amazing!" The pegasus looked up, "My name is Kite, at your service!"

Hmm... sounds like a neat idea! I'm wondering though, do you foalks plan to do this like a show on a timed basis on it's own, or are there plans to do something akin to an online radio station? If the latter could be pulled off, you'd be greatly increasing your options for topics to cover, as you could have more than one show on a radio station!

EDIT: Or rather, are you planning to have it play on Celestia Radio?