FermataTheBasse Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Outsiders in the multitude of existences that are not Equestria have been interested in our colorful ponies for quite some time. Now a group of them powerful enough to make their influence known in Equestria gather together to subtly- or perhaps not- bend the world of ponies to their varying wills. As pretty much everyone else has observed of the idea, it is likely going to end badly for everyone involved.The gist of this is pretty much as said, outsiders of Equestria band up and start influencing the events within it. We'll pick up just after the Royal Wedding, so before S3 starts. By the pact of the outsiders, each can only influence a single character, making decisions that would be at least somehow in character for that character, to advance their own agenda in Equestria. This means that you cannot have a character do something blatantly against their characterization, at least not without some character development!The RP would be two things concurrent, the characters being used interacting in Equestria, and the controllers interacting together on the outside.Check the poll above. We could have this be very slice of lifey, with the interactions at both levels being humorous or very dramatic and actiony, with intrigue at both levels. Whatever you guys want.I just want to get interest first, before we start signing up for characters...Alright, character sign ups!Name: Of controller. Can be an OC or an established character, cannot be Equestrian... unless you have a particularly nefarious idea!Appearance: Whatever you feel is important, include pictures if you can.Personality: How will your controller interact with the other controllers?Motivation: What is your controller's plan for Equestria?Powers: If a fight breaks out between controllers or if they suddenly start invading Equestria, what the heck can your controller do in combat? Or do they have powers usable for mundane purposes?Name: Of piece. Can be an OC or an established character, must be Equestrian!Appearance:Personality: I will be watching to make sure all commands from the controller adhere to this section. If your character has any hang ups that may allow them to do things out of the ordinary, say so!Powers: What can your character do as a piece?Current Controllers and their PiecesJace Beleren and Twilight SparklePenoa Von Russo and Diamond TiaraGallerian Maleron and Princess LunaSkeeve and The Great and Powerful TrixieLambdadelta and Fluttershy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 So, basically...this RP is basically like us as the puppeteers, and the ponies in Equestria as our puppets? Mind-control sort of deal? It definitely looks interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Not explicit mind control. More like moving around chess pieces, subtly using the character you chose to your advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Hehe...that sounds fun. A very dark, intriguing, manipulative way to RP...very clever. So, does it specifically have to be characters from the show, or can OC's be a part of it as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 You can manipulate OC ponies, use OC outsiders. Whatever you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Alright ^^ then I might have a few ideas for an OC...now just gotta work out the kinks. Oh, but wait...is it possible for an Outsider to send a pony they've created to Equestria...? Basically a full-on puppet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 No, that would go against the spirit of the game. The idea here is that people with evil intentions are hampered by the natural harmony of Equestria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I see...alright then :3 so they act as dark, wicked little whispers that try to tempt ponies into doing evil acts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yes. It doesn't necessarily have to be evil whispers or voices in the head. That's up to your personal style. Also, apps up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Name (Controller): Valerie Night (The Black Rose)Appearance: Black-haired with pale skin and dark-red eyes. Prefers to wear purple or black clothing, and always has a large red bow hanging from her hair.Personality: Incredibly intelligent, a perfectionist, and severely dark. She is sort of sadistic and has a cruel sense of humor. She knows she is pretty, and often uses it to get what she wants. Although she is often acts alone, she has joined with the other Outsiders upon the discovery of Equestria...and now willingly offers her strategies and plans with the group. While not particularly ambitious, Valerie will take what she thinks she deserves.Motivation: Valerie is obsessed with perfection, and thus desires to bring to life her idea of society in Equestria. Any opposition she comes across on the path to perfection...she crushes swiftly and without mercy.Powers: Possessing the ability to warp the refract and alter beams of light, manipulating it to create shadows or illusions, as well as being able to create physical entities from sources both light and dark. Due to the nature of this power, she acts as a deceiver, using trickery and her intellect to handle her foes.Name (Piece): Silvia FrosteyeAppearance: A medium-sized mare with a curvy body. She has a beautiful, flowing white mane, blue eyes, and silver coat. Her cutie mark is a sliver of ice with two small scythes behind it. Being a noble, she often wears bracelets on her legs containing her family's crest. Around her neck she wears a strangely-shaped obsidian crystal, which Valerie uses to manipulate the noble mare.Personality: Confident, regal, and consumed with efficiency, Silvia acts as the head of the Frosteye Family ever since the death of her father, thus making her a competent and often manipulative individual. She often looks down upon those of the lower class, but if such a pony were to impress her...respect would be given. Also due to her upbringing, she is very cold to those outside of her family, often appearing to be as emotionless as the ice her cutie mark represents.Powers: Due to the rare births of Unicorns in her family, her magical power is quite strong compared to the average unicorn populace...if more narrow in versatility. She is able to condense water from the air at will and immediately freeze it, often giving the appearance that she can create ice out of air and able to control it with efficient (and sometimes deadly) results.Background: Born into a clan of warrior nobles, Silvia was raised since birth to be not only a strong fighter, but also a devious tactician. By the time she was a filly and began her training at the REA's Academy, her father had passed away due to mysterious reasons, forcing her to take his place as head of the Frosteye family. Her prefered weapons are two small ice-scythes, which she can summon with the use of her magic at a moment's notice. Over the past several years, she had built up connections and alliances with many of Equestria's noble families and the commanders in the REA. About a few months before, a gift had arrived at her mansion from an anonymous pony...a bizarre but beautiful obsidian necklace. Now, she wears it at every event and even in her sleep...unaware of Valerie's subtle pushes to her actions and personality.(I hope this works ^^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I approve! Someone else had voted but hasn't posted yet. Come out, please...?!Name: Lambdadelta, The Witch of AbsolutesAppearance: Personality: Lambdadelta acts childish, pouts, whines, complains, pretends to be naive and stupid. In actuality she is devilishly brilliant, a hard worker, and willing to stoop to great depths to amuse herself. She is playful, whether in her pretend childish way or in a sadistic way depends on the situation. She however has a deep respect for people who prove themselves capable of hard work and determination, and will reward these people accordingly. She also has a soft spot for people who are underdogs, and often centers her plans around them. However, she is a Witch, and this means that above all other things, she must avoid boredom or she will die. Thus she is very conniving in the pursuit of her own amusement.Motivation: Ultimately to stave off boredom. In terms of Equestria, she will change her plan into whatever makes the game more fun for her and prolongs it. However, she also has grown attached to certain ponies and has their well being in mind...Powers: As Witch of Absolutes, Lambdadelta can reward absolute work absolutely, in short, she can ensure that hard work receives proportional reward. This allows her to make Faustian deals with people she chooses to, giving them her power for their goals provided they always work towards achieving their goals.Name: Fluttershy.Appearance: Personality: Demure, quiet in the extreme. In contrast to her 'benefactor', Fluttershy has little ability to make her will known or enforced, so easily walked over by other ponies she is. She is incredibly kind, and has a great sense of empathy. It is nearly impossible to get her to do evil things, as a result. She loves animals, loves her fellow ponies even if she is easily timid around them. However she is insecure in her naturally attention-grabbing demureness and can be driven to rather extreme outbursts if she feels that she is losing the attention of others.Powers: 'The Stare' which can stop aggression in it's tracks, her strong empathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Oh heeey...that's the girl from your avatar! Hehe...I sense an alliance already...by the way, can an Outsider have multiple pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 As of now, that is against the rules of the game. Later, if the game gets more involved... All bets might be off. And yeah, I love Umineko. I wanted to do a crossover fic once, but it was so complicated an idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Hmm...alright, then I might consider changing my current 'piece' might, might not. I'll just see how other apps will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Hm, perhaps I shall throw my hat into the ring...Name: SkeeveAppearance: Not Particularly impressive:Personality: Skeeve is an inter-dimensional magician and con man; rather more competent at the former than the latter. He eventually ended up founding, along with other inter-dimensional beings he'd befriended, M.Y.T.H Inc., the highest paid company of magical contractors operating in the cross-dimensional market.He's grown up quite a bit since his early days, into a friendly guy, who on most occasions does really try to do the right thing. He prefers negotiation to fighting, but hurt those close to him, and he can be quite ruthless.Motivation: Skeeve is on contract; the existence of Equestria has just been discovered by the inter-dimensional smuggler's Guild, and M.Y.T.H. Inc has been hired to scout it out. It's almost impossible to enter it from the outside, so in addition to getting the lay of the land, Skeeve is using his piece to open some kind of gateway, which M.Y.T.H. Inc can take exclusive control over, as a lucrative trade route.Powers: Skeeve isn't wholly incompetent as a magician; he can cast illusions, though they have to act as disguises upon organic matter, not just appear in thin air. He can levitate quite hefty objects, to use as projectiles or defenses, and minor forms of elemental control. Name: [colour=#008080]The Great and Powerful Trixie![/colour]Appearance:Personality: She resembles what Skeeve might have been in his early career, if he hadn't found a good business partner. Trixie is a stage magician, who uses big talk and flashy magic to come off as a hot-shot in her shows, though lately things hadn't been going so well with her. After one of her shows, some over-eager fans wanted her to show off how she beat an Ursa Major (she hadn't, and she didn't). Thankfully for the town, their resident magician, Twilight Sparkle, put the beast to bed!After fleeing the town in disgrace, Trixie attempted to get back on her hooves again, but it was tough going. Without most of her supplies, she'd had to start from scratch again, and knowing she would likely never be as skilled as that purple unicorn, definitely grated. When she could spare the time, she would look through libraries at the towns she'd visit (always keeping a look out for that other magician, she'd been a librarian, right?), for some kind of way to augment her magic. This kind of desperation often leaves one open to outside influences...Powers: Trixie is first and foremost a showmare, she can grab attention and keep it spellbound on sheer force of personality alone... at least until the watchers get bored with her. Her magic mostly reflects this, being mostly based on illusions, but she has an adeptness with the tools of a stage magician's trade, the hat and cape, rope, mirrors, smoke, and fireworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I accept this application. Welcome to the Outsiders, Rackenhammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Thank you, thank you.You wouldn't happen to be familiar with the series Skeeve is from, MYTH-Adventures, by Robert Asprin? Really good books, those; the original author died a couple of years ago, but they're still continued by another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Sorry, I have weak reference pools. Like, I'm sure people know what Umineko is, but I often don't know other people's stuff of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I'm sorry...but I can't stop laughing at Skeeve's picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 You're pretty much meant to, he's from a humorous series.As for knowing what Umineko is...[colour=#ff0000]I recognized the name.[/colour] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 [colour=#ff0000]Oh, that makes me the happiest whatever on the planet to hear that.[/colour] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 [colour=#ff0000]I've never actually read the visual novels though, or seen the anime. [/colour][colour=#0000cd]You couldn't call me a fan, I guess. I only heard about it because someone I knew tried to plagarize the colored text rules for his own game, and someone else called him on it.[/colour] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FermataTheBasse Posted October 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 [colour=#ff0000]Well there goes my happiness.[/colour][colour=#000000]Eh, I hope people sign up... I'm alright with starting it with 3, and the Rp is complex enough where a smaller number of people might be easier to use... But darn it, this is kind of sad.[/colour] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valencetiger Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Not as quick of a sign-up as the Revolution thing, huh...? If you want, I can try to get a few others to join in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotalEcplise Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 OH!! OH!! I'm joining this!Before I make my post, Im calling Twily as my piece. App. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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