Techno Tunes [Ready]

[Tymiko]

Name: Techno Tunes
Gender: Male
Age: Young Stallion
Species: Earth Pony
Eye colour: Emerald green
Character colour: Pale apricot
Mane/Tail/Other: Silver mane, thick and mostly straight, with bangs over his left eye and the rest a little past his shoulders. His ears are also pierced and he wears a G-clef earring in each.
Physique: He appears to be rather short for a stallion - closer to average mare size - and quite feminine-looking, making him very androgynous as a male. He is often mistaken for a mare.
Residence: Born and raised in Canterlot, though struck out on his own and moved to Manehattan fairly recently.
Occupation: He composes music and sings it, though his gains most of his money as a store clerk doing graveyard shifts.
Cutie Mark: A computer chip with a G clef in the center Volume bars of varying levels with music notes bouncing atop them.

Unique Traits: Since he was raised in a rather wealthy society, he often tends to refer to others as 'commoners'. He doesn't mean to be offensive, in fact he loves commoners and left his own society to become one himself. However, he still has trouble trying to integrate into commoner society and do simple things for himself. He's not used to having to earn his own money through lower-wage jobs.

History:

(Summary:) A runaway heir to his noble family's business, Techno was born and raised in Canterlot before he came to Manehattan. He got sick of high-society life, being unable to stand the arrogance of ponies all around him as well as fearing his predetermined future as a noble family heir. Leaving his family behind one day, he attempted to strike out on his own in the big city.

 

(Long version:) Techno Tunes was born with the name Classical Music into a wealthy noble family in Canterlot with a respectable background and a very traditional outlook on life. His mother was Traditional Class, his father was Business Class, his older sister was Classic Silence, and his younger ones were Classic Stories and Classic Fairytales. Together, they were the High Class family.

 

As the second oldest foal in a family of four foals and the only colt, Classical Music was burdened with a great deal of pressure and expectations as the next heir to the High Class family legacy in reputation, honor, and business. Nevertheless, being raised with three sisters encouraged him to develop a more feminine, sensitive nature. He loved his siblings very, very much. 

At a young age, he grew interested in what his society called 'commoners', but was chastised for being too interested in their lifestyle because he was told he should have been grateful for his wealth and status. His parents didn't want him entertaining the possibility of giving up his position as the next heir because they had no one to replace him. 

Their eldest foal, Classic Silence, was both female and mute, rendering her unable to carry on the family name and heritage according to tradition. Though Silence helped care for her and Music's two younger siblings, most responsibilities of the family fell on Classical Music. Because of this, outwardly he developed the coldest and most mature attitude of the four foals over the years. 

His parents, delighted by his capability to take things seriously, felt they were doing the right things in raising him. However, as the colt spent much of his time playing with his sisters, he hardly had any time to be social with peers which was very important in business matters. If Classical Music was to inherit the family business, he would have to be more outgoing. It paid to have high charisma and popularity while climbing the social ladder. 

The High Class colt was not skilled in making friends or good communication. In order to be successful, he had to be well-liked, and to guide him along this path, they sent him to a separate high school apart from his sisters where they were certain he would be able to get close with the right ponies and possibly learn how to be more gregarious. 

Music was not pleased at all by this, but he did as he was told and eventually became the president of his high school's music club. His passion for music had been taught to him by Classic Silence, whose muteness had given her a greater appreciation for music than most and its ability to express and communicate feelings. Classical Music sought to pass down what he'd learned from his sister to others through his shared love of music and, by extension, the music club. 

Even so, the young High Class heir became lonely in high school without his sisters. Rebelling somewhat against his parents, he kept himself distant from most of his other schoolmates. That was, at least, until a certain young stallion came along who turned Music's world upside down. His name was Dragon Tongue and he claimed to have been born and raised a commoner - the very sort of commoner that Classical Music had been fascinated with since he was young. 

At first Music couldn't stand Dragon's casual, crass, and carefree attitude. The two often butted heads, but Music couldn't deny that he was intrigued by the other young stallion's way of thinking. The two spent almost all their free time together - both in school and outside of it. Music soon found himself thinking of Dragon as his best friend. 

He was often amazed at how the 'commoner' seemed so street-smart and savvy with the ways of the world despite his parents' claim that commoners were a lesser class of people. Eventually, Music began to think of Dragon as more than just a friend. He confessed to the other young stallion, certain of rejection, but Dragon accepted him and the two started dating as a couple. 

As usual, though, Classical Music's parents had other plans. Traditional and Business Class, heedless of their son's feelings for Dragon Tongue, had arranged a marriage between their son and the crippled daughter of a very aristocratic family with a trade and reputation that allowed both families to benefit from the union. The only trouble was that Music was in love with someone other than his betrothed. 

From there, everything went downhill. Music did care for the young mare he was arranged to marry, Peach Blossom, but he thought of her as a sister rather than a wife. In his desperation, he even considered running away with Dragon Tongue to the other young stallion's hometown, but Dragon seemed indifferent to Music's situation. Along with the High Class heir's inauguration, the wedding proceeded as planned, though Music had to get himself drunk on the ceremonial sake to go through with it. Dragon did not attend. 

Later on, Music discovered that Dragon had been having his own problems. Dragon had learned that he had sired an illegitimate foal and had been fighting a custody battle for his colt. Music found this almost too shocking to believe, but then Dragon revealed to Music that he had been having relations with mares throughout their relationship because Music had never made any moves and Dragon had been tired of waiting. 

Devastated, Music cut ties with Dragon when his former best friend and boyfriend left for his hometown with his estranged colt to start a new life as sire and foal. The High Class heir went on with his own life, nursing his sickly, crippled wife in a large, lonely dwelling while studying business in preparation of inheriting and running his family's company. He kept himself immersed in his work, determined not to think of the past or what could have been. 

Despite all the expensive treatments she had been given, Music's sickly wife, Peach Blossom, died at a young age. It was the last straw. At that point, the loneliness of living by himself weakened the young stallion into succumbing to the misery he had suppressed in favor of pleasing his family. He became a wreck and was unable to study. Making a final decision, Classical Music decided to follow the dream he'd had as a child, figuring he had nothing else to lose. He abandoned his wealth, status, duties, responsibility, family, society, and everything else he had ever known in order to go into hiding and live life as a commoner. 

Using a great portion of his fortune up until then to buy himself a new identity from an underground information broker, Classical Music took up a new life as a commoner named Techno Tunes. Adjusting to commoner life was difficult and took a lot of getting used to. It was also a lot harder than he realized but he began to appreciate his new-found freedom, even without all his money, possessions, or family status. 

He attempted to take up his old passion of music composition, but quickly found himself feeling hollow and guilty. All his life he had been bred and raised for one purpose and he had abandoned that destiny. He had shirked his responsibilities in favor of his own desires and it ate away at him day after day. Gradually, Music - Techno - found himself stuck; only able to dwell on the past and unable to move forward. He often reflects on the things he misses about his old life - not his wealth or status, but the most cherished memories of his parents, his sisters, his wife, his first love, and all the other ponies he had once known.

Character Personality: Techno is pretty grounded and down-to-earth in personality, but he also gets flustered rather easily. Due to his having lived a sheltered life, he's very naive and ignorant about things usually only known to 'commoners' and has trouble doing simple things on his own. He likes to learn, though, and is pretty quick to pick things up.

Character Summary: Techno Tunes is a runaway rich pony from Canterlot who left his life as his noble family's heir behind in order to seek a more ordinary and free life as a 'commoner' in Manehatten. Though naive about the real world and easily flustered, he wants to make his own way in the world with his music and hard work and without the scrutiny of disapproving or disappointed high-society ponies he grew up around.

 

Tech is withdrawn and keeps mostly to himself. He tries to relate to mares because of having grown up with three sisters, but he usually somehow ends up upsetting them instead. Sometimes he tries to go out as a mare himself to be more comfortable with himself and his preference of stallions, but it just made him more nervous of being found out and he doesn't do it much anymore. Though he tries to act cold, he is easily flustered and often embarrasses himself. He tries to keep away from others because he doesn't want to repeat the mistake he made with Dragon Tongue, but he can't help feeling lonely and wanting to talk to other ponies. Occasionally he will go out to night clubs and party, perhaps to find fellow music lovers like himself.

[QuickLime]

The only issue I might alert you two is that technology in Equestria is not quite ipod level yet, it looks interesting so far =D

[Tymiko]

The only issue I might alert you two is that technology in Equestria is not quite ipod level yet, it looks interesting so far =D

Hehe, understood. I was wondering about that, so thanks for clarifying. ^_^

[QuickLime]

Think more steam punk, less wires and circuts if that helps!

[Blueblood]

OK, I'm sorry it took so long for me to get to reviewing your app.

 

Overall, it looks ok, though I'm still not sure a computer chip cutie mark is going to fly.  Maybe make it a soundboard?  One of those old-school analog ones with all the dials... well, that might be a little complicated, but it fits better with the tech level.

[Tymiko]

OK, I'm sorry it took so long for me to get to reviewing your app.

 

Overall, it looks ok, though I'm still not sure a computer chip cutie mark is going to fly.  Maybe make it a soundboard?  One of those old-school analog ones with all the dials... well, that might be a little complicated, but it fits better with the tech level.

It's fine, I know you guys are busy. XD

 

Hmm...would something more like this work?

[Blueblood]

Yeah, I think so.  Be passing it on!

[SteelEagle]