Pegasus Straight Arrow

[Inkwell]

Name: Straight Arrow (formerly Cheap Shot)

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Pegasus

PeltColor: Maroon (#800000)

Mane/Tail/MarkingsColor&Style: Orange (#FF8C00). His mane and tail are both scraggly and unkempt despite occasional attempts to comb them.

EyeColor: Gold (#D4AF37)

CutieMark: An arrow piercing a bag of gold coins.

Physique: Thin and wiry. You can see some of his bones under his skin without really trying.

Origin: Beakbreak City

RoleplayType: Mane RP

Occupation: Drifter (formerly a thief)

Motivation: Arrow loves nothing better than silently sneaking by watchful ponies and stealing their things. Any form of deceit and hoodwinking, for profit as well as for fun, is his life’s work. While he knows the consequences that come from indulging in this hobby of his too much, and he’s agreed to rein it in for Boxer’s sake, he's having a hard time thinking of a pursuit that would satisfy him as much. Perhaps he could find another, more legal means of thrill-seeking.

Likes: Shadow Boxer, thievery, coffee, alcohol, word puzzles

Dislikes: formal wear, busybodies, avocado, slow dancing

CharacterSummary: The earliest memories Straight Arrow has are of learning how to survive and look out for himself in Beakbreak City. He never knew his parents; presumably they died when he was young. With the name they gave him unremembered, he named himself Cheap Shot, a tough name for a tough city. The neighborhood he grew up with was dominated by griffons, so he befriended the other pony orphan he knew, Spinebreaker. Spinebreaker came in handy during those occasions where Shot was forced into an open confrontation, one he couldn’t sneak past or run away from, as he preferred to do.

He lived a reasonable life in the city as he grew up, earning his money by stealing. It all began when he got revenge on one of the movers and shakers of the city for publicly humiliating Spinebreaker. Not only did he get the fool's priceless celadon urn, he got himself a cutie mark as a bonus. The thrill of sneaking past the security measures of the wealthy and robbing them blind soon gave him a dangerous hobby. With each haul came more money than he knew what to do with, and the satisfaction of having gotten the better of someone else. Soon he started taking a daredevil’s attitude to the whole thing, and he kept going after more challenging and dangerous targets.

But then he got sloppy, and got caught robbing someone he shouldn’t have, someone nasty and powerful. He barely made it out of Beakbreak alive, and realized that he and Spinebreaker could never go back there. They gave themselves new names and went out into the world, trying to find a new life. He knows that he likely won’t be able to exercise his talents outside big cities like Beakbreak, but for the sake of his best friend, now called Shadow Boxer, he’s willing to give it a shot.

Living most of his life in a city run by criminals hasn’t done much for his outlook on life. Arrow has a cynical, devil-may-care attitude that’s endeared him to people in the past, but has also nearly killed him more than once. He’s fairly affable with other people, at least in the short term, and enjoys the simple things in life, like drinking and cracking rude jokes. Not many have gotten all that close to him in the past, and now that he’s a fugitive, that number is limited to Boxer. Once they do manage to break through and bond with him, though, he’ll go to the wire for them... assuming he isn’t the cause of the problem himself.

[brianblackberry]

I like the concept of the reformed pony struggling to right his life after a lifetime of criminality. I am curious about two things in regards to him. What defining moment during his earlier "career" got him his cutie mark? Now that he is a changed pony, what does he hope to do for a living, does he have motivations beyond staying "reformed", such as other concrete goals? (He may not know yet, but that can be expressed too). Does he view his cutie mark in a new light and/or a representative of a new calling in his life now he has stopped thieving; (this can also be a theme in the RP for you to explore and thus doesn't have to be answered clearly here).

[Inkwell]

I think I may have explained this wrong. Deep down, Arrow doesn't want to reform. He doesn't see anything really wrong with what he was doing, other than that he got sloppy and reached too far this one time. It's his friend Boxer who wants to go straight. Arrow's just keeping a lid on his thieving ways for Boxer's sake.

As for the cutie mark origin, I'm gonna add that in right now.

[brianblackberry]

Alrighty, for Great Justice! (Watch out for that justice!)

[MyLittlePonyTales]