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The-Jaded-Bug Crazy Oatmeal

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Name:
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Patches
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Sex:
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Male
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Age:
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Teenager
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Species:
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Dragon
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Scales/Scale colours (body):
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Thick and tough like most dragon scales, yet clean and well-kept. For the most part they're orange
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with amethyst and cobalt blue scale clumps or ‘patches’ scattered on the
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Head/Back/Tail Scales:
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Bigger and (loosely) triangular scales, pointed in such a way as though they were ‘slicked back’. These scales get smaller as they ride down from his head as they trail down his neck, as well as from his back as they go down to the end of his tail. At the tip of it there is a sharp, arrowhead-shaped scale that Patches uses for carving out parts of and shapes for toys (as part of his occupation). These scales are royal purple.
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Wing Design/colours:
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Bat-like as with most dragons, they're large enough for him to potentially fly - maybe even bigger yet, as his are a little larger than the lot of teens. However, due to his acrophobia (fear of heights) and never learning how to fly (well, he was raised by unicorns after all), he only knows how (and has the willpower) to make short midair leaps and gliding distances. His outer wings are the same orange with blue and purple ‘patches’ like most of his body, while the inner wings are the same cobalt blue as his stomach (not counting the wing ‘bones’ or bends, which are orange).
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Eyes/Eye colour:
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Cobalt blue. The eyes themselves are round and his pupils catlike, as with other dragons.
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Cutie Mark:
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None
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Physique:
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A moderate sized teen dragon, he's roughly (somewhat shorter than) two times the average height of a full-grown mare while standing on both front and hind legs. Snout, legs and tail are starting to gain definition, but his features are soft less angular, and somewhat lean for a male dragon, thus pulling off a (relative) ‘cute’ look despite his intimidating size. Prefers walking on all fours, and is strong enough to cause quite a bit of damage, whether accidentally or provoked. In spite or because of this, he's normally quite gentle, if not careful or cautious, in how he moves about and handles nearly anything. Scare the bajeezus out of him however - because he’s a little easier to frighten than other dragons - and he has the potential of turning into a living wrecking ball while on the move, whether or not he ever intended to be in the first place.
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Origin:
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Canterlot. He now happily resides among Joy’s Toy Shop in the Saddleveil Plains, nearby a path that leads to Fillydelphia.
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Roleplay Type:
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FiM/Show Roleplay
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Occupation:
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Joy Spinner’s personal store assistant, though their relationship resembles a familial bond rather than that of the employer-employee type. Because of Joy’s withering eyesight (due to old age/farsightedness), he often helps her with making and fixing up toys, as well as other everyday things like cooking meals. He uses the end of his tail as a wood carving knife and works with metals (to make toys and toy parts), and may be seen stocking shelves during store hours. He’ll also help out
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, the newest employee, by taking on a mentor role when Joy isn't around to act as her apprentice. As of late, he sometimes joins Swifty with errands between the store and other towns or cities, and will even make a trip of his own if needed.
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Motivation:
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Used to the colourful and welcoming little shop that doubles as his home, his main goal is to keep it, and anypony related to it, intact in whatever way he possibly can. This includes making sure the store is still well stocked by only artisan crafted toys, to support Joy Spinner and Swift Kite’s goal of having another ‘Joy’s Toy Shop’ up and running, to help Joy to run the shop so that she won't misplace every other object in front of her, along with other, more nitpicky things. Also, while he may not point it out directly, he sometimes wishes that maybe, just
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, he could be a little bit braver for his age - especially when most sapient creatures his size wouldn’t normally become startled by, say, things like ‘buzzing’ noises from a single house fly.
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Likes:
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Working with metals and wood (for toy making), gems, especially turquoise stones, ceramics (among other things, when eating he’ll sometimes scarf down both his plate and his meal), a calm, peaceful/laid back environment, things going smoothly, warm weather, sweets and spicy foods (especially the latter), and almost anything that he can get away with eating (other than meat, as anything involving the death of a living being is rather unsettling to him, in spite of his potential).
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Dislikes:
Accidentally destroying/burning things, unintentionally scaring somepony or creature, bullies, show-offs, chaotic/hectic environments, cold weather (especially snow), bugs (insectophobia), thunderstorms (astraphobia), flying (acrophobia), sudden/loud noises (ligyrophobia), things jumping in front of him at random, the unicorn filly that formerly raised him, and anything he sees as a threat towards Joy Spinner or Swift Kite.
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Character Summary:
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History (Spoiler tag due to length):
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Patches’ life, in the beginning, was somewhat similar to that of the few pony-raised dragons that exist: For starters, he was given to a filly who passed their exam for admission into a small yet respectable private school for unicorns. However, he had not been hatched from the exam itself, nor was given to her through any members of the school's administration. In fact, Patches was a wee bit too young to remember how he was given to her, or where he even came from to be honest, leaving his origins a mystery even to himself.
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Her name was Optillusion, and her special talent, as the name might suggest, was related to illusion spells and her love for the performing arts. One would think that most magic schools in Canterlot might have second thoughts about accepting a student with a knack for so-called ‘stage’ magic, let alone letting them care for a baby dragon. The school she went to, however, was a bit more liberal than the norm, and the young unicorn had more to offer than some mere superficial display fancy tricks, ones that could have been pulled off by anypony with a horn on their head. She was a remarkably skilled and dedicated student, in fact, and she learly proved that when she outperformed the majority of her classmates on the school's honor roll. Along with doing well in her regular classes, she also thrived when it came to co-curricular activities, particularly in school plays, talent shows, and just about any event where she could showcase her strengths.

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Everything seemed to go right for the young unicorn in one way or another, but she was far from perfect. Her biggest flaws, surprisingly enough, always seemed to shine through when it came to the dragon she was raising, and neither filly or assistant were very happy about it, albeit for very different reasons.
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Her talents aside, Optillusion was known for her astounding lack of patience for almost anypony - or any
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[colour=#000000]As far as the filly knew, she tended to his every whim: Gems, shelter, and her privileged background apparently allowed her to give him a comfortable life, even if they both lived in a dorm room inside the school. But what she got in return? He would whine when he wanted something, would whine even more when she tried filing his claws, would run away from lmost anything she ‘created’ with her illusion spells (and would bawl his eyes out if he physically couldn’t), would get into ‘fire sneezing’ fits in the presence of even the slightest speck of dust, would eat the silverware in the cafeteria no matter how many times she told him not to, it was like he was deliberately trying to get on her nerves, and took for granted everything that she provided for him. Yet as far as Patches could comprehend, he just didn’t understand [/colour][colour=#000000]
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Optilusion seemed to loathe every single action he made, no matter how big or small. Nothing he did for her, no matter how hard he tried, no matter how much he yearned to receive one ounce of her admiration, could ever make the unicorn happy.

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Truth be told, many of the dragon’s so-called mess-ups and ‘petty inconsistencies’ would happen because, scaly assistant or not, Patches was a child then. A
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of all living things, and even one’s right hoof can falter on occasion. Optillusion hadn’t at all been ready to take on the responsibility of raising him, and it showed spectacularly. The unicorn’s low tolerance for the baby dragon’s antics grew almost as fast as Patches’s fears and insecurities - and it didn’t help that, even when first hatched, he had always been sensitive to the physical world around him. Even the tiniest squeak from an opening door hinge across the room would make him cringe and cover his ears, and whether real or not, sometimes the filly’s illusion spells put a little too much agitation on his hyperactive senses. The unicorn never once took this into account, and this and her obvious displays of disapproval towards him had, unintentionally, done more damage onto him than not. Soon enough,the little dragon was afraid of many things, but his greatest fear had nothing to do with other creatures, strange noises or things jumping out at him at random. In fact, his greatest fear was the very idea of being seen as a failure in Optillusion's eyes.

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It wasn’t even two seconds before a piercing, unpony-like scream could be heard throughout a good portion of the campus, while the tiny and scaly source of it bolted away from the school grounds in sheer terror.
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[colour=#000000]He didn't know how far he ran, and he didn't even notice the filly's spell having broken right after he ran away. That didn't seem to matter though, and soon enough Patches was in the middle of Canterlot square, surrounded by vaguely familiar structures and faces he couldn't recognize. In other words he was lost, and he feared the only two fates that seemed plausible at the time: To remain missing amongst the unforgiving streets, or to see Optillusion 'create' that dreaded Diamond Dog again. As the scared creature trembled on he ended up near the Canterlot toy shop, the only building that seemed even remotely safe to him. There he was discovered by a unicorn stallion named Jigsaw, the shop's owner, and his filly-aged daughter Joy Spinner. Not wanting to leave the little dragon on his own they took him in, thinking that Patches would be returned to whoever pony he used to work with. That is, if they could get him to talk without frightening the living daylights out of little guy.[/colour]
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It took a while for him to get used to the pair, as they were vastly different from the unicorn that raised him. Where Optillusion was a magically gifted, upper-class filly, both toymaker and daughter were just a pair of average unicorns with more humble origins, having originated around Solstice Heights before a stroke of money luck had affected the family business. And while Joy Spinner was a patient, forgiving pony as her father was, Optillusion was certainly the opposite. As the weeks went by Patches had finally started to trust them, and it was around that time when Optillusion had come to the store, having heard about a baby dragon there who's description matched that of her assistant.
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A nice, civil student-assistant reunion was expected. What happened instead was Optillusion stating bitterly that she wouldn't take him in again, going so far as to say the little dragon was apparently holding her back and that she clearly didn't need the little thing. Even with the previous harsh treatment she gave him before running away, what she said had hit Patches especially hard. She was the one who had taken him in first after all, and for him it was like a foal being abandoned while finding out that their dam had never once loved them in the first place. Shocked by the filly's decision (and even more so at what she had to say about it), Jigsaw and Joy decided to raise him at the shop, which helped the fearful little dragon cope. Still, it took some time for him to realise that maybe it was for the best that he and his 'assist-ee' parted ways, and that he was better off assisting the two kindly toymakers than Optillusion.
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[colour=#000000]As he worked in the store after being adopted by them, Patches had accepted them as family and vice-versa, and became accustomed to making wares to sell at the toy store. Or specifically, he became quite proficient with woodcarving and manipulating metals over time, while under the watchful care of Jigsaw and later Joy Spinner, his dexterity giving him a nice advantage when it came to the craft. [/colour]
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[colour=#000000]Eventually, when Jigsaw's daughter was well into her marehood and her father's toy store had enough profit and employees to sustain itself, Joy Spinner had bought a small house in Saddleveil Plains from an earth pony couple and turned it into 'Joy's Toy Shop'. Though a little sad about leaving the unicorn stallion, Patches ended up joining her, leaving the often hectic hustle-and-bustle of Canterlot behind him. With Fillydelphia being a fast growing town that was still being built at the time, ponies and other equines and creatures started to flock to it, which brought plenty of business to the toy shop since it was located right near the main path that linked together the soon-to-be city and Ponyville.[/colour]
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[colour=#000000]But as time went by it became a struggle to find any permanent employees, as most of them would end up preferring work in the now populous city rather than at a simple, rustic little store surrounded by farms that dotted the Plains. Business that went through the store had slowed down once Fillydelphia grew, and both Patches and Joy Spinner weren't getting any younger. When a much older Jigsaw died Joy reluctantly gave ownership to one of his employees in Canterlot, as she felt that she couldn't be able to run both stores at once, especially as her slowly deteriorating eyesight made it much harder for her to travel on her own over time. In spite of the growing dilemmas and the loss of Joy's father, however, both dragon and store owner labored over the years to keep it afloat, with Patches growing into a much larger teenager and the unicorn toymaker becoming an older and more elderly mare.[/colour]
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In recent years their hard work has slowly began to pay off, as plans of a possible toy store chain have become vocalized with the inclusion of Swift Kite, a plucky young mare and apprentice who, to be honest, is one of few employees to show any long-term interest in their family-like business. Small yet noticeable changes have and still continue as funds are being raised for future plans, and while the now somewhat older dragon may sometimes have difficulty adjusting to them (especially when it comes to actually leaving the store and venturing outwards), he remains hopeful for what may be in store for the shop.
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[colour=#000000]Character-wise Patches is a cautious ‘gentle giant’ figure, maybe uncharacteristically so when it comes to other dragons his age. While he isn't quite in the paronoid, hyper-sensitive state he was in as a baby, he still has quite the list of irrational, crippling phobias that he's yet to overcome. In spite this though, he tries his hardest to not judge a book by it’s cover, even with those who might seem scary or strange to him at first glance, but even then he’s still prone to making quick judgements - whether justified or not - if he sees (or has a hunch) that somepony or creature has the intent of hurting anyone he considers close to him. He genuinely values the lives wellbeing of his friends and the innocent before himself, maybe even stubbornly so, which is likely due to his being a little too aware of his longevity and his often faultering self-esteem. To convince him that he holds more courage than he estimates is a near impossible task, and his unwavering, ridiculous set of fears can lead him to think of himself as 'lowly' in the eyes of others, but maybe all he needs is way to break out of his shell, and his adapting to the potential prospering of the shop may be one way of doing so.[/colour]

((Note: I've tweaked his app a bit, editing anything about his dragon breath and specifically the beginning of the summery, to better fit in with the show's canon via Word Of Faust. Assuming you've read it, it's basically pointed out that he was never hatched due to any magic exam, yet still happened to be with a student at another magic school. Considering that it's hinted that Optillusion (who obtained him) came from a pretty well off family, it could be possible that she'd been given to her by somepony else. But beyond that, well, his origins are intentionally vague. It's all up to interpretation, folks.

Oh! And on a smaller and unimportant note: Added another reference, and Patches normally breathes blue and orange flames, though it can be noted that they have a tendancy to turn violet/blue if he isn't feeling well, like having a dragon flu (do they ever get sick?). :razz:))

Reference pic (drawn by yours truely):

Standing~

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And on his fours:

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Rule of thumb: The top on an average adult pony's head should reach the the highest point of where his wings meet his back, if not a pinch taller.

:D Also, Cat Napper drew up this awesome sketch of him (thank you so much!):

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The-Jaded-Bug Crazy Oatmeal

The-Jaded-Bug

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My apologies folks. I haven't been able to be on here all that much due to some real life craziness/chaos, but I did make some small changes in his appearance, age, and likes/dislikes as well as checking on some grammar/spelling issues. His summary is still in development, but that was mostly due to lack of time rather than feeling stuck on what to do with with the app. Will make sure to reply with more updates untill I'm finished now that my schedule is freed up. :)

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