Hippocamp Cobalt Currant [FINAL]

[Jeroin]

The app is now final and I await that I may be approved. May I also request feedback from you lovely people? Because that would be just lovely.

Edits 1/15/12 - Changed Age, Pet, and other minor details. Pet is now significantly longer, but I feel like I really had no other option if I was going to elaborate on it.

Name: Cobalt Currant (Cobalt is his first name, where Currant is the family hereditary title)

Age: Stallion

Species: Hippocamp

Pelt Color: #2554C7,A shade of cobalt

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Black, worn rather shaggy and dyed red at the ends. Wears a light blue-green hairband to make a single ponytail on the mane. It looks unkempt to due constant fidgeting when bored.

Eye Color: #52F3FF, a rather light tourquise

Cutie Mark: Water flowing from a silver vase, sparkling

Physique: Rather well-built, though the tail is the best developed. The fore-limbs are weak and not very strong. The tail of a dolphin and forelimbs of a pony. The tail has two small stubby flippers which do function.

Origin: Gallopocous Island

Roleplay Type: Equestria

Occupation: Water purifier.

Motivation: To keep the water clean for his cousins, the Pegasi, Unicorn and Earth Ponies, and find new ways to do it.

Likes: Swimming, Talking with Land Ponies, Reading books on land, Sunbathing, Amethysts, turquoises, other lesser gems, Gold, Platinum, Conducting scientific experiments with water, Rather loud music, finding out solutions to problems and learning about things.

Dislikes: Intrusive Ponies, Wet Weather on land, Ignorance, Slow Market seasons, Having to wait too long, Complex Riddles, Strong Violence, And Species-Teasing(Like calling a Hippocampus "Whale-Breath" or "Flounder-Foot").

Character Summary: Cobalt was born on the shore of the Gallopocous Islands magnificent beaches, to a loving mother and father. When young, there was a small emergency as the pony was born with rather weak forelimbs. He was taken to land so that unicorns could observe the problem, and found that he had a rather weak bone structure there. It was nothing serious, but he was advised to never do heavy weight-lifting or anything that could harm his forelegs. And for the most part, Cobalt never had reason to use them as he hated exercise and would often read books on science on land.

Cobalt loved the land and all of the Land Ponies he met. They often vacationed on the Islands and there would always be interesting ponies for him to meet. His parents did not approve of his frequent visits to the land but they did not deny him the privilege. It was harmless and Cobalt got the best grades in his classes at the Atlantic Academy for Young Hippocampi. But he soon met a unicorn with a passion for magic, and that set him off. Cobalt would begin to visit the unicorn mare everyday. He fell in love with her as she tried to teach the hippocampus how to use magic.

Hippocampus did not generally excel at magic, and most of them could not really manage much more then simple little tricks. Cobalt managed to learn hydrokenisis, albeit a rather novice one in comparison to the mare. She was ecstatic on learning of her pupil's magic ability and insisted he try to work even stronger spells, such as levitating large masses of water and even changing the temperature of it. Cobalt trotted out of the land in the rather awkward way a hippocampus trots, and stood there, trying to use the spell to freeze some of the waves. In doing so, he fell on his forelegs and broke both of them. The mare bound the injury and took Cobalt to a hospital, where he recovered. His parents forebode him from meeting with the unicorn again, and Cobalt accepted it, though sadly.

Soon Cobalt graduated from school...without a Cutie Mark. Often he would be teased by being called a 'Blank Flank', though the same detractors would often ask for his homework as well. So he thought none of it. But now, in the real world, fellow ponies looked at his blank flank and shunned him. He tried for a job as a clerk and did not get it, as the manager said he could easily turn into something nasty, like a thief. Sad, he went up to the land after several months of depression and met there a Land Pony, a Pegasus filly, in need of a drink of water. He quickly purified a decent amount and levitated it in front of the filly, who drank the water eagerly. She had never seen a Hippocampus before, and she had a strange idea seeing Cobalt's talent. She asked if he could mess with a cloud. Cobalt, now quite older then when he regularly met that mare, hesitated but tried anyway. He managed to make it rain a small amount for about a minute. The filly then laughed at his attempt, though in good humor, and suggested he try to do something with water for the Land Ponies. Water was normally dirty in the numerous rivers and lakes of Equestria and he could be rich purifying them.

After telling his parents of his plan, they set him up with some bits and a map of the world, with the river routes in a bright blue. He traveled to Manehatten, the place where he thought he could strike a fortune. Many of the Land Ponies there were rather arrogant and the bustling city life did not amuse him, nor did using magic to keep his pelt moist. He traveled to Hoofington, a place he actually likes quite a lot and made some lasting friends, but he place had enough clean water already. And so he tried his luck at Ponyville. He instantly found the place interesting and the rivers right next to it were accessible. He made his home near the Whitetail Wood by building a cave into the rockbed. He then made a drain, so he could easily drain his home of water in case he was meeting Land Ponies. He even managed to find some Hippocampi near the river in Cloudsdale.

He began to purify water and got ponies to go the market and sell it to them. This was very profitable, as the water was free to him and he purified the water with his magic. However, the demand for his clean water increased over time. He could not make the market asking. So he began to devise machines to purify the water that would require less magic on his part. Simple machines with little needed input that could make pure water. After a few months of work, he managed to create a machine that used sedimentation for the water and needed very little magic. The satisfaction at creating the machine was so intense, he earned his Cutie Mark - A silver vase pouring clean, sparkling water.

Now the Hippocampus sunbathes in joy and reads all the books he ever dreamed of reading while operating his business. All the while he thinks of new ways to purify water and make new business ventures. He often journeys into town and makes and visits friends. All is right for Cobalt.

Water-based Power: Water Telekinesis A rather weak telekinetic grab on anything water based. Can lift several gallons of water above land, and anything water based can usually be picked up if light enough. Cannot pick up Ponies. Can manipulate rainy clouds to bring a drizzle out, but cannot maintain for very long.

Pet : A young otter named "Ottostrophe" or "Otto". Was hit buy a boat when a young cub and damaged his right arm. Using hydrokenisis, Cobalt healed the arm and earned the affection of the otter cub. Has a smoke black pelt and a scar over the right shoulder. Red eyes. A rather playful nature but is jealous of anypony who commands Cobalt's full attention.

One day while on the riverbed of Manehatten, as Cobalt was busy finding some food and contemplating if he should continue staying at the town. Suddenly, a loud screech later, Cobalt saw a boat propelled by magic zoom across the river. He had seen these boats many a time and did not heed them much, though they're loud sound did irritate him rather badly. Today however, the end of the boats had strange dorsal fins at the end, which were extremely sharp. That did not attract his attention. What he saw on the tip of the strange fin made his stomach retch. There was a fine trail of blood flowing from the fin.

Cobalt hated blood, and he knew that this blood was that of a living creatures. He rushed opposite the flow of the boat and finally happened across a baby otter, with a large, pulsing scar over its right shoulder blade. The young otter was fainted on the floor and loosing blood quickly. Using his hydrokenisis, he quickly picked up the otter and sealed off the vent with ice. He then traveled to his makeshift underwater cave and began a long, laborious task made of removing excess water from the otter, replenishing the body with any vitamins and minerals he could find in the water around him, and then healing the body. After healing the otter, Cobalt collapsed from exhaustion.

When he woke, the young otter was awake and curiously testing its right forelimb. There was a ropy scar on its shoulder. and it heeded it warily. When it noticed Cobalt was awake, it huffed lightly and began to leave the den. Frightened that the otter would hurt itself by going out, Cobalt locked the door by making the entrance freeze over. The otter refused to talk and licked it's wound as it moped about for the rest of the day. Cobalt managed to inspect that the shoulder blade was grazed and the otter was badly injured. He made a brace and silently commended the otter's will.

After a few days, Cobalt realized the head-strong otter was a nuisance. It teared at his waterproof books and messed with anything that was breakable. It managed to make a few well-sized cracks in the ice wall. It never acted as if it was hurt. The last straw was when it broke a giant gem stone Cobalt was going to sell for bits.

Cobalt wanted many things. He wanted to get rid of the otter. He also wanted it to get better. Selfishly, he decided that the headstrong cub would get better eventually and decided to let it leave. If the otter felt any joy, it did not show it. It merely swam away with dignity, and a slight jumpy nerve in the shoulder. Cobalt followed it to see where it would go. Perhaps he could find the young otter's mother and tell it what happened. The otter did not go anywhere, however. It just swam about in random places.

Then the least expected thing happened. A boat screeched by, with sharp dorsal fins. Cobalt had been swimming a bit too near the surface, and got rented with a rather deep and long slash along his backside to tail. He screamed in terror. His vision a crimson red, he saw the otter, with a sense of purpose in its eyes, flung itself to the top of the boat. The boat suddenly veered off course and hit the shore with a loud and defining THUNK.

Cobalt, smelling the metallic tang of blood, his own blood, and could only begin to wonder what the otter was planning on doing. Ignoring his injury, he also swam to the surface. There, he saw the otter growling at a group of scared Unicorns, each with a fancy purple best and medallion. A blue unicorn with a white mane saw the hippocamp and shouted, "Help! This crazy...thing has crashed our ship and now wants out bodies for food! It's a savage beast I tell you! Look at it's eyes!" The otter growled again.

Cobalt, with noticeable difficulty to everyone, stood up on his hooves and yelled at the otter, who did not give hint that it was listening. The otter only snapped and began to lurch forward, as the unicorns all winced in terror. Then, he yelled, "Is this really right?" The otter stopped in it's path. Cobalt's legs wobbled but he continued, "Do you think hurting these ponies will make up for your shoulder? They probably didn't even know they hurt you - they may not even be the same ponies." Cobalt began to see red flecks in his eyes. Normally his legs were in better condition, but with his back cut open and his exhaustion from healing the otter a while back was hurting him. "You don't have to pretend your tough.Your plenty tough. I saw that. You aren't telling me anything by hurting them."

The otter cub looked back at Cobalt, and he noticed that it had tears in it's eyes. It looked down and then began to retreat carefully. However, the blue unicorn stood up from it's fetal position and said, "Well, I for one will not stand for this. That beast is a monster, and I think I should rid Ponydom of it." The unicorn's horn glowed with a slight golden shade, and the otter flew up a few feet in the air. "This monster could kill any pony who boats by. It would be a catastrophe!" The otter suddenly broke the show of power and cried out in terror itself. "Oh no you don't," Cobalt said, as he summoned the water in the otter's body and began to pull at him.

"Oh, and don't get me started on you, you hybrid nonsense. It would do the world a great deal of good if I got rid of you as well. You're good for nothing. You harvest no food, do no work, and bring no order. You are useless. One death would not end the world."

Cobalt, with a flash of anger, suddenly pulled the otter right by his side. Working on the same energy, he began to rise the river water. He felt the tides on his body as the wave grew in size.As the save eventually shadowed the unicorns, Cobalt said plainly, "He's my catastrophe, you stuck-up jerk."

And the river water swept the unicorns away.

Ottostrophe, as the otter was soon named, developed a sudden adoration for Cobalt in the days that came. It became apparent that the otter had no family.

Upon adopting the otter, Cobalt decided Manehatten was not for him. As soon as his wound was healed, he packed his things and left the cave, Ottostrophe dutifully swimming behind.

[knight]

I don't know if you were looking for feedback, but I just couldn't help it after reading this great app! There's only two things that caught my attention...

1. Diet: Omnivorous--I'm pretty sure...yeah, I'm positive, that Hippocamps are herbivorous, where it is Kelpies who are omnivores. :3

2. Pet: I noticed you have one...yet, I don't see....like how they met...or...why he has a pet or....??? I'm just curious, as usually pets are important in our lives. :3

That was all. Very nice lookin' app.

[Jeroin]

I don't know if you were looking for feedback, but I just couldn't help it after reading this great app! There's only two things that caught my attention...

1. Diet: Omnivorous--I'm pretty sure...yeah, I'm positive, that Hippocamps are herbivorous, where it is Kelpies who are omnivores. :3

2. Pet: I noticed you have one...yet, I don't see....like how they met...or...why he has a pet or....??? I'm just curious, as usually pets are important in our lives. :3

That was all. Very nice lookin' app.

Hmm, I don't remember writing down the Omnivorous part. That's strange. Let me edit that out right now.

Oh, and about Otto? Hmm... Alright, now I'll write the whole story.

[Kudalyn]

Very good! I'm very impressed with this app. While I was wary about how your hippocamp can use more magic than the average one, you clearly outlined that this guy is special, and he got tutoring from a true magic user, so it's believable.

It's interesting that he created his own machine - Hippocamps aren't known for their machinery skills, but maybe he picked up a bit on his travels through Equestria.

Also - cute little pet!

Just a little note: The age shouldn't be a number. If you want to describe him, mix the age and the gender together. For his instance, he'd be a 'Stallion'. Anything younger than that would be a 'colt'.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

How is this Application coming along?

[Jeroin]

Very good! I'm very impressed with this app. While I was wary about how your hippocamp can use more magic than the average one, you clearly outlined that this guy is special, and he got tutoring from a true magic user, so it's believable.

It's interesting that he created his own machine - Hippocamps aren't known for their machinery skills, but maybe he picked up a bit on his travels through Equestria.

Also - cute little pet!

Just a little note: The age shouldn't be a number. If you want to describe him, mix the age and the gender together. For his instance, he'd be a 'Stallion'. Anything younger than that would be a 'colt'.

Thank you for all of that, you made my day. I updated the pet with a little background story - okay, so it's not that little. The story is about his namesake and how Cobalt found him.

I knew from the beginning that Cobalt was going to have rudimentary water-controlling powers, and it scared me that perhaps I had overstepped my boundaries with that one. Though the weak legs were already there, I outlined them and made sure that Cobalt had weaknesses and that the magic was only compensation. Not to mention that I couldn't imagine him being able to do his work without being able to at least manipulate the flow of water. Don't worry, he received a lot of flak for being a magical Hippocamp at school, if that eases anything.

[Jeroin]

How is this Application coming along?

It's done now thank you. I'm itching to go RP now...that is, if this gets approved.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Hippocamps are kinda Kudalyn's thing, so she'll be handling this Application. As a note, you can remove [Hippocamp] from the title, because the topic tag is present.

[Jeroin]

Hippocamps are kinda Kudalyn's thing, so she'll be handling this Application. As a note, you can remove [Hippocamp] from the title, because the topic tag is present.

Removed

I think this will require about...more then one bag of popcorn. I'll be waiting here.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

A bit of a lengthy Application, and an interesting twist on Hippocamps. Nice to see a great App coming from a new user.

[Skye]