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Opia

Everfree Roleplay

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92
Last visited
December 20, 2021
Player
Cheerilee

About Opia

The Wanderer

Species

Other
Species (Other)

Living Spell (Unicorn)
Age

28
Gender

Female
Residence

Hollow Shades
Hometown

Vanhoover
Occupation

Healer / Herbalist
Character Images
Cutie Mark Image
Physical Description

Physical description provided. Opia is generally stoic with a monotone expression. Her mane twinkles with green specs, the more power she has within her magic the stronger those specs are.

Opia as human:
Backstory

Opia was created as an experiment by a scientist mare named Symacore. Symacore was a talented mage who went too far in her studies and revived a mare who recently died. Symacore wanted to see if she could bring back the dead by using non-dark magic spells. This only partially worked but due to a combination of a life spell along with the other spells, that caused the mare to revive without her soul or cutie mark. Instead, a new soul was created by the energy of the life around her. That is how Opia came to be.

In the result, Opia having some sort of social impairment where she can only be friendly around Symacore, who can stimulate the emotional part of Opia's mane by her mere presence.

Symacore did this illegally and kept her largely a secret. Despite this, it was found out that Symacore had created Opia from a revival spell. This was highly frowned upon and treated as heresy against natural law. Symacore's presence in Vanhoover became known, but before the authority could arrest Symacore she escaped with her sole remaining friend. Symacore's real name is Green Vine. Leaving Vanhoover, Symacore, Pine (an alias used by her friend), and Pine's 3 foals. They would settle down in Hollowshades, far away from the drama in Vanhoover and live out a quiet and secluded life on a former farm they purchased together.

Opia lived a fairly sheltered life and was kept hidden from public view. Her fillyhood was spent on the farm with her family, the three foals were named Oak, Aspen, and Birch. Opia would consider them brothers, with Birch being the only filly of the three. Pine and Symacore would teach Opia the best they can about the world, but would mainly teach her about nature and plants. Opia quickly latched on and took an interest in herbs.

Opia got her cutie mark when she healed Birch after she was attacked by a wild animal. Coming of age, Opia would travel the land and heal any pony that needed it. She found her calling in life, using her life force magic to heal innocent ponies.
Personality

Opia is a healer, in all reality. Almost like Zecora but without the rhyme. She is very into plants and herbs, medicines, and wears the same monotone or disinterested look all the while. She is incapable of feeling most emotional ranges as some sort of 'disability' due to not being a normal pony like the rest. She is observant, distant and largely silent. When she speaks it is usually a one word reply or an ominous statement. Her tone is usually neutral with a rather cold undertone.

She won't be able to smile, or feel joy, or feel offended by others unless around the one who created her (Symacore). She keeps a picture of Symacore, and her family with her at all times. When around Symacore Opia is loyal, caring, and affectionate towards her mother and will do anything to keep her safe and happy.

Opia keeps her true origins and nature a closely guided secret. Only her family knows what she truly is and as of yet she hasn't trusted anyone to tell about what she really is. She is a simple mare, who lives a largely simple life.
Likes

Healing, Herbs, Plants, Nature
Dislikes

Loud noises, ponies who pry into her life too much, ponies who stand in the way of her healing others
Magic Spells

Life Force healing, and possible Necromancy
Abilities

Extensive knowledge of plant species and herbs

Recent Posts

The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 20, 2021

@Toshigami Equine
After the dance with Samurai, Opia would take the time to walk over to the Mayors. While the Concert was exhilarating - it wasn't in her main interest. Mayor Black was, and by extension Mayor White. When she walked up to them she would smile widely as she looked into Mayor Black's eyes.

"I know we just met today but I have decided that I am going to be living in this town permanently. My family will understand and besides, I can get them to visit in the future. I know others may not appreciate you but I do. You work hard for this town when others don't see it. You don't receive your dues but someday you will when they all realize how good of a soul you are. I would be delighted to live out the rest of my days, here, working for you and as your friend." she looked to Mayor White after that. "You are also a great leader too but I believe you can take some pointers from your brother. But either way, I'm here to stay and I can't wait to get to know you both more. I also got something for you two. Think of this as a shared gift." she spoke and pulled out something.

What it was, was an intertwined flower with both the colors of Mayor Black and Mayor White. The two flowers are embraced in an almost loving fashion.
"This isn't the end of an era but a new beginning. For us. All together." she mused, waving her hoof out to the other ponies beyond but her eyes remained focus on Mayor Black's first and foremost.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 16, 2021

@Toshigami Equine
Opia takes Samurai's hoof graciously and smiles slightly at that. She no longer felt the need to repress her emotions, due to the energy of the whole crowd and the music in the background. In a spot that she never thought she'd be, she would find herself feeling more honest and open then before. "I would be delighted to." she speaks and notices Mayor Black with Mayor White. "Tell you what, I'll spend a dance or two and then I'll go and see what the Mayors are up to. I am glad that the two of them are enjoying their time. I work for Mayor Black after all." Opia spoke almost seductively, but ever so slightly.

She'd match Samurai's dance movements. She clearly hadn't danced before but she was most certainly capable of it. Like her words, her dance movements were fluid and serene. Her eyes stayed locked with Samurai, who'd notice the green specs in her mane and tail glowed brighter than normal.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 14, 2021

@Toshigami Equine
Normally, Opia would react emotionlessly but due to her friendship with Mayor Black she felt herself rather offended at what Linda had stated. Nevertheless, she had grabbed the key card and marched up to the desk in a bit of an intimidating fashion. "You are wrong. Mayor Black is not a greedy or self-centered pony. He may not show it often but he has a very big heart. He offered to bear the brunt of someone's injury without cost to anyone else. He leads this town in ways that most do not see or respect. Perhaps if you give him a little bit of a appreciation once in a while he'll soften up and you'll see him for who he really is." she spoke in a calm yet domineering manner. She didn't usually do this, so it came out rather awkward.

"I want you to relay a note to him for me. Let me get a pen and paper here. After that, I'll be at uh...err...a concert. I have some...friends I need to see. Please make sure he reads it in the morning." she spoke and grabbed the Pen and paper from the desk and walked off to the other room to focus on her writing, leaving Linda to her own devices.

Once in the other room Opia began to write. The paper would lead as follows:
"I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in and stay connected. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, and most certainly don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life together. Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of your affection. You lose the attraction and the magic. Your sense of each other darkens and your presence is sore. If you can come through this time, it can purify with your love, and falsity and need will fall away. It will bring you onto new ground where affection can grow again.
My interest for you grows. I admire everything about you. When I look into your eyes, I can feel a kindred spirit. I only want to be with you, please you, and give you the same happiness that you have given me. If I were granted but one wish up to this point, it would be that we spend more time together bettering ourselves and this town. I know that we have known each other for merely a day, but I can tell that we have a bright future in this town together.

All the others I've met say you are greedy and self centered. They don't see the real you because they haven't opened their eyes and looked at you for who you really are. I have made many mistakes in my time but coming here isn't one of them. I will stand by your side when others won't."

Once the paper was finished she signed her name with an odd looking O to start her name and folded the paper. Handing it to Linda, she would exit the bunker and return to the others. However...she would have a different manner of returning to them this time. While she didn't really like the loud noises of the concert - she felt as if she was meant to be there for the conclusion of the day.

@Toshigami Equine @Courageous Thunder Dash @Dynamo Pad @Ragland Tiger @Reality Check @Kronos the Revenant

With a calm breathe and a hoofstep forward Opia's form evaporates in a green mist. She lets loose a gasp as the feeling of disconnection takes over. The mist forms into that of a solid green pulsating ball of light. A calm sigh echoes through the air from the ball of green light. It had been so long since Opia had been in her true form. The green ball of light soars off into the sky with a sparkling green trail tracing behind it much like a comet.

Above the lights and cheers of the concert the green ball would float and circle overhead and bits of it's energy would fall off like dry flakes and hit those below. Those dry flakes would give the ponies a seeming boost of energy, if only slightly. Little did they know, Opia was sharing a bit of her life force with them.
Looking down at the crowd, she was most saddened to see that Starlight wasn't there. None of the others she really knew were down there - but regardless she was going to join them. If she was going to spend time in this town, she can start meeting them right now. Samurai. She remembered him. The ball guides gracefully down and floated right in front of his face.

"Pardon for my intrusion, I'd like to join you. I know Starlight and Mayor Black aren't here, but that's fine. I love the two of them the same. If you don't mind...this is who I really am. I'm not actually a pony or a physical life form like you are. I am a manifestation of the force that invigorates and gives life to this world. I am responsible for guarding over life itself. At least, that's what I'd like to think. My mother brought me into being a conscious form, rather than that of just being life force itself." her voice was angelic.

With that said, the orb would poof away and Opia would hop down in front of where Samurai was. She simply smiled.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 10, 2021

@Toshigami Equine
Opia smiled faintly and then looked down at her hooves. She didn't have a place to stay here, after all. "I don't have a place to stay...so I suppose I will just sleep here then. Seems fine to me." she spoke and walked over and then looked back to Linda. "Say...what do you know about him? Just curious." she asked in a quiet manner.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 6, 2021

@Toshigami Equine
Opia proceeds down into the bunker while mulling over what she just did. While she knew that Starlight meant well, it was clear to Opia that her words fell on deaf ears. What a shame that they were so quick to move on. Oh well, either way it best for Opia to not be there. She walks up to the secretary calmly.

"Is Mayor Black busy? Where did he go?" she asked, internally a bit concerned.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 6, 2021

@Toshigami Equine @Courageous Thunder Dash @Dynamo Pad @Reality Check @Kronos the Revenant
Opia nodded to Samurai and found herself rather endeared by his respectful words but the arrival of the other ponies and the talk of the show was getting to be too much for her. Not only was the increasing number of crowd growing to be too much she also found herself rather unappreciated deep down. How quickly what she spoke of being swept under the rug. That was what she expected and she felt as if she made a mistake in staying around further.
"I will head back to Mayor Black. You won't be able to find me - but I will leave you with this. A lot of you are so quick to sweep the small things under the rug to enjoy the louder games. Do as you wish, but that is not the path I will choose to walk. I've obeyed the principle of silence for a long time, maybe no longer will I be silent and more will come to appreciate what I see in the world. Your choice, but I am making mine." Opia spoke cryptically and looked to Starlight.

"Wish you had different priorities but it isn't for me to say. With that, I say farewell for now. For my Heart belongs to Mayor Black and nobody else." she rose a hoof. "For what I follow, it is the silence that comes and that ends, the aspect which presides over all that has been lost, and what may yet return. Perhaps looking into it will yield you something that others can't." she spoke calmly and turned away.

With that, she walked away. The plants and flowers in the area would seem to bow to her like a departing queen. Her destination? Mayor Black's bunker.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

December 4, 2021

@Toshigami Equine @Dynamo Pad @Reality Check @Ragland Tiger @Courageous Thunder Dash @Kronos the Revenant
Opia takes Starlight's hoof and feels a sense of comfort as she leans up against Starlight somewhat. Her tail brushed against Starlight's own for a second as she listens to Samurai, listening with the same expression across her white face. "As one once said - I would rather be hanged for loyalty than rewarded for treason. But I doubt that anyone's going to be hanged anytime soon. One would hope." she spoke and looked to Samurai more. "Well then, if you'd like to look around the town you'll notice Starlight and I's improvements to the flowers and gardens. I hope you like them." she spoke calmly, not sure what to think of the others movements for now.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

November 30, 2021

@Firefighter Equine @Dynamo Pad @Courageous Thunder Dash @Kronos the Revenant @Ragland Tiger @ExplosionMare
To Samurai, Opia was a rather strange mare. The sparkling green specs in her mane had slowly shifted in brightness and rate of pulsing every now and then. Her cutie mark was a simple green spiral, and her body was ghostly white. Turning around, Opia looked at them with her emotionless stare and grey eyes. To Samurai, her stare was likely intimidating. Her mane and tail flutter slightly in the wind as her gaze meets all the others as well.

"I find myself quite capable of things that nobody else understands. Starlight has seen a portion of that. I was never one for the company of others, it gets hard to think and hard to be precise. But sure, I will go along for you for now. Mayor Black likely has work to do but in time, I will stand by his side for all of time. Not only that, but I hope Mayor White comes around as well. The mayors are quite interesting and it astonishes me nobody else has really looked into them." her words were devoid of emotion, it wasn't necessarily in a cold manner though. Her words were neutral if anything.

"My needs are as Mayor Black's are. I have decided I would take a risk and dedicate myself to him, and his line of work. I will do what he says without question." she spoke in an almost robotic fashion.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

November 28, 2021

@Firefighter Equine @Dynamo Pad @Ragland Tiger @Kronos the Revenant @Courageous Thunder Dash
Opia definitely seemed taken back at Starlight's answer if only slightly. Internally Opia was very disappointed that Starlight didn't seem to share the same goals. She stood there and stammered slightly upon Bluebell's interactions with Starlight but didn't interfere. Thinking about Mayor Black, she would smile ever so slightly and then she would sigh given the current circumstances. She didn't want Starlight leave but she knew that she couldn't stop her.

For the first time in a long while she looked down at the ground in relative melancholy. The other ponies here felt more like a crowd if anything. Opia didn't really like crowds at all. Looking back to Starlight she would speak, "Well, if that is what you want than that is what you'll get. I do wish you could set yourself from your obligations so you could see things more clearly. It seems like your mission has gotten in the way of what you'd really want. I think you know what I am talking about." she sighs, and didn't appear to be that comfortable around the others.

"If none of you have any objections...I'll be going to the one who my heart belongs to." with that, she'd turn away and start proceeding away towards Mayor Black's bunker.
The Town That Friendship Forgot

November 26, 2021

@Firefighter Equine @Dynamo Pad @Ragland Tiger @Kronos the Revenant @Reality Check
Opia looked deeply into Starlight’s eyes and carefully weighed if she would respond to the question she would ask. Within Opia’s eyes there was a grey flicker much like that on a TV screen.
Opia put her hoof to Starlight’s chest and seemed to…reach in. Within Starlight’s chest there was a purple slowly pulsating ball. Opia didn’t pull it out all of the way.
“I suppose this should answer your question.” Opia remarked and let go of the ball, Starlight didn’t feel a thing oddly enough besides a slight tingling sensation up her spine.
To the others Opia was internally a bit disappointed she would call attention to herself like that. It was obvious that there was no threat posed but still - Opia didn’t like crowds and looked to Starlight with a slight stare. “Shouldn’t always call attention to yourself. The best lessons in life are observed and not engaged with. There is no greater wisdom than the uninvested mind.” she replied cryptically yet prophetically. Her words were cold yet had a natural sense to them like a flowing stream on a winter day.

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The Town That Friendship Forgot

Started by Samurai Equine · February 26, 2020

The Town That Friendship Forgot
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It's not printed on any map ever sold.
It doesn't show up on any magical maps ever created.
Not even Princess Twilight knows it exists.
Still, if you ever choose to leave home...
If you are trying to find a place to belong, and no other location seems to work for you...
If you are brave enough to just let your heart lead the way, get past the forests, the fog, and follow a beaten dirt road...
Then maybe you two can find a huge town called Friendshire.
Here, anyone can get a second start at life.
It's a large town that wants for nothing, but it sure could use more citizens.
It could really use the magic of friendship, but more then that, it could really use some help.
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@Emerald Heart, @Pastel-chan, @Windy Breeze, @Dynamo Pad, @ExplosionMare, @Bastian
In his own house, the only asian-themed house on his block, Samurai Equine is busy. In his own make-shift workshop, he has notes and string strung about, random tools on a desk, and more. He is looking at a small metal box with a lot of mechanical, steampunk-style parts all over it.
"...Nearly a year of toying with this magic contraption, and still no answers! What am I missing?!" Samurai says in frustration as he randomly turns dials, twists a crank, and flips a switch with his hoof. And then... It activates! Part of the box opens up near the top, and magically projects an image. "I did it?! I did it! Wait, is that... I recognize that! It's the front gate!" In a rush, Samurai puts on his formal attire and runs out while holding the box under his arm.
Meanwhile, at the front of the town, just past a sign that says "Welcome to Friendshire", lies a both just to the side of the main road.
Inside this booth is a census pony, wearing a fancy jacket and hat that makes him look more like a bellhop.
He is just sitting in there, bored out of his mind, until Samurai runs up. "Excuse me! Sorry to bother you, but has any pony come this way?" He asks. The census pony shakes his head. "Nope. Not a soul in years. No pony leaving, and no pony arriving either. The population has been stuck at the same number for who knows how long..."
Samurai looks at his box again, the magical projection gone for now. "I think this thing is telling me that we really need to start increasing the populace. But how? How do we attract more ponies into living her?" He asks himself, looking up in to the slightly foggy distance and trying to brain storm some ideas.
Little did he know, they wouldn't have to wait for very long...