Professor Annabella

@@Professor Annabella,

 

It would be quite wonderful! 

Alrighty

Could by OC, Anna, be there on a expedition of sorts? She's a professor from Canterlot, maybe she's there to investigate the bay?

 

Bio in my sig

 

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A most peculiar letter, this one. Sparky had picked it up for me between brainstorming sessions, and it had been a while since I'd filed the request with my master to find someone who would collaborate with me to be able to properly enchant living or formerly living things. There was nothing to do but take a break from work, take a chance, and meet her. I'd arrived in town only recently so I wasn't exactly sure where that address was located. Fortunately Sparky had scouted the town and was able to produce a map for image for me with his mag-scan function. Apparently this professor lived in one of the better parts of town, where ponies were well off. Not sure how well off she was, but the richer seemed to be living in that neighborhood. Did small cities even have neighborhoods? Guess I'd find out.

 

We took about 20 minutes traveling by air with Sparky strapped to my back, much to the confusion of passing Pegasi. Sparky's wingpack mode could fly sure, but it lacked speed. And we found the address and I reached out my right forehoot to knock on the door. I called out as I was knocking. "Hello? I was supposed to meet someone at this adress."

 

Anna's house was... surprisingly nothing impressive. With the exception of Hearths warming lights, the house was just as boring as the rest of the houses on this side of town. They were bigger, yes, but Anna's house was actually looking a bit smaller than the rest. It seemed to be older, with a more vintage farmhouse kind of look to it, instead of a typical modern Ponyville home. Ponyville was once a farm town, and this house was probably once owned by one of the first families to settle there.

 

Nobody answered the door, at least not immediately. Lektra would have to stand there, waiting in the cold. It was the middle of December, and there was fresh fallen snow. Though it was only 4, the sky was already growing dim. The start of winter wasn't officially until a week or so, however Ponyville was already bitter cold and snowy. There was at least a few inches of snow on the ground.

 

Out from around the house came some noise of something walking through the snow, packing it down with each squeaky step. To Lektra's surprise, it wouldn't be Anna... but instead a Bernese Mountain Dog. This was Checker, and technically he was a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (a Bernese with short fur) but it didn't really matter because Checker was really big. He slowly approached Lektra, stepping through the snow. A notable feature was the fact he only had 3 legs, and one bionic metal leg. This bionic front left leg seemed to be some type of robotics with complicated wiring and such. It really didn't make him any less intimidating, it kinda of made him more intimidating.

 

Checker sniffed Lektra and her companion, and if either dared move while he was inspecting them, he'd let out a deep low growl. He seemed very serious about this process. This must of been Anna's dog because he had a red collar on with a tag that said his name in bold letters, with Anna's name in a much smaller font underneath.

 

Checker let out a short puff, then ran off back around to the back of the house. Lektra wouldn't see this, but there was a Checker size dog door in the back that was available for him to go in and out of when his owner was home. He bolted into the house that was all decorated and merry for the holiday, but quiet and dark. Annabella was half. on the couch, sleeping with her little foal Zeus on her chest while she laid on her back snug in a cover. They both snored loudly, which Checker took notice of.  The smart dog picked up his tennis ball and stuck it in Anna's mouth.

 

"shoooooooo- .... ACK...." Anna shot up and spat the tennis ball out of her mouth "CHECKER!" Anna yelled while Zeus also jolted awake and started crying. He was tossed off Anna and onto the soft couch... it was a rude awakening.

 

Checker pointed his bionic paw at the door, but put his ears down when Anna yelled at him. He just wanted Anna to be aware of the burglers at the door.

 

Anna picked up Zeus and rocked him until he quieted down (which didn't take long at all) then stuck a pacifier in his mouth and slumped him over Checker's back. The 3 of them headed to the door, with Anna looking completely disheveled, tired, and delusional as she opened the big door for their visitor.

 

"I didn't.... have... any mail orders coming in until.... Wait, who... What... Who are you?" Anna yawned.

Anna gave Professor Drone a look, one of annoyance. She knew what was wrong with the spine, and it wasn't cracked. Or atleast she didn't think so. What would he possibly be doing that'd cause such trauma? Pony vertebrae were thick and nearly indestructible to begin with! These were metal, a special alloy, that wouldn't just simply 'crack' under anything a normal professor, with a normal job would do.

 

"It's nothing more that a calibration that needs to be done. Don't even joke around it being anything more. I hope you realize I run a business where many ponies depend on me to keep their limbs in tact every day. I'm already behind schedule, and this is only going to make things even worse than they already are." Anna said with a tone. She seemed tired. She walked far enough ahead that she wasn't part of any of the nose scratching or anything, leading every pony towards her shop off campus.

 

Zeus finished his bottle about halfway there. They were on the edge of campus now, and on the sidewalk of a busy street. Anna took the empty bottle from her goal, and put it back in her saddle bag. While she was there, she took a pacifier and popped it in his mouth. Before getting his paci, he let out a nice big yawn... It was about time for nap time. Anna tightened the carrier Zeus was in, so that he was closer to her chest, and he could rest his head on her. Zeus quieted down and tried to drift off to sleep.

I just wanted to inform you guys that my lack of posting is due to how busy I've been with my job, school, and sport. I'll post later today. Sorry for the inconvience

Anna found the name 'Twitch Glitch' very fitting, though she wasn't sure why he was with the professor. The professor was always to busy for mentors and students along his side (especially one as glitchy as this one). Maybe it was a temporary thing, or he was special in one way or another. Either way it wasn't Anna's business, even though she was curious about this strange bot.

 

It seemed the professor had plenty of companions today "W-Well I guess.... Maybe.... All of you need to just calm down and give me a second" Anna said with concern. She pulled a pair of glasses out of her lab coat. Anna didn't have impaired vision, this instead magnified things 10x to see the very small details of such advanced tech.

 

Zeus stayed quiet as he continued to suck on the bottle. He took short sips, and was about halfway done sucking down on what was a pretty large bottle of milk. He definitely was hungry. The worry in the air didn't seem to bother the little toddler. That hoof that the professor told everyone about, the cybernetic one, stayed clutched onto that bottle, as well as his real one.

 

Anna approached the professor and took a look at his back. There was a small panel in which she opened. A red light blinked in middle of the sea of different colored wires, small knobs, and switches.

 

"This is what happens when you don't come to your appointments regularly. This spine is as crooked as a question mark. It's impinging on vital wiring."

 

Anna flipped a switch and the panel gave a beep. The red light went white, and stopped blinking. The pain would have gone away, however, the professor would be stiff as anything.

 

"To my workshop I guess. This will take away the pain, but you're going to be extremely stiff" Anna says as she turns around and starts heading in the direction of her workshop.

"His spi-spi-spi-spine has malfunctionnnnnned; he seems to be in-n-n-n pain."

 

Twitch's body seemed to shudder, and then flow like a ripple of water as he completely reversed the direction he was facing... without turning.

 

"I can lead yoooooou to him, if you want - I would vevevevevevery much appreciate it."

 

Twitch's face plates spun around until they formed and urgent look.

Anna knew a glitchy robot when she saw one, as well as one that was not like any other. But that wasn't the concern, his spine was! It was of Anna design, and was one of her first projects. Back when Anna was much more involved in the university, and wasn't a full blown mother yet, the problem arised and Anna offered to help. It was a complex peice of machinery that she spent many sleepless nights building. She risked a lot, and put herself through plenty of pain putting the damn thing together. Such a project, especially with being pregnant at the time, was something Anna should of never invested in... But she did... And it worked.

 

Anna's look also came much more concerned, instead of how it previous was (annoyed). She somewhat panicked herself! "Oh Celestia, seriously?! What did he do? Was it trauma? There's many sensitive nerves and complicated wires in that spine, if it's left untreated, he could be completely paralyzed until I can take apart and rebuild the whole damn thing! And I do NOT have the time to do a project like THAT again!"

 

Zeus looked up at Anna panicking "Momma?" He asked, but was ignored. Zeus went back to sucking on his bottle and watching the events unfold, all with a curious look in his eyes.

 

"Where is he and... Who are you exactly? A student of his? A project maybe?"

@@Professor Annabella

 

Scan - nothing - scan - nothing - scan - WAIT!

 

Twitch skidded to a halt before he passed the campus yard. His scanners had been looking for all he knew about this Anna: adult pony, mare, with a child with an anomaly, focused on the legs. There couldn't be THAT many on campus, right?

 

When he got a hit, he bee-lined to about the same spot. His legs locked as he came up in front of a mare with a foal.

 

Well, this is the first stop; hopefully, it's her!

 

"Excuse me me me, but if you are the c y b e r n e t i c s specialist that assisted Professorrrrrrrr Drone with his spinal graft, then I need your helplplplp with him! P-p-p-please?"

Anna was just about to head in the direction of the medical wing, when she was interrupted by some kind of glitchy bot of sorts. It honestly kind of startled her, but surely not Zeus. He was very much focused on his bottle.

 

"Oh well, Hello..." She said awkwardly "That'd be me... I guess. I don't know why he'd tell you about that, or its relevancy. What's the problem, exactly? I'm in a bit of a rush"

 

Zeus looked at the robot. It was shiny and stuff, like some of the more expensive projects in Anna's workshop. He lowered his bottle, and turned his head to the side. He could see his reflection in the metal! That's what he looked like? He was all distorted. Zeus flopped his ears up and down and watched his reflection closely for a reaction.

It wasn't like Anna hadn't witnessed conspiracy and politics. There was once in her life that it was the only thing on her mind... but that was way behind her now. She had a baby to take care of, and she took on a much more simple profession. She worked on artificial limbs, sometimes something more complex like a spine, but that was all she did... nowadays anyway. If anyone approached her, wanting her to work on advanced androids, or military-grade hardware, she'd politely just have to turn them down. As much as Anna wanted to give her input, she did not.

 

"No no. I won't say if I do or don't believe you. It's just.... Uh.... Not really my thing. I have no opinion, I am but a simple engineer who likes to help ponies get on their feet again" Anna says as she screwed in the last screw.

 

The leg was finished, and again functioning. Any pain associated with it should of been gone by now. Anna started to put away the tools she pulled out, as Zeus watched. He let out a deep sigh, wanting to move on, but he did not dare whine. He wouldn't do so until after his mother was completely done working. He never made any noise when his mom was focused on something as important as a repair, even as a little toddler he knew not to.

 

"This is only a temporary fix... You'll need to get to a mechanic again soon. You are welcome to my store, and I'll even give you a discount" Anna smiled, giving the mare a coupon with her shops address and the special discount. "Until then, I wish you luck"

 

Anna picked up Zeus and slipped him in his carrier, then walked off again. She almost forgot what she was doing, but then quickly remembered. She needed to see if anyone would spare her some scrap metal for all her orders. All those orders! She forgot about those too! All the work, all the stress... Ugh. Anna let out a deep sigh of disapproval, and if things weren't bad enough, Zeus was whining again. It wasn't comfortable to have your baby squirming around in his carrier and kicking you in the chest... it really wasn't pleasant. Anna couldn't figure out what in the world he wanted either, she hadn't been paying any attention!

 

"Ugh... Zeus... please stop. Suckle on this or something" She said as she reached into her saddle bag and handed Zeus a bottle of milk.

 

Nothing could of made him any happier. He snatched it with his real and cybernetic hoof, held onto it tight, and took a bunch of little suckles of milk out of the large bottle he could barely hold up.

 

This is so good... So hungry and thirsty. This would go great with a cookie, but this is good for now... He thought to himself.

 

Anna smiled as he quieted down and tried to figure out where to go... She was standing in the dead center of the campus.

"I see, I still feel sorry for him. A deformed leg is still a leg, And in a decade or so robo-ponies almost everypony there is then the humans will get what's left. The guard won't be able to do anything about that humans still have more advanced weaponry. Sometimes I wonder what if ponies like me weren't around to free all the captive test subjects? Would all flesh and blood ponies be dead?"

Anna wasn't one for politics or conspiracy. Actually, half the reason she left her parents home to make this workshop was because she was getting sick of their business and politics they always discussed.

 

"A little too heavy on the mind... Especially for a single mother" Anna sighed as she got to work on the leg. Zeus watched carefully.

"hello Anna and Zeus, I'm hidden heart" she said. She turned to the foal and said "I feel sorry for ya kid. Having to grow up in this world where ponies are becoming more reliant on cybernetic replacements and robotics to extend their lives and sometimes abusing fellow ponies to get what they want, but that's why I and others like myself are here"

Anna smiled "Nice to meet you!"

 

Zeus had no idea what this pony just said, but that's because she was a stranger. Anna said a few words he understood, and could even follow some direction from her, but it was like he only understood if it was in her voice. He tilted his head to the other side, then completely stopped paying attention, and fiddled with grass with his cybernetic hoof.

 

"Well, you see, Zeus was born with a deformed leg. You can't lose what you never had to begin with. He doesn't mind not having his front leg. Sometimes I wonder if he even notices it" Anna says as she gets out the replacement piston and necessary tools.

@@redshell,

 

Anna lets out a deep sigh "I guess that's alright... I just have some sympathy for ponies like yourself, with synthetic limbs and all. I don't like being the kind of pony that makes money off other ponies struggles"

 

Zeus started to squrim. He didn't know why they stopped. Why... Whhhyyy did we stop. This is taking foreeevvveerrr, quit talking to ponies and let's get home already! he thought to himself while whimpering and whining while kicking Anna.

 

Anna responded by slipping Zeus out of his carrier and putting him on the ground. He wouldn't wander off, especially if she was doing a repair. Zeus wouldn't miss a repair for the world.

 

"My little foal here was in a similar situation just the other day!" she pointed to his robotic forehoof "That's Zeus, and I'm Anna... Now let's take a look at that hoof" Anna says as she digs in her bag. Zeus looked at the customer, and turned his head curiously.

@@redshell,

 

Annabella walked down campus, whistling a tune, as she wondered where the best place to go was. Usually for metal alloys of all sorts, she went to the medical department. Their equipment broke down all the time, and used practically the very same metals that she used for her bionic limbs. Zeus' very own little leg was made from... A old magnetic scanning unit- she thinks? It didn't matter, the medical wing gave her a fair price, and they loved her and Zeus! She just hoped showing up without giving notice first wouldn't get her in trouble... Anna actually didn't spend most of her trips in the medical wing, but instead where you find robotic and android engineering. The ponies there liked her... but she didn't know them all that well.

 

Zeus was being a bit of a nudge. The little toddler whined because he wanted a snack, but Anna wasn't budging because he had eaten a meal only a hour or so before.

 

"Quiet down Zeus, I'm trying to think!" Anna said to him as she walked. She was trying to process all her orders back at her prosthetic shop.

 

Zeus grumbled and moaned while he sat in his little carrier. He had a scowl, until Anna popped a pacifier in his mouth. He still grumbled...

 

I'd do anything for a cookie. I love cookies... This strange place has lot of em' somewhere Zeus thought as he quieted down and suckled on his paci.

 

 

Then, out of nowhere, Anna heard the pop of a piston. This wasn't any piston, it was a piston relating directly to her line of work! Her ears perked up, and the sound of it popping, she could probably tell you what kind of piston it was, it's role in a bionic limb, which limb it was from, and maybe even the model piston it was. Oh, she heard dozens a day pop (especially on Zeus' pesky foreleg), but the last skills of hers mentioned was most important. Anna knew she had that very replacement piston in her bag, and that whoever was having trouble, needed help ASAP.

 

Anna was over by the red maned pony in a matter of seconds. It was a good thing she had a saddle bag with the tools necessary for the repair, and replacement part(s). This blonde pegasus looked somewhat like she was doing; she looked like a cross between Rosie the Riveter, a professor, and the common Equestrian housewife with Zeus.

 

"Oh boy... That didn't sound good," Anna said as she picked up the broken piston "Excuse me miss, but if you'd like a repair, you're in luck! I have some tools and a replacement part, and I'll do it free of charge if you'd like"

I thought you were giving players an RP Test? Did that not work out?

Got too desperate. Nobody was applying.

@@Professor Annabella, I can see that working. Maybe she has a hoof in the colleges medical wing?  

Maybe. That and she's just well liked around campus because she's a pretty smart mare. Should fit right in.

 

I'm gonna post now...

@@Professor Annabella, I can see that working. Maybe she has a hoof in the colleges medical wing?

Sorry to post again, but can you read through my post and make sure I'm not doing anything wrong? I mean, there was a lot of posts to read, so I just kinda decided that I'd wing it, and just have Anna walk into campus (it's more fun to have what's happening be a mystery to both player and character).

 

But I'm skimming through posts and I'm starting to wonder where everyone is, and if there's something on Campus should be taking notice to

I know you were, and I wasn't meaning to insult you at all. I was just saying you weren't here.

 

 

Huh? What do you mean?

I felt like some of the OC's were a bit overpowered. This is a dark RP because the OC's are truly supposed to feel hopeless and defenseless against the machines.

Hard to keep stuff going when the DM just vanishes for nearly a week..

It wasn't my fault I was busy. I would of tried to stay and work things out, even though I was busy... But the RP wasn't shaping out how I wanted it to.

                What Anna and her son were living was a simple, sweet, and basic lifestyle just outside the massive futuristic university. Anna, the young scientist and professional tinkerer she was, owned a small garage in the town/city in which the university was located in. She lived here with her baby, and only her baby. His name was Zeus, and he was her little partner in her prosthetic robotic limb business. They fixed limbs, built limbs, replaced parts on limbs, and even upgraded them. Limbs could fall anywhere from; forehooves, hind legs, wings, horns, eyes, ears, and sometimes even little versions of all those things, for little ponies. The two pegasi made a decent bit doing these things in the city for many loyal customers. It was indeed simple and lovely. All peace… No disturbances…

 

Well at least when Anna wasn’t overloaded with orders… Or she ran out of the required parts she needed to fill said orders. The mother was constantly hectic between being a good mom, and business owner.  A very hungry Zeus watched Anna run about the garage with nothing but a wrench, wondering where in the world her order of aluminum parts was…

 

“Oh Celestia… I thought I put it right here... Was it the copper? I think it was the copper. Did the aluminum come in? It should have been here today!” She panicked.

 

Aluminum was a key element to the building of any limb. It wasn’t only aluminum, but it was an alloy instead. Super light and durable, this aluminum alloy was the base of all her projects. But there was none! And that meant-

 

“Oh boy, I need to take a trip to the university…” She said with a deep sigh, dropping her wrench in defeat (but trust me; she was wary of where she was dropping it with her toddler up and about). Anna picked up a stamp, and a stack of papers, and threw the stamp down on each of the dozen or so…

 

“Late… Late… Late... Late…. This will throw me back too much to even consider getting these done before closing time. The clients with understand, none of them are urgent…” Anna sighed again

 

Zeus watched closely as he always did, sitting on his little diapered rump upon a bench by his mother. The little toddler was very quiet, patient, and rarely made too much of a fuss. He was the key to all of this, because he was one of her most important of customers. Due to a birth defect, Zeus himself had a robotic left forelimb of Anna’s design. It was a special design that needed close monitoring… Zeus was a little colt who had plenty of growing to do. But right now, he whimpered and whined because he was hungry. Poor little thing hadn’t eaten for a whole hour! I did say he was growing, after all…

 

Anna scooped Zeus up and plopped him in a leather chest carrier. This was not what he wanted, but he didn’t complain. Maybe they were going somewhere to eat! Zeus couldn’t understand big pony talk, so he truly had no idea where we they were going!

 

“Hush now Zeus… Only a quick trip to the university, then I can come back and play with you” She said, not very focused on the baby. She obviously wasn’t paying much attention at all… Zeus wasn’t looking to be played with, he wanted food!

 

Anna headed to the university, walking through the streets, to the campus, and through it. She was heading for the medical department, which would have plenty of spare aluminum scrap from the many things they needed it for. They always had extra on hand. Anna, with her mane tied up in a bun, lab coat flapping in the wind, and little colt in his carrier (with a very grumpy look on his face) trotted through the middle of campus… for anybody to talk to, or possibly disrupt.

@@Professor Annabella,

Accepted. We'll be at a university so what position would you like. Teacher or student? 

 

@@C. Thunder Dash, Accepted, though you may wanna age him up, or make him super smart, since this is a college. Oh and in this world, bots can get cutie marks too.  

Oh... Well... Maybe neither? I really wanted her to have her own workshop around where the university is, that she runs for prosthetic robotic limb repair and crafting. Maybe she can visit the university often, and do some tool and material training with the ponies there because she has connections, as well as share her knowledge on android tech? Her family is somewhat known, and she has a history with things beyond tinkering... I think it's believable

Appearance:

 

Name: Annabella Alexandra Belle (Anna for short)

Gender: Female

Status: Completely flesh and tissue.

Race: Pegasus

Age: 24

Occupation: 

Synthetic limb engineer with some minor skills as a android specialist. Her parents owned a major business creating luxury android accessories, for the Canterlot equivalent of this world. They'd make parts that'd make a android feel more fashionable or lavish. Growing up, Anna was familiarized with the business and it's product. At one time, she even pursued a career in the field of android repair... but shortly left it after her husband died. Not much longer after her husband died, her son Zeus was born. Her child had a leg defect, that'd made is left foreleg basically useless. Instead of keeping the leg, it was amputated. This brought grief to Anna, but she attempted and succeeded to make a artificial limb for her baby (which isn't easy, especially on a foal). After that, Anna decided to instead start a workshop that created custom artificial limbs, and repaired them.

Cutie mark: Microscope

 

 

Appearance:

 

 

Name: Zeus Belle

Gender: Male

Status: Normal pony, other than a prosthetic robotic front left foreleg (Not in picture)

Race: Pegasus

Age: (Toddler 1-2 years old)

Occupation: Being cute.

Cutie mark: [None]

I'd love to join this with my OC Anna being some kind of mechanic. Maybe I'll make an app in the morning...

Any opinions on me joining? My OC is in my bio. I'm thinking she'll be a android specialist, as well as someone who is good at engineering artificial limbs. She has a son who's a little toddler, and I'm thinking he's going to have a artificial leg due to a leg defect at birth...

 

Should be super cute lol

I'd love to join this with my OC Anna being some kind of mechanic. Maybe I'll make an app in the morning...

It certainly does make the rp slower, but it helps to allow people to actually get their character involved. The first version of the roleplay, it was quite apparent that we had different time-zones and everyone did their posting while I was asleep or at school, and I'd rather not have anyone be left out.

Uh hi... Dunno if you remember me, but could I rejoin? Same stats and all... But the baby will probably be born/dealt with.

Hope things are all right; just making sure as it has been a few days. ^^

Going through a cyber identity crisis. It's all good