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  1. @SummerHaven The doors to Clarity's apartment opened, and the mare stepped out. She wore the custom saddlebags, as well as what, to her at least, looked alike a cool adventurer getup. And so, she had a pair of sturdy black hoofboots on, a tasteful yet practical overcoat and a cowpony hat to round it out. She closed the doors and went to give the keys to her parents, so they look after the place while she's away. The clock on the train station was pointing at 5.40 when Clarity entered the building and proceeded to look for her platform. Only now did she realise that they didn't agree on one specific spot to find eachother, and the station was huge! The mare took off her silly hat to be easier recognised, and brushed her mane to the side in a loose combover, and kept an eye out en route to the platform. Thankfully, it was still rather quiet once she reached the platform, only a couple tourists were taking a break around their luggage, undoubtely heading home on this train. Clarity took a seat n a free bench and laid her own luggage aside, then took an opportunity to enjoy a sip of another cup of coffee, like she did in the morning. This time, maybe nopony will rob her from it...
  2. @Nightmare Season @Dark Horse Her ear perked up at the voice calling her name. Natural order glanced to the side and noticed Saffron Shadow. She politely exfaled the pipe smoke away from him and got up on her hooves to greet him. "Nice to see you too, mister Shadow. I'm just trying to be easy to spot for you, I can't just park this thing anywhere and wait for you in the main arrivals hall now can I?" She patted the wagon for emphasis. "Those city ponies would nodoubt try to give me a ticket for incorrect parking..." She glanced at her present company's luggage. "Oh and, feel free to leave that in my trailer, that's what it's for actually. I even made some free space inside! Seemed like a good idea to give Miss Peony someplace to stay safe, I figured." The time was slowly passing by, and the mare decided to clean up her pipe as she waited for Peony Springs. She went inside the wagon for that, and took a last lookover at her things, all strapped up for the voyage. As she hopped off the small step at the back of the trailer, she heard the unistakeable sounds of a steam train approaching. She looked at Saffron with some concern ."Um, are you sure she will be on time? Sounds like the train is already here... Maybe we should go near the platforms, should be easier to find her that way, I guess." Natural strapped herself to her wagon, and, funny as it must've looked, the small framed mare rocked it back and forth a few times before taking a step forward to give it some momentum. Then she followed the much more Canterlot-savvy Saffron to the platforms. The train was already at the platform and loading water for the voyage. The passengers were hurrying to their seats but there was no sight of one particular pony they both needed. However, the train crew seemed to have hooked up one more car at the back, something that, to the adventure loving mare, looked like it could be fit for a Princess. Just before she could ask her companion whether royalty travels like that, she heard her and Saffron's names being called out by a conductor near sair ornate train car. With a puzzled look, she waved a foreleg to signal their arrival "Here, here! And my trailer too, right?!" silly as it may sound, she ws actually somewhat concerned whether the rich mare remembered about the trailer when she bought the tickets. Thankfully, she did, and as the wagon was secured on a flat car, only then did Natural Order board the train. With a sense of unease, she went inside the ornate train car and really had to mind her behaviour not to stare too much at all the gold and jewels that was poking from every nook and cranny. "I... could get used to it, eventually, I guess..." - she said absentmindedly as the thre ponies finally met. "Oh, um, hello, miss Peony. The, uhh, regular tickets were all sold out?"
  3. @SummerHaven The mare smirked at her companion's remark about Tall Tale, and replied jokingly: "Even Ponyville has shops! And it's like, the smallest place you can call a town! It's not like we'll have to buy guard issue armor or anything anyway, hehe." as they reached the main entrance and crossed the ornate doors, it was time to part ways. Clarity nodded at Frenzy and waved a hoof in farewell. "See you at the station, don't bring the whole house!" She trotted back home, cheerful now that she not only had her first assignment at the new work, but also a nice companion to make things easier. As Clarity went her way, she mused and thought deeply over the next few days, to the point of nearly walking into a street lamp once. Still, soon enough the lavender mare was near her family home, and the small flat she had on the upper storey. She pardoned herself from helping at the family shop today, because of the letter, but the unicorn decided to check in and tell the news, and about her leaving the city for a while. The grocery shop was busy as usual in the morning - well, more like, noon by now but, still. There were like, two customers inside when Clarity walked in and saw her dad by the counter. Her mom and two brothers were probably out or at the back. She gave gim a wave and looked over the shelves habitually. "Hi dad! Nice stuff today, fresh batch? Anyways, I'm going to tall Tale for a few days, seems like something is causing trouble out there and they want me to sort it out, my first real assignment!" The customers gave the young mare some intrigued looks as she nearly jumped from happines over the news, and her dad just smiled as he was about to load some carrots into a bag. "Why that's some good news indeed! It sems your career is finally geting some steam. So, uh, when you leave, exactly?" Clarity realigned some apples in a crate with her magic as she replied: "I'm supposed to be at the train station at 6 PM, so I better get packing, hehe! Tell mom when you see her, and those cabbageheads too, I guess." The young mare jokedly referred to her brothers as she went outsode and trotted to the apartment section entry. Her place was on the second floor, just a brisk run up the stairs and there she was, behind closed doors of her little cozy nook. Not much to look at, just a small kitchen, a bathroom, and a multi purpose room where she had everything. With a confident pose, Clarity used her magic to set the gramophone up and drag the curtains aside to let the light inside through the window. With a smile, she started to take out the things she needed. And this pony has spent way more time at making herself ready for her first trip than she reasonably should... A set of large saddlebags with lots of straps have levitated from under the bed, and landed in the center of the room. They were slowly being filled with things from all around the place, starting from a towel, a toothbrush and paste, a first aid kit, three cans of mosquito spray, something that was supposed to be camping rations, but tasted like cardboard, an empty water canteen... a scarf, som "essential" things from her cosmetics shelf, a bruh, then a sleeping mat, a blanket and a tiny pillow, all strapped outside of the bags. As the heavy saddlebags landed by the doors with a thud, the mare grinned and took out her "travel clothes" and hung them on the wardrobe. It was still just 1.30 PM, so, no need to get dressed just yet. Clarity decided to chill some in her apartment, read a book as the silence was driven back by the gramophone, at least till it was time to eat.
  4. Still alive, just sick. RP replies are... forthcoming.

    1. SummerHaven

      SummerHaven

      Not a problem. Hope you get to feeling better!

    2. Raven Rawne

      Raven Rawne

      Heh, me too. I took tomorrow off for some intense treatment, and hope that will suffice to save me from the full blown killer flu I tend to get once every year.

  5. @SummerHaven The stallion nodded at Frenzy. "Indeed, you have still some time left, although it will run out quickly. Since I told you everything I needed to, I reckon we may close this meeting." Clarity still looked like this was something she didn't really sign up for, but, she agreed with the other ponies reasoning and stood up. "Yes, quite right, plenty of packing to do... We'll report when we're done in Tall Tale." Noticing that Frenzy took care of the bits and tickets, she lifted her papers up with the magic grip, then followed the other mare out of the room. The stallion remained inside to stack the papers back into the cabinet. She took the ticket, and bits, then hid them with the report in her bag. Clarity had a thoughtful expression, and gave Frenzy a cinfused look as she started talking how exciting it was. "Yeah... Unless we screw up that is." She rubbed her chin for a moment, then shook her head at the other inquiry. "I haven't been in there either but, if I recall correctly, there's lots of forests there so... we might need camping stuff to find that beast. Neither of us is a pegasus to just do a flyover. Better pack more mosquito repellents..." She sighed and looked out of the window at the busy streets of Canterlot, unaware that her companion just zoned out. Upon hearing her voice, Clarity looked back and shrugged. "Well, better get the deep end already, eh? We wouldn't save kittens from trees all the time anyway." She stepped away from the window and came back to Frenzy. "I guess we should hgo home and pack up now. So let's meet as the train station at... 6 PM? Just so we won't miss it, and have some spare time to check what we brought? I mean, I'll probably get some of my own bits to make sure I can buy stuff I will actually need out there." She smiled sheepishly. "I sometimes forget stuff that I could make use of, heh." They started walking towards the main entrance.
  6. So I've tried to draw a human portrait, for a change. The result was... predictably bad, but if I put some actual effort into it, I probably could get some understanding of a comic book style portrait drawing. Because let's face it, I won't draw just ponies forever.

    1. Props Valroa

      Props Valroa

      I am glad to hear you are trying new things.

  7. I checked the time, and it said it's drawing time!

    By which I mean I don't want to play any games, and Netflix is just daunting with all the Star Trek (I have a trek phase) it holds so... I'll just doodle for some time. Yeah. maybe do some overdue requests, who knows.

  8. @SummerHaven "Important? Well, hopefully not too bad..." - Clarity mused quietly for a moment. The lavender mare was having mixed feelings about the news, and, following her enthusiastic companion's lead, she levitated a copy of the report to herself, then began to skip over it. Taking in news seemed to calm her, and she began to regard the issue with genuine interest. Buckshot sighed and opened his copy. "Every task is important, as we are entrusted with keeping the faint balance between ponies, their needs and safety, and likewise of rare, interesting, and sometimes very beneficial creatures. Your folders contain all the knowlenge we have on the incident, and we have succesfully matched the reports with a creature that's causing trouble." He took a moment to shuffle the pages, and resumed, in that gravid tone of his. "Tall Tale may look like a place in the middle of nowhere, but it's vital to many businesses and operations North from Smoky Mountains all the way to Vanhoover. The region is densly forested, and timber harvesting is a huge business for them. Also, the roads leading to smaller villages and sites have to be safe, or the whole region will experience difficulties. And that's where we come in..." Clarity just reached the part describing the possible troublemaker. She cocked her head, puzzled, as she looked at the drawing depicting the creature. "They sure didn't have these in the petting zoo... I-I mean, the creature is huge and I can only guess the mess it's making in the forest as we speak, the foresters must be mad!" The earth pony nodded at the mare with a hint of approval. "Indeed, and the roads are not safe because of it's presence. Now, the locals have probably started funding a prize to kill it, and believe me, you don't want to make a rhinosaurus angry." He regarded the question from Frenzy, and gave her a curt nod. "Yes I am. Like I've said, all my assets are already away on their own assignments, and you two are clear to take tasks of your own." He reclined back in his chair and looked at both mares in turn. "Listen, i know this is not exactly rookie friendly to give you a rhinosaurus to babysit back to where it belongs, but other options are outright unacceptable. That's why you will work together, support each other and sort out this situation for the good of all the ponies who live there." Buckshot stood up and went to the cabinet again, speaking as she fished out items. "Your mission is to reach Tall Tale, contact the local Police department for updates, and go into the forest." He laid out a pouch of coins on the table, as well as train tickets. "First train to Vanhoover, 7 PM today. And something to cover your expenses there. I expect a full account of costs and return of leftover funds, your payment will be given after the task is complete." Taking a seat again, he slid the items tover to the mares. Clarity looked over at Frenzy and just let the tickets and bits lay there for now. She nodded, looked again into her file and asked: "Sir, I see this creature lives on the other side of the Smoky Moutains, on the Undiscovered West... Are you expecting us to take it back there? I don't suppose it will run after us like a puppy once we show it something tasty..." The stallion snorted and shook his head. "That would only get you... There's a spell scroll in your dossiers, don't ask me how it works but I was told it's an anesthetic spell, basically makes you sleep. Doctors use it so it's safe, I guess. The details of your method rest in your hooves, but the Society wants this creature unharmed, back where it belongs." He rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then added. "Personally, I'd chase it back like a pack of predators, it's a herbivore after all. Or use that spell and organise a boat to take it away but that's even more risky, and expensive too. But you are free to take outside help, also financial, as long as you don't pocket it or give the Society a bad rep. We're no Royal Guard, we can't demand anything. Keep that in mind when you're on your missions, ponies won't cooperate just because you want to take te beastie off their backs." The lavender mare seemed thoughtful as she nodded. "I see..."
  9. @SummerHaven The lavender mare nodded at her new aquaintance with a smile. Apparently she wouldn't be the only rookie in the room... "Haha, yeah I'm new in the whole business too! I mean I had all these lectures and stuff but it's my first concert, so to speak. I just wish they didn't send for me like, just a few hours ago! And that invitation, so... formal and all Canterlot, you know. I'm not going on the Gala for Sun's sake!" - she laughed sincerely at that remark, and caught movement in the corner of her eye. "The Grand galloping Gala is an important event, but I assure you, our work surpasses it in both scope and importance." - a middle aged stallion, an earth pony walked from the same way Clarity did, and he was having a really bad morning, judging from his frown. Dressed in a neat suit, he walked with a slight limp to his right hindleg and moved rather... stiff. His charcoal coat and chestnut mane only added to the feeling of seriousness as he gazed at both mares in turn. "Frenzy bolt and Clarity, I presume?" He hovered his eyes on the coffee stain and the lavender mare nodded meekly that indeed, she was Clarity. "Hmm, very well then. my name is Buckshot, I will give you the details of your first assignment as the Society's associates. Now where I had that..." He tapped his jacket for the key and, having found it, fished it out expertly and opened the doors, letting the mares inside. The room was... cozy. By which Clarity would mean really small. Despite elaborate wooden panelling on the walls, the re wasn't much decor in there. Just an old table with several chairs and a large cabinet by the wall. The stallion went towards it and procured some papers as the mares sat down. He took the seat opposite to them and laid a folder on the table, and asked, opening it. "I presume you are curious why you were summoned in such a hurry? Well, two reasons. First, we have a problem in Tall Tale and second, all our assets are away." Clarity sat and listened, her expression changing crom meek to curious and then, slightly worried. "Um, sir, does it mean it's something... serious?"
  10. @SummerHaven "Why they ALWAYS want stuff on yesterday?!" Canterlot, Opal Street. A regular looking house with a shop on the ground floor and three storeys of apartments. As Celestia's Sun has risen up, the inhabitants stirred to life, meeting another busy day. Sonn after there's movement in the grocery shop, as the owners and their offspring prepare to open up. A lone pony, courier by the look of him, taps on the door, seemingly oblivious to the "Closed" sign. Somepony opens and he gives them a letter, then trots away. Some five minutes later, the street echoes with a loud shriek, as if a filly was told that there's no Santa... "WHAAAAT!?" ``````` Just a few hours later, a mare hurries out of the building, some items flying behind her in a magic grasp. She expertly navigates the city streets, taking shortcuts that to an outsider looked like dead ends. She has a lavender coat, and long, flowing, and now slightly messy white mane. She wears a black vest with a white buttonned shirt under it, paired with a skinny black tie. To her, it looks professional. A messenger bag sways off her shoulder as she sips her morning coffee in a paper cup. Even though she's obviously in a hurry, she seems to be constantly distracted by something, window shopping or looking at something curious. She was admiring a gorgeous dress in a window of a boutique she constantly forgot the name of when she was startled by somepony almost running over her... "Wha?! Hey!" - she yelled after the yelow/blue pony ran out of her sight. Suddenly remembering something, she looked down and bit her lip, seeing that her morning latte was gone, the paper cup crushed by her magic. What was even worse, she had stains on her shirt. "Damn it! Now I'll look like a slob!" - she thought to herself, wiping the stain as best as she could and picking up the pace - it was almost time and she was going to be late, of course... The mare made in on time. Barely. She hopped over the stairs leading to the elegant looking building that was home to the Equestrian Society for Preservation of Rare Creatures, or ESPRC as she called it, tjen opened the bulky doors with a shoulder. She already had some faint idea where to go but, this place was a maze. Still, with sheer luck, she found the righr doors and as she went out of the corner of a corridor, she gasped in surprise. Had it been... her? The mare by the doors? Well, therea re lots of ponies that look justthe same but... She shook her head off those thoughts and walked confidently to the doors where the meeting would be held, and that other mare. "Um, hi! Are you waiting for a meeting in room 47? I mean, I'm supposed to meet somepony here at ten, which is like, right now and uhh...Are you waiting for me? Name's Clarity, sorry I didn't spill earlier." She winced at that pericular remark of her, acutely aware of the latte colored dot on her shirt as she extended a hoof in greeting, smiling politely but also eyeing the other mare with some uncertainty.
  11. All in all, gauging from the opening 2 parter, the upcoming season of pony appears to be quite... different, but also potentially interesting, due to the introduction of new characters. While I do enjoy the calm periods of hiatus, I am looking forward to new pony.

  12. So, I've got myself a Netflix account and I'm binge watching whatever catches my interest. Starting from Judge Dredd and Ender's Game. But there's soo much to watch... I think I will need to ditch games to sate my need for quality films.

  13. @Ezerona Here's the requested drawing. I dope it turned out okay, since normally I shy away from expressions, or vertical poses.
  14. @SmokeSong I still need the reference material I asked for, in order to make your request, as well as the chosen pose/theme. Judging from your post you had some picture as reference but didn't include it. @SmokeSong I still need the reference material I asked for, in order to make your request, as well as the chosen pose/theme. Judging from your post you had some picture as reference but didn't include it.
  15. @Ezerona Just a quick heads up, since the custom pose and an actual facial expression are giving me trouble, I may need a bit of time before I make something satisfying, but I sure am working on it.
  16. @VoltWrecker looks good to me! The piece was made in a comic book like inking style so coloring sure adds more life to it. And as I've mentioned in the opening post, I am fine with people coloring my inks. @WiccanAssassin I can give your OC a try, sure, but I would appreciate any visual reference since it's not just a regular mlp style character. Just tossing a drawing and pointing what looks similar or different would be good. Also, what about the pose?
  17. @VoltWrecker I have finished your request: @BlueBook Aaaand yours is done too!
  18. It's finally Friday evening, time to do some art stuff, listen to some proper rock and watch some videos if people inking on YT.

  19. @Ezerona yeah, I can draw something like that. @Dark Horse I've read the play and decided to recreate a scene from Act 2 when he overlooks a premiere of a new play from a balcony. So, I'd say this can be an illustration portraying that exact moment on stage. But, yeah, if you're up for using this piece for a story, go right ahead. As far as challenges are concerned, it had both straight long lines and these short texture lines, both demanding from a different pen user as I had to manage the ink flow to create even lines. As you can see, in some areas they ended up thicker or thinner as the ink was following too heavily or was running out on the nib.
  20. Lately, I've been thinking about getting back to roleplaying in here, even though, I don't have any solid ideas on the setting and overall genres I could re-engage into. Still, I would probably custom make any OC's for these selected rps rather than try and stuff in a pre-made one so, the flexibility is there.

  21. First notable fail in my current workplace, and of course it's something that may determine whether I will keep working there. So, yeah, art requests will be delayed till weekend while I try and put my hatred towards the whole world back to manageable levels.

  22. Thanks for taking my input into consideration. Now, I see your point, incorporating some semblance of rules does increase the overall fairness of the RP, and, in a session based system when all parties are present in real time it would work pretty well. However, post based RP comes with it's own peculiar characteristics. The players usually co-create the game environment by filling the gaps in the broad picture painted by the DM. Mainly as means of speeding things up as waiting for clearance in OOC may take several days. Now, there are players who would be okay with your take on handling a roleplay, nay, even prefer it but, perhaps, the root cause lies in lack of "tabletop-y" players on the forums rather than any inherent flaw in your approach. Personally, I lean towards this explanation since I have seen a few attempts to usher in structured roleplay systems based off Pathfinder and D&D. Needless to say, they all withered into obscurity without a single run on the site.
  23. Just a quick ink of my OC Natural Order. Not my best work but, you know, practice and so on.

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    1. GoltMercer

      GoltMercer

      Oh, she looks nice! Love the crossbow, you don't see a lot of those with pony OCs for some reason. Very good stuff!

    2. Raven Rawne

      Raven Rawne

      As explained in this OC's bio, she's an adventurer vagabond kind of pony so, she got something for self defense. It wouldn't make much sense to give her a spear given her thin statue. Also, people seem rather linear in pony weaponry so, yeah.

  24. Well, for once, I see that the OOC you linked has one feature that most, if not all other "regular" rp's in here lack. Stats. I mean, you are, perhaps with good intentions, proposing a system like Dungeons and Dragons or Warhammer Roleplay but, you see, you are the only person who knows the system and, without tossing a rulebook at any would-be players, it feels, at least, in my view, that, as a player, I will be going blind into something I may find limiting or outright broken, thus making a strain on them to continue the RP if they won't like it. So this is issue number one. I have ran a few roleplays and not even one had stats or an actual combat system, just common sense (or lack thereof) to work it out. And there comes this nifty little thing of rolls. Who rolls the dice? Do the players have to wait for the DM to roll it, or do it themselves? If someone keeps getting 6 for critical success every time, does it mean they're cheating? These are all important issues that, without adressing them in the opening post, will make any would-be players doubt in this project. Because let's face it, there is a finite amount of players in here who can handle only so much roleplays at once, thus, they may get picky which one to join. If you aim for a more tabletop-like play, I strongly encourage you to to lay the rulebook down on the proberbial table and let he players read it. it's not ulike buying stuff - you want to know what it does and what it's made of, not just where to sign the receipt and pay up.
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