Ticks Beet

By Neikos

• April 23, 2012

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Species: Pegasus

Appearance: He is of light blue appearance, with blue-grayish mane color. Whether it is due to his age or natural is unknown.

Cutie Mark: His Cutie Mark is unsurprisingly a drum.

Personality: He is a calm pony, always having tact in any situation. His life could be resumed as a gentle drum beat, gently waking up everyone he passes. Thus most of the times ponies around him feel energized. If that comes from his optimism is still to be determined though.

Backstory: Ticks had dropped out of flight school, being unable to really use his wings. So he mostly stayed at ground. Now in his adult life he is able to use them to an extent, but just perhaps to grab something from the top of a shelf. As he was unable to get a job he went to the local youth club. There he participated at the repetition of a gig a of a few ponies that were playing there. He was immediately mesmerized by the steady beat of the drummer, the energized breaks as well his completely astounding solo. Ticks knew he wanted to become like that! So once the band was done, he decided to give it a go. Soon he was able to replicate the basic rock rythm. Then he added a few syncope, without knowing what they were. A few months later his beat was as steady as it can be, and shortly after a local band approached him. Their last drummer had to quit the town and thus they really needed one. The gig was just a week away. Ticks accepted, wanting to prove himself and others that he was capable of that. The gig came and Ticks played better than he ever played in his life. As he finished the last song, which included a really difficult solo for him the crows would suddenly fall silent and start to murmur. Ticks panicked, not knowing what was going on. But then they started to applaud and shout "Congratulations!" or "Hey dude, awesome cutie mark you got there!". Ticks blinked and wanted to reply that he had none, yet he glimpsed at it and almost fainted in surprise as the joy of getting his cutie mark as well as making the gig overwhelmed him.<br /><br />A few months later the band had made their first record, financed by the local town under an initiative to help young talent. The record became their first hit, at least locally. Everyone loved their music. But then one of the band members died, killed as he drowned in the lake by night. He had been partying too much in an winter evening and went outside without telling anyone and the nearby lake was frozen only an inch thick, unable to sustain a full ponies weight. The shock heavily resonated trough the group. Their lead vocalist now gone, so was their source of inspiration. But still, Ticks never forgot about his wish to become one day famous. <br /><br /><br />Around the world.