Casual Stroll - An Introductionary RP mainly around Equestria OOC [Open Entry For All]

[Widdershins 9,959]

  Now that I think about it, what even is Molasses used for? I'm going to have to google this, aren't I?

Anyhow! Two things!

  Well, think my point from last time was, @Blitz Boom, that aren't Ambie & Happy Hour still a good ways apart as of yet? I'm still fairly new to this, but I can't just say something to the effect of | Ambie was walking along for a while, then said Hi to Happy who was there all of a sudden already.| ,right? How do we start that up again?

  Aaand, for lack of an alternative, I'm just going to pretty much ignore @dragon4111's Ancalagon's presence for now. I feel it gets a bit redundant & annoying for us to have to continuously write our characters as saying something to the effect of "Oh hey, you remember that great big OC that's down the ways there?" Glod knows I want to, but what really is the point of acknowledging Ancalagon if I ain't gonna go run up to him then about it? Ambie's my ponysona and as much of a dragonerd as I am, but I really don't wanna sidetrack that far off and have him get underfoot. 

 

   Pretty sure that molasses is a pancake topping...

[dragon4111 914]

@Widdershins

Hey it's no problem

[hollow-shades 129]

@Blitz Boom @Widdershins Alright. Im gonna keep in spoiler so that other users that want it to be a surprise dont see it.

Spoiler

So, sometime ago, I did a tech-based alicorn OC. He still needs some work- like, a entire backstory. https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-characters/prince-techno-r9762/

But, one thing about him is that he has a kingdom that is full of tech stuff. So perhaps a virus could strike his kingdom so that all the robots get angry and go all after Equestria? It could work as a pretty cool arc, considering that the RP had a second anniverssary a few days ago.

 

[Widdershins 9,959]

@Flinp   Well, if anything else I say can be waved away, I just want to posit you one question.

  Are you willing to fabricate an entire nation, its culture, likely thousands of other unmentioned civilians, its way of life, how they interact with not only each other but how they relate to the much bigger nation of Equestria?

  So in far as I can tell, this is meant to be a more catch-all, general, "Around Ponyville" roleplay thread. A sorta come n' go, ya get me? Not... you know... Don't think Blitzy wants to deal with an allout robotic uprising and war. I mean, heck, we had a rough enough time with the last Eldritch Horror and managing the mountain-sized dragon lord! 

  Thing is... thing is. As an alicorn, I quite like him, not all trussed up or overly OC-ish as alicorns, especially male alicorns, tend to be. But.... I don't get anything Technological about him. I'm not saying I need him dripping in steampunk cosplay or cyborg implants like a third of every pony OC is, but apart from him studying it & being good at it not much about him says technology. Well, other then the fact that that's about as literal as a name you could give him for this example. I'm trying not to rag on you too hard here or get you down about it, but maybe a different name could work. You are perilously close to Techno Universal after all.

No offense, but i'm not getting... too much of a story off him. I'm not saying he's terrible, but... could use a bit more fleshing out. Probably my favorite male alicorn so far! Just what gets to me is that technology isn't a big thing from what we've seen in the world. The train & vehicles we use for the toyline are stretching it pretty far, but having outright computors for programming or, say, lazer guns (Pony with a lazer cannon! RADICAL!!) feels like one too many steps away from the source material. Like, if we were to have that there, it would just feel like a fanfic scenario of "What if it was like OUR WORLD but with PONIES!?" 

  But I suppose, major sticking point, is where do you plan to put this new nation of technology? Any space left would just be too far out to have much of an effect without Equestia's leaders knowing full well of you coming way beforehoof. We've got the griffon kingdom and everything all planned out for pretty much half the globe. There simply isn't enough room on the map to just throw in an entirely new count-                   Abyssina.

...What?            Whole nation of Antro Cats, possibly a larger country then even Equestria. They're adorable. And they're coming up in the movie. Had a comic book debut.

........ *throws all his notes & paperwork in the air, stomps off in a huff*     I give up! I try to hold cannon to this world but they go and-...

  Eh-hee! Authors, am I right?

[hollow-shades 129]

@Widdershins Hm. I think we will need to pull off a Crystal Empire on this one. I honestly don't mind needing to make a entire new society if needed, which will.

Yeah, I know that Equestria is in its medieval times or something, but it just feels like the kind of place where there would be a high tech kingdom. Maybe its just me. I do have to agree that the similiarity with Techno Universal is quiiite a problem though...

For the kingdom part, time to look at the map!...alright, maybe the kingdom could be around this region:

 

Mostly in the middle of the woods that Im having difficulty spotting the name and the undiscovered west.

[Widdershins 9,959]

@Flinp Well, more of like Steam era. They got stuff like locomotives, harvesting machines, slot machines, blinky mind-scanning devices, even helicopters. But there's that sort of idea that ponies haven't really caught onto the idea of some wall-length computor for calculations or internet stuff. Well... think Twilight has that...

Well, a more of hoofmade feel to it, if you get me. Not anything like mass-produced microchips or something.

Still doesn't seem like enough room for a nation, so much as a small undiscovered town. If I remember right, Whitetail Woods is right outside Ponyville. 

  So what kind of robots are we talking here?

[hollow-shades 129]

@Widdershins Eh, Im sure that his kingdom would be able to cover the entire in-between of these two places.

Well, I was thinking like, pony-like ones. Maybe its the first time in the history of the kingdom that they tried to do robots like these, so they just made a bunch of bodies for the robots but no actual coding, though the virus gives them a "evil coding" and makes them evil.  Maybe other non-pony-looking robots could also get aggressive like delivery drones and lawmowners. Maybe thats what could bring them all the way over to Ponyville.

By the way, you guys had a Eldritch horror thing?

[Blitz Boom 4,621]

@Widdershins

To start off, I'd just ignore Ancalagon too if it is. I just reference him now and again on my others to make a point or some filler.

Then onwards we go with Ambie and Happy, or Hampie if you will.

I aknowledge that at times, the way I think I set up things aren't always too obvious, so if it is, I apologize for keeping this vague. I did mean for him to meet with Ambie in the next post, with a sort of *Ambie saw somepony walk towards him* kind of thing, but I should perhaps have been clearer.

Will it help if I now gave you 143,3628% permission to just think of a way he approaches in his pony form, and then run from there? I'll even let you do something silly if it helps smoothen things out. Whatever needed to get the cart rolling.

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@Widdershins @Flinp

Seems like you two have done a lot of the talking. O.o Let's see if we can't filter down a response or two to it.

Basically, Widders worries were mine too. Invasions are tricky to handle and require a lot of setup and afterwards maintenance. You'd have to be sure you can handle that and are willing to stay and run the course if it is, before anything else. It's quite the investment of time and effort, and ot could be interesting if handled well, but you need to be ready for it mate.

The robots also pose a problem even if you stay the course, as Ponyville is currently filled with workers, and the large dragon. If there was an attack there, there would be plenty to fight.

Might a suggestion be to take the fight to them? Like, somepony stumbles into town, screaming that he needs help and that something is wrong in the small nation. Virus could be a thing slowly overtaking places, and whoever comes would have to both find the culprit responsible, and fend off civilians overtaken. A mystery adventure where you could play GM for a bit. :3

As for tech, Widders, there is inventors around like Flim Flam brothers that is trying to make new stuff. So I think it's more a case of Equestrian tech being stunted, and with some ponies trying to advance things, though slowly.

I may be sligthly biased as I have two inventors. No lasers though. Mainly electricity.

Oh wait, you already covered it roughly. Nevermind.

Yes I respond as I read. Thinking is silly.

As for the Eldritch horror thing, we did. Some kind of *Total Order* creature Seamore laid the groundworks for for about a year. Gotta give him, he knows how to GM and adventure.  It was the creature who attacked Ponyville, and now requires the town to be repaired.

Oh! I have a suggestion. You know, beyond the way the viruses work and the mystery adventure.

How about you don't try and fit the kingdom into this world per se? Take a que from Scifi eriters, and open a portal to an alternative, more advanced dimension. Or one of many potential futures perhaps.

Somepony could've tried to make a gate to anotger town to seek help, but something malfunctioned and whoever would wander through would end up getting really confused, as well as those who ends up meeting the pony.

Just a suggestion, but I woukdn't be against it. Not like I already don't have some dimension hoppers.

...*cough* I get weird idears for OC's sometimes.

And while I remember it Widders, I would have you know I don't have third of my OC's with robotics. Only like a seventh or eight of them.

[Widdershins 9,959]

21 minutes ago, Blitz Boom said:

And while I remember it Widders, I would have you know I don't have third of my OC's with robotics. Only like a seventh or eight of them.

  Shoot. Just remembered I have a fully-robotic cyborg mare of my own. I didn't say I couldn't also be a hypocrite! And, well, that's more of like electricity generators, rather then stuff like internets or radio waves or telephone lines connecting every household.

  I suppose my biggest concern is that our Ponyville is still rebuilding in addition to Dragon4111 & Lloyd each stirring up their own more-or-less world-threatening schemes as well as im sure B.B and S.S do as well. Throwing in a robotic uprising feels like one too many ingredients in the stewpot.    Theeeen agaaaaiiin... pretty sure that was the point of this entire Thread in the first place, lol!

*distant yelling*

   AND IF YOU NEED ANY DIMENSIONAL HOOHAH.... DO CALL ME! I DO WORK SOME FREELANCE PORTALWORK! NEVERMIND MY TRACK RECORD!!!

 

 

[Sekel 692]

53 minutes ago, Widdershins said:

Throwing in a robotic uprising feels like one too many ingredients in the stewpot.

This is all I have to say.

[Widdershins 9,959]

@Dji  ReptileAlienMan, Coat & Pie are best actors!

   ...I really shouldn't have watched that right before bed...

[Victoria Sponge 1,017]

@Blitz Boom

Here's Cupcake Sprinkles again, just so she's easier for you to find:

I might have her come round to the bakery as Battenberg suggested, Victoria will probably be in the kitchen with little input so it should be easy to keep things relatively simple with my three characters.

[hollow-shades 129]

@Blitz Boom @Widdershins

Yeah, now that I think about it, maybe the idea of somepony(ies?) going over to Ponyville to call for help seems better than robots walking over to Ponyville. I mean, if the kingom ends up being somewhere in the undiscovered west, then it is indeed kind of close to Yanhoover and Los Pegasus.

And...sorry, but I don't really like the dimensional idea. I just, idk, don't dig it.

[Moonlit 593]

@Blitz Boom @Seamore Sandwich @Widdershins It will be a few days before I can post again, my head feels like an inflated balloon and I can barely focus my eyes. Have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, will post when able. 

[Blitz Boom 4,621]

@Moonlit

You poor thing. Focus on your health, and only come back when you're alright, okay? You need to preserve your energy.

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@Flinp @Widdershins

I just throw off suggestions. Which ones are discarded are of little concern to me, though now we return to needing to find a space for it.

Have you considered an island away from the Equestrian mainland? Sort of like Dragon Land, but more hidden because of their tech. Could well be a secluded place that refuses to have contact with the outside normally and is generally thought of as a myth.

You know, high tech Atlantis above the sea basically. Just throwing it out there and see if it sticks, since I still don't know how a kingdom would be able to remain secluded without being known about in a forest. Seems like somepony would have stumbled over it, unless again, cloaking device and seclusion. Though I'm listening to other explanations. Widders likely haves a ridiculously obvious one I missed. Hehe.

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@Widdershins

Reminds me, I like your new avatar. Anything you made yourself or just a picture you found?

Also, gotcha. Electricity, cool. Radio Waves, less neat. I guess wires and stuff is still a regular thing though, otherwise Vinyl would have nothing to work with, considering her music machines.

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@Battenberg

...*drools* Delicious...

*shakes head* I mean uhm. Nice character, yes. Will be interesting to see her come around if it is.

Which reminds me... @Seamore Sandwich? We might wanna try and move it a bit if we're gonna meet up with them, or they're gonna end up with stale cakes. Surely that is too cruel a fate to endure?

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@Foxy Socks

I'm so sorry mate, I just saw today I didn't tag you in the post I made to you a few days ago. I put in the tag now, and you can see it on top of the current page, but still, I'm sorry for this. I'll try and be more attentive next time.

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@Blitz Boom Don't worry I will get to it.

[Widdershins 9,959]

7 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

Widders likely haves a ridiculously obvious one I missed. Hehe.

& Also @Flinp

   OOOOOH!  BIOSHOCK THIS BABY!    Sure, don't even know the franchise myself apart from floating techno-city or something, but totes coolio!

Eh, I seem to remember... what was it, a friend of mine that participated in here a while back with whom I had been conversing with for a while. @Little Snowdrop, yes. Where they're descended from a town full of inventors and technology, but its not, like, life-changing mega techno -opolis sorta stuff. Cause if there's some sorta... rocket-powered glass-encompased building spaceship town with drill-lazer-arm-cannons then... you'd think the world's nations would probably notice. So long as its somehow restrained to the point where the difference in technology isn't all that jarring... like, you can have your thirty-foot doomsday robot golems, just so long as the question doesn't arise in that "How haven't they been discovered/triumphed in their goals by now if they got all that secreted away as they're trump card?"

 

  Oh, and, one slight thing for my next post if I can ask of both @Dji & @Blitz Boom?

      May I surmise that both Circle Pop and Dawn Streak are standing pretty much side by side?

           ...what? I can ask perfectly innocent questions without the surreptitious goal of invoking drama.

                      ...I am no good at sarcasm.

[dragon4111 914]

7 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

I just throw off suggestions. Which ones are discarded are of little concern to me, though now we return to needing to find a space for it.

Have you considered an island away from the Equestrian mainland? Sort of like Dragon Land, but more hidden because of their tech. Could well be a secluded place that refuses to have contact with the outside normally and is generally thought of as a myth.

You know, high tech Atlantis above the sea basically. Just throwing it out there and see if it sticks, since I still don't know how a kingdom would be able to remain secluded without being known about in a forest. Seems like somepony would have stumbled over it, unless again, cloaking device and seclusion. Though I'm listening to other explanations. Widders likely haves a ridiculously obvious one I missed. Hehe.

So like Atlantis then? Hmm heh well I did say Avalon was a lost city as well.

[Widdershins 9,959]

7 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

Reminds me, I like your new avatar. Anything you made yourself or just a picture you found?

  Oh! Your reminding reminded me to remember to respond to that!

  That, boopie, is a MtG Trading Card! I should hope to one day hire someone to forge such a beautiful trinket!  ...preferably without the monster-summoning capabilities...

[dragon4111 914]

Just now, Widdershins said:

  That, boopie, is a MtG Trading Card! I should hope to one day hire someone to forge such a beautiful trinket!  ...preferably without the monster-summoning capabilities...

 

[Widdershins 9,959]

 @dragon4111

     ...what did that have to do with anything? You've lost me. That kind of sounds like empty dramatic posturing when out of context.

    ...gosh, guy sure does love his bone plugs.

[dragon4111 914]

Just now, Widdershins said:

 @dragon4111

     ...what did that have to do with anything? You've lost me. That kind of sounds like empty dramatic posturing when out of context.

    ...gosh, guy sure does love his bone plugs.

Lol sorry

[Widdershins 9,959]

7 minutes ago, dragon4111 said:

Lol sorry

  Hum? Sorry for what? My bad, am I being too grumpy or critical? It's very late at night for me right now.... aaalmost two in the morning. I really need to get on a sleep schedule!

[dragon4111 914]

Just now, Widdershins said:

  Hum? Sorry for what? My bad, am I being too grumpy or critical? It's very late at night for me right now.... aaalmost two in the morning. I really need to get on a sleep schedule!

lol true you do

[hollow-shades 129]

@Widdershins @Blitz Boom Yeah, I quite like the idea of high tech Atlantis in an island.  Maybe somewhere in the North Luna Ocean? They would need things besides trains to get there though.

And I also need to elaborate on what the virus will actually be.