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Role Play Discussion / GOF Bronies in Equestria
« on: September 14, 2011, 06:48:49 PM »
Would this be alright to pull in?

Name: Cold Snap
Type of Pony: Unicorn
Gender: Male
Appearance:
(what he'll use to hold back his mane varies depending on his mood - Sometimes he'll just hold it with a spell like he does his tail, sometimes he'll clip it or tie it back with something, and sometimes he'll just let it fall)
Cutie Mark: A pair of diagonally-crossed icicles, points up (I can't draw at all, lol...)
Personality: Cold Snap is generally quite friendly(if a bit blunt at times), and loves adventure - His high degree of confidence in his magic and general fearlessness (with the notable exception of Rarity) can sometimes lead to him getting in over his head, though. He has a bit of a mischievous side, although he normally tries to keep it suppressed. He's very secretive about his past, refusing to elaborate beyond his job (He works as an agent for his parents' tea company, Southern Cross, though he leaves out the fact that his parents run it) and his birthplace (Canterlot).

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Gamers Zone / Gamers' Wishlist
« on: September 13, 2011, 02:29:24 AM »
The main ones I'm looking forward to this year are Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 (if only for what I've seen of its Spec Ops modes), Skyrim, and (likely the most anticipated of my list) Assault Horizon. Wallet's not going to be happy this winter, I think...

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Sound Off! / What are you listening to?
« on: August 29, 2011, 11:48:21 PM »
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People. Completely different from what I normally listen to, but... for some reason, I like it.

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Gamers Zone / How often do you play games?
« on: August 26, 2011, 10:05:34 PM »
Pretty much every day for me. If I'm at home and awake, I'm usually playing some sort of video game - Mostly EVE Online on the PC, and various shooters on my 360. I find making stuff explode to be quite relaxing after a day in the bakery :D

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 25, 2011, 07:50:14 AM »
Midnight Sun shook himself, snapping back to the present after spacing out for a moment. "Focus, Dark, focus!", he growled, rubbing the side of his head with a hoof.

He rechecked his bearings and moved to a position just ahead of the cousin pair, preparing for defensive measures just in case something unfriendly happened to show up - He wasn't entirely sure if anything other than unicorns would have been attracted by his spells. "None of this makes much sense, I say..." he said quietly, continuing to observe the surrounding area and settling firmly into his sentry mindset - He wasn't taking any chances until he could actually see what was approaching, although he was pretty sure he had heard voices over the standard forest noise. I hate forests... he thought.

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Gamers Zone / Gamers Unite!
« on: August 23, 2011, 08:33:09 PM »
My 360 Gamertag is Eyes of Shadow. Most of what I play multiplayer-wise is Black Ops, but I also have Bad Company 2, Reach, and a mixture of other FPS's and flight sims(can't remember everything I have off the top of my head...) - Basically, poke me and I'll join you if I've got the game, though I'm a bit out of practice atm.

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Gamers Zone / Whatcha playin'?
« on: August 21, 2011, 11:21:45 PM »
Finally getting around to the running through the Old World Blues DLC for New Vegas. It's... Heh, the best word I can come up with right now to describe it is 'insane'.

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 20, 2011, 12:23:58 AM »
Midnight Sun's eyes flicked back to his two companions, listening in. He chose not to respond to Dima's comment, believing that pretty much anything he could say would probably only serve to increase the worries of the others - the mention of the cockatrice had served to stoke his own.

His ears twitched as he focused on his hearing after Daisy's query, turning to face the noise she'd alerted him to. "I think you're right, miss Mellow," he replied after a moment. "Let's hope the luck holds," he added quietly, more to himself than anything else.

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 17, 2011, 08:58:12 PM »
A flash of suprise washed away Midnight Sun's nervousness as he caught Daisy's interrupted query and Dima's whispered response, followed by a cooling sense of relief that he was not alone in being pulled into Equestria. A small smile spread across his muzzle. "Pleasure to meet you both," he replied. "You could say that I'm... not from around here either. As to where we are..."

He closed his eyes, recalling the returns from his second spell. "I wasn't able to get a definite location from my last... er, locator pulse, but I'm pretty sure we're on the fringes of the Everfree Forest. If what I felt was right, this trail here should lead out, maybe to the main entrance path if we're lucky," he said, opening his eyes and indicating the trail.

Midnight Sun thought for a moment. "There's another unicorn somewhere in here, though, and it didn't feel like he or she was alone. If what I'm thinking is right..." He trailed off, returning to his thoughts.They might have been brought here from our world, too. It just feels too... coincidental for this many different groups to be in a place like this at the same time - Though that beacon pulse should lead them here... he thought, his head swinging around to point upwards along the trail, then back in the direction of the last place he'd felt the other unicorn.

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 16, 2011, 04:02:25 PM »
"Y-Yeah, that was me," Midnight Sun replied, relaxing slightly - He'd tensed up when he'd heard the pair of ponies approaching. "I-I'll be okay - The... that last pulse just took more out of me than I thought it would," he added, his general nervousness during new encounters spiking up. The dizziness had faded to a more manageable level, being replaced by a mild headache. Note to self... be very careful with that spell, he thought, reaching for the hoof offered by the earth pony - before remembering that he didn't have a hand to grasp it.

"Um..." he paused for a moment, feeling quite awkward, then proceeded to get back on his hooves. "I'm...Midnight Sun," he said, allowing himself to relax a little bit more, though the new-pony nervousness had yet to fade.

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 15, 2011, 05:10:39 PM »
Midnight Sun learned two major things from his study of the returns from his last scan. First was that there were two other groups of ponies within his spell's detection radius. The second point was that, judging from the number and direction of the smaller returns, he was much closer to the edge of the Everfree Forest than he originally thought. Pausing in his analysis, he took a closer look at his surroundings...

And promptly facehoofed. Not only was he on the fringes of the Everfree, but there was a small trail right behind him that, according to the readings of his spell, looked like it would lead him out of the forest. "Note to self - do not compare this place to home," he muttered, crushing down the wave of anger that had flared up and moving along the trail. He hadn't taken more than a few steps when he stopped.

Those other groups... Both of them have a unicorn in them, if I'm reading my reflections right... If they're lost too, I might be able to help, he thought. I can use the same base as that locator spell, but replacing the part that helps me sense things with a directional marker. It'll be like... a beacon! I can't say for certain if they'll feel it, but I can try! "Okay, let's see if this works..." he muttered. He focused on the spell, modifying what he needed to...

His horn flashed, and the magical pulse sped out - and a wave of dizziness swept through Midnight Sun. The modified spell had taken a lot more energy than his previous works, and he ended up on the ground, breathing heavily. "Whoa..."

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Role Play Discussion / GOF Bronies in Equestria
« on: August 15, 2011, 03:05:38 PM »
That's sort of what I was planning - I ended up just posting what I had ready when I lost my thought train last night. The spell is capable of detecting ponies (greater size and magical energy content produce stronger returns - the way I see it, it works by reflecting the magic pulse off of living things - or rather, the magic (or traces of magic) within them, sort of like a radar), and that second pulse should give him the approximate location of both other groups in the Forest. Greater power to the spell gives it greater range, and Midnight Sun's a fair bit closer to the edges of the Everfree than he thinks, which lessens the interference from the Forest itself.

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 15, 2011, 01:51:10 AM »
Midnight Sun chuckled lightly as he continued his trek through the forest. "With my luck, I'm probably going deeper into the Forest rather than out of it... Heh, I should probably stop talking, but..." He trailed off as a thought struck him. "Wait a sec, I'm a unicorn. I might be able to use magic to help me find my way out of here." Now, how am I supposed to go about using it...

He paused for a moment, thinking. "Okay, let's try something." He closed his eyes. Visualize...Focus...And... His horn flashed dimly, and a weak pulse of magical energy radiated outward. "Wait for it..." he whispered.

Moments later, he felt a few small echoes return. Analyzing the returns, he determined that they were small animals close by. "Hmm... I think that was a sort of detect life spell, or something like that. That didn't get much more than ten feet or so, though... Let's try boosting the power some," he said to himself, then stopped again. This probably isn't a smart idea - Odds are there's something dangerous nearby that can detect my workings... he thought, then shrugged. "Nothing ventured..." he murmured, before repeating his focussing method, but putting more mental force behind it. His horn flashed again, and a significantly stronger pulse flew outward.

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Random Role Play / GOF in Esquestria
« on: August 13, 2011, 10:46:52 PM »
"Just three more days... then this set of the heat wave is over..." the GOF member known as the Dark Patriot thought as he sat before his computer, sipping at a bottle of banana milk. The heat was draining his will to do... well, pretty much anything, so he was just reading a My Little Pony fanfic. As he read, however, he noticed that his monitor was beginning to glow unnaturally.

"Strange..." he muttered, looking around for anything that could have been causing the odd glow, when suddenly he felt a sharp pull... then everything seemed to fade away.

---

The first thing he noticed when he awoke was the feel of grass against his side.
"...How did I get outside?" he mumbled to himself as he went to stretch... and noticed that his shape was all wrong. His mind ground to a halt.

"I have four legs, hooves...and a tail." He checked out his motion ranges, and a protrusion on his head tapped against a tree. "...And a horn." He rolled over and pushed himself up onto his hooves, looking himself over as he started to think properly again, his mind shifting into analysis mode. "I'm purple, too... A very nice, very dark purple, though...wait." He took a few experimental steps - and felt none of the ususal pain from his hips during them. "Sweet!" he cheered, doing a little joy-jump - and promptly planting his face into the ground. Chuckling sheepishly, he returned to his feet and continued his self-examination.

His eyes shifted to the mark on his flank. "Well, that confirms without a doubt as to what I am... Now I need to find out where I am..." he said to himself as he began to examine his surroundings... and he instantly recognized it. "The Everfree Forest. Most definitely NOT a place I want to be right n-Hold on. Other ponies that I'll probably run into will most definitely think I'm some sort of maniac or something if I introduce myself with any of my titles... I'll have to think of something that fits here..." He studied himself briefly again and pulled something at random from the sea of thoughts running through his mind. "...Midnight Sun. Yeah, I think that'll work. Well, onwards I go, I guess," he continued as he began to search for either a way out of the Forest or somepony else to point him in the right direction.

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Role Play Discussion / GOF Bronies in Equestria
« on: August 11, 2011, 02:46:27 PM »
I'd be interested in joining. My personal OC is below:

Name: Midnight Sun
Type of Pony: Unicorn
Gender: Male
Cutie Mark: A trio of comets over a full moon
Appearance: dark purple, with an ice-blue (almost white) mane and tail. Hazel eyes. His mane is fairly long and falls straight - He keeps it just to the point where it's starting to get into his eyes.
Personality:  Loves to learn, and is always searching for knowledge of any sort. Honest, very stubborn, and fairly quiet around those he doesn't know, but will never turn down a request for help.

---

Is this OK?

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The Fridge / What is the weather like where you are?
« on: December 17, 2009, 04:28:36 PM »
Positive today  - it's 1 degree Celsius right now on the valley floor, along with fairly low cloud cover. Nice change from earlier in the week, I say.

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The Fridge / What is the weather like where you are?
« on: December 14, 2009, 07:10:19 PM »
Mostly clear, but quite cold today - it's -16 Celsius right now, -25 with the wind. 'Tis expected to warm up a fair bit in the next few days, though.

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The Fridge / Bump this thread when in a good mood!
« on: August 21, 2009, 02:19:38 AM »
Bumping 'cause i'm finally getting a pair of consecutive days off - All the better since I'm coming off a 9-day straight, I say. ^^

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The Fridge / Your attitude to work
« on: July 17, 2009, 03:34:23 AM »
I work as a bakery sales clerk. I like what I do - it's a lot easier than washing dishes (I hated that job :p), I get along well with pretty well everyone in the store, and we're unionized. It doesn't hurt that we get some of the highest sales-side wages in the store, either  :DD - the way I see it, we're essentially well-trained stockpeople, and when I get to my max wage (four or five years) I'll be making close to or slightly over what my dad does as operations supervisor at a warehouse. I miss working mornings, though - not much comes out of the ovens at night. Having a workplace that constantly smells of fresh-baked stuff is awesome, I think. A shorter-than-average workday (5 hours) is basically the only thing that I don't like about my job, though I do work five days a week.

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The Fridge / Bump this thread when in a good mood!
« on: July 15, 2009, 04:18:01 PM »
Got the last of my posters today, along with my EVE strategic maps - I finally have some stuff to put on my walls since my other posters disappeared. Now I don't have to be online to plot a route  :DD

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