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Post by Soothoof on Apr 29, 2012 1:25:36 GMT -5
Pony's name: Soothoof
Pony's age: Somewhere around 17 or 18 human years
Type of pony or animal: Unicorn
Pony's cutie mark and special talent:
Cutie Mark: Pick axe
Special Talent: Coal mining
Employment: A coal stand from mid-fall to the beginning of spring, the mines on and off for the rest of the year.
Current city: Ponyville (or rather, the outskirts)
Appearance:
Pony: Soot is a pony of medium height, with an ash-gray coat that fades into a darker black around her hooves. Her eyes are a deep scarlet red, and she tends to regard those around her with a cool, easy gaze that contradicts her personality. She prefers to keep her mane and tail (both only a shade darker than her eyes) short, so that they don't get in the way when she's going about her work in the mines.
Human: As a human, Soot retains her dark skin and scarlet hair, as well as the short bob of her tail. She has a tattoo of her cutie mark on her upper right arm (you're not allowed to see the real one ;3), and tends to style her clothes after a gothic/punk theme. She generally has a band-aid stuck to her forehead, on account of the pony-doors in her house being shorter than she is as a human.
Personality
Soot is a generally rude pony. Her upbringing gave her a few basic skills in the core subjects, but left her education in proper manners sorely lacking. Her rough-and-tumble tomboy attitude is a direct result of living with a family of mostly male cousins, and having to spend a lot of time in the depths of the mines, which hardened her personality.
Because of this, Soot isn't very good at socializing with those around town. She tends to be a bit curt and awkward around ponies of the "higher class," and will avoid them if at all possible. Her rough speech and crude humor drives away most who would attempt to be her friend, and she doesn't seem to mind this much.
Despite the solitude and general awkwardness, Soot is a good friend to those that she cares about. She will try to be as helpful as she possibly can, and is fiercely protective. If anybody messes with one of her friends, then they're messing with her, and, by extension, the entirety of the mining community, something that deters most from stirring up trouble. Never-the-less, though, Soot has a way of getting into fights, and on those occasions that result in her loss, she spends hours devising a plan of revenge.
In anger, Soot becomes a single-minded, solid rock. No matter what it takes, she will see her plan to the finish, whether or not it hurts her or those around her. This stubborn side is one of the more dangerous aspects of her personality, and once it's surfaced, it's next to impossible for anypony to do anything about it.
Along with all of this, her time spent in the mines gave her another, unforeseen personality trait. When she picked up the crude humor of her cousins, it didn't seem that strange. She could make comments about this or that mare, and get a few laughs for it. However, along with the jokes and behavior, Soot also seems to have picked up the mating preferences of her cousins. Around the mines, where everypony is close and supportive of each other, this is accepted, however, Soot is still careful beyond the comfort of her close friends and family.
Background
Soot's mother left while she was still young, and her father died in a mining accident, leaving her with her elder brother. Not having ever known much of her parents, she spent a good deal of her life under the vague impression that her brother was her father, and had somehow spawned her out of magic. This became something of a joke around the mines, which, until she was older, Soot never quite understood.
Having been born into the mining community, there was little surprise when she was found to have a knack for discovering large deposits of coal underground. Although in the beginning she resented her ability, finding it to be boring and normal, considering the fact that it was a gift almost any pony in the mines could use, she quickly came to appreciate the ability, for, along with being able to find coal deposits, she could also guess the sites of weak beams and possible collapses with surprising accuracy. This became a valuable skill in the mines, where a careless trainee could, in his haste to be gone, make clumsy mistakes.
As Soot grew, her role as younger sister flipped. Her brother began to develop the signs of the coughing fits that plague the mining community, on account of the constant inhalation of coal dust. As his cough worsened, Soot had to begin spending less time in the mines and more time tending to her older brother. It was around this time that she began braving Ponyville more often, in order to pick up medicine. It was there that she formed her bitter opinion of the ponies beyond the mines.
During one of her trips to pick up her brother's medicine, she overheard a group of fillies around her age mocking her for her short mane and dusty coat. Enraged, she attacked them, beating the ringleader into submission. Needless to say, this did not endear her to the ponies who witnessed the fight. From that point on, she was given wide berth. Even her brother disapproved of her rash actions, and treated her carefully for the next few months. This did nothing to alleviate her anger, and, in her frustration, she skipped work one day, leaving to spend a bit of time by herself.
While she was gone, there was a collapse in one of the smaller tunnels of the mine. Her brother, tired of sitting around and being tended to, left to go and help dig out the survivors. By the time he returned, his cough was worse than before, and his condition only worsened from there.
These days, Soot still feels guilty about the collapse, although, according to those who found the source, it was such a tiny little miscalculation that not even she could have detected it. Her brother's condition has stayed mostly stable, although he does little but sit around the house and gaze into the distance. The fates of her mother and the pony who she beat into the ground are unknown.
Anything else you'd like to add:
Is her history too depressing?
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Your name: You can call me anythin' y'like, babe <3 Or... just... call me Misery X3
Your age: 15 in two months, sah!
Roleplaying experience: Almost 3 years of wolf roleplay. This'll be my first pony experience!
How you found us: You're affiliates with my darling Wonderwhy <3
Other characters: Soot is my first <3
Roleplaying sample: This is my character on Wonderwhy, the darling Reika Hjarta <3
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Post by Soothoof on May 2, 2012 18:19:45 GMT -5
finished~
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Post by γρετα ღ on May 2, 2012 21:53:32 GMT -5
hey, can you crop your image? It's stretching the page and there are giiiiant amounts of space. Thanks!
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Post by Soothoof on May 4, 2012 14:02:56 GMT -5
fixed~
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Post by γρετα ღ on May 4, 2012 14:10:51 GMT -5
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