Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 2:40:49 GMT -6
||| Berry Punch |||
#Name; Berry Punch
#Age Group ; Adult
#Orientation; Heterosexual
#Gender ; Female
#Species; Earth Pony
#Cutie Mark ;
#Occupation ; Janitor, Town Drunk, "Wild Card"
#Powers and Abilities ;
- Can consume an extreme amount of alcohol (She'll consider it a skill until the day she dies)
- Enjoys cooking
- She is adept at sewing, which allows her to maintain the few pieces of clothing that she owns
#Physique ; Lanky, mostly normal physique
#Mane and fur color and style ; Mane - Deep purple, styled in a mop-like and careless manner
Fur - Bright purple
#Eye color ; Rosey purple
#Other appearance details (optional) ; Appearance is commonly distorted thanks to her inebriation
#Personality ;
What would a Town Drunk be without a personality? In the case of Berry Punch, she certainly sports one with attitude, but equal glibe illiteracy and ignorance.
Being a well-trained janitor, she takes pride in the methods she's invented and sees her job as a profession full of respect. Whether or not this illusion is brought-upon by alcohol, nopony is sure, but Berry sees it as a sign of leadership to know how to properly scrub a toilet or burn garbage for heat or smash rats.
She never admits ignorance on any subject, despite being ignorant of just about everything, and often acts like she knows better than others. She tends to try and demonstrate her knowledge by throwing out terms associated with the subject in question, or simply mirroring what other ponies are saying, without any really understanding. This, in-turn, makes her look like the fool she's perceived as. When denied something she wants, she will usually attempt to get it anyway through deceit and manipulation, never taking responsibility for the havoc she always causes as a result.
In addition, she also sports an intense complex of illiteracy. Thanks to a wealthy upbringing, and perhaps her constant drinking, the simplest of words and sentences are an absolute chore to Berry, being the prime reason why she encourages her daughter, Pinchy, to pursue literature...despite not understanding the books she reads.
Despite this, Berry takes an incredible comfort in believing she knows everything and finds herself comfortable with who she is. She dismisses her common habit of drinking as "normal", and treats it as such. Where most drunks would become infuriated at the prospect of being called an alcoholic, Berry gladly embraces it as a part of her personality.
Thanks to this, she feels a specific obligation to live her life as she sees it fit, and lives for no one else. If she wants to sleep, she'll sleep. If she wants to drink, she'll drink. If she wants to dive into the fountain and swim in it, she'll most certainly swim in that fountain! Her philosophies simply rely on living for herself and her daughter and nothing more.
Berry also takes great comfort in the friends she has, and looks to them for support whenever she finds herself in trouble (Though she'll usually rely on her own brains before others). She displays a gleeful attitude when around friends, and appreciates their friendship and when they involve her.
Most of all, however, she looks to her daughter, Pinchy, as the shining source of inspiration for her. As low as she is, Berry sees her as a shining example of promise in her life, and gladly supports her in every attempt to enhance her mind or her status. In addition, Berry also has a younger sister, Pina Colada, who still resides with her parents in Canterlot. Despite her strained relations with her parents, she still maintains a loving relationship with her dear sister.
To put it bluntly, Berry Punch is an independent mare who convinces herself she knows everything there is to know, despite being a common drunk and illiterate. Despite her status as a fool among Ponyville, however, she gladly embraces her status...unwittingly, perhaps, as she is totally comfortable with believing she knows everything, cleaning toilets, being illiterate and loving her friends and daughter. Whether she chose it or not, she's comfortable with the life she's given.
#History ;
It would only figure that the life of a alcoholic mare like Berry Punch began in the high-class Canterlot agricultural districts.
Berry's parents, Fruit Punch (Father) and Grape Punch (Mother) raised a large fortune through grape and berry farming in the highest classes of Canterlot. Despite constant reprimanding for it, Berry began her infatuation with fruit and wine itself at a young age, as her parents often left their wine cellar fully-unlocked. It was during these younger years that she finally attained her cutie mark. Much as her parents told their "high society" friends that it was gained thanks to her "uncanny ability to sniff-out fruit", the true fact of the matter was she gained it through her love for grapes, berries and wine itself. Even as she gained a sister at fifteen years old, she continued to demonstrate her early stages of her alcoholic tendencies.
This infatuation continued until she turned sixteen, when she was finally kicked-out of her own Canterlot home by her parents, thanks to "constant consumption of the product", as their parents put it. Being kicked-out, she lost not only her parents but also her younger sister, Pina Colada, who had only turned one at that point.
By herself and without money for the first time ever, Berry roved-about Equestria in search for a stable home. Shelter, food...especially booze...All things that she desperately-needed were now things she had to work for. For a while, it was an absolute culture-shock.
For a year or so, she found as much income as she could through janitorial jobs all across smaller towns throughout Equestria, until she finally reached Ponyville. Finding a steady janitorial job at Quill and Sofas, Berry finally settled down, bought an apartment, and prepared to have a normal life...
...until she had a baby, of course.
With an added weight of a baby on her life, and more alcoholism piled into it...Berry didn't change at all. Rather, she stuck to the values she held most important and stayed the mare she was (As questionable as her morals are).
With a child to her name, a job as well, and her insane personality now confined to one town, Berry Punch simply continues to build her reputation all around town as the "Town Drunk" or "Wild Card" of Ponyville, making just enough money through her "janitorial techniques" to keep her daughter and her afloat...and, of course, buy more wine.
After all, there's only one two things Berry Punch loves more than life.
Her daughter...and wine.The Roleplayer's Corner
#Nickname ; Thoth
#Age ; 18
#Gender/Preferred Pronouns ; Male
#How did you find us? ; Veteran/former-Moderator of the site and large supporter of the Pony RP'ing community
#Sample RP ;
The bright and sunny day in Ponyville was practically a stereotype by now. After all, the Weather Ponies had become extremely adept at keeping it bright and shiny for the ponies below.
However, this bright day was simply ignored by the mare named Berry Punch, who currently sat sprawled-out at the fountain at the center of town, a martini glass from the night before perched on the ground next to her.
"I'm....sooooooooo bored..." She moaned with a glazed look to her eyes, clearly still-reeling from the night before.
Sitting-up, she glanced over to her side to a mare who happened to be sitting nearby, who eyed her stranegly. Eying her back with a confused look, Berry chuckled.
"That was crazy last night, huh Lyra?"
"My name's Bon-Bon, Berry. And I have no idea what you're talking about..."
Berry squinted, not seeming to understand where the confusion was. To her, they...they sounded alike, didn't they?
"...W-well...Lyra, Bon-Bon...they're both the same name..."
"No, they're not."
This confounded Berry Punch now. Like some ancient Pony proverb, it confused her. Didn't they sound alike? She wasn't sure. Sounding it out in her head, she chuckled as she finally "figured it out".
"Okay...then...you look alike..."
"No, we don't."
"You both look like butts..."
With that, Bon Bon sent a hoof-ful of water at Berry with a groan, rolling her eyes as she did so, hopping-up and trotting away. "Please try to be sober in the morning, Berry..."
Berry simply grinned in a daze as she trotted away, waving a wobbly hoof at Bon Bon as she departed. "Good morning to you too, Bon Bon!"
Just another day in the life...
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(I am aware I mention "Pinchy" as Berry's daughter. I have already arranged with Silver to work the two together, so Silver's app should follow suit)
