Post by sprocket on Dec 4, 2012 0:51:43 GMT -6
||| STEAM SPROCKET |||
#Name; Steam Sprocket
#Age Group ; Young Adult
#Gender ; male
#Species; earth pony
#Cutie Mark ; shown in ref above
#Occupation ; tinkerer and a fix-it pony
#Powers and Abilities ; Sprocket is best known for his ability to fix most any mechanical appliance; he's inventive and creative when it comes to tinkering, which earned him his cutie mark of three gears overlapping.
#Physique ; Sprocket's body type is fairly average; if anything he's a bit plump. Not to say he's fat, but he certainly doesn't look like a farming pony.
#Mane and fur color and style ; His mane is a dirty blond and fairly spiky in the front, which is a contrast to his flowing tail. It's as if he cares more about his tail's grooming than his mane. His fur is a tan-brown color, with small light peach freckles lining his nose and cheeks. The same peach-like color also lines his stomach fur.
#Eye color ; green
#Other appearance details (optional) ; He is never seen without a pair of rusty mechanical wings strapped to his back with faux brown leather. He also constantly wears goggles, whose lenses are a bright orange and the rest a dull black.
#Personality ;
Extremely playful, Sprocket seems to never have an off switch when it comes to joking around. He loves to pull pranks on people, especially the old fashioned ones like tacks on a friend's chair, or a bucket of water tipping over a door frame. Even when a situation turns serious, Sprocket always seems to try and bring it back to the light side of things. He hates tense situations, especially when he's a part of them, so he always tries to divert attention towards something more enjoyable. Half the time, his jokes are so cheesy that he's the only one who finds them hilarious, but some tend to laugh along merely from the situation and the fact that his nerdiness was getting in the way. He adores things mechanical, especially things like bikes and cars.
His immaturity commonly gets in the way of productivity; if he's too bored with working on a project, he'll opt to pull a prank on somepony instead. This leads many ponies to think he's younger than he looks, when it is really not the case (unless you consider his mental age). However, if he really feels the need to get serious, he will. This happens rarely, but is always in conjunction with a friend in need of consoling or being a listener.
He's also a gigantic flirt. He isn't picky when it comes to somepony's gender, and his flirtatious personality usually lends itself to being chivalrous as well. He's quite mischievous, especially when it comes to romance. He is certainly sensitive and willing to be in a relationship -- however, he just hasn't found the right pony yet. He's secretly a romantic, but he rarely lets that show; his cockiness and bold nature makes it hard for anyone to believe it. Most people rarely even try, though, and so his title of being flirt-of-the-year is always intact. He's fairly superstitious when it comes to love, believing in things like the stars and planet alignment.
He's extremely insecure, which is a surprise to most because of his cocky attitude, but of course, that's a ruse to make people believe that he's as awesome as he pretends to be. He always needs constant reassurance of his worth, and he looks to others in order to get it. Perhaps this is why he's constantly flirting with others, as he's mostly used to seeing happiness in the form of a romantic alignment. However, as time passes, he will slowly learn that friendship can be even more powerful than a relationship with a significant other.
#History ;
Steam Sprocket, much to his dismay, has led quite the normal life. Born in Ponyville and rarely travelling farther than the Everfree Forest, he's lived his life in an honest and plain manner. Living only with his father, as his mother had died just a few weeks after his birth, was a bit of a difficult life for Sprocket as he had no female or motherly guidance in his younger years. His dad, however, constantly tried his hardest to raise his son the way he felt was best, and for the most part, he did a good job on his own. His father never dated after his mother's passing, however, which at least spared Sprocket from the confusion of having a "new" mother.
He had always grown up around machines, and even as a young colt, he helped his father with the family business. He would do small jobs, like hand his father certain tools while learning diligently about each one, knowing that he would need this information in the future; being an only colt, he was destined to take over his family's business when his dad retired.
This wasn't a fate that Sprocket was adverse to; in fact, he longed for the day when he could prove his responsibility was high enough to take care of the shop. However, it wasn't until the moment when he fixed something all on his own, and therefore earned his cutie mark, that his father entrusted him with doing higher responsibility work around the shop. Finally, he's running the business on his own, and while he struggles sometimes, he knows he always has his father's support when it comes to running the show.The Roleplayer's Corner
#Nickname ; moo; will be Sprocket in the cbox!
#Age ; twenty
#Gender ; female
#How did you find us? ; You advertised on a site somewhere, heck if I can remember xD
#Sample RP ;
The sun was high above Ponyville, but because winter was coming, its warm rays barely reached Sprocket's chilled fur. He shook his body out a little, feeling the cold air sting at his skin as he hovered over a small scooter. The wheel had needed replacing, which he had fixed ages ago, but he felt like the rest of the device needed a bit of fixing up as well. He would do that free of charge, of course. He enjoyed doing his work, so there was no need to ask for something huge in return. Sometimes he didn't even get money for his work; he had received clothing and food before, and that was perfectly all right with him.
Clothing... yeah, that sounded good right about now when he was chilled to the bone. His mechanical wings were stiff from the cold air and frost that kissed the sharp metal. He really needed to replace the pair... they didn't work very well, as they were only a prototype. However, he had so much of a sentimental connection that he rarely took them off. "Brrr," he shivered, shaking his fur out again to try and warm himself up. Thank goodness that he was fluffier than most; the good part about having baby fat was being able to keep warm during times like this!
The sound of hooves nearby caused the stallion to look up and over his shoulder, a wrench clenched between his teeth. "Herffo?" he asked in a tentative greeting, wondering who was coming to his shop an what for with how cold the weather was.
