Post by flam on Dec 2, 2012 13:47:03 GMT -6
||| FLAM |||
#Name; Flam Flimflam (Yes, that's seriously his last name)
#Age Group ; Adult
#Gender ; Stallion
#Species; Unicorn
#Cutie Mark ;
Matches up to Flam's apple slice cutie mark
#Occupation ; Traveling Salespony (Nonpariel) Also inventor
#Powers and Abilities ; Able to power and control magical machinery like the SSCS6000
#Physique ; Tall and slim
#Mane and fur color and style ; Mane and mustache is red, but with a few white streaks
#Eye color ; Green
#Other appearance details (optional) ; Never without his straw hat, vest and bowtie!
#A more thorough description; He's the one with the mustache and the bigger half of the apple
#Personality ;
It's a pretty simple setup that Flam has with his brother. The two of them work together for everything, but Flim focuses more on sales, while Flam is more focused on the product. He always happens to be tinkering with one project or another. But as such, he happens to be less outspoken and silver-tongued than his brother.
He also is the more reasonable one. He's better with numbers, facts, and figures. He's a logical thinker, but the moment someone brings his inventions into question, he gets very defensive, and will often boastfully oversell the limits of the creations.
Deep down, Flam's heart is in the right place. But above all, his twin brother comes first. Much like their cutie marks, he's incomplete whenever Flim's not around, and can get a little insecure about it.
#History ;
These two brothers are originally from Dodge Junction. Growing up in an agricultural town was a hard life, and production of cherries the town was famous for was rather slow work. As they grew up, they figured that there had to be a better way than hand sorting and squeezing, picking through them one by one. During a visit to Manehattan for a sale, the two brothers were astonished at the level of progress being made in the town, as well as all the newest and latest technologies. Figuring that the two of them could bring Dodge Junction into the modern age, the two developed a conveyor belt system for sorting out cherries. It worked out rather well, and they successfully sold it off to Cherry Jubilee. However, the two of them were rather bored with cherries, and decided to try their hands in what seemed a more profitable business; apples. They noticed that there was a rather high demand for cider, but the supply of the good was rather low. If their inventions could work for cherries, why could it not work for cider? It was just going to be a rather more difficult task, but opportunity was knocking , and they were going to answer it. And out of that came the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000.
While Flim certainly did his fair share of work on this invention, he was more focused on the business and sales end. Flam didn't have a problem with that at all, and ended up doing a majority of the work on the SSCS6000. He took pride of his work, placing every gear, making sure that the magic and mechanics worked perfectly together, and by the time it was done, he couldn't be more proud of the result. It was like nothing Equestria had ever seen!
Together, he and Flim hit the road, traveling from orchard town to orchard town, selling their cider. Normally, everything would go well, until the farmers caught on that the twins were draining their entire farm of bits, at which point they'd get run out of town... But ponyville was different. The integrity of their business practice... and especially their machine was questioned. Flam got defensive, almost aggressively so. Not to mention the fact that settling down once they owned the apple's farm was certainly tempting...
Regardless, it didn't work out for them...
The twins were run out of town, and before they knew it, news of them had reached other towns. Most of them tried to run them out before they even had a chance to begin their sales pitch! Now, the twins' eyes have turned back to Ponyville, hoping to find some kind of solace there. Even if it requires a change in their marketed product.The Roleplayer's Corner
#Nickname ; Dan is fine, though most folks have been calling me Inkie anyway
#Age ; 19
#Gender ; Male
#How did you find us? ; Second character!
#Sample RP ;
Flam heaved a sigh. He didn't feel all that comfortable being this close to Ponyville again. Needless to say, their last visit didn't leave fond memories in his mind. The town was even in plain view from where he was, which only made him more grateful for the excuse to not look at it.
Flam was, in fact, lying on his back, staring up at the underside of the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000. But the contraption had gone over many modifications since the last time it was in Ponyville. After all, it was doubtful that they would be able to sell a drop of cider in this town ever again. So, just as their business had to grow more versatile, so too did their machine.
"Let's see... cooling coil here... Tighten that bolt..." Flam knew that talking to himself, and occasionally the machine itself was an odd habit, but it helped him keep his thoughts in order. "Alright, let's get you running..." He rolled himself out from underneath the contraption and dusted himself off. Wiped the grease stain from his mustache, and replaced his hat on his head. "Here goes nothing..." His horn glowed with magical energy, and slowly the machine rumbled to life. A grin slowly spread itself across Flam's face.
