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Shattered Empire - a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic RP; Oubliettes and Ogres
Topic Started: Apr 9 2014, 08:27 PM (827 Views)
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Shattered Empire - a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic RP

The Crystal Empire, the Battle for the Crystal Empire

Wrong. It was all going so very, very wrong.

The sounds of battle reached the ears of the two ponies atop the tower. One, shrouded in a grey cloak, was ignoring the battle beyond the tower. His gaze rested on the Kingdom's greatest treasure, and the enchantment he was weaving around it.

The other Pony was keeping watch as the awesome magics of his King were beaten back again and again by the Usurpers. Sombra was clearly outmatched against true Alicorn magic. He cried out in pain as the shadows he called to his aid were banished in a blast of sunlight.

"We need to be by his side!" Steadfast Vigil shouted to his cloaked companion. Vigil was a Crystal Pony, his coat a mocha color and his mane a shade of cream. His left eye had been shattered in the earlier fighting when one of the Earth Pony soldiers from the Southern Army had landed a solid kick on him. His other eye returned to scanning the battlefield, cataloguing the losses that were occurring.

"You know as well as I that this battle is lost," The robed figure responded, his voice a hiss of a whisper. Vigil turned again to the Vizier to King Sombra. Greymane, as the Unicorn was named, was now flowing with power. The amulet around his neck was glowing with a vivid red aura, as were the mage's eyes.

Before Vigil could respond, a resounding cry echoed across the city. King Sombra was defeated, and the two Usurpers were burying him in the icy reaches of the north. It was as Greymane said.

"We are lost..."

"Yes, today," Greymane answered, finishing his ritual. Shuffling over to the crestfallen guard, the aged Unicorn enveloped them both in crimson energy. The pair teleported away as the entire city began to unhinge itself from time, trapping any remaining ponies within. The City would be lost, and with it the Crystal Heart. A most dangerous gamble played by those still loyal to King Sombra.

"But there is always tomorrow," Greymane's voice echoed ominously.


New Zirconia, Several Years after the Battle of Crystal City

"Atten-shun!"

The Pegasus marching back and forth in front of the fresh recruits across the yard brought a host of memories back to Vanilla Sky, as she crossed the street away from the main building. She had just ended the most important meeting in her life. Ever since her return from the frontline, Vanilla had been kept in 'reserves', which meant she was stuck in the city with little to do. It had been driving her bonkers. She had petitioned and petitioned, and finally received an audience with Ruff N. Tumble, her superior officer. A fellow veteran of the Battle of Crystal City, he had agreed to hear her request to return to the wilds - or at least out of that city.

Commander Tumble had agreed to her request. She was to be assigned to a diplomatic and fact-finding mission. His words echoed in her mind as she double checked the checklist he gave her.

"Now listen here, filly. There's a wide, open world up north and it's full of things that want to eat us, kill us, or who knows what. We need to build a better relationship with our neighbors the Griffons and the Changelings, and we need to keep a better eye on Sombra's prison. So, we have selected a team. We want you to guide them through the woods as they complete their mission,"

The names were clear to her. Springfoot, Anacridium, Swizzle Stixx, Evergaze, Justi Freedom, Lemon Grass.

In addition, each name had clues for where to find them.

"Guess I'll start with the first pony on the list," Vanilla told herself, heading to the Workshop identified as Springfoot's employer. She arrived, and entered the open establishment. Clearing her throat, she asked,

"Excuse me, does anypony here know a mare named Springfoot? I have urgent business to discuss with her,"

(OOC: Okay, and we're off! Zubenel, please respond. You are being chosen/ have been chosen to be the team's mechanic and all around engineer type. React how you see fit, and you can have us head to Xion/Anacridium next.)
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A light blue pegasus with a mane and tail composed of both gray and blue hair wandered around the forested area outside of New Zirconia. Few ponies would venture out on their own, sure thy were a relatively safe distance from the former site of the Crystal Empire, however their new home was still fairly dangerous.

Swizzle Stixx however didn't really care about sticking with other ponies. He wasn't on a security patrol or anything he was out there to gather supplies. His passion was potion making and he had to gather more wintergreen to try and perfect his protection potions. If he could get the ratios just right then search parties should be able to venture further into the frozen north. With less fear of freezing to death.

"Hmm Dragon's root, maybe i can get that fire breath potion down as well." He said as he grabbed a root that was red in color and stuffed it into his satchel. A few weeks back he had been trying to make a flight potion - so that the earth ponies could assist the pegasi. However Instead of making him lighter than air, he wound up letting out a belch that was accompanied with a burst of fire. However the potion did have a major side effect he was unable to talk for a whole week, plus it made eating rather painful.

With his satchel filled he headed back to New Zirconia, as he arrived he noticed a white mare in crystal guard armor enter the local hardware store. " I wonder if Springfoot put a loose wheel on a cart or something." He said to nopony in particuluar as he headed towards his place.
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"Excuse me, does anypony here know a mare named Springfoot? I have urgent business to discuss with her."

Deeper in the recesses of the shop there were loud clangs as the contents of three shelves came crashing down onto the floor. Metal whatsits bent, prongs snapped, glass doodads shattered and some as yet named device exploded with what appeared to be sparkly pink goo. None of these were noticed by the overly dressed pony behind the shelf who had been trying to retrieve a lost tool by pulling it back with a broom handle. The rest of the broom was in her mouth, her jaw dropping when she realized she had knocked over her current client orders. With shifty eyes she approached the dropped spanner and quickly picked it up in her mouth, then stuck it into her apron.

One of her customers was at the front of the shop wincing from the sounds and tugging at his tie.

"I'll be with you in a moment Mr. Marmalade! Your juicer has been having a war with me and I've almost won this time!," came the voice from the back. It didn't exactly win confidence points with the stallion who was now holding his hooves on either side of his head, then looking over to see Vanilla Sky.

"J-just like me... you may be here a while." He muttered nervously and found himself a seat in the shop's lobby.

"Hi-yaa!" There was another loud thump, then something started to whir. Springfoot looked at the new juicer, now with more gizmos and gears than seemed necessary. It even played a lovely and whimsical little music box tune now while it worked. "Hehe... This'll juice even an apple now..." She snickered as she heard the familiar footsteps of her hired-hoof.

In hushed tones she spoke to Anachridium, her brow;s knit. "You were able to deliver Clear Water's Fish-o-matic Reel?" She hadn't known of the conversation between 'Boomer' and their customer, though perhaps he might have taken modifications too far when Clear Water said fishing should always be something you have a blast doing, especially with friends...

"L-listen... I-I'll be back later. I really need to get to work. Just send me the bill and I'll get it tomorrow. And please. For the love of all that is pink and holy, don't let this one try to give me a shave while I'm making jam. I'm still seeing someone about that..."

Springfoot made the most awkward smile as she looked around the corner, back into the shop only to see Vanilla Sky there and the door closing behind Mr. Marmalade.

"Were you here to have your favorite thing made even better through the virtues of engineering?" Her lower lip stuck out and she stared, curious though the expression could possibly hint at being in a stupor for those who didn't know her.
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Anacridium, or 'Boomer' as his workshop name was referred to, began to trot back with his head held high, a sense of pride in feeling like he did some good. After all, Mr. Water's fishing rod had been properly tuned to his required specifications. If he wanted it to be a blast, especially when fishing with friends, no one in New Zirconia knew more about having a blast than he did. "Heheheh, truly my greatest masterpiece yet! He'll definitely blow the other competition out of the water now!" he cackled, raising himself on his hind hooves to rub his front two together. He didn't MEAN to act evil, it just sort-of came second nature to him. Sadly, he didnt even understand the concept of what evil was. It was usually why Springfoot felt it was akin to a second job, trying to teach him how to behave properly.

Moving toward the back of the workshop, he procured a key from the satchel hanging off his body before he moved the key toward the lock. "Why did somepony need to come up with locks? So annoying..." he mumbled, slipping inside of the workshop before shutting the door.

Ah, the workshop... Where it all began. He remembered his first days in here, chewing on various things and accidentally making things explode. Other ponies had even once mistaken the workshop for a fireworks shop, much to the chagrin of its owner and workers. Though rather than give him the horseshoe, a pony by the name of Springfoot took it upon herself to teach the awkward colt about proper manners and etiquette in public. Needless to say, she bit off more than she could chew in trying to teach the changeling. Ironically, back then nopony realized what he was due to his disguise. It wasn't until someone thought they could help him that he dropped his guard and revealed to Springfoot what he was.

It explained alot of things, at least... Though his reminiscence was broken by the aforementioned assisting pony as she spoke to him quietly.

"You were able to deliver Clear Water's Fish-o-matic Reel?"

"Heheh, sure did!" he grinned, clapping his hooves against the floor, his oddly tattered-looking wings fluttering. "Mr. Waters will most definitely have a blast when fishing with his friends now! I gave it my 'Boomer' seal of approval!" he raised his hoof and pounded his chest lightly. Being happy was one thing, but perhaps Springfoot could tell what sort-of chaos might arise from this later. If not... "It's going to make fishing easier. With the press of a button, all competition will be blown away in awe of his superior power! Heeheehee!" he giggled, before he caught himself by pressing his hoof to his mouth. He remembered what happened the last time he lost control of his laughter... It was a rather bright sight...

For now, Springfoot's attention seemed to be on a new visitor to the shop, and a well-armored one at that. One of the guards? Oh no, had they heard about the time he turned some of their rations into sparklers!? It was accidental though! He was a little hungry and had a quick bite to eat... Or maybe they took offense to him transforming into another one of their numbers to get the food in the first place... For now, he peeked out from around Springfoot, his pair bobbing over one eye as he looked warily at Vanilla.

"Were you here to have your favorite thing made even better through the virtues of engineering?"

"I didn't do it!" he quickly piped up, perhaps a guilty consciousness pushing him to speak.
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The sky above New Zirconia was filled with the sounds of wings of pegasi as they went about their business, taking advantage of their ability to fly to bypass the busy streets below their hooves. A few had claws in place of hooves however; the gryphons of the mountains, a rare sight even here in the foothills of the giants watching over the city. Even among them one gryphon visibly stood out, wide beak and big yellow eyes set against dark brown fur and feathers. As she drifted closer to the city below, one could see that clutched in her talons was a small box that let out a tinkling sound whenever her grip shifted.

She slowed her descent to land in front of a small house. The gryphon tucked the box under one arm, knocked, and chirped out “Here are your jars, Miss!”

The door opened to reveal a unicorn mare; a splint on a back leg explained why she couldn’t get them herself. A glow enveloped the box, which now was drifting away from Evergaze and into the mare’s home. “Oh, thank you for picking these up Evergaze! Now I can get ready to make some jams this year, I’ll be sure to give you some as thanks.”

“Okie dokie!” she replied and leapt back into the skies. It wasn’t so bad, being kicked out of her home. The air was thicker down here for sure, Evergaze noted, but ever since she arrived she felt like she could do a hundred things at once. Maybe that’s why she had earned a reputation as the ‘gopher’ of New Zirconia; she filled her days with delivering this and that, running errands, or doing tasks for others. About the only time Evergaze rested was when the sun went down, and that was only because most ponies went to sleep then. That was probably the best time for one to find her, aside from flagging her down during the day and even then she might not be paying attention.

As per usual, Evergaze casually cruised the skies above the streets of the city on the way to the next stop. Many ponies smiled at her, some even waved. A few others.. were not so welcoming. These ones slammed windows or doors as she approached or simply walked away in a huff. There was a lot of tension between the ponies and griffons right now, and she couldn’t blame how they felt. That did not mean it didn’t upset Evergaze that, even after all these months, they did feel that way considering she had personally done nothing to them. But a wise pony once saw her in one of those moods and told her to “kill ‘em with kindness” and she would do exactly that.

Well, not actually kill them of course. Despite what these ponies did it was much less worse than the treatment she had gotten back home. Even at their worst, Evergaze still felt welcomed and there was a lot less yelling at her. Indeed, it wasn’t so bad being here.
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"I'll be with you in a moment Mr. Marmalade! Your juicer has been having a war with me and I've almost won this time!," a Mare's voice called out from the back room. The stallion in the shop sighed, and Vanilla looked at him with some concern.

"J-just like me... you may be here a while."

Vanilla just smiled at the stallion, and began to browse some of the wares in the shop. She wasn't one for small talk, and she was on formal business.

Then came a 'thump' sound, followed by a whir. She began to talk to somepony- her assistant, it looked like, and Mr. Marmalade opted to leave.

"L-listen... I-I'll be back later. I really need to get to work. Just send me the bill and I'll get it tomorrow. And please. For the love of all that is pink and holy, don't let this one try to give me a shave while I'm making jam. I'm still seeing someone about that..."

That one earned a raised eyebrow from Vanilla. She checked her list again- Springfoot's specialty was marked as "Engineering". Maybe she just makes multi-purpose items? she thought. Through the doorway to the back, she saw Springfoot and her assistant, hiding behind her.

"Were you here to have your favorite thing made even better through the virtues of engineering?"

"I didn't do it!"

Vanilla wasn't anticipating the pout, and the assistant's outburst only served to raise her eyebrow to a prodigious margin. After a moment, she coughed to clear her throat.

"*Ahem*. Hello. I am LT. Vanilla Skye. I'm here to recruit Springfoot...Which I take to be you, miss." She then smiled at her newfound recruit, and trotted over to her. "Seems like you and I are going to get to know one another. Now, you wouldn't happen to know somepony named "Anacridium", would you?"
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"*Ahem*. Hello. I am LT. Vanilla Skye. I'm here to recruit Springfoot...Which I take to be you, miss."

"Well, that would undoubtedly be me. No one else has duds like these." She smirked and tapped her custom boot back against the door frame to draw attention to it. "The boing boing and whatnot." She tried to seem casual but her features betrayed her excited pride over such a creation, and it was perhaps one of the few that hadn't managed to explode on her in some way.

"Seems like you and I are going to get to know one another. Now, you wouldn't happen to know somepony named "Anacridium", would you?"


Springfoot looked to her side to where the scruffy Changeling was, still in his normal disguise. Only his coloring gave it away a little, and his bangs covering his eyes where the slitted irises were. He was still young and when he was comfortable, seemed to favor as many of his natural features as he could. She looked at him curiously, her brow drug down and one hoof coming up to tap her cheek.

"Guess I can understand you recruiting me, seeing I've had to fix big projects before but 'Boomer' here is only my apprentice." She perked and grinned ruffling the changeling's hair. He was slightly smaller than she was, though for an earth pony she was more on the Clydesdale side. Tapping her chin she thought of everything they'd need to pack.

"Must be something big they want us to work on. Maybe some sort of ceremony or event? We've done parties before but people do need to err... lemme make sure I get copies of the waver..." Springfoot was about to step back into the shop to gather some of her legal documents, courtesy Manewell and Bridle. But then her ears flattened and she realized that Vanilla said recruiting. Military... recruiting...

"A-are you making some sort of task force?" She spoke in a small voice.
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"Serves you right for being pathetic!"

A lemon-colored earth filly trotted her way down the streets, leaving a spluttering stallion behind her. By all accounts, this was a usual day; getting into somepony's face and mocking the hay out of the poor sap, like she had just down, was really par for the course. So was the smirk that was decorating her face, most likely at some form of patheticness that she found immensely amusing.

"That was good for a laugh," Lemon Grass snickered to herself. "Now let's see what that nutty gearhead and her pet maggot are up to, shall we?" So far, the antics of Springfoot and 'Boomer' hadn't failed to disappoint, and sometimes the little disasters that she ran across could amuse her for an entire day. It was rare to find somepony so utterly, reliably, pathetically amusing.

As she approached the shop that the pathetic duo called their home, she could see one of the regular customers make his exit, looking rather unnerved. Lemon Grass's smirk widened; this certainly looked promising. Wasn't this the poor sap who had lost both mane and tail to one of the gearhead's 'mechanical marvels'? She still hadn't tired of rubbing it into both the stallion's and the gearhead's faces; and as usual, the customer's reactions had been hilarious. But maybe not now. She'd mocked him just yesterday after all, and wonder of wonders, there could be too much of a good thing. She'd leave the pathetic buck be.

"I didn't do it!"

The filly snorted. That *had* to be the pet maggot making his protestations of innocence. Now who was he making his futile appeals to? She was almost at the door by now.

"*Ahem*. Hello. I am LT. Vanilla Skye. I'm here to recruit Springfoot...Which I take to be you, miss. Seems like you and I are going to get to know one another. Now, you wouldn't happen to know somepony named "Anacridium", would you?"

Lemon Grass came to a stop. Military. In other words, a lackey of the princesses. For a moment, her smirk became savagely vicious.

"Guess I can understand you recruiting me, seeing I've had to fix big projects before but 'Boomer' here is only my apprentice. Must be something big they want us to work on. Maybe some sort of ceremony or event? We've done parties before but people do need to err... lemme make sure I get copies of the waiver..."

She could almost hear the bolts falling into place in the gearhead's mind. Hmmph. May as well make her entrance now.

With a hoof, she pushed the door open, even as Springfoot spoke again in a noticeably smaller voice.

"A-are you making some sort of task force?"

"What a brilliant observation, gearhead." The yellow filly made sure that her smirk was firmly in place as she swept her eyes across the trio. "Goodness, the princesses must be getting desperate if they're willing to settle for you and your pathetic pet maggot." Her eyes settled on Vanilla Sky, and her smirk turned vicious again. "Not like a simpering lackey would even understand that."
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"*Ahem*. Hello. I am LT. Vanilla Skye. I'm here to recruit Springfoot...Which I take to be you, miss. Seems like you and I are going to get to know one another. Now, you wouldn't happen to know somepony named "Anacridium", would you?"

'Eep! They're onto me!'

"U-uh, I can't say that I have, no sir." 'Boomer' tried to trot out from behind Springfoot to explain. Fortunately for him, Springfoot had managed to pre-empt him.

"Guess I can understand you recruiting me, seeing I've had to fix big projects before but 'Boomer' here is only my apprentice."

"H-hey, i'm learning, aren't I? ... Aren't I?" he asked, suddenly feeling a little bit unsure, his only response being for the earth pony to ruffle his hair a bit. It gave a glimpse of his eyes, far different from a normal colt of his type, before he huffed and lowered his head to try and fix his hair once more. "But yes, that's my name, not 'Anacridium' or anything. Weird sounding name though." he finished, before inhaling... And making a displeased face, frowning. "Guh, something stinks... Like a lack of love, or-" he started to speak.

"What a brilliant observation, gearhead. Goodness, the princesses must be getting desperate if they're willing to settle for you and your pathetic pet maggot. Not like a simpering lackey would even understand that."

"Keh, Lemonhead." 'Boomer' grumbled, before he humphed and dropped the disguise, his cover blown. Compared to his normal pony-design, his design as Anacridium was... Fairly bizarre. Understandable given he was a changeling, but he was hoping to have kept the disguise going for a little while longer. "I don't know what's worse, the fact I can smell you a mile away, or the fact you're here at all." he quipped, hovering up slightly before he grinned, revealing a toothy, nearly malicious smile. "Careful how you act around my boss, or I might decide to give one of your treasured possessions the 'Boomer Extra Special Super Awesome' treatment free of charge. I guarantee you'll find it to be a blast, heheheheh~ ... Eep!" he quickly caught himself, feeling the magic well up a bit, before he settled down, turning to Vanilla Sky.

"Well, the foal's out of the bag... I'm that somepony 'Anacridium' you were looking for. What am I expected to upgrade today?" he bowed his head slightly, losing the malicious grin, but still very intent to work.
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