Pegasus FeatherStar

Name: FeatherStar, or "Skink"

Her name is nautical like the others in her family, sharing the name of a feathery looking sea creature the Feather Star. Her nickname is a self-given title, something she feels more at home using and a stubborn way of separating herself from her family's usually sea-faring professions.

Sex: Female

Age: Mare, 24

Species: Pegasus

Pelt Color: Orange

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Bright, deep pink-red. Tail is left in a rather untended long cut, but her mane is kept short for the most part, flopping forward toward her face.

Eye Color: Bright blue.

Physique: Rather round-bellied, but a strong pony. She eats well, but she also has to contend with large and often strong creatures on a daily basis.

Wears: A hoodie. Even in summer, Skink seems to feel perpetually cold and dresses accordingly. This also provides places for her constant companion Fernandi the fire skink to nest in.

Other: Wears square glasses as her sight is very poor without them. Two piercings in each of her ears, and a bar in only one of them.

Cutie Mark:

Snake in the shape of a heart. Representing, of course, her love for reptiles.

Origin: Seasaddle Bay

Roleplay Type: FIM/Show Roleplay Equestria

Occupation: Reptile breeder, which includes the care of, sale of, and shipping of live reptiles and occasionally amphibians and insects/arachnids. Basically a dealer of high quality exotic pets.

Motivation:

This ended up being longer than I expected, so I slipped it under a spoiler tag to keep from scaring anyone off. Cutie mark story inside.

Tomboyish SeaFeather always had a thing for the animals the other fillies considered creepy. She was boisterous and fearless with the frightening bugs that might have gotten in to the classroom, playful with the snails and crabs along the shore, and most of all she lacked any sort of fright for the snakes and lizards in the nearby woods and around the town and beaches. These creatures stole her heart quickly, becoming the center of her attention and her personal studies. She would easily become distracted with fantasies of long journeys to adventure in foreign places, searching for the last rare species she had read about. It became distraction enough that her parents began to take notice.

The family was now and always had been sea-faring pegasus, accompanying ships on journeys to keep the weather clear and safe out in the unpredictable waters, playing a fundamental role in sailor safety. That SeaFeather showed no interest in picking up the family trade worried them. They had two older sons who were already primed to take over, but their daughter's learning was lagging behind because of reptile fancies.

While returning from school one day, SeaFeather came across a group of excited colts from another class. They had cornered a young fire skink, an exotic species native to the same lands as the Zebra. It must have fallen from a shipment. Originally brought closer by the sight of the lizard, SeaFeather was spurred to action when she overheard the colt's intent to harm the lizard because of its strange, seemingly repulsive nature. She fended off the boys, and not to kindly, her violent scrap with the older boys bringing punishment from her folks. Coming home with a hurt baby fire skink to care for only invited further wrath.

SeaFeather nursed the hurt young skink back to health. She began to discover that even though it was difficult, she loved caring for this animal. Beyond that, she found she had an excellent connection with her healing friend, able to communicate with the lizard beyond levels she thought possible. The fire skink was soon well, and her inseparable companion. Soon more and more injured reptiles began turning up in her family's home, dominating the young filly's time. Her parents grew resentful of the creatures over time, and soon demanded in a fit of spilled rage and parental expectations that SeaFeather had to choose: It was either her family and the business, or reptiles. She didn't miss a beat. Reptiles. It was then that her cutie mark appeared. Though her family was at first in shock, they begrudgingly had to accept their daughter's choice and support her decision. The young pegasus remained bitter over their disapproval of her choice for her life, going so far as to cast aside her name when she was on her own.

Character Summary: After leaving Seasaddle Bay, Skink set up shop in Fillydelphia, hopeful that the bustling location with varied residents would be enough to support a strange niche like exotic pet sales. It also made shipped sales easier, sending to anywhere being about the same distance any which way. Skink takes her job seriously, but she enjoys it, and commonly insists she has never worked a day in her life despite that being far from true. She has a large collection of exotic reptiles from many lands. Most of these were hand picked or sent for with ease, living in a port town she got to see all of the creatures coming in and out of the docks, flowing in from further inland and even from overseas. She also cares for the young born under her watch, taking and caring for the eggs and hatchlings until they are ready for new homes and buyers send for them. Beyond her reptiles, she keeps a large number of trained birds ranging in size and species, all of whom are trained as mail carriers. When a buyer sends in for what they want, the reptile is packed up comfortably and sent off with the bird. She handles her own shippers, her own exchanges, and all the care and maintenance of her animals joyfully.

When not working, Skink is an avid artist. She loves to build and fly kites, though the wind inland just isn't like the wind by the shore, and can't always carry her complex designs. She also likes to sculpt in many medias, something she does with rapt attention and temperamental impatience. She is shy in that she does not often approach anypony first, but friendly enough to want to make friends the second someone takes the time to say hello. Skink tends to seem a bit rough around the edges with the volume of her voice and awkwardness around new people that she tries to charge through, but she's a great friend to whoever sticks around long enough. She finds it difficult to connect with many because of their fear of her babies.

Reptiles: Skink has a few key reptiles that are often seen with her. All of these are based on actual species. These have images of their own with short descriptions. I'll put them under a spoiler as well to keep things tidier and separate, but they are here!

One, Fernandi, is her fire skink pal from her youth.

Fernandi is a happy, emotive creature that accompanies Skink almost everywhere she goes. She is small enough to fit in to a pocket, and is usually either riding quietly in one or in Skink's hood. If Fernandi is not with Skink, the universe is probably broken.

Cedric is a Tegu.

He is curious, easy-going, and very much a lap lizard. He has a rather lazy pace, enjoys attention, and is a big fan of jowl rubs and treats. Cedric is about the size of a lithe house cat without his tail. He is chubby for his species. Cedric tends to stay at the house or go off to do his own thing.

Sprite is a Water Monitor.

Sprite is an especially intelligent reptile, and he doesn't practice the same active curiosity as Cedric. He is like a big, protective dog and has a rather dry and unimpressed attitude towards strangers. However, he is like an excited puppy towards Skink, and when he warms up to a pony he takes them under that same protective stance he uses for his owner. Sprite is NOT a small lizard. He is a large male at just over 8 feet, weighing in at a muscular 85 lbs. Sprite will tail Skink like a lazy dog, but will often stay home when he is so inclined.

There are no words to describe how wonderful this is!

So. . . .

Although I must ask a few things is she still in seasaddle bay and how did her shop come along?

Just curious if you want to add them to your character you're still allowed to make those updates in the Accepted Apps section.

Congratz on your pony -_-

Yay! I'm still debating where I want to put her shop, since it's rather permanent once I settle it down, but I'll certainly post it up once I've decided. I keep wanting to lean towards somewhere closer to Ponyville since it would be the same distance to ship to anywhere else in equestria if you send out from the middle of the map..

Fillydelphia

Manehatten

Hoofington

Just my guesses at what is close to Ponyville.

Fillydelphia sounds like a good one, large enough to support a niche like an exotic pet shop. Added that in there. Thanks!

Fillydelphia sounds like a good one, large enough to support a niche like an exotic pet shop. Added that in there. Thanks!

You're welcome! It's what I'm here for :heart: