Post by Lyra Heartstrings on Mar 5, 2014 3:21:36 GMT -6
||| LYRA HEARTSTRINGS |||
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#Name; Lyra Heartstrings
#Age ; 16
#Gender ; Female
#Occupation ; Student, Podcaster, Musician.
#Alignment ; Element of Harmony
#Physique ; Skinny and athletic.
#Hair color and style ; Light pale grayish cyan, with white highlights. She wears it down to her shoulders and brushes it in a typcal tomboyish fashion.
#Eye color ; Vivid Amber
#Clothing ; Lyra dresses simply and comfortably. Plain short sleeved shirts and and a hoodie or simple jacket are common. She prefers to wear jeans and capris instead of skirts, and when the weather is warm enough, shorts.
#Other appearance details (optional) ; Lyra's messenger bag and guitar case are covered in patches and buttons. She wears only a single piece of jewelry (if you could call it that), a necklace that's made up of a leather cord, some pretty beads, and a lyre charm in the center. It has immense sentimental value to her.
#A more thorough description (optional) ;Lyra Heartstrings stands a little taller than average height to the rest of the girls in her grade, but she's a lightweight. The skinny girl barely has any curves to her, or muscle. What muscle she does have is in her legs and backside, caused from all the bicycling she does. Puberty didn't hit Lyra very hard at all, at best she can be described as perky, at least all the cycling she does has given her a cute rear.
Not being the biggest fan of wearing skirts, she wears mostly skinny jeans, capris, or very short shorts that make her legs look like they go on forever. The majority of her shirts are short-sleeved and predominately white, with either an small accent color or emblem of some sort. She owns precisely three jackets: a black hoodie, a solid green military-style jacket that's a size too large for her at least, and a bright yellow long puffy jacket for cold weather and rain. Her footwear is as limited as the rest of her wardrobe. Lyra has a pair of sneakers, slip-ons, and flip-flops at her disposal.
#Personality ;
Lyra can best be described as an independent free spirit. She's a rockstar with weird ideas and isn't afraid to speak her mind with her silver tongue. Ask anyone at school about Lyra and they'll tell you one of three things, her music, her weird beliefs, or her ability to go off on tangents. Lyra is a force to be reckoned with, but as long as you have an open mind, the reckoning isn't that bad.
Lyra believes in, or is at least very open minded, about topics many other students would easily dismiss. Sporting buttons with various phrases such as "The Truth Is Out There" and "I Believe", the teen might look like a candidate for the tinfoil hat brigade, but looks can be deceiving. Also a somewhat recent study proved that a tinfoil hat amplified various radio frequencies instead of blocking them out, if you wanted to block out radio and other signals a Faraday Cage would be the way to go. Back to the topic at hand though.
Lyra thinks of herself as a forceful muse, making people think and feel for themselves. She likes to make people think about their opinions and world views. Once you begin to question something you look for answers. When you look for answers you, hopefully, gain some knowledge. Knowledge leads to growth. She hopes her words cause people to broaden their horizons, try something new, or think about something in a different way. "Why", and "Why Not" are very powerful words.
Music is another tool in her arsenal of inspiration. It's also a big part of her life. A talented musician, Lyra's music comes with and without lyrics. Her music is filled with emotion aimed at getting the listener to share in the feeling. Questions make for great inspiration for discovering knowledge, and boldly going where few have dared to go. Emotions can bring about creativity and art. Some of the greatest artworks and songs have been created because of strong emotions. It's a wonderful thing!
When not out to inspire the masses to do something, Lyra is a social butterfly. The spunky teen has no problem walking up to someone she doesn't know and starting up a conversation. She can be easy to get along with, but difficult for Lyra to really trust someone. She has her own baggage of insecurities like everyone else, and she won't share it with just anyone. Is her music really that good, or just really good for being in highschool? How bad is it when compared to this well known artist? Just how tight are finances at home, and other worries are things she doesn't like getting around. Those she does trust though, she'll go above and beyond for, no matter what it costs her.
Speaking of home, Lyra doesn't talk much about it. She loves her mother, and does her best not to get into trouble or make her worry. The last thing she wants is to get in trouble bad enough her mom needs to be called in. Lyra does what she can around the apartment, doing chores, getting groceries, and making sure her mom's work clothes are all clean. The fact that her dad is out of the picture, her moms a nurse who works dreadful hours, that they live in a small apartment, or that finances are really tight sometimes and she really hopes some people will click the donate button on her blog or buy some of her songs off of eTunes.
As far as romance is concerned, Lyra is bisexual... and afraid of commitment. With her trust issues relationships never last very long. Except her friendship with Bon Bon. Their friendship is eternal. Lyra isn't looking for anything serious anyways, it's just High School after all. She can be a bit of a flirt and a tease, but mostly as a way to have a little fun. When it comes to how she really feels she can be rather blunt about it. If she likes someone, she'll come out and say so.
#History ;
Lyra Heartstrings has spent most of her life around Canterlot City. She was an only daughter born, and mostly raised in Ponyville. Ponyville Elementary is where she made her best friend in the whole wide world, Bon Bon. Admittedly the two had a rough start at first, but the two eventually became inseparable. Things were good early on in Lyra's life. It wasn't until the end of sixth grade that things started to go down hill.
Lyra's father was in the military. While her parents knew that a move might happen at any time, nothing of the sort had happened as long as their daughter had been born. Until now. Equestria's military was put on high alert, and the Heartstrings family was forced to move toward the coast. Lyra's last day of school was her last day in Ponyville. It still remains a sad memory to this day.
They relocated to Fort Mire, south of Baltimare and Horseshoe Bay, on the northern edges of the Haysead Swamplands. It was terribly hot and humid during the warmer times of the year. The was only a small town to explore and a lot of swampland to get lost in. Lyra swears up and down she saw some spooky stuff in there. She also swears she saw bugs the size of a small dog there too. Take what you will from her stories, but one thing was for certain: She hated every minute of it.
Things were looking up in the middle of eighth grade for her. The high alert status was revoked, and her family was beginning to talk about her father leaving the service and returning to civilian life. Lyra was ecstatic. She'd be seeing more of her father and they'd be moving back to Ponyville! Things didn't go so well though when her father was given some sort of opportunity for advancement.
He ended up taking it.
Lyra had three days to unpack her belongings in the new apartment she and her mother got before she had to show up for High School. They were back in Ponyville, but she was going to Canterlot High. Weighed down by a chip on her shoulder and a belly full of teenage angst, Lyra was primed to become a troublemaker. In fact she had made the conscious choice to become a troublemaker. The plan fell apart before her first session of homeroom was over.
The teen was busy brooding through roll call when a name caught her attention: Bon Bon. Lyra immediately disrupted the class by flailing her arms about and calling out to Bon Bon. Lyra had found her lighthouse in her sea of rough emotions. It was hard telling her BFF what had happened. It took a few weeks, but she told the whole story, as best as she could from her perspective.
The two were inseparable once again. Bon Bon kept Lyra out of trouble, and Lyra kept Bon Bon from floating away on the cocktail of teen hormones and peer pressure that is High School. When it came time to join school clubs, Lyra joined the broadcasting club. It was a group that got together and ran the media section of the school's website along with a small radio. Depending on whose time slot it was, students could tune in to listen to music or talk shows. Shows and playlists created by the students (mostly) for the students.
This was a project Lyra threw herself into. At first she used her time to play music, either queuing up songs, taking requests, or playing some of her self composed music. The more confident she got, the more she took listener requests, and played her guitar in the studio. Eventually she tried her hand at hosting a talk show, and it flopped horribly. She was too out of her element going solo at the time, but there was an idea. It took a mixture of begging and big golden puppy eyes, but Lyra found a way to make it work.
The Bon Bon & Lyra Canterlot High Podcast was born! Otherwise known as The Bon Bon & Lyra Show. On the show the pair talk about current events, give out announcements the faculty wants said over the air, and just about whatever they want. It's rare to know what they'll be talking about on their next show unless they have a guest host, they ran short on time and will pick up the topic next time, or its a Holiday special. For instance everyValentine's DaySingles Awareness Day, they spend their time talking about bad relationships they've had, having callers tell their stories, or reading (pre-screened) mail. This episode also includes them eating a lot of chocolate and reviewing it.
The show got Lyra to start her own blog where she talks about topics she can't share on the show for any number of reasons. She's also begun recording her music and putting it up for sale on the internet. For her elective this year she is taking Home Economics for the sole purpose of Bon Bon is taking it. Wanting to share another class with her BBBFFaE (Bon Bon Best Friend Forever and Ever) made her choose Home Ec... a class she's not very good at, but she has an excellent study buddy. With Magic being discovered after the incident at the dance, Lyra is keen on documenting magical activity she hears about. If magic exists, what sorts of other supposedly non-existent things exist?
The Roleplayer's Corner
#Nickname ; Clutch
#Age ; 27
#Gender ; Male
#How did you find us? ; Here's a hint. The sites HAVE BEEN DOUBLED!
#Sample RP ;
Lyra sat down at the table with her tray of food and large soda. School had ended not too long ago, and she was with her best friend getting her favorite food. Bon Bon and Lyra were inside a small Chinese take-out place getting a bite to eat while waiting for one of Bon Bon's parents to show up and give them a ride home. It was a favorite place to eat for Lyra because she could get a lot of food for a reasonable price. If she didn't eat it all in one sitting, which she very well could, she had leftovers for later.
Whenever Lyra had take-out, there followed a small ritual. She'd grab her wooden chopsticks, and remove them from their paper sheathe to snap them apart. No matter how she tried to snap them, they never broke evenly. Bon Bon could do it, but she couldn't. Next came her attempt at using them. For as dexterous as she was, Lyra sucked at using chopsticks. It took her a few tries to pick up a piece of chicken, only for it to slip and fall into the teriyaki sauce when she went to dip it. Once she rescued it, it would escape her chopsticks inches from her mouth.
This would last for however long she had patience on that day. Every piece of food that made it to her lips was received with a happy expression, which immediately faded when the next piece of chicken or pork eluded her grasp. She sighed and looked at her friend, knowing what the looks she was receiving meant. With a sigh Lyra reached for her keyring and unclipped a small plastic thing that looked like a clothespin. It gripped her chopsticks for her and all she had to do was open them when she wanted to. Now that she could eat at a decent pace a happy tiny squeal left her throat as she bounced a happy little dance. "Thish ish sho good." She swallowed her food. "Hows yours Bon Bon?"
||| Element of Magic Form |||
#Hair color and style ;
When Transformed Lyra keeps her same hairstyle and color, and also gains a tail that going along with her hair. Her hair does develop a small part in it though due to the appearance of a horn.
#Clothing ;
Being a minor Element, and not a full on Bearer of Harmony Lyra's transformation is less involved than the others. There are no changes to her clothing due to the transformation process.
#Other appearance details (optional) ;
Lyra gains an accessory when she transforms. This item appears like a combination of a harp and a bow used for archery. The golden harp's strings are made out of magic the produce noise and change colors depending on how they're touched. Due to it being a magical item it is able to produce more notes than it should be able to, and be drawn like a bow with no problem. When not transformed it takes the shape of the lyre charm she wears around her neck all the time.
#A more thorough description (optional) ;
#Bearer of/Element of; Magic
Lyra possesses the magical 'spark' of friendship, being able to very quickly make friends with others she meets.
#Pony Spirit ; Unicorn
#Harmonizer/Disharmonizer Appearance ;Lyra's is a buckle that she typically wears on a belt around her waist, or on a smaller one on her wrist. The wonders of accessorizing. The Harmonizer is a silver buckle with a golden lyre on it. To transform she turns the lyre to a position she desires and strums it's strings. .
#Magical Abilities;
Ability Name; Power Chord
Ability Type; Offensive
Ability Effect; Allows her to weave magic and sounds together for a damaging effect.
Ability Description; Power Chord can only be used in conjunction with her harp. When the item is strummed hard like an instrument it can create a damaging short ranged area of effect such as a cone or a dome. When used like this there's a visible pressure wave that is laced with arcing gold magic. If Lyra pulls back on the strings of her item, like a bow, the magic and sound are condensed into a bright golden arrow-like bolt of magic and sound for accurate longer ranged attacks. Damage for this spell is both sonic and kinetic in nature.
Ability Name; Telekinesis
Ability Type; Support
Ability Effect; Grants the user the ability to manipulate objects through magic.
Ability Description;When used, an object is surrounded by colored magical auras. The user is then able to move the object around. The larger, heavier the object, the more magic that has to be used to lift it.
Ability Name; Purification
Ability Type; Support
Ability Effect; Allows the Elements to purify Discorded beings if another Element is present.
Ability Description; A representation of the Element of Magic itself, those who bear it are able to tap into the most powerful of Harmony's magic as long as their friends are beside them. Shooting forth a rainbow colored beam of magic, they can cleanse chaotic magic out of beings affected by it. The more friends present the stronger the beam, though only the bearer of the Element of Magic would be able to take out something like an Agent of Chaos or Discord himself.