RainBroDash

If We Were All Stranded In Equestria

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"Ugh....mmm...hmm" grunted Eric as he lay on the ground, his eyes closed and body delightfully warm from napping in the sun. A familiar sound squeaked in front him and he felt a tongue on his forehead. "Not right now Shadow, I'm trying to rest, my body aches for some reason and I'm enjoying the sun". The purr-meow was issued again followed by a rubbing of fur on his face. "Heh, relax buddy, just lay down and enjoy the warmth of the su-...it's winter right now, why is it so warm?" He opened his eyes and saw that he was on a grassy hill, the sun smiling down from the clear blue sky with a distant cloud or two. "Ugh, alright buddy, let's see where we are" and he grunted as it strained his body to lift himself up...but upon reaching the full extent of his height something felt off...weird. A conflicting sensation as everything felt natural, but it didn't feel right , he also felt shorter than usual .Yawning he reaches his arms out to stretch them behind his head, only to immediately be taken off balance, thrown into panic and back onto the ground, face first. "Ughuhhhhh, that didn't help at all" he mumbles, "What happened to arms?" looking in front of him he something white laying on either side, coming from behind his vision. "What in the hell?" Upon moving his "arms" to pick himself back up however, the white objects on either side move in tandem. Standing back up, a startled Eric looks down at his hands which are sprawled out in front of him and panics at the revelation. Underneath him, supporting him, were white legs, behind him were another pair of white legs with a rainbow colored patch of "hair" behind him, off to his left was Shadow, the grey cat looking at him expectingly as his tail waved back and forth slowly. "Wha- what the hell is going on!?" He exclaimed to himself. Upon looking at his surroundings he was indeed upon a grassy hill, with more around him with the occasional tree. there, off to his right however, was a small lake. He rushed towards it, running in a panicked hurry. Upon inspecting the watery reflection he almost lost all sensibility. Staring back at him was a white pony with a rainbow mane, his brown eyes frantic with worry. Looking behind him he found a a pair of wings that were spread out in a state that matched his demeanor and a tail in the same vibrant hues as his mane. "What is happening? What has happened to me!? It looks like I'm a pony, but that can't be! What's going on!?". Sitting on his haunches he was breathing rapidly in his confusion, which then developed into longer, more drawn out breaths. "Keep it together...if I'm in the MLP universe it can't be too bad right? I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation to shed some light on this situation." Off to his left was once again Shadow, this time lapping up water from the lake before looking back at his now ponified friend, concern on his face. "Movement came naturally when I came over here, so basic motor skills must be hardwired in...if that's true, then maybe these wings'll work properly?" He looked behind him as he tried to locate the bones and muscles that controlled his wings, an easy enough feat due to the blaring exhaustion from them being strained outward. But try as he may, he couldn't get them to obey, instead having them flap this way and that awkwardly. He sighed "This is going to take some getting used to", to which the cat replied with a purr-meow.

My Character

If We Were All Stranded In Equestria

((Here we go!))

"Well that was a fun convention" said a man with short brown hair, eyes and light skin. "The best part of being a convention celebrity is all the cool people you get to meet, I had some good times this past weekend". Eric was known for his MLP cosplay known as 'RainBro Dash' and had a blast meeting all sorts of interesting and cool people that past weekend at AwesomeCon. "Now to sit down and relax at my computer, I wonder what the internet has for me..." Upon checking several hundred pictures of the convention on Facebook and talking to friends, he decided to clear his computer up a little bit, organizing files, running scans and deleting old bookmarks. While doing the latter activity he noticed a site he had forgotten about "'Role Player Guild' eh? I haven't been there in forever....I should check it out, maybe some cool RP is going on?" Upon clicking the link he found himself at a very different site than he was accustomed to. Colors were out of place, the format was weird - sometimes overlapping areas, characters were replaced with weird symbols and a slight static sound was coming from his speakers. "Well this is weird.....won't be having any of that!" And he went to turn off his speaker...but to his astonishment, the sound kept playing. "Huh, well hopefully that'll go away in a moment...I wonder if I remember my old login?". After a few tries at remembering his password he finally got it right. "Bout time" he said to himself, but as it logged him in it brought him to the main page again, quickly followed by a black screen. "Great, I should've had the presence of mind to NOT log into the possibly hacked website, my computer might be all jacked up now." Sighing again he laid his back and began to rub his closed eyes, resting is stressed out brain for a moment....but, what was that? The static from the speaker which not only was still going, was steadily growing louder. "What is that?" he asked himself as he pulled his head forward and began to look at the screen again. "What?" He noticed something strange on his monitor...a small blue circle was in the center of his screen and was it? Yes, it was slowly growing larger! Transfixed he watched as it grew and grew...while the static grew louder. Eventually the circle has taken up the entirety of the screen and took on the shape of a funnel...a vortex like tunnel that extended from the screen itself, back into itself, reminding him of the intro to 'Doctor Who'. "What the hell is going on here!?" He asked noone as the static grew deafening. Suddenly, he found himself drawn towards the monitor, a force was dragging him while wind seemed to blow from it. "OKAY THIS FREAKING ME OUT" he yelled, barely able to hear himself as the force grew stronger and stronger. Panicked, he jumped up and as adrenaline kicked in, he struggled against the force and tried back away from it. To his surprise, nothing else around him was feeling this pulling force, including his loyal cat Shadow who was sleeping on the bed directly behind him. Desperately, he clung to his bed in an attempt to hang on and pull himself away from it. His body flailing in the air behind him toward the the screen at this point, he made the mistake of grabbing his comforter. Sure enough, the bedsheet wasn't strong enough to keep him in place and easily ripped off and flew into the screen with the screaming human along with it.

It all happened so fast, he fell through the winding blue tunnel and saw planets and stars in the black recess of space all around him as he fell at an unintelligible speed. He fell and fell for several minutes which seemed like an eternity before crashing upon a surface. He had collapsed upon a grassy, outside turf with the sun beating down on him from up above. [What...the hell...] were the final thoughts he had before lose consciousness

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If We Were All Stranded In Equestria

Prologue:

"Spike! Where's my copy of 'Teleporting and You'!?" Asked a purple unicorn with a large amount of irritation. "Umm....I have it right here Twilight" replied a small purple dragon with green spikes meekly. The purple unicorn raised an eyebrow and looked at the dragon suspiciously "Did you have it this whole time?" she asked. "Uh...yes" replied Spike with a twinge of guilt in his voice and demeanor.

Twilight Sparkle (TS): "What were you doing with it? You know I've been looking for it for the last half hour!" She asked, maintaining her suspicious glare.
Spike: "Well I was trying to figure out a way to fix the problem-" He replied even meeker
TS: "Problem?" she immediately picked the book from his hands with telekinesis magic and suspended it in front of her as she flipped through the pages, analyzing it. She gasped as she came across a page that's burnt. She glared at spike again extending her head towards him.
TS: "What happend?"
Spike: *Gulp* "We-well remember how you asked me to help you find it?" he asked, obviously shaking.
TS: "Yes."
Spike: "Well I found it and was looking through it on my way to bring it to you when I accidentally belched and burnt part of it"

Twilight looked at the book again and the page in question was severely burnt, only part of it could be deciphered. "ARRRRG! Not only is this the only copy of Starswirl the Beardeds 'Teleporting and You' in Equestria, that was one of the pages I needed for my spell!"
Spike threw himself down on the ground in a pleading position, crying with shame "I'm sorry Twilight! I didn't mean to, it was an accident!".

Feeling bad for yelling at her friend and pitying his guilt, she sighed "I'm not as angry about the burning of the book as much as the fact that you hid it from me. I forgive you Spike but next time be honest with your actions".

Spike got up and hugged her "Thanks Twilight, I promise I'll be more honest in the future".

TS: "Good, now I need to work around this burnt page....let me see" She spend a few moments examining the page. "This page is burnt really bad but I think I get what the book is trying to tell me. I should be able to cast the spell"

Spike: "What spell is that?"

TS: "I'm working on a new spell that allows me to look faraway, to other planets and dimensions, should be quite exciting! Now stand back, I'm gonna try and cast it".

Spike stood back as he watched her horn light up with purple energy. The power grew and grew until eventually her eyes opened up, glowing white with arcane magic. Pages began to shuffle and billow, eventually flying around the room as a wind started pick up and eventually howl. Spike had to brace himself by planting his legs while shielding his eyes which he could barely keep open. He watched with awe as she was slowly levitating where she once stood till she was a foot off the ground. And just when the wind was too harsh and he thought he couldn't keep his balance, the wind suddenly died and Twilight fell to the ground. He rushed over to her "Twilight are you alright?". She was slumped up against the ground, exhaustion clear in her eyes as she slowly opened them "Spike? Wha-...what happened?" He explained what happened in the last minute. "Huh, my spell seems to have failed, nothing happened." She sighed and slowly rose to her feet, finding the book and reexamining the page. "Guess I didn't get enough information after all....I suppose I'll have to try and hunt down another copy of the book".

Little did she know that right at that moment a mystical force was surging through the cosmos. Passing through galaxy's and universes, it kept surging on through at an unimaginable speed until it hit and resonated with a unique energy signature. An electric wave of sorts, tying their energies together. This wave was powering a forum website, one that was used by hundreds of people on a daily basis, while it's occupants rejected reality and escaped into their own creative works.

If We Were All Stranded In Equestria

On the top left of the page is the IC: In Character portion, go there to make posts. But post here in OOC: Out of Character for communication.

If We Were All Stranded In Equestria

Alright so I've started several forum role play experiences in the past that have been pretty popular, the most successful of which are the "If We Were All Stranded" series. Simple premise: You log onto the forum site one day and end up in another world, Go. My favorite one lasted years and years back in the early 2000's: "If We Were All Stranded On An Island", oceans of creativity and inspiration were the result. I have fond memories of hitting refresh every 5 minutes as I would be awaiting posts from other users. I wish to recreate such an experience but in the new theme of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic universe.

I. Rules: More may be added with time

1: Type Properly: A simple enough rule that is enforced in this forum, if you don't type properly it can be difficult to understand you, lowers the eloquence of the story and suspends belief.

2: Respect Each Other: Another common sense rule. Respect your fellow role players and work together through any hardships or drama that may arise. Diplomacy is an important skill to have so please do your best to resolve issues by talking it out.

3: Posting: Nothing insane, any length of post is accepted, but with that having been said, longer posts tell a better story, spark interest and move the plot along. Though a simple post is fine if just replying in character to another character.

4: Freedom: Feel free to go on whatever story you like or create your own, just be sure that if a NPC is being used by another player that you ask permission to use them....can't have 5 Twilight Sparkles at one time.

5: No God Mode: Play game fairly, if an epic battle is taking place don't be all "I ignore everything and kill Discord in one hit", these posts are annoying and will be ignored, further transgressions may get you banned from the game. Be realistic with your character and the story will be that much more rewarding. Also, no narrating for other players
unless permission has been granted by said player.

6: Unresponsive/Unattendant Players: If you're waiting on someone to respond to one of your posts but they aren't showing up, contact them and they will have 24 hours to respond. In the event that they do not respond you have permission to narrate for them a simple result...which they can then explain more detail their side of what happened in relation to your result at their own leisure.

7: Double Posting: Don't. It's a rule for most forums anyway. Feel free to post as often as you like, just be sure that there is at least a cushion of one post between posts.

8: Story telling with NPC's: If you want to use an NPC and someone is telling a major storyline that most players are following, make sure the person running it isn't using any particular NPC's, some may just be in use or doing something else.

II. KEY: Important! This helps distinguish what you're trying to say or do in the story, so be sure to use the correct symbols.

Quotation Marks "" - Used to mark what your character is saying aloud.
Example - "Hey, how ya doin?" Asked Rainbow Dash

Brackets [] - Used to mark inner thoughts for your character that are NOT said aloud.
Example - [What the hell has happened? Why am I in Equestria!?]

Double Parentheses (()) - Out of character communication, should be used either at the beginning or end of post so that your message won't be missed.
Example - ((I'll be on later tonight to post more))

Astricks ** - To narrate actions that take place in conversation where a normal narration won't suffice.
Example - "Man I feel content with that meal! *hiccup* That was a great dinner!"

Apostrophe's '' - For that rare instance when talking about the name of something.
Example - "Yeah! 'Frozen' was awesome!

Optional - When controlling several characters in one conversation it can make it easier to follow this format:

-Twilight Sparkle (TS) : "Thanks to my #1 Assistant!"
-Spike: "Gosh Twilight, thanks!"
-TS: "Well you did a good job Spike, not anyone could watch the library during the apocalypse!"
-Applejack (AJ): "Yes indeedy Spike, ya'll did a mighty fine job I'd reckon!"
-Spike: "Aw shucks AJ, you're making me blush!"
-AJ: "Heh, I can see that!"

III. Premise:

You long onto the forum site one day and you notice that it's strange. Strange characters and webdings are substituting letters, the format is all out of whack, strange hues and glitches are everywhere ((Missingno from Pokemon anyone?)). You find it bizarre and upon logging in, something even more bizarre transpires: You feel a powerful force pulling you into the monitor through a vortex. You fall through and upon landing on the opposite side you find yourself in Equestria....even more crazy is that you're a pony. It's up to you what will happen from there on.

IV. Current Players Story Tellers:

RainBroDash: "Eric" Or "RainBro Dash" - My Character
PaulTheWizard -

Away Story Tellers: