Post by Flim & Flam on Mar 12, 2012 0:05:08 GMT -5
FLIM AND FLAM
"Have we got a deal for you."
"Have we got a deal for you."
The Basics[/font][/size]
Name:Flim & Flam
Nickname/Alias:FlimFlam, Traveling Salesponies Nonpareil
Species: Unicorn(s)
Gender: Male
Age: 25 (Twins)
Group: Bad Ponies (But fickle enough to side with the good good guys if it best suits their interests)
Occupation: Inventors, Swindling Traveling Salesponies
Appearance[/font][/size]
Fur/Mane/Tail: The brothers look very similar, their fur is an almost identical shade of pale yellow. Their manes have two distinct styles, with Flim’s mane being slicked back under his hat stylishly, while Flam lets his mane get a bit shaggier, to match his bushy moustache. Both their manes and tails share the same coloration of red with pale streaks throughout.
Clothes/Accessories: Matching straw hats and striped vests
Cutie Mark: Flim’s Cutie mark is an Apple slice, while Flam’s is the rest of the apple. It symbolizes their twin brotherhood and inseparability. They’re two parts of a whole. It also symbolizes their affinity for apples in their various endeavors.
Overview: Tall and thin stallions, always moving and very gracefully. They always seem to have a great precision with their movements, and always a charming smile on their faces.
Personality[/font][/size]
Personality Description: Flim and Flam are salesponies to the core, they always have something to sell, a deal to make, or a pony to swindle. However, despite being twins, these brothers are certainly not the same ponies. Flim (no moustache) is quick-tounged and witty. He’s the more open and outgoing of the two, usually the one taking the lead role in sales and schemes.
Meanwhile, Flam is the big thinker, and the genius behind the brothers’ masterful machines. He’s much more soft-spoken, but often the more insightful of the two. He will often take a step back, and play the sidekick/wingman role to assist Flim, but will rarely take any initiative for himself. However, if he gets an invention idea, he will drop everything to get to work, much to Flim’s annoyance if they’re already working on a “project”
Strengths:
- Silver Tongue
- Inventors
- Charming
- Two is better than one
- Business & Sales
Weaknesses
- Pride
- Greed
- Almost useless apart
- Fickle
- Cowardly
Fears:
- Getting caught up in their own lies and schemes
- Going broke
- Being on the “losing side”
Magical Specialty/Abilities: Can magically power and control machines (usually their own)
History[/font]
History: Flim and Flam always felt a connection, they were born twins, they got their matching cutie marks on the same day, and they left home to strike it rich as traveling salesponies together. It was a rare occasion when you could mention Flim without Flam, and vice-versa.
Together, these brothers traveled from town to town, selling everything from Apple-Oil to Band equipment. They tried their best, but at the end of the day, they just weren’t selling. That’s when each of them really began to shine in their own talents. Flim slowly and surely started to stretch the truth in his sales, making promises he couldn’t keep, and wouldn’t have to if they could get out of town fast enough. He became the perfect conman, with a trusting smile and a silver tongue.
Flam, however begin to think that their products were the issue, and decided to create one for himself. His first invention was a hit! A fully-automated ice-cream machine. In fact, even as the brothers’ business practices began to expand, they always used that first machine as their last-resort standby, and it hasn’t failed them yet.
...Then the incident at Sweet Apple Acres occured, and the salesponies ran themselves out of town. But... for some reason they’re back now, perhaps they feel like they’ve been cheated for once, since they technically won the rights to the farm. Now, they’re there to find new ways to command the business of Ponyville, and nopony is safe from their charming smiles, quick wits and drive to sell.
Roleplay Sample:
CHUGCHUGCHUGCHUGWHIIIIIIRCHUGCHUGCHUGWHIIIIIIIR!
The old country road leading to Ponyville was nearly completely blocked by a massive machine, rumbling along the road and disregarding anypony who was in it’s path. Not that anypony was brave enough to get in its way anyway...
“So explain to me again why we’re going back?”
Flam was lounging on a couch attached to the front of this wacky mechanical creation, looking out as the town came into view. His horn glowed a gentle green, pouring some magical energy into his machine.
“Why it’s simple, my brother.”
Flim was likewise lounged on a couch, facing opposite of Flam’s.
“Does a fisherpony go to a different pond every day? Of course not, he learns every nook and cranny of the shoreline, knowing exactly where the biggest fish are.” He grins. “We’ve been on the road too much, I think it’s about time.”
Flim took off his hat, using it to gesture widely to Ponyville. “I present to you, the Flim Flam Brothers’ fishing hole!”
Flam could only smile at his brother’s presentation. Even when it was just the two of them, Flim was always trying to sell an idea to him. “Alright, alright, I just mean why Ponyville, of all places. The Super SPeedy Cider-”
“Yes, yes, I know that it didn’t work out.” Flim interrupted in annoyance. “All I’m saying is that Cider isn’t the only market here. And who knows, we might just be able to win that farm again after all...” he laughed a bit, to which Flam only rolled his eyes.
“Fine, but we start off with the Frozen Dream Ice Cream Machine 1000, no big risks until we’ve got ourselves a good base. We can’t be run out of this town with absolutely nothing again”
Flim groaned, he hated the idea of going back to ice cream instead of just jumping ahead, but he knew better than to argue, since Flam had a point.
“Deal” the two said in unison, shaking hooves.
“Now it’s time to make a deal with Ponyville they’ll never forget!” Flim announced with a slightly sinister-sounding laugh, to which Flam joined in as their machine rolled ever closer to Ponyville.
And All The Rest[/font]
How You Found Us: Been here a while, originally found an ad
Alias: Anything works, as long as I know who you’re talking to
Comments: Music Man, that is all...
Codewords: [Correct]
