Post by Nook Cranny on Mar 25, 2017 8:07:08 GMT
-General Stuff-
Name: Detective Nook Cranny
Nickname/Alias(es): Darkwing Night, Jet Fusion, Nookie, Nookers, Nookster
Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Additional Status:
A cool thing about Nook Cranny is her famous, well-known ancestor, Jet Fusion who long ago led the Wonderbolts. Not only that, but it is said that she single-hoofedly saved her fellow Wonderbolts from a pony eating -. The other Wonderbolts were so impressed by her skill in battle that they held a party in her honor and even built a statue of her in Cloudsdale to commemorate her selflessness and bravery. Naturally she is more known to the Pegasi. However, other ponies probably read about her in their history texts and the little fact that Jet Fusion's day is on the calendar to ensure no pony forgets.
Funny enough even though Jet Fusion was around over a hundred years ago, Nook Cranny greatly inherited her looks to the point where she looks just like Jet Fusion. Even though this annoys Nook Cranny to no end, it is almost impossible to deny. Really, the only physical differences between the two are their cutie marks and the fact that Nook's wings are a little bit larger than her ancestor's.
Another thing to note about Nook is that in her attempt to distinguish herself from her famous ancestor and in an attempt to stick out, she donned the superheroine name, Darkwing Night and became a part-time costumed superhero. Thus far no pony knows that they are one in the same. But, it probably won't be long until she gets found out due to her own ego and desire to be in the spotlight.
As she is originally from Sidneigh, Haystralia, Nook speaks in a thick Australian accent and tends to use a lot of Aussie speak. She also tends to act as though she were in a film noir mystery, has a habit of monologuing, and showing off.
Magical Talent:
Nook Cranny's special talent is her natural clairvoyance ability; which allows her to find missing ponies by smelling the last known objects that the missing pony touched or by sniffing the last place the missing pony was at. She can also use this ability to help her locate missing items.
-Physical Stuff-
Pelt Color: A bright Pink
Mane/Tail Color and Style: Her mane and tail are a bright blue. Her tail is kind of long while her rather messy mane is of medium-length.
Eye Color: Purple
Cutie Mark: A dowsing rod
Other Scars/Markings: Various scars received from all her military and police training. As well as from several physical altercations with criminals.
Physique: Nook Cranny was practically built to be a hero and to not only survive military life, but to thrive in it as well. For one she is often depicted by others as a lean mean fighting machine. This is in no small part due to her muscular stature as well as having larger than average sized wings. Both her wings and legs are strong and powerful. On top of all that she has higher than average stamina, so she does not tire easy and is physically fit to boot. She earned all of this through tons of rigorous training, lots of practice, and plenty of exercise.
Clothes: As her superhero alter ego, Darkwing Night, Nook dons a purple costume complete with a fullfaced mask, a grey fedora and a black cape so no one will recognize her.
Whenever hired by somepony as Nook Cranny to find something or someone, she tends to wear a traditional detective outfit: a dark brown trenchcoat complete with matching fedora. She also has a magnifying glass handy.
-Social Stuff-
Current Residence: Cloudsdale
Former Residence: Sidneigh, Haystralia
Job: A self-proclaimed superheroine, Bounty Hunter, MPI (Missing Ponies Investigator), and business owner of two Lost and Found shops (Cloudsdale and Ponyville)
Mother: Silver Bullet (a racer; 63)
Father: Cloud Kicker (part of the weather team; 65)
Sibling(s): Storm Chaser (currently MIA; aged 40) and Junebug (a mostly reformed villain; aged 35)
Other Family: Jet Fusion (famous ancestor from over 100 years ago), Aunt Smoothie Cream, Uncle Cracker Barrel, and her four cousins: Peach Blossom, Pink Jasmine, Honeydew, and Butter Cream. Aunt Snowfall, Uncle Snowblast, and her other cousins: Ocean Mist, Vapor Mist, and Morning Breeze
Closest Friends: None yet. Completely open to anyone interested.
Sidekick: None yet, but I would really like one.
Courting/Courted By: No pony as of yet. This spot is completely open.
Mate: No pony as of yet. This spot is completely open.
Foal(s): None as of yet
-Personality Stuff-
Likes:
Finding lost things, finding missing ponies, saving the day, being a hero, attention and lots of it, being in the spotlight, signing autographs, being admired, loved, and respected, the dark, martial arts, duels, boomerangs, Australian slang, having support, organization, absolute perfection, being listened to and taken seriously, being in control in any situation, her family and friends even though they sometimes drive her crazy, her jobs, sports, flying, exercising, working out, competition, and breaking personal records.
Dislikes:
How famous her ancestor, Jet Fusion still is and how everybody compares her to her simply because they look the same, the pressure of having to live up to her ancestor's name, crime, criminals, villains, that her own older sister turned to a life of crime, that her older brother went missing and that everybody else seems to have long given up on finding him, asking for help, not getting credit/thanked for what she does, being dismissed as crazy, obsessed and/or mentally unstable, being called egotistical, not being taken seriously or listened to, losing control, imperfection, failing at anything, small spaces, long lines, public restrooms, unintelligent ponies, as well as slow moving ponies, and cowards.
Motivation:
Ever since her older brother first disappeared, Nook wanted nothing more than to find him. Determined to find her beloved older brother; she continued to search for him even after others have long given up. While she did not find him; she did find many missing ponies and lost things along the way thus discovering her knack for finding things. Earning her cutie mark in this department only further fueled her desire to find not only her older brother, but other missing ponies and bring them back home safely.
On the other side of the coin, she decided to become a superhero after she felt that the Wonderbolts and her did not always see eye to eye on a lot of things. Further she felt that they did not take action quickly enough and as a result she felt stifled and limited by all of their rules and patience preaching. She also did not like constantly feeling pressured by everypony to live up to her lookalike famous ancestor's legacy. She longed to stick out and be different in some way from her ancestor. So, more out of frustration than anything else she quit the Wonderbolts Academy to go solo and do things her own way. Unfortunately, she does not always operate within the law often causing some to distrust her.
Strengths:
Thanks to her age and years on the field, Nook is very experienced when it comes to different fighting techniques and flight patterns. This also makes her extremely observant and a real pro at multitasking especially when it comes to the air. She is able to hold a conversation with someone while paying attention to where she is flying as to not accidentally fly into anything. Naturally, she is also physically fit and a really strong flyer. Both her wings and legs are strong and powerful. On top of all that she has higher than average stamina, so she does not tire easy and is athletic to boot. She earned all of this through tons of rigorous training, lots of practice, and plenty of exercise.
In addition to her impressive flying skills, she also enjoys playing sports. Her favorite sports are buckball, ice hockey, ice skating, and roller derby. She has this one pretty sweet move that she always like to use for buckball.
Nook despite her hyper competitive, show pony nature is very kind, caring, and protective. She is also brave, courageous, and has a willingness to help others.
And of course one of the things she is best at is using her clairvoyance to find lost things and missing ponies by sense of smell. Like a bloodhound she has amazing tracking skills and can usually find a needle in a haystack with ease. She is also skilled in mixed martial arts, is stealthy and can throw a mean boomerang.
Naturally, as a part time superhero she is pretty on top of the news and is one of the first to know what is going on and has plenty of contacts on both sides of the law who help keep her in the know for a small fee of course.
Weaknesses/Flaws:
Is super impatient, short-tempered, has a huge ego, prideful, arrogant, overconfident, pretentious, is a perfectionist, overly competitive, overly defensive, a major control freak, a people pleaser, a little bit clumsy at times, doesn't know how to ask for help, nor is she always aware when she does need help, lacks knowledge in the magical artifact department, is extremely claustrophobic, and suffers from paruresis. What's more is she often denies having any of these weaknesses.
Fears:
Losing control, small spaces, losing her nerve, losing her bravery, becoming weak, disgracing her family name, and failure.
Fun Fast Facts:
Whenever she is heroing she wears a full costume so no pony can recognize her and uses her superhero alias name, Darkwing Night. So far nobody realizes that Nook Cranny and Darkwing Night are the same pony despite their voices being the same.
Her top wingpower is 13.5
She has a famous ancestor that pretty much every pegasus knows about since she is in the history texts and there is even a statue of her at the Wonderbolt Academy. Jet Fusion had single-hoofedly saved her fellow Wonderbolts from a fearsome, pony eating creature.
She enjoys Buckball so much that she joined the Cloudsdale Buckball team.
She has an Australian accent and monologues.
Her primary job during Winter Wrap Up is to find and bring back the birds. If time allows she will also help out the weather ponies in cleaning up winter.
Overall Persona:
Nook Cranny is a very self-conscious pony that constantly pushes herself even far beyond her own limitations, out of feeling pressured to live up to her famous ancestor's name. She strives to become a great flyer like her ancestor, Jet Fusion and so she practices and trains real hard every chance she gets with the hopes that she will one day perform a perfect sonic rainboom. That and she fears that if she doesn't then she will let down her entire family and disgrace her family name.
As she is Haystralian she speaks in a thick Haystralian accent and tends to use a lot of Haystralian slang. She also tends to act as though she were in a film noir mystery, has a habit of monologuing, and showing off.
Nook is also a very impatient, short-tempered pony. As such she has a real tough time being kind and courteous towards those of lower intellect. She simply does not know how to deal. Although, she does at least try to be nice, she often ends up failing at it. Furthermore, she has an enormous ego and is pretty pretentious to boot. She is also prideful, arrogant, and overconfident. Her overconfidence tends to land her in a heap of trouble.
And on the other side of the coin, she is a perfectionist, a people pleaser and a major control freak who not only strives to do her best, but tends to get flustered when others don't do the same. She is also the type that does not know how to ask for help due to her own stubbornness and pride. What's worse is she gets defensive whenever somepony points one of her weaknesses out. For example, if somepony accuses her of having a huge ego, she would say she doesn't.
Nook despite her hyper competitive, show pony nature is very kind, caring, and protective. She is also brave, courageous, and has a willingness to help others hence why she decided to become a superhero.
However, as brave as she is, she is still extremely claustrophobic, fears losing control, and fears failure.
History/Background:
Born in Sidneigh, Haystralia to a pair of loving parents, Nook Cranny was the youngest of three children. But she was not the most mischievous. That title would have to belong to her sister, Junebug who was a bit of a childish prankster and had the nasty habit of teasing birds. Their father, Cloud Kicker is a weather pony who despite his old age still has a few tricks up his sleeve. Plus, he has experience and knowledge on his side. Their mother, Silver Bullet, on the other hoof, is a racer and a regular speed demon. Or rather she used to be, back in the day when she was a lot younger. She slowed down a lot since then.
But then racing and flying fast is kind of a family thing especially on Nook's mother's side. Speed and the need to fly fast is just in her blood. A lot of racers on Nook's mother's side of the family. Perhaps one of the more famous, well-known of these racers was none other than Jet Fusion, a super fast speedster that once led the Wonderbolts and did something that was once considered impossible: she produced a sonic rainboom. Oh how Nook desired to do the same, just to make her family proud.
An interesting thing about Nook's birth was the colors she was born with: a pink coat, blue mane and tail, and purple eyes. Her family and the doctors could not believe it! She was the spitting image of Jet Fusion! From that moment on, her family mistakenly believed that Nook would continue Jet's legacy as a great flier and as such get a cutie mark in flying and join the Wonderbolts. But things did not end up that way. Life is kind of funny like that: for years one may dream of doing this one particular thing only to end up doing something else.
In the beginning, Nook was super close to both her siblings despite the age difference. They would do all sorts of things together. Her older siblings always did make time to play with Nook and teach her things. It was Junebug that taught Nook how to sew while Storm Chaser taught Nook Astronomy and Astrology. Nook always found such subjects fascinating and appreciated her older siblings teaching her cool stuff even if she wasn't the best at the things they showed her. She still found them fun and interesting. This sadly went on for only a few more years. All of that changed in the course of one day when the little filly was only around eight years old and her older brother, Storm Chaser was eighteen.
Filly Nook whom had a terrible nightmare only the night before begged him not to go. She didn't want him to do it for she believed it too dangerous for back then she was such a cautious little filly and her dream was so very scary and it felt real. VERY real. But naturally no pony not even her own brother took her fears seriously for the little filly pulled this kind of stunt before. She tricked her whole family into thinking her sick, so that her big brother could stay home from work and play with her. Him being well...a storm chaser he often had some rather exciting tales to tell. Both of his sisters enjoyed hearing his stories. However, no pony was happy upon discovering that Nook was just playing hooky and wasn't really sick at all. So naturally Nook's family just thought she was crying wolf yet again. She really wasn't though, but sadly no pony believed her. And so it was Storm Chaser left to follow the storm as was his job to do so. For him chasing after storms even the big, dangerous ones was just another day at the office for him and his coworkers. No pony knew just how wrong they were until too late. Initially when Storm Chaser didn't come home the time he promised he'd be back, the family didn't worry too much save for little Nook Cranny who feared the worst. They just thought he got held up or had to stay a little longer. Boy were they wrong! By the time they began to worry they were told some pretty upsetting news by one of Storm's partners. According to Storm's coworker, Storm along with a few other storm chasers got lost in the storm. The partner claimed that she and the other survivors tried to save them, but the storm proved too great and none of the pegasi in the group were strong enough to save everypony. Nook didn't believe that and has never forgiven Storm's partner for that and ever since has blamed her for older brother's disappearance. But Nook has also blamed herself and the rest of her family! If they had only listened to her! If she wasn't so stupid as to have so foolishly cried wolf previously then maybe just maybe her older brother would still be alive. But no Storm was still very much alive. Just out there lost somewhere. She could feel it and so longed to prove it by finding him. Sadly though at the time she was considered too young and not nearly strong enough to take on such a perilous quest alone. However, the MPIs assured her and her family that Storm and the other missing storm chasers would be found and brought safely home. Nook hoped they would find them, but still somehow had her doubts. Even then she wasn't a very trusting pony. Sadly her worst fears were confirmed when not even the professional search and rescue ponies could find her brother. From that moment on she swore she would stop at nothing to find her brother herself.
Unfortunately, her brother going MIA was cause for her parents going all over protective on her and Junebug. In fact, she really couldn't go anywhere without their permission and certainly not alone; which was most frustrating indeed. Still, she understood where they were coming from. She just wished they weren't so strict. Things just got even worse when her parents started putting both her and Junebug through a series of flight tests and exercises. It wouldn't have been so bad if her parents didn't act like military drill sergeants forcing their daughters through boot camp! Initially, the girls banned together since they both hated it. That was until their parents began zeroing in on Nook specifically. They started giving her more training and lessons in flying than June often explaining it away as Nook being younger and therefore needing the extra attention. However, this did not stop June from becoming envious of her younger sister nor did it prevent her from thinking that all of her younger sister's extra attention was merely due to Nook being the spitting image of their famous ancestor. In fact, Junebug could not help, but think that had she too been born pink and blue then their parents would also train her just as hard.
Sadly, June allowed her jealousy to consume her and she began hanging out with her younger sis less and less. Poor Nook who took it to heart just thought that her own sister just didn't like her anymore. It was around this time that they visited their cousins' peach farm. They were earth ponies, but definitely not poor and very successful. So naturally Nook wanted to play with her cousins who were all her age or older. Unfortunately, June must have gotten to them before she could tell them her side of the story. But no matter how hard she tried to get involved in a play date they would just ignore her. Dejected, the little pegasus filly was then forced to hang out with the much more boring adults. They kept her pretty occupied with the helping of the chores and yet more training thanks to her obsessed parents who still seem to have it in their heads that they could teach her to become more like Jet. While this was all going on, Nook looked on with envy as her cousins and sister all got to play together and have fun while she was stuck performing menial earth pony chores. It wasn't until later that she discovered why her cousins were avoiding her. Her sister had apparently told them that she was hogging all of their parents love for herself. After explaining that just wasn't the case her cousins invited her to join them in their games. They wanted to exclude Junebug for her lies, but it was Nook that persuaded them to let her stay. After all, excluding her wouldn't help. Not when the reason for all her lying was due to envy. June apologized for her previous behavior and the two sisters made up.
However, her time spent with the adults was not a complete waste for it was during this time she discovered her talent and what she surely was meant to do with her life. She discovered as well as the adults that she has a natural knack for finding things. You see, her relatives sometimes would misplace things around the house and she would in turn would find them. Her gift started off small and then it just began to grow. Still, she did not have her cutie mark just yet. So maybe she needed to find something a bit more valuable than just missing ordinary, everyday objects. Nook was certainly one willing to try. She would never forget the look on her sister's face when she told her. Junebug looked so proud and happy for her. She wasn't mean at all. Ever since then, Nook would help her schoolmates find whatever they lost. She even went as far as setting up a lost and found booth for she was quite determined to earn her cutie mark in finding things and was more than willing to do whatever it took to get such a mark even if it went against what her parents wanted for her. They wanted their youngest daughter to get her cutie mark in flying. They had hoped that Junebug would have received her cutie mark in flying as well, but it was too late for her since she had already gotten hers around Nook's age for bug communication.
Then one day it finally happened. Nook claimed to have seen strange pictures in her head after giving a flower a long sniff. She described it as having a movie inside her head. Further she claimed to have seen where Storm's missing coworkers are, but sadly she saw no sign of her precious older brother. But, she felt certain that he must be near them and if they go out and rescue them then surely they will find Storm as well. Unfortunately, none of the so-called professional rescue ponies and other adults believed her. Further they forbade her from leaving home to go on what they considered a wild goose chase. And so feeling it up to her to save her brother's missing coworkers and prove the adults all wrong, Nook began to set off on the long, arduous journey all alone only to be stopped short by her older sister whom she had woken up. After explaining herself, Junebug who understood offered to accompany Nook to assist her on the journey for June believed her. June explained she understands only all too well not to be believed since no pony initially believed she possessed the natural ability to communicate with insects. Nook was ashamed to admit that she was once one of those ponies that did not believe June. Just the basic concept of somepony being able to communicate with something as inferior as an insect was well unbelievable, but her older sister was living proof that it can and does in fact happen.
The two then packed what they needed and left in the dead of night without waking anypony else. The journey led them through none other than the fearsome Everfree Forest. After getting past some of the forest's more unsavory beasts and traps, the two sisters made it for they soon spotted the missing ponies. The poor ponies were hungry and very frightened. Due to their paranoia after having survived living in the forest for such a long time, the missing ponies initially thought the two pegasi enemies and proceeded to attack them. But after explaining who they were and why they had come, the missing ponies were no longer so frightened and were thrilled that somepony had found them for they were on the verge of giving up. Before they could ask how the sisters managed to find them when no other pony could a wonderful thing happened: a bright light had encircled little Nook lifting her up way high into the air for a few moments before setting her down back to earth carefully. Both her older sister and the missing ponies all gasped in surprise for there right on her flank was her very own cutie mark! After looking down, Nook saw that it was a dowsing rod symbolizing not only her unique ability to find lost things and ponies for that matter, but for her clairvoyance ability. She was so happy that she leaped up in joy and performed a couple of barrel rolls in the air. She suddenly remembered her big brother, Storm Chaser and asked the missing ponies what all happened to them and where her brother was. Heads held low they informed her of the bad news. They had no idea where Storm went for they had gotten separated from him fairly early on. Upset, Nook closed her eyes and tried her best to find Storm using her nifty clairvoyance ability just as she had for his missing coworkers. She concentrated best she could, but alas she could not see him anywhere. Luckily for every pony else, June somehow was able to persuade her sister to snap out of it and help her lead Storm's missing coworkers back home safely. With a heavy heart, she did just that. Along the way back home, Nook informed the lost ponies how she knew exactly where they were.
Once safely back home in Haystralia and after news of their heroics had spread, the city was most proud of the sisters particularly with Nook. Everypony that is except curiously enough their own parents who were most disappointed that their own daughters chose to disobey them. Further they were annoyed and disappointed that Nook had received her cutie mark not in flying and that it was a result of Nook's blatant disobedience. Sadly, her parents disapproval sent the once optimistic yet always cautious little filly into a sea of depression. Things only grew worse when her parents continued to train her.
A few years later she enlisted in the Wonderbolts Academy, yet another 'great' idea of her parents! Even so she wasn't a particularly bad student. She was just more than a little preoccupied with finding Storm Chaser than she was in her studies. Still, she was definitely a strong flier much like her ancestor and that they liked. What they didn't like was her constantly trying to locate her brother when she was supposed to be doing something else. Indeed, her beloved big brother was still out there somewhere lost and so very much alone. Despite all her best efforts even Nook has thus far been unable to locate him; which seems almost impossible considering how her clairvoyance abilities have increased so much since her youth. Indeed she has found many missing ponies since first discovering her ability, but sadly not one has been her big bro.
Her superiors sympathized with her and appreciated her unique talents, but they constantly had to remind her not to let herself get so distracted. That she couldn't allow her emotions to get in the way of rational thinking. That she needed to see the big picture and not just obsess with 'minor' details. They also accused her of learning "too quickly" and being overambitious. Nook in turn often complained that her progress moved "too slowly." Even so with luck and hard work, Nook completed her training with flying colors and became a full fledged Wonderbolt. It didn't last. For better or for worse this path simply wasn't hers. Throughout her short time as a Wonderbolt she would constantly disobey orders in order to "play hero" as they called it. Although she really did have good intentions whenever doing so. Sadly such actions tended to put not only herself in danger, but would often risk the very lives of her own teammates. Such as the time that she disobeyed a direct order to stand down and wait for backup during a monster attack. This time she would have obeyed, but when she saw a civilian pony trapped in its clutches she just lost it! She made the split second decision to save that pony at the cost of putting some of her teammates in the hospital. This wasn't the first time nor the last that she pulled a stunt like this. It was also around this time that the once modest pony became a huge egotist due to her great success and for finally winning her parents' approval. No doubt something had to be done. A decision needed to be made. Following a long discussion of what should be done about their latest overly ambitious, talented recruit, they well...they fired her. It was a decision not made lightly either. Naturally, Nook was upset and angry and accused them of being unjust! Even then they stood their ground and explained their reasons. But they understood the...stigma of being a fired Wonderbolt and offered to write her a stellar recommendation since they understood she was only trying to help. Understandably she still wasn't happy for she just knew how disappointed her parents will be upon learning how she lost her position in the Wonderbolts. She could hear it all now: all that money we spent on putting you through your Wonderbolt training; all that time we spent teaching you, training you as a filly; all that hard work down the drain! And why? Because you just had to be the hero and save the day, didn't you? Nook so was not looking forward to that! Wanting to avoid her parents for as long as she possibly could she decided to remain in Cloudsdale. Also she needed to find new work, but even with these letters of recommendation who would hire hrt after learning she was fired from being a Wonderbolt?
Sadly, she was right and for once she wished she wasn't. She hoped none of her potential employers would find out, but when they did they refused to hire her feeling she would likely put them all at risk even at jobs where there was little risk to begin with. About to give up she came up with a plan. She opened up her own lost and found business with the simple yet effective motto: I can find anything! She opened one in Cloudsdale and one in Ponyville. Not only that, but she decided to become a superhero. She felt that with all the crazy villains running around Equestria really could use one especially when the Wonderbolts are slow to act. They are in her eyes anyway. And so she put her sewing skills to good use and created her own superhero costume and got herself some weapons and smoke bombs. With all that done, she was ready to take out the vile, criminal element! So look out fowl villains, there's a new hero in town and she is more than ready to get dangerous!