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I don't know if it's helpful, but I made a list of all the contest entries thus far in order to help the shop owners. Seeing as there was that whole issue with Maxx's computer, I thought this might come in handy. These are all gathered from the last update on the contest entries onwards. In order not to stretch the page, I'll put it under the Spoiler cut.


Moulin Rolls Rp
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Color Your Own
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Random Nobody 13's Husbando

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Name: Snailshell
Personality: Snailshell is a quick thinker, good at coming up with ideas on the fly. She has to be, given her knack for getting into trouble. Weather it be courting danger, or pulling a prank, Snailshell is nearly always in trouble. She drags her friends along on her hijinx, overruling any objections with a "Its just some harmless fun, no one'll get hurt." She's got a rather pushy personality, and isn't easily dissuaded from her plans.
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2-2-13 edited to add in a word I forgot.

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More people welcome for Loyalty ORP, if interested. Adults welcome! Get it taken care of! See the world! Well, not really see the world, but...

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Kinda quiet in here today o3o;;

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Syr: Ahh, I should toss babby Golden Showers in there. I'll give it a read over when I get home.

Tiny Trickster

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Username: Peanutbutterpies
Phony Name: Chocolate Orchid
Personality: Chocolate Orchid (or Orchid for short as he prefers) is not exactly the most social phony around. He prefers to keep to himself in a kitchen, where he's able to create his edible flowers and for the most part, not show how awkwardly shy he is around others. While unusually shy and quiet, Orchid enjoys watching others and when he can get up the courage, tries to help other young phonies get together with whom they like. While this is often a disaster for him (and whom he's helping), he still tries his hardest to be the best match maker he can be, certain that every phony can meet their match. However, Orchid doesn't think about love for himself, too focused on others despite his romanticism. When Orchid is in the kitchen, he's nothing short of a (small) culinary genus. That is, for the making of recipes. When he tries to actually do the baking part of them, no matter how hard he tries the end piece always comes out looking terrible, despite their good taste. Perhaps when he's older, they'll come out looking far more beautiful.
Recipe:
Valentine's Rose Cupcakes

Cupcake:
1 cup (4.5 ounces) all purpose flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (7.3 ounces) sugar
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1.5 ounces) Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and warm
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup hot coffee

Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting:
5 large egg whites
11/2 cup sugar
4 sticks unsalted butter, diced and softened
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla

Chocolate Roses:
12 oz of Chocolate Clay

Prompt:

It was going to be the best Valentine's Day ever and Orchid was going to help it all! All week, he had been carefully making plans, which had all been precisely added into a notebook he hid under his bed. Looking at recipes for cakes and icings, even going into one of the big bakeries (which was scary, but he had managed to get his courage up) to ask how they made some of the fancier decorations, Orchid had done so much work he was certain he couldn't mess it up at all. Even better, he'd get to show his skills on how sure he was certain his mommies were perfect together and maybe he'd even get his cutie mark! Yes, today was going to be the best Valentine's Day ever, he was sure of it.

But as the young phony got to baking, he realized a little too late how his plans did nothing to help the actual baking part. While he was used to being in the kitchen, Orchid had grown up following Sweet Mama around in there, he was unsure of his ability to make everything on his own. He had always had a little help, an extra whisk when he couldn't get egg whites right, a helping hand to remind him to get the pastries out of the oven when he got too caught up in thinking of ways to approach phonies (and help them in love!), but now he was on his own. For a moment Orchid wasn't so sure he could make the cupcakes look like he wanted them to, but quickly he shook the thought out of his head. He had to make the cupcakes, he wanted to make this day perfect for his mommies!

So going slowly, Orchid tried his best to make the recipe perfect. He made sure his measurements were precise and that his movements were just what they needed to be. Yet he still spilled batter here and there, accidentally forgot where the eggs were and even stepped on a few, and nearly spilled all the milk! Even worse, when he had his cupcakes baked and pulled them out they looked lumpy and ugly, nothing like the ones he had made with Sweet Mama before. "Maybe they'll look better under frosting?" He tried hopefully, trying to convince himself that they wouldn't look bad. Surely he could do this, after all the icing would cover up his mistakes, right?

But as he clumsily maneuvered the piping bag with his magic, Orchid realized that it wouldn't be so. He hadn't expected it to be so hard and already the cupcake he had frosted looked weird, with some icing on the cupcake and some parts of it bare, all looking like a mess. "Well... practice makes perfect." He sighed quietly and, thankful he had made more cupcakes, tried his best to make the rest look better as he slowly gained control of the piping bag. Once he was satisfied with his piping, which wasn't much but had slowly gotten better, Orchid decided it was finally time to make the best part of the cupcakes: the chocolate roses.

The chocolate clay he had made was waiting in the fridge, colored to match his Mama and Mommy's fur. He had made it special, just for them for these cupcakes because after all, he wanted them to see how good they were together!! While Orchid had worked with chocolate clay before, in fact it was one of the few things he was very good at while baking, he had never tried to make flowers. They proved to be challenging he found out quickly, as his magic shakily helped him form petals and slowly a few roses formed. They were mostly ugly, but as he went on a few were passable. Taking these roses, he slowly perched them on his cupcakes. Now all that was left was to give them to his mommies!

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"Mama?" Orchid quietly asked as he stepped into Sweet Mama's bakery. It was quiet and as Orchid looked around, he noticed no one was around. Maybe she was in the kitchen? Quietly he stepped into it, looking around for Mama. "Mama?" He called again once more, a little louder this time. "Orchid?" came as a reply from Belle Mommy as she stepped into his view, with Sweet Mama following behind her. "Ah! You're both here!" He said excitedly, pleased to see both of his mommies around. He moved to step forward, but faltered, suddenly unsure. What if they didn't like his cupcakes? "What is it dear?" asked Sweet Mama, looking expectantly (but not unkindly) at Orchid. "Uhm.. I made you and Mommy some cupcakes for valentines day. To uh, show how much I love you and how I think you and mommy are the best together ever!" Orchid replied in one big breath as he scooted a small box over. Inside was a pair of his cupcakes, the ones that had managed to look the best out of the batch he had made.

"How nice!" said Belle Mommy and Orchid perked up a little, glad she was pleased. "They look delicious." Sweet mama added, and Orchid watched as they both took their cupcakes out and each took a bite. Nervously he asked "Uhm, are they okay? They don't taste bad.. right?" A moment after Orchid asked, Belle Mommy pulled him into a gentle hug. "No dear, they don't taste bad at all. Thank you so much for the sweet gesture." "It was really sweet of you to do this Orchid! Thank you!" added Sweet Mama, joining in on the hug too. As Orchid snuggled into the hug, he realized he had managed to make it the best Valentine's day ever after all, even with his cupcakes. What a wonderful day!

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i wrote a book oops /cry

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Phony Name: Petit Four
Personality: This romance-novel reading, sweet-treat decorating, valentine-making colt is, well, not the manliest. His ankles are too weak for sports, and he loathes getting dirty, and he can be a bit pretentious. All he really wants to do is sigh dreamily and match-make other phonies, intricately planning their dates to the tiniest thoughtful detail. What's that mare's favorite type of flower? That stallion's favorite flavor? Who's hiding a crush on whom? Petit Four wants to know, and he wants to make things happen. He's a perfectionist who firmly believes that everypony has a soulmate. He's just here to help them find each other! And plan their dates. And maybe then their wedding.

Petit Four loves to plot these things, and he often tires out other phonies with his endless planning and romantic speculation. He especially enjoys doing so during the hours he meticulously decorates wedding cakes and the like. In these moments, he often crafts himself a tiny audience, often out of marshmallows, so that he doesn't feel like he's just talking to himself. Is it cute or just awkward? Petit Four says 'cute'.

Recipe: Valentine's Day Chocolate-Pomegranate Petit Fours (recipe from here.)
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Prompt:

11:51 p.m., February 13.

The marshmallow treat stared at Petit Four in a way the colt felt was disproving. Its chocolate-malt eyeballs were sunk low in its white sugary face, its frosting smile slinking slowly downward. It seemed tired, which was unsurprising considering that it had been 'alive' since Petit Four began his paper-valentine-making binge some six hours ago, and that was a long time for a marshmallow treat. It seemed to want to go to bed. Or be eaten. Either/or, really.

Paper lace doilies, elegantly decorated hearts, lines of heart-twisting sappiness decorated the colt's room. Valentines hinting to pairs of the other's desires lay side-by-side on Petit Four's bed, ready for secret delivery the next day. Petit Four looked around his room with a smile full of pride, excited about the prospect of stealthily delivering his matchmaking Valentines the following day.

"Oh, what are you so grumpy about?" he huffed at the marshmallow. "You hardly lent me a hoof at all."

The treat said nothing, but Petit Four could not but feel its gaze was still filled with grump.

"I've made one for every phony I know. And every very special somepony pair that needs to be brought together. I, like the very wise Santa Claus, have both made a list and checked it twice," Petit Four continued, puffing his slight chest out with pride. "It's flawless. My Valentines this year are second to none."

The treat continued glaring.

"HERE, I'll show you," Petit Four pressed, fumbling for his list and unfurling it before his marshmallow disapprover. "Go ahead and find someone I was missing. Find it! I dare you. I have Miss Hidden Hearts, Mr. PARTY, that creepy Friend-Ship, Nice Catch, Morning G........." The colt paused suddenly, his smile evaporating and his eyes growing wide. He grabbed his list, smoothing it out with his hooves, his eyes searching desperately for two specific names. Unable to find them, he gaped at the marshmallow treat, which now seemed smug in its tiredness. "-- my MOTHERS! Sweet, beautiful, kind, wonderful -- how could I -- the most important -- the -- oh -- how could I have-- TO THE KITCHEN!"

And snatching his marshmallow friend -- which lost a chocolate eye from the swiftness of his motion -- Petit Four went sailing out of his room.

"This cannot be happening," Petit Four gasped, setting his white fluff companion down on the kitchen counter, next to the clock that now read 11:54 on its face. He dashed around the kitchen, amassing pots, pans, and piping bags in a precarious tower. "Six minutes to the greatest day of the year, and I haven't even started a present for the sweetest, most upstanding, best-smelling --" He bit off the rest of his sentence as he put his tower on the kitchen counter, narrowly missing his marshmallow friend. "But it's not the time for that now. Now is the time for action.

He worked hurriedly but precisely, melting chocolate, whipping cream, trimming cakes and then finally setting his creation in the freezer. Petit Four huffed with the effort, ignoring the ticking of the clock which showed him midnight had long come and gone. He wiped his forehead with a chocolate-splattered hoof, pink fondant all over his earnest face. It was a mess! He was a mess, the kitchen was a mess, the dishes were a mess – even his marshmallow friend was dotted with pink -- and he loathed messes. But he loved his mothers more, and the sweet little petit fours that now sat in the freezer were testament to that. Maybe, just maybe, they would be good enough to make his mothers forgive the mess he’d left in his wake? He was so tired, and he had so many Valentines to deliver…

Petit Four looked over at his one-eyed, smudged, half-squished marshmallow companion. It eyed him silently back, still grumpy.

“I know, I know,” he sighed, putting the dishes into the sink and starting to clean.

Newbie: N-no... u___u;

Kinu's Fangirl

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Username: Ruriska
Tavern Name: The Great Porpoise
Signature Item: The Jumbo Jumble Pie
Recipe: Your welcome to The Great Porpoise Tavern is, as always, warm and possibly slightly overenthusiastic. Do you have a big appetite today? You’d better have a big appetite because otherwise you’re not going to be able to get down a quarter of the taverns specialty dish, The Jumbo Jumble Pie. It has beaten many before you, leaving behind bloated bellies and on one occasion, a couple of orphans.

If you want to go take a peek into the enormous kitchen and slip carefully past the sleeping chef, nobody would begrudge you a look at the recipe. Many have tried to re-create it, but all fail. Probably because some of the instructions are really quite vague and we’re pretty sure some of measurements are off… but well, you’ll see…

Ingredients

Pastry Ingredients
800g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
900g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 cup sour cream
Four rashers of bacon.

Filling Ingredients

6 carrots, grated
7 potatoes, diced
2 turnips, diced
3 zucchini’s, diced
12 onions
440ml Can of Guinness
Three chucks steaks, diced
Five sausages of any type, diced
10 chicken thighs
Half a box of Corn Flakes
7 sprigs of thyme
A lot of rosemary
Some bay leaves
Salt and pepper
Homemade beef stock
6 cloves of garlic
More butter
One egg

Method

Bacon & Sour Cream Pastry

1. Mix your butter, flour and a pinch of a salt together until it resembles bread crumbs. Slowly combine the sour cream until everything comes together.
2. Dice and fry your bacon until delicious and crispy. Make sure it’s not too oily and then add to the pastry.
3. Leave to chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

The Filling

1. Get a really big pot.
2. Cut all the vegetables and then pour it (as well as herbs) into the pot with love.
3. Add enough beef stock to cover everything and simmer until cooked.
4. Cook the beef and sausages on the side with lots of butter and a bit of stock and some garlic. Cook until browned on all sides. Put it aside.
5. Cook the stock down until it becomes a mushy vegetable beef stock.
6. Add the meat and mix thoroughly.

All Together!

1. Grab that pastry and start to roll it out, nice and big! You made a lot to be hanging over the edges so you can fold it over later.
2. Get an equally large round pie tin
3. Fill it with the pastry!
4. Make sure your sauce is thick enough and then add it to your pie.
5. Sprinkle the Corn Flakes on top.
6. Now fold your pastry over neatly (but rustic!) and add a dab of water to make them edges stick. Crimp it prettily if you like.
7. Beat an egg and brush it on top of your pie so it will turn golden.
8. Make sure you poke a hole in the middle!
9. Now stick it in the oven and bake until golden brown!

Unicorn

THREE DAY WEEKEND FOR MICHIE!
I totally have today off (even though I don't work for the bank-bank part of the bank, I still get banking days off!). Which means I can sit on Gaia and catch up on s**t. And I'm going to play a lot of Skylanders. I finally got Thumpback! They took forever to release this guy. For real.

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Their names remind me of my childhood. I never questioned names like "Hot Dog" when I was a kid. Now I'm like "really?" LoL!!

Unicorn

"Thumpback" is up there with some of the bad names. "Eye Brawl", "Voodood", and "Fright Rider" are up there also in cheesiness.

Although my fav in just general horribleness is Shroomboom who is a one-eyed mushroom with a slingshot. xd Someone there has a dirty sense of humor.

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