Lumi
By Leavemealone
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No
Not Cast
Adult
Lumi is a Unicorn with silvery-grey fur. His fur blends noticeably with the amount of light present; pitch black accents in darkness, and gleaming silver streaks in the sun. His fur seems to react to even the slightest amount of light, and direct sunlight makes him almost blinding. His mane is long and is dark grey. It gets brighter in bright light. It is usually messy and it looks like he just got out of bed, sometimes even in the middle of the day. He is not fat, nor is he super muscular, but he has a respectable build. His horn is the same color as his coat. His eyes are a bright, brilliant blue. His tail is about proportional length to his mane and the same color too, and is often as messy as his mane is.
Male Unicorn His cutie mark is a black knight chess piece crossed over a white knight chess piece.Lumi loves sharing time with other ponies and enjoys good conversations. He is generally pretty upbeat and happy, but he falls at the extreme end of the “smart” spectrum. This causes him to fall into a group of friends who don’t find him annoying, but instead funny.
He’s super good at chess, and he will happily play anypony, anytime, anywhere. However, the other ponies have gotten upset with him, due to his amazing skill at the game - they tend to believe he’s simply showing off, when the truth is more than he is just talented at it. He’d really rather have their company than simply another opponent to play. He will accept any challenge with good spirit, but he does not know how to react to a loss, he is worried that he may loose a friendship.
He loves to read, and will spend hours bordering on days reading at the library just for fun, to master a new spell, or research for something else. He absolutely adores books of all sorts - romance, comedy, science fiction, fantasy, or any genre you can think of. One of his dreams is to start a book delivery system to deliver books to places that can’t afford them. He supports the usage of revolutionalry books more than traditional books in schools - specifically books that address issues that are otherwise unaddressed. He is also a budding author and has written multiple books on the folklore beliefs of the residents of Luna Bay, as well as multiple fantasy novels and a few fables and stories.
He hopes he has many accomplishments that he is known for and he studies hard on his magic in the hope that he can be a successful mage. Magic is a very big part of him. He has almost a reliance on the comfort that his magic gives him, more that his relatives. He doesn’t have an obsession or invasive need for magic usage and power, but he feels that magic allows him to be unique and to express himself like he does when he writes. He uses his magic to duplicate his books and articles and then dristributes them through his small bookstore he co-owns with his wife, Victoria.
Likes: Dumb ponies, being bothered while reading, dandelion sandwichesHe was born in a small and modest house in Phillydelphia, given the name Lumi for the unique qualities of his fur, even though it was an uncommon name. At a young age he began to show prodigious skill in the schooling subjects, especially language arts. He began to be taught by tutors and he left public school. His father had already begun to worry about him never having any friends. He liked having friends but understood that schooling was more important. He also sensed the growing divide between his mother and his father.
During his schooling, his parents disagreed about how to raise him. His mother was pushing for more tutors and a better education, but his father worried that this would cause him to be turned away from what his father wanted him to be: a “normal colt”. His mother stood her ground, yet so did his father - though both meant well, it eventually ended with the two separation, as they felt the constant strife would be too much for poor Lumi to handle. The young stallion spent time seeing them both, though more of his time was with his mother than his father, and it seemed as though this new way of life would be what Lumi would know, until his father passed away after a harsh battle with pneumonia. Lumi came with his mother, and, still in grief, he lived with her as she bought a house in the center of the city, where better education would be more easily accessible. He finished primary school with tutors and got his Cutie Mark after he beat one of his most skilled tutors in a game of chess, something he had never done before. After he graduated primary school, he began to have more skilled tutors teach him in secondary school. He learned more skills and how to play several instruments. Eventually he graduated secondary school and they began to talk about college. His mother revealed that she had been filing applications for scholarships with the most prestigious college in Canterlot.
He took each assessment slowly and eventually submitted them. Then came several weeks of anxious waiting before they got the letter that declared he had been accepted. He immediately began to prepare and packed up his things. His mother worried for him but he assured him that he would be alright. There was a tears goodbye and he promised to write often. With that, he left for college in Canterlot.
He arrived full of energy and pride, but almost immediately found that he was nopony special here. Each student was the cream of the corn, the best of the best, and he was challenged for real for once in his life. He lost his gusto and studied hard, realizing that he only had so much time to study and to work here. He began to withdraw and study more, and he gradually devoted more time to studying. He surged ahead and was once again at the top of the classes, but he was at a loss as well. He had no real friends, just acquaintances, and he was pretty lonely.
Then he met Victoria, a Pegasus mare with a fast mind and faster wings. The two hit it off, studying together and enjoying each other’s company. Eventually they began to date and they were very happy, but then college ended. Not wanting to be separated, they decided to start a store together. They rented a building, pooled their funds, and began to work on their bookstore. Borrowing money from the bank, they hired teams to renovate, install new features, and they handmade the bookshelves.
While they were sitting and reading in their flat above the bookstore, Victoria proposed to Lumi, and he accepted. They were married in the local pleasure garden. They opened their bookstore. Victoria’s college aviation goggles and a few other pieces of memorabilia were put in a display case, and they lived cliché-ly happily ever after.
Lumi and Victoria’s bookstore is in Canterlot if you want to visit!
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