Second Sight

By Guest

• October 11, 2015




Age: 26

Gender: Male

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: Blue eyes, maroon mane and A light gray coat.<br />His right forehoof is a mechanical prosthetic with a claw.<br />

Cutie Mark: His cutie mark is a triangle with an eye in the the middle. The eye's pupil is a blue clock.<br />The all seeing eye symbol ( the triangle and eye ) represents his keen eyesight and eye for detail.<br />The pupil's clock represents his special talent: an ability to control his perception of time.

Personality: Antisocial, has absolutely no tact and is oblivious to other's feelings. Ridiculously smart due to reasons stated later. As such, is incredibly snobby. So he pretty much doesn't have any friends.<br /><br />Aka a sociopath.<br /><br />Mostly keeps to himself, but mostimes just can't resist an adventure ( where he can learn things or get some kind of artifact, not for the fun of it ).<br /><br />>When a group calls for a leader, he usually stays quiet. However, when he gets the adrenaline going, he unconsciously begins taking the lead<br /><br />>Thinks a LOT more than he talks, and well, his time perception ability gives him more time to think.... that's a lot of thinking. Most useful skill to have in an exam, tbh. Kinda like V.A.T.S from fallout now that i've played fallout 4<br /><br />>He completely loses his cool and stutters all over when he talks to females he is attracted to.<br /><br />>A clean freak, most of the time<br /><br /><br />Interested in magic and mechanics, despite being an earth pony.

Backstory: >Second Sight was always strangely aware of his surroundings and himself since young. He can easily tell if something is out of place, to the extent that he can tell if his heart is beating faster than normal, or if a hair is out of place. This turned out to be pretty useful whenever he fell ill: he could tell the docotrs exactly what disease he caught.<br /><br />Then school stuff happened. As said before, he was a huge freaking nerd. I'm talking about bringing a clock to school and stuff ( too soon? *cough*Ahmed*cough ) and studying in the cafeteria. And what happens to nerds in schools? That's right, they get fukin picked on. So, one day, Second's working on his little experiment: A pocket watch for himself. So, some jackass snatches the clock up and holds it in the air with his magic while his cronies hold second back. Then, he decides to throw it on the ground to smash it. You know how time seems to slow down when stuff like this happens? Yeah, that happened. Time seemed to slow down as the Watch hurtled towards the ground.<br /><br />Except Second noticed. He realised that time was slowing down in front of him. He watched his 'watch' ( hehehe ) smash into small pieces in front of him. Time resumed it's normal pace. The bullies were laughing, and Second just sits down and stares at the broken clock. Bell rings, students rush out of the cafeteria, ponies stampede over the wreck, scattering the pieces, and second just stares at the same spot.<br /><br />There were 2 things currently fighting for dominance in his mind. His broken clock and the realisation that he had just noticed TIME SLOWING DOWN.<br /><br />After that day, he would spend hours in his room, trying to recreate the experience of time slowing down. After many weeks, finally, he succeeded and earned his cutie mark.<br /><br />His family celebrated and all, but Second kept the meaning of his cutie mark secret. Eveypony simply assumed that his cutie mark represented his perceptive eyesight and keen eye for detail.<br /><br />From then on, changing his perception of time became a staple in Second's life. For tests, he would slow down time to give himself more time to think.<br /><br />For those boring math classes ( which he was already a few years ahead of), he would speed up his sense of time.<br /><br />And for practical reasons, he would slow down time so he could finally dodge all the shit that gets thrown at you for being a nerd in a stereotypical school.<br /><br />Although he gets bullied, his superiority complex and ego just shuts out anypony who tries to make any kind of friendship with him.<br /><br />With his academic success, he was eventually noticed by Equestria's ministry of education. Some way some how, he earned a scholarship to one of canterlot's universities. No close friends still, but his incredible interest in magic could not prevent him from interacting with the many talented unicorns in Canterlot. Sure, he made a few acquaintances, mostly for exchanges in knowledge and service, but no real, actual friendships. <br /><br />Even those bookish unicorns found him weird.<br /><br />One day, the university had a field trip to the Everfree forest. Yeah, there was a safety briefing and all, and everypony pays attention to those because they are reaaallyy important.<br /><br />....right?<br /><br />Nope, time sped up. Lez go!<br /><br />So they go on the field trip, Second's curiosity lands him in some shit and BAM, his right forehoof gets ripped off by a timberwolf. Another unicorn saved him, but at the cost of a few minor injuries on the unicorn's side.<br /><br />Gets delivered to a hospital, gets a prosthetic, and is stuck in a ward for recovery for a while.<br /><br />And you tend to get bored.<br /><br />Second also forgot to bring anything to study. Reluctantly he turns to the bunk beside him tries to interact with the unicorn who saved him. He says hi, the unicorn says hi.<br /><br />Awkward silence.<br /><br />Second thanks the guy. The guy says 'no problem'<br /><br />Awkward silence.<br /><br />The unicorn pulls out a pack of cards. Second got the message and the both sat up and played cards on the bedside table.<br /><br />Eventually, conversation started, and Second learned that the unicorn specialised in enchantments. Curious, he became to ask more about enchantments. He was surprised when the unicorn was able to enchant cards with a spectrum of effects, ranging from loud explosions to blinding flashes of light.<br /><br />Eventually, he made his first friend. After they were discharged, the unicorn gave Second a deck of pre-enchanted cards. <br /><br />"A gift, i have plenty more at home" He said.<br /><br />Afterwards, at home, Second got to work, putting his knowledge of enchantments and mechanics to work, and creating plans for a robotic leg.<br /><br />He brought the plans to the unicorn, and they worked together to create a mechanical forehoof for Second.<br /><br />Eventually, Second graduated. Now, he would have stayed at the university to further his studies, but for some reason, he heard that a damnable alicorn was running around canterlot trying to make friends with her old schoolmates. Reluctantly, Second returned to Manehatten.<br /><br />He bought a small apartment and lives alone. He does odd jobs, some tutoring and occasionally takes the role of a private investigator ( if the police are really desperate ).<br /><br />His house smells of stale pizza.<br /><br />