Quirky

Misc. RP Information

I am open to any type of roleplay as its not real so I don't have too many qualms about it though I would like to discuss what will be role played before doing it. If the idea doesn't interest me or makes me uncomfortable, please respect that I am not interested and not try to force it, otherwise I won't interact. I like to think I am reasonably nice and accepting so don't think I will judge any of your ideas right off the bat. Just discuss them with me if you are interested and we can go from t... View More

Common locations your character will be

Crystal Empire, Ponyville and Canterlot

Skin / Coat Color

White

Eye Color

Yellow

Cutiemark (If Applicable)

Chaos magic symbol shaped like heart

Design Description

Quirky is a white coated unicorn with a black messy mane, fluffy tail and yellow eyes. His Cutie Mark is reminiscent of a Chaos Magic symbol, shaped like a heart. He has black colored markings located at the middle of his front hooves, bottom of his hand hooves and on his back, close to his neck.

Likes

Comics, learning new magic, postive emotion, days off, walks

Dislikes

Being overworked, negative emotions, upsetting others

Detailed Personality

Quirky is a friendly pony, normally a little timid at first but quickly warms up to people if they are friendly or easy to get along with. Despite his initial timidness, he can be flirty though this tends to be exclusive to people he considers friends and even then he only flirts if he knows they don't mind or like it as he doesn't want to make anyone uncomfortable. He is pretty forgiving, sometimes at the detriment of himself and tends to easily accept things when they come his way. Sometimes h... View More

Occupation

Waiter

Hometown

Ponyville

Education

Quirky has had a good amount of training in magic from his adoptive parents and a little training and schooling from the magic school he went to as a child before running away. He also has an average pony education that most ponies would have had growing up.

Detailed History

Quirky was born in Canterlot, being the child of two unicorns who were in severe poverty and realizing they wouldn't have the ability to take care of him, chose instead to put him up for adoption with hopes that he would be given a better life than what they could have offered. His early years were spent at the orphanage up until he was adopted by a unicorn couple who's names were Pristine and Starburst. The two of them were incredibly proficient in the use of magic and even had careers revolvin... View MoreQuirky was born in Canterlot, being the child of two unicorns who were in severe poverty and realizing they wouldn't have the ability to take care of him, chose instead to put him up for adoption with hopes that he would be given a better life than what they could have offered. His early years were spent at the orphanage up until he was adopted by a unicorn couple who's names were Pristine and Starburst. The two of them were incredibly proficient in the use of magic and even had careers revolving around it and thus wanted their child to be gifted in it as well. Unfortunately, Stardust was infertile, making the possibility of giving birth impossible for her so they turned to adoption instead. While they were meeting the orphans to decide who they would adopt, they were drawn to Quirky when after Starburst made a passing comment about how she found him cute. Due to Quirky's magic being innately tied to emotions, the happiness that came as a result to being called cute caused his magical strength to grow, making his horn spark with magic, implying possible skill in magic which made the two adopt him.

At the start, everything was going well for Quirky. Due to now having parents, he was feeling incredibly happy which made his magic strong. This magical strength allowed him to be successful in all the magical lessons his parents taught him which only further strengthened his magic and making him seem like a prodigy. This all ended though on his first day of school when he encountered his first bully. As a result of being messed with, he started to become upset which hindered his magical abilities which then resulted in him failing to demonstrate much proficiency in magic on his first day, which only worsened his mood and magic. Due to previously showcasing tremendous skill in magic, his adoptive parents could not understand why he was suddenly so terrible and neither could Quirky. At the time, he was unaware that his magic was connected to his emotional state and that it was weak due to his negative emotions so to him, he just suddenly wasn't good at magic. This trend persisted for a while with him not being able to do much of anything in regards to magic besides telekinesis which was run of the mill as far as magic went.

The breaking point came when he was the age where most ponies would get their Cutie Marks. All of his peers and classmates were getting them and yet he had none. He happened to see one of his classmates get his Cutie Mark and upon seeing the pride his parents had for him when doing this, made Quirky desire to get that from his own parents. He came up with the idea to fake his Cutie Mark since he had no clue when he would get his or how he even could, he just wanted his parents to be happy and proud of him. Being aware that Cutie Marks reflected the pony's talent, Quirky thought of what he was good at and decided that his drawing or 'doodling' was something he was good at and something that would be a reasonable talent for a Cutie Mark to represent so he drew a doodle of a pony at the spot where his eventual Cutie Mark would spawn.

Eager to show his parents, he immediately went to show them but was shocked when instead of being proud, they were angry and disappointed at him. Besides wanting to have a child in general, Pristine and Starburst wanted to raise a great magic user due to their interest in magic themselves which is one of the reasons they adopted Quirky in the first place. Once his skill started to dwindle, due to not being aware of the reason, they assumed Quirky just wasn't trying and was being lazy and were slowly losing their patience with him and upon seeing that his Cutie Mark, which he was already late in getting, had nothing at all to do with magic, finally couldn't hold in their anger.

Besides having his magic be tied to his emotional state, one other unique ability Quirky had was the ability to feel the emotions of others, something he didn't realize was unique to him so he never found it confusing when he felt other's emotions. This ability unfortunately made the scolding he received from his parents far worse than what he expected because not only were his parents mad at him over something he couldn't control, Quirky could also feel exactly what they were feeling. He could feel the anger and disappointment in him as if it was coming from himself and this sensation was the worst thing he had ever felt. After the scolding he was sent to his room in tears. Due to feeling the overwhelming negativity of his parent's emotions, Quirky became terrified of having that happen to him again and decided to instead run away from home, climbing out his window and heading for the train station, looking to get as far away from his parents as possible.

He didn't hate them for what they did, in fact he felt their anger was warranted. Besides being afraid of feeling such intense emotions again, he also felt that he had failed them so he might as well leave so they didn't have to deal with him. He wasn't doing that well in his magic school anyway so he really didn't see what he was losing by leaving home. As soon as he got to the train station, he carefully snuck onto the luggage car and road the train all the way to its first destination, which was Ponyville. Once the train stopped, he carefully snuck back out so he didn't get caught and looked around to see where exactly he ended up.

Quirky, having no where to go currently and wanting to explore his new location, walked around the town until it started to get dark. As he walked, he was noticed by an older, grey coated pony by the name of Silver Hoof. Due to the fact that it was getting late, Silver Hoof questioned why he was out at such a time to which Quirky responded that he didn't have anywhere else to go. Silver questioned this but Quirky wasn't willing to explain the situation, fearing that he'd be brought back home and only said that he didn't have a home to go to. Silver, not being an idiot, realized that Quirky was probably a run away and wanted to make sure he was safe until he could figure out where he lived to get in contact with the parents so he offered to take him in for the night.

It was here where Quirky met his son, Silver Platter who was around the same age and so the two became fast friends. Quirky stayed with Silver Hoof for a while, never divulging where he was from despite Silver Hoof's attempts, though he didn't give up. Despite his plan to return Quirky to his home, Silver was starting to grow to like him, and it helped that he got along great with his son. Unintentionally, Silver Hoof started to see him like another son but still planned to give him up once he could find out who his parents were, assuming they were probably worried for his well being. Silver Hoof would not find out why Quirky ran off until the day where his son, Silver Platter, got his Cutie Mark.

Silver Hoof was a miner who mined silver (hence the name) and this was a family business that he hoped his son would take part in. His son, however, had no interest in it and instead wanted to learn how to cook and be a chef. Quirky was aware of this fact and upon seeing that Silver Platter's Cutie Mark revolved around cooking and not mining, immediately feared for him due to how his own parents reacted to his 'Cutie Mark'. Much to his surprise, when Silver Hoof saw this, he was happy as could be that his son found his calling in life, much to Quirky's shock. The fact that both he and Silver Platter had parents who had an ideal life for them and yet Silver's dad was accepting and happy when his son deviated from that where as Quirky's wasn't, upset him to the point where he started to cry, as he felt even more now that it was purely his fault that he was worthless at magic.

This moment of sadness allowed Silver Hoof to finally learn where Quirky came from and why he ran away as Quirky could no longer hold it in due to being so upset. Being mortified to hear how his adoptive parents treated Quirky, and the fact that Quirky already grew close to his family by this point, made Silver change his mind about sending Quirky back. He instead officially adopted him, an event Quirky in his adult life would jokingly reference as him being a 'double orphan' due to being adopted twice. Quirky apologized to Silver Platter for ruining the moment which Platter didn't mind, given the situation and thus Quirky would spend the rest of his childhood under the roof of Silver Hoof and his son, growing up with them and upon reaching adult age, moving out on his own. He is still pretty close to his adoptive brother and was just as close with his (second) adopted dad all the way up until his death and remains in contact with Platter to this day.

Quirky now lives in a house just outside Ponyville. Having a two story house and a basement, the home is a perfect size for Quirky's needs and he enjoys being somewhat secluded from the town as he can keep to himself when he wants to and it gives him the opportunity to walk a lot since he lives a fair distance from the town. He and Platter both became employed at the same restaurant with Platter being the head chef there while Quirky was the waiter, making a decent wage and being able to work with his best friend every day. He eventually learned how exactly his magic functions and with this discovery, he has taken it upon himself to increase his skill in magic since his previous parents instilled with him a strong interest in it. This discovery of how his magic worked, as well as his training and practice, finally earned him his true Cutie Mark.

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Assets / Bits / Property

Makes a decent wage as a waiter. Owns a home with the usual features (bathroom, kitchen, basement, bedroom, livingroom, etc). Has a large collection of books ranging from normal books, magical tomes and comic books.

Skills / Notable Talent(s)

He has the ability to feel the emotions of others. When he feels someone else's emotions, it radiates of them and gives Quirky a sensation pretty similar to how he'd feel the emotion himself. Due to the way he does feel emotions, he can actually use this ability to track others by looking for a specific emotion. He can typically who is feeling a certain emotion provided he is familiar with them and can also tell if the emotions they are feeling are because of him. His magic can also be strengthe... View More

Spells

Telekinesis: Using his magic, Quirky can surround an object or person in an aura of magic and move it without physically touching it.

Fire Magic: He can project flames from his horn or surround his body in fire. While he is using Fire Magic, he becomes resistant to heat so it is extremely unlikely for him to burn himself with his own magic. He has become efficient enough with this magic to the point where he can now use it in casual situations, such as heating up a beverage or meal or keeping an ... View More