Yumi

Yumi
by FelCandy
Abilities	Yoki-hijo, Cognitive Shadow
Titles	Chosen, Honored One, Girl of commanding primal spirits
Profession	Yoki-hijo
Nationality	Torish
Homeworld	Komashi
Universe	Cosmere

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Yumi is a yoki-hijo from Torio who escaped from her prison and freed the hijo from the father machine.

Appearance and Personality

She has the appearance of a nineteen year old young woman, with light skin and dark hair which comes down to her waist.

She is fully devoted to her job and what is expected of her, accepting everything without question. This faith ultimately left her utterly distraught upon learning that it was merely traditionalism, instead of the explicit will of the hijo. Though she eventually did come to question why she is so devoted, and if she could possibly do something more with her life, though she hates herself for the thought.

She is rather prudish with the display of her skin and form, preferring to dress in clothing that hid her form and covered any skin. Her strictness with this began to relax as she allowed herself to express herself more.

She has a deep hatred for lies, and sees them as bad in all circumstances, deeply judging those who partake in such untruths. This comes from her being taught over her whole life about the evils of lying.

She is potentially bisexual, consistently describing how attractive Akane is, and even gasped in awe when first meeting her, likening her to a goddess. She also shows a focus on her figure and on that of Design. However, this is not explicitly confirmed.

Attributes and Abilities

As a yoki-hijo, she has the ability to summon forth hijo through a process of ritualistic stone stacking, and upon summoning them she can have them take on the shape of various tools to help the denizens of Torio.

Her experience in the stacking ritual is immense, with the practice from every day over nearly two-thousand years crossing over, despite her loss of memory.

History

She was born under a falling star, which was seen as an omen of her powers as a yoki-hijo and thus she was taken from her parents and raised as one her whole life, and eventually became renowned for her abilities. This, however, was until the father machine was activated in an attempt to replace the position, as it was perceived as more efficient. The activation was a disaster however, and nearly everyone on the planet had their souls consumed by the machine, with her being one of the only survivors.

The machine, threatened by her, decided to hide her away in a simulation of her former life, hidden away in the shroud, in order to keep her complacent. At the end of every day, she would have her memory of the day erased, so that she would live through it again. This happened for one-thousand seven-hundred and sixty-three years, until one day her ritual reached its apex, summoning thirty-seven hijo at once, and managed to pull one spirit from the grasp of the machine.

This spirit begged her to save them, but did little else until it followed Liyun, as a nightmare, into Kilahito, where it found Painter and Connected them, in an attempt to protect her from having her memories erased. This worked, but had the unintended consequence of making them switch bodies, with Painter waking up in her body, and her waking up without a physical form. This was not an intentional side-effect, but simply a consequence of messing with Connection.

Upon her soul going into Painter's body, her high levels of Investiture caused the body to quickly morph to match her Cognitive Aspect, causing it to match her own body. She was not aware of this at first, believing it was an instance similar to Painter in her body, wherein they simply saw themselves as themselves, while everyone who saw them saw the other. This was proven wrong when she answered the door to Foreman Sukishi, and he reacted with shock seeing a woman in Painter's room. Under Painter's direction, she informed him that he was sick, and of the stable nightmare he found before his first switch.

Shortly after the foreman left, Akane left her room and she was taken in by her beauty. Shortly after seeing her, Akane saw her and asked if she was a friend of Painter. She lied, via the urging of Painter, that she was his sister, which Akane instantly bought. Their conversation began cordially until she misunderstood her relationship to Painter, assuming her on e of his concubines, a misunderstanding she quickly corrected. This correction led her to question what Painter has been telling her, causing her to confront him on if he was telling lies. His confirmation of her suspicions caused her to have a panic attack.

Relationships

Akane

Despite getting off on a bad start in assuming that she was one of Painter's concubines, she and Akane quickly became good friends, and she helped her to learn how to be more free to be herself and express herself as she feels.

She might be attracted to her, consistently describing her as beautiful and gorgeous, even gasping in awe upon seeing her and likening her to a goddess, along with being drawn to her physical features. This, however, is not confirmed and can only be inferred.

Liyun

She has a complex relationship with Liyun, a sense of respect and admiration for how she helped her across her life and was essentially the woman who raised her, mixed with a feeling of betrayal and frustration at the information she kept from her. Even after learning that she was kept in the dark her whole life, she still held a respect for her and was deeply hurt by the disappointed and aggressive tone she took with her when confronted on the issue.

Painter

She began on very bad terms with Painter, seeing him as a liar that is doing everything in his power to humiliate her. Her disappointment and frustration were only furthered by how much she had to rely upon him to save the hijo, her expectations that he would be a great hero like that of legends, and by the negative effects he was having on her public image and her relationship with her kihomaban and her attendants.

Over time, they began to see each other more clearly and grow close, eventually falling in love.

Trivia

• Her name is derived from Yuna, one of the main protagonists of Final Fantasy X, one of Brandon Sanderson's favorite games, and an inspiration behind the story.

Notes

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