Pascaleret Auberlaint

Failed writer. Divorcee. He's just doing his best.
(It's generally not enough)
^{45 | HE/HIM | DUSKWIGHT ELEZEN}

ABOUT

The Basics

Name: Pascaleret AuberlaintNickname: PascalAge: 45Gender: Cis manSexuality: GayRelationship Style: Monogamous (he assumes?), SingleBuild: 6'10". Slim, lightly muscled, softened by age.Scars: One scar on his left cheek.

History

All basic information Pascal would happily offer up (perhaps with differing levels of moroseness, depending on his state of drunkenness).Early Years
Pascal is from Gelmorra, and sees no reason to hide that fact. He's very clearly Duskwight, so judgments will land on him regardless. He was raised in the underground city, married to a local gal young, and dreamed of being a great novelist. But noveling doesn't necessarily pay the bills, so he went to the surface to help support his growing family. He worked with the Lancers Guild for a time, ever struggling against poverty as he took what meager jobs he could get. Growing less and less picky about the sort of jobs offered. From within the guild or without.


His Writing Career
Pascal did some sporadic writing in small publications, with chapters or short stories. He was eventually discovered! Though not to write for himself, but as a ghost writer for a popular children's horror author. Surely, this would be a stepping stone!


Midlife Crisis
It wasn't a stepping stone.
He wrote manuscript after manuscript under another man's name (a wealthy Wildwood, no less), growing further and further into despair. Last turn, his daughter left for Limsa to start her career as a culinarian. So he followed her there with the excuse of helping her get settled. He thought perhaps a change in scenery might do him good. That the ocean air might be inspiring and he would start writing again. He found a little room for rent in Wineport (which he didn't realize had no ocean views, and was not particularly close to Limsa). While he did not find much writing inspiration, he did find out he is gay. A fact which he finally shared with his wife recently.
(Valentione's, 2025)

Overheard

"Forgive him. He's-- inclined toward chatter to a degree that may surprise and horrify you."
- Ismene, having been subjected to much Pascal in the last hour and a half
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"He's a sensitive sort of utterly insensitive."
-Avenrhi
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"Pascal?" vague noncommittal noise, opaque hand gesture, incomprehensible expression "A good friend."
-Theodule Molisouix. If you know, you know.
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"No one is ever going to be Theodule."
-Felix
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“Pascal… Hm… I don’t know. He’s said very sweet things and has said some very rude things to people I care about. He’s a writer, so maybe they’re all just temperamental like that? Oh, and last I saw him, his hat was soggy.”
-Villanelle Moon, once frowned at Pascal
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"One might be forgiven for doubting that an absence of spirits alone could cure such an incorrigible lackwit."
"If some day you sense that a man has emerged from the bowels of that flask he carries, I am sure I shall know of it."
-Navrys, root of Pascal's present woes
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"Pascal is a conflicted man who uses crass humor to cover up what I assume to be licked wounds. He would have more of my sympathy if he didn't continue to try and insult me, without realizing, every other sentence. I'd say buy him a drink but only if it's water. He doesn't need alcohol to fuel that."
-Nym
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“Some men would rather drink themselves into a hole than fix themselves”
-Ul’dahn Washerwoman who prefers to remain anonymous
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"Tch, he seems a man what sees kith 'n kin the same as the ale in his bottles—pouring 'til they've naught a drop left 'n thinking they've yet more to spare. The life of a drunken wretch I s'pose, unable to really 'preciate what vintages he's got."
-Zhyk
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"Pascal is a mess, but... a man can't climb out of a well that deep, without a rope and people willing to haul him up on the other end."
-Avenrhi (again)

HOOKS

WRITER | Pascal has always had big dreams of being a great novelist. Dreams rarely come to fruition, and his novels published are done under another's name, with an NDA he is somewhat flippant about honouring depending on his state of inebriation.
Hook Ideas: Do you recall nearly twenty years ago a series of supernatural noir detective serials published in a small Gridanian publication? Or perhaps you read the children's horror books, Zu's Bumps, when you were young? Rumours persist that the wealthy Wildwood who wrote them used a ghostwriter...

LANCERS GUILD | Pascal had been a part of the guild for a while, though left it a few years back. He was known for being a quiet and reliable hand on a job (atypical traits to any who know him outside of work), did his best to not make waves, and would usually keep quiet when remarks derogatory towards Duskwight were made. He doesn't know anything about the plan to steal from the Guild coffers. They already caught the guy, anyway.
Hook Ideas: Were you in the guild, or one of the Wailers? Did you participate in (or help investigate) the coffer theft from a few years back?

GELMORRA | Pascal is Gelmorran, and lives in a small community of Issom-Har called Gévaudan. Any locals would know his reputation for borrowing gil, drinking more than he ought, and having the sweetest (now ex-)wife.
Hook Ideas: Are you from another community in Issom-Har? Did you leave? Did you stay? Did you even know people still live down there?

BROKE | Pascal is broke and deeply, deeply in debt. Some of his creditors are friendly neighbors, though some are ill-advised loan sharks spread across the three city-states. He plays down how desperate his finances are in the moment (and his drinking habit certainly doesn't help), but the reality is he's willing to take most any job he can get currently if it will hold his creditors at bay.
Hook Ideas: Does he owe you money? Does he owe your boss money?

NEIGHBOURS

IN CONSTRUCTION
*NEIGHBOURS | Talk about Gévaudan and his connections here (include Theo, Laine, his daughters, Circelle, Avenrhi, Felix, Dianne, and the Lantern)

PROGRESS

OOC

Hi! I’m Jimi!
they/he/she | 37

Availability
I’m available to chat on Discord sporadically throughout the day, and I attend a variety of RP venues throughout the week.


RP Preferences
For Pascal specificallyInterested In
- Angst & Interpersonal Drama
- Complicated Romance
- Low Level Adventure (for a good cause, or if it pays well)
- Less-Than-Legal Enterprises (for the gil)
- Making him worse before he gets betterNOT Interested In
- Power Fantasies
- Massive Lore Deviance
- Deadly ConflictNote: Not everyone gets along, and I welcome both friendly and less-cordial interactions.


On Romance:
I am open to romantic relationships that develop naturally. Feel free to reach out to me OOC regarding romance, but this isn't necessary (more than happy to flirt in-game, but if more occurs I would like to go over boundaries on Discord). If things take a turn towards (pre-discussed) NSFW content, I'd like to go over what happened OOC at least, but might be willing to RP it out if there is mutual interest. Any romance with Pascal is bound to be messy, fair warning. Additionally, I play adult characters who have adult relationships. If you have issues with lalafell existing as adults in a storytelling capacity, please move on.


Contact
Discord: jimikat
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