#Summer Bellmayne

[thefreelanceangel]

Fabulous.

[thefreelanceangel]

OMG I LOVE IT!!!! YOU DID SO GOOD!!!

My thing for @thefreelanceangel as a part of the Ffxiv swap! Hope I did Summer justice!

[rylen-ashworth]

Catching up with the one friend who doesn’t make me feel like I’m the weird one.  @thefreelanceangel

[dumb-hat]

LFRP - Evander Winsome

Perpetually trapped between a sense of idleness and reckless, impulsive abandon, Evander never met a bad idea he didn’t want to take out to dinner. He’s done his level best to leave a dark past behind, but he can’t help it if the air feels cooler and the light a little brighter when you’re standing in the shade. It used to be that every day broke with him begging the question “Just how bored do I wanna be?” Now, he can’t seem to catch a godsdamn break. That’s okay though, theft adventure keeps the ennui at bay.

THE BASICS –––

Name: Evander Winsome

Age: 27

Nameday: 12th Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon

Race: Midlander Hyur

Gender: Male

Alignment: Chaotic Good, though he’s not always convinced on the “Good” part.

Marital Status: “It’s complicated. I mean, it’s not complicated to me, but everyone else seems to think it is."

Server: Balmung

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE –––

Hair: Chestnut Brown; looks to be in perpetual need of a trim

Eyes: Amber

Height: 5′9

Build: Evander has a swimmer’s physique: Long, lean, broad-shouldered and tapering to a narrow waist. Given his lifestyle, he might have trouble maintaining that as he gets older, but for now he’s gifted with a metabolism that lets him get away with precious little intentional maintenance.

Common Accessories: Far too many flasks; ignition keys and controls for various vehicles and small automata; his drone, Valencia; his dumb hat; a gold pendant in the shape of a swan, its neck crooked long; lockpicks; a multitool or three.

PERSONAL –––

Profession: Evander will admit to being a courier, a searcher, a seeker,  a finder or something along those lines. If you need something, he can track it down and get it from one place to another. He doesn’t think of himself as much of a fighter, but he’s growing more comfortable with bodyguard work. He’s also a picklock, a safecracker and a burglar, though he’s not as quick to advertise all that.

Hobbies: He loves being around people, and he loves indulging. As far as he’s concerned, drinking and eating count as hobbies. Left to his own devices, he’s a tinker,  an avid reader (particularly of romance novels, particularly the works of Quill Quivers [@worldofquillquivers​] and Summer Bellmayne [@thefreelanceangel​]), and often fond of especially stupid wagers, though straightforward gambling doesn't interest him as much.

Languages: He’s only fluent in Eorzean Common but he knows a smattering of Old Elezen and loves picking up bits and pieces of whatever he can along the way.

Residence: His Goblet apartment is under near-constant renovation. He’s got a room he rents from his Free Company, but it’s barely furnished aside from an astonishing array of liquor bottles, shipping crates and a huge canopy bed.

Birthplace: Limsa Lominsa

Patron Deity: He’s always personally felt a call toward Nymeia and Byregot, but feels its his duty to venerate Oschon, for some reason. He doesn’t much like to talk about it.

RELATIONSHIPS –––

Spouse: “I thought we went over this?”

Children: “Gods, I hope not.”

Parents: “Never knew ‘em.”

Siblings: “My brother raised me. I wish he was still here. You’d have liked him.”

Other Relatives: “Nope. None that I know of. That whole ‘orphan’ thing, y’know?”

Pets: “I take care of a monstrous, wonderful little sheep named Doctor One and a surprisingly intelligent smallshell named Saint Barnabus, who seems to have recently taken on another crab named Klaus as a tenant. There’s also my little drone, Valencia. A lot of people might not count her, but I do.”

TRAITS –––

* Bold your character’s answer.

Extroverted / In Between / Introverted

Disorganized / In Between / Organized

Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded

Calm / In Between / Anxious

Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable

Cautious / In Between / Reckless

Patient / In Between /  Impatient

Outspoken / In Between / Reserved

Leader / In Between / Follower

Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic

Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic

Traditional / In Between / Modern

Hard working / In Between / Lazy

Cultured / In Between / Uncultured

Loyal / In Between / Disloyal

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION –––

Smoking Habit:  Definitely not a habit. He might take something if offered, but he won’t seek it out on his own and he’s more likely to politely decline.

Drugs: Yes. Not anything and everything, and not all the time, but yes. Doors were made to be open, and that includes the doors of perception.

Alcohol: Evander doesn’t have a drinking problem except for when he can’t get a drink.

RP HOOKS –––

Contemptible Youth: Evander grew up amongst a gang of orphans in Limsa Lominsa. Were you a fellow Limsan wharf rat? Were you a criminal? Did you just spend a lot of time in the wrong parts of town? It’s been a while, but you might recognize him.

Easy Mark: Evander often finds it easier to fly under the radar and avoid notice. To this end, he often tries to exude an air of hapless gullibility. Feel free to try and rope him into some con or scheme!

Yeah, Okay: These are Evander’s words to live by. It’s not that he can’t say no, so much as he’s learned that “yes” is usually the more interesting answer. Catch him in the right mood, and he’s likely to go along with almost any hare-brained plan.

Old Habits Die Hard: A part of him yearns to live a good, decent, upright life. The problem is that part of him gets bored very quickly. Lately, he’s found himself increasingly likely to drawn to less-than-legal endeavors to keep himself occupied. 

People Person: Whether it’s meeting someone new, getting to know an old friend better, or even making a new rival, frenemy or worse, he just loves people at the end of the day. Don’t be shy. You don’t need an excuse. Just come say hi!

CONTACT INFORMATION  –––

It’s not too hard to get a hold of me through tumblr. I mean, you’re already here, aren’t you? Just shoot me a message!

If you see me in game, I love walk ups, drive-bys, tells, whatever! Please, by all means feel free to say something, whether you want to interact in character or just say hi! It almost always makes my day.

I have Discord and I usually really like RPing there, though I kind of like to get to chat a little through another venue first. I sometimes, very rarely, wander through one of the big Discord servers out there, and if you find me out in the wild you can feel free to say hi there, too.

Finally, I’m based in the US (CST, GMT-6) but work most weeknight evenings and spend much of my weekends doing TTRPG stuff. My work is often flexible that I can chat or RP, or even get in game from time to time, but it's not always a given. It might sound like I'm hard to get a hold of, but I'm almost always happy to have a chat. If you catch me in game, you should definitely come say hello!

Notes –––

You can find Evander’s carrd here.

If you want to read some of the stuff I’ve written, you can check my spotty participation in the FFXIVWrite 2020 challenge right here. my even spottier 2021 here, and my surprisingly decent 2022 over here. I might have some alts here soon. You never know!

If you want to be bothered by my OOC blog, you'll find that over at @justlikethefish.

[luck-and-larceny]

Handing over a well-read copy of Summer Bellmayne's first novel, the Seeker grinned. "So how about you tell me the best way to get you back into my shower?"

Malika smiled slowly, a twinkle in her eyes, and placed the book down gently near another of Summer Bellmayne's novels, similarly well-read.

Well, my hospitable friend, it would be terribly rude to reject an invitation made with such sincerity.

And I always take matters of bathing and politeness oh so very seriously.

Shall I Iet myself inside in the same manner I did before and we'll see if history sees fit to repeat itself?

WANT TO ASK MALIKA FOR (BAD) ADVICE?

[thefreelanceangel]

Whenever they stayed at the Pendants, Summer threw another new romance novel at Kona to read and review.

Not that she ever let him read without hovering over his shoulder to explain every plot point she'd put into her books.

(I will be returning to @wind-up-nhaama's Pendants suite again. And again. It's just so good.)

[thefreelanceangel]

The 'New World' as she'd heard it referred to--which Summer found hilarious considering how many 'new worlds' she'd taken Kona to already--suited him marvelously. Even the city didn't bother him in the way cities so often did.

Most telling of all were the light jokes he made, the smile that settled more often than not on his face.

They could never, of course, abandon home, but it caused the pixies no trouble to travel with them, so they could take extended vacations. And perhaps they'd even make a second home here, where Kona found himself most at peace.

[thefreelanceangel]

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16. Your OC is asked by their lover or spouse to write them a love poem. How do they respond?

With a whole-ass novel.

...which is probably why Kona hasn't asked... If he did, then Summer would write a good 80,000 words in under two weeks and then hover over him (literally) while he read it.

[thefreelanceangel]

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[thefreelanceangel]

Summer and Lyna :D

Someone come take this pesky fae mystel out of her hair.

While Lyna would rather not have to deal with Summer--notorious in the Crystarium for carrying out numerous pixie-inspired pranks--the little romance novelist finds Lyna to be absolutely delightful!

She's already written Lyna into a romance novel, but for some reason, Lyna doesn't want it published!

[thefreelanceangel]

Tagged: Book Genres

art | biography | business | chick lit | children’s | classics | comics | contemporary | cookbooks | crime | fantasy | fiction | gay and lesbian | graphic novels | historical fiction | history | horror | humor and comedy | memoir | music | mystery | nonfiction | paranormal | philosophy | poetry | psychology | religion | romance (She writes it, of course she reads it!) | science | science fiction | self help | suspense | spirituality | sports | thriller | travel | young adult | warfare

BOLD genres your character reads. Italicize genres your character occasionally peruses.

Tagged By: @arty-ffxiv (Specifically for Summer, as requested!)

Tagging: @bogaffxiv; @luck-and-larceny; @dumb-hat; @chainsofaether; @argentrenard

@azems-familiar; @fair-fae; @its-the-val-pal; @tsunael; @ishgard

@sasslett; @archaiclumina; @zylphiacrowley; @sundered-souls; @uldahstreetrat

And anyone else who wants to indulge in book genres!

[thefreelanceangel]

"I've seen... something in Eulmore. Not what used to be there, but I saw it then, too. They always let me visit because my novels were popular with everyone there. You never really see it directly? But..."

"I asked around, too, and sometimes when I asked if they'd seen a multi-colored vii, they'd get real pale. One guard, he got killed by a sin eater, said he always saw that thing when somebody came in crying. He said he glanced up and saw it waving down at him."

"It really seemed to like the Understory most of all, and I think... that's probably because it was the worst place in the city."

"Every time it showed up, every time I saw it, I knew somebody would have a nasty thing done to them. Like once? I was in the Understory, but no one saw me because you know how pixies are. I just wanted to get some details on armor because I was writing another novel for Eulmore. And I saw someone being brought down crying and all covered in ink and they were really upset because their patron gave them the dress that got ruined. I looked up past them and I saw it kicking its heels back and forth."

"Leti-Mao, that lady I told you about? The dancer? She knew what I meant when I asked and she said she'd seen it in other places, too. Usually when she went to a party her patron threw and he told her to go home with somebody else. That's when she'd see it in the Canopy."

"I don't know what it is, Kona, but if you see it, you leave it alone. It's nasty. ...no, I... I don't think it's dangerous, but it's definitely nasty. Like eating bad fruit. I don't think being around it at all would do anyone any good."

[thefreelanceangel]