#Levraut Manseauguel

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The Gangs all here! From left to right we got Levraut, Colette, Tangy (lower) Ishi’li (upper), Mochiie, Tuesday, and Chuusday. This was a little mind melting to work out with so many actors, and wanting to capture a bit of everyone’s general energy in so doing even if some of these guys never actually interact XD

There’s another angle+closeups under the cut

Lev has like -6 rizz but on purpose, he thinks flirting with women is A Manly Thing To Do and getting to second or even first base isn’t even the goal. Colette isn’t giving a singular fuck and claiming space, and also making sure Tangy isn’t flashing everybody her shorts. Tangy is delighted to be here with all her friends, Ishi is thriving, her skin is clear, crops watered, etc. peace sign! Mochi is feelin a lil overwhelmed but trying to look nice for the camera, Tuesday is vibing and mentally planning dinner while trying to look nice for the camera no matter what else is going on, and Chuu is pondering the immortality cycle of the crab.

Also this was taken in Ishi’s house in the Lavender Beds uwu! The shader is Neneko’s Essence (Gameplay version)

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A bright and sunny future for a lad and his faithful companion, who... he's still a bit of a chonk... with bad manners... but they're an inseparable pair uvu

Shader is [KORE's Strange Flower] from the [Blushing Presets]

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“And nobody’s been feedin’ him extra, right? No table scraps? So why’s that pup gettin’ to be so round…?”

“Not a clue! Besides, it’s not hurtin’ anything is it? He’s a growing dog!”

“Wolf, he’s a wolf, Lev. And if he gets any fatter he’s going to become a cannonball…”

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😇- What's their best trait?

👿- What's their worst trait?

for Tuesday and Chuu

“Miss Chuu’s best trait? Mmm… You said this is an interview for your retelling of the Warriors of Light and their journey, right? I’d say it’s her unshakeable resolve. She decides she’s going to do something, and she doesn’t give up until it’s done. Ah… I’m not allowed to speak more on Miss Chuu without her presence, my apologies, mister Levraut.”

“You broke into my house,”

“Your lovely wife let me in actually,”

“To wake me up from my nap and interrogate me on my assistant,”

“Interview, Mademoiselle, not interrogate. Though I am sorry for waking you, your eyes were open so I assumed-”

“Ah-ta-ta. You wanted to know Two’s best trait right? Adaptability. Any environment, any obstacle… he’s got brains enough to figure the way through most anything. And failing that? He knows a top notch engineer in Magitek to kit him with the right tools to overcome his few shortcomings. Hey wait did you fucking call me a mad gazelle, you lop-eared scab?!”

“Thank you for your time, both of you. I have just one more question before I consider this interview complete and I let you both go back to your.. erm, busy schedules. What would you say is each others weakest trait?”

“I knew it! This IS an interrogation! Two, don’t-”

“Ah, that would be Miss Chuu’s paranoia, mister Levraut. Most of her other traits net positive gain,”

“Watch your mouth, Two.”

“That is.. ah, her paranoid trait has served to pull her out of many situations she would have landed in had they not afforded her foresight and caution to approach most situations.”

“Two’s worst trait is how I just can’t seem to keep mad at him when he finds and exploits loopholes in whatever rules I’ve set for him. And last week I asked him to bring me lunch, and he was nowhere to be seen for nearly six bells.”

“… Miss Chuu, if I may, you were in Azys La, and you called me via Linkpearl to bring you specifically egg sandwiches from the Bismark, even utilizing the Aethernet it takes time… and when I arrived at your last marked location you were nowhere to be found.”

[Duo Oc Ask Meme !]

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beep beep QUESTION TIME!!!

what are each of your characters' favorite minion(s) and why? 👀

Bet you weren’t expecting SCREENSHOTS!!!! BAM…!! (I was trying to get into cozy town so these are speed-shots LOL it was a fun pseudo challenge gettin em all done in under an hour)

Chuu’s favorite Minion is the Toy Alexander: a moving mini replica of the time traveling Machine-God? and it’s kinda hot? It’s one of the few machines she didn’t build herself but only because Cid and the Ironworks rushed to do it before she could, fearing the features she’d put into a tiny war machina-Primal. It’s like an action figure to her. It’s set a hilarious precedent though, and she’s still waiting for her Miniature G-Warrior. Chop chop Garlond!

Tuesday’s favorite minion is Gigi, after he has a long talk with Keathan and he retires the Haurchefant Mammet for a spell, worrying for the negative impact it was having on his mental state. He finds a lot of kinship with Gigi, though, being black mage machines. …… he’s a little worried about what misadventures the Inspector is going to get up to next time, though. And that scrawny elezen and his dog, who seemed to conveniently be away whenever the Elezen Inspector Briardien came around….

Nobody knows where that little baby Buffalo came from. Nobody stopped Tangy from scooping it up under her arm like a little purse dog and taking it with her when they moved to the Rising Stones, either. It’s just a little guy! She couldn’t leave it there all alone. What if something like a Pelican tried to eat it… also, it’s cute, and round, and the Rising Stones could use a Mascot anyways.

Ishi’s favorite minion- that isn’t one of his increasing clowder of kitten adoptee’s- is the Odder Otter! He ADORES silly little mascot like creatures, so he jumped at the chance to have a little pal of his own to come on adventures. It even has its own little lantern! He might just cry thinking about it. When he finds out about the Abroader Otter he’s going to become inconsolable. Lmao.

The OOC origin behind Colette’s baby bat is when her and Setsuna first set off on their journey together in Ul’Dah, a stranger came and pressed Bats into their possession. It was baffling, and funny. The IC origin is fuzzier, only that Setsuna and Colette have had them since they first started adventuring and they’re probably attuned to each other in some way. Either way, here’s Colette and aptly named ‘Bat’.

Mochiie refuses to let anything bad happen to little Ryunosuke. Which is why he makes sure the jacket is on snug and fully when it’s raining, so the chick doesn’t run risk of catching cold while they’re traveling together. He has the problem Ishi has with adopting cats, but with Chocobo chicks. He’s pretty sure Ryunosuke is some kinda Hingan Pygmy breed, meant for Nobles to keep in their estates and on display, prized for their docile, lap-loving nature and silky plumage. He doesn’t get on very well with Cindy, or Sandy, but that’s not a huge surprise; the girls are strong personalities, spoiled with attention, and bigger, older birds from a breed meant for Combat, not pets. Mindy tolerates Ryunosuke but only because she knows he would fit perfectly in her mouth if she so chose to, and Mochi would be extremely upset in her if she did.

Levraut’s favorite minion is. Naturally. Canonball :’3 the scrappy little wolf pup saved from the brink of starvation and then fed up, spoiled with plenty of attention and poor manners. He’s stolen a fair number of unsuspecting sandwiches… Lev is going to have to teach him the thieves code one of these days or they’re both going to get in trouble lol.

[shader for all is Neneko’s Gameplay Essence]

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👿- What's their worst trait?

eheheh >:) for whoever you feel it would be the most fun to answer!!

Firstly thank you for da ask ;w;!!! This was spicy because I’m actually going to talk about my husbands guy a little bit… and show y’all post ShB-semi-into-EW Ishi eheheehee- tho there’s a very very mild ShB spoiler so watch out!

“I appreciate you taking time out of your day to speak with me, and answering all the questions I’ve had concerning your journey and how you’ve felt through it all… Your insight into the first and your extensive knowledge of Feo Ul was quite interesting.”

“Mmhm, it’s been surreal recounting everything that happened, but at least SOMEBODY’s writing it down now.. And Their Majesty has made wielding scholastic magic much easier, since I can’t summon my own faerie normally. Are you sure you don’t want a cookie? They’re Kizuna’s da’s recipe, you know.”

“Ah, speaking of Kizuna… You two have started dating right? The two shining beacons of heroism and do-gooding-recklessly, surely you know better than anyone else what he’s like. We all know his good side, but what about the bad?”

“Eh???? EHHHH?? Where’d you get that idea?! D-dating… uhm… you’re not going to write that in your book right? That’s- that’s just speculation! Besides we’re not really public yet, Uhm, h-he’s really great, I can’t think of a bad trait, really, he can cook, he’s wicked with all kinds of weapons, he’s strong, and, handsome, he’s gentle with kids, and animals… He’s always trying his best, you know? Uh-uhm… he built his own house, in Ishgard-“

“I already know all about that, Ishi, I actually stopped by there last week to see if he was there. Besides. every Hero needs their tragic flaw, or they risk becoming as untouchable Gods in the mind of the people. So, give me something to work with, it doesn’t have to be grand, just, something that grounds him back in the common man.”

“But Kizuna’s not a common man- ah… ff..fine, ok, sometimes, uhm, I think… I worry, he makes himself miss out on fun stuff, because he’s worried more about keeping everyone and everything safe. Someone somewhere falls into peril and it’s, his problem now. I can usually make him slow down, but sometimes we both end up really swept up in it… uhm… I don’t know. Oh… my cookie……”

“… I think I can work with that…”

Kizuna belongs to @zombiesockfuckinglovescardfight •v• (and if he wants to add something to this he can! >:3)

[Duo’s OC Ask Game]

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Levraut & The Count (de Fortemps) for the NPC thoughts ask game!

“When I become a knight, I hope to serve the Fortemps Family. Honorable, Wise, and Count Fortemps has been known to look beyond a man’s birth- he’s even proud of his bastard, though he doesn’t show it as openly, you can tell. Aaaand… my Father doesn’t like him much. Which has to mean something, right? This expedition, I’ll prove my worth, get your citizenship, and be allowed to properly train to become a knight instead of being forced to learn etiquette and history and how to sit with my ankles uncrossed.” [Levraut, to his childhood friend, aged 15]

Which is to say, Before ‘The Expedition’, Count Edmont was someone Levraut respected, viewed as a sort of role model even if it was somewhat for spite. After the Expedition and his subsequent escape from Ishgard (to leave an oppressive home life and there was nothing left for him to stay for, really, the knighthood dream was in tatters and his friend+friends father had been hailed for heretics and their house out to torch. Fate unknown.*).

His eventual return to Ishgard has him view Count Fortemps with apprehension, worried he’ll be recognized as the child who ‘was kidnapped by heretics’ (staged by himself) all those years ago. (And I’m not sure yet how things develop from there ahaha… though I imagine in the Lev WoL-Au, Edmont becomes a sort of partial father figure in Levraut’s mind, whether Edmont recognizes it or not. In the Non-WoL Lev keeps distance for as long as possible to avoid recognition, to the point of awkward confrontation.)

Thank you for the ask ;0; 💖💖💖 with the April event I’ve been thinking so hard about Tuesday for the prompts it’s been a fun brain wrinkler to think about Lev instead 🤧 (poor guy, I got sidetracked writing his origin with a Whole Other Thing and haven’t gotten back to starting it)

* [almost forgot, that childhood friend is Kizuna, who’s name might be familiar as the Co-WoL to Ishi’li 😌 belonging to @zombiesockfuckinglovescardfight … I should reblog his art of the boy it’s so good]

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Bright and early is the only time to start any real adventures

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Do they like bard performances? What's their favorite type of shows? (Dealer's choice!)

I’m awake! Awake and! Making pancakes. Would you like some coffee? There’s coffee. 🥰

ANYWAYS THE DEALER SAYS… They’re dying to talk about Levraut.

Who is more interested in participating in the performance to allow a bard to have sole spotlight. He likes belting the lyrics to drinking songs and work songs with his whole self with other people than sit/stand and listen to a performance.. though that isn’t to say he wouldn’t enjoy a hard performance! It would just have to be something less official than what Gridania tends to put on, you see. (He also can’t….Afford the tickets…. To go to a proper show… oops..)

bonus fact; he knows how to play Piano. He would rather he didn’t. And if you make him sit down and listen to or play a piano recital of some kind he’s going to fake a serious illness just to get wheeled out of the situation.

[Ask game for funsies]

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How about Levraut's opinion on Jacket?

“Someone worth listenin’ to, and that’s not just because he pulled my ass out of the bay- though, be lyin’ if I didn’t say that helps. He makes fair judgements on character an’ provides chances to prove yourself capable. Didn’t give a rats ass who I was before, so long as I wasn’t putting them all in danger. He’s like a big brother to me- but you tell him I said that and I’ll string ya up by the smallcloths!”

Jacke also lives in Lev’s mind as ‘the guy who saved me from drowning after slipping and knocking my head on the way down like a graceful open sack of Gysahl Greens” and is also the man who taught Lev how to wield daggers, when it became clear his training with a spear wasn’t actually that robust- and there’s not a soul in Limsa who would train a Lancer, naturally. And the spear is much too obvious, and the way he walked and dressed basically screamed ‘fleece me! I’m a naive lamb!’ So learning to use daggers instead worked out, Hah.

Thank you for the ask 😭💖💖💖 !!!!

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Levraut enjoyers (me) rejoice, I’ve made. A playlist! 🎉 Has mostly Accordion and drinking and Sailing songs (there is some Harpsichord, which I associate with his memories of Ishgard 💖)

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Picking musical sound types for ocs is so crazy brain wrinkling I enjoy it so much and I’d ask other people what their ocs sound like but !

I don’t think people think about that kinda thing as much as I do-

Cut for character rambles I would’ve otherwise put in the tags ☠️💖

Levraut is like, Accordion, Harpsichord, Guitar. The high seas, typewriters, fog on the water, bustling marketplaces. It’s adventure, it’s driving, and sometimes it’s stiffly refined, usually as an undernote; the refinery is baked into his bones even if he’s distanced himself from it and it’ll come through when he’s feeling backed into a corner conversationally.

Chuusday is Electronic, mechanical noises, metal guitar, and the crackling, tinny quality of an old radio depending on if she’s working or not, really. It should make the heart race, with a sense of, stepping beyond the limits. The tinny radio comes in when she’s not working lmfao. Nostalgic, homesick, somewhat romantic, and unlike her working music it’s more prone to having lyrics.

Tuesday would have a smoother techno sound, but I haven’t thoroughly worked out his soundscape yet cos I haven’t built his playlist yet 🥴 I think he’d like Pillowfight though.

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Full Name: Levraut du Manseauguel

Nicknames: Lev, (Tolerated, but would rather you not) Kid, Scrag, Levvy

Jobs: Rogue, Machinist, Warrior, Pirate (amateur), Dragoon, Has picked up and tried many other jobs but not stuck with them all, Adventurer, Warrior Of Light

Gender: Trans-Masc Man (He/Him)

Race: Elezen

Age: 18-20 (elezen years)

Origin: Ishgard (minor Noble house)

Religion: Rocky. Can still be caught praying to Halone when things look dire but otherwise denies it. Prays more frequently to Llymlaen for safe passage.

Sexuality: His plan is to kiss anyone that likes him until he figures it out.

Relationships: —WIP/TBD—

Unique Physical Traits: Ears longer than average Elezen by. A decent amount. Burn scarring from hands to elbow/shoulder on both arms. Thin slash scar on cheek. Can’t seem to grow body hair even though he’s tried. Sunburns easily. Wears heat resistant gloves to cope with his inability to feel as much in his hands.

Likes: Cheesy adventure and mystery novels, new experiences, The Sea, Dark Red (color), The Bismark (sandwich), Salt cured meats, airship travel, swordplay, Murder Mysteries, Oranges, Baderon, Summer, the smell of cigar smoke, rose tea with cream (will not ask for it or admit this; real adventurers drink black coffee)

Dislikes: Hardtack, Playing Cards against Jacke (swears he cheats. Levraut is just bad at cards.), peeling popotoes, pitching tents, poetry books, misreading the moment, black coffee, having to keep a secret all to himself and not tell ANYBODY else.

Can often be found: The Drowning Wench, At Festivals, Looking for Trouble, eventually Tural, probably

Playlists: [Pirates, Investigations, Adventure]

Character Tags: #Ffxiv Levraut #Levraut Du Manseauguel