OOC

First and foremost, it is an honour and a privelage that you have decided to spend your time to take a look at my character. So thank you so much for your interest ♥.

I'm located in Canada (EST), in my mid 30s, and married. I live a busy life with two jobs as a therapist. Roleplaying is one of my methods of 'self-care' and how I relieve some of the intensities of my work, as well as have just a grand time being creative with others : ).

I have a great love of story-telling, and have decades of experience DMing, story-writing and roleplaying, including several years now under my belt in the world of FFXIV!

I can RP happily both in-game and discord. Though I do tend to steer away from discord-only RP.

I enjoy participating in one-on-ones, small to medium sized (3-8 players) multiplayer, and I am open to engaging with RP linkshells and FCs as well.

I am open to one-shot scenes, to week or month spanning arcs, to year spanning multiple-arc stories. It all depends on the fit our characters and the story, as well as what we have in terms of our time and energy to commit.

My post lengths are adjusted appropriately to the context and environment (e.g, shorter in groups, meatier in dyadic or triadic encounters), with an intentional aim for flow, but almost always range from para to multi-para.

Lore and lore adjacent. I enjoy some creative liberty when it comes to what's possible with magic, for example, but all of what I engage with exists within the context of the systems, metaphysics and history of the world of FFXIV.

Low to mid-power levels of play, where characters' strengths and weaknesses are leaned into as much as they can. I like to play with real, meaningful risk and consequences to the characters and the stories. In fact, I gravitate towards more failure than success, as I find that more rewarding to write and read.

A play to lift approach to RP, where there is an emphasis on playing a character in such a way as to enable others to shine.

One universe; One storyline. While it can be difficult, I play in such a way as all my fruitful RPs are constantly woven into my character's ongoing experiences and story. I am usually actively participating in different one-on-one, small and medium sized-group story campaigns, and so Nos has several different connections. At times in our RP I may make references to these; and of course our stories and your character(s) have a meaningful impact on Nos as well. I greatly prefer to play with others who have the same approach as this, as I find it far more enriched when characters have active, involved, meaningful connections with other characters; if you do AUs chances are low we will match values.

A Person Behind the Character. I never lose track of the understanding that there is a person behind every character. This means that regardless of the story, character dynamics, etc, I will always entreat you as a separate entity from your character, worthy always of respect and compassion. I expect the same from you. In that vein, I do not get along with people who bleed and cannot make this differentiation.

Integrity & Diligence. I play regularly and consistently, and vastly prefer to play with people who have been RPing for awhile and are proven to be consistent. I will never ghost you or flake. I completely understand things like burn-out, real life priorities, mental health flair ups, etc. However, to RP with me I ask that there will be RP communication about the need for breaks or pauses. And should that be for too extended a time, perhaps a parting of a way of our IC engagements (though not OOC!), as I find it near impossible to maintain interest with too sporadic or intermittent RP.

Genuine Rapport and Friendship. I find that the best kind of longer-term RP can only originate when there is a respectful, engaged, thoughtful OOC friendship. So it is important to me that we get along and are able to communicate well, and have fun together - some times by picking on our characters and their derpiness >:P.

Boundaries, Consent, Care. I am strict about platonic boundaries OOC. I also want to have clear communication about what is okay or not okay about our RP, and even OOC communication, on both ends. If a boundary is crossed it must be addressed immediately. And if I ever make a mistake in this I really hope I make myself safe enough to approach to address it, as I do always intend to come from a place of authentic care.

Collaboration, Sharing. While I have been many times and I am content as the driver and main curator of stories, I am just as happy taking a supportive role in helping you tell the stories that you would like to write! Yes, let's collaborate, brainstorm, mingle and mix our ideas together to produce something creative together. RP is so much more fun when there is significant input from all involved on what directions RP goes!