sciel, ton chagrin annuel

⏵ player information
name and pronouns: Jenn (she/her)
age: 35
contact: victoryfanfare on discord or plurk

⏵ character information
name: Sciel
canon: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
age: 32
canon point: End of Act II
history: Wiki
abilities:

Farming. Sciel used to be a farmer. This includes both the manual labour –– she’s handy with a scythe –– and the more cerebral “farmer’s almanac” element. She knows how to grow food, particularly at scale.

Teaching. Sciel left farming to become a teacher; working with children is very special to her.

General survival. Sciel has trained for the Expedition, a year-long journey into lands unknown to investigate (and ideally destroy) a hostile pseudo-god. She is hardy, quick on her feet, resourceful and resilient.

Weapons training. Sciel is handy with a scythe specifically for the purpose of, um, sticking the pointy end of it into various fiends’ skulls. She’s good with a dagger too.

Magic manipulation. Sciel can channel Chroma (magic) to perceive and predict others’ magical ability, generally by attaching her magic power to them in alternating elements. (What a sentence.) It takes time, and is kind of like a magic sleight of hand or cantrip; it takes very little effort for her to manipulate others’ magical or spiritual powers in her favour because she is the sort of person who is very perceptive about others and could turn it on them if she so chose.

This is conceptualized in the game through status effects and stat boosts. It’s just as confusing in canon! I’m not interested in playing out literal gameplay mechanics and prefer this to just be understood (and potentially played, if ever relevant) as a supernatural ability to find advantages over others.

personality:

Born into a world where the maximum age lowers by one every year, Sciel knew from childhood she’d never see 33. It’s given her a tremendous sense of ease, knowing she can just live her life to the fullest within those parameters. It’s also given her a tremendous amount of pain, having realized that a whole lot more can happen to you than death. At 32, she’s ready to wring out the last opportunities she has for pleasure and go to her end without regrets.

As a result, it’s rare to see Sciel without a gentle smile. She's the peacemaker in most situations and good at keeping a conversation rolling, and can be a bit of a tease. It is extremely difficult to get a rise out of her. She is playful and speaks frankly about herself, and when prompted to share, about others too. While you won't hear a brag or boast out of her, she is at home in the centre of a crowd, and loves a good scrap. She does card tricks and likes stories. Stories are important to Sciel –– they're functionally currency, give one to get one. She is easily physically affectionate, standing close, offering a hand to hold or a shoulder to lean on. She's fond of children and whimsy, and is perceptive to the people around her.

But because Sciel knows exactly who she is, without facade or reservations, she often sees little point in mincing words. Sometimes this gives the impression that she can't (or won’t) give a moment the gravity it deserves; sometimes this means mentioning painful topics casually in conversation. She understands it can make people uncomfortable, but she believes everyone can determine their own course, and if they’re really all that bothered, they’re welcome to say so or otherwise make choices for themselves, just as she has for herself. Life is, after all, too short to live with much restraint. Her husband died young, and she came so close to suicide that she lost everything. Might as well have another glass of wine, make some love, and commit yourself to whatever good you can do in the world.

Sciel is good with her hands, comfortable getting dirty, and has an extreme phobia of open bodies of water.


samples: Doing a girl’s hair.
Helping a hurt comrade.