Nicolaus - Revision history

Maxim: /* Sexuality */

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Sexuality

Maxim at 18:25, 14 May 2021

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Maxim: /* Origins */

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Origins

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Sexuality

Maxim: /* Digital Media Manager */

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Digital Media Manager

Maxim: /* Creating the Plaisir Foundation */

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Creating the Plaisir Foundation

Maxim: /* Creating the Plaisir Foundation */

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Creating the Plaisir Foundation

Maxim: /* Digital Media Manager */

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Digital Media Manager

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 ==Sexuality==
-In the wild, lurid jungle of fearsome domination and eager submission at Café Plaisir, Nicolaus distinguishes himself by avoiding both camps. While he can humor the desires of dominant or submissive partners to a degree, he consistently puts the mutual enjoyment of all parties first. He also broadly avoids participating in bondage, wrestling, denial play, or any other activity that would deprive someone of their self-control. To this end, he has also never paid for sexual services at Plaisir or any other business, preferring his partners to participate for their own enjoyment of the act.
+In the wild, lurid jungle of fearsome domination and eager submission at Café Plaisir, Nicolaus distinguishes himself by avoiding both camps. While he can humor the desires of dominant or submissive partners to a degree, he consistently puts the mutual enjoyment of all parties first. As a result, he refrains from seeking out bondage, wrestling, denial play, or any other activity that would deprive someone of their self-control, though he has been persuaded to get involved in such acts for other parties' benefit. He has also never paid for sexual services at Plaisir or any other business, preferring his partners to participate for their own enjoyment of the act.
 Nicolaus is evenly bisexual and has chosen intimate partners regardless of their gender. He has also demonstrated no strong preference for species, except that his partners be approximately the same shape and size as him. To that end, when he encounters an intimate partner who is much larger than him (which happens with most partners, since he is a Meowstic), Nicolaus habitually uses his Growth ability to enlarge his own body and bring their sizes closer together.

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 ==Sexuality==
-In the wild, lurid jungle of fearsome domination and eager submission at Café Plaisir, Nicolaus distinguishes himself by avoiding both camps. While he can humor the desires of dominant or submissive partners to a degree, he consistently puts the mutual enjoyment of all parties first. He broadly avoids participating in bondage, wrestling, denial play, or any other activity that would deprive someone of their self-control. To this end, he has also never paid for sexual services at Plaisir or any other business, preferring his partners to participate for their own enjoyment of the act.
+In the wild, lurid jungle of fearsome domination and eager submission at Café Plaisir, Nicolaus distinguishes himself by avoiding both camps. While he can humor the desires of dominant or submissive partners to a degree, he consistently puts the mutual enjoyment of all parties first. He also broadly avoids participating in bondage, wrestling, denial play, or any other activity that would deprive someone of their self-control. To this end, he has also never paid for sexual services at Plaisir or any other business, preferring his partners to participate for their own enjoyment of the act.
 Nicolaus is evenly bisexual and has chosen intimate partners regardless of their gender. He has also demonstrated no strong preference for species, except that his partners be approximately the same shape and size as him. To that end, when he encounters an intimate partner who is much larger than him (which happens with most partners, since he is a Meowstic), Nicolaus habitually uses his Growth ability to enlarge his own body and bring their sizes closer together.

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 ===Origins===
-Nicolaus was hatched in captivity shortly before the Liberation, at a private breeder in Tulsa. Still a juvenile Espurr when the Liberation took place, he never entered the care of a human trainer. Instead, he was adopted by two Pokémon, a Gardevoir mother and a Kadabra father.
+Nicolaus was hatched in captivity shortly before the Liberation, at a private breeder in Tulsa. Still a juvenile Espurr when the Liberation took place, he never entered the care of a human trainer. Instead, he was adopted by two Pokémon, a Gardevoir mother and a Kadabra father. Nicolaus received a public schooling and performed well in his academics, but he chafed under the controlling behavior of his adoptive parents, and so he left home as soon as he reached adulthood.
 For Plaisir's purposes, Nicolaus first appeared in the story Copernican Theory as a guest, seeking social company at the Café. At the time, he was working freelance as a copywriter and taking online college courses and living in his own apartment, meaning he had very little money to spend on anything at the Café, but he nevertheless made early friends in [[Fable]] and [[Vara.]] The latter, he moved in with during the events of Random Chance. The same story saw him taking up employment at Café Plaisir.

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 In the wild, lurid jungle of fearsome domination and eager submission at Café Plaisir, Nicolaus distinguishes himself by avoiding both camps. While he can humor the desires of dominant or submissive partners to a degree, he consistently puts the mutual enjoyment of all parties first. He broadly avoids participating in bondage, wrestling, denial play, or any other activity that would deprive someone of their self-control. To this end, he has also never paid for sexual services at Plaisir or any other business, preferring his partners to participate for their own enjoyment of the act.
-Nicolaus is evenly bisexual and has chosen intimate partners regardless of their gender. He has also demonstrated no strong preference for species, except that his partners be approximately the same shape and size as him. To that end, when he encounters an intimate partner who is much larger than him (which happens with most partners, since he is a Meowstic), Nicolaus habitually uses his Growth ability to enlarge his own body and even the scales.
+Nicolaus is evenly bisexual and has chosen intimate partners regardless of their gender. He has also demonstrated no strong preference for species, except that his partners be approximately the same shape and size as him. To that end, when he encounters an intimate partner who is much larger than him (which happens with most partners, since he is a Meowstic), Nicolaus habitually uses his Growth ability to enlarge his own body and bring their sizes closer together.
 ==History==

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 Whatever faults lay in Café Plaisir, one thing was always in its favor: It was never boring.
-<i>The Second Spring, pt. 1: Opportunity Cost</i>
+<i>—The Second Spring, pt. 1: Opportunity Cost</i>
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 ===Creating the Plaisir Foundation===
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-It is tempting for many of us to say: ‘Good enough. The system is not perfect, but it works. We should count our blessings and move on.’ But the Liberation has not stopped. It cannot stop now. … We must step forward and act, regardless of species, regardless of background.
+It is tempting for many of us to say: ‘Good enough. The system is not perfect, but it works. We should count our blessings and move on.’ But the Liberation has not stopped. It cannot stop now. … Who speaks for them, if not us? Who protects their rights and their dignity, if not Equality for Pokémon?
 <i>—Dr. Malachi Euclase, Deviating from Convention, pt. 2: By and For</i>

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 ===Creating the Plaisir Foundation===
-{{quote|It is tempting for many of us to say: ‘Good enough. The system is not perfect, but it works. We should count our blessings and move on.’ But the Liberation has not stopped. It cannot stop now. … We must step forward and act, regardless of species, regardless of background.|sign=Dr. Malachi Euclase|source=‘’Deviating from Convention, pt. 2: By and For’’}}
+<i>—Dr. Malachi Euclase, Deviating from Convention, pt. 2: By and For</i>
 Things came to a head for Nicolaus during Deviating From Convention, where he attended an annual conference for the political action group Equality For Pokémon (or EFP) in Tulsa. He met the Mightyena Amarok for the first time while waiting in line to get in, and together with Jack, they toured the convention center and its many events. The inspirational stories Nicolaus saw from other Pokémon there, most of whom did not enjoy the privileges of life at Plaisir, exacerbated his doubts caused by the trip to Tallgrass the year before.

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 ===Digital Media Manager===
-{{quote|text=Whatever faults lay in Café Plaisir, one thing was always in its favor: It was never boring.|source=‘’The Second Spring, pt. 1: Opportunity Cost’’}}
+<i>The Second Spring, pt. 1: Opportunity Cost</i>
 For the following two years, Nicolaus worked at Café Plaisir as its digital media manager, putting him in charge of the Café’s website, blog and (most critically) its online menu. At first, Nicolaus conducted the entire job through his own personal laptop, but the administrative staff rapidly moved him to a newly constructed office in Home Away From Home. His duties included interviewing new waiters to build their online profiles, managing those profiles in the online menu, publicizing upcoming events (and writing news-style blog articles on them afterward), and managing the design of the website. Meanwhile, social media linkage, SEO, metadata and other more online-only efforts remained in the hands of [[Nikki]].

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 ==Description==
-Nicolaus DeClark is a peaceful, wholesome presence in the chaos of Plaisir. Known for his friendly demeanor, his stoic body language, and his insistence on wearing clothes when most go nude, Nicolaus is an odd presence in most scenes at the Cafe. Nevertheless, he has gradually worked his way into the Plaisir administrative body.
+Nicolaus DeClark is a peaceful, wholesome presence in the chaos of Plaisir. Known for his approachable and mild-mannered attitude, his stoic body language, and his insistence on wearing clothes when most go nude, Nicolaus strives for a level-headed and constructive life no matter what goes on around him. Nevertheless, he frequently ends up dealing with crises of conscience or emotion, more regular administrative crises, and the constant battering tide of Plaisir’s feral environment.
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