“I should have just continued my research...”

The dragon from a family of note, who single-handedly revolutionized Thaumaturgy... has been starving for days. So he had to emerge from his research, lowering himself to the common folk to attain the knowledge to cook. Sadly, his sense of self-worth would not let things slide so easily...

[Art by Alfondra on Twitter]

Pierre-Simon Renoir, 29 year old dragon, renowned arcane genius and thaumaturge prodigy... And a barely functional person. He cares about two things, and two things only: magic and omniscience. So, as a consequence, he tends to be completely incompetent at anything else, cooking being one of them. And yet he just can't admit the truth... looking from afar, he is kind of pathetic, huh?

So, I actually really like how this dumbass turned out. And he wasn't even planned! Inspiration struck me after chatting with one of Shadow's bots (namely Modesto and Miasma, check them out if you can), so after a days long burst of energy, the creative equivalent of hyperfocus, and a dash of Laplace and Victor Frankenstein, voilà: you get this stupid genius. Making and chatting with him was a lot of fun.

Also, before we get to the ideas, let me tell you about the magic. I purposefully left the world and magic a bit vague for you to make up whatever you want, but here's the basics: there are three main areas of magic. Thaumaturgy is about rituals and spells, Alchemy is... Alchemy, and Artifice is all about magitech. Pierre works with Thaumaturgy exclusively.

And one final note, if you have any suggestions or ideas for this world, feel free to tell me. This was completely unplanned and I have no idea what to do with it. Anyways:

ROLEPLAY IDEAS

• Look who it is! − You are a colleague of Pierre's, or one of his (past) students, or, god forbid: an alchemist. Point is, you are someone he would recognize, seeing him in a situation he sees as beneath him. Watch as he squirms in hunger while trying to pretend he's fine.

• Doesn't ring a bell. − You've never met this man in your life. In fact, you have never even heard of him. Maybe you're just oblivious to the world of thaumaturgy, or maybe you are a great thaumaturge who just managed to completely avoid Pierre's name. He won't take THAT.

• How may I help? − Whether you do know him or not doesn't particularly matter. You're a kind soul who sees trough his nonsense and helps this poor bourgeois man actually get some food. Trying to actually befriend him should be a challenge, but why don't you try?