ALIAS: Claquesous, 'Sous, Lucien, Le Cabuc
BIRTHDAY: January 1st
DEFAULT AGES: 7, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25
KNOWN AGE(S): 18-28
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Green
FACECLAIM(S):
YOUNG ARMAND: Jacob Tremblay;
TEEN-ADULT ARMAND/CLAQUESOUS: Rory Torrens
HEIGHT: 5'6"
GENDER: Cis Male
SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Pansexual (heavily leaning toward masculine peeps)
ROMANTIC PREFERENCE: Demiromantic
ADDICTIONS: Heroin, Cocaine, Alcohol (whiskey is his drink of choice), Cigarettes
LIKES: Cooking, Eating, Music, Games, Sex, Drugs, Drinking, Parties, Ventriloquism, Masks, Mask making
DISLIKES: Pancakes, Bananas, needles that aren’t for heroin
FAMILY: Henri & Adélaïde. Older half-brother, Lucas Duval (and his sons, Gabriel and Jules). Younger twin siblings, Bastien and Claire. Great-great-maternal-grandfather; Jacques Dernier (fc: Robert Clary)
BELIEFS: Raised Catholic. Questioning.
MEDICAL: Allergic to bees, dissociation, addiction, violent tendencies
THINGS TO NOTE: Scar on his right cheek, from being pushed into a wall. The nail that stuck out of it just missed his eye. Scar on his lip from when his father busted it when he was five. Multiple scars on his body, from gang fights, attacks, and from himself as well as his parents. He has a burn scar up his side from when the twins died in the fire. Scar on his back, over the rib cage, from surgery for a punctured lung at 7 years old. His bottom has a few scars from infected beatings. He has a tattoo of angel wings on his burn scar.
Armand was raised by abusive parents. He was often in trouble for things he never did, and was ultimately blamed for the death of his baby brother, Bastien, and Bastien’s twin sister, Claire. They were two years old, and he was twelve. They passed in a house fire, and nobody ever found out if he was the one that caused it or not, but it is widely known that he was smoking pot. His parents blamed him and punished him well for it, and never really looked at him the same way. He was bullied, and got into plenty of fights.
His father, Henri, was an army man, (which is how he got his name. Armand in itself means army man) and expected very much discipline from the hyper boy. Because of his career, the family traveled often. While he was very strict with him, he was also a rather good influence on the boy’s life when he wasn’t causing trouble. He took him to the park, and taught him how to fight and how to make things from metal and wood, took him camping and taught him survival skills.
His mother, Adélaïde, was a seamstress, and was perhaps even harsher. She would lock him in the closet until his father came home if he had gotten into trouble with her, and would refuse to allow him dinner on nights he had been punished, even if his father wanted him to eat. However, she did teach him how to sew, cook, and paint.
Through the years, Armand forced himself to accept whatever pain was brought to him, and learned to blame himself for it. Eventually, he ended up liking pain… either causing it, or feeling it.
When he was 16, his father had a heart attack while punishing him, and he blamed himself. His mother blamed him, too. She threw him out, and disowned him. After being arrested for some stupid crime to survive, she turned him away and refused to help. Shortly after that, she committed suicide. After his hearing, he was sent to an orphanage until he was 18. He was juggled from family to family, but nobody ever kept him for very long, and in between, he sought refuge in the streets, and after killing his roommate at the orphanage when he was 17, he went on the run.
At 18 years old he was caught pick-pocketing a member of the Patron Minette (or other gang), and ended up joining their ranks. Since then, he’s been out on his own, doing whatever he wants. He got into drugs and crime, and learned how not to get caught. He filled any urge he wanted.
Armand makes his own masks. Each one is made with lots of care, so if he lets you touch one, you better be careful with it. Broken mask means broken fingers. He names his masks, and his favorite one, Evangeline, was his first. She’s feminine, features false eyelashes, and was used in his youth to make his victims assume he was a woman. Evangeline is the only mask with a gender. His next favorite is a skull named Grim; a skull covering everything below the eyes, and he wears that when he is out to kill, is going to hide a body, or is going to rob a grave. It’s best to stay away if you see him wearing Grim, or it might be your blood on his hands. His default mask is ornate, featuring white, red, and gold paint, and is decorated with music notes, which he calls Bell.
Claquesous has a tough exterior. He’s a criminal. He is part of the Patron Minette, and will almost always put them first. As far as he’s concerned, they saved his life. He robs graves, does and sells drugs, and he’ll kill you without an ounce of guilt. It’s very rare for him to feel guilt (but when he does, he really feels it), and he has no idea what love feels like. However, he’s not willing to admit it, but he has a soft side. He responds well to genuine kindness: if you’re a good person, he’ll likely spare your life. If you challenge him, he’ll have respect for you. If you don’t fear him, he wouldn’t mind befriending you.
He knows he’s a terrible person. He knows that what he does is bad, and he doesn’t care. If he’s ever sorry about anything, he’s really sorry. He doesn’t apologize often, so if you get an apology, you better take it. He’ll likely try to make up for any mistakes he makes, especially with friends. He doesn’t really see any positive things about himself, and he focuses heavily on the negative. In his own mind, he’s worthless.
He enjoys pain. It doesn’t matter whether he’s getting hurt, or hurting someone. He likes both. Sometimes, it’s the only way to get through to him, but it depends what you do. It’s a good way to break him, actually, though insults can do that easier. He’s still a kid at heart, though he tries to hide that. He can be responsible, but he doesn’t like to be.
Claquesous isn’t afraid of too many things, but he’s terrified of being arrested. He’s not afraid of being beaten, or of death, but he’s scared of being hit in the face. He’s terrified of being in closets, and will suffer from a panic attack, which he has a hard time calming down from without help. He’s afraid of hospitals and doctors, mostly from the fear of being arrested.
Sex: Claquesous is a kinky mofo. He loves sex. He’s a bratty submissive, but will occasionally take a dominant role if he’s close enough with you. It's best to have a safe word if you get into more violent things. He'll have sex with just about anyone, so unless he's treating you special, don't assume that sex makes you an item. He probably doesn't care about you at all, unless he shows it. He is not circumcised.
If you’re in a relationship with him: If he actually cares about you, and he screws up, he’ll more than likely feel guilty if he’s at fault. He might ask you to hurt him, or he’ll try to distance himself because he no longer thinks he’s good enough for you and you deserve better. If he asks you to hurt him, it means he thinks he can do better, and he wants to make up for his mistake. He thinks he deserves to be punished. To him, punishment was always painful, so that’s all he’ll respond to. If you hit him in the face, he’ll shut down for a while. If it’s not something you feel sorry for, he’ll likely shut down forever. Stick to his bottom and thighs. Stabbing, shooting, slashing, beating up, and killing are all actions he would accept as punishment, though if he begs you not to, he’s either too terrified to take it, or he doesn’t think what he did earned what you want to do. It does come with the risk of putting a strain on the relationship. However, punishing him the way you would a child (lectures, time-out, corner, spanking**, etc.) works better. Aftercare is mandatory. He won’t admit it, but he needs it. This is the soft side of him that he often hides. So hug him, kiss him, remind him many times that he’s loved and forgiven. He won’t ask for it. There is a fine line between punishment and kink. He does enjoy it, so you must make it clear if he’s being punished for real or for fun.
**This can include, but doesn’t have to include using objects; hand, hairbrush, ruler, belt, cane, switch, martinet, birch, tawse, paddle, carpet beaters, etc. The harsher you are, the more he’ll enjoy it. If you bring him to tears, or you leave him feeling it for days, congratulations. You will officially be his favorite fuck/lover. As with any kink-related play, proper aftercare is a must. If you hurt him, and you do not take care of him afterward, he’ll likely never speak to you again, and you may just find yourself beaten to near death the next time you’re alone at night.