Skills and Jobs
Lea is a very busy bunny, and can be found at a variety of places in Eorzea. While no longer able to street bard, one of his passions, he does maintain a rather busy schedule of places he works.
Lea's Skills
Lea is, quite literally, a jack of many trades, thanks to his experience, earned and learned, through his various generations.
First and foremost, Lea is a particularly skilled bard, coming largely from my own personal skill at playing the piano. When I learned about how barding worked in FFXIV, I went about desiging my own solution to barding which, by all technicality, does not violate the T&C of the game. Essentially, it is a spare FPGA from when I was doing electrical engineering hooked up to an old Casio ToneBank via MIDI, and interfaces with the game by otherwise normal keystroke casting. Looks and smells like a standard PC-compatible keyboard, but isn't. I haven't shared this with anyone for good reason, because as it stands what I've created is a second-party hardware-based solution, which in essence is no different than any other human-interface device used to play the game. Everyone says it's impressive, but I really don't think it's all that impressive, I'm more disappointed I put in all that work only to find out it's easier to be a software jukebox!
Lea is also a dancer-in-learning, as his mother was a dancer much in the same vein his father was a bard. He enjoys dancing to convey story, particularly to music if available, and doesn't much care doing it for other's pleasure or entertainment, as he views that as demeaning to the art.
Lea greatly enjoys cooking now as well, having gone from not being able to boil water without burning it, to designing wonderful pallates and menus for his friends and family to enjoy. Rarely does one go home from Lea's without having had a wonderful and filling meal.
And of course, last but not least, Lea is very spiritual and charismatic, and is often sought for advice, to the extent where he's had to remind others he is not a therapist. Yet still friends come to confide in him and seek his advice, something while he would prefer they seek a professional, he is still grateful for his friends this level of trust.
The Kitty Twister / The Kitty Risker
Lea's employment at the KT was half-planned. A series of unfortunate events left him otherwise moping, something his good friends who worked there didn't like to see. Teagan quite literally thrust a broom into his hand and told him to get sweeping, and that's how he got the job.
Lea worked, and still works occasionally as, bartender, server, janitor, and friendly face.
On the same note, Lea operates his own little "minivenue" out of the Kitty Twister, called the Kitty Risker, a cleaned-out storeroom used for the more "illicit" activities of gambling and the like. Some come for the food, some come for the games, and others come just to have a moment from the heavy dancefloor use "upstairs".
Lea's worked here for about 5 months with a longtime friend, Itsumi, and is content with busy nights and quiet nights alike.
Kitty Risker is open at the same time as Kitty Twister as the venue is dependant on the main venue, 9PM - 12 AM EST, Wednesday and Sunday.
The Kitty Risker's information can be found on this site under "Venues".
Bards and Brews
What started off as a casual conversation with a friend became a venue idea which slowly grew into a full size venue, catering to bards and those who love to listen to them. Bards & Brews is a premier barding, roleplay, and tavern venue which brings a large crowd near-regularly with its popularity.
Lea is honored to be considered as manager for the venue, despite most of the ideas having come from his business partner Freyja. A small staff is kept due to both the size of the venue and the want to maintain the small, cozy feeling, where staff know one's name and vice versa.
Bards & Brews is open every Monday from 8 PM - 11 PM EST.