[Knickknacks]

potential mark~ love that tail!
-Frances? Elise maybe?
-in her school orchestra; plays the bass
-talented but hard on herself

[sapphirelion]

Just a reminder that this ends in about a week!
So far no one has asked for an extension so I hope all your ideas are coming together well!

I am still always open for questions on this, so please don't hesitate to pm me and ask!

[Sabertooth Pigeon]

𝓤𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 ♥ venenifer
𝓝𝓪𝓶𝓮 ♦ Roxanne
𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 ♣ female
𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♠ 3rd march

[english isn't my native language, sorry for any mistakes!!]

𝓡oxanne has always lived in Silverhill, but she didn't recall it ever being so quiet. This wasn't a big town at all, but it wasn't one of those where everyone knows each other. It had a dozen or so of blocks of flats, and tens of smaller houses. It had only one high school that she attended, which despite the size of the town was still overloaded. She had some friends but has never been very popular, unlike her best friend that she was currently waiting for. Sometimes she felt jealous. Everyone liked Alina, even teachers seemed to. She had tons of friends. Sometimes Rox was wondering why she chose to be friends with such a weirdo...
Because Roxanne was really into paranormal stuff. She was one of those who would always show up drassed all black and try to connect everything with paranormal activity, read spooky stories and such, but other than that she was a regular teen. She wasn't bullied or hated, some people just thought of her as a weirdo and assumed things about her.
She liked to think of mysterious things as connected with paranormal activity, but now something really seemed off. Small or not, in Silverhill always something was happening. Car crashes, bulglaries, sometimes even murders. But during the past two weeks... nothing happened. Nothing at all. It felt like the silence before the storm. Everything's quiet, but you can feel something's about to happen.
She looked at her phone again to check the time. Alina should be there twenty minutes ago. Weird. She often was a little late, but never that much. Maybe she forgot about something? Or maybe she was grounded...? Roxanne tried to phone her, but no one answered. She had a really bad feeling about this… She didn't rally have much of a choice so she decided to go home.
The sun was setting already, the shadows were long. It was fall so days were getting shorter and shorter. She walked between blocks of flats, lost in thoughts, not really paying attention to her surroundings. But then she noticed something. It was Alina's sister, Balladyna.
She acted really weird. She was seemingly exhausted, but still was hyrrying towards her home, like she wanted to get away from something at all costs. She stumbled and fell, but got up quickly and continued running. She didn't notice Roxanne, who was standing a few dozens of metres away, glued to the ground, staring at her in shock. Balladyna finally reached the block where her and her sister's flat was started panically searching for her keys in her pockets. She immediately opened the door as she found them and rushed inside. She acted like she killed someone. That thought made Rox shiver.
She stood there for the next few minutes, wondering what she should do. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialed Alina's number once again. No answer. She was starting to panic. Should she call the police? And what would she tell tchem, that she saw her friend's sister hurrying to her flat? She would sound like she had paranoia or something. Or maybe it was worth a shot? Balladyna definitely wasn't acting normal. She hestitated for a moment. After a few seconds she put her phone back in her pocket. Why would Balladyna do anything to her sister? Alina surely was fine. With that thought Roxanne went home.
pixel art credit

[sapphirelion]

Reminder that this ends in 24 hours!

[lovage]

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username: fernmoon | name: aleksai | gender: female

personality: always one to be yearning to reach out for something new,
aleksai is always a curious kalon who just can't avoid seeking out somet-
hing new to satisfy it. it can be a good thing or just horrible for her. she
is also one to have a strong sense of justice through her curious nature
from different situations that her curiosity lead her to. it always makes
her speak her mind about anything unjust in her eyes. this can be seen
as an annoy part of her personality to others but she feel happy to have
it. also, aleksai can be seen as one with a quick temper towards anyone
and is somewhat impatient along with that. her sense for justice and her
quick temper can cause her to make quick decisions without a second th-
ought. overall, she is a quick minded kalon with a sense of justice and ad-
venture into anything that is new to her along with a very quick temper.

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the discovery: a bright light shimmered in the sky above aleksai. her eyes lit up in hope of what could be that and started to follow it. she saw it falling down into the forest nearby. she ran after it into the deep wood. branches and undergrowth scratched at her skin, but with curiosity fueling her, it didn't matter to her nor did she know about it. as she emerged in its crash zone, aleksai came out with multiple scratches and a little blood from some of the scratches that were able to draw a little blood. from her view on the edge, the gigantic object was bright and magical with colors dancing about in it. it seemed fragile to the point where one hard touch would break it right there, but the impact of the fall didn't leave any noticeable damage which confused aleksai. it just made her want to approach it even more than before. she carefully slid down one of the sides of crash site. she approached on her toes as she was afraid of what the object might be. aleksai's reflection shown on the reflective material that made up the rock. like sleeping beauty's needle on the spinning wheel, she felt drawn to it and reached towards it. the object felt like a heartbeat with an immense amount of heat to it. before she knew it, it broke into a million little pieces like she suspected. the colors inside raced out in all directions before a large force sent her flying back. the last thing she felt before blacking our was a searing heat that raced up one of her legs before entering everything else within, and it felt natural and that it was meant to be there. then, her vision faded to black.

her eyes fluttered open with memories of what knocked her out flooding back into her mind. aleksai felt a searing pain in her head from the surge of the memories. she remembered the feeling that she felt before blacking out. she knew that how weird and strange it was. aleksai struggled out of the woods towards her village. if something was off about it, she knew that word would of travelled fast especially through the village. as she approached, she knew that a few could see her limping figure. they rushed up to her as they tried to get information about what happened to her. aleksai went over what happened the last night as she approached the ending. their faces lot up as they realized what caused the event that was all over the news in the kingdom.

"you caused that?" one of them asked with a questioning glace. a hush murmur and confused gaze were exchanged between them all.

"i assume so as it seemed to spread throughout the world after i touched it," aleksai confessed as she soon began to piece together what was happening.

"well, you caused magic in the kingdom to quite a few especially a few of the high rankers that are highly close to the queen," another explained to aleksai who stood in shock as she knew what the weird feeling was.

before the kalon could explain further, she blurted out the question. "did they feel something weird that felt natural?"

they all looked at each other before they all nodded and one spoke up about it being on the news. "also, guards are here looking for the source so we have to turn you in about it, sorry," one apologized as they motioned for guards to come. aleksai tuned out as she knew that the consequences for her acts were unknown. the small group explained everything to the guards. she was quickly escorted before another scene could start. from what she knew, she would have a meeting with the queen and a scientist looking into it with a small team.

when they got to the capital, they pulled into a private train station nearby the palace. there was no time to stop to see some sights before the meeting as the queen wanted a meeting the very instant aleksai arrived. the palace seemed quite grand from what she had seen before entering the throne room. a guard announced that they have set it before hand, so the queen and some of her court were already awaiting for aleksai's arrival to the throne room. "aleksai, do you know why you are here before us today?"

"yes, your majesty," aleksai said while stooping down into a quick bow. "i was the one who caused magical abilities to enter our world." she looked down expecting the worse as some abilities could of easily resulted in damage or even worse damage to its holder. to ensure the worse wouldn't happen, she apologized for what she did. "you majesty, i deeply apologize for what i did to cause to possible harm to the kingdom."

"no need to apologize for something that you caused and didn't know what would happen. as far as the head scientist has said, the abilities don't cause any harm or damage so far," the queen said with a soft, comforting smile. "from what i have heard, you caused a new era too help expand the kingdom. also, i heard that you have a possibility to even have these powers yourself. you may do your thing." the queen gestured towards who aleksai assumed was the head scientist looking into the situation. they approached her with a small device by them. it seemed to be something to detect magical abilities even though it just happened last night, so she knew that they were able to move quickly on learning about the new abilities. the scientist nodded as to say that it presence of it in her. "you seem to have some ability yourself, so that is all, aleksai. you may leave," the queen said.

"your majesty, may i ask how will you have those with abilities warn to control them?" aleksai asked which seemed to be something that the queen didn't expect. her court seemed to murmur about their ideas before aleksai suggested. "what about a school for it?"

"that wouldn't be necessary helpful as there is two distinct forms of it natural where one can use magical abilities without help of an object and dependant where they need help from an object; however, that's not mentioning the fact that there are many different abilities ranging from ice to light manipulation," the scientist explained to aleksai.

"that doesn't matter as multiple teachers can help with that," also pleaded with the queen. "it could easily prevent disasters and harm to anyone with the abilities from happening." the court murmured in agreement which seemed to persuade the queen.

"fine, i'll agree on one condition. that all in the kingdom with the powers must attend it as we can't risk someone from letting their abilities to get out of control," the queen said then gestured to the scientist. " you and a select others will be taught by her. then, you all would be teachers until we truly understand these new abilities."

"as you wish, your majesty," aleksai said while bowing with a faint smile. she knew that th school would help those who need it and give guidance for those more confident in their abilities. she couldn't let the queen down and happily did as told.

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side facts about aleksai:
- has a natural ability to control fire and a little over metal

- became well-known due to the status that her school got
as an international school for it

- often called the "defender of magic" as she often protested
restrictions on uses of magic and magic holders

- wants to advance the world using magical abilities but fears
what might happen to ones without powers

- always have loved to go out within the capital city to explore
it as it is quite large for her after coming from a village

- often misses her village but appreciates what lead her to what
has given her a new start at life

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[sapphirelion]

Alright! No edits past this point as the contest is closed! Good luck to all of you who entered I’ll try and get through these as soon as I can and give you the winner

[sapphirelion]

Thank you all for your patience! This was a difficult contest to judge because you all did so well!
(I'll have comments under the winner's name for each of the forms presented to congratulate your work
and point out little things to hopefully help you in future competitions like this!)


And with that, our winner is:
SpartanAmethyst
I'll be adding you to the ref and posting the gift form shortly.

Comments for forms:

Breado
I really like how you wrote out the parts of your form and added some musical ambience to go with 2 of the parts.
It helped me better picture where Evan grew up while listening to the music you put with the description of the outskirts.
The different pictures/borders you added to your form's look and also helped make me feel like I was in a different time/place.

I'm not sure if you completed your form the way you wanted to at the end,
but I was intrigued to know why Evan would leave his home to go to the big city,
especially when you mentioned something about a strange soap ad.
However I don't really understand what the soap ad's purpose was except to get his dad to tell him to go to the city.

SpartanAmethyst
I absolutely loved the story you wove!
It has so much detail and you carried them all so well throughout the story.
In addition, the borders/picture accents/music/art all really brought it together.

The only thing about your form I was confused by was the roses.
Both at the top of your form, and the definition/meaning of it being in the form.
I wasn't sure what exactly the connection was between her/her story/the roses.

venenifer
I like your borders and the little pixel (but I'm not quite sure what they have to do with the character?).
And despite you mentioning that English isn't your native language, you did quite well in your writing!
There were a few mistakes, but they didn't take away from what you wrote in any way.

The only thing about your writing was that I didn't see why Roxanne would be worried
that her friend Alina would have been murdered by her sister?
Considering everyone loved Alina.
Maybe if you had written a bit more this could have showed some more of Roxanne's character
and more about her hometown to make it make sense?
Like I understand that it wasn't a great place to live due to the car crashes/burglaries/murders,
but Roxanne didn't seem all that phased/concerned by it
(since she was able to walk around lost in her thoughts without worrying about where she was).
And maybe giving a little bit more information on how the sister was acting
or how she looked could have helped the thought that Roxanne had about the sister looking like she just killed someone.

fernmoon
I like that you made Aleksai the catalyst of bringing magic to this kingdom!
Also, your borders/picture accents were quite beautiful!
And the story was quite interesting, but some of it was a little odd?

I felt some parts were missing some information,
like when Aleksai seemed to just know things.
I wondered if maybe you were trying to make her have premonitions of things
before they happened, but I didn't see anything like that listed in her powers.
Specifically for when the guards came to pick her up from the villagers,
she seemed to know that she'd have an audience with the queen and at least one scientist.
I'm not sure if there was a rule in the kingdom for certain situations like this
that just wasn't mentioned that made it where she knew this would have the possibility of occurring
or if she just knew because of some unseen thing.

[Breado]

huge congrats, spartan! ^w^

on the comment on my form:
i would've elaborated more on that ad if i had the time to finish my form (damn the stress cuz of my exams ;w;), but it would've been a name that a secret association/society uses that his father was a member of! ^^
i'll finish it up later regardless, for later use, so if you're still interested, just check back on it later! c;

[SpartanAmethyst]

I forgot to post on this aaaa I'm so sorry!!! Thank you so much for Kari, I'll take good care of her! Sadly the other part of her storyline fell through, but I'm looking for someone new to fill in!

And yeah, I tried to elaborate on the roses, but I ran out of creativity (and time) and didn't want to be cheesy. I''m glad you enjoyed her story though, and I'm looking forward to expanding on it <3 <3 <3