[Lex.]

username + ID: Lex. [959439]
kalon name: Pesci
prompt:

Pesci runs a pet store, but it's exclusively for fish! He has kind if a love/hate relationship with the water. He loves the water on a warm summer day, but hates it when it ends up on the floor and he has to clean thousands of small fish food pellets off the ground.
His days are spent cleaning tanks, refilling them with the right water, mopping the floor with water, cleaning up dirty water off the floor, most of his daily life is surrounded by water.

res!

[SilentMelody]

username + ID: SilentMelody + 707008
kalon name:
prompt: Mark!!

[Lucario]

username + ID: Lucario || 756684
kalon name: Skipper (Skip, Kip, Kipper)
prompt: Skip was born into a family of sailors. He found himself spending the majority of his young life at sea, admiring the fish that his father would catch. He had his own collection of his favorite fish, he immensely favored those with luminescent fins, although he did understand that those fish were usually towards the bottom of the ocean. For quite some time, he found himself dreaming of what the bottom of the ocean would look like, how the light would penetrate only a few layers of the water, and, after a while, how it would all go completely dark, and he would need a flashlight to see even a foot in front of him. Needless to say, he was completely in love with the water. And so, he began to study. Day, and night, he began to learn how professional divers do their job, how they hold their breath for so long, how oxygen tanks work. He spent endless hours learning, drawing diagrams and practicing. Through his knowledge of the ocean, and his sheer determination to collect more of his favorite fish, he found himself learning to dive. He started slow, knowing well about the dangers of the water, he didn't push himself too far. But one day, after years upon years of practice - he saw one. A beautiful, glowing, fish. He was amazed and managed to capture it. However, as he made his way back to the surface - he noticed the holes in its lip. Four, older fish hooks had buried their way into the skin. He found himself considering that this wasn't the first time that the fish had been captured, and he felt a new respect for it. He couldn't bring himself to capture a fish that had tried so hard to escape previous explorers. And so, he let it go.
Ever since, he has found himself diving deeper, and deeper - but not to capture these beautiful fish. No, he wants to learn. He has encountered the first fish multiple times since, they seem to be forming some kind of connection. A mutual understanding, of sorts. Now, he works as a conservationist - teaching people about the ocean, and the many, beautiful creatures that live within it.

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[Foxghost]

username + ID:
Rosemoon #941592
kalon name:
Barracuda "Barry" Lahey
prompt:
Barry sat along the shore staring out into the deep blue waves. The hot sun made his fur itch and the sand was trapped between his toes, but he liked it. He took in a deep breath, filling his lungs with salty sweet air and turned his face up to the sky.
He loved the beach, it was like home to him. Barry was so glad he bought that house right by the water, so he could always have a beach day every day, rain or shine, summer or winter. Being by the beach gave him a sense of peace and fulfillment in his life, but he wasn't sure why.
Barry was always drawn to the sea, something about it called him like a mother calling for her child to come back home.
There was a cold splash against his nose that caused him to quickly snap back to reality and stare down at the water coming towards his sand pile he was laying on.
"Better back up before I get caught in" he said to himself, but something told him to stay and so he did.
There Barry sat, the water coming up on his front paws. A small crab scuttled by, pausing by the big creature and then back on its way, not wondering what such a thing would be doing in its path.
"Oh, to be a crab, not a care in the world" he said in a poetic tone.
The waves were up at his chest now. Some pebbles tumbled by, and a piece of driftwood plopped into his paws. It felt cold, as seawater usually is, but it felt refreshing under the heat of the sun baking his skin. Barry closed his eyes and let the feeling of both temperatures wash over him. It was like a symphony of color under his eyelids between the light of the sun and the water.
Now the water lapped at his belly. Slowly creeping up his legs. The chill was setting in more now. It was nice. A cool breeze swept by.
Barry was finally submerged up to his neck in water, some seaweed washing past. He kept his eyes closed as yellow and blue started to turn darker and colder. He could hear the sea calling him again.
Finally he disappeared, melted and becoming one with the waves.
This was his home, a part of him now.

[honeycreeper]

username + ID: honeycreeper | 945117
kalon name: Maelstrom
prompt: [400/400 words]

Back . . . and forth. Breathe in . . . breathe out.

Maelstrom sways gently on her board, eyes shut to block the rays of dawn. As she opens them, she can see the sun over the horizon. It’s her last day on these waves and she’d like to remember every second. She thinks back to her days growing up on the beach.

Mael thinks about the shells she found – all of which she kept in a little drawstring bag . The missing treasures that would wash up. The rings that she seemed to find when she walked on that shoreline. The encrusted locket with an old picture that is now unrecognizable due to the chaotic waves that carried it to her.

She thinks of her friends – the dolphins and fish that she would swim with everyday. The crabs that snapped at her, but accepted her gifts of non-broken shells.

She thinks of these things that made this beach her home – and weeps. She weeps, for she will no longer see these little things for a while.

. . .

It’s not long before Mael starts her new beginning. The citrus scent of the den does nothing to ease her homesickness. It doesn’t smell like sea salt. It doesn’t feel like home.

Her mother gets worried after a while. She starts to insist for her to take a walk. It’s that time of year that the leaves turn red and the birds will sing soulful songs before leaving.

Mael doesn’t want to worry her mother. So, she goes on this walk. She packs a lemon cake in her drawstring bag – and sets off for a walk in the forest.

She meets squirrels and mice that chatter at her. She meets a lone bird and feeds it her lemon cake. Mael even finds a ring of mushrooms – she hops inside and just feels for a second.

Mystical humming interrupts her thoughts. She travels further down this path she’s found, in hopes of uncovering that beautiful sound. She comes across a salt lake – blue as her ocean. On a rock, combing through her hair – is the creature that the humming belongs to. Wings flutter on her back – glorious and delicate. Mael walks further; her head tilts just a little. Their eyes lock and Maels heart stops, just for a second.

The scent of salt water washes over her and finally, she feels at home.

[Knickknacks]

mark~

[Kyar]

username + ID: kyar (320861)
kalon name: ouna
prompt:

weightless
a cold heart caught up in the currents
driven down in the undertow left only to look up
at a broken beam of scattered hope
that break of sunlight just touching the swirling sands
a single reminder of a life that once was
and a love that never dies

---o---

ouna once lived above the water's reckless surface
once danced upon the rocks outside of the breaking waves
once loved a girl whose hair shone like sunlight
whose voice could call out to calm even the harshest seas

once he felt the warmth of burning embers
of the waning bonfire and the waxing love
a fire untamed in the depths of his soul
for a girl who adored the ocean

pride caught him hot against the sun's rays and ocean's waves
an act to win the heart of the one who filled his head and dreams
visions of golden hair and a bright smile
a vivid song she gave the ocean and he very well sought to steal

he could never know, such a simple boy
that the ocean loved her too

his heart blazing in a blinded love
he climbed the cliffside as waves roared below
over rocky shores blessing pools with the tide
a brilliant land of color, mystery, power, cold

she was watching him from so far below
but her hair, glowing in the sunlight, stoked the flames
as he dared his miraculous dive
powerful legs raced forward, ever closer to the leap

and he did

---o---

how quickly water doused the fire
how quickly the ocean fought back
unrelenting in its own quest for her heart
icy waters swallowed him whole

and yet

embers linger in the lost spirit
his head held down just below the breaking waves
could not her song rekindle his flames
light him back to life - pull him from the depths?

had she felt the same loss, that tragic day?
and if she stared out at the endless waves
for whom would she sing
the ocean, or the boy?


336/400

[aventurine.]

username + ID:

greystone. (674152)

kalon name:

florence

prompt:

florence remembered each and every time it happened. every time she woke up on the pounding surf, every time her body dissolved to sea foam, every time she returned to the ocean that saved her life. she had existed for years. how many she had lost count, but she was never gone from the world for too long. the sea couldn't bear to keep her away from it. florence had so much to live for and so much to experience.

it all started when she was young, many many years ago. florence was born to two wealthy but loving parents who took the utmost care of their daughter. she lived close to the ocean, and she enjoyed the salty air in her lungs and the sound of the waves crashing against the shore.

wip!!

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username + ID: alaska + 1003654
kalon name: coral
prompt:
the ocean - a vast deep unknown, filled with mysteries. few dare go deep.
coral took a summer vacation, to unwind, to... well, she's not sure. she rented a little bungalow not too far away from the ocean.
the ocean is a beautiful underwater world, with so many... things.
like other kalons! coral didn't make many friends before she moved, but every day she went down the the ocean when she got bored. there were so many other kalons to meet. they taught her how to swim, which she didn't know she loved until now. she made so many friends.
coral finds peace in just... sitting on the sand. she comes down to the beach in the afternoon, when the sun has warmed the sand and water. so wonderful and soft. she loves watching the waves, too. the mesmerising "splash splash" of the waves is so calming. she could probably fall asleep given enough time.
but there's still so much she could do. like learning to surf! some regulars like coral taught her when and where it was safe for her to surf, how to stand up on the board, even lending her one of their own boards to use for a while.
next year, coral hoped to return to the ocean. maybe she would deep sea dive.

[Delta Dawn]

username + ID: Delta Dawn + 606090
kalon name: Moss
prompt:
Moss grew up near the river, it was her favourite place to spend the evenings as a kid. She had her very own treehouse overlooking the clear water and the surrounding brush, and it was just high enough so she could see the sunrise in the evenings.

Wip~