[gossamer,]

username: gossamer,
name: sylvia
prompt (700 words max):
extra (1 art piece or moodboard):

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[puddssoul]

username: puddssoul
name: Cameron
prompt:

Biting, nipping, wild - the wind pushed and kicked at him violently, making his brown scarf flutter and flick and almost come untied entirely from his neck. Cameron tucked his head down and kept walking. At one point he'd been crying, but he'd stopped as soon as he'd realized the tears were merely turning into painful frost on his cheeks. Alone and small in the flurry of white, he pushed onward even though he wasn't certain exactly where he was going. Just as long as he could escape from the storm, he'd be happy. If he could make it out of the snows, his family would find him eventually, right?

It had been silly of him to wander off. To ignore the warnings and get bored of building snowmen with the other children just in time for the wind to pick up and the storm to go full force. As the adults were ushering the others out of the park, Cameron slipped off quietly - he wasn't ready to be tucked away inside just yet, stuck until the storm decided to stop. How dangerous could it really be?

"Please," He murmured, even though he knew no one was there. Even if they were, they wouldn't see or hear him in this place.

Cameron wasn't a stupid child. He knew that if he couldn't get out of this cold soon, nothing good awaited him. Already his body felt stiff and tired, and each breath felt like he was swallowing glass shards. He'd stopped his shouting long ago as well, his throat was too pained to continue and the howling of the wind just covered his cries anyway. It was useless. The only hope he had was that his paws would keep marching on and he'd find safety somewhere soon.

He blocked all thoughts out of his mind besides walking. Left, right, left, he thought, left, right, left. One paw in front of the other. Easy as pie. Cameron couldn't let one simple mistake be the end of his story.

Was that it? He could have sworn on the edges of his vision, he saw a faint light. Like a candle almost, flickering slightly in the snow that obscured his vision. He squinted at it desperately. It was certainly something - even if he wasn't sure what it was. So that was his new destination. Hopefully someone was there holding the light who could help him!

He forced himself to move a little faster, to pick up the pace. The wind was growing even faster and more fierce, his hair flew about and froze to his lips and his ears. "Come on," He growled to himself. A particularly strong gust of wind nearly knocked him over, but he managed to stand in place and stand his ground. It would take more than that! With the wind still attacking, he continued to walk. A grim march. "You can do it." Something about saying it out loud made him feel a little better, like it was more convincing when he said it rather than just thought it.

With hail beginning to rain down from the sky, he felt something hard and solid beneath his paws. Not grass or ground, but... concrete?

"Oh, heavens' sake!" A gust of warmth washed over him and he realized he was standing before a door that had been quickly thrown open. Large arms grabbed him and whisked him inside before he could react. "Come on, come on! Before you freeze out there!" A feminine voice, an older one. She sounded like a mother, her voice reminded him of a lullaby. She swaddled him in a blanket and fetched him some hot chocolate before sitting to wait patiently as he stammered and murmured out where he belonged.

"You got lucky, little one," The woman mentioned as he quietly sipped at his warm drink and felt his body relax.

Cameron would never forget that, and the bitter blizzard would haunt his dreams long after he was just a tiny little Kalon.

{667/700 words}
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[Snowflakette]

hey! so sorry for the late notice!! as I'll be busy the next few days,
I will be extending the deadline to the 10th at 11:59 PM (EST)!!

if you'd like more time to finish up anything you have,
there's your chance. <33 have a wonderful day loves!!

[Snowflakette]

hey everyone! so sorry for the wait, I had a hard time picking between
a few so I asked a few friends for their opinions to solidify my choice! <3

before I announce the winner, I'd like to thank everyone who participated
in this readopt, y'all had such good stories! I can't give much, but regardless
I'd like to give a shoutout to illuminaticonfirmed and puddssoul! both of you had
very memorable and interesting forms and were really close to first place!

but without further ado, the winner of matcha memories is silhouettestation!!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your story and how everything was narrated, and all the
details you included. your choice of words was fantastic as well. you definitely made
the most of the word count! incredible work, congratulations on gideon!

(if you'd like the png of the growth sketch, please pm me!)

thank you all for entering this readopt! if you didn't win-- that's a-okay!
what's important is that you tried your best and it pays off. <33

have a wonderful rest of your day!

[stan.]

Congrats silhouettestation!! Your interpretation and use of the prompt was really unique! Feel free to keep the art piece (by .secretsociety.) on my form if you would like and if fits your new Kal ^^

And no worries for the wait at all! This was a very fun comp n.n

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congrats .

[SilhouetteStation]

oh my gosh? oh my ggosh? I wasn't expecting this and oh goodness thank you so much? :'0

you could say I'm feeling,, giddy wink

I loved this comp so much, I thought the prompt was really interesting, and I had such a good time writing out his story and developing his character! I'm gonna take such good care of this little green lad <3

and also shoutout to everyone else! I always love reading through other people's entries, so high fives all around for that great creativity c: