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Kabelo is the name of this lovely plume.
This name originates from South Africa,
and its root word, "aba", means "to share".
The name, in some cases, may also mean
"Inheritance". Kabelo wouldn't be able to
tell you what his name was meant to lean
towards, though. All he can tell you is that
he's never had a nickname, but if he were
to have one, he'd like it to be Kabs/Kabz.
ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ ||
Short and sweet to the point,
Kabelo is that fun-loving, outgoing guy that
everyone seems to love. He's like the more
mature [or skilled, we'll never know] version
of that one kid in high school who was always
ditching class, which he has done in his years.
He's a sweetheart who has a taste for
adventure that just needs to be satisfied.
ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ||
Kabelo's gender is well known as male.
On his travels he goes to the men's restroom,
and his voice is more on the masculine side.
He even shows some classic male traits,
such as never cleaning his room ever.
However, don't think that just because
he shows some classic male traits that
he shows all of them.
ᴘᴀssɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʟɪғᴇ ||
If you asked this plumerian to tell you about his passion in life, he could go on for hours and hours. You see, his passion is a very vast subject known far and wide -- travel. It's his thing that he absolutely adores. He's been on many trips, from the west coast of the United States to so far east, he made it back to the west coast! He's been traveling through just as many methods, too. Train, boat, car, plane, foot, cruise ship...you name it, he's probably been on it. It's also Kabelo's thing to find artifacts and antiques on his travels to bring back home, even though he's hardly there. His stash includes everything from small trinkets such as jewelry pieces, to larger things like plates and stuffed animals. It wouldn't matter what you picked up or how small or big it was, he'd be able to tell you [in detail] where and how he'd gotten it. Where'd this deep rooted love for travel come from, you ask? Well, as a young little thing on all fours and fluffy as feathers, he had heard stories about different places through fairytale books, from tv shows, and from fellow plumes. He grew to wonder what these places would be like to him in person, and vowed as the tiny little thing he was to visit every place he could, and hopefully see the whole entire world, including its nooks and crannies. That taste for adventure grew and grew throughout his life, leading him on many adventures around where he had lived and giving him many scrapes, scratches, and bruises. However, this plume never gave up in his younger years and look where it has him now. He's off on his own, exploring and traveling at his leisure, finding cool things to keep and seeing everything he had always heard about. Till this day, he recalls his old fairytales and sees the magic in even the most dullest of places due to them. He could travel through a business park and say he had the greatest adventure of a lifetime, because this is how precious it is to him. Freedom is precious to him and has always been so. "Never be that one tiger." He would hear this often in his younger years, and question which tiger. The answer always was: "That one tiger always stuck in a cage. Never be him, for that tiger is unhappy and doesn't know the joys of the world he lives in." Heck, that's even written down in one of his fairytale books. It reminds him to keep following wherever this passion of his takes him, and to never settle for something lesser than it. It reminds him that the world is a happier place than it seems to be, despite all the negatives you hear. And it also reminds him of his beloved childhood, where he decided to follow his dream.
ғᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ǫᴜᴏᴛᴇs ||
“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes
“Hope is a waking dream.”
― Aristotle
“The future belongs to those who
believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
ᴘʜᴏʙɪᴀs ||
Astraphobia - fear of thunder and lightning.
When storms begin near Kabelo's location, he gets uneasy.
If he needs to go through a storm without company, he
breaks down into a fit of tears and shaking, much to his
dismay.
Autophobia - fear of being alone or by oneself.
Now this is a lesser fear of Kabelo's, but if you
know him well, he'll tell you how much he doesn't
want to be alone.
ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛʀɪᴘ ||
Kabelo's first trip? Oh he remembers it well. As a youngster, he had heard of the plains animals in a continent farther south than where he lived, one that greeted South America from a far distance. This continent was Africa. He used to dream about seeing all the animals that lived there. Lions, zebras, hyenas...you name it he wanted to be up close and personal with it. When he was old enough, he booked it to the continent, traveling all around the parts of Africa. He went from ports to plains to vast dry expanses of desert. Till this day it has been one of his longest, most memorable trips simply because of everything he was able to see and do. He took tours in jeeps to see those gorgeous African animals in their natural habitats, and even did a little exploring into places he probably shouldn't have. Luckily, no trouble came to the plume, and he got to come home with a gift from one of the tribes in Africa - a bone necklace that he now has hung in his home, right by his bed. They told him it was one of the few blessed artifacts of their tribe, and that he was able to have it due to the lineage of his name. His name traced back into the history of the tribe, a man under the same name being a Shaman there. The tribesmen and women even said that they looked alike, and some even believed that Kabelo was a reincarnation of their old Kabelo! Whatever the mystical case may be, he treasures his precious artifact and hardly lets anyone touch it. He wears it on special occasions or when he feels the need to remind himself of his wonderful trip. He plans to go back to Africa one day and repeat his steps, especially to visit that tribe. Until then, he spends his time elsewhere, exploring old buildings and structures and new countries.
ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇ sᴏɴɢ ||
Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsenʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇs ||
Kabelo, through his multiple travels,
has learned many languages. However,
he cannot fully speak any of them just yet.
Among the languages he knows, he is most
fond of: Portuguese [Brazil/Portugal],
French, Spanish, Latin, Korean, Sign language,
and some tribal languages from Africa.
He knows a little bit in a few more, l
ike German, Chinese and Russian.
The only way he can keep track of all these
languages is through journal keeping.
He has a big journal with all these different
meanings and how to pronounce the words in
their respective languages. He keeps it by his
bedside, and often looks through it to practice
his speaking. ʟɪᴋᴇs ||
- Traveling
- Fairytales/Myths
- Cultures
- The colors red and orange
- Percussion instruments
- Zodiac Signs
- Oranges and kiwis
- Tigers
ᴅɪsʟɪᴋᴇs ||
- Being confined
- Having no creativity
- Lightning and thunder
- Neon colors
- People who judge music
- Milk [Lactose Intolerant]
- Litter/Garbage
- Panic Attacks/Anxiety Attacks
ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ ᴇxᴘᴇɴsᴇs ||
As you can imagine, Kabelo has
a ton of expenses to pay with each and every trip.
How does he keep his money stash up in the digits?
Well, Kabelo hasn't had money too many money issues
thanks to his amount of connections. You see, on his
travels he documents personal information, as well as
information for TV networks, food stations, craft stores,
etc etc. Often times he gets paid for his information,
but he always asks that the supplier be kept anonymous.
He asks this for many reasons. For one, he doesn't wish
to be famous. He likes his travels because they are often
private and personal, not filmed for someone to watch.
He also doesn't want this information to overrule his life.
Kabelo doesn't want to be obligated to travel, as its a
hobby of his. If he became obligated, his information
would probably need to be exposed completely, and he'd
always need to find more information to satisfy the bank
and hungry eyes and ears.
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