username: DragonOfEmber || 695530
kalon name: Yren
prompt response:The streets; a violent, unforgiving home for a young Yren who had nowhere else to go. His younger years were filled with people lining up to use him, gangs trying to recruit him for illegal activities, and so on and so forth. Fist fights and violence took over Yren's life, and he hated it all.
Like a naive youngster, Yren thought the outside world was much nicer from what he experienced as he got older. Learning to live by using his fists was not what Yren had imagined at all after listening to stories of the outside world from his mother; The happy tales and far off look in her eyes whenever she'd told her stories had him dreaming of a world full of love and joy. Oh, but he was so wrong.
It wasn't long after his mother passed away that Yren found out just how cruel the outside world really was. Every day, he'd come home with new bruises, added cuts on his knuckles as street fights took over his life outside of school. It wasn't long for Yren's anger to start building as the violence got worse and worse; eventually young Yren was beating down anyone and everyone over minor inconveniences.
It was in his last year of middle school that Yren found an outlet for his agressive behaviour by way of a boxing gym owner who found him after one of his more gruesome street fights. There, the young boy learned how to take out all of his agression on a punching bag, while also learning proper fighting form, and better self defense. It was really this gym owner that changed Yren's life when he was at his lowest point.
-- 7 years later --
Yren breathed as he entered the gym he'd come to lovingly call his second home. This place always had noise going, bustling with sparring matches and sweaty, training members. It always amazed Yren how fast he went from angry to calm whenever he stepped inside the familiar building he'd practically grew up in. Walking to the back storage room reserved for staff, Yren dug through some of the older equipment saved in case of emergencies. It didn't take long for him to find what he wanted.
With a heavy heave, Yren pulled out a battered punching bag. With patches covering the outside, it was clear this thing had seen better days, but it was still Yren's pick whenever he came in - it took his anger well. The gym leader had taught him never to take his anger out in the ring, as anger in the ring brought unnecessary injury, and instead used a punching bag to teach him where his anger goes.
Finding a free spot in the gym, Yren set up his bag and pulling out his boxing gloves, setting up to release his pent up anger. With a deep breath, he released a punch, feeling the tension release from his body with the first hit.
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