[roelian]

user + id#:
Roelian 34199
prompt:
Log Date ####0428
Test test? Audio recording by Martin K. Date estimation April 28th. I have passed by the Flux Andromeda. We are close. The navigation system shows contact within the next week or so. Food storage is getting low but local scans indicate the planet will provide organic materials. Further scans to be conducted on touchdown. We’re almost there, ground control.

Log Date ####0509
Date May 9th. Martin. Our communications have been broken with ground control. This was to be expected - the planets magnetic field is causing distortions. This is not our primary concern at the moment. Local scans from last week informed of organic materials that could be harvested, however... this planet is entirely underwater. My crew and I managed to touch down on a small island with limited plant and animal life. We will try to reinforce communicators.

Log Date ####0512
Audio by Martin K. Today’s date is... probably somewhere in May. Our communications are down and this planets days seem longer than Earth’s. Or maybe it’s just the fatigue. We are trying to find better materials. Food and fresh water are abundant here but the island is only a few square miles at best. There’s got to be something massive on this planet to have triggered the readings we read before the voyage. We’re going to find- click
(223)
playlist:
space oddity - David Bowie
Major Tom Coming Home - Peter Schilling

[Kyar]

[ gif credit ]


[ user + id# ]
[ kyar + 320861 ]

[ prompt ]
[ i stand staring down at reflections -- ]
[ myself, unfamiliar clothing, same sad eyes ]
[ nurses, monitors, wires and taps, the room full of white -- ]
[ in the still surface of the half-filled preservation capsule. ]

[ there's a buzz of activity but it feels like silence ]
[ my fists curling open, shut, anticipation flooding in ]
[ while final preparations are made. ]
[ i could look out at the stars, our orbit around earth ]
[ but i remain transfixed on this soon-to-be home, ]
[ my comfort for the next five years. ]

[ a hand grasps mine, the nurse's smile says we're ready ]
[ monitors attached, ivs set deep, ]
[ i step into the capsule. ]
[ my ears dip below the surface, and silence hits full force. ]

[ i remember your face, the brilliance of that smile, ]
[ your ridiculous laugh. ]
[ but a troubled mind ]
[ pulls me back to our darkness, ]
[ the accident, your tears, your words -- ]
[ you'll never forgive me. ]

[ the nurses must wish me well, ]
[ but i don't hear as the lid descends. ]
[ darkness settles, ]
[ and the liquid begins to rise. ]
[ i know i can breathe it, ]
[ but my body feels panic, and fights. ]
[ fists lash out, clawing the capsule's surface, ]
[ screaming. ]
[ my lungs suck in a deep swallow, and i feel myself falling. ]

[ five years of travel, i'll live in a dream -- ]
[ no accident, no pain. ]
[ i'll journey a dreaming lifetime ]
[ and awaken anew, a land ]
[ without you. ]

[ they say it isn't the destination, but the journey -- ]
[ tonight, i'll dream. ]
[ and for the first time ]
[ in so long, ]
[ my aching heart is free of you. ]
[ 250 ]

[ playlist ]
[ our destiny lies above us + hans zimmer ]
[ polaroid + imagine dragons ]
[ fun + sir sly ]

[Sinful_Lies]

-dropping out-

[Ucanthandleme]

user + id#: Ucanthandleme + 809102
prompt:

Razor ruffled through their bag an urgent expression on their face. They pulled out a neon headband, then another, then another, frustrated they shook their head, why did they have so many neon headbands? They continue pulling items from their bag, bright red lipstick… wait why did they have bright red lipstick? Oh well that was not the pressing matter at hand. Becoming more frantic Razor pulled out another headband, a watch (they couldn't even read a clock), a book on cooking, fake eyelashes, a bottle of half drunk lemonade, and even a fake spider was flung out of their bag. Even after the contents of their bag had been dumped on the floor they still couldn’t find it. Simply where was it? Lifting the bag from the ground he gave it an extra shake for good measure, and when nothing more fell out he looked up at the ceiling and bemoaned his fate. He still couldn’t find it, his most prized possession. He had already emptied out his whole room, cupboards and draws but still couldn’t find it. I guess it wasn’t surprising considering the condition of his bedroom, he quickly glanced and the clothes strewn over the floor before turning away, but still, he had cherished it so much and he’d been looking for it for ages, it was so large how could he have lost it? Where oh where was his limited edition neon green, diamond encrusted, apricot scented, porcelain spice rack?

245/250

playlist:
alrighty aphrodite - peach pit

[nermal1999]

user + id#: nermal1999 (214589)
prompt:

Who are you.... Why does everyone keep asking me this? Is it because I'm an amnesiac? Or rather because of what I am....

I can't say much about how I ended up where I am.... But from what my research shows, I don't really belong here, rather I shouldn't exist in this time.

Kalons are a fable... A myth, something that has long been extinct, and yet here I am. Living, breathing, existing in this neon lit city, as the very last kalon.

For years the endless question, in many different wordings have overwhelming my mind, how, and why am I here.

Did my family not love me? Was I not wanted among my kind? And if so why was I abandoned in the future... Was this an act of mercy, or a punishment.
Or... Was this a gift, did something happen in the past, something that ended the kalons long ago, and as one last effort, by my parents I was sent to a time where I would be safe.

I wish i could remember... Remember who I am, no... Who I was. Remember my family, or at the very least remember my real name, but all I can seem to remember
is opening my eyes to find myself on a bright busy street with no memories except that i was a Kalon.

And since then on, I've been on the desperate search for a way to the past, to find the other kalons.... and maybe, even my family.

[250/250]
______________________________

playlist:
Journey to the past - (Anastasia Broadway)
Wake me up - (Avicii)
Going, going gone. - (Maddie Poppe)

[PleaserOfCrowds]

Closed!

Please do not post or make any further edits past this point! This competition will be judged shortly!

[PleaserOfCrowds]

Hello, sorry for the long wait!
HMs go to;
nermal1999 (214589)
triglyphs + 641378

The winner of the competition is!

user + id#: conradical 413649
prompt:
deep, deep underground in a system of caves more complicated than an ants' nest, teel decided they had to surface.

the sky above was unknown to them. this kalon, teel (though everyone just called 'em "slick"), would have to see the sky. they'd never wanted to do that. teel was perfectly happy living in the bioluminescent nests that their families had lived in for thousands of years -- above there was nothing. a kit's tale about a black hole, pulled apart like cotton, wrapping around the planet.

and yet, teel had to leave. because /ren/ had. he'd craved more, and teel wanted to be with him. it wasn't romance, since they didn't really have that on teel's planet. it was some intrinsic, yearning desire to be around the other kalon. like they knew something big was in store for him. teel was happy to be the sidekick.

when they surfaced, teel knew they could never return. it wasn't only scandalous to leave the caves, it was a death sentence. exit, no entrance. some psuedoscientific planetary physics concept that couldn't be explained in a few paragraphs -- teel wasn't much of a scientist. everyone thought leaving the caves would mean being swallowed by the black hole. it didn't.

the surface was dusty, untouched. no life had developed since the kalons went underground (nobody remembered why). all that was left was remnants of a base. skid marks on the ground. a ship. words scribbled in the dust on the window with claws.

follow me?

(wc 250)

playlist:
palace - heaven up there
electric guest - troubleman
oliver tree - alien boy (clean ver.)

Congratulations! I really loved your concept and your playlist was very fitting to your prompt. This was a very enjoyable read, and I cannot wait to see their story develop further!

[sheepsorrel]

ohh my gosh thank you so much!!! i've been thinking abt this adopt for a good while now and i'm super excited to develop them further

[nermal1999]

Big congrats conradical on winning this lovely Kal!!

Thank you so much PleaserOfCrowds for the HM!!
And congrats to triglyphs for also winning an HM.

Goodluck everyone in future comps!!

[ToraOkami303]

Congrats!!