[minutiae]

Username; chamomiletea
Name; Tapasi(means sleep)

Gender; Female
How do they cope with sadness?; Tap has always been a satirical little bab, so were else would she go to whens shes feeling down, but Memes? She makes humor out of her crippling loneliness and heartbreak. Who needs therapy, am I right? The Bleach jokes are her favorite, although the Bee movie is a close second. Its better to make humor out of your depression, right? Although, looking at memes for hours does take a toll on your health. She should probably get more sleep and eat less junk. But... Ehh, whats the point of life anyway?

All jokes aside, Tapasi is actually really smart, shes just bad at a few subjects. But the schoolwork and stress lead to her feeling depressed and worthless. She is very cynical and rude.
History: Tapasi was born on August 5th, 1999 in India. When she was about a year old, her parents immigrated to Dallas,TX. She doesn't remeber much of elementary school, probably because it was a breeze. Middle school was when things started to go downhill. Towards the end of 7th grade is definitely when things started to change. High school for Tapasi is the worst. The sheer amount of school/homework and all the pressures became to much. She started to snap at others and retreated in her room for hours, her grades dropped drastically. She feels hopeless and stuck in that dark hole of a school

[zakuro.]

Username; zakuro.
Name; willow reed
Gender; genderfluid [he/him]
How do they cope with sadness?;

the soft sound of the cigarette smoke leaving his lungs was enough to relax willow. but depression doesn't relax. its like the inextinguishable flame of sadness inside you... burning bright at times and only a small flicker at others. never ending. the tall kalon with long hair tossed his Marlboro on the cracked concrete and crushed it. smashed into she ground, destroyed. turning on his now ashen heel, he strutted slowly down the side of his house. it was an old house, one that was used by many beforehand. willow's footsteps were loud in the dark alleyway. the soft light of the flame in the oil barrel soon came to view. he reached into his old black bag over his shoulder, pulling out several cans of spray paint in multiple colors. finding a bare wall, willow thought of what he was feeling tonight. he played back the events of today. robbing the {WIP}
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[TrashFan]

Username; TrashFan
Name; Tristura Abestia (Means Sadness song in basque)
Gender; Female
How do they cope with sadness?; Tristura looked at the Keyboard and the mic, and then she looks at Jake, the "Imaginary Freind" that she developed due to being bullied, and then she put her paw on the keyboard again, shebegan to play a beat and began to play the keyboard. Ever since that one day, Tristura has been making songs to cope with her sadness, Jake believes that song could heal her sadness, and that is true. Tristura is now a well known Youtube star and she is not stopping, Tristura is never stopping.
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[ScribbleScrib]

Username;
PaigeyTheCatLady
Name;
Esther
Gender;
Female
How do they cope with sadness?;
Esther tends to be easily sad because she cares too much about others and becomes easily upset when something bad happens, so she's been constantly trying to find things to help her cope with this sadness. She's tried everything from excising everyday, to getting pets to calm her down, but there's only one thing that seems to work for her. Whenever she's sad now, she goes to find Allison (My one and only Kalon for now, who's usually in the exact same spot: in a tree staring at clouds in her own little world) and teaches her how to dance. Allison, being the quiet and spacey kit that she is, was hesitant at first because she has no clue how to talk to others, but she eventually enjoyed their almost daily lessons! Esther would teach her all kinds of dancing, from ballet to the tango, and everywhere in between. Esther has been dancing her entire life, and enjoys it alot, but doing it alone doesn't really give her the satisfaction that she needs to cope with her sadness and anxiety the way that doing it with Allison does! She hopes to continue this tradition that the two share well into Allison's adult life, and eventually they might start performing together! That would be the ultimate stress/sadness reliever! To do what she love with the one that she loves! For now, however, teaching her the basic steps is perfectly fine with her! It gives her a chance to go back to her childhood for a bit and forget about the sad world around her!
1 Extra; Art of the two dancing! C:

Wip mark can't do this right nowww

[yenneii]

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Username; Yenneii

Name; Jehanne (Jane) A. Lisgar

Gender; Female

How do they cope with sadness?;

Surrounded by weak candlelight, smoke, and crushed potpourri, Jane sat with her back arched steeply over the open albums in front of her. Rain knocked at the window, the pathetic fallacy suited her thoughts in her head perfectly.

Preston street was quiet as it always was, but the storm compensated for it’s tranquil nature. Hour by hour, cars would pass by. She was probably the last one awake on the block, for sure, she would be the last one to fall asleep.

Her attentive eyes washed the pages over and over, reading the scan lines on the photographs that’d been magnified from film. They were all ghosts now, but once they had not been. Jane is a forensics scientist, she’s not exactly your average labourer, but rather, she works on the peculiar, almost supernatural crimes seen in youtube videos. Most would consider her work to be theoretical rather than factual, however she tends to disagree, not only has she proven the supernatural, she’s been condemned for doing it.

Though a job like this involves tolerance towards the wrongdoings of others, Jane doesn’t really have the integrity that she should have. She might seem like a sociopath to some, but in reality, the only reason she’s interested in her work is because she doesn't want to be alone. You could call this coping, but in reality, it only drives her deeper into a spiral of madness. It distracts, but creates new problems in the process.

70 years ago, Jane was damned. The parameters of the deal were never specified to her, but there is one thing she knows.

Her grandfather, a young wealthy man, doomed the family out of greed by making a deal with a demon from the deep. He died young, but the anomalies left on his body were unnatural. Jane's destiny is laid out in front of her from start to finish, however she decides how slow she walks. She just wants to understand why, and though she's oblivious, becoming what her grandfather was, ambitious seems to be the only answer.

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I know its overdue but im dropping out ahh, this babe is gorgeous i just dont feel like the story suits them <3 whoever wins of course, can keep my art! Just please credit me if you do. <3

[eli ayase]

Username; eli ayase
Name; redd
Gender; male
How do they cope with sadness?; as cliche as it sounds, redd is a songwriter. his kind of music is the super edgy kind, and bc he's sad all the time, its pretty emo. you can imagine it, right? the bass guitar and the angsty lyrics, poetic and yet literally everyone feels these emotions at some point? so playing guitar, writing lyrics, or rocking it out with the band. as long as he's putting his sadness into something beautiful, redd can deal.
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[MelMellyMel]

Username; MelMellyMel
Name; Riley
Gender; Male
How do they cope with sadness?; (In 400 words or less)
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Red w/ binge eating and tv show marathoning!

[olive oil]

Username; olive oil
Name; Tininn (Tin/Tintin)
Gender; Fluid- they/them
How do they cope with sadness?; There are... a lot of things that get Tin down. They don't have incredibly high self-esteem; they dwell on the bad and dismiss the good without realizing it. They always end up setting their standards way too high and working way too hard to reach them, just to have the bar set even higher by themselves. Try harder. Do better. They can never feel... satisfied. Because of this, they have had quite a few nights with minimal sleep and maximum tears. Outside of the comfort of their own home, they bottle up all these emotions and throw on a mask when they step out into the real world. They don't cope very well with sadness. After a night or two of staying up, dwelling on how they can do better (and probably worsening their mental health), Tin likes to visit and volunteer at their local animal shelter to get their mind off of things (after copious amounts of thinking about said things). They take a liking to the cats and kittens, as they find them to be more cuddly and they give Tin a sense of comfort.
1 Extra; linking because it's v big

[goobygalaxy]

Username; ExhaustedPigeon
Name; Lura
Gender; female
How do they cope with sadness?; (In 400 words or less)
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wip wip wip this cutie is so beautiful

droppin out : ( couldn't finish in time!

[Hawky<3]

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