[shadows.]

res wih escaping from the truth

- best friend died months ago
- image of best friend still lives in memory
- still interacts with this image
- forced to face the truth by the end

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[ashton.]

res oml

[ghostie,]

username: novaturient

kalon name: Elody

personality: Elody is a very quiet, soft-spoken kalon. She always has been, and always will be. Despite her quiet demeanour, Elody can quell anyone with just a look, and has a very regal air about her. When she walks into a room, all heads turn towards her. You would think it makes her nervous, but it doesn't. She doesn't talk much, but has that air around her...an air of elegance and confidence. Elody is very gentle, especially with young kits. She is very sweet, and once you get to know her you'll find that she's an incredible, fun-loving girl.

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their 'escape': If Elody is feeling sad, or lonely or any negative feeling, she paints. Well, she paint's anytime but she finds that she produces her best work when she is upset, or angry or anything like that. She prefers painting with watercolours, but will paint with any medium. She has an entire room set up in her house for her painting. A canvas right by the window, white walls, a cushy carpet, a nice navy blue couch, a desk and chair, shelves, and a lot of her artwork hung up around the room. She spends a lot of him in there, and often doesn't leave the room for hours at a time.

[yttd]

username: Honey0TU
kalon name: Luna
personality: Luna has a soft, shy and delicate personality. She tends to prefer interacting with those she already knows as opposed to going out and meeting new people. Her shyness often comes across as irritating due to how frustrating it can be for people who need her to help them with something.
their 'escape': Luna took a breath as she laced up her corset. She slipped on her masquerade mask and powdered her face with a light dusting of make-up. She could say that whenever she attended a ball in mask, she felt more alive and more confident than she would have ever felt without the mask. She assumed this was because her identity was hidden, and so she was without the repercussions that came with behaving how she normally would toward those she knows.

She put on her shoes, and tied her hair before she made her way to the ballroom. She opened the door, and when she entered, everyone's gazes turned to her. However, unlike usual she didn't crumble under the pressure. Instead she headed in with a confident stride, fluttering long eyelashes at those around her.

When she attended a masquerade she was truly free from all the pressures put on her by her job. It allowed her to escape the real world by being part of a fantasy world for a while, and she wouldn't swap it for any other strategy. She had made a lot of friends at the masquerades, including apollo, whom she still keeps in good contact with.

She still isn't sure what it is that helps her, but she doesn't care about that. She is just glad that she enjoys it, and that it helps her. She also likes to escape by playing video games in her own time. She finds that story-driven games such as visual novels are most appealing, as typically they don't have challenging gameplay, and are easy to play to relax. Also, the particularly good ones have stories that make it easy to become absorbed into the world and engrossed in the characters.

It is the aspect of travelling to "another world" that she finds most appealing about both of these activities.

note: apollo is one of my other kalons!

[Discter]

username: discter
kalon name: Nodrin
personality: Nodrin is a shy, anxious Kalon. He is very hesitant to do certain things, especially without planning. He has many layers, each one difficult to peel back, with the next layer a new puzzle. On the inside, he is a sweet tender Kalon. But he can come off as rude and pompous due to avoiding people.
their 'escape': 697 words Nodrin escapes his anxiety and stress by watercolor painting. His life may not be exactly hectic, but it gives him more than enough to deal with. He's not the best at doing it, but it's soothing. The brush strokes come so easily to him, and he can take his mind off other things by concentrating on his brush strokes. Slow and steady wins the race, yeah? When he plans out what he's going to draw, the planning isn't rushed or stresses him to have it be perfect so others are happy. This is his art, not someone else's. Nobody needs to see and judge. He is his own master at art, and can do what he pleases. When he simply brushes randomly, no critiques come in and label it, say he must be on drugs, say it has no meaning or berate him. He's in his own little space, doing what he enjoys for himself. Not the other way around.

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Placing the fruit down on the table in front of him, he plopped down on the cushion. He hadn't even started, but already he was feeling calmer. Picking up the paint tube, he placed blue, red, and yellow onto the palette. Then his pencil was next, and began to sketch the outline and finner details of the bell pepper in front of him. Quickly he swirled the water and green together until it was a light color, then began to paint inwards to the stem. Now he used the deeper green, outlining the groves and bumps of the pepper. Now he was filling it out, adding a bit of blue to his mixed yellow and blue. Now the deepest grooves were outlined. The stem he added a bit more blue, and began to work on it. The stem seemed strange, and he wanted to work on it, but the page was too wet. If he added water now, the paper would bend and contort when it dried. He'll just have to leave it for now.

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His wall slowly began to be covered with paintings of fruits and flowers, a block of color blemishing expansive white. A few animals decorated it as well, a squirrel and cow only a few inches away from each other. Insects also called the wall their home as well. A green moth and a blue speckled dragonfly were by the edges of the block of color. He stared at his first few paintings. An ugly and distorted cat stared at him, followed by some unappealing blueberries. Definitely not edible. A poor mangled house sat sadly in a green field. But, he had improved. His most recent, the bell pepper, had turned out well. He even had the courage to share it with his grandmother. She'd loved it and demanded he show it to her next time he visited. With the wrath of his granny looming over his head, there was no way he was going to forget the painting. Maybe he should post it online for critique? No no no that wouldn't work. But... his improvement was on its last skinny legs. And he needed to make friends. He didn't have a whole lot, just two. And granny was one of them. Even though the messed up part of his anxious brain said no, his heart said yes. As much as he loved painting, it couldn't quite fill the lonely hole in his heart.

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Oh, someone had messaged him. Oh nononono no what if they didn't like him or his art? But, he couldn't just ignore it! Clicking it, he quickly sped read through the message. It was just someone saying hello and how to improve his art with links to reference and tutorials, as well as links to cheap good art supplies. Replying thank you, he anxiously typed in last minute, would you mind critiquing my art in the future?

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He'd managed to make a friend. He no longer had just his art to escape. Polite, sweet, friendly and hyper, the user RedGladiotor had quickly become his best friend. RG was always open to talking, letting him vent. How was he so lucky to have such a kind person for an escape?

[eli ayase]

username: eli ayase
kalon name: lux
personality: lux is, overall, an independent person. because she is found in a apocalyptic era, she is found hiding in abandoned buildings and such. she's pretty gruff; hardly shows a soft spot to anyone. for her, live is about surviving until the next sunrise. self sufficient, strong, and reserved, lux makes for the perfect warrior. unfortunately, she finds it almost impossible to socialize with anyone. conversation is a weakness for her, and she'd rather do without it.
their 'escape':
- escapes the fear of the apocalypse and loneliess
- she tells herself that if she can see the sunrise, she's still home
- she will keep fighting until she finds civilization, or a possibility to start a new one

[Skoomacat]

username:skoomacat
kalon name:BellaLuna
personality: BellaLuna otherwise known as Luna is a soft quiet creature who struggles with agoraphobia so she
Is only awake at night but if you are careful enough you can get her to approach you and possibly even trust you
their 'escape': (300 word min, 700 word max)
The moonlight calms her so
The cool breeze of the night and the purples and blues of the sky
She loves the faint glow of the torch bugs
The song of the night dukes her soul with the chirps of the crickets and rustles of the leaves makes her truly feel at home

[sashiyaki]

Mark

[Softea]

username:
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personality: (100 word max)
their 'escape': (300 word min, 700 word max)