[lumilys]

username: тeaocнιι
kalon name: Aislynn
kalon gender: female
kalon roll call post:
the high five experience:

[anonymous.aa]

username: cyansakura
kalon name: zinnia
kalon gender: female
kalon roll call post: here
the high five experience:

vesper song jumped suddenly at the highfive, "oh, um okay?" the kalon continued to smile. how should i respond?? i don't want to hurt her feelings.. i think. he smiled awkwardly back and back a little back. suddenly, a sudden sting from his hand occurred, man she high-fives hard! she looked at him seeming to know about the pain," sorry 'bout that mate! my family back home says that i hit realllyyy hard! hope its fine!" vesper opened his mouth in disbelief but closed it immediately after. "yeah, sure." she continued on, "anywho, thanks for helping me out. glad to see a kind face 'round here. see ya later, pal!" she ran but suddenly stopped. yelling she said, "names zinnia! zinn for short!"

as she waved good-bye, vesper stood there, waving back too. what.. what the heck just happened.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

username: chunkypeanutbutter
kalon name: Sandy
kalon gender: female
kalon roll call post: link here
the high five experience: "I've never felt more awkward in my life..."

[Kiaa]

username: Kiaa
kalon name: Crimson
kalon gender: Female
kalon roll call post:Roll Call
the high five experience:

Pip saw Crimson coming up the path from them and raised their hand in a wave to say hello. Suddenly, Crimson came barreling toward them hand raised with a crazy gleam in their eye. Pip was caught by surprise at Crimson suddenly running towards them. Pip startled and tried to take a few steps back - only to stumble over a log from the force of Crimsons random high five.. Crimson stood embarrassed by the results from their enthusiasm.

Still blushing Crimson managed to find her voice, "Pip I'm so sorry!... Are you okay?"

Dazed from the sudden impact with the hard ground, it took Pip a minute to reply. "I... think so..."

Before Pip could say anything else, Crimson took off in a mad dash. This was definitely one of the most embarrassing things to ever happen to her!

[SunnyStreets]

username: Ravenwhisper's Wish
kalon name: Calypso
kalon gender: nonbinary
kalon roll call post: Role Call
the high five experience: [254 words]

Pepper's nose twitched as he saw a small group of berries clustered on a bush. Mouthwateringly tasty, he thought. He hurried over and shuffled through the cluster. They didn't look the ripest so he rummaged further. Aha! A soft, but scrunchy looking berry. He plucked it off the twig before I immediately saw some more. Delicious, he thought and grabbed quite a few off.

As he raised the berries to his mouth, he suddenly noticed a cherry-red kalon moving around. Surprised, he called out, "Hey!" as the kalon had only a grubby camo t-shirt and matching trousers. The kalon turned and smiled as Pepper waved to them. He dropped a couple berries and managed to catch them hurriedly with his other paw. The kalon's eyes widened, they gasped and ran at him.

Pepper backed away as the kalon whacked his raised paw with theirs. At first, Pepper thought it was a high five, but to his annoyance, they'd knocked out all the berries from his hand. "My berries!" he complained.

The kalon frowned. "You were going to eat them!" they explained. "You mustn't. They're poisonous." They pushed the berries aside with their hind paw.

Pepper nodded and furrowed his brow. "They looked tasty..." he started, but the kalon led him away.

"You're from Kamp, right? Come on, let's get you back. You can have blackberries instead!" They pushed the kit back towards "I'm Calypso, by the way!"

"Pepper..." he mumbled, willingly shuffling onward.

[HoloRaptor]

username: _Comet_
kalon name: Julius
kalon gender: trans male
kalon roll call post:https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3859303&start=360
the high five experience:

Pip’s ears twitched towards the sound of the rustling foliage. Intrigued by the sudden noise, they turned towards the underbrush. The head of a Kalon popped above the greenery with a slightly nervous expression. Not wanting to be rude, Pip raised their paw in a wave, only to be startled when the brightly colored Kalon (with an obviously strong personality) lunged out of the foliage and gave them an enthusiastic high five.

Painfully awkward silence

“Oh... OH!... I. Am. So. Sorry!” The bright orange Kalon groaned in embarrassment and then asked “that was supposed to be a wave wasn’t it?”

“Yeah... but that’s ok” Pip cheerily replied in an effort to save the disastrous interaction. “Umm... my name’s Pip! Are you new to kamp? I’d be happy to show you around!”

“I guess you wouldn’t really say I was ‘new’ to kamp... well this is the first time I’ve been to kamp, but I’ve explored around some and checked some things out...” The Kalon’s expression suddenly turned playfully grim “if someone comes by asking if you know who shot an arrow at the bear statue at the front of kamp, you know nothing”

“Uhhh... just curious... but why?” Pip inquiries while tilting their head slightly.

“Lets just say I found out I’m not that good at archery” The Kalon suddenly perks up and begins to panic as two kamp counselors appear at be approaching them from a little ways away. “got to go.. Oh! my name is Julius by the way, haha get it? Like an orange Julius? Haha” the Kalon gestures to its bright orange fur and then shoots Pip finger guns before running off as the counselors arrive.

“Do you two have any idea who shot the bear statue with an arrow?”

“YOU'LL HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST”

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[Meridiem]

Username: Meridiem
Kalon Name: Vera
Kalon Gender: Female
Kalon Roll Call Post: Here
Word Count: 276

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She hears and feels the slap of a high five. Vally looks at her hand, still feeling the slight sting of a strong high five. She draws her eyes back up to meet the red-headed kalon smiling brightly.

"Umm, excuse me?" Vally stutters at the kalon. The red-headed kalon looks confused at Vally then proceeds to explain herself.

"Well, you were holding your hand out and I was like Oh boy a friend and then I came running over and gave you a killer high five so now we are friends!" The bubbly kalon blurted out. She seemed to be full of energy and extremely bubbly. "Oh! A butterfly!" She ran off towards a beautiful monarch that landed on a nightshade flower near the two. She plopped down and stared at the butterfly. Her head swiveled to meet Vally's eyes and then patted on the ground next to her. Vally didn't know how to react other than to follow the calling of her newly befriend kalon. "My name is Vera, whats yours?" She said it with an impatient tone like Vally was moving too slow for her liking.

"Vally," Vally responded with a softer tone than what she normally speaks with.

"What a pretty name, almost as pretty as this flower and butterfly combo." She spoke. The butterfly started to fly away, so Vera grabbed Vally's paw and drug her up from her seated spot and the two chased the butterfly. Maybe Vally was slowly losing her pop princess edge because her she was, running around chasing a butterfly, with a red-headed kalon she just met named Vera, and all because of an accidental high five.

[lonk]

username: lonk
kalon name: prynn
kalon gender: agender
kalon roll call post:
the high five experience: [299 words]
cali stared at the tall, skinny kamper. their smile radiated with endless energy, and they nearly bounced around in front of her.
"um..." cali started, "t-thanks?"
the kamper laughed. it was full of the same nervous but sunshiney vibes as the rest of their grin "it's nothin'! i've just, uh, noticed you mopin' around all sad and thought i could cheer you up."
well, that was kind of them. "s-so, what team are you on?" cali prayed their exchange wouldn't go stale. they weren't wearing their team shirt, but maybe they'd be on nightshade with her...?
their smile faltered, but only for a second. "truth be told, i haven't been able to find the main office. i know, i know, i'm messy." they ran their fingers through their hair, and looked away.
"i can take you there, if you want."
the kamper grinned. "aw, geez. thank you, uh...?"
"cali."
"cool beans, cali. the name's prynn. like hester prynne? the scarlett letter?" cali gave them a weak smile for the reference.
prynn countinued to ramble as they started to walk, seeming less nervous. "i haven't really done anything yet, but i've kinda lurked and watched some of the games. the bug catching looks super fun."
cali turned red. dammit. they'd probably seen her struggling to talk to others. "y-yeah. it's great." prynn nodded, and began chattering their worries and excitement away. cali smiled. it was nice to listen.
turning the corner, the main office came into view. "well, you're here," cali announced. "time to sign up, and maybe convince them to put you on nightshade, right?"
prynn laughed at her joke. "thanks for everything, dude. i'll catch up with you later!"
and as they stuck their hand out to wave, cali was the one to give 'em a high five.

[sticky]

username: sticky
kalon name: marlie
kalon gender: female
kalon roll call post: right here
the high five experience: pip was outside quite deep in the woods on a stroll one evening, when he saw a flash of color. pip raised his paw up to wave at the possible kalon, but they took it as a signal to go high five. the kalon used all their confidence to run up and high five pip, which took him by surprise. after the initial stun, pip immediately faced the kalon, smiled and introduced himself. the kalons name was marlie, they made small talk, and pip actually found out that marlie got lost on a hike while out here on the first day, which was odd since she was hard to miss. they hit it off instantly, making jokes and talking about their experiences at the kamp, they even made a secret handshake, which consisted of a run and high five.

a seemingly awkward encounter led to a strong friendship, awkward moments are only awkward if you make them.

~ 157 words ~

[SkywardtheDragon]

username: Skywardthedragon
kalon name: Magel
kalon gender: Female
kalon roll call post: Here
the high five experience:
When the unknown Kamper rushed toward her, Pip fell down without even being hit. Stunned, she stood up, nursing her now bent out of shape tail.
“Oh...are you alright?” the stranger asked.
Pip shifted her tail around, and winced in pain. “Might have sprained it...” she hissed.
“What do I do, oh my gosh... Nurse! That’s right!” Pip squeaked as the Kalon lifted her into the air.
“It’s my tail, not my leg!” Pip said, but the stranger carried on.
“Anyway, my name is Magel, and I’m so sorry for hurting you! I didn’t notice, I was just going in for a high-five, I didn’t know it scared you! I’m so sorry, I’ll never do that again!”
Half-listening, Pip replied, “It’s fine, really.”
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When they reached the nurse office, Magel dropped her on her feet. “Ah, I might be a bit out of shape there.”
Out of shape? This kit just carried me halfway across camp!