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Username: NightMareRose
Kalon Name: Lyra
Gender: Female
Prompt Response:

Hello again, my dear diary. It's nice to write in you again. Life's been the usual rollercoaster, but I got to see her again. I'm quite certain she doesn't feel the same way though. If not, that's alright. She's been a great friend to me, so I wouldn't mind if we don't become more than that. I've got to go now, I'll be back again tomorrow.

[Cosmi]

Cosmi



Alyiah



Female

DAY 4

I have explored more of the forest full of oranges that I found a while back. No one in the village has ever mentioned this orange forest before. The whole situation is quite peculiar, in all honesty. I shall continue my exploration and then bring some samples, aka delicious oranges, back with me. Maybe the village elder has some information on these trees, if I can even get any information out of her, that is.

As I suspected, the elder kept her mouth shut the second I even mentioned oranges. She just patted my head and rushed me out the door. It's as if the village is hiding something from me...

OH! She also took my oranges >:(
I could have made something out of them!

As dawn set, I decided to do something I never thought I would when I first found this forest. I am going to stay the night. I feel as if I should be scared, but at the same time, I feel a connection to this place.

As night set, these tiny white butterflies started flying around. They even glow! I decided I should probably relax for a while and doodle in my diary! This should be fun!

I blacked out for a good two hours. I'm in a bed right now, with the village elder scolding me. She claimed she was on a walk when she heard me screaming, but I suspect she actually followed me into the forest. I was chased by the butterflies... She finally explained why the orange forest has never been mentioned. People go missing when they enter the forest.

But all that answer makes me wonder is ...

Why am I still here?

[ririan]

username;; ririan
kalon name;; Saki [ name meaning ‘blossom + hope’ ]
gender;; female

promt response;;
The weather was clear and the wind had a gentle breeze. It was a good sight to see after the monsoon season. With that said, i went to the forests again today in the early morning to collect some more herbs. Finally, i had got my hands on some precious gingko leaves and enchinaceas, and i also picked up some chamomile to make some tea for my dear clients and the senior man who loves chamomile, which i noticed today that he seemed to be more tired than usual. I might have to check on him more these days. With that in mind, i picked up a few more herbs to make a medicine to help him.

On my way back, i heard a soft weeping of a girl. I went to the direction of the sound, and spotted a girl trying to soothe her leg. It seemed like she had fallen really badly and injured her knees. I went up to her and took my herbal balm out and tried to apply some on her knees but she stopped me. She said that she did not trust strangers, and that i might be trying to poison her. I was at a loss of words and didnt know what to say to the cautious child. Luckily, her mother came and recognised me as the herbalist from the village and let me help her child. The pain had stopped immedietly when i applied the balm, and the child happily smiled at me, apologizing at first for her suspicion and then thanking me to help her. That smile is something that i would never forget- it was a smile as bright as the sun.

I went back to my shop after that to get ready for people to come in. Emily from next door thanked me for the medicine that helped her with her stomach, she even made me her famous apple pie to thank me! Grandpa Alden seemed to be having some sleeping problems, so i gave him medicine to help him on that. I was told by a person that came all the way from the south that i had become popular there for making effective medicine too. I was suprised when i heard this- i never thought i would get that much of a reputation just for helping others. Keith, the playful child had come by for a silly request- he wanted me to make a love medicine because he wanted a girl to like him, ah- how good youth is isnt it

At the end, the day did not contain any out-of-the-world excitement, but the smile of the child and the village people relying on me and their kindness reminds me again the reason i decided to be a herbalist and help people.

[Broccoli_Bento]

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Username: Broccoli_Bento
Kalon Name: Morgan
Gender: Female
Prompt Response:

August 3rd, 2019.
Gonna keep this short today.

I was on my way home from a bad day at school and work when I saw the cutest puppy ever!
It just totally made my day because its owner let me pet it for a solid ten minutes as we talked about the cute pupper.

Now, about why my day sucked...
At school the cheerleaders had been making fun of my teeth again, and had placed a giant red jello mold on my desk with a sign that read "vampire food for the biggest loser who sucks the most".
A bad vampire pun, how original.

With work I had a lady spill her strawberry milkshake all over my hair because she tripped from being startled by a dust bunny.
Who gets scared of a dust bunny!?

At least the cute puppy saved my sanity from breaking.
Thank you puppy, may you always stay cute and help cheer up others like me.♡
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[Lex.]

Username: sugar free.
Kalon Name: Tatiana
Gender:female
Prompt Response:
𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒟𝒾𝒶𝓇𝓎,

𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓌𝑒𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒! 𝒜𝓉 𝓈𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁, 𝓌𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉! 𝒢𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉! 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝒸𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒽! 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝒽 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝟧𝟢𝟢 𝒸𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓊𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒜𝓁𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈! 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝒸𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹! 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒! 𝐼'𝓂 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈! 𝐼'𝓂 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒!


~~ 𝒯𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃𝒶

[Coco Bunny]

This competition has been extended another day and will end 24th August, 7pm BST

[SpartanAmethyst]

SpartanAmethyst ❂ Aiyana Pallis Bagans ❂ Cis Female ❂ connections

"I don't remember anything of my life before the forest; it feels as though one day I just popped into existence, straight into the situation I'm in today. The forest is quiet, peaceful; even with wild animals, there's usually nothing to fear here. Wildflowers grow in colored pathways between the trees, weaving like roads deeper into the unknown. Birds and butterflies flit between the trunks, catching rays of sunlight that filter through the emerald leaves and mottle the forest floor, camouflaging the fawns that sometimes hide there. In all honesty, I couldn't think of another place I'd rather be.

If I wasn't dead, of course.

I don't even know if I can really be considered "dead", to be honest. I mean, I am a ghost, so technically? I guess saying I remember nothing before my situation is a lie, but the only thing I remember before waking up here was walking into the forest. I remember touching the flowers, breathing in the clean air and listening to the birds chirp and sing. I'd been so at peace, and then my memory just stops, and the more I try to remember, the worse the pain in my head becomes. Now I'm trapped in these woods as a haunted spirit, bound to a lantern that had been hung at the start of an old, forgotten pathway. I wish I even knew where this forest was in the world, and maybe it would trigger something, anything, but as of yet I haven't even been able to communicate with the rare hiker that passes by my tiny prison. Once I got so agitated that I screamed, and I managed to harness enough energy that they actually heard me. Unfortunately, it scared him so much that he bolted without a second thought. Since then, I've been too scared to try again, and I'm nowhere near strong enough to make myself visible. Do you hear me? I never even believed in ghosts, or gods, or even the afterlife, and here I am living it. I can normally appreciate irony, but not like this. This is way too much.

How many days have I been out here? I tried to count once, but with very little to do, they all just blur together after awhile. I can't move too far from my lantern or else I feel like I'm tearing apart, and I'm not strong enough to move it or take it with me. Hell, I can't even feel the grass my ethereal form is sitting on, nor the temperature of the forest to know whether it's hot or cold. It's a horrible feeling, sensory deprivation; sometimes I feel like I'm going absolutely crazy, unable to make sense of the world around me because I lack that sensation of touch. Thankfully all of my other senses are intact, including smell; so when I start to feel anxious and panicked, I just wander towards a tiny patch of wildflowers that's within my reach and take a few deep breaths to remind myself of at least something. My memory is also vastly improved; what little I have in there has become idetic, and I can recall almost anything after waking up with razor sharp precision. Like this "diary entry"? I'm writing this into my memory while staring up at the sky. No journal, no pen, but I can read and reread it just as clearly as a book in my mind's eye. Still, what I wouldn't give to experience life again...

The one thing I will say negative about the forest is that at night, everything changes. All of the animals have bedded down for the night, and an eerie silence descends here. There's no sound, no movement, not even the rustle of the leaves in the trees. Every so often you'll see a light, or maybe even a shadow, moving in your peripheral vision, but when you turn to look, it vanishes. I don't feel like I'm in any imminent danger, but it is extremely unnerving, so usually right about sunset I recede back into the assumed safety of my lantern, removing myself from my purgatory until sunrise. At least when I'm resting, I can dream about what the outside world might hold, though I'm never sure if they're memories, or just elaborate fantasies.

Tonight was different, though; stirred from my rest, I could see flashlights in the distance and hear their voices coming nearer. I discovered a group of two other Kalons and a bobcat, all decked out in electronics and hiking gear. The air around them was charged with energy, and a dark, wing-marked Kalon held some sort of device in his hand that was producing white noise. I materialized out of my lantern curiously, wondering what these three strangers were going so far out into the forest at this time of night. My ethereal ears perked forward as I listened to them talk. Killian, I heard the female Kalon call him, spoke out into the woods then, and his words would have stopped my heart, if I'd had a working one. "If there are any spirits in the area, this is a device called the Spirit Box. If you come up and talk into it, we will be able to hear you. Many have felt you, some have heard your screams. Why are you still here?" He asked out into the open air, coming ever closer to my lantern. I was so terrified to approach him, still in shock that someone had come out looking for me. Did he know who I was? Were all of my questions going to be finally answered? "Is someone here?" Killian asked again, and quickly I summoned all of my energy; for the first time, I could hear my own voice amidst the garbled static.

"I'm here."

[Coco Bunny]

Closed! Bear with me as I get the results

[Coco Bunny]

The choice came down to SpartanAmethyst and alpenglow, but I'm happy to announce that the winner of the competition is SpartanAmethyst!

Enjoy Aiyana!
I had to get two other opinions on this competition since it was such a hard choice, and eventually we settled on SpartanAmethyst's story. Notable parts were the whole idea of the mental journal, and the way the story was fleshed out and advanced upon quite quickly, while also leaving the ending open, and linking to other kalons.


The runner-ups are of course Alpenglow, Meekins12345, Cosmi and ririan! You can all have something from my Gifts group if you'd like.

Thanks everyone for entering!

[Broccoli_Bento]

Congratulations♡