by Deercan » Tue Jun 16, 2020 3:57 pm
username: Deercan
name: Atlas
pronouns: he/him/they/them
age: 32 years
occupation: ex-sailor - now a photographer of the paranormal
prompt answer wrote:Atlas hurried down the halls, narrowly dodging the other kalons that were busy rushing from room to room. The kalon had forgotten that today was important- it was his first ever job interview, he was applying to be a photographer. He quickly turned into one of the office rooms and plunked himself into one of the seats, dropping his half open briefcase onto the desk, papers flying everywhere as he frantically stuffed them all back. He quickly fixed his hair as two other kalons entered the room. He tried to look as calm as possible, although he was really in panic mode inside.
The first kalon, who Atlas assumed was the boss, towered over him, examining the mess of papers he had made. Atlas gulped. Oh no, he's going to be so unimpressed with my mess that he won't even consider hiring me! I'm doomed!
"..Hired. Butterscotch, make sure he doesn't get lost. And don't scare him away please." the taller mysterious boss kalon said this then left the room as quickly as he came. What?? Atlas was extremely confused. Was getting the job that simple? He wasn't even interviewed! He was a mess! He w- he was quickly pulled out of his thoughts as the other kalon in the room grabbed his paw and practically dragged him out of the room, running down the hallway, dodging kalons with ease. Atlas sprinted to keep pace with this new kalon.
"Names Butterscotch! Wow, the boss must have thought you were perfect for the job, look how fast he hired you! Haha, he said for me not to scare you, but he's the scary one!! Where'd you come from? What was your job before? Name? Sorry, I talk a lot, but I love meeting new people!" Butterscotch continued to lead Atlas down the winding halls of the building as he chatted a mile a minute. Atlas barely had a minute to think.
"My name is Atlas. I.. I came from across the sea. I was a sailor." He looked at the ground as he said that, hoping Butterscotch wouldn't ask any more questions. Butterscotch was silent for a minute as he led Atlas up a flight of stairs to another room. Maybe he wouldn't ask questions after all?
I'm sorry Atlas but you were completely wrong about that.
"Oh, a sailor! That sounds fun. Why'd you stop being a sailor, that's one of the coolest jobs! Besides being a chef, of course, haha!" Butterscotch asked, opening the door to the room, which was almost pitch black. The kalon flicked on a light switch revealing a bunch of different machines, paper, and cameras lying around. And two work desks, one covered in neatly stacked books, two phones and a sticker-covered computer, and the other, empty. Atlas assumed the empty desk was his.
"Well.. I got into a boating accident one day. Which has happened a few times before.. but this was different. No one will beleive me about it, but.. it wasn't a shark that wrecked my boat. It was a sea monster. I know I sound crazy but I swear I saw one!! And I never want to see a monster again, I know they're real!" He nervously watched the ground again, waiting for Butterscotch to laugh at him and call him a fool.
"You do know what this job is, right?" Butterscotch paused, waiting for an answer. Atlas nodded.
"Yes, I'm going to be taking pictures of things for the news. A photographer. Just a normal simple job." That was the job he signed up for, right? Butterscotch laughed, but it was his response that made Atlas stare at him in shock.
"A normal job?? HA!! Atlas, you're right, monsters are real!! And your job is to take pictures, yes- pictures of said strange and mysterious creatures!"
What. Oh no, that's definitely not the kind of job Atlas was looking for. Well, this should be one crazy adventure, huh?
Last edited by
Deercan on Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:27 am, edited 3 times in total.