[ser]

dropping out (✿◠‿◠)

[aurora & bloom]

Major reserve ;v; <3

[Anonymous Hyena]

username;;
name;;
gender;;
halloween-related story;; (1,000 words max)
costume;; (this is optional)
art;; (optional / 5 pieces max)

must try out for this one oh gosh it's beautiful ideas are flowing like crazy ;-;

[Bovidae]

Uhshhnghfg prettiest mako ever! Possible reserve mmm

[CeruleanRush]

Wowowowowww idk beautiful should I try out???
Reserve for if I do

[Nixie.]

reserve

[Sambee]

{{Username}}
My name is Sambix. I currently do not own any Makoatls, and this is the first one I ever tried out for. I'm hoping he will be my first, but I don't really have any confidence vnv

{{Name}}
This amazing creature's name would be 影王 or Kage-ō. It means "Shadow king" in Japanese, which I think fits considering he lives in darkness. His nickname is King, as that is how he carries himself, especially when there are others to show off to.

{{Gender}}
As you can see from above, Kage would be male, I couldn't see him any other way.



{{Halloween-related story}}
A male Mako was huddled in his cave. He sighed, thinking about something. Suddenly, he heard the sound of laughter. It was soft at first, but it continued to get louder and louder. The startled Mako looked around frantically. "W-Who's there!" The laughter just continued, sounding like it was coming closer. Whimpering, he slipped further into his shelter. His heart was beating hard, and he continued to helplessly look around. As he continued to slip further into his cave, he failed to notice the two orange lights that appeared. Still focused on escaping, the Mako's rump bumped into something. He yelped in fright and shot out of the cave like a bullet. He didn't stop until he was a good distance away. He closed his eyes and sighed in relief. Out of nowhere, he heard a soft "Boo" next to his ear. He screamed and threw his head around, facing his attacker. From the light of his lure, he could see the face of his only "friend", Kage-ō. Frowning, he looked up into Kage's eyes. "Y-You scared me." Kage chuckled lightly, "Well, it is Halloween ya' know. The time for scares and goodies Calli." Kage smirked at him. "D-Don't call me that!" Callimaco snapped defensively. Snickering, Kage swam around him lazily, gently pawing at Callimaco's lure. "S-Stop that!" he yelled, moving away. "Why don't you like Halloween?" Kage suddenly asked. Callimaco thought for a moment, "Its not Halloween, its the people who attend Halloween. All of the other Makos usually stay away from us, we are not normal. How do you think their treatment will be any different tonight?". Kage knew Callimaco wasn't very confident in himself. He knew Calli thought he was nothing but an abomination. But... Kage saw something else. What he saw was any other Mako, just different. Kage thought that Callimaco was special, there was no other like him. Another reason he thought like this was because of the feelings he felt towards him. Of course, Callimaco would never return the same feelings, right? Kage sighed before answering him. "Well, its Halloween. Everyone is dressed up in costumes and wearing face paint and other things. We fit perfectly for tonight, no matter how we look." Callimaco still didn't look convinced. "If you go up with me tonight, I promise I wont ever bother you again." Kage flattened his ears to his head. "Promise?" Callimaco asked him. "Yes, promise..." Kage forced a smile, not happy about the decision. "A-Alright, I guess I can go with you..." Suddenly, Callimaco was grabbed and pulled into a hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" He was then drug upwards, towards the surface. Before long the pair were surrounded by light from the moon. "Wow...its so bright." Kage mumbled. He paused to take in his surroundings. Both were so curious by their new surroundings they didn't notice the pup approaching them. "Hey, where are your costumes?" She asked, looking up at them curiously. Kage smiled at her while Callimaco slid behind him to hide. "Our costumes? Uhh...we were just about to get them. I am King Kage-ō, and this is my friend, Captain Maco!" The pup nodded her head, an excited smile on her face. "That's really cool! Are you going trick-or-treating?". Kage nodded his head, "Of course." Suddenly, another voice could be heard. "I have to go, hopefully you will get lots of treats!" She giggled before swimming off. "Captain Maco?" Callimaco quietly hissed at him. "What? I was in the moment." Kage shrugged before getting an idea. "I'll Be right back!" He swam off straight to the ocean floor. There lay a giant ship, which had sunk years ago. Kage hummed softly as he swam over to an old chest, which hadn't been touch in forever. He gently opened it, and peered inside. "Ah-ha!" He immediately found what he was looking for. He pulled out an old gold crown, as well as a slightly torn large piece of cloth. He tied the cloth around his neck, forming a cape, then placed the crown on his head. Afterwards, he removed a sword from the chest and swam to the deck, where he found the skeleton of a pirate. Scrunching up his nose, he retrieved a hat that was a couple inches away. "Perfect..." Kage smiled. He swam back up, returning to Callimaco. "Here." He handed him the sword and put the hat on his head. "What is this?" Callimaco asked questioningly, taking a glance at Kage's attire. "It's your costume. You are a pirate, Arghhh!" Kage laughed as he made a pirate sound. 'Whatever, lets just get this over with..." Callimaco mumbled. "Okay." They swam towards the many caves, where Makos were bustling around. There were tasty scents everywhere. Kage's mouth watered at the thought of the treats they could get. He then realized something, "Ohh, we don't have bags." At that moment, they heard a little giggle. Turning their heads, the pair were greeted by the pup from earlier. "Would you like to borrow these?" She motioned towards the bags made from old fabric. "Yes, thank you." Kage smiled as he took the bags. "Now come Captain Maco, there are treats to be collected!". They swam over to the first cave. "Trick or treat!" Kage shouted. "Oh my, you two are quite the pair." The female Mako laughed. She gave each of them a fish, which both were ok with. "Thank you." Kage politely said as they swam away...
"Were done now...right?" Callimaco asked. They had went to almost all of the caves. Their bags were full treats and goodies, and Kage was eager to get started on eating them. Carrying their sacks, they dove into the pitch black. They returned to Callimaco's home. Sighing, Kage remembered their earlier deal. He reached into his bag to retrieve something. "Here.. if you want this, then I can stay around you." He showed a bluish glowing rock. Callimaco stared in fascination at the rock. He glanced at Kage quickly before looking back down at it. "Fine..." He whispered. Grinning, Kage gladly handed Callimaco the rock and happily watched as he contentedly examined it. 'If only you could look at me that way...' Kage sadly thought.



{{Costume}}

Kage-ō's costume is a dark emperor. It includes:
- Large piece of old torn fabric used as a cape.
- An old crown from a sunken treasure chest.

[bear]

Ｕｓｅｒｎａｍｅ:
Hello! I'm bear. This is the first time I've tried out for a Makoatl.
This makoatl caught my eye and has had my fancy ever since, so I hope to win him. c:

Ｎａｍｅ:
Aviv - meaning Spring
Halloween is celebrated in Autumn/Fall in most countries of the world,
but where I live, Halloween takes place in Spring.
Read on into the story to get a better explanation of why I named him Aviv!

Ｇｅｎｄｅｒ:
Aviv is male.

Ｈａｌｌｏｗｅｅｎ -ｒｅｌａｔｅｄ Ｓｔｏｒｙ:

Aviv had always been a little sick from time to time, and it was usually around the time of the year when Halloween walked in and brought joy all around. He was never allowed to go and trick or treat due to this nor would he be included in any Halloween activities and events.


(Above image has part of the story in it.)
One year he was lucky and had discussed costumes in a short conversation that did not last long, and Aviv had said how he always wanted to dress as a ghost. Nice and simple, you’d think, but no, Aviv had put years of thought into it. He wanted something spookier, and he had the perfect idea. His idea was a little secret though, and you’d have to wait to see!

Now, everyone called Aviv the ‘opposite’. Why? Seeming that he had a parts of the skeleton on his coat helped this a lot, since wasn’t the skeleton supposed to be on the inside? Plus he always did the opposite on Halloween and stayed inside sleeping. It didn’t help that his parents gave him a name meaning spring, which is the opposite from the month Halloween is known for, Autumn/Fall. He thought he was born for Halloween, but he was always more active during the month of bloom.

He always kind of only talked to Callimaco, since no one really seemed to want to be around someone who was sick a lot. Besides, he had one of the glowy things on his head too, and Aviv didn’t know anyone else who had them, and he didn’t say much, which was cool, because he wouldn’t really make fun of Aviv’s glowing pumpkin. Callimaco was cool.

This upcoming Halloween, Aviv seemed healthier than ever and he was ecstatic about it. He had babbled to Callimaco about it nearly every day of October and he eventually got Callimaco to come around and agree to go trick or treating with him. Thanks to his idea not having much to it, the costume which he dreamed of was easy to create.


Once Aviv was ready to go, all excited like he had never been before, he wandered around in the bed sheets with cut out holes for eyes for awhile looking for Callimaco. It was hard to find him, at the least you could say, but Aviv did eventually find him in a cool pirate outfit, lurking in some shadows in a place which was empty. He got a little bit of a jump when he saw the ghost costume Aviv was wearing, but it was probably just because he was overly shy.

They had been around a few places where other Makoatls lived, Aviv sharing his candy with Callimaco because Calllimaco didn’t seem to follow him all the way up to the door and seemed to stay bit too far away from the home of the makoatl they were visiting. Aviv didn’t really mind though, he wasn’t really excited about the candy, more the costume and the scaring.

“Callimaco, could you hold this for me?” Aviv said and whipped off the bed sheets ghost costume, giving it to Callimaco for a second while he scrambled into a seabush to hide from some upcoming trick or treaters. As they had gotten closer, he could hear them murmuring about their costumes and the amount of candy they had gotten.
Aviv jumped out of the bush quickly and they screamed, causing some other trick or treaters across from where they were to have a look what was going on. Aviv, now without the ghost costume on, was dressed in black all over with glowing white lights attached to him in a skeleton shape, glowing vibrantly. He hoped it looked like just a skeleton was walking around, and it seemed to work because when he looked at the Makoatls he had jumped out at, they were terrified.


“Hey, wait, is that Aviv?” One said and started laughing a little while Callimaco watched from the seabushes and Aviv remained in a scary pose.

“No, I’m a skeleton.” Aviv whispered in a ghostly way.

“You sure are!” They laughed and relaxed, the orange glow of the pumpkin radiating a orange glow on Aviv’s face, showing a smile.
Callimaco ad Aviv then continued walking around for the night, visiting more homes and sticking to the shadows (every now and then giving someone a scare) because Aviv thought his skeleton costume worked better in the dark, and he wanted to included Callimaco in the fun too.

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to



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ghost costume drawn by Hasuki
talking to Callimaco drawn by myself
trying the costume on to see it fits by Hasuki
skeleton costume! drawn by myself

[peppermintleo]

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this guy, but I'm rooting for happy-stabby more!

[Golden.AUO]

Bloodscythe


Samhain


Male

The eerie light of the moon drew many up towards the surface to gaze upon the beams of light. Though, below in the farther reaches of the water a different light lurched and mystified its viewers. A silent stroke of the water and a close snap of teeth in the face of the unwary made the, now terrified, watchers screech and dart away into the dark waters. These events brought a deep laugh from behind the teeth of the monster that scared them.

“This is the fun to be had no matter the day.” The chortling voice told itself as a new light entered it’s pool, “I know, you don’t quite like it, though, Calli.” The quick dart of the eyes from the one named Calli was enough of assurance to the monster beside him. “If you rather, we can go receive treats or make traditional treats.” A more worried tint took over the amusement from the earlier.

“I’d rather go get some treats, Samhain.” Calli tentatively mustered as he watched Samhain’s face for his reaction.

“You know, you can call me Sam by this point, Calli. We know eachother… decently. But, sure would you rather trick-or-treat or make some treats? I’ve got a wonderful recipe for apple muffins I’ve wanted to try.” A quick light of enthusiasm shone in Sam’s eyes as he waited for Calli’s response.

“Trick-or-treating…”A soft, hesitant reply from Callimaco, but a reply nonetheless, Samhain smiled and started for the nearest spots for the treats. He wondered how Calli would even deal with trick-or-treating, but figured Calli didn’t trust him enough to make food or go to his home. Once upon one of the homes with trick-or-treaters gathered in troves, Sam turned to Calli and tilted his head.

“Are you sure, this is ok? I know this is kinda one of those times of year where being… well, scary is best, but I do understand that you’re not particularly… in that mindset.” His slightly stuttered words made sense to him, but he worried that Calli either wouldn’t understand, or would understand and possibly have a break down. Sam really hadn’t encountered this situation with Calli before, so it made him more wary of the outcome. Instead of answering his question, Calli seemed to ease his way to the door. Sam made sure to stick close to him, in case something happened, but they both ended up with their treats, Calli acquiring them with more hesitance, successfully.



Now with ragged bags, filled with the sweet fruits of their labor, Sam and Calli swam home. The gleaming orb above them slowly disappeared as they entered the gloom of the deep. The lights upon their heads lit up the child like looks of amusement, happiness, and mischief. Then the looks diminished as the dens that they called home grew nearer.

“Well, I can tell this has been quite the night for you. Probably going to recharge your batteries back home.” Samhain tried sounding nonchalant as his eyes gazed upon the scenery around them. The flicker of Calli’s lights indicated this to be true, “Well, don’t be a stranger. I’m just in the trench below. We could probably bake up some fish, or play a game.” The smile that crossed Sam’s lips seemed to bring a small one out in Callimaco. But the moment was gone once Calli turned and went his way home. Samhain went his way too, finding his paws gripping the bag tighter as though not to spill the treats. As though it mattered once he got to his den. The bag, tossed upon a makeshift table of coral, and the treats spilled over like forgotten treasures. Sam was rushing to his cabinet, scrapping for something within. A flash of glass, then the flash of foggy lenses as a jar of eyes lurched from the shelf and into his paws. A sigh of relief and calm flushed from his body as he snuggled it. “I’m sorry lovelies… I wasn’t going to disturb you tonight. But I made a friend. He’s that shy and naive Acquaintance I told you all about before, but I think we're more like friends now. We went trick-or-treating and even though he didn't like it, I scared a few folks like usual. But you all would be jealous of his eyes. Maybe not like your galaxy, or your glow, but his are unique and wonderful. I know I didn't tell you guys about those yet. Maybe one day he'll be over for dinner so you can see them. A photograph wouldn't do them justice.” A shudder laced through his body as he slid the jar back into its hiding place, “I wonder what I’ll do with these sweets…” Sam’s eyes now lay on the coral table with the spilled treasures of the night. “I know, I’ll make some dessert with them. I haven’t had Halloween dinner yet, and that’s a feast I have yet to miss.” The light sneer made the bio-luminescent glow in the den seem more eerie and even more so with the honey sweet humming as he began his dinner preparations.

Samhain dresses more to the tradition that he is named for, thus masks and mud and torn sheets. Many people mistake him for a zombie or ghoul. Though, this year he decided to go for a 'serial killer' aspect with his normal costumes.
Art credits:
All Art done by myself.