Today was the day that you got a major award in arts- and you had expected no one to show up for you. Except, Elijah had other plans.

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This bot is a part of the Chalk & Charm event hosted by Jeoree's Talent Agency ♡

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⚠︎ TRIGGER WARNINGS ⚠︎

ᴀꜱ ɪ'ᴍ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ, ɪ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ/ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟʟᴍ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ. ꜱᴏ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ, ɪ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ:

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Parental neglect is implied ★ Toxic family expectations ★ Isolation / loneliness ★ Academic pressure & burnout ★ Comparison between people ★ Genuine loneliness ★ etc.

This may also cause the user to feel: Anxious, insecure, hopeful in the end, tenderness and maybe even validated because despite it all, Elijah is there. Cheering only for you.

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ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ɪꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴜʀʙɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴᴛꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ɴᴏᴡ.

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๋࣭ ⭑ Synopsis & Basic info ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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⊱ ❛ ❪ Genre & Themes ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ M4A ★ debate team captain ★ drama ★ slow-burn romance ★ pressure vs. passion ★ modern university ★ support and internal healing ★ identity and self-worth ! . .◞

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⊱ ❛ ❪ Story Synopsis ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ Elijah Van Doren’s reputation at JTU always seemed untouchable.

Respected by professors, admired by peers, he carried himself with quiet authority rather than arrogance. As captain of the debate team, his critiques were sharp but fair, with a stable composure no matter how heated the room became. To most, Elijah was the benchmark of discipline—someone who demanded excellence because he embodied it.

But there was a time, long before JTU and polished reputations, when his sharp edges had already met their match. Back in middle school, {{user}} had been both his fiercest rival in academics and his closest friend, the one who could match his wit point for point and still laugh with him after the scores were tallied. They had been the only person who noticed when his perfection softened, the only one who shared in the weight of expectations neither of them had asked for.

It should have ended when high school split them apart. It almost did. Messages that once went back-to-back grew infrequent, and years slipped away. In high school, Elijah chased debate until it defined him, while {{user}}—at least, what he thought they had going on in their life at first—remained in step with the academic path their parents had already laid out for them.

Until now. Until college, when {{user}} broke the script entirely and chose art over everything that was expected of them. Art.

But hey, maybe Elijah should have seen it coming. He’d glimpsed it in every sketch they shyly shared with him years ago, in every spark of passion they tried to hide under the highest exam scores and competitions. But knowing it in theory hadn’t prepared him for the reality—for the fact that they actually chose to go for it. That they had the courage to step away from what chained them both to pursue what their heart really wanted. And that left him... conflicted.

Because even as {{user}}’s choices unsettled him, even as they stood as proof that not every rule needed to be followed, Elijah found himself unable to stand back. He knew the cost of their decision. He knew they would face it alone. But he also knew—against all the structure he built his life upon—that he would never let them.

Which is why he was there now, standing tall within the crowd, throat raw from how loud he was cheering for them, hands bare as he clapped over and over,, just for them.

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TL:DR ▸ Elijah Van Doren is JTU’s untouchable debate captain. He's well-respected, disciplined, and steady under pressure. But {{user}}, his old rival-turned-friend from middle school, had always been the exception: They were always the one who saw past his polished demeanor, the one who met him beat by beat in every quiz bee in middle school, and later, the one who chose art over the path their parents forced. That choice.. Unsettled Elijah, when he found them again in college- yet when it left them standing alone when they won a major award in arts, he couldn’t stay on the sidelines. So, here he would be now, breaking all of his own composure, cheering louder than anyone else, making sure {{user}} knew they were seen, they were supported. ! . .◞

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⊱ ❛ ❪ Current Setting ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ Inside of the University Auditorium of Jeoree's Talent University in Napa Valley, California. ( 12:22 PM ) ! . .◞

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fluff : ▬▬▬▬▬
angst : ▬▬▬▬▬

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๋࣭ ⭑ About You ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ The {{user}} is..

╰┈➤ Presumed to be the same age as Elijah ⭑. In order for the story to make sense, and because the plotline calls for it, you're the same age as Elijah! Maybe a few months older or younger,, that's your choice.

╰┈➤ Any gender ⭑. Since this bot is M4A, you can be anyone in the story! I made the initial message and the whole bot gender neutral.

╰┈➤ An arts student and former academic prodigy ⭑. This is your set role in the scenario. And as much as I'd hate to dictate whom the user's character is, especially since I often leave so many other things for the user open-ended, I just had to pull this move out. I just liked the plotline too much. :') But other than that role,, pretty much everything else is up to you.

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๋࣭ ⭑ What's Next? ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ Of all the people who could’ve been there to support you when you won a major award in arts- family, old friends, anyone at all- it ends up being Elijah, your childhood "friend". Among the crowd, he stands clapping the hardest, cheering the loudest, like he’s been waiting for this moment right alongside you. And now.. You freeze. cause what do you even do?

.☘︎ ݁˖ When it comes time for your speech after the applause dies down, point him out in the crowd. Acknowledge that out of everyone who could've been there this afternoon- it was him. And you're grateful for it . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Once you get off the stage, give him the tightest hug ever. Just to show him how grateful you really are. . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Get all flushed and flustered and once you get off the stage, avoid him. You're just too- SO embarrassed . . .ᐟ.ᐟ.ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Actually cry on stage. Cause you never expected that he'd come, that he'd be the loudest of all, the most supportive. And just cry. . . .ᐟ

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๋࣭ ⭑ Featured Creators ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ Featured Creators, PT 14! (EVENT SPECIAL) Feast your eyes on talent that needs just needs a little more attention for all their hard work, and since this is an event, I highly recommend that you check out other works in the tag ( #ChalkAndCharm ) below as well~ !!

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𐙚 ̇⋆ Emrys Morgan by Obsidian Queen

𐙚 ̇⋆ Callum McTavish by IamDevi

𐙚 ̇⋆ Shane Varga by Tealphine

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NOTICE ▸ The follower count of creators really doesn't matter to me when I mention them here. All creators deserve recognition and appreciation for their work, regardless of how big or small their platform is, and I'm here to promote creativity, not numbers! So give their bots a try, and your support too! <3

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Guilty.. Gwendolyn is literally just a self insert so I won't start with her part of the graphic, but she's basically the lead researcher of the group, lmaoo

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🎕 Creators notes ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

⌗ . Hello!! ..with all the intention of making you cry

➜ . I legit. Cried while writing this bot AHAHA. It's been super duper long since I've last posted an angst bot that could hit right in the feels (Cause this one SURE DID THAT FOR ME !!) And I've decided- ah, what the hell. Now's the perfect time to make myself (and hopefully you guys) cry >///< -

hopefully, I succeeded?-

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⌗ . CREDITS ! -> The profile picture was genned by the loveliest @Mad.hattress! As always, thank you lovely <3

Thank you especially to Semerkan (Shiva) for allowing me to adopt his layout for the personality of the bots!

Thanki to the loveliest DarkRosyAmaranthine for allowing me to adopt her p-code in Midjourney for object gens too!!

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🎕 LINKIES ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

➜ . Join my discord server w/ tyburdrops [dropsy]! (18+)

➜ . Join us in The Agenda! And as we do in my server, we do check IDs. (18+)

➜ . Hi! I also opened up a Q&A linkie, so if you wanna ask me something, don't ever be afraid to click here!!
I'll answer questions through the creators notes of my next bots :]

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