Noble gas · element 86
Radon
Comes up through the floor. Leaves without a trace.
Only 1.3% of people are Radon. (estimated)
If you're Radon
You drift in quietly, you don't bond, and you leave before anyone works out what happened. Invisible, a little dangerous, entirely your own.
Radon is a radioactive gas that seeps out of granite into basements, which is why houses in some regions are tested for it.
How to get along with Radon
Do
- Let them come and go.
- Ventilate: give the relationship air.
- Test the basement now and then.
Don't
- Don't seal them in.
- Don't expect a bond.
When it goes wrong: They accumulate silently in closed rooms. Open a window before it's a problem.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 2
- Sociability
- 1
- Stability
- 1
- Energy
- 3
- Rarity
- 8
- Warmth
- 2
Radon in literature
- The Invisible Man — The Invisible Man, H. G. Wells (1897)
- Carmilla — Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)
- The Headless Horseman — The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving (1820)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Radon's. If you got Radon, one of these was probably your runner-up.