Bonus Round 3: Gift Tags

[referees]

Feeling generous? In this round, you get to give creative gifts as prompts.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 7 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Submit prompts as a gift tag in the format below. You can specify the size and a characteristic of the gift, who the sender is, who the recipient is, and a one or two sentence note from the sender to the recipient. Descriptions of the package and the included note don’t have to be explicit, see below.
• Package: medium sized cube, rattles
  From: Kageyama Tobio
  To: Hinata Shouyou
  Note: These will help you get better.
• Envelope: manila, 12''x17'', very thick and heavy
  From: Tezuka Kunimitsu
  To: Kinjou Shingo
  Note: Enclosed - Play without regrets!
• Your prompt MUST include a relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Riko & Momoi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Riko/Momoi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. Fillers can get creative with how to interpret the prompt: your fill can be about the character receiving the gift, one or both characters using the gift, what prompted the sender to send the gift—the physical gift itself can even be excluded from your fill. What’s important is that the gift tag is clearly the inspiration for your fill.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

FORMAT

Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Below that, place applicable major content tags (when applicable; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of the fill in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of your work in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

Posts not using this format will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, regardless of what they contain. They, like all comments in this community, are subject to the code of conduct.

SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:

First 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points each

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only.

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Comments

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[stariceling]

Fukutomi Juichi/Kinjou Shingo, Yowamushi Pedal
no tags

Package: Bouquet of gladiolus, amaranth, sweet alyssum, and garlic...
To: Kinjou
From: Fukutomi
Note: [left blank]

(Gladiolus for strength (of character), amaranth for tenacious/undying, sweet alyssum for "worth beyond beauty" and garlic for courage. Filler can change any/all flowers as desired just give me Fukutomi attempting to express his feelings via language of flowers.)

FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[babster]

no tags, word count: 431

Kinjou was putting breakfast away when he heard a knock on the door. He went to open it, expecting a classmate, Arakita perhaps, but instead was confronted by a young woman with a bouquet wrapped in white paper in one hand and a clipboard in the other.

“Good morning. Are you Kinjou?” she asked, peering down at the clipboard. He noticed the visor she was wearing read 'ReinCarnation,' bright yellow stitching on green fabric.

“I am,” he replied. “Good morning.”

“Sign here, please.” She passed him the clipboard and he dutifully signed. She looked at his signature and perked up. “Thank you! These are for you.” She extended the bouquet and he took it, cradling it awkwardly in one arm. “Have a nice day!”

“Have a nice day,” he echoed, and slowly closed the door. He still had time before his next class, so he rummaged around his kitchen until he found a plastic pitcher that looked like it would hold the bouquet. There was a white card nestled amongst the bright flowers, and he plucked it out to read it.

To Kinjou

From Fukutomi

There was nothing else written, nothing to explain why Fukutomi had sent him flowers out of the blue, a week into the first term of university. He unwrapped the flowers and placed them in the pitcher of water, and went to call Fukutomi.

“Hello, this is Fukutomi Juichi speaking.”

“Good morning, Fukutomi, this is Kinjou.”

“I know. I have your number saved on my phone.” Kinjou suppressed a snort at Fukutomi's matter-of-fact tone.

“I was calling to say that I got your flowers. Thank you, Fukutomi, it was very kind of you.” He thought he heard a sharp intake of breath on the other end of the line. There were a few seconds of silence.

“They mean something, you know,” Fukutomi said in a rush.

“Yes,” came the reply, halfway between a statement and a question.

“The gladiolus represents strength of character, and the amaranth means tenaciousness. The garlic is for courage, while the sweet alyssum is for 'worth beyond beauty'. They mean something.” Kinjou took all this in.

“I had no idea you were so eloquent, Fukutomi,” he teased.

“I am not.” Fukutomi sounded gruff. “It is the flowers.”

“Of course,” Kinjou replied, smiling now. “Thank you again, Fukutomi.”

“You are most welcome, Kinjou.”

---

A week later, Fukutomi received a bouquet of his own, made up of jonquil, amethyst, amaranth, and cedar. There was a note.

This means something too.

according to the website i used, jonquil stands for 'return of affections,' amethyst for 'admiration,' and cedar for 'strength.' i put the amaranth in there a) for consistency and b) bc i feel they both admire that quality in each other. kinjou's bouquet is less balanced than fukutomi's though. maybe they should go to flower arranging classes together

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[stariceling]

Thank you! I really love this, especially Kinjou's answer and Fukutomi denying being eloquent! "It is the flowers" is so perfect and so HIM (and I still imagine him taking forever to put it together just right haha.) I would be so there for them learning flower arranging together!