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Bonus Round 5: Myth & Lore
This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on August 4 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.
RULES
- This round does not have prompts. Instead, we ask you to draw inspiration from the wide pool of mythology, fantasy, folklore, and fable. An urban fantasy or supernatural AU? A re-imagining of your favorite folk tale? Characters swapping ghost stories or playing D&D? As long as your fill in some way incorporates the fantastical and/or supernatural, it's welcome here.
- Your fill still has to be about a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. What ships you create work for is up to you, though.
- To submit your fill, simply leave it as a comment as a reply to this post.
- 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)
Remember, this is a NO-PROMPT round. Format your fill comment in one of the following ways:
| If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
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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 fills as you want!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.Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
Fill: team Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, G
Kenma Kozume & Kuroo Tetsurou - Kingdom Hearts AU.
Word count: 971
"Hey, Mister Keyblade Master!" the man with ridiculous hair in a black coat calls towards him. Kozume bristles.
"I'm not-" he begins, then cuts himself off to try again. "Wrong number," he mutters to the ground. He doesn't want to deal with this guy, so he pushes off, keyblade in hand, bounding up to the peak of the nearest building.
As he's picking his next target, a dark portal rises from the ground, the man stepping out of it. "Are you going to make me chase you all day?" he asks. His eyes glitter yellow and his teeth are a slash of white amid the darkness of everything else about him.
Kozume diverts his eyes. Then glances back. The guy continues to grin.
Kozume takes off. He doesn't know how that portal works, but he's banking on the guy not being able to track him if he loses him amongst the buildings.
He hears a call of "Kenma!" shouted after him, but he's long gone by the time he processes the word.
Back on the rooftop Kozume left behind, Kuroo shakes his head. "That kid is trouble," he says to himself, before he opens another portal to swallow him whole.
Two weeks pass and Kozume doesn't see a sign of his tail. Living like he has hasn't been easy, but it's been manageable. He's done odd jobs around the town, slapped flyers on walls, entertained crowds with circus tricks and even won a tournament. He doesn't like it, though. It's too much effort, and he's been drawing the attention of the locals. One of them even offered him a place to sleep for a night, claiming he didn't want to stop talking. Kozume can't remember what he told him, only that he'd looked sad but agreed to let him go on the condition that he would see him the next day.
The creatures have proved to be a bother, writhing things with joints that twist out of place as they lope along like they've only heard of the concept of gravity, rather than having it apply to them. They show up at random intervals and lash out without warning to slash at him. He places his keyblade between himself and the blows, but he always feels woozy after he's escaped, like something has taken his strength from him. But that's manageable, too. Even though he wants to be left alone - left in peace.
He's tipping a drink down his throat when he realises he has company. He takes his time as he wipes his mouth and screws the lid back on the top of the bottle. If the man wants to talk to him, he can go ahead. He doesn't need Kozume encouraging him.
"You've been making yourself quite at home here," the man says, breaking the silence and sitting down beside Kozume. He stiffens and the man laughs, an irritating thing that grates on Kozume's ears. "Relaaaaax," he draws out the last syllable like he's pulling a note out on a violin, "I'm not gonna chase you." His eyes shift to meet Kozume's. Kozume breaks eye contact in favour of the bricks that make up the ground. "Not unless you want me to."
Kozume can feel his grin persisting even with Kozume resolutely refusing to look at him.
The guy sighs, followed by a clink of metal. A glance tells Kozume that it was the guy setting aside his weapons, circular, bladed things that look like wheels of a hell chariot. "Look, kid. I'm not going to force you into anything. But the way I figure it, you need me." He pauses, laughs. "Us, I suppose. But mostly me."
Kozume casts an eye in his direction. The guy is awfully full of himself.
He laughs again. "Don't give me that, I know what I'm talking about." He adjusts his position, stretching out further. He's as tall and lanky as it's possible to be without looking utterly ridiculous. (A limit Kozume knows from being well acquainted with someone on the other side of that line.) "We want the same things as you do - oh, the organisation, that is. Suppose I should have told you that first, huh? Organisation Thirteen." He shakes his head. "Some name, right?" He continues without giving Kozume a chance to weigh in, raising his hand to touch his chest, just to the left. "We're looking for hearts. A way to get ours back - don't got 'em, see - and, hate to be the one to break bad news, but you don't either."
Kozume's expression twists into a frown, and he glares at the crack between two bricks where moss has taken hold. "I know," he says, just loud enough for the guy to hear.
"He speaks! I was starting to think you'd gone mute." The guy slings an arm around Kozume's shoulder. "Hey," he says, as he inspects Kozume's expression, "it's not so bad. No heart means no tears.
Kozume makes a point not to move, but his hand clenches into a fist on its own. Sometimes he thinks he's someone else, and who he is right now is only temporary, that who he really is is someone who gets angry, and has feelings. He supposes who he really is has a heart.
"I'm Kuroo," the guy says. "Don't forget it."
Somehow Kozume thinks that Kuroo has been forgotten plenty of times before. Which means he can't have too many expectations for Kozume.
"Kuroo," Kozume repeats. Then, "Kuro," because it fits better on his tongue.
Kuroo laughs. "Whatever, kid. Just don't forget."
Kozume nods as Kuroo stands and opens a portal. Kuroo jerks his head towards it, a clearer you coming? than if he'd asked. Kozume sighs, and stands. He supposes it's inevitable, really.
"Atta boy," Kuroo says, and follows him into the darkness.
Re: Fill: team Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, G
Re: Fill: team Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, G
SURE IS! Optimistic and insanely driven is both hinata and Sora to a T
Re: Fill: team Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, G
Re: Fill: team Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, G