Bonus Round 1: AUs

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).


This popular round is back once again! To begin this year's SASO, we encourage you to let your mind run wild with alternate ideas and settings.


Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Izumi & Sakaeguchi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Izumi/Sakaeguchi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• An AU can be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [character] was the Team Captain instead of the canon captain character?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g., pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• 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. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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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 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point 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 (see the line of links below this post).

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Comments

FILL: team akaashi keiji/bokuto koutarou [G]

[earlgrey_milktea]

Major Tags: none
Other Tags: dragons???
Word Count: 979

ennoshita tried his best

***

The town of Karasuno is nestled in the valley next to a mountain. “Crow’s Peak,” they called it. No one ever dared go far up the mountain. Those who did never came back.

Chikara grew up hearing stories about the dragon that lives at the top of the mountain. He’s been warned to stay indoors at night and to wear dark colours that don’t reflect sunlight, should the dragon fly overhead. All his life, he’s looked out the window and wondered at what lay at the top of the mountain.

On his eighteenth birthday, armed with a secondhand broadsword he’d saved up from his meager earnings on the farms and a brand new cloak his mother had sewn for him. Today, he’s going to conquer that mountain and get rid of that dragon terrorizing his people.

Today, Chikara is going to be a hero.

The townspeople follow him to the edge of the forest, where a winding trail disappears into the trees. He bows one last time, and then steps into the woods. He won’t return until he’s defeated the dragon.

The journey is much longer than he expected. The forest is thick and rife with wildlife. Chikara finds himself dodging deer and squirrels and shoving aside leaves larger than his entire body. He has to stop and make camp at least twice before he finally sees a break through the trees. He steps into the clearing, and stops.

The air is colder up here, but there’s a strange lack of wind. Chikara glances around, but there is nothing but grass. Not even a single chirp from the birds. The hair on the back of his neck rises, and Chikara lifts his sword apprehensively.

Then—

A rush of wind overhead causes him to stumble. His hair flies into his face, and he tries to blow them out of his eyes, struggling to see what is happening. A shadow falls over where he stands. Chikara freezes.

When he finally looks up, he nearly drops his sword. The dragon is... a lot smaller than he expected. It’s slate gray in colour, almost blue in the sunlight. Its eyes are wide and so dark Chikara’s half-afraid of falling in. It sits in the centre of the clearing, tail curling against its legs as it stares at Chikara calmly.

“Uh,” Chikara says. “You’re... the dragon?”

A huff escapes the dragon’s mouth, and Chikara swears he sees smoke. He clenches his hand around his sword, hoping that the dragon didn’t see how much his hand was shaking.

“Sorry for intruding,” Chikara says, because he might work on a farm but his mother raised him right, thank you very much. “But I’ve come to get rid of you.”

The dragon cocks its head, and Chikara cannot rid himself of the notion that the dragon is looking at him in amusement.

He’s a little insulted.

Chikara waves his sword. “I mean it! Everyone knows there’s a scary dragon up here and... Well, you’re a lot less scary than I thought you’d be, but you know.”

The dragon lays its head down. Chikara tries not to stare at the claws glinting under the sunlight.

“Um. You’re just going to lay there? Not going to burn me to a crisp?”

A cloud of smoke envelopes Chikara, and he coughs. He scowls at the dragon. “Please take me seriously. I can’t go home empty-handed.”

The dragon seems to consider this. It climbs back onto its feet, and Chikara bites his lip to keep from gaping as wings spread from its back. The wings are almost translucent under the light, blue and veiny, but powerful just the same. The dragon shakes itself, and then waves its tail at Chikara.

Since you came all the way up here, I’ll give you a ride down.

Chikara blinks. Then scrambles backwards, dropping his sword. “What the—did you just—You speak human?”

He can’t see that high, but Chikara is pretty sure the dragon just rolled its eyes. Every one of you that comes up here wanted something. I can give you gold if you need it, otherwise you should just go home.

“But... but you’re the dragon at the top of Crow’s Peak?”

Yes, the dragon huffs, amused still.

“What happened to the others before me?”

I dropped them on the other side of the mountain. They didn’t want to go home.

Chikara frowns. “Cowards,” he mutters, and the dragon huffs again, this time in a distinctly laughing manner. Chikara stares up at him thoughtfully. “So you just live here, by yourself?”

The dragon flicks its tail again. I lost my pack when I got hurt, so I can only fly short distances now. It’s fine, there’s lots of wildlife here. And you humans are great cooks.

“You don’t eat humans?”

You guys don’t taste all that good, you know.

Chikara scratches his head. “Sorry.”

The dragon steps forwards, and Chikara resists the urge to run. But he only feels a soft puff on his head, ruffling his hair. He stares up at the dragon, at those dark dark eyes that seem less like an endless chasm of emptiness and more like the beginnings of a warm campfire.

You ready to go home now?

Chikara glances at where his secondhand sword lies in the grass. Then he glances back at the dragon. “Okay,” he says. “Just one last question. What’s your name?”

The dragon dips its head, meeting Chikara’s eyes fully. Chikara has the impression that it’s smiling. That’s the first time someone asked me for my name, the dragon whispers. Tanaka. Tanaka Ryuunosuke.

“Tanaka,” Chikara repeats. He gives the dragon a small smile. “Do you mind if I come back to visit you, Tanaka Ryuunosuke?”

The dragon tosses its head, and ruffles Chikara’s hair with its breath again. This time when it smiles, Chikara doesn’t flinch at the sight of those sharp, sharp teeth.

Re: FILL: team akaashi keiji/bokuto koutarou [G]

[directorenno]

i yelled a little when i saw this prompt got filled and i loved what you did with the prompt! ennoshita being surprised at how mundane tanaka almost seemed and yet the wings and i love the little reference to previous people going up the mountain too! thank you so much!!