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Bonus Round 2: Tic-Tac-Toe
Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. There's a lot of text here, but if you read carefully and follow the instructions step by step, you will be okay.
RULES
Please refer to the first comment thread of this post for an example of how this round works.PROMPTING
- Select a ship to create your prompt card about. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Haruki & Kazuma). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Haruki/Kazuma). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
- Visit this card generator.
- Here is a visual guide to using it.
- The large text box is where you can list prompts if you have your own ideas. Please list at least 9 prompts; you can list more if you want. (The generator says you need at least 24, but it's lying.) Single words or short phrases are better than sentences.
- Otherwise, you can use the dropdown menu found right below it. Note: some of these prompts lists are NSFW. (NSFW prompts are a-ok as long as you tag for it.) If you don't like some of the options that appear in a prompt list, you can delete them.
- Text prompts only, please. Also, each card square must be unique—don't list the same prompt 9 times.
- In "Configuration Options," make sure you select 3x3 and (Normal prompt). This is the most important step!
- Leave the tic-tac-toe card with its default colors, so everyone can read it clearly.
- Click the "Create a bingo card" button.
- Scroll down to see the card that was created for you. If you don't like the prompts it picked, you can reroll by clicking "Create a bingo card" again.
- When you're satisfied, scroll further down the page until you see a textarea box full of HTML.
- Copy and paste the HTML from the box and into the body of your prompt comment, then post!
FILLING
Fill prompts by selecting an individual square to create fanwork for, then leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. (Optional:) If you can fill three squares from a prompt in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, you get a tic-tac-toe (and an additional point bonus)! You can also just fill prompts as you please and get standard points.
- Prompt squares are labeled as follows:
A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 A3 B3 C3 - If you're trying for tic-tac-toe, you cannot combine squares into one fill. If your fill can satisfy multiple squares, pick the most relevant square: e.g., one square is sailing and another is pirates and you make a fill about pirates sailing, it's mostly pirates so put down the pirates square.
- Each fill must stand alone as an individual piece, but all your fills can slot into a larger universe if you'd like.
- You cannot fill a prompt square more than once, but you can fill every square on a tic tac toe card if you want to.
- You cannot work with your teammates to get a tic-tac-toe. Only individually achieved tic-tac-toes get the bonus.
- Multiple people can fill the same prompt square. You cannot "block" others from getting tic-tac-toe.
- Remember to also follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
- Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.
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/images)
- 14 lines (poetry)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [SQUARE], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [SQUARE], [RATING]
|
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.
If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.
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 for each tic-tac-toe card (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
Tic-tac-toe Bonus: 2 points each for the first 12 achieved by your team
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).Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace
Fandom: Princess Nine
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Prompt:
FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, A1, T
Fandom: Princess Nine
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Square: I'm so glad you're here
Word Count: 407
***
Koharu hugs Nene tightly before she even gets in hte door, suitcase still hoisted over her shoulder; her fingers catch in the tangles and curls of Nene’s hair and it’s pulling a little harshly, but it’s easily forgiven (even not considering the situation). Koharu pulls back; her eyes are red but alive with sparks.
“You didn’t have to, you know.”
“Yes I did,” says Nene. “You need help.”
It’s a statement, not a question; she dumps her bags in the hallway and surveys the house, wrinkling her nose. There’s gathering clutter and mess; Nene’s willing to bet the dishes are piled up and moldy in the sink and that the bathroom and bedrooms are in similar states. She rolls up her sleeves before even taking off her shoes.
“The fishermen—”
“Are just as worried about your father as you are,” says Nene, in her firmest tone. “They’re staying with him at the hospital in shifts, right?”
Koharu nods. When her head tilts down, the dark circles under her eyes are apparent, like miniature black holes.
“Sleep,” says Nene.
“Nene—”
“I will carry you to bed,” says Nene (what with Koharu’s muscle mass and Nene’s critical lack thereof, it would end up more like Nene dragging her, but, she’d still do it if she had to).
“Fine,” says Koharu.
Nene walks through the house, surveying the damages. She supposes Koharu’s spent most of the time in the hospital with her father, but she’s still eaten and slept and left things in disarray. It’s not as bad as it could be, but Koharu doesn’t need the stress of living in squalor on top of everything else. She stops by Koharu’s room; Koharu’s already fast asleep and it’s hard not to smile at her all sprawled out.
It’s a few hours later when everything’s clean and neat again; Nene’s not sure where everything goes but it should be at least an approximation and it looks better. And she doubts Koharu or her father will be doing much in the way of cooking or housework anytime soon, maybe until her father’s made a complete recovery (and Nene’s going to have to speak to him about how much his daughter worries; he knows it but maybe not well enough to take better care of himself). Nene slips into bed next to Koharu, kissing her cheek; Koharu stirs and snaps awake.
“I’m glad you’re here,” she whispers.
Nene hugs her tightly. “Me, too.”
Re: FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, A1, T
Re: FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, A1, T
FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, A2, T
Fandom: Princess Nine
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Square: will we meet again?
Word Count: 612
***
It feels like they’re almost already gone before graduation. All nine starters had departed from the baseball club in the fall; Nene, too, had resigned as manager officially (in reality, she’s still the one doing the recruiting because Coach knows she will and is too lazy to do it himself; he’ll probably do it himself next year after Izumi’s mother bugs him enough). She stays away from the clubhouse; it feels weird and empty without everyone there, with the resignation that they’re all on their way to some future that, if it’s involved with baseball at all, will be very different.
Koharu’s made her own intentions abundantly clear; she’ll be going back home to catch fish in that seaside town and take care of her sick old father. She’d gotten professional and college interest, but it’s all petered out by now. She stands, staunch, a rock against the sea; she’s played her baseball as herself and now she’s done with that.
Nene wishes she had that kind of confidence in her own direction. She’s thought about becoming some kind of professional sports manager or a manga editor, but the reality of those careers is more grueling than it is worthwhile, and with a degree from an elite high school like Kisaragi the world is Nene’s oyster. She refuses to indulge the stupid fantasies that keep worming their way back into her daydreams, like playing housewife for Koharu. She’d get too bored; Koharu might want to go back and settle down but it’s with her tackle box and her old family home, not with Nene. It might be an easier fantasy to let go if Nene had any idea what else she wanted, but instead her mind is dwelling on this, preventing her from choosing a path. Maybe it’s because there’s safety in dwelling on something you can’t have and might not even want, that you don’t have to fear because it’s make-believe.
Nene puts down business as her field of study, goes to cram school, and tries to make the most out of her remaining time with Koharu. If Koharu notices any extra effort on her part, she doesn’t say.
Graduation is harshly sunny. Next to Nene, Mao is already crying; Nene squeezes her hand and Mao smiles through her tears and that’s what pushes Nene over the edge. She can barely see the student speaker through blurry vision; she barely remembers what happens she’s so preoccupied with trying not to cry.
Koharu waits for her behind the clubhouse, tossing a baseball in her hand, looking like she could go out there and play in her school uniform right now, and Nene wants to cry again. She jumps into Koharu’s arms; Koharu's only half-prepared and she drops the ball onto the grass as Nene kisses her.
“Hey,” says Koharu. “It’s, uh.”
“You’re horrible at this,” Nene sobs. “I’m going to miss you so much.”
“Hey,” Koharu says. “I’m not going to forget you just like that, you know.”
“Will we meet again?” (Sometimes Nene can’t help emulating the shoujo protagonists she’s spent so much of her life idolizing, even if shoujo protagonists don’t usually have baseball-playing, fishing, girlfriends who are leaving them behind.)
“You know where I live,” says Koharu. “And I wouldn’t mind if you visited. We’ve got manga and baseball; you won’t get too bored.”
Nene wants to roll her eyes, but she can do that from a distance. She can’t hug Koharu again a plane ride away, so she does it again; Koharu’s elbows are pressing against her awkwardly but she doesn’t care right now.
“Of course I’ll come,” says Nene. “Tomorrow, if you want me.”
Re: FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, A2, T
FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, A3, T
Fandom: Princess Nine
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Square: don't go
Word Count: 701
***
It’s a hell of a lot easier for the chair to get funding for the baseball team this year, so their training camp’s gotten a major upgrade. It’s hard not to be a little nostalgic for the rough outdoors of last year’s camp, but the facilities are supposed to be the premier thing for athletic training or something (Izumi had tried to explain that she’d had something similar for tennis, Ryo and Yoko hanging on her every word, but Koharu had tuned her out). Either way, they’ve got private rooms and weird dietary restrictions, and it’s hard not to be a little skeptical.
At least the weirdness is something Koharu can share with her teammates; even though Ryo’s impressed she’s a little awestruck with strangeness, and it’s been pretty overwhelming for both Mao and Seira. Nene, on the other hand, seems to take it all in stride; her bubbly sense of wonder balances everything out and as she runs around trying to help the freshmen there’s something about it that feels right and good, that this is the same (slightly swankier) Kisaragi team. And they’re still doing the same drills; the field’s a little greener and the dirt’s tamped down just right but they’re still training damn hard (Coach and Nene have apparently decided that since they’re sleeping on these overstuffed mattresses, they can push each other even harder, and there’s a certain logic to that—which would make more sense if Coach did more than lie around and ask Ryo how to get with her mom).
And Koharu and Nene, well. They’ve been this sort of thing for a while, since the off-season, through the school year. It’s mostly been stolen kisses after class, lunchtime out by the clubhouse where they can just be, bumping each other’s shoulders and arguing about pro baseball, Koharu stealing from Nene’s bento. She can’t say she’s not looking forward to this trip for that kind of reason, too, but that soon departs from her mind when she’s so tired after dinner the first day she crawls into bed and can barely wake up, feeling sore and heavy, the next morning.
After a few days she gets used to it, though; her muscles are still protesting and she’s still weary, but it’s the good kind of feeling when she knows she’s going to get results. Already her bat speed’s up; her line drives are going harder and faster; her throws feel good and solid. It’s the same with everyone; Mao had gunned down Seira going for second the other day, and the next time up Seira had beaten her out, running harder and smarter. They’re pushing each other to do better, with Nene as their backbone, coordinating all of their skills and taking them from drill to drill.
Nene’s pretty tired, too; she’s still no baseball player but she’s good enough to demonstrate, and she’s yelling her lungs out every day and taking a microscope to everyone’s stance, swing, throwing motion; she makes the new outfielders do crow’s hops all one afternoon, watching their legs while rattling off instructions about the drop in Seira’s shoulder when she throws and how Kanako’s taking too many shortcuts in the field.
She and Koharu are talking about hitting a curveball all through dinner, and even when it’s over they’re far from finished. Their voices fall softer as they walk through the halls to Koharu’s room, and Koharu pulls it one.
“Come in?”
She doesn’t mean necessarily to do anything but, well, if it happens it happens. They sit down on the bed, Koharu twining Nene’s fingers in hers, continuing to explain the way a curve looks when it’s coming in, the way she swings over it and it seems to bend the light around it. Nene shifts closer, looking into her eyes. Now is the moment in one of Nene’s cheesy comics that the love interest kisses the heroine, and Koharu doesn’t mind playing that kind of role. She pulls back; Nene’s smiling, her legs swinging on the edge of the bed.
“Should I go now?”
“Don’t go. Talk with me more about curveballs.”
It comes out weird, but Nene laughs, not in a bad way. “Sure.”