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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!
FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, C1, M
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Square: Branding
Word Count: 420 words
Cult AU 3. Branding, emotional and mental manipulation.
***
Yuuta presses his palms against the wall and waits. Around them, the steady chanting of his Brothers assures him that he is not alone. They have all gone through this ritual, this final sacrifice of the ties that bind them to the outside world and they have all survived.
The wind whips around his bare torso, chilly enough to make his nipples perk up, and Yuuta curls his toes into the grass. Waiting is almost worse than having it happen--
No. He shouldn’t be scared. He should meditate, like Mizuki taught him, and guide himself into a state of grace. This is a sacred rite and he is honored to have his devotion acknowledged.
Clan marks are always placed on the left shoulderblade where they can be easily checked without any indecent exposure. The new brand of the Order of St. Rudolphs will be placed over the clan mark.
Yuuta’s seen the brand. According to Mizuki, it’s ancient, used to mark generations of the devout. The oaken handle looks older than the metal which Mizuki cleans scrupulously before every ceremony.
The design itself is relatively simple: there’s a large, solid circle, designed to completely cover a clan mark, and then a radiating pattern of spikes and dots that’s the same symbol as on Mizuki’s talisman. Mizuki’s explained that it represents the sun and the warmth it gives off.
Like the sun, they must bear the light of St. Rudolph’s into the world.
“Are you ready, Yuuta?” Mizuki asks, his hand resting on Yuuta’s other shoulderblade.
The warmth of Mizuki’s gloved hand feels like a brand in its own right.
“Yes,” Yuuta says, voice steady. “I’m ready.”
He closes his eyes and waits for the pain.
Instead, he feels a light kiss on his shoulder - and then the pain begins.
He’d promised himself he wouldn’t scream but it turns out it’s not his choice. He shrieks louder than his Brothers chant, sound piercing the still air, but he doesn’t flinch away. He braces himself against the wall and screams, but he doesn’t tell Mizuki to stop.
“It’s over,” Mizuki says suddenly while Yuuta’s shoulderblade still throbs with insistent agony. “It’s over, Yuuta. Now you are truly one of us.”
The reek of cooked flesh hangs acrid in the air; Yuuta doubles his fingers into a fist and scrubs over his eyes before he turns around and bows to Mizuki stiffly.
“Thank you.”
The Brothers embrace him, one by one, but it’s Mizuki’s smile of approval that Yuuta keeps his gaze on.
Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, C1, M