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.

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Comments

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kiyala]

no tags pacific rim au
word count: 545

Yukio's graduation isn't the happy affair that Ryouta expects it to be. The entire way through the ceremony, Ryouta sits there with his heart in his throat, feeling as if he's about to burst.

It's fear, he realises, as he watches Yukio stand there on the stage, receiving his graduation certificate and his medal for graduating at the top of his class. He's a ranger now. This is it. From now on, he'll be out there, piloting a Jaeger and fighting Kaiju. Ryouta will still be here, held back by the fact that he joined later.

"I should be your co-pilot," Ryouta murmurs, soft and unhappy against Yukio's mouth later that night, when they've ditched the party being thrown for the graduating students. "We're drift compatible, Yukio. It should be me."

"I know," Yukio murmurs, his lips warm against Ryouta's neck. "Just give them a few months. They'll graduate you with the next batch."

That's too long, Ryouta thinks to himself. There's no way to predict what will happen in that time, or how many Kaiju will come through the Breach before Ryouta becomes a ranger. There's no way of predicting what will happen to Yukio.

"I'll join you," Ryouta promises. "As soon as I can."

"Good," Yukio smiles, and kisses him hard. "You're my right hand."

"And you're my left," Ryouta replies. "The next time I see you, it'll be across the floor of a Kwoon Room."

"Yeah." Yukio grins. "I look forward to it. Don't leave me waiting, Kise."

"I wouldn't dream of it, Senpai."



The next time Ryouta sees Yukio is a week later, on a TV screen, announcing him and Moriyama Yoshitaka as pilots of the Blue Elite. Ryouta knows Yoshitaka from ranger academy, knows that he and Yukio will work together well.

Ryouta tries not to feel jealous, redoubling his efforts at his assignments. He's always been quick at picking things up and he knows that he's breezed through the training much quicker than other classmates. Before, he just wanted to see how quickly he could graduate but now, he's doing everything at a frantic pace. Everything is taking too long, every second that he spends here in the classroom instead of at the Tokyo shatterdome is a moment wasted.

He feels his heart stop every time a new Kaiju appears and he watches Blue Elite get dispatched. He has faith in Yukio, but he knows that faith isn't going to be enough.

Ryouta graduates with the next batch, with a certificate and a medal that matches Yukio's. He doesn't hang around for any longer than he needs to, already on his way to the shatterdome when the sirens go off, alerting everyone to new activity at the breach site.

In the distance, Ryouta thinks he sees Blue Elite being carried towards the sea. He knows Yukio can't see him, but he presses his nose to the window of the taxi anyway, watching the blue metal of the Jaeger until it disappears out of sight.

By the time Yukio returns to the shatterdome, victorious and alive, Ryouta's going to be there to greet him.

He takes a deep breath and sits back in his seat, staring up at the worn material of the taxi's ceiling.

Yukio better make it back.