Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

A shipping olympics favorite, this round uses quotes of all sorts to fuel your creative endeavors.


This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 21 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - M. Gandhi
  • The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
  • 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., Makoto & Rin). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Makoto/Rin). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• 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 GRANDSTAND, G

[yrindor]

no tags
436 words

There was no warning when Tomoe left, just an empty desk that appeared in the classroom one day long before the end of the year.

The first day, Kyousuke wondered if Tomoe had fallen ill, and he tried calling him, but no one answered. The second day, he sent an e-mail as well, but that too received no reply. By the third day, he was worried, and he went to Tomoe's house in person, but no one was home. He left a note slipped under the door, but he never heard back.

It wasn't until a week later that he finally found an answer. He and Heath had gone to Tomoe's house together after practice, and Tomoe's younger brother had answered the door, looking pale and haunted. He had said only "he left; he's in America now" before closing the door again.

Kyousuke took that information and tried again. He sent e-mails and text messages, all saying variants of "I heard you're in America now. I miss you and hope you're well." When those received no reply either, he turned to the forums he knew Tomoe had frequented, but Tomoe's account on all of them had remained dormant since the day he disappeared.

If it weren't for the occasional mention on the international Stride forums of a black-haired Japanese boy winning races in the States, Kyousuke would have begun to wonder if it had all been a dream. If the days he and Tomoe had spent running together, and the nights they had spent sharing a bed were all mere figments of his imagination.

Six months after Tomoe left, he wondered if perhaps it would have been better that way. If the ghost touches he still half-remembered were better relegated to the realm of fantasy than of reality. He could still faintly remember the feelings of what had been, but maybe it would hurt less if he let them live on as nothing more than a dream. Something he had imagined and loved, but that never could be.

A year later, an envelope arrived in his mailbox. It was badly battered as if it had been on a long journey. Inside, on a torn scrap of paper, were the words "I'm sorry" and a phone number. The same words and the same number had been crossed out multiple times before, as if the writer had hesitated even to say them.

That night, Kyousuke picked up the phone and called.

"Hello, Kyousuke," the voice on the other end of the line said, and Kyousuke knew that it hadn't been a dream after all.

Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, G

[totheriver]

Oh my gosh, this is beautiful and made my heart clench. Thank you so much <3

Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, G

[yrindor]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

And thank you for prompting Prince of Stride; it's been sadly unloved the last couple of rounds.

Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, G

[totheriver]

Ahh no problem! I love the anime haha <3