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Bonus Round 4: Quotes
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!
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)
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], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [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.
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)
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!
FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA, T
Word Count: 1605
“My readings confirm that he is not an illusion of some kind,” Inui said, reading out the ship’s analysis.
“That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you for the past hour!” Oishi threw up his arms in exasperation.
Or at least, one of the Oishis did. The other one just frowned. “Then what is he?”
Oishi — the frowning Oishi, who considered himself to be the main Oishi, since there had never been anyone to challenge him to that title until a handful of hours ago — had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Since becoming the second officer of one of the finest starships in the fleet, Oishi had seen a lot of strange things on the bleeding edges of space.
Having a double of himself show up out of nowhere was a new one.
“He also doesn’t appear to be a clone,” Inui continued.
“Could this be a trick? Some sort of spy?” Tezuka asked. He was standing just a few inches from the original Oishi, his brow furrowed.
“Please, you have to believe me,” the second Oishi said. “I’m just as confused as all of you. One minute, I was on my ship, and the next minute I’m here, along with the other me.” He looked to Captain Tezuka. “Please, Kunimitsu, you have to believe me.”
Oishi’s eyes widened at his double using the captain’s given name so easily. When he looked to Tezuka, he seemed to be slightly surprised as well.
“I believe I have a working theory,” Inui said. “The artifact we picked up on planet X38-09 had unusual quantum readings. And this Oishi has similarly offset readings.”
“Inui, no offence, but could you stop talking about me like I’m a lab specimen?” the Oishi double asked.
“Of course, Commander,” Inui said. “I assume you are also a commander, yes?”
The double nodded.
“I don’t understand,” original Oishi said. “What are you saying, Inui?”
“What I mean to say is that both of you are in fact Oishi,” Inui said. “However, this version of Oishi has a quantum signature which suggests that he’s from an alternate universe.”
Both Oishis paled a bit. “What?”
Inui ignored the duo’s simultaneous reaction. “I’m sure you’re familiar with the concept. At some point, our universes diverged, making an alternate universe which runs parallel to our own.”
“So, at some point, we each made a decision that split our paths?” the original Oishi asked.
“Possibly,” Inui said. “Or not. There’s no reason that the difference would need to necessarily be centered around you. No offence to your importance in the universe, sirs.”
“I wasn’t thinking of taking any offence until you brought it up,” the second Oishi said, crossing his arms in front of him.
“In any case, we have one Commander Oishi too many,” Tezuka said. “Inui, you keep looking to see if there’s a way to isolate how to return our extra Oishi to his universe. Oishi, you check the artifact to see if you can find any indication on how this happened.”
“Aye, sir,” both Oishi’s responded. They looked at each other after speaking.
Tezuka shook his head. “Both of you might as well look into it. Two Oishis may be better than one.”
“You would think so,” the second Oishi said under his breath with a slight smirk.
Tezuka raised an eyebrow at that, but said nothing. He shared a quick look with his Oishi before turning and leaving.
Kikumaru frowned. “Sorry, Oishi. I can’t make heads or tails of the engraving on the artifact.” He entered a few more things into his tablet, careful not to let the retractable claw on his finger touch the surface. “I’ll take the scan of it down to the archives, see if I can’t find something similar from a nearby planet or something.”
Seeming done with business, Kikumaru grinned, leaning close to Oishi and letting his feline tail wrap around Oishi’s back. “So, anyway, after you’re done here, are we still on for the gym later? You were going to keep teaching me that human game with the balls that are fun to chase.”
Oishi coughed, squirming a little. “I think you meant to say that to the other Oishi.”
Kikumaru huffed loudly, crossing his arms. “This is unfair! It’s impossible to tell the two of you apart! I need to put a number on each of your cheeks so I can tell the difference!”
Oishi — the one that hadn’t been being caressed by Kikumaru’s tail — smiled at him. “Don’t worry, Eiji. I’m sure we’ll have this all settled soon so it won’t be a problem.”
Kikumaru pouted, looking between the two of them. “Well…” He looked at the alternate universe Oishi. “If you don’t have this all straightened out by then, I guess it might be fun if you came to the gym too.” He turned and flicked his tail in alternate Oishi’s face before leaving.
Oishi smiled while alternate Oishi frowned. “He’s right though,” Oishi said. “We might need to think of a way for people to tell us apart eventually.”
Alternate Oishi continued frowning. “I’m definitely not planning to stick around long enough for that. No offence to you or Lieutenant Kikumaru.”
Oishi frowned at that, but turned his attention to the instruments they were using to scan the artifact for anything useful.
“I don’t remember him being so forward when he was on my ship,” alternate Oishi muttered.
Oishi raised an eyebrow. “Eiji isn’t on your ship anymore, in your universe?”
Alternate Oishi shook his head. “No, he took a promotion almost a year ago.”
“Well, I guess we found the difference between our universes,” Oishi said with a laugh. “Don’t tell Eiji though, he might get jealous of his alternate self! But I bet you miss him though. I would.”
“Maybe it’s for the best…” Alternate Oishi shrugged. “Is your Kunimitsu alright with how he flirts with you like that?”
Oishi stared at him. “What do you mean? The captain is fine with us dating, if that’s what you’re asking. I cleared it with him, first thing.”
Alternate Oishi’s eyes widened. “Dating? Kikumaru?”
Oishi paused dead in his tracks. “Wait, you’re not?”
“Of course not!” alternate Oishi said.
Oishi’s brow furrowed as he considered. “Wait. The way you talk about Tezuka… In your universe…?”
“We’re married,” alternate Oishi said.
“Married?!”
Alternate Oishi nodded.
Oishi backed away from the console, feeling too distracted to be sure that he could work the analysis controls correctly.
“You mean you never considered it?” alternate Oishi asked.
“It’s not that,” Oishi said. “I just… I didn’t think he felt the same… and then… Eiji came along…”
Alternate Oishi crossed his arms. “I guess I can see how that happened. When Lieutenant Kikumaru first came aboard, I can’t deny there was a bit of an attraction, but… I couldn’t pursue it. Whenever I considered it, I thought of Kunimitsu.”
“Were you two already together at that point?” Oishi asked.
“No,” alternate Oishi said. “But… Well, you know how he is. There’s always another thing with Kunimitsu. Another mission to take, another mountain to conquer. He’s always putting his wants and needs last. But I just… I had faith that eventually… he’d be there.”
Oishi sat down on one of the lab stools, an odd feeling that he couldn’t quite put a name to bubbling away in his stomach. All too clearly, he could remember the early days of meeting Eiji, of feeling swept away with passion, but also… torn. He remembered the look on Tezuka’s face when he told him that he intended to date Eiji; an expression that he’d never quite completely decoded, and in the back of his mind, was too afraid to.
He could all too easily see how his path could have diverged right there with that look.
“Married?” Oishi pressed again. “How did that happen? Eiji’s only been on board for a couple of years, at least in my universe. If you and Tezuka weren’t together then…”
Alternate Oishi shrugged. “It happened on his birthday. Kikumaru was throwing an unrelated party, I forget for what, but you know how hard it is to get Kunimitsu to go to the crew social events unless you make it feel like an obligation. But instead, I skipped out on the party, and brought some wine to his quarters, and well…” He blushed, and Oishi’s eyes widened. “It was… Well, you know how he is. He doesn’t do anything spur of the moment. I felt like it must have been something he had been mulling over for a long time, and the timing was just. Right.” Alternate Oishi laughed. “He proposed to me less than half a year later. Said he’d kept me waiting too long as it was. And the rest is history… At least, for me.”
Oishi stared off at the wall.
“I’m sorry if that’s hard for you to hear,” alternate Oishi said. “I hope I haven’t stirred up any regrets.”
“No,” Oishi said, a bit too quickly. “No, I’m happy with Eiji.” He paused, looking at his feet. “And… I’m glad you’re happy with Tezuka too.” When he looked up at alternate Oishi he was smiling, but Oishi knew the smile all too well. It was the same smile that Oishi would flash at a homesick ensign on his first deep space assignment. It was comforting…
Pitying…
Oishi swallowed that thought. “Anyway, we should get you back to your… Kunimitsu… right?” He stood back up, looking back to the analysis instruments in the lab.
Alternate Oishi nodded. “I’m looking forward to it.”