Bonus Round 5: Myth & Lore

[referees]

Summer's a time for swapping stories around the campfire. With that in mind, this round draws inspiration from the stories humanity have told each other over the centuries.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on August 4 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• This round does not have prompts. Instead, we ask you to draw inspiration from the wide pool of mythology, fantasy, folklore, and fable. An urban fantasy or supernatural AU? A re-imagining of your favorite folk tale? Characters swapping ghost stories or playing D&D? As long as your fill in some way incorporates the fantastical and/or supernatural, it's welcome here.
• Your fill still has to be about a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. What ships you create work for is up to you, though.
• To submit your fill, simply leave it as a comment as a reply to this post.
• 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.

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SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many fills as you want!

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.

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Comments

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G

[dynamite]

Iwaizumi Hajime / Oikawa Tooru, Haikyuu
no tags
graphics&etc fill


When Iwaizumi steps into the little green shop nestled high up in the mountain, there’s something about the prickly bergamot and mint scented air that feels so familiar. He’s followed a long trail of unusual hybrids and regional strains to get here, and he’s not sure why he’s so wary of this hedge witch and his small smile and the way the rosemary leaves seem to follow him; or the way he pretends, very badly, not to eye Iwaizumi as he peers curiously through the shelves of dried herbs and teas.

“Can I help you?” Iwaizumi says gruffly after the longest five minute of being stared at in his life. It's getting late and he will need to trek down the mountain in the dusk.

“Oh, you already are,” the hedge witch winks at him from behind the counter.

Iwaizumi hates the way he flushes pink at the tip of his ears; manages to growl out, “Aren't you supposed to be the one asking me that.”

“I already know what you want.” Something flashes in the hedge witch’s eyes, cunning and quick, like sunlight mirrored across a cold lake, or a last sunset right before it dips below the tower. “You've lost something, haven't you. How clumsy of you.”

Iwaizumi ignores the teasing lilt of the voice and looks the hedge witch right in the eye instead, and he wonders if magic this green has always tasted the way this air tastes on his tongue.

“I have a tea for that,” the hedge witch finally says. “And it will fix that ache inside your chest, but it only works if you drink it here with me.”