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

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Required Work Minimums:

• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

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SCORING

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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

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Comments

FILL: TEAM Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun, G

[sawakise]

Narumiya Mei &/ Tadano Itsuki, daiya no ace

kono bangumi wa goran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu:

hogwarts au

canon typical supernatural things
506 words.

“I’ve enchanted some sort of Muggle contraption,” Tadano calls out and there are a series of white small balls floating in the air as he points his wand at them. “Are you ready to dive, Mei-san?”

“Yes,” Narumiya says in a way that suggests he was born ready. One of the few traits about Narumiya that Tadano likes. Well, that’s a lie, Tadano thinks, because there are a lot of things about Narumiya that he really likes.

“Alright,” Tadano says and Narumiya flies in lazy circles above the practice field on which he’s standing. “I’ll count—“

“Don’t bother,” Narumiya replies, “just send them out and see how fast I can catch them all.”

See? There are a lot of things about Narumiya that he really likes.

Without warning, he flicks his wand up. All five small balls spread out in different directions, whizzing with a swish of his wand, changing in both speed and direction as they sore through the fields.

Narumiya’s already caught two, having dove at a dangerously steep angle that Tadano’s only seen him pull off. The two balls are clasped in his right hand while his left head steadies himself on the broom, staring intensely at the space right in front of him.

It’s frustrating when Tadano himself cannot keep track of all the balls, focusing on the one that he’s been eying this entire time. He makes sure to keep it out of Narumiya’s way—he doesn’t want the other to catch that one first.

Narumiya accelerates with such speed that leaves Tadano breathless; his grip changes to accommodate the size of three balls, then four.

“Great job, Mei-san!” Tadano calls out.

Narumiya looks at him and mimes gagging. Right, he said no distractions. But he can’t help it.

It takes a little over half a minute for Narumiya to catch the final ball. Tadano focused particularly hard on that one and made it curve all sorts of directions; it took Narumiya several tries to finally corner and snag the ball. Slowly, with all five motionless, magicless Muggle orbs clutched in his right hand, Narumiya descents as gracefully as ever.

“Wow,” Tadano says, “good job, Mei-san!”

Narumiya snorts.

“You’re going to get the snitch for sure in our upcoming game against Hufflepuff,” Tadano takes the balls back and stuffs them in the pockets of his robe; they press awkwardly against his side. “And then we’ll win.”

“You’re not Harada,” Narumiya scowls, “but I guess you’ll do. Just don’t make me have to pay attention to where the quaffle is.”

“Don’t worry Mei-san,” Tadano puffs with confidence, “I’ve got this. Haven’t we practiced enough? I don’t think anyone throws a quaffle with such speed and accuracy that you do, and I’ve blocked more than enough of them.”

Narumiya stares at him pensively, as if considering something, and then shrugs. “I guess so. Let’s go to the mess hall—I’m starving.”

“Don’t forget to take a bath first,” Tadano calls out, hurrying to fall in step with Narumiya as he walks away.