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Bonus Round 5: Myth & Lore
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)
Remember, this is a NO-PROMPT round. Format your fill comment in one of the following ways:
| If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
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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 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.
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
Tags: body horror, transformation (off-screen), inui juice (and all that comes with it)
Word Count: 744
A hand wraps around Teshima’s bicep, stopping his forward momentum with a bit of a jerk. Teshima nearly falls, because in all honesty he hadn’t been paying much attention; just walking a well worn path into his dismal, slightly reeking destination.
A lot like his life.
He looks to see who’s caught him and catches sight of smug, smiling boy with dark black hair.
Teshima glares at him.
“I see you’re headed to the juice wizard,” the boy says, still smiling, still holding Teshima’s arm, still looking tremendously punchable.
Teshima frowns. “So what? Who are you supposed to be?”
The boy chuckles lightly, his voice tinkling like a forty-eight piece sterling silverware set being spiked on the ground. “Consider me the friendly competition. My name is Mizuki Hajime, at your service.”
Teshima frowns, feeling a bit queasy at hearing this guy’s given name; and his threshold for queasy has been pretty high lately, given his frequent visits to the juice wizard. “What do you want?”
Mizuki grins. “You don’t have to be so suspicious,” he says, airily waving the hand that isn’t digging into Teshima’s arm like it’s looking for a pulse. “As I said, consider me the alternative to that reeking swill I’m sure Inui is feeding you.”
Teshima frowns. It’s true, he’s been visiting the juice wizard for more than a month now. His juices taste awful, but… Teshima does feel like he’s starting to see results. He was actually begging to increase his juice consumption to see if he could finally outpace that stupid elite.
Inui had argued against it, saying that side effects could include something he had termed as “extraneous limb growth” but Teshima was starting to think maybe it was worth the risk.
Teshima felt like he was getting a bit too far in for second opinions. “Look, thanks for the offer, but—”
“Have you tasted that swill Inui had the audacity to call tea?” Mizuki says, an edge forming to his grin. “There aren’t even any tea leaves involved. But, my friend… all of my potions are made from only the finest teas.”
Teshima gaped at him. Collecting himself for a moment, he finally managed to reply. “So, how far to your tea shop?”
Mizuki smiled and lead the way.
“So, then he said that he didn’t think I should increase my intake because it might have side-effects! And I’m just thinking like… what side-effects could be worse than just tasting that stuff?”
Mizuki nods sagely, listening to Teshima’s woes as he mixes tea leaves with various oils and other fragrant ingredients. So far, nothing in Mizuki’s lab has made Teshima as wary as the stuff he’s seen in Inui’s. He curses himself silently for not looking for other options sooner.
“That’s just like Inui,” Mizuki says. “Always blaming other factors for his shortcomings. Don’t you think if he were truly a good wizard, his potions wouldn’t have side effects at all?”
Teshima shrugs. “I dunno, I never thought about it like that… I guess it’s just because he really seems to know his stuff…”
“Inui.” Mizuki grinds the ingredients in his mortar and pestle a bit too hard, making a sharp grating noise. Though, when Teshima thinks about it, maybe that’s the sound of Mizuki’s teeth clenching, since his jaw is suddenly set somewhat angrily. “He’s always… He’s so… Know it all…”
Teshima blinks, suddenly a bit concerned. “Umm…”
Mizuki shakes his head, his composure seeming to come flowing back. He grins as if nothing happened, and Teshima gets a familiar queasy feeling in his stomach.
“Anyway, the tea is prepared,” Mizuki says, dumping the contents of the mortar into the rest of his concoction. “Now we’ll just steep this and get you started. Since you wanted an extra punch of power, we’ll steep it for much longer than usual.”
Teshima’s fears washed away as Mizuki pulled out a teapot and began heating the water.
“So, anyway, that’s why I’m back.”
Inui was glaring at him; Teshima was almost certain of that. It was hard to tell since it was impossible to see his eyes around his reflective lenses.
The worse thing about those lenses was that Teshima could see his reflection in them. His green, furry reflection. Teshima wrung his hands together — or rather, wrung his paws together. They were looking more and more like paws by the minute.
Inui sighed. “I’ll see what I can do for an antidote.”
“Th-thanks, Inui-san…”
Re: FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA, T
mizuki lurking around with nothing better to do than pester people who are going to see inui
"voice tinkling like a forty-eight piece sterling silverware set being spiked on the ground" i love me some unconventional similes
teshima nearly growing extra limbs i feel a special connection with this
mizuki callously disregarding the health and safety of the people in his care in his heated pursuit of results so in character the most awful child