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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.
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- 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)
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FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
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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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FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA, G
Warnings: None
Words: 978
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Based on a Precure cast talk segment where it was asked why magical girls don’t get attacked mid-transformation. I love this theory to bits
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“You should just charge in and transform next to the bad guys.”
The observation had come out of nowhere, with no premise considering they had just settled down to do their modern Japanese homework. Aoyagi raises an eyebrow wordlessly as Teshima twirls his pen between his fingers, clearly occupied with other thoughts.
“I mean.” He continued, “When you transform you kind of just hover there, right? It’s not wind or levitation, you’re kind of just hanging up there in this bright beam of light.”
Teshima turns suddenly, digging though the backpack casually tossed onto Aoyagi’s bed. “So it kind of got me thinking, that if it was light, it’d be really crazy strong. Which would explain why everyone kinda just stands around watching, you know?”
He pulls a battered notebook that Aoyagi’s seen a thousand times; because even if Teshima didn’t have any kind of magical power, his intellect was second to none. Of course he kept notes on them all.
“Light in general does press on us a little, but it’s so weak we kind of don’t notice. Or we’re just so used to it, we don’t notice.” The notebook is open now, and Aoyagi can see lines upon lines of hastily scribbled numbers and kanji that make their head spin.
“I mean, if we look at it seriously, the pressure’s only about the weight of mosquito or something. So whatever light is holding you up would have to be crazy strong. The energy the light should produce to be able to hold you up there would be something like two billion kilowatts per meter squared. I don’t even know how you can stand that kind of pressure.”
Aoyagi opens their mouth, but Teshima seems to anticipate their response. “Yeah, I thought about invincibility. Though, I don’t really have a lot of data to prove it. I mean, no one has ever attacked one of you mid transformation before; or even thrown anything into your beams of light. But, well..” He pauses, frowning at the page in front of him.
“I would think that if anything even stepped into that light, they’d be totally dissolved or something. Blown to pieces. Totally evaporated.”
Aoyagi has admittedly never thought about that before. Then again, they don’t really think about the workings of their power, just that it’s there and it does what it’s supposed to. There was no use confusing themselves trying to figure out why.
But of course, Teshima would be the type to pick it apart like that. Though, Aoyagi couldn’t really fault Teshima for that, expecially if it provided more insight and better battle strategies.
“Do you want to test it then?” They ask, not really as a question because it’s obvious Teshima expected nothing less.
“After homework.” They add, trying not to snort at how disappointed the other looks.
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They end up cycling out to Chiba port park in the very early hours of the morning, only because for lack of anywhere else close by to test Teshima’s theory out. It was early enough that the area was pretty much empty of people, so even if it wasn’t really the best place to be doing this, regular people never really noticed the transformation until after it was midway though (another thing Teshima had observed. No one flipped out over people randomly transforming, or bright beams of light. They acted as if it was normal, but he supposes in a way, it kind of was)
“Alright.” Teshima says as they walk out to the middle of the park. “Your transformation lasts about twenty to thirty seconds, so I’ll throw everything I have at it and test our hard light theory!”
Aoyagi nods and gets started, but takes care to actually pay attention this time around. And Teshima’s right, it’s not a wind or a presence, the light actually lifts them up and disintegrated their clothes. Which might support Teshima’s theory that they might be invincible during this time, they mused as ribbons and cloth appeared out of nowhere.
Which was another thing they suddenly wondered; where did this stuff some from? Did the light dissolve their regular clothes and reconstruct them at the molecular level into their magical outfit? Surely, the cloth must come from somewhere, was there a dressmaker somewhere in Chiba who always ended up with less stock then they recorded?
Their transformation ended, the light faded and they were set gently back down onto the ground. They turn and quirk and eyebrow at Teshima, who seems so excited he’s waving about his hands frantically.
“We were right! Everything literally disintegrated!” He exclaims. “Everything I threw in! Rocks, a notebook, heck even a lighter. Completely destroyed!”
Aoyagi nods, because even if they can’t really appreciate how pumped Teshima is about the discovery, they can appreciate their enthusiasm.
“And you? Were you floating? Did it feel hot? Did you get hurt?” Teshima continues, “Ah, but at least we know now nothing can touch you when you’re transforming. It’s like a 100% shield!
Aoyagi nods. So it would definitely work if they just run into enemy territory?
But of course, Teshima catches himself before they can say anything. “Of course, this isn’t licence to be reckless.” He scolds as Aoyagi has the decency to look guilty. “But it’s a good thing to know. For the future, anyway.”
They head home after that, Aoyagi still in lace and mirrors as they mount their bikes and head back. Teshima rides behind them for a while, earlier enthusiasm oddly muted, before he pipes up.
“You mirrors didn’t dissolve in that light, huh? Do you think we could make a refraction device and direct that light mid transformation?”
“Junta.” Aoyagi sighs, earning a chuckle in return.
“Right, right. Sorry.” He laughs. “I got too excited, huh?”
“Just a little” they smile. “Maybe we can think about it later.”