SASO Referees (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
referees) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
sportsanime2017-06-11 06:56 pm
referees) wrote in sportsanime2017-06-11 06:56 pm
Entry tags:
Bonus Round 2: Tic-Tac-Toe
Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. There's a lot of text here, but if you read carefully and follow the instructions step by step, you will be okay.
RULES
Please refer to the first comment thread of this post for an example of how this round works.PROMPTING
- Select a ship to create your prompt card about. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Haruki & Kazuma). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Haruki/Kazuma). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
- Visit this card generator.
- Here is a visual guide to using it.
- The large text box is where you can list prompts if you have your own ideas. Please list at least 9 prompts; you can list more if you want. (The generator says you need at least 24, but it's lying.) Single words or short phrases are better than sentences.
- Otherwise, you can use the dropdown menu found right below it. Note: some of these prompts lists are NSFW. (NSFW prompts are a-ok as long as you tag for it.) If you don't like some of the options that appear in a prompt list, you can delete them.
- Text prompts only, please. Also, each card square must be unique—don't list the same prompt 9 times.
- In "Configuration Options," make sure you select 3x3 and (Normal prompt). This is the most important step!
- Leave the tic-tac-toe card with its default colors, so everyone can read it clearly.
- Click the "Create a bingo card" button.
- Scroll down to see the card that was created for you. If you don't like the prompts it picked, you can reroll by clicking "Create a bingo card" again.
- When you're satisfied, scroll further down the page until you see a textarea box full of HTML.
- Copy and paste the HTML from the box and into the body of your prompt comment, then post!
FILLING
Fill prompts by selecting an individual square to create fanwork for, then leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. (Optional:) If you can fill three squares from a prompt in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, you get a tic-tac-toe (and an additional point bonus)! You can also just fill prompts as you please and get standard points.
- Prompt squares are labeled as follows:
A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 A3 B3 C3 - If you're trying for tic-tac-toe, you cannot combine squares into one fill. If your fill can satisfy multiple squares, pick the most relevant square: e.g., one square is sailing and another is pirates and you make a fill about pirates sailing, it's mostly pirates so put down the pirates square.
- Each fill must stand alone as an individual piece, but all your fills can slot into a larger universe if you'd like.
- You cannot fill a prompt square more than once, but you can fill every square on a tic tac toe card if you want to.
- You cannot work with your teammates to get a tic-tac-toe. Only individually achieved tic-tac-toes get the bonus.
- Multiple people can fill the same prompt square. You cannot "block" others from getting tic-tac-toe.
- Remember to also follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
- Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.
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/images)
- 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], [SQUARE], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [SQUARE], [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.
If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.
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 for each tic-tac-toe card (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)
For fills:First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each
Tic-tac-toe Bonus: 2 points each for the first 12 achieved by your team
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 (see the line of links below this post).Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: things you said edition
Prompt:
FILL: Team Grandstand, C3, T
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major tags: None
Other tags: Angst, guess what kagami was planning to do, just guess
Square: C3: things you said i wasn't meant to hear
Word count: 704
This was suppose to be short!!! *shakes tiny fist to the sky*
***
Taiga’s voice was naturally loud, and the way it bounced around the apartment showed how he still unused to sharing space with someone. Daiki had fallen asleep just as soon as he’d come back from practice and dragged himself to the shower. He’d even declined dinner, which should’ve alerted anyone to how off he was feeling.
But Taiga only nodded, looking distracted as he shoved a mound of rice into his mouth. Daiki felt slightly sick, watching him, so he’d gone to bed instead.
He woke up what felt like hours later, still groggy and still with damp hair clinging to the back of his neck.
In the other room, Taiga was talking to someone.
At first, Daiki thought it must’ve been Kuroko, either dropping by or on the phone, but Taiga’s voice had that intimate rumble that he thought had been reserved only for himself.
They’d been together for a couple of years now, lasting through college and the first part of their professional careers. Taiga had gone back to the States, for a while, to play there, while Daiki tried his luck here.
(He had lots of people tell him that he was stupid, that he was wasting time in Japan, but fuck all of that. This was his home, after all, and besides, he didn’t like America, or Americans. Taiga excepted. Sometimes.)
But now and finally, Daiki and Taiga were in the same country, in the same apartment together again. It was only for six months, until Taiga’s contract lapsed, but Daiki thought that after years of waiting, this was it. This was the life he wanted.
“I haven’t told him yet,” Taiga said in English, and Daiki inched the bedroom door a little bit open to hear what he was saying. “I have to time it right, or else he’ll freak out.”
He chuckled. “No, he hates surprises. You should’ve seen the wrestling move he put on me when I tried to throw him a surprise birthday party.”
Daiki pulled back like he’d been slapped. Who was Taiga talking to in that familiar, comfortable way? And about him, no less? What news did he have to break to him gently?
All at once, Daiki realized. It had been too good to be true after all. Taiga was planning to break up with him. And the guy on the phone -- must’ve been someone he met when he was playing in America.
When they’d first gotten together, it was Daiki who had insisted on no commitments, of both of them moving on when one of them didn’t want what they had anymore. Taiga had agreed to it, reluctantly.
But now it was Daiki who wanted to hold on.
It was hard for Daiki not to be selfish. He thought it was built into him, wired into his brain. But he thought he could try not to be selfish for Taiga. He decided on what he had to do. Then, he fell asleep again, because there was no reason to waste a good nap time.
*
He was shaken awake by Taiga, who peered down at him worriedly. “Oi,” he said, “you’ve been asleep for hours. Aren’t you hungry?’
As if in reply, Daiki’s stomach grumbled loudly.
Taiga grinned. “C’mon, there’s some stuff in the fridge.”
*
He had to work up to it, he reasoned. So he needed his strength, which was why he ate with single minded concentration.
Taiga noticed his unusual focus and laughed. “What’s with that face? Don’t break your brain by thinking too much.”
Daiki stuck his tongue out him and grinned when Taiga winced.
“Chew your food properly, will you? So gross.”
“Fuck off,” Daiki said, swallowing the last of his dinner.
“Taiga,” he said, seriously. “We gotta talk.”
“About what?”
“We should break up.”
Taiga’s grin slid off his face. “What? Why?”
Oh. So he didn’t want to take any of the responsibility? That was fine by him. Daiki would have to play the villain, then. He rolled his eyes, using the haughty voice he hadn’t used since high school. “Because I’m bored of playing house with you, that’s why. This shit’s not real anyway.”
*
It was amazing, really, how easy it was to destroy your own happiness.
Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, C3, T
(KISE VOICE) SO MEAN
Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, C3, T
Fill: Team Grandstand, B3, T
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other tags: lol
Square: B3
Word count: 1223
the journey continues??? I'm a huge sap.
Read on AO3
***
The realization that he’d made a colossal mistake was almost instant.
But he couldn’t back out, not now, not when -- anyway, what was the point? Taiga was gone, he’d left almost as soon as they’d stopped talking. He’d taken some of his things and went, muttering something about crashing at Kuroko’s place.
When Daiki returned home from work the next day, the apartment he’d shared with Taiga seemed bare, something essential having been stripped away.
Daiki didn’t dwell on that emptiness, however. He began to colonize his own space, letting his clothes lay where they dropped, scattering around the porn that he’d kept hidden when Taiga was still here. He ate takeout, mostly, and soon there were empty cartons of food everywhere.
So when Kuroko came to his door several weeks later with the news that Taiga had gone to America again, he was confronted with the results of Daiki’s deterioration.
“Aomine-kun,” he said solemnly, his eyes wide, “you’re living like a pig.”
“Shut up, Tetsu,” Daiki said, pulling him inside the apartment and closing the door. The way Kuroko was sniffing the air and making faces was frankly offensive. Daiki lived here and he could attest that it wasn’t that bad.
“You may remember what I said when you and Kagami-kun decided to be romantically involved,” Kuroko said, delicately stepping over a discarded pair of jeans -- it had been Taiga’s, originally, but Daiki had made it his own. “I was not exaggerating when I said that I would be unmerciful if you should ever hurt him.”
“You always take his side,” Daiki said, aware of how whiny he sounded, even to his own ears. “Even though you’ve known me longer.”
“It’s because I’ve known you longer than I know what heights and lows you’re capable of,” Kuroko said, aiming his piercing stare directly at Daiki.
“He was cheating on me,” Daiki said, bluntly.
“No.”
Daiki bristled at the cool dismissal of Kuroko’s words.
“I know you like to interfere, Tetsu, but I know what I saw. I don’t ask for a lot, but if I can’t have loyalty than I didn’t what anything else.”
“Aomine-kun... “ Kuroko sighed. “Take a look at the bottom left hand corner of your sock drawer. Kagami-kun was speaking of that to his brother, not anything else or with anyone else.”
*
Kuroko had long gone, but Daiki waited until the next morning before he went digging in his sock drawer. He wouldn’t find anything, he knew. It was dumb that he was even looking.
“What the fuck am I even looking for?” he muttered to himself, throwing the socks back where they were before. As he did so, he saw a small jewelry box tumble out of one of his tube socks. He snatched it up, like like someone else would snoop in and take it before he had the chance.
Inside was a pair of rings, engagement rings with his and Taiga’s names engraved on them. Daiki’s heart squeezed in his chest as he looked at the rings and contemplated, for the first time, the magnitude of his loss.
*
He tried to call Taiga but the call could not be completed. Taiga had blocked him.
*
He didn’t think about it. He went to the gym. Trained like crazy. Played in his games, when to his part-time job afterwards and every second of the day, he thought about how stupid he had been. His game suffered for it, and he spilled drinks on paying customers and was rude to them instead of apologetic. He couldn’t be fired from this job, at least, since his parents owned the bar. He was there to get involved with the business, to learn by doing. But as far as he was concerned, all he had learned was that he’d rather leave it up to the managers, and that if he ever heard another person’s sob story over spilled liquor, it would be too soon.
Still, it wasn’t all bad. One evening both Kise and Satsuki appeared at the bar.
“Are you two going to scream at me for being a dumbass?” Daiki said suspiciously.
“Oh, Dai-chan, you know screaming isn’t my style,” Satsuki said. “Besides, I’m sure Tetsu-kun did a wonderful job already!”
“I’m just sad that I lost to Murasakibara over how long you’d last,” Kise said with a pout. “If you’d only hung on a little longer, Aominecchi!”
“I think I preferred the screaming,” Daiki said drily.
But neither Satsuki nor Kise mentioned Taiga again. They were both eager to talk about their own burgeoning careers, and, for once, Daiki was glad to listen about the exciting worlds of international modeling and international sports management, and forget his own problems. It was only when the shift supervisor yelled at him for neglecting the other customers that he had to face reality again.
*
He called Taiga’s number and got a busy signal.
*
It was four months on and he was drunk enough to feel reckless that he called Taiga for the last time. It was going to be the last time, he promised himself. There was nothing for it but to move on. It was noon here, so it would be night in Los Angeles. He was sure Taiga wouldn’t pick up, so he didn’t have anything ready when he heard a familiar hello on the other end of the line.
“Ah, it’s me,” Daiki said, feeling incredibly stupid.
There was long enough silence that he thought Taiga had hung up. But at last Taiga sighed and said, “What do you want, Aomine?”
Ouch. Daiki cleared his throat. “Okay, I was a dick and I was wrong. I’m sorry I hurt you and I understand that you can’t see me again. Just -- sorry.”
“Did Kuroko put you up to this?”
“Oh, yeah, Kuroko has his thumb up my ass and is making my mouth move.”
“... Uh?”
“No, you dumbass. I haven’t seen him for months. Not since you left. He blames me for it.”
“That’s fine, isn’t it? Since it is your fault.”
“Okay, okay, it’s my fault. I admit it. I said I was sorry. When are you coming back?”
“... Daiki,” Taiga said, sounding regretful for the first time. “I signed a contract. I can’t go back to Japan until the season is over, and even then, I can’t stay.”
“Oh.” Daiki felt, stronger than ever, the reality of their separation. There were too many miles between them and he felt sick with loneliness and regret. “That’s fine. It’s not like I miss you or anything. I’m not a girl.”
“You’re such a fucking jerk,” Taiga said with a snort. “I don’t miss you either. My apartment in LA smells a lot better without you stinking up the place.”
“Fuck whatever Kuroko told you, I hire a cleaner to come in every week.”
“Kuroko didn’t tell me anything. Oh God, Daiki, you were so heartbroken that you couldn’t even clean after yourself?”
“I can’t even do it normally,” Daiki said.
Taiga laughed before he suddenly sucked in his breath. “Shit, I need to go to bed. I took a sleeping pill, I have a game tomorrow.”
They said their goodbyes, but it didn’t feel final at all.
*
As soon as Daiki got off the phone with Taiga, he called Satsuki to beg her for a favor.
Re: Fill: Team Grandstand, B3, T
the way kagami took most of the stuff with him ;; leaving aomine with NOTHING, NOT JUST IN A METAPHORICAL SENSE DKFJHGKHJF
i love your kuroko here, the way he's stern and resolute and unwavering, esp in this line /“It’s because I’ve known you longer than I know what heights and lows you’re capable of,” / like damn kuroko
KAGAMI BLOCKED HIM KDFGKJH
also hey i love your inclusion of momoi and kise?? i love when fics include their friends, it helps make the world more lived-in and less insular, and there's a little of aomine's maturity there as he actually listened to them ;;
/“Oh, yeah, Kuroko has his thumb up my ass and is making my mouth move.” / thi sis such an asshole line aomine why are u like this dkjfgkhj
kagami cant go back wtf :(
and the exchange before this /Taiga laughed before he suddenly sucked in his breath./ was so cute and sad at the same time
IM SO GLAD YOU CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Fill: Team Grandstand, B3, T
Kuroko is MAD AS HECK, AOMINE-KUN, I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS. He loves both of them! It hurts when they hurt each other! DAMN IT DAIKI.
KAGAMI BLOCKED HIM. BUT THEN UNBLOCKED HIM. damn it Kagami, control yr thirst.
I was originally going to have either Kise or Momoi, but in the end went with both because??? Hell yeah people still have friends even if they're buttdeep in love.
I'm so proud of this, my sexual puppetry joke. So. Proud.
It's like several things hitting Kagami at once: 1.) I still love this dick 2.) How do I still love this dick? 3.) I'm thousands of miles away from this dick.
TRAGIQUE.
LIKE I SAID UP TOP I WANT TO BINGO AT LEAST ONCE THIS ROUND AND YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE GONNA HAFTA DEAL. (thank you)
Fill: Team Grandstand, A3, E
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other tags: getting back together again, himuro's visible eye
Square: A3
Word count: 3477
B I N G O
***
Link to AO3