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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!
FILL: Team Grandstand, C1, G
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: NONE
Other Tags: Space AU, VERY long distance
Square: Homesickness (C1)
Word Count: 1125
BEE!!! I GOT CARRIED AWAY again.
***
The ship is quiet in the dead of night, silence only broken by the sound of the main engine room door shutting and opening at irregular timings between shifts. It is at these hours that Morisuke gives himself time to miss home.
Morisuke enjoys his work - he really does. He loves the knowledge that they're surrounded by the galaxy and the darkness, the promise of worlds beyond their wildest dreams just within reach, and most of all he loves that it's his job to discover these distant worlds. It's just that sometimes, like today, he wants to fall asleep against a warm body and firm heartbeat, instead of cool sheets and mechanical whirring.
Out here suspended in space, the only notion of home he has is in the form of a photo frame, of himself and Kuroo side by side. They're too far away from Earth now for any of the crew to send messages regularly, much less make calls, sans emergency situations that have thankfully yet to happen. As it is, he hasn’t messaged Kuroo for almost two months. Anyway, by the time any message he sends now arrives on Earth, chances are he’ll be back too.
The calendar pinned on his desk is covered with red marks as he counts down the days to going home. Today is the sixth, which means exactly three more months to their return.
His breath catches at the realisation; it's the sixth, which means it's time for him to listen to Kuroo's message. Kuroo had insisted on recording messages for every month that he would be in space, despite Morisuke's protests, and grudgingly he has to admit that it was good foresight on Kuroo's part, because they've become the highlight of every month in space. This past month the ship's been busy, so he hasn't been keeping track as dutifully, but right now the promise of hearing Kuroo's voice through his phone speakers is enough to make his heart flutter n anticipation and excitement.
He looks for the folder, hidden and encrypted safely within one of his personal files, and keys in the password.
[6 May - 3 months.mp4] the file reads, just like all the other 20 files in the folder. Morisuke's heartbeat skitters; his finger hovers over the file name, almost nervous, before he clicks on it.
The projection lights up on the screen across his bed, Kuroo in a white shirt slightly loose around his shoulders, hair tousled and as untamed as ever. He's in their bedroom back home, the volleyball trophy sitting proud in the background, their Perfume poster hanging on the wall, one edge slightly dog-eared, just like it had been when Morisuke left for space. It's so familiar, and when Kuroo smiles at the camera - at Morisuke - Morisuke's heart actually hurts.
"Hey, Yakkun," Kuroo says, still grinning. "One more month down at last! Which means you're one month closer to coming home."
There's a soft scratching sound from somewhere, and Kuroo reaches down, out of view of the camera. Catoki comes into sight with an offended yowl. Kuroo's got both hands securely around Catoki now, and though the Persian makes a slight noise of protest, he doesn't struggle out of Kuroo's arms. To think that once upon a time, Catoki had disliked Kuroo so much, to the point of never letting Kuroo touch him. Morisuke swallows hard through the lump forming at the back of his throat.
"Catoki says hi too," Kuroo continues, totally unperturbed by the interruption. "And I bet you miss him too, so just as well. Anyway, I wanted to tell you that I'm incredibly proud of you for making it through another month. Over here, it's two days till you leave, and I'm missing you already, Yakkun. How am I going to make it through twenty-one months?"
A wry smile, as he pulls his fingers through Catoki's fur, the movement itself also tugging at Morisuke's heart. "But when I think that to myself, I also think to myself, how much more difficult it must be for you. I'll definitely have it better on Earth than you out there. When you see this clip, I guess you'll agree." He stops to ponder something, rubbing between Catoki's ears. "I wonder how much both of us would have changed by the time you come back."
Then, with a brilliant smile, he says, much to Morisuke's eternal embarrassment, "But you know what they say- nothing's gonna change my love for you~"
"Oh my god," Morisuke groans, face burning and heart swelling, and that's when the tears he's been trying to fight against finally win out, scalding against the palms he's pressed to his eyes. God, he misses Kuroo so much, misses his dopey smile and raucous laughter, his cheesy pickup lines and his rare moments of pensiveness - God, he'll never live it down if he ever admitted it to Kuroo, but he misses Kuroo's hands, strong and solid through years of volleyball, yet fingers so gentle when interlocked with Morisuke's. He misses Kuroo's lips in the morning, slightly chapped and voice husky from sleep, misses Kuroo's warm frame against his own in the dead of night, soft breathing in his ear and sleepy murmurs of "Love you, Morisuke, goodnight" right before falling asleep, heartbeat a steady rhythm in tandem with Morisuke's own.
He wipes furiously at his tears, not really hearing what Kuroo's saying, but just watching the way that Kuroo smiles and laughs at some joke he made at himself, and Catoki huffs in displeasure and leaps off Kuroo's lap. He'll watch it again later, but for now - Morisuke fumbles for his phone, pulls up the messaging app, and never mind that it'll take three full months to reach home, because he's already pressed the Send button before he thinks twice.
"I have one question," Kuroo says the moment he releases Morisuke; Morisuke raises a questioning eyebrow in answer, before stepping right back into his personal space. They're still in the arrival berth, but Morisuke could care less about that. He's back on Earth with Kuroo; the world feels like it's righted itself.
"What does 'I can't wait to see you I miss you too much'? I only just got it today. Was it some hidden message? You're never that sweet over text."
He sounds genuinely curious, and wrapped up in his arms as he is right now, Morisuke's not about to begrudge him an answer.
"It means exactly what it means," he says, smiling into the fabric of Kuroo's shirt. "Come and hug me more, I've been denied of this for way too long."
"So demanding," Kuroo says, sounding a little bemused and more than a little flattered. (He indulges Morisuke all the same, which Morisuke really, really appreciates.)
Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, C1, G