Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

An oldie but a goodie—in this round, we draw inspiration from famous words said by other people.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -Friedrich Nietzsche
  • The quote can come from almost anything—famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, etc.— but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• Remember to 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)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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 each (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

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!

Comments

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Akashi Seijuurou/Midorima Shintarou OR Imayoshi Shouichi/Hanamiya Makoto
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: alcohol, gambling

Prompt:

"Across the spring-wine, while it warms me, I prompt you how to bet
Where, group by group, we are throwing dice in the light of a crimson lamp;
Till the rolling of a drum, alas, calls me to my duties
And I mount my horse and ride away, like a water-plant cut adrift." - Li Shangyin, To One Unnamed

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Ship: Imayoshi/Hanamiya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 530 words

Faux-historical, just an atmospheric piece to match the poem. Alcohol, gambling and tiny mention of nudity.

***

From behind the thin crimson paper shades, the candles cast a crimson light onto the room. It picks out the red veins of drunkenness in Eichi's nose, the pink tinged flush of inebriation on Reo's cheeks and makes the wine in the cups glow a deep, marvellous red. In the truer light of the day, the wine would be the pale pink of immature spring-wine but now deep in the night, it looks as pure and rich as blood.

Hanamiya lifts the cup to his mouth to sip at the wine and Imayoshi watches it slop against his upper lip, leaving his mouth shining wet and glistening. The girls use paint made of crushed safflower, fermented to an iridiscent green that turned red when moistened. Imayoshi has admired their pretty smiles before, thought of them as looking bloody-mouthed as if they feast on their customers, but the natural shape and color of Hanamiya's mouth leaves them all behind. He doesn't have a pert little mouth - his mouth is wide and loose, always holding back a disdainful laugh, but Imayoshi watches it with a hunger he has never felt for anything since.

"Be more circumspect with your bets," he instructs, picking up one of the markers that Hanamiya so carelessly threw down and placing in the folds of Hanamiya's yukata. It drapes over his knee gracefully, tumbling in a waterfall of beaten cotton down to the floor, and Imayoshi's thumb just lightly brushes against Hanamiya's thigh as he returns the marker to Hanamiya.

"Tch," Hanamiya says, his tone annoyed but his eyes glinting a warning. "I know what I'm doing."

Ah. So Hanamiya is out to skin the Rakuzen soldiers of everything except their bones. Imayoshi shrugs philosophically and lets Hanamiya get on with it. He's had enough wine to feel warm and relaxed; rather than bet, he'll stay seated on his cushion and watch Hanamiya slowly take the Rakuzen men for everything they're worth.

When Reo strips out of his yukata and passes it to Hanamiya to pay his bet, Imayoshi feels nothing but a mild stirring of fondness for Hanamiya's ruthlessness even though Reo is as pretty as story says. He focuses on Hanamiya's hands, holding the cup with the bone dice, and lazily commits the long, slender fingers to memory.

The rolling drumbeat sounds like his own heartbeat to Imayoshi at first but Sakurai instantly leaps to his feet from the corner where he'd been asleep.

"Time to ride out, captain" he says, gathering up his armor from where it lay discarded and pulling it on. Hanamiya's gaze slides over to Imayoshi's and Imayoshi reads something that he fancies is true regret.

"Yes," he agrees and holds Hanamiya's gaze as he rises to his feet. Hanamiya looks away first, staring down at the dice, and Imayoshi lets himself wonder what farewell the man might've given them if they'd been alone.

As he leaves the tent, the back of his hand brushes Hanamiya's hair. His skin is still tingling as he mounts his horse and rides away; his blood ebbs away from him, leaving him cold and empty.

All the warmth in him remains in that tent with Hanamiya.

Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[cherrysalmon]

ahhh i really love the atmosphere in this piece! it's so vivid with the descriptions of hanamiya's lips and the drunkenness on everyone's faces... hanamiya being annoyed at imayoshi's instructions yes very good ahaha. i love how fond imayoshi is for him and only for him... thank you for this wonderful fill!!