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.

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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).

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Comments

FILL: Team Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya, G

[kitaiichis]

Ship: kuramochi/miyuki
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none!
Other Tags: aged up characters, a nebulous post-canon where kuramochi & miyuki grow up & apart, so slight Angst for that i guess
Word Count: 618

hi this prompt hurt me a lot but it's a very good prompt! kind of a loose interpretation that got highly influenced by writing with this on repeat (also recommended listening while reading for that, like, added Sads)

***


He finds Miyuki between aisles six and seven. A plastic floor sign rests beside him, shiny yellow and too-bright beneath the fluorescent lighting. Please watch your footing, it says, but of course Miyuki isn’t, too focused on staring at whatever’s in his hand to pay attention to anything else.

Kuramochi pays attention, though, ducking neatly between Miyuki and the sign before Miyuki can look up from his shopping list–he’s handwritten a shopping list–to notice Kuramochi only metres away, deliberating between tuna mayonnaise and salmon roe rice balls behind him.

Kuramochi hasn’t seen Miyuki in almost three years.



This is what Kuramochi doesn’t say:

“Need a hand?” he’ll ask. Miyuki will look up, glasses askew, eyes alight with surprise, the shape of his mouth open but not unhappy.

“Are you offering,” Miyuki will reply, and Kuramochi will swipe the shopping list from his hands in lieu of an answer. “Grab a basket, idiot,” he’ll call over his shoulder, and Miyuki will laugh. Since Kuramochi’s back is turned, he won’t see it. But he’ll hear it. He’ll hear it, and he’ll know.



If it were anyone else, Kuramochi wouldn’t have thought twice before calling out to Miyuki, laughing about the coincidence of running into each other at the same convenience store in Yokohama on a Thursday afternoon, cities away from Seidou or koshien or–or any of it, really.

If it were anyone else, Kuramochi might’ve known they still shared the same neighbourhood, or maybe shared the same neighbourhood. Might have recognised the same city streets he himself walks whenever the question So what’s Miyuki up to now? comes to mind.

Kuramochi doesn’t think about how often the question comes to mind.

Because Miyuki, for better or worse, has never been just ‘anyone else’. Clenching his jaw, Kuramochi grabs the two rice balls closest to him and heads back towards the counter. Miyuki steps to the side to let Kuramochi pass, sneakers knocking against the floor sign. From the corner of his eye, he thinks he sees Miyuki start, turning to finally notice the sign. Please watch your footing. Above him, the lights blink once, the briefest flicker of shadow.

Kuramochi is sliding change across the counter as the first drops of rain hit the glass doors, sliding open to the grey of early evening and the muted sounds of rain. He hears the shop assistant greet the next customer paying at the counter, but the doors slide shut before Kuramochi can hear a reply.



This is what Kuramochi doesn’t see:

Miyuki squints at the list in his hands, blurry words written in familiar hand. Someone’s footsteps approach from behind, and he steps to the side, letting them pass. His sneaker knocks against something, and Miyuki turns, registering the familiar shape of the sign with a small, wry grin.

Whoever just passed is gone when Miyuki looks up again, an indistinct silhouette beyond the ssshh of the sliding doors, muffled by the sound of rain. Something in the set of the silhouette’s shoulders holds his attention if not his sight, and Miyuki thinks of the glasses he’s yet to pick up with their new, updated prescription.

As it is, all Miyuki really catches is the yellow of a hoodie, obnoxious and flashy, and a brushstroke of not-quite-green. Miyuki thinks he’s seen it somewhere before. Miyuki also thinks his eyes aren’t seeing very clearly, let alone correctly. He hopes whoever it is had an umbrella with them–he certainly hadn’t seen that.

Turning towards the counter, Miyuki remembers it’s what he’d meant to buy, himself: an umbrella. It wouldn’t do to be caught out alone in the rain, after all.