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SASO Referees ([personal profile] referees) wrote in [community profile] sportsanime2017-07-23 07:03 pm
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Bonus Round 5: Clue

Clue


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


Sometimes, all you need are a few little details to imagine something bigger. This round is inspired by a classic board game with a cast of colorful characters, but for SASO your only limits on "who", "where", and "with what" are what you can imagine (and the SASO fandom list, of course)!

This round closes on 5 August @ 7PM EDT. (Countdown Timer.)


Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)


RULES
  • Submit prompts by commenting to this post with the format of a Clue mystery - "[character] in the [location] with [item]", along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
    • Example: Sawamura Daichi in the teachers' lounge with the Hello Kitty! lunchbox
    • The person in your prompt MAY be a member of your ship, but is not REQUIRED to be part of your ship. They must still be a named character from a SASO-nominated fandom.
    • Your place must be a physical location, not a state of being or a state of being. However, this location is not required to be real, nor must it be from the same setting as the characters.
    • The "item" used must be a physical object that the character can hold or manipulate.
    • Unlike the board game, your prompt is NOT required to imply murder. The scenario implied can be anything at all! (As always, please tag properly!)
    • 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 Clue-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.

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.

  • NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. [community profile] saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills.
    • Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or [community profile] 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.

  • NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. [community profile] saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills.
    • Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or [community profile] 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!
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Alex & Araki & Momoi & Riko
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: violence (fictional)
Other Tags: thank :D

Prompt:

Any of them on Summoner’s Rift with a PENTAKILL
Edited 2017-07-24 03:18 (UTC)
lordonisyr: (Maki?)

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] lordonisyr 2017-07-24 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Makishima Yuusuke &/ Onoda Sakamichi
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Blood
Other Tags: Injury

Prompt: Onoda in the clubhouse with Makishima's bloody sock.
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Ryoma & Ryoga
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: violence, death
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

Ryoga in his father’s room with a garotte
lysithea: Lysithea - Earnest Seeker; Fire Emblem Heroes (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] lysithea 2017-07-24 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: tachibana aya & tachibana an & tachibana kippei
Fandom: yowamushi pedal and prince of tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
aya in the first tennis court she's ever been to with the brand new racket her cousins got her for her birthday.
luckycricket33: (bikeeyes)

FILL: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara, G

[personal profile] luckycricket33 2017-08-05 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship: tachibana aya & tachibana an & tachibana kippei
Fandom: yowamushi pedal, prince of tennis
Major Tags: mild violence to shins
Other Tags: cousins au
Word Count: none

it was the 90s

***

hyalinee: (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi

[personal profile] hyalinee 2017-07-24 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Kominato Haruichi & Kominato Ryousuke
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: implied blood, implied body horror
Other Tags: fma kominatos make a return, angst, hi hannah sorry hannah

Prompt:
Ryousuke at The Gate with the soul rune.
snowysatoru: ogata @ tumblr (Default)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi

[personal profile] snowysatoru 2017-07-24 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
WOW R U D E
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Ryoma & Seigaku
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: violence, death
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

Ryoma in the Hunger Games with a tennis racket
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Ryoma &/ (Dan, Kirihara, Yukimura, Ryoga, Mizuki)
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: violence
Other Tags: Loveless AU heck yes

Prompt:

Ryoma in a spell battle with his a knife.
Edited 2017-07-24 14:21 (UTC)
justlikeswitchblades: (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[personal profile] justlikeswitchblades 2017-07-24 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Nishikino Maki/Yazawa Nico
Fandom: Love Live
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Maki in the dressing room with the lolita coord.
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Jin/Tsukushi
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: violence
Other Tags: Loveless AU, i’m so sorry, these kids deserve better

Prompt:

Jin in a spell battle with a jacket.
Edited 2017-07-24 14:21 (UTC)
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Jin/Tsukushi
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: violence, blood
Other Tags: Hunger Games AU, I'm still sorry

Prompt:

Tsukishima in the Hunger Games with bandages.
Edited 2017-07-24 06:18 (UTC)
moetushie: Beaton cartoon - a sexy revolution. (nezumi)

FILL: Team Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, M

[personal profile] moetushie 2017-07-24 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship: Kazama/Tsukamoto
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: Violence, character death
Other Tags: it's been so long since I've read/watched THG that I can't vouch for this, main thing is murder kids though right, I wanted to put Mizuki in here too but then the whole thing would be Mizuki ('Bfffffff. That's the sound of his head exploding.')
Word Count: 714

>:(

Also on AO3


***

Tsukamoto wasn’t one the youngest tributes selected that year, but with his rosy cheeks and dark, startled blue eyes, it was easy enough to see why he’d stir up some sympathy among the sponsor-class. Not enough to help him, of course, there were kids like Tsukamoto in the Games every year. It was the aim of the Games, after all, to destroy youth and innocence and that Tsukamoto had in spades.

Jin was the same age as Tsukamoto, but he was a Career. He’d done his time in the arena two years before and emerged the victor in one of the shortest Games in recent history. Indou, a past winner who had decided to take him under his wing, said that Jin’s win had displeased some of the higher ups -- his brutality made for good television, but his efficiency did not.

Jin watched Tsukamoto run into the woods as the starting bell went off. If nothing else, he ran well. If only that could save him.

*

Past victors didn’t tend to watch the Games. Indou didn’t, even though he had trained the tribute for his district this year -- Narukami, who was small and deadly -- and when Jin asked why, Indou had shrugged. “It doesn’t help me to see him suffer, and it doesn’t help him either. If you want them to win, you have to convince the sponsors to support them.”

He looked at Jin, his eyes sharp. Jin understood him well enough.

If Tsukamoto won, then Narukami would lose.

*

Everyday, Jin dreaded getting the news of the tributes’ deaths. He scanned each update as they came in, but so far, Tsukamoto’s name wasn’t on them. He seemed to be surviving by eluding the rest, but that wouldn’t last forever, not as the number of tributes continued to fall. Jin was finally able to convince a sponsor to donate a blowgun and twelve darts -- the number of the still-living tributes -- to Tsukamoto. Jin watched long enough to see him receive the gift and look up to the sky in wonder. He wondered if Tsukamoto knew that he existed.

*

Only two left now. Tsukamoto and Narukami. No one was betting on Tsukamoto.

No one but Jin.

*

Narukami had done so much damage to Tsukamoto that there was doubt that this year’s Hunger Games would even have a winner. But despite everything, Tsukamoto held on stubbornly to life, day after day, and Jin was forced to act as his spokesman, do the rounds, charm those who needed to be charmed in order for Tsukamoto’s medical bills to be paid for. He hadn’t talked to Indou since Narukami’s death. There didn’t seem to be anything to say.

Jin didn’t actually meet Tsukamoto until six months after the Games were over.

Tsukamoto’s cheeks were still pink and his eyes were still blue. But he looked back at Jin with an expression that Jin could easily recognize, because he’d seen it on his own face often enough. It was doubt and pain so deep that it couldn’t be hidden.

He wanted to take Tsukamoto’s hand and shake it, to tell him that he was his friend, that he had helped him survive. But had he been a friend, to do all that? Or did he just want another person to be broken in the way he was?

“Why did you help me?” Tsukamoto asked, not looking at him. His eyes were trained on his bandaged hands, folded neatly on his lap.

“You were so unlikely,” Jin said with a smile, “I mean, you were so hopeless that I had to help.”

Let Tsukamoto look at him now and hate him. Let him see what a rotten person he was. Instead, Tsukamoto looked at him and burst into tears. Jin was so startled that he almost fell over, scrambling to find a tissue or something for Tsukamoto to wipe his face with.

“Tsukamoto -- Tsukushi, don’t cry, it’s all right,” Jin muttered when he found it, handing a fuzzy tissue that had been in his pocket for days. Tsukushi stopped in mid-sob.

“Sorry,” Jin said, “don’t you want me to call you that?”

“No, I -- it’s been so long since -- I like it. Please don’t stop.”

Carefully, Jin placed a small kiss on top of Tsukushi’s sweaty forehead. “All right. Welcome back.”

Edited 2017-07-24 15:02 (UTC)
lysithea: Lysithea - Earnest Seeker; Fire Emblem Heroes (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] lysithea 2017-07-24 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: kurosawa dia &/ takami chika, kurosawa dia -> ayase eli
Fandom: love live
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
chika in dia's room with the shrine dia built to eli.
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Nico/Eli
Fandom: Love Live
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: Loveless AU, but who is which?

Prompt:

Nico in a spell battle with a microphone.
Edited 2017-07-24 14:22 (UTC)
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Nico/Eli
Fandom: Love Live
Major Tags: POSSIBLY IMPLIED death
Other Tags: Star Trek AU?

Prompt:

Nico on the Enterprise with a red shirt.
Edited 2017-07-24 14:23 (UTC)
lysithea: Lysithea - Earnest Seeker; Fire Emblem Heroes (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] lysithea 2017-07-24 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: koizumi hanayo &/ minami kotori
Fandom: love live
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: tennis set fulfilled my dreams

Prompt:
hanayo in the local park with the tennis ball.
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Imayoshi/Hanamiya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: Star Trek AU, I just want Cardassian Hanamiya really and Romulan Imayoshi, intriguing together

Prompt:

Romulan Imayoshi ‘negotiating’ on Deep Space Nine with a Vulcan disguise.
Edited 2017-07-24 14:23 (UTC)
lysithea: Lysithea - Earnest Seeker; Fire Emblem Heroes (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] lysithea 2017-07-24 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: ayase eli &/ nishikino maki
Fandom: love live
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: baseball set was cute i will fight people on this

Prompt:
eli in the stadium with the baseball bat.
greenowl: (Default)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] greenowl 2017-07-24 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Baseball set was the absolute best
hailing: (mr announcer guy)

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[personal profile] hailing 2017-07-24 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Kuramochi Youichi/Kominato Ryousuke or Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Injury implication

Prompt:
Kuramochi in an empty dining hall with a fresh roll of bandages.
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Inui/Kirihara
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: Star Trek AU!

Prompt:

Vulcan Inui on a strange planet with a broken communicator.
lysithea: Lysithea - Earnest Seeker; Fire Emblem Heroes (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] lysithea 2017-07-24 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: toudou jinpachi / arakita yasutomo
Fandom: yowamushi pedal
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
toudou in the dressing room with the makeup.
yrindor: Head shot of Fuji Shuusuke with his eyes open (Fuji)

FILL: Team Imaizumi Shunsuke/Kinjou Shingo, T

[personal profile] yrindor 2017-08-05 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship: Arakita Yasutomo/Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: violence to eyes (referenced)
Other Tags: none
Word Count: 417

***

"Stop moving!" Toudou ordered.

"I wouldn't be moving if you weren't trying to poke my eye out," Arakita retorted.

"For the hundredth time, Arakita, I'm not poking your eye out. It's called eyeliner, and if you don't get it at least somewhere close to your actual eye, then it looks ridiculous."

"Then why don't we just forget this whole thing and I'll go onstage like this!? Then it can't come out looking ridiculous, and I don't have to sit here while you stab me with all of your various implements of torture."

Toudou gasped in horror. "You can't do that! Do you have any idea what stage lights do to your complexion? If you go onstage like this, the lights will wash you out so badly everyone in the audience will start wondering whether you're feeling okay. And that would break one of the key roles of performing; entertain the audience, and no matter what, make every show the best possible show that it can be for them."

"Fine, fine," Arakita grumbled. "Let's just get this damn torture session over already."

"This is far from a torture session, you know?" Toudou said. "If I really wanted to torture you, I'd do something about your eyebrows, or maybe the hair that keeps peeking out from under the edge of your costume in the second scene."

"Just do it!" Arakita said, cutting Toudou off before he could say anything else.

"Hold still this time," Toudou warned. "If you move and end up getting mascara in your eye, it's not my fault, understand?"

Arakita gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. "I'll do my best," he said, "but if someone keeps stabbing me in the eye, it makes it difficult." It was bad enough already that his entire face felt glued in place by the thick foundation Toudou had layered on to start. And he wasn't even going to think about the false eyelashes, or how he was going to get them back off without sacrificing all of his own eyelashes in the process. He had been distracting himself by letting his mind wander here and there, but he was running out of things to think about, and judging by the number of brushes and tubes and bottles on the table, Toudou was only just getting started.

The brush of Toudou's lips across the top of his ear distracted him from whatever other thoughts may have been in his head.

"Think about that instead," Toudou whispered. "Let's try this again."
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Ryoma/Kirihara
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: Doesn’t have to be a supernatural AU but I won’t say no

Prompt:

Ryoma at the crossroads with a box.
cherrysalmon: (Default)

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[personal profile] cherrysalmon 2017-07-24 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Alexandra Garcia/Araki Masako
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: violence
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

Masako in the rival gang's territory with a spiked club.
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Nico/Eli
Fandom: Love Live
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: religion, sort of, I just really like Little Imp Nico!

Prompt:

Eli at the shrine with an offering.
gurosan: (Default)

FILL: TEAM Teshima Junta/Aoyagi Hajime, G

[personal profile] gurosan 2017-07-26 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Eli Ayase/Nico Yazawa
Fandom: Love Live
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Supernatural elements, religion
Word Count: None

Nozomi told Eli that you can summon an imp to make it grant you a wish, so Eli summons one to be her gf (pic more boring than description)

***

dd
in here

saccharinescorpion: even you couldnt pull that off! (mikitadomaki)

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] saccharinescorpion 2017-07-24 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Tadokoro Jin / Makishima Yuusuke
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

Tadokoro in front of Makishima's house with a boombox that's SUPPOSED to be playing a heartfelt romantic song but is for some reason blaring the Love Hime theme song instead
Edited 2017-07-24 03:32 (UTC)
fickle: (Default)

PROMPT: Team the Prince of Tennis

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-24 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Miyuki/Mei
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: violence, death
Other Tags: ah yes more Hunger Games

Prompt:

Mei in the Hunger Games with a gift from his Sponsor.
lysithea: Lysithea - Earnest Seeker; Fire Emblem Heroes (Default)

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[personal profile] lysithea 2017-07-24 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: yanagi renji &/ kirihara akaya or yanagi renji/inui sadaharu
Fandom: prince of tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: professor

Prompt:
yanagi in the lab with the pokedex.
Edited 2017-07-24 03:37 (UTC)
fickle: (Default)

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[personal profile] fickle 2017-07-25 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Ship: Professor Yanagi & Kirihara
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 461 words

It isn’t exactly shippy and I’m sorry about that but I hope you enjoy it anyway!

***

Kirihara stared at Professor Yanagi expectantly. Professor Yanagi stared back at him and then at the ‘brand new Pokemon that even the Pokedex doesn’t recognize!’

“Kirihara,” Professor Yanagi finally said when it became clear that staring alone would not get the message across. “That is not a Pokemon.”

“Huh?” Kirihara looked at the creature he’d found, then at Professor Yanagi. “Yes, it is.”

“No.” Professor Yanagi massaged his temple lightly with his forefingers. Why did this always happen to him? Professor Inui never had any students come back with problems like this! “That is not a Pokemon, else the Pokedex would have recognized it.”

“Are you saying it only counts as a Pokemon if the Pokedex can read it? That’s unfair. What if it’s so cool that the Pokedex doesn’t know how to deal with it?” Kirihara protested as he scooped up the creature into his arms and hugged it.

“It doesn’t have any special attacks and it won’t fit in a Pokeball, Kirihara. It’s not a Pokemon,” Professor Yanagi insisted.

“Maybe it just doesn’t like Pokeballs,” Kirihara said stubbornly. “Ash’s Pikachu is phobic of Pokeballs and nobody ever tells him that it’s not a real Pokemon!”

“That’s because Pikachu is very recognizably a Pokemon.” Professor Yanagi paused, then decided to go for broke. “Just as that is very recognizably a chicken.”

Kirihara’s expression shifted to one of confusion as he hugged the chicken to his chest more protectively.

“What’s a chicken?” He asked.

Ah. Right. As a city kid, Kirihara wouldn’t know anything about where his food actually came from.

“It’s what you eat,” Professor Yanagi said bluntly. “It’s -- meat. When it’s dead. When it’s alive, it looks like that.”

“Oh. So this is the brown stuff on top of spaghetti?” Kirihara asked with a thoughtful gleam in his eyes.

“Yes-- DON’T BITE IT,” Professor Yanagi shouted, cool shattered as Kirihara opened his mouth worryingly wide.

“I wasn’t going to bite it,” Kirihara said with a tone of injured innocence. “I just wanted to make a noise at it. If I make a noise, it makes a noise back and talks to me like a Pokemon does.”

Oh no. They were back on that track again?

Professor Yanagi sighed and said, attempting to sound calm once more, “Be that as it may, Kirihara, it is still not a Pokemon.”

“Couldn’t you build me a special Pokeball so I can carry it around with me? I mean, it came with me! I didn’t even need to fight it or anything. It’s my very first Pokemon!” Kirihara pleaded.

“It’s not a Pokemon!” Deep breaths, Professor Yanagi told himself. He had to take deep breaths and stay calm.

If he repeated it enough times, Kirihara would have to get the message.