Bonus Round 5: Clue

[referees]

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. (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> [Character] in the [location] with the [item].	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.

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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

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Comments

PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI

[lysithea]

Ship: kuroo tetsurou/(daishou suguru or sawamura daichi or tsukishima kei or oikawa tooru)
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: gambling

Prompt:
kuroo in the casino with the jackpot.

FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, T

[mousapelli]

Ship: Tsukishima/Kuroo, Yamaguchi/Yachi
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: gambling, drinking, Akiteru merging the family business if you know what I mean, VIP action
Word Count: 876

Casino AU with Kuroo the drinkboy and Tsukishima the high roller.

***

It wasn't, like, the worst job Kuroo had ever had. Sure, the casino got smoky enough to make his eyes water during rush, and ok, he got stuck with the overnight shift more often than was fair since he was the new guy, and they stuck him on drink tray duty a lot because he was cute, but he could deal with a few grannies sneaking pinches of his ass so long as they tipped him.

But this was the first time he'd been handed a tray of heaped up chips and told to take it to one of the private VIP rooms and to look attractive doing it.

"Don't the girls usually do this?" Kuroo asked, eyeing the heaping mound of chips. He could barely even think about the amount of money the neat stacks of green, blue, and black represented.

His boss laughed as he straightened one of the piles, then nodded to the pair of casino security men that they were ready to go. "Let's say you're more his type."

Kuroo tried to keep his face neutral as the security escort held open the door for him, because you never knew what you'd see in a VIP room. Those red velvet couches and gold chandeliers had Seen Some Shit. But this room was surprisingly still put-together, aside from the scatter of glasses and bottles on the table that said the occupants had been here drinking all night. Even though the room could comfortably seat ten, there were only three people present: a tall blond wearing a suit worth more than Kuroo's life, a slightly shorter dark-haired man with a scatter of freckles across his nose, and the casino girl nestled cutely in the second man's lap, wrinkling his also expensive trousers.

"Kuroo-kun!" the girl called, waving so hard that she tipped harder against her companion, the sparkly stars pinned into her hair, the casino's trademark, jingling.

"Hi, Yachi-chan," Kuroo said. She was a sweet girl, but Freckles didn't look the type to manhandle her. It seemed like Yachi was the one doing the handling, actually. "So, which one of you is the lucky winner?"

"Me," the blond said, but with the same tone of voice you'd answer the nurse calling you back to the doctor's office in the waiting room. He barely looked up from the baseball game they had on the flatscreen TV. "Just sit it on the table."

"You don't seem that excited," Kuroo couldn't resist from commenting.

"Tsukki's always like that," Freckles laughed.

"Tsukki…" Kuroo got a better look at him now that he was closer to the couch. "Hey, I know who you are! You're Tsukishima Kei."

"Ugh," Tsukishima said, voice flat. "Yes, my father owns Tsukishima—"

"No! Well, yeah, that too I guess." Kuroo waved a hand dismissively. "But you're the one who took over that medical equipment startup and shot their stock prices through the roof. We talked about you in my business class last week."

Tsukishima turned to look Kuroo up and down with sharp eyes. They seemed to get stuck somewhere around the sequined tie. "You're a business student?"

"Uh, yeah. What do you think this gig is supposed to pay for?" Faced with Kuroo's unimpressed look, Tsukishima muttered an apology. Kuroo waved him off. "It's fine. We can't all have a family business worth millions to grow into. But if you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here? You don't seem like gambling's your thing."

"My brother thinks I need to loosen up. You know about him too, I assume." Tsukishima waved to the several empty cushions to his left. "Oh, sit down and stop hovering over me."

Kuroo did not mind if he did, trying to keep the whine silent as he took the weight off his feet for the first time in hours. "I know that he's heading a merger with Tanaka Motors."

"Oh, he's merging with them all right," Tsukishima snorted. "Dragged me here and hasn't left his room all night."

"Akiteru's marrying the CEO's daughter," Yamaguchi told Yachi, who gasped and leaned in, eyes sparkling. "I hear she's a real firecracker."

"Really?" Yachi asked, clearly interested in celebrity gossip. Yamaguchi obligingly whispered something else in her ear, and Yachi giggled in delight.

"So, Tsukki," Kuroo said, smirking at the way that made Tsukishima wince and glare. "You don't like gambling, this baseball game, or girls like my cute friend Yachi over there. Any chance you'll tell me something you do like?"

"I like winning," Tsukishima said, more blunt than Kuroo would have thought as he leaned forward to pour two more drinks, then handed one to Kuroo. Kuroo felt the drag of Tsukishima's gaze just as sharply as the brush of Tsukishima's fingers against his own as the glass changed hands. "Assuming the prize is something worth having."

Kuroo tried to hide his smile against the rim of his glass, but doubted he succeeded. "More worth having than that tray I hauled in here? Heavy as shit, by the way."

"I wasn't impressed at the start," Tsukishima said. His voice was still casual, but his gaze was sharpening all the time, focused directly on Kuroo. "But it came with an interesting surprise."