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.

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

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Ship: Kazama Jin/Tsukamoto Tsukushi
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 466 words

This kinda turned into an ensemble piece. Also Ooshiba wanted to take over, egotist that he is.

***

Ooshiba stared at Tsukushi’s hand as if he were holding a live grenade. Or possibly had all his fingers chopped. Or had his fingers chopped AND had a live grenade taped to his hand.

“What,” he said dramatically as he pointed at Tsukushi’s hand, “Is that?!”

“Huh?” Tsukushi looked down at the piece of paper, then held it up so that Ooshi and the others could see. “Oh, it’s just a track & field team flier.”

“You can’t hang it up here!” Ooshiba said. “You can’t recruit soccer team members for track & field! Kazama! Mizuki! Tell him that!”

“I’m not going to hang it up,” Tsukushi said defensively. “They saw me running around the school and wanted to recruit--”

The rest of his sentence was drowned out by a storm of protest. Kazama caught Tsukushi’s hands between his own and said earnestly, eyes glinting, “Tsukushi, I want you to do what’ll make you happy. But you said you want to run with us. We can’t all quit to go running instead.”

“That’s right, brat! You quit the team, who’s going to sub for me when we need to make the crowd hungry for my return?” Ooshiba demanded.

Kimishita scowled at him. “I gave you cleats to play with, not running shoes.”

Mizuki frowned too, leaning against the doorframe. “The team’s used to playing with you. It’s all swoosh whoosh when you’re here.”

There was silence for a second as everyone tried to figure out what exactly ‘swoosh whoosh’ meant and then the babbling broke out again as everyone tried to convince Tsukushi to stay.

“We’ll run with you in the mornings again--”
“You won’t like track and field, there’s no ball--”
“You can’t score goal either! It’s not a team sport-”
“There’s the relay, that’s sort of like a team--”
“Shut up, idiot! We want him to stay, not go do relay!”

“IT’S JUST ONE RACE,” Tsukushi shouted, having to raise his voice to be heard. Red in the face from the effort, he panted as everyone looked at him and then said at a more normal volume, “One of their middle distance runners can’t make it to the meet this weekend and they asked me if I could do the 800 meter dash because they think I’ve got the endurance for it.”

There was a general exhale of breath and Kazama suddenly hugged Tsukushi tightly.

“I’ll come cheer you on, Tsukushi,” he promised. He held Tsukushi just a few seconds too long for a private space, then let go so he could push a lock of hair behind ear and smile down at his boyfriend. “Just as long as you aren’t leaving.”

“I could never leave the team,” Tsukushi said earnestly and what he meant (what Kazama heard) was I could never leave you.

Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[crescenttwins]

The first paragraph to this made me smile, and the rest of this followed and was everything I could have ever wanted from this prompt! <3 I'm so happy that it became an ensemble piece, and I just adore everyone just throwing track and field under the bus and everyone is just collectively wonderful. Thank you! <3

Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

I'm glad you liked it! Ensemble pieces are one of my secret favs to write (though tough to cram within 400 words) and THE POOR TRACK AND FIELD TEAM. Can you just imagine if some of them had stormed off to accuse them of stealing Tsukushi from them? They would be so confused.

"It's just one race..." "THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY. AND THEN IT'S JUST ONE MORE. WE'RE ONTO YOU."

Track and field team privately wonder if headers with the soccer ball have damaged the team's ability to think.