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Bonus Round 5: Clue
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)!
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)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
|
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!
FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, M
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 721 words
So remember Feanor? Since you said I could make Akashi Melkor, Kuroko ended up as Feanor and I just. *flails* This one got SO away from me. Warnings for creepiness, corruption, a little dubcon kissing and fondling.
***
Nine rings for mortal men doomed to die;
Five rings for mortals who thought ought to fly;
*
“Here,” Akashi said, and places five jewelry boxes on the table. Each box is black velvet, inside and out, and each holds a flawless gold ring. “To commemorate our victory.”
“We can’t wear rings and play basketball,” Aomine said but he slid his one one anyway. A deep blue sapphire glowed from the center, a star sapphire whose star was as bright as Aomine’s eyes were dark.
“Like any handicap would ever stop you from winning,” Kise said as he put his ring on. The golden chunks of topaz formed a bright cluster, cracked and separate instead of the perfect mirror-reflection they should have been, but lovely all the same.
“Ehhhh. I’d rather have sweets,” Murasakibara complained but he too wore his ring. The deep purple amethyst verged on black, glinting purple when Murasakibara held it up to the light and then licked it.
“Thank you, Akashi,” Midorima said politely. His ring was set all around with small green emeralds, each perfectly spaced and equidistant. Akashi had sized it to fit over Midorima’s taped fingers.
“I had them specially made for us,” Akashi said once all the rings were on. “Inside, the date and our names are inscribed.”
“There’s no ring for Kurokocchi?” Kise asked with a frown, looking at their five hands.
“He left us.” Akashi’s eyes glinted, ruby and yellow diamond. “He doesn’t deserve a ring.”
No ring would ever suit Kuroko. Nothing but the Silmarils would do for the Spirit of Fire, reborn in this frail mortal boy whose body was not as strong as his spirit.
*
Against Akashi’s brilliant hair, the Silmarils in their silver-wrought crown shone strongly. With Akashi standing behind him, Kuroko could not fix his gaze on their radiance but the light they cast on him and the shadows that stretched from him were too familiar for Kuroko to mistake it for aught else. Mock and defile him though Akashi might, Kuroko would follow the example set by the Silmarils.
He would follow the light; he would not fall into the darkness.
“The so-called Miracles will learn who their Master is soon enough,” Melkor promised, fingers creeping to Kuroko’s front, sliding over his side and stomach to rest finally over Kuroko’s chest. With his fingers splayed out, his palm pressed down against Kuroko’s jersey, flexing slightly with each thud of Kuroko’s heart. “As will you.”
For a moment, Kuroko pictured a fire within him, flames flickering up with each pulse of his heart - and a greedy darkness, kept barely at bay, waiting to devour the fire’s light and quench it forever.
A fire had this weakness: it fed on fuel and died when there was no more.
The Silmarils were true light, born of the Two Trees of Valinor. They needed no fuel.
What fueled Kuroko? The love of his friends, the trust of his team? The joy of passing and playing?
Here within Akashi’s saferoom, he would have none of those. He would have only his own strength of soul and for how long could that feed the fire?
Here would be the truest test of his character. Here was where Kuroko would discover what he was worth when he has lost everything, lost everyone.
(It was better to think of it as a test than as torture. A test could be passed but torture could be merely endured.)
“I know who my master is, Akashi-who-is-Morgoth. I am. I acknowledge no power above me.” Kuroko craned his head as far back as he could, defiance burning in his eyes as brightly as stranded ships and crossed bridges. “I would not yield to the Valar and you think I will yield to someone as foul and corrupt as you? Take whatever form you will. I will never surrender, not in a million lifetimes. ”
“I think,” Akashi crooned, taking advantage of Kuroko’s position to catch his chin and hold it in place so he could ghost his lips over Kuroko’s mouth as he spoke, “That when I am finished, you will not merely bow but you will crawl for my attention. Every fire burns itself out eventually. In this life, you are already ashes and shadow. How much more will you be lessened in your next life?”
He kissed Kuroko and the five rings glowed at the stolen power Akashi fed into them.
Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, M
I love the description of the rings and Akashi/Melkor's attempted seduction of Kuroko/Fëanor and now I'm feeling weirdly nostalgic for the Silm fandom. Fëanor had enough kids to make his own sports team! Imagine a Fëanorian sports anime. /Imagine./
Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, M
I am glad you like the rings, I did a lot of thinking of what they would be like! If I'd had more time, I would've totally drawn them too. XD
...IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PROMPT IT, I WILL 100% WRITE THAT SPORTS ANIME. I miss that fandom too. Though I actually mostly shipped Melkor/Mairon which I doubt surprises you at all.
Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, M
I don't know how to fit them into this.... Maybe after SASO is over I'll start a small prompt meme for free-wheeling Silm/LoTR/Hobbit stuffs. I really do miss it.