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, M

[fickle]

Ship: Hanamiya/Kiyoshi, Uncrowned Kings/Kiyoshi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 618 words

Sooo… sports injury, drugs, abuse of painkillers, dubcon/noncon, really really bad decisions? Implied future character death.

***

“You don’t look like you’re recovering,” Hanamiya says, lounging against the wall of Kiyoshi’s hospital room.

Kiyoshi smiles at him, wearily patient. “I’ll get better. Please don’t worry about me.”

“I never worry about anything.” Hanamiya barks a laugh, a wolf-sharp sound that’s all teeth, all intent, and flips a little glass vial into the air. He catches it with his other hand and holds it out on his palm to Kiyoshi. “But I brought you a gift.”

“Is that - how did you get it?” There’s no point asking what that. Everyone can recognize Zydrate from its cerulean glow. There’s no stronger pain killer on the market, nor is there one more expensive - when purchased legally, anyway.

“Haven’t you heard?” Hanamiya asks with the reckless self-assurance of those who were born to inherit the world. “I’m rich.”

Hanamiya pulls out a Zydrate gun from his pocket and pops the vial in. “So do you want it or not?”

“No,” Kiyoshi says.

Hanamiya smiles wide enough to eat the horizon and every hope Kiyoshi’s ever had.

“Come find me when you do.”

*

He can’t play. He can hardly even walk.

Everything hurts beyond bearing.

Death or Zydrate; his parents can’t afford to lose either their money or their son.

*

“Ah, no,” Hanamiya croons, spinning the vial between his fingers so casually. “I offered to you as a gift back then. If you want it now, you’ll have to pay.”

“Do you think I’d come to you if I had the money to pay for Zydrate?” Kiyoshi asks and it’s hard to keep his voice even, to keep the hurt from his eyes. Coming here was agonizing and he was counting on having Zydrate to help him make the trip back to Seirin.

“What makes you think I want money?” Hanamiya scoffs, stilling his hand and holding the vial just out of reach. He beckons for Kiyoshi to come closer as he picks up the Zydrate gun on the bedside table.

“So what do you want?” Kiyoshi limps forwards and pretends he doesn’t see the enjoyment in Hanamiya’s eyes.

Hanamiya regards him slowly, thoughtfully, the cold dead gaze of a spider picking apart its prey, and then smiles unnervingly. “This time, I’ll settle for a kiss.”

“Zydrate’s expensive. You must value my kisses highly.” Kiyoshi’s not stupid. He knows where this goes, he knows how it ends. One shot of Zydate to prove it’s as good as everyone says and then next time he’ll be desperate enough to agree to far more than a kiss.

It’s a transparent trap but Kiyoshi has no choice but to walk into it.

“Maybe it’s you I value highly,” Hanamiya says and bats his eyelashes in a way that’s far more infuriating than anything else.

*

“How much this time?” Kiyoshi asks, holding out the empty vial for a refill. Hanamiya laughs and takes the vial from him, eyes gleaming.

“How much do you want it?” He coos in response. “Enough to service me and my friends?”

The mouth of the alleyway is blocked now. Reo, Mibuchi and Nebuya stand there looking at him with judgment mingled with contempt.

They’d always kept track of each other. Being equals meant that they would always be judged by the standards of the weakest of them.

Right now, that’s Kiyoshi.

“Give me the Zydrate first,” Kiyoshi says, looking at them instead of Hanamiya. “And I won’t even feel whatever is you want.”

*

The next time, Hanamiya only gives him the Zydrate afterwards.

*

One day, he’s going to push too far and Kiyoshi’ll die trying to please him. Hanamiya can hardly wait.

He’s always wanted to make his own snuff film.

Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, M

[moetushie]

Nooooo, Kiyoshi, my darling. ;_____;

It's so painful to read about him walking eyes wide open into a trap. Hanamiya is such a horrible dude I love him. but noooo, not a snuff film!

I also like the Uncrowned Kings measuring each other by their weakest member -- that's so cutthroat, and different than the GoM, I guess, since the latter at least had friendship before they had rivalry/enmity to fall back on.