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 Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi, G

[hyalinee]

Ship: Mukai Taiyou/Toujou Hideaki
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Word Count: 551

i don't need any more rarepairs, i said to hayley and here i am, with another rarepair

***

The airport is quiet when he lands, still too early for people to be awake. He hasn’t been back to Japan in years now, for all that he still considers it home. Vending machines are familiar friends that greet him at every corner, buzzing lights and drinks. He gets a coffee at one, fumbling for coins until he has enough change. It’s a little too sweet, a little too much, but it’s also familiar and warm as he makes his way to the train station.

It’s slightly chilly and Taiyou pulls his jacket closer to him, though he knows it won’t take very long for the heat and humidity of summer to set in once the sun has properly risen. The air would shimmer with heat and there would be sweat dripping down his face, but he’s lived through Tokyo’s summers before, he’ll do it again.

The train rattles its way over familiar tracks and Taiyou’s counting the stations as they pass, taking in the changed skyline and the slowly rising sun, spilling over the city and drowning it in an early morning glow. Coming home has been a long process, one that started the day he left, because how can a person come home if they never leave? And over the course of the long journey home, he’s become acquainted with new people, new things. He’s learned to be braver, learned to wait, but he’s also learned that a heart that yearns is a heavy one, nudging him back to where he started.

The key sits heavy in his pocket, having travelled around the world with him. From Japan to America, then to Italy and Korea and Russia, to Venezuela and Nigeria and Taiwan, and now he’s finally back in Japan. When he’d left, Toujou had given him the key and said come home sometimes, yeah? like he knew that Taiyou would wander back one day, wayward heart calling him to where Toujou was. Toujou had never promised he would wait, and Taiyou never did ask it of him. Toujou would have, if Taiyou had asked, he thinks. But he didn’t want a promise built on the unsteady foundations of goodbye and see you, crumbling at the weight of distance and expectations, even though he knows that Toujou is patience and perseverance. And maybe also because Taiyou was afraid of his own feelings then, or too proud to be the first one to admit them. But he hopes, a fragile thing that sits under his skin, in his fingertips.

Off the train and up to the intersection, a left turn and the Lawson at the corner, then a few more blocks down. All roads lead back here and Taiyou is standing in front of a door he hasn’t seen in years with a key he’s not sure still fits, but he reaches out to try anyways, holds his breath as he slides the key in and turns the lock, a familiar sound. The door swings open, and Toujou’s there at the dining table, reading the newspaper.

“I’m--” Taiyou feels more than sees Toujou running into him, arms wrapped around his neck and Toujou, warm and solid in his arms. And maybe it’s taken longer than it should have, with too many detours and going off course, but Taiyou’s finally--

--home.

Re: FILL: TEAM Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi, G

[kitaiichis]

[holds this fill gently & cries for three days] god okay firstly thank you for jumping onto this rarepair, i never expected this to actually get filled, and with such a lovely fill too :"))

i love how mukai & toujou are these two people that once had something to do with each other and still maintain that tenuous connection until now, even if the connection is only present in their thoughts...which leads us here! the idea of home and staying/leaving are actually some of my favourite themes ever so i've just been lying down at this for ages LMAO. mukai still thinks of japan as home even if he hasnt been back for years! mukai has been slowly returning from the day he first left! MUKAI KNOWING TOUJOU WOULD WAIT IF HE ASKED BUT HE DIDNT WANT THEM HOLDING ON WITH A GOODBYE, god.

i'm so sorry i'm just repeating lines back at you but i'm truly living for every word of this, and how it? kinda reverses that mukai expected (or wanted) to meet toujou again as a pitcher in a game in canon :"))) i'm so glad they're home with each other in the end!!! i'm so thankful & pleased you filled this, thank you <3

Re: FILL: TEAM Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi, G

[hyalinee]

:') I live the rarepair life, i understand the Suffering. (:3/

yeah, same i love the idea of home, of coming and going but the idea there is a place for you to stay, if you want. and like, when i saw this i was A H oh boy- but also the idea of important things always coming back to you, even if it takes a while. ((':

thank you for the prompt really, it was p fun to fill <3 i'm so glad you liked this!!