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: Yachi/Kiyoko
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 463 words

More mythology-fantasy! Warnings for mention of menstruation and corresponding rites of womanhood, if that stuff icks you out.

***

Her grandmother smells of wet dirt and metal; her grandmother smells of death.

Her grandmother’s fingers are cold and her nails keep scratching at Yachi’s skin as she knots the red cape in place.

Yachi’s fourteen only but she’s had her first moonblood. It’s time for her to be sent out into the world to become a woman now.

Each girl must make her own cape before her time of blood ends and walk into the forest.

If she doesn’t finish it on time, she will be sent into the forest without the protection of the cape, prey to any wandering deity or monster (or human).

Everyone knows the girls in red capes are not to be touched, ever since the first girl cut her way out of a wolf god’s stomach and freed her grandmother as well.

Everyone knows a girl can wear a red cape only once in her life.

(Afterwards, they’re burnt, and from the ashes are made prayer-ink.)

The cape is long enough to cloak her from shoulder to knee, as long as she keeps her arms together inside it. She has made loops of cord and French knot buttons to hold it closed over her breasts but her bare stomach and legs shine like moonlight.

No shoes are allowed; she steps barefoot off her grandmother’s doorstep and into the waiting night. Twigs jab at her feet, stones bite and the grass caresses her ankles as she walks, step by step, to meet her future.

Which god will choose her? To whom will she dedicate her life?

There is a figure standing on the end of the path, glowing white and devouring black, and Yachi’s steps slow but she does not stop.

Closer, she can see the figure is the most beautiful woman possible, a creature made of dreams and collective fantasy. Her skin holds an inner light and her eyes are the deep grey of the darkest shadows.

Yachi stares for a stupefied second before her gaze falls on the sparkling pendant that rests against the lady’s dark garb. It is a crescent, a half-circle, a circle and nothingness, waxing and waning as she watches.

“Moon Lady,” she says, almost stammering as she throws herself onto her knees. She bends her head, cape falling about her like a skinned trophy, and says to the ground. “I offer my life to you.”

There is no dividing line between the Lady’s dress and the shadows of the gown, Yachi realizes when the Lady comes closer. She keeps her gaze on the ground, terrified to look up, and stares at her own hands gripping the grass as if she might float away into the sky otherwise.

Something touches the top of her head and Yachi’s skin begins to glow.

Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[crescenttwins]

I adore your mythology-fantasy, this was such a rich piece that I'm still rolling it around in my head. I'm a bit confused about each girl must make her own cape, but the transition into devotion to a deity is so well laid out. The description of Kiyoko's pendant is especially lovely <3

Thank you for the fill!

Re: FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Thank you tons for prompting it! The each girl must make her own cape bit was supposed to echo the idea of each man must make his own destiny - it literally just means that when their period starts for the first time, they have to get busy with red cloth and thread and stitch themselves a cape of devotion. It's the idea of the labor of your own hands being sacrosanct, that you can wear nothing to meet the deities except the work of your hands made during that one period of your life.

Over here, in Sri Lanka, there are a ton of ceremonies associated with the first time a girl gets her period including having to wear a new sari (for the first time in her life, before that she could only wear lama-sari), receiving gold jewelry, praying at her elder relatives' feet, getting water poured on her, etc. So it was fun coming up with something new and suitable for Yachi and Kiyoko.