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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 Grandstand, G
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Manga Spoilers
Other Tags: I have so many feelings for Nekoma
Word Count: 629
I wasn't planning on writing much for SASO this round, but I saw this prompt and couldn't not write it. I love Nekoma and the liberos so much, thank you for this amazing prompt!
(I posted and deleted this earlier because I thought I misread the prompt LMAO, but here you go!)
Reference for libero substitution taken from here.
***
When movement on the court comes to a complete halt, a startled gasp rippling across the stands like a tsunami wave, Yuuki is sure his own heart skips a beat. Inuoka says something and Yuuki feels him move off from the bench, but all Yuuki’s vision hones in on is Yaku-san being crowded by his teammates, then Naoi-sensei and Inuoka emerging from the group, Yaku-san’s arms slung over their shoulders as he limps towards the side of the gym.
There’s a look of utter dismay and despair on Yaku-san’s face, one that Yuuki has never seen before. Before he can dwell on it, Nekomata-sensei’s voice pulls him out of his thoughts, a familiar anchor in the sudden rush of panic and worry that’s threatening to overwhelm him.
Numbly, he walks over to where Nekomata is standing, looks at the paddle lying on the bench, number 3 printed large and bold on it.
Bold. Just like Yaku-san. Yaku-san’s the kind of libero who appears unassuming at first, maybe even soft and gentle, but he’s built himself a reputation ferocious enough - just one click of his tongue is enough for Lev and Kuroo-san to back off from whatever bad idea they were about to carry out, and Yamamoto-san might not listen to even Kuroo-san, but Yuuki has seen the way he withers under Yaku-san’s glare.
It’s not just within the team, either.
Every time they have a match, Yuuki marvels at how players with at least twenty centimetres on Yaku-san go out of their way to avoid spiking the ball in his direction. Even in this match, he’s seen Nohebi change course a few times just so they wouldn’t have to face Yaku-san.
Yuuki’s gut churns. Nekomata-sensei’s saying something about playing as he usually does, that’ll be good enough, but how can that be good enough to substitute Yaku-san? Yaku-san, who told him with a twinkle in his eye two practices before qualifiers started, that he had a good feeling about the matches ahead, that he was sure they would make it to nationals this year. Yaku-san, who told him over meat buns after a practice session together how Kai-san and Kuroo-san and him had fought tooth and nail to restore Nekoma’s volleyball team. Yaku-san, who would be absolutely shattered if the team doesn’t make it to nationals.
The team won’t make it to nationals if he messes up, Yuuki knows. Something cold grips at his heart at the thought.
He picks up the paddle, feeling the edges cut into his palms, but is stopped short of raising it by Nekomata-sensei. “When a libero is injured, the player substituting them doesn’t need to go by the usual team substitution procedure,” Nekomata-sensei says as he takes the paddle from Yuuki. “Don’t worry too much, Yaku’s trained you well. And don’t forget, Shibayama. You’re not the only one on that court.”
Yuuki nods, willing himself to calm down. He’s a libero. He’s not Yaku-san and he’s still far from deserving of the name of ‘Nekoma’s guardian’. But he’s not holding Yaku-san’s paddle and he’s not taking Yaku-san’s place.
He might not be Yaku-san, Yuuki knows, but he is also Nekoma’s libero, an honour that few can lay claim to - and what kind of a guardian-in-training would he be if he were to back down now?
He takes a deep breath, and steps onto the court, into the fray. He can feel eyes on him - from his teammates, from his opponents, from the stands. The numbers on his jersey feel like they’re branding himselves into his back, and he squares his shoulders, embracing the burn. He’s not Nekoma’s number 3, but he’s Nekoma’s number 12, and he’ll show them what it means to be Nekoma’s libero - what it means to be guarding Nekoma’s backs.
Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, G