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).

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Comments

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[dynamite]

Ship: sawamura daichi / sugawara koushi (+guests)
Fandom: haikyuu
Major tags: none
Other tags: supernatural elements
Word count: 692

suga gonna go rescue himself a prince.


***


There is a prince who sleeps at the top of an ivory tower.

But between the gate and the ivory tower there snakes a long path -- through a garden of dark green thorn that whispers in words of poison; past a monstrous shadow that paces at the tower door, ever vigilant. The prince sleeps well. The prince sleeps shielded from those who would harm him.

“Why so difficult, Daichi,” Koushi moans as he shifts the longbow slung over his shoulder. “What did I ever do to you,” Koushi continues, purposefully not thinking about all the very particular things he’s done to Daichi to make his life difficult. A fun kind of difficult, Koushi ends up thinking anyway. Everyone needs a little excitement in their life.

A long wall of bramble crosses the path and a forest spirit daintily crosses its legs where it sits perched on top -- the first guardian, then. It scrunches up its nose as it looks down at Koushi with a certain kind of amusement, and the yellow afternoon sun lights up the green leaf crown in its brown hair so prettily, that just looking at it makes Koushi feel tired.

“I see you finally made it,” the forest spirit smiles. There’s something sharp about its lovely mouth. “But what makes you think I’ll just let you through.”

“Why is everybody so difficult around here,” Koushi says instead. He can feel the pressed flowers in the locket held in his hand hum faintly in empathy; white star asters for remembrance, the blush of morning glories for promises not meant to be broken. It’s what has carried Koushi this far through the forest and he holds it out like the ticket and token it is. “Flowers from the heart of your wood.”

“Where did you even get those.” The forest spirit doesn’t look impressed even as it starts to shift the impossible wall of brambles from the path. A token was a token, and a promise was a promise.

It’s Koushi’s turn to smile now. “A little crow brought them to me, of course. Also one of yours, I believe.” His smile is just as lovely and just as sharp, and Koushi walks down the cleared path with the sound of the forest spirit muttering curses behind him, the occasional “useless” flung in the air with the same frequency as “adorable.”

Koushi can’t stop smiling.

“Well, that’s certainly suspicious,” the monstrous shadow purrs. It’s curled up at the tower gate around a little ball of gold and Koushi is so close, the door of the ivory tower is right there, he just needs to get through one last thing. “So, are you here for a good time.”

Koushi is almost certain that he can see the large shadow leering. This isn’t exactly the way he had expected this encounter to go.

“Just let him through,” the little ball of gold says, and it’s not a little ball of gold at all, but a small yellow cat with white patches. “Let him through and let me sleep, Kuro.”

“Okie dokie,” the monstrous black shadow says as he winks at Koushi. “Remember to use protection, kids.”

Koushi just shoots the guardian a withering stare as he holds up his silver shield pointedly, and passes over the threshold of the tower, passes the staircase that leads up high into the sky, and instead takes the little door right on the inside. It opens up into the little alcove that sits behind the large throne room and the front courtyard. Nobody has managed to map the magical maze of paths that lead through the castle quite yet.

“Hey,” Daichi says. He’s taking the boiling tea kettle off the wood stove. “Sorry about the long way around. Hopefully those idiots didn’t give you too much trouble.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping,” Koushi squints. There’s still a circlet of gold in Daichi’s dark hair. He hasn’t been sleeping at all.

“I didn’t want to miss you rescuing me,” Daichi replies warmly as he passes Koushi a mug of tea, and when Daichi’s fingers linger on his own, Koushi can’t help but grin bright wide.

Re: FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[earlgrey_milktea]

this fill was so delightful?? i love suga going on this mission/adventure and meeting all these quirky little fellows, and his little trials of getting through... or, er, "trials"......... kuro pls do ur job better
AND DAICHI JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO SHOW UP LIKE "'sup, i made u tea" nICE this was just. feel good, all the way through, i feel like they're about to have the best afternoon tea ever, how's that for a first???? date!!
this was really cute, thank you so much for this fill!