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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 Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou, G
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: temporary character death, violence to ankles/feet
Other Tags: werewolves (sorta)
Word Count: 749
***
Kuroko inhales, holds his breath, exhales.
The innards of the tower smell ripe and mossy, like morning dew bottled up and left to ferment. The stones are cast in gray, weeds sprouting between the seams in the winding staircase, sprawling green thanks to the narrow beams of sunlight that filter in through the high gaps in the brick acting as windows.
The steps are wide enough for two, but it’s just Kuroko on his own right now, a rogue with little talent for fighting or spellcasting. It seems stupid, sending him up into the dungeon on his own armed with nothing more than his dwindling stock of healing potions. He had forgotten to buy more in the last town his party passed through, and they all think it’s a waste of what talent he has, the way he insists to pay merchants for their wares instead of stealing them--if they notice them, that is. (He usually has to resort to stealing items in the end, slipping coins into sacks in return, but Aomine had gotten into a fight on Murasakibara’s behalf at the beer hall, so they ended up needing to depart earlier than intended).
The tower is similar to the one they rescued their prince from, minus the fingernails torn to shreds, the wood scratched up and stained with blood. The rumors say there's a werebeast guarding the treasure at the top, a man with jagged stripes decorating his body, if you manage to see his human form. Sending Kuroko in on his own is nearly guaranteeing his death, but Midorima, their long distance archer, has been remedied useless by the tower’s structure. Kuroko’s stealth is the next best thing they've got.
The door creaks as Kuroko slips inside, quickly, into the dark refuge of a shadow. The room is empty, save for a tiger about three times his size, snoring, slumbering atop a treasure chest, claw hooked possessively around the rib of a half-eaten carcass. The remains aren’t human, as far as Kuroko can tell, but it still makes him shiver. He takes the enchanted gem out of his pocket, presses it with his thumb so it glows a pale blue, and brings it to his lips.
“There’s nothing to hide behind, Momoi-san,” Kuroko whispers into the gem. “We’ll all get slaughtered if we do a close-range attack.”
“It’s a shame Midorin is still sulking,” Momoi singsongs in response, and Kuroko stiffens, the tiger yawning in his sleep. “Don’t worry, Tetsu-kun You know I have a plan.”
Kuroko sighs, shoving the crystal back into the depths of his pocket. He thumbs the hilt of the dagger at his belt. A loose pebble falls from the bricks above him, striking his skull.
“Ow.” Kuroko holds his head, looking up. “Kise-kun.”
“Hi, Kurokocchi!” Kise calls to him in a hushed voice, perched in a gap up above, his grin still flashing in the semidarkness. “I heard you needed some help.”
“I thought Akashi-kun told you to stay back,” Kuroko suggests, eyeing Kise’s cuffed trouser leg, bandages wrapped around his ankle.
“I’ll be fine,” Kise tells him, though his voice still wavers as he extends the injured limb down, fingers gripping the brick. “I just need to--”
Kuroko curses seconds before it happens, Kise slipping from the wall, a yelp echoing in the chamber. He dashes underneath him, and Kise’s bodyweight hits him with a dull thud, the both of them sprawling out over the dungeon floor.
“Wow,” Kise grins, wincing, lifting a hand to touch Kuroko’s cheek. “You’re so handsome when you try to save me.”
“Thanks,” Kuroko closes his eyes, hearing a roar building behind them. “I can’t say I can do it twice.”
___
Kuroko sighs, hefting his headphones off of his ears, watching the textbox at the bottom of the screen fill with dark blue curses, only becoming more unintelligible when responded to with yellow emojis. His pixelated form lies limp in front of him, bloodied, his hit points down to zero. Not only that, but another point has dropped his maximum total. It keeps dropping, nearly half the amount of his friends’, despite being the same level. He puts his headphones back on.
“Midorima-kun, when will you fix this HP glitch?” He listens as Midorima huffs out a breath.
“Just because I wear glasses doesn’t mean I know how to hack into a game.”
“...”
“Akashi-kun?”
“We’ll see,” Akashi’s voice fills his ears, evaluative, but with a touch of praise. “You still might survive next time.”
Re: FILL: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou, G
thank you for this wonderful fill, it made me smile a lot!!