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

PROMPT: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI

[myn_x]

Ship: mikoshiba momotarou/hazuki nagisa
Fandom: free!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: medieval fantasy AUs are welcome wink wonk

Prompt:
momo in the forest with the bow and arrow.

Fill: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, T

[horchata]

Ship: Momotarou/Nagisa
Fandom: Free!!
Major Tags: sexual content (implied, not explicit)
Other Tags: fantasy AU!
Word Count: 533 words


***


Red Hair is back.

Nagisa flits from branch to branch to watch the human crouch low in the leaves. He will leave the forest hungry again tonight. He is too loud perhaps too inexperienced to notice how his fine leather boots crunch the leaves and needles underfoot. Everything in the forest knows of his presence. Most everything worth eating has absconded into the darker depths to wait out the lumbering fool who thinks by bending his knees that sound will bend low, too.

Nagisa presses fingers to his lips to keep from laughing.

Red Hair's leather breastplate catches glints and slivers of sunlight in its beetle-wing iridescence. It's somewhat charmed, Nagisa thinks, but with what school of magic he couldn't say. His own arcane knowledge extends only to the edges of what the world produces naturally, and not to the manufactured imitations humans conjure.

Besides, the more charmed element to Nagisa is how Red Hair's buffoonery paints his obvious skill with bow and arrow into useless comical light. What good is a marksman with nothing to mark.

Oh well, time to play.

"Hello!" he chirps.

Red Hair spins and lets an arrow fly, easy to dodge in its predictability. Most human marksmen young as Red Hair follow voices rather than movement. In the time it takes to reach behind to his quiver to grab another, Nagisa has grabbed Red Hair by his wristlet, swept a foot to hook his ankle, and with a purposeful tug, pinned him to the ground.

"D'you make a habit of hunting things that speak?" Nagisa asks.

Red Hair, stunned, winded, chews air before his voice returns to him. "I'm sorry," he says, and Nagisa blinks in clear surprise.

"You're sorry?"

"I am," Red Hair coughs. "You're very right. I never meant to hunt a spirit."

Nagisa sits back, but keeps his grips firm and heavy. "Whyever not? We make good sport."

"But not good food," he says.

"True," Nagisa concedes. "Too airy, our flesh. Not much for sustenance."

"Although," Red Hair says, "you seem to carry enough meat on your bones to satisfy a lonely wanderer."

Nagisa's eyebrow rises. Perhaps Red Hair hunts more than food in this forest. Perhaps he searches for some other gut-deep satisfaction.

"Pray tell," he says, leaning back down low to Red Hair's face. "What thought have you in mind for my meat?"

Red Hair's grin has hunger written into its teeth, and firelight in his eyes. "Your name, first, spirit."

"No, sir, my name comes at a cost."

"Then mine, I'll give you first: Mikoshiba Momotarou." He looks Nagisa up and down and catches his eyes like kindling. "Will that suffice?"

"No, sir," Nagisa says, "my name is worth far more than that. Your name's a price too low for mine. You'll prove your worth to gain my name."

He loosens his grip and waits to see if Momotarou will break the game, but; still he stays on the ground, and does not attempt trickery. Nagisa returns his grin. He stands and walks backward into the thicket, calling out a sweet promised quest in his wake.

"Catch me again, good sir, and both my meat and name you shall have in abundance."

Re: Fill: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, T

[myn_x]

this was such a fun read, i absolutely love your writing style. and the subtle world-building!!!! and the dialogue is simply delightful im a mess lmao thank you for this i enjoyed every word ;A;