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 Aoyagi Hajime/Koga Kimitaka/Teshima Junta, G

[jeilovesyou]

Ship: Haiba Lev/Shibayama Yuuki
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: Eating mention?
Other Tags: Cats and cats and cats and cats
Word Count: 670 words

I slightly misread the prompt so they're in Kenma and Yaku's apartment instead of Lev's but gfuiojdlfk okay it's still soft,, ty so much for this good prompt.

***

Lev was doing fine. He was doing just fine, you see, so there is no reason—none at all—for Yaku to be coming back to check on him for the third time.

It had been Kenma’s idea to leave Mocha and Mugi, two extremely fluffy ragdoll cats, in Lev’s care while he and Yaku went off to some sort of game-related event which would keep them out past 2 in the morning, and which Lev didn’t understand at all.

The first time Yaku had returned, it was to make sure Lev knew not to feed them too many treats and spoil their dinner (and Lev did remember what to feed them for dinner, didn’t he?). The second time it was ostensibly to retrieve his forgotten scarf, but Lev strongly suspected that was just an excuse to check on him again.
And this time, when the knock at the door came again, he probably—

Lev opened the door—

This time, it isn’t Yaku.

“Why are you here?”

Shibayama smiles up at him sheepishly, ruffles his own hair. “Please don’t look that upset to see me. I’ll get depressed, you know?”

Lev does not stop pouting. “Yaku-san sent you to spy on me.”

“Not at all! Yaku-san just said you might be busy with the cats so maybe I should bring over some food to save you the trouble of figuring out dinner and—“ He grimaces, realization dawning on him. “And actually, on second thought, that totally does sound like he sent me to spy on you doesn’t it.”

Lev’s shoulders droop, and Shibayama marvels at how tall he still looks, even like that. “I have everything under control, Yuuki. You can go.”

“Wait!” He wedges his sneaker in between the door and frame before Lev can shut him out. “I don’t doubt you’re doing fine, but um…” He holds up a bag. “I brought the food all this way, so maybe… maybe we could just. You know, hang out?”

Lev looks at the bag, which has some serious heft to it and is giving off a really delicious scent. And at Yuuki’s cheeks, tinged pink (from the cold, surely.)

Mocha mewls at Lev’s heels, and he steps aside to let Shibayama in.

Lev lies on his belly on the floor and rolls a ball back and forth for Mugi to bat at, while Shibayama takes to the kitchen and tries to get curry on plates while dodging Mocha as she weaves between his legs.

The cats get their dinner too, which Shibayama takes a picture of and sends it off to Kenma and Yaku to ease their minds.

“Seems nice,” Shibayama says later when he and Lev are resting on the couch watching a variety show, each with a warm fuzzy ball of contentment on their laps.

“What does?” Lev asks.

“Living like this… do you think Yaku-san and Kenma spend every day like this?”

Lev isn’t sure what Shibayama is talking about, until he looks at his face and suddenly he does—sharing the burden of household chores, moving easily in the same space without unnecessary conflict, resting in each other’s company.

“Do you think…” Shibayama averts his gaze to stare straight ahead at the TV, clears his thoat. “Next year, when we both graduate—“

“You want to live together?” Lev blinks, just as surprised that he said the words as he is that Shibayama led him to them.

“Well, yeah.” Shibayama laughs. “Man, I get really uneasy when you finish my sentences like that.”

“You don’t look uneasy, though?” Not with the way he’s grinning. “Yuuki, you finish my sentences too.”

“I guess I do, sometimes.” Shibayama watches Lev’s long fingers pet down the line of the now-dozing Mugi’s back.

“If we live together, I’ll look happy to see you every day.”

Shibayama stares at him in wide-eyed surprise.

“Yuuki will get depressed otherwise, right?”

“…Yeah.” Shibayama laughs and nudges his shoulder against Lev’s arm. “Yeah, I’ll be happy to see you every day, too.”