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Bonus Round 7: Free For All
Let's finish SASO 2017 with a bang. This bonus bonus round allows any kind of prompt imaginable in any format. The sky's the limit!
Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.
RULES
- Submit prompts by commenting to this post with literally any kind of prompt, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms, with the following caveats:
- Large image prompts should be thumbnailed and linked to, as explained here.
- Fanart/fanfiction/fanwork prompts are only allowed if you created the fanwork yourself or if you have explicit permission to use it, and proof of permission must be linked to in your prompt header.
- Quote prompts can come from almost anything, but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
- Reposting prompts is fine, but be respectful and keep crediting in mind. A prompt belongs to the person who posted it to this round, and who can fill it is determined by whether or not they are on that person's team.
- If reposting a br2 (tic tac toe) prompt, please post each prompt square as its own individual comment. Posting tic tac toe boards wholesale will crash our br scorer and the bonus doesn't apply for this round, anyway.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Akira & Hikaru). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Akira/Hikaru). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
- Besides that, if you want to prompt something, regardless of format—even formats not previously allowed in SASO—go right ahead. If you're unsure you can ask us for clarification, but tbh just go for the gold.
- Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with a 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)
- 8 tracks (fanmixes)
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 The Prince of Tennis, T
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 495
Warnings for some bullying and mention of violence. Argh I want to make this a whole long thing. @_@ Thank you so much for prompting this!
***
ENDLESS, the letters over his throat proudly proclaim. Midousuji wears them like a mark of honor, always keeping his throat bare even in winter.
He makes lists of things that are endless and reads them to his mother; time, space, hope, love.
He always ends it on love. He never includes his mother on those lists.
*
ENDLESS, the letters on his throat promise and Midousuji runs his fingers over them like a lucky charm. When the kids at school tease him, when they knock him down and bully him, he thinks of the letters and touches them instead of crying.
Somewhere out there, someone else has those letters on their throat. Someone else is his perfect match.
...What if they’re stronger than him? If he’s the Sacrifice and they lose spell battles because he’s too weak to endure?
The next time one of the boys punches him, Midousuji swings back. He knocks the boy down, more through luck than skill, then hurriedly straddles him. His fingers grab a fistful of hair and he yanks the boy’s face up, hisses right into his face, “I am Endless. I will outlast you. You’ll be in your grave and I’ll still be walking proud. Nothing you do will take me down.”
Pride without end, courage without end.
(Love without end.)
The bullying lessens after that. They find an easier target.
*
There’s a special Bureau that takes care of locating your partner. They photograph your name, take your fingerprints and your name. When your match is found, you will be informed.
Midousuji registers with them the moment he turns twelve though it’s his aunt’s signature on the form giving him ‘parental permission’.
*
When he’s sixteen, he receives a call saying that they’d located his match. Apparently his partner’s mother hadn’t wanted him taking part in something as dangerous as Spell Battles.
Midousuji immediately arranges a meeting; in a cold grey hallway, he meets Onoda Sakamachi, all big eyes and anxiously hopeful smiles.
“Hi!” Onoda says, putting his hands together and bowing, “I’m Onoda Sakamachi, your Endless sacrifice. Please take good care of me.”
“...Midousuji Akira.” Midousuji looks down at the boy and thinks that it’s just his luck to be stuck with a Sacrifice that’ll faint at the first restraint.
*
“Your bones are glass, your joints are beads,” Midousuji hisses, teeth clicking together as he spits the words of the spell battle. Behind him, Onoda is wrapped in so many restraints that Midousuji can hear his bones creaking as the chains pull him apart.
“Keep going, Midousuji-kun!” ONoda cheers him on, weak though his voice is.
“You break, you shatter, you are fragmented, you are powder, the wind blows you away!” It’s his first spell battle and Midousuji doesn’t know what he’s doing. He only knows that it’s Onoda who suffers for it and somehow, that actually bothers him.
*
Onoda surprises him every spell battle; Onoda never gives up.
*
Their winning streak never ends; they are Endless.