Bonus Round 1: Quotes

SASO 2015 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

PLAY BALL! For this round, we'd like you to take inspiration from songs, sayings, poems, and other kinds of famous words.

Because this is our first full round, please read this post carefully before proceeding!

This round ends at 7PM on June 13 EDT. Countdown Timer.

RULES

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
- Example: "Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here!" -Kermit the Frog
- The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Yachi & Kiyoko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Yachi/Kiyoko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
You cannot fill your team's prompts or your own prompts.

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, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

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.

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 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points 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.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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3.02pm
OH MY GOD. My new server is Keiji, and he is a beautiful, beautiful man. I wish I weren’t full of gross rubber cheese because I am telling you, he is truly the most gorgeous sight I’ve ever seen on this earth.

He came up to my table and explained to me that I’d have to order a new round of endless mozzarella sticks, since Kei is no longer serving my table. I think. I was too entranced by his voice to listen to his words. Keiji. I don’t think I’m really a Buddha anymore, because I am filled with a base need to kiss him while he is talking. What a beautiful sight.

While I’m totally stunned by Keiji’s face and voice, he sighs and asks me if it’s okay to just add a drink or something while he continues to add to my original endless appetizer order. He looks great in the restaurant’s uniform, a feat heretofore unseen in waitstaff. The collar curls kind of, but it’s okay. It curls like his hair, which is dark and beautiful.

“I’ll get you a ginger ale,” he says, and I think I can hear angels singing. “You look like you’ll need it.”

I love him.

3.10pm
I explain to Keiji that actually, I will not be ordering anything else but mozzarella sticks. He nods at me and says nothing. I feel volumes unspoken in his gestures. He hands me a glass full of ginger ale, a straw, and some napkins. I am so overwhelmed by his kindness that I forget to thank him.

When he leaves, my mouth works again. Why is it only good for eating subpar appetizers??

3.27pm
Keiji comes back with plate #6. He does not look sympathetic, which is kind of disheartening, but also does not look doubtful. The mozzarella sticks are steaming hot and deceptively golden-brown. I look at his long, pretty fingers and think, I love you.

He leaves before I can tell him. I do not tell the mozzarella sticks.

3.48pm
Keiji passes by my table while I am outlining the terms of Oikawa’s bet to plate #6. I am in the middle of telling it that this is the ticket to the big leagues, the beginning of a beautiful friendship, and that I will never give it up, let it down, turn around and desert it. I am in the middle of verse two when Keiji actually stops and looks at me.

He has these amazing eyes. “Um,” I say, and try not to stare too deeply into them. “I can explain.” He’s so beautiful that it’s hard to discern different types of expression. It might be ‘confusion’ but it’s also just mostly ‘stunning’. I am trapped in his eyes and am therefore unable to explain the merits of Rick Astley to Keiji, who leaves after a long period of silence.

4.04pm
I think I am made of cheese. I am halfway through plate #6 when I stop, indescribably full. I feel pregnant.

Keiji has not stopped by my table since the Rick Astley accident. Maybe he likes Rick Astley. Maybe he likes eighties pop. He seems like the type to like a surprisingly weird thing.

4.08pm
Plate #6 may have defeated me. I want to find out Keiji’s weird thing secret. I am going to find it because I am a stellar conversationalist. I’m magnetic.

4.17pm
I finish plate #6 and text Kuroo to standby on collecting from Oikawa. Keiji appears at my table to take away the empty plate. It has been an hour and he is still unaware that he is the most beautiful man I have ever seen.

This is more than the brotherhood between Kei and me. My heart beats differently when I see him. I guess that could be the cheese, but I doubt it. It just feels like love.

4.35pm
Oikawa texts me a vindictive little message after hearing that he will owe me money. I draw a sad little owl on the back of paper menu #2 and take a picture of it.

4.40pm
Keiji comes back to take away plate #6. I think he sees my paper owl and smiles, because the world is suddenly brighter. And softer. I feel like I am being stabbed to death very gently when I see him smile. I swear it’s not the cheese.

My table is so empty without Keiji’s presence. In the hopes of charming him back, I draw another owl on paper menu three.

5.03pm
It is officially my sixth hour. In 57 minutes I can leave and never look at another cardboardy rubbery cheese stick in the parsley ever again.

Now facing a professional dilemma: do I keep eating mozzarella sticks to see Keiji’s face, or do I bow out gracefully???

Keiji comes back to see if I am still intent on ordering mozzarella sticks and sees my second owl drawing. He smiles that little smile again. My heart is so screwed. I order a seventh plate of mozzarella sticks, for the sake of thoroughly winning Oikawa’s money and also to see Keiji again. I might not leave this diner alive.

5.27pm
I can see Keiji coming toward my table carrying my last plate of mozzarella sticks. I actively look for him in the diner now: he is definitely the light at the end of the tunnel.

He drops off plate #7 and I tell him that this is most likely my last order. He nods and says that he’ll check me out. No joke, I think my heart actually stopped and restarted again.

These sticks border on actually disgusting, flavored with extra disappointment. I think about Keiji’s face and eat two without actually tasting them. I think my tongue is broken. I draw another owl next to the new one so they are holding hands. I would add a red heart but the crayon gods do not love me as much as I love Keiji.

5.45pm
I eat another mozzarella stick and realize that I am probably going to die of terrible appetizer overload if I finish this plate. But Keiji’s face is so beautiful.

He leaves me my check and tells me to take my time. I love him for his patience. I waggle my owls-holding-hands masterpiece at him and he blinks at me. Out of happiness, probably, because nobody in the world will have ever ordered seven plates of mozzarella sticks and then drawn him two owls holding hands. “I drew it for you,” I say, and he thanks me. He loves me, too.

5.52pm
I need to go home so I can never smell and see mozzarella sticks ever again. I need a shower, and Keiji’s phone number. Keiji’s check is just a check. I stare hard at the numbers, trying to decipher a phone number, but find nothing.

My time with Keiji is drawing to a close. I have only really discovered that he likes crayon drawings of owls. I need to know more about him. Maybe I will find out more if I kiss him.

I tip him handsomely too, since I am handsome--but Keiji is also handsome, in a different way. He is as handsome as these mozzarella sticks were disappointing. He balances out my tastebud regret with a soft joy I have never known.

6.02pm
I take a picture of my last plate of mozzarella sticks. I am fine with admitting defeat: I ate three out of six, which earns me nine dollars and therefore enough antacids to float a small boat. The phrase “mozzarella stick” no longer holds any meaning for me now. For the last six hours, I have lived in an endless loop of appetizers, only briefly visited by an angel. And Kei, I guess.

Keiji brings me my receipt and asks me to sign my charge slip. He thanks me again, polite and wonderful, and I watch him go with an emptiness that burns at my soul.

I pack up my stuff while keeping an eye on Keiji’s lovely little head the whole time, in case he stops by. He doesn’t. I pack up kind of slowly anyway. Moving hurts. Keiji doesn’t come back.

I write my phone number, in blue, beneath the two owls holding hands with a big question mark. I also write my name, because I don’t want to be “Hot Mozzarella Stick Dude” in Keiji’s phone. I leave the booth and walk outside. The sun is setting. It is almost as beautiful as Keiji’s face.

from: t.kuroo@[redacted].com
to: k.bokuto@[redacted].com
RE: Endless Appetizers assignment

dude you were supposed to write about the appetizers
i didnt expect a romance novel
also did he ever call u
i want a follow-up

from: k.bokuto@[redacted].com
to: t.kuroo@[redacted].com
RE: Endless Appetizers assignment

hell yeah dude!
it was the owls
he doesn’t really like rick astley
but he totally digs owls
and me (!!!!!)

i did write about the appetizers!!! i also ate three more than i was supposed to, i did my job! do you know how hard it was to write about mozzarella sticks for six hours???

from: t.kuroo@[redacted].com
to: k.bokuto@[redacted].com
RE: Endless Appetizers assignment

o k a y
well i’m glad u ended up a bf out of this
and im getting it to change ur name to ‘catherine’ in the sys
:P

Edited 2015-06-13 22:16 (UTC)

i died

this fic killed me and brought me back to life and then KILLED ME AGAIN WITH THAT ENDING

I HAD TO HOLD MY HAND PHYSICALLY OVER MY MOUTH TO KEEP FROM LAUGHING TOO LOUD IN FRONT OF MY LAPTOP

thank you so much for this blessed fic

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

Re: FILL: TEAM AKAASHI KEIJI/BOKUTO KOUTAROU/KUROO TETSUROU, G

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