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

Umi Sonoda/Maki Nishikino Love Live

"At the end of the world
I heard you singing
At the end of the world
I saw you dancing
Like an angel
In the clear sky
You smile and cry and say goodbye
I keep open eyes and mind
I realize"
Discography by Straightener

Major Tags: None
Word Count: 728

"Is this alright?" Maki asks, her hand resting against the top of the piano without yet moving to roll the cover back from the keys.

"It should be," Umi says, as she stretches her arms above her head and bends herself first to one side, then the other. "Thank you, for doing this with me."

"It's my pleasure," Maki says, and finds that she means it.

She pushes the cover back, moving around the seat and dropping herself onto it, her fingers hovering expectantly over the keys. She isn't even touching them but she can feel how close they are beneath her hands, like she's creating that moment before the music rises and begins through her own human power.

"Are you ready?" Maki asks, glancing up at Umi again in time to see her finishing her limbering exercises.

"I'm ready," Umi replies.

She bows, a neat, precise dip where her arms and legs shift exactly so, and her mouth twitches like she wants to smile once she returns to her resting position. Maki lets her hands drop, picking slowly across the keys at the behest of the unfamiliar sheet music before her, the sound of the song Umi has chosen falling on her ears for the first time and catching her attention alight.

Beside her, Umi begins to move. She's graceful as she flows through the motions of the dance she set out to practice – something modified from the traditional Japanese dance her family teaches, Maki remembers that – but Maki can't afford to keep her eyes on Umi. She hadn't thought to ask for the music ahead of time and she's forced to constantly dart her gaze back to the sheet, following the notes on the page so she won't fail Umi in her part.

Every glimpse of Umi's dancing is only lovelier for Maki's inability to watch outright.

She reaches the climax of the piece, a rush of notes building up to something Maki feels in her bones for all that she can't yet place where it's going, and out of the corner of her eye she sees Umi execute a fluid three-sixty degree turn before she drops to her knees. Her skirts spread and Maki thinks – can't say – that she bows, before rising again like a bird taking flight.

That's when Umi's voice rises with her, adding words to the melody Maki has dutifully been providing her. It's not unfamiliar, listening to Umi's voice rise and fall with careful pitch, perfect enough to satisfy even Maki's discerning ear. But it's different, hearing Umi sing out unfamiliar words, rather than the practiced lyrics of any of the songs written for muse.

Maki gradually reaches the end of the piece, and as the last notes from the piano trail off, Umi trails off along with them. She's beaming, rosy-cheeked and eyes alight, when Maki lifts her gaze to see it.

"Oh, thank you," Umi says, voice gone louder than usual with heartfelt sincerity.

Maki's lips part, but whatever words she was tonguing at fade away before being voiced, drowned beneath the dawning realization of exactly how Umi looks when the energy from a performance is still bright underneath her skin. She's absolutely incandescent, and Maki finds herself breathless.

"I told you," she finally says, voice coming out near-soft as a whisper, "It was my pleasure to do it."

Umi smiles at her, slow and secretive, like she isn't entirely sure Maki's words are the truth. But Maki only shakes her head, too moved to push herself into convincing Umi of her sincerity.

"If you'd like to practice together again," she says instead, "I would appreciate that very much. If nothing else, I welcome the introduction to new piano music."

That causes Umi's smile to stretch just a hair wider, relaxing into something warmer and more comfortable. "There are a lot of pieces I'd like to modify dances for," she confides. "Not all of them are especially... Suited to the kinds of shows we perform as muse, but... It makes me happy to be able to practice them."

"You should feel happy, and proud," Maki says. "For creating something beautiful. And because, I think, they're something suited to you."

Umi's mouth trembles, like she doesn't know what to say, but all the answer Maki needs is that of the warm contentment lighting up Umi's eyes.

Kyyyaaaaa~ This was lovely. I love Maki struggling to keep up with the sheet music because she can't help but look at Umi. Thank you <3

You're welcome!! It was quite fun to write, I'm glad you liked it. ;u;

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

Bonus Round 1: Quotes

PROMPT: TEAM KOUSAKA HONOKA/MINAMI KOTORI

FILL: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO, G

Re: FILL: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO, G

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