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Bonus Round 1: Quotes
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!
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)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
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FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
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FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
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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.Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
FILL: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI, G
590 words
[ note: "Nozomi" means "wish." ]
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Every woman in Nozomi's family had a different specialization. Her great-grandmother summoned spirits. Her grandmother read the messages in fire. Nozomi's specialty, of course, was tarot cards.
Her mother's power lay in reading the stars. It was her mother who named her: wishes and stars went hand in hand, after all. Her mother used to haunt the temple rooftop, sure-footed on the pantiles as she scanned the night sky. In the daytime, too, her gaze would drift upward.
"What are you looking for?" Nozomi asked once.
Her mother hummed, eyes skipping past the white clouds to the flat blue beyond. "Shooting stars," she murmured. "If I concentrate I can kind of—feel them, in the second before they vanish."
"Do we need one?" Nozomi asked. Shooting stars brought good fortune, but as far as she was concerned, their lives were blessed enough.
Her mother's mouth twisted, speculative. "I hope not," was all she said.
Nozomi wished she could say that she was surprised when her mother and father had to leave, but she wasn't. Her mother was always gazing into the distance, and her father was rarely home; it never felt like they were totally there anyway.
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When she did her daily readings, the seventeeth major arcana card always popped up. The Star.
One day it moved from the sixth position to the fifth—from a future influence to a present force. The next day a new girl transferred into her class. Star-gold sunlight streamed in from the classroom window, and Nozomi felt her spine straighten with a strange feeling of relief, as if she were newly slotted into place. There, she heard her mother's voice say. A daytime shooting star.
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When Eli's back was turned, Nozomi slipped the tarot card into the folder she'd been flipping through.
When Eli opened the folder again and saw the new addition, she glanced at Nozomi. Nozomi smiled back, serene. Eli's movements were brusque but neat as she lifted the card from the papers and set it down on the desk.
Eli found the card again when she opened her textbook, preparing for their third period class; again when she opened her bag to take out her lunch; again when she unfolded her gym t-shirt; again when she pulled her shoes from her locker at the end of the day.
"You should be more careful," Eli said, handing the card back to Nozomi. She tried to sound stern, but whenever she looked at Nozomi her frown never stayed for long, and this was no exception. "What if someone had seen you placing something in my locker?"
Nozomi shrugged, all innocence. "It wasn't me," she said. "The cards have a mind of their own. They're trying to tell you something."
Eli raised an unimpressed eyebrow, and Nozomi tucked The Star back into her deck's protective pouch.
"Those girls are waiting for you," Nozomi said, softer.
Eli bristled, but her expression was tired, edged with wistfulness. They've had this same conversation a hundred times before. "I can't do anything for them."
"You can," Nozomi replied, her fingers running along the worn-soft edges of her tarot cards, "but more importantly, they can do something for you."
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Eli's skin glistened with sweat, warm and pink from exertion and the hot stage lights. Her face was alight with joy as she gazed across the cheering audience. Beside her, Nozomi stood in her proper place—to the right of the leader and slightly behind her, a wish trailing after her star's blazing path.
Eli squeezed her fingers, lifting their linked hands into the air. Smiling, Nozomi squeezed back.
Re: FILL: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI, G
That third-to-last sentence, though, oh my god it's so poignant and great for them. Wonderful job. <3
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Re: FILL: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI, G
my absolute favourite parts were
"One day it moved from the sixth position to the fifth—from a future influence to a present force. The next day a new girl transferred into her class. Star-gold sunlight streamed in from the classroom window, and Nozomi felt her spine straighten with a strange feeling of relief, as if she were newly slotted into place. There, she heard her mother's voice say. A daytime shooting star." and the line "a wish trailing after her star's blazing path", they both gave me little goosebumps with how perfect they were, aaaa
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I'm so glad you liked it, and thanks so much for commenting back with your favorite lines!!! I'm so happy ;A;