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BONUS ROUND 2
Bonus Round 2
The Return of Round Robin Fanadventures
Comments have been screened; we will be tallying the points over the next 48 hours or so, after which we will unscreen the comments. Comments have been unscreened! You may continue the fanadventures on this post as long as you like, though we will not be awarding further points.
Hi shippers! Welcome to Bonus Round 2.
Round Robin Fanadventures generated so much awesome stuff last year that we decided to bring it back!
For those who are new to HSO, this is not actually that complicated a concept, but it might be a little tricky to explain, so bear with me. The point of this round is to create a bunch of fanadventures that are for a team other than your own.
Rules
- If you are starting a new adventure: start a new thread using the title format defined below. Include either text or 1-2 pieces of embedded art setting a scene (or both!), and finish with a command (==> does not count as a command for new threads). Then sit back and wait for someone else to contribute!
- If you are continuing an adventure: find a thread that does not center around your team's ship. Then comment using the title format defined below. Include either text or 1-2 pieces of embedded art continuing the scene (or both!), and finish with a command (this can include ==>, though generally we would prefer otherwise). Then sit back and wait for someone else to contribute!
- For ease of reading, we suggest using standardized image sizes. 600x400 landscape is a pretty good size! But as long as it's the same as the other images in the thread, people will have an easier time following along. The HTML for inserting images is <img src="http://yourimageurlhere.com">
- For this challenge, there is no minimum wordcount. We are trusting you not to abuse that fact!
- You may not comment twice in a row in one adventure. The point is to hand off the scene like a hot potato.
- You may not introduce or create for your team's ship into a fanadventure. If someone else introduces your team's ship to a thread, you can still contribute to that thread so long as your contributions do not involve your ship.
- This challenge will run until 11:59PM EDT July 7. After that time, even if it's just by a minute according to the LJ timestamp, no submissions will be accepted for points.
NOTES:
- Audio posts are fine, so long as you include a transcript.
- Please make sure to check that your titles are correct!
- You may answer commands that have already been answered. Think of it like a 'choose your own adventure' game!
Title Format
If you are starting a new thread, use this format in your title.
Replace [THEIR SHIP] with the ship you want this particular fanadventure thread to be. Remember that you cannot create a fanadventure based on your own ship. Whatever ship you choose must be represented by a HSO team not your own. The only exception is gen adventures, which are permitted.
Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with. If your team name is not in this format and in the title it may not be counted.
If you are continuing a thread, use this format in your title.
Replace [COMMAND] with whatever command the previous fill has specified.
Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your title is not in this format it may not be counted.
Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.
Scoring
(as stated here)
First 5 entries per team: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+: 5 (per entry)
All fanadventure content must be created new for this round.
We would prefer that any questions about this challenge or anything else in the HSO be emailed to us at homestuck.shipping AT gmail!
New AR<3PM<3WV Game (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)
You are the PARCEL MISTRESS of a small, happy town of carapaces. It is a sunny day and you have just started your MAIL ROUTE. Your job is to deliver MAIL to the citizens of your beloved town and you take this job very SERIOUSLY. By dutifully conveying each PACKAGE and LETTER to its rightful recipient, you are solemnly upholding the very FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION.
Speaking of PACKAGES and LETTERS, let's see where you're going today.
> PM: Check mail bag.
> PM: Check mail bag. (FILL: TEAM BRO<3GRANDPA)
There is a HOLE in your MAIL BAG measuring nearly half its width! Has that been there since you left the POST OFFICE? Good thing you caught it at the start of your route! You whip around and, sure enough, the streets behind you are littered with letters. You can barely bring yourself to look at the horrific scene- it is any upstanding PARCEL MISTRESS's worst nightmare.
But how could this have happened? Your bag isn't too old, and it's not coming apart along a seam. You doubt you ripped it by accident- the bag is too durable for you to have ripped so large a hole without noticing. No, there is only one possible explanation for this catastrophe:
SABOTAGE.
Some unscrupulous citizen wants to subvert their neighbors' rights to the safe and efficient transportation of private parcels! The MONSTER. The only thought stronger in your mind than that of bringing this scoundrel to JUSTICE at the hands of the town's AUTHORITY REGULATOR is your steadfast attention to your DUTY. You've never lost a letter, and you don't plan on starting today.
> PM: Pick up trail of letters.
PM: Pick up trail of letters (FILL: TEAM GAMZEE<>KARKAT)
You follow the TRAIL OF LETTERS. Thankfully, it is not a windy day, and they are easy to collect again. However, half-way through picking up LETTERS and thinking thoughts of JUSTICE, you are accosted by someone who has the wrong idea!
> WV: lecture this litterbug!!
> WV: lecture this litterbug!! (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)
You explain to the miscreant, in great detail, all the detrimental effects littering can have on a town. The smell of rotting paper! The ruination of the cleanliness of the streets! Why, someone might even trip on an errant piece of paper and injure themselves! There may even be powerpoints involved in your explanation. It is just that serious.
The PESKY MISCREANT doesn't seem like she's giving your lecture enough of her attention, in your modest and wellmeaning opinion. In fact, she is gesturing at you as if she wants to say something.
You suppose it couldn't hurt to let her defend her actions. But if she doesn't have a good explanation for this and her littering ways, well! You know a certain AUTHORITY REGULATOR who will be happy to teach her a lesson.
> PM: Explain the situation.
> PM: Explain the situation. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)
With much flustered waving of hands, you assure the WORKED-UP VOCIFERANT that you weren't dropping your letters out of carelessness! You merely didn't notice that your precious MAIL BAG had a hole in it (again, no doubt planted there by someone looking to disturb the delicate machinations of the hallowed institution known as the POSTAL SYSTEM! The thought turns your blood to ice!). You would NEVER treat a letter or parcel that had been entrusted to you in such a shameful way. And as he can see, you are retrieving your letters right now, in fact! They'll all be off of the ground, sorted, and delivered to their rightful owners before long.
The WORKED-UP VOCIFERANT seems to calm down somewhat, becoming a little less worked-up and vociferous. A blush seems to warm his soot-black cheeks. Now that the issue seems to be settled, it occurs to you (and this makes you yourself blush) that he is really rather handsome. Absently, you straighten up your posture and smooth your dress a little. Your fingers run over a patch of loose threads, and you glance down at it in puzzlement, only to find that you're looking at...
...your MAIL BAG!!! You can't believe you nearly forgot!
You explain to this (dashing) gentleman that you just know that some rascal is lurking the streets of your town, committing such loathsome deeds as tearing open your bag so that its invaluable contents are left to spill from it and be scattered to the wind. If he would be so kind as to help you find the way to the domicile of your town's AUTHORITY REGULATOR, you're sure that he could track down this criminal and bring him to justice!
> WV: Consider.