hs_olympics | BONUS ROUND 1

Bonus Round 1

Genre-Mixing

Hey, shippers! Welcome to your very first bonus round proper--we hope you have lots of fun with it! This time around we're going to be asking you to mix it up a little--each fanwork posted for this round will be a mish-mash of two different genres, blended together in a delightful incestuous slurry to create an UNSTOPPABLE CREATIVE CONCOCTION--er. Or. Something.

Yeah, we're genre-mixing. That's what we're doing this round.

Rules

Submit prompts! Prompts should consist of two different genres and one ship. This cannot be your team's ship! These are worth 5 points each, for a maximum of 100 points per team.

Look through the prompts and fill whichever you like!

You may not fill prompts for your ship, nor may you fill your own team's prompts.

Fills should be posted as replies to the prompts which they are for, following the format below. They may be any medium.

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Scoring
For prompt posts: 5 points each (maximum of 100 per team)

For fills (as stated here):
First 5 entries in each post: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10 in each post: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15 in each post: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+ in each post: 5 (per entry)

All scored content must be created/assembled new for this round.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Aradia x Rose [in ANY or ALL the quadrants]
magic realism and university/college

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oh man this is super cute aaaaaaaaaa <333

Awwwww, thank you :D So lovely!

There is a girl in the archaeology department who can fly, according to the school's rumor mill. You make it a point to stay tuned into it, if only so you can deride the gossip people manage to come up with. Of course, this one, at least, is fairly plausible, as opposed to the one about you sleeping with Dr. Scratch. As if you would be willing to break that many school regulations for a man with a head like a round egg.

You can see why wings would be useful in the archaeology department. All that excavating and dashing about in ruins is probably much easier, without having to climb precariously everywhere. You are, of course, merely speculating, as you know close to nothing about the field of archaeology. You're a psychology major, yourself.

Which is part of why this particular piece of gossip stays stuck in your mind, far longer than you would normally pay attention to something of this nature. It's just unusual, is all; wings are typically associated with a more carefree, capricious type of personality. Not things that immediately come to mind, when thinking of archaeology.

This is why you find yourself, on a Saturday night, hanging out by the excavation site at the very edge of campus, instead of attending and your customary book club. Vantas and his vitriolic comments will just have to get on without you.

The site is dark, and you are not entirely certain that you are allowed to be here, this late at night and without any substantial reason, so keep your steps as soft as you can make them, creeping along the edge of the dig. You wonder if it would be wise of you to climb down. There's probably a ladder around here somewhere, but it's dark, and you'd rather not risk a broken ankle.

Really, this whole expedition is a little silly, if you think about it. You have no reason to think that the winged girl will be here, on tonight of all nights, except for the rumor mill's assurance that she is a very dedicated student who often spends her time here recreationally.

You sit, dangling your feet over the edge of the drop, and you peer down. It looks fairly deserted, although--yes, there is a light off in the corner. So someone is here, at least.

You cross your legs and peer down into the crevasse, trying to get a better look. You catch a flash of red, and apparently whoever it is notices you, because the light flickers and they must have turned, and…ah, yes, it seems like the gossip was right, this time, because a winged girl is now flying towards you, flashlight in hand.

It occurs to you that you're not really sure what you're going to say to her, a moment before she lands deftly next to you, wings fluttering to a stop.

You have an excuse for your presence halfway constructed in your head by the time she greets you with a cheerful, "Hi!"

"Hello," you reply.

"What brings you here?" the girl asks, jovially enough. "Exploring?"

"Not quite," you say. "I…" A lie is on the tip of your tongue: something about the school newspaper and an article about the dig. But really, what's the point? "I was looking for you, as a matter of fact."

"Oh, really?" She dangles her feet over the edge of the hole, swinging them back and forth. Perhaps her personality is not so atypical of her wings. "How come? Did I do something special?"

Now, the real dilemma is how to phrase this without coming off as a stalker. Which is…perhaps what you are. You may need to reevaluate your life choices after this. "I was just wondering what made you chose to study archaeology," you finally settle on.

You expect her to ask you how you heard of her or why you want to know, but instead she smiles and looks like you've done her a huge favor just by asking. And she tells you. She explains the sense of mystery of old, dead things, and how much she loves them, the excitement of a new find, the sense of accomplishment when you discover something completely new.

Eventually you stop her, to ask for her name.

"Aradia Megido," she says, and then she offers to fly you down to get a better look at her most recent find.

Your advisor is going to be so angry at you when you tell her you're considering switching majors.

BONUS ROUND 1

Bonus Round 1

PROMPT: TEAM Karkat♢Sollux

FILL: TEAM TEREZI<3VRISKA

Re: FILL: TEAM TEREZI<3VRISKA

Re: FILL: TEAM TEREZI<3VRISKA

FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA