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

Equius<>Nepeta, fluff + High Fantasy

(Uhhhh I hope this is alright?)

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You found her in the woods one day when you went on a walk. Many go into the forest to hunt and gather, but you do neither. You have more than enough, and you cannot bear to kill such magnificent animals. There are sometimes ruffians and thieves in the woods, but you don't bring your bow, because you know it would end up breaking if you were to find yourself attacked. Your fists and your strength are almost always enough, and if it isn't... you have your gift for making yourself unseen.

So you have never feared to go into the forest, and that does not change when you hear a strange hiss deeper in the woods. You stop, however, listening harder until you hear it again, and curiosity gets the better of you. You follow the hisses until you can clearly recognize that they're sounds of pain, not aggression, and you find her at last. A girl with the tail and ears of a cat and slitted pupils, hunched over and licking her wounds.

You feel pity for her immediately, and approach slowly, doing your best to appear nonthreatening. The girl looks up and growls a soft warning, claws extended, so you stop and raise your hands. "I won't hurt you," you say. "I just want to help. I swear I will cause you no harm."

She hesitates, and her claws retract. As you watch, you can see the ears and tail begin to withdraw as well. A werecat, then, still in the midst of returning to normal in the newly risen sun.

You step closer, "How did you come to be so injured?"

"Werewolves," she responds, sitting up and wiping blood from her brow. You take a handkerchief from your pocket and offer it to her. She takes it with some hesitation and presses it to the bleeding cut on her forehead.

"Are you badly injured?"

She shakes her head.

"I am glad. If you pardon me a moment, I can get you some decent bandages, and anything else you might need."

She smiles then, in a sort of puzzled way, as if she's not quite sure why you're being so nice, but appreciates it. "Thank you!"

You smile back, "What is your name, little werecat?"

"Nepeta! And you?"

"Equius."

And that was the start of your friendship. You brought her bandages and some fresh food and began to talk. You learned how she'd been born a werecat, but her family had been killed by a much larger werewolf pack. She learns about your hobbies and your troubles with romance, a kind ear when most do not like to listen to you.

The day of the next full moon, you find her sitting at the bottom of a tree looking worried.

"What is the matter, Nepeta?"

"Oh, Equius!" She tries to make herself look less worried. "Nothing's wrong!"

"Are you worried about the full moon? Is it unpleasant to transform?"

"No, no!" she shakes her head. "I love when the full moon comes. I feel so free as a cat! It's just..." she bites her lip, careful not to draw blood with the teeth that have been sharpening as the moon waxed. "That pack will be back again."

"The ones who wounded you before?"

"Yes," she nods. "And I'm just one lone kitty. I can't take them all out."

You watch her for a moment, before you make up your mind, "I can hide you, if you wish."

"Hide me?"

"It is a gift I have. To disappear, and make others disappear with me."

"You mean... magic?" Her feline eyes go wide.

"Yes. If you'll trust me with such a thing."

She smiles at you widely, "Of course I trust you! How does it work?"

You smile back, with more than a little relief. Sometimes magic unnerves people, and you had worried that it might frighten her. You hold out your hand, "I can make it last for up to a day. If I can show you..."

She takes it without hesitation. You call upon the gift you have, a power that's been in you as long as you can remember. It's hard to describe at times, but the best you can come upon is nothingness. You weave it around the two of you, empty darkness that masks you both from sight. Nepeta gasps and her hand gets tighter on yours, but she does not pull away.

"Are we... hidden now?"

"Yes. Look," you release her hand. To her vision, you disappear when the contact is gone, though you can still see through your own gift. She claps her hands together once.

"I can't see you at all!"

"That is the point," you smile and retake her hand. "You will be safe, hidden like this."

She throws her arms around your waist in a tight hug. "Thank you."

D'awww. I'm such a sucker for Eq/Nep fluff, and this is so cute. Thank you!

BONUS ROUND 1

Bonus Round 1

PROMPT: TEAM SLICK<3<SNOWMAN

FILL: TEAM DIRK<3ROXY

Re: FILL: TEAM DIRK<3ROXY