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BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

The Return of Round Robin Fanadventures

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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!

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Well, that’s not the most embarrassing thing, seeing as you are a miracle of technology and not a silly flesh puppet predisposed to fits of modesty and dreams of acute embarrassment and nakedness, for you, means circuits showing.

Now, if you were without PARTS instead of PANTS, that would be embarrassing indeed. Especially for such a tiny typo.

You tried explaining it to AR once, but he snickered in a way that he would decidedly pretend had never happened if a human were to question him on it, as though you’d said something illogical, absurd, or otherwise full of the double-entendres that your common creator is a master at.

Still, Jake insisted on making you wear pants, for his own peace of mind if nothing else. Should you come across another human, it might be more convenient to be wearing clothes.

>Brobot: look for your pants

Edited 2012-06-25 13:28 (UTC)

You never thought anything could be this fun.

You play for hours.

==> Jade and Aradia: Catch your breath.

Jade lifts a hand wordlessly, and Feferi follows her gaze. What she sees stops her in her tracks: the sky, stained every colour imaginable as a burning golden sun sinks towards the ocean. It makes her think of distant memories, watching the moons rise on Alternia, their dichromatic swirl reflected in the waves around her. This sight is in many ways similar, but at the same time something utterly unique to Earth.

Feferi stares and stares, drinking in the sight. Even though the bright light leaves spots floating in her vision, she doesn't want to miss a moment of it. Jade watches with her, and neither girl speaks until the last speck of gold slips away.

It feels like the perfect end to the day.

Feferi turns to Jade. "I suppose we should head back, before it gets too cold."

To her surprise, Jade smiles. "Let's stay out a while longer. I have a great idea for how to stay warm."

Jade: Be the girl with the great idea.

YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL BEING.

After a long, long, looong time trying to find him (not that time really matters to you in this case, anyway), you finally find the highblood wandering aimlessly through one of the dream bubbles.
You stare at him for awhile, paying a lot of attention at not making yourself noticiable.
You have no idea about HOW to start a conversation with this guy.
You know some of his main intrests, that's true, but you two had never had a proper conversation, and just popping out all of a sudden like that could be pretty awkward.
Also, even though you feel that all he ever said about lowbloods was not real, the fact remains that he said he wanted to cull them all.
It looks like he doesn't have such problems though, since he's now staring at you with a weird look on his face.

Wwhat are you doin here?

>Eridan: Wonder why the lowwblood girl is here.

Your name is Rose Lalonde, and you are most assuredly a wizard - and quite likely the most capable, competent, and powerful wizard that has yet to deign live in and help the Kingdom of America. It's not that you're boasting. You're just that good. None other in all of recorded history has managed to master not only the forces of Light but also the dread secrets of the Horrorterrors inhabiting the Great Beyond.

And, like all great wizards, you have an apprentice, upon whom you are to entrust your training and experiences that the world may continue to benefit from your sage counsel even after your untimely demise in what is hopefully some distant future catastrophe. In a benevolent gesture of diplomacy, you even agreed to take on as your apprentice a young noble from the Alternian Empire. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Unfortunately, it wasn't.

Unfortunately, your apprentice is - once again - the bane of your existence.

You briefly wonder for the seven-thousand five-hundred eighty-sixth time why you haven't just killed him already.

==> ROSE: ASSIGN MENIAL TASK TO APPRENTICE.

Feferi's suggestion reminds you of a fairytale: Once upon a time, the princess gave the lowblood a magical cloak...

Of course, most fairytales end with the lowblood getting culled for insubordination. You're quite sure Feferi isn't going to cull you, but those cosmic forces beyond understanding sound dangerous.

Well, what's an archaeological adventure without a little danger? These ruins need exploring, and there's only one troll up to the task! Besides, you've got some experience dealing with forces beyond understanding.

AA: ill d0 it!
AA: when sh0uld i meet y0u?
CC: T)(e sooner the betta!
CC: )(ow soon can you get )(ere?
AA: im leaving n0w.

Aradia: Leave now.

You wonder what the lowblood girl is doing here. You haven't seen much of anyone since you entered the dreambubbles. Well you've seen doomed timeline versions, people will no memories of your little err killing spree. Some of them liked you others didn't, it was strange to say the least.

Though that is unimportant right now, what is important is figuring out what this troll wants with you. You've never talked much, if it all you really don't remember, to her so you don't know what she could ever want with you.

Right now shes staring at you with a somewhat awkward smile looking as if she wants to say something to you.

==> Eridan: Question the lowblood about her intentions.

You are at the moment incapable of responding. Never did you expect him to be so bold n expressing his feelings. Perhaps you should have considering he is such a romcom fanatic but you didn't and now you are left speechless.

Of course you feel the same way, you pity Kar more than you could ever have hoped to pity Fef, but your mouth is not really cooperating right now.

==> Eridan: Sound like an idiot.

Man that sure is some plush COUCH STUFFING.

Your gaze drifts downward (you can't look at COUCH STUFFING forever, no matter how plush it is) and you spot something sticking out from under the RUG.

==> Dirk: See what's hidden under the rug.

You stare at her for a few moments, why was she even here? She looked all fancy and God-tier like Vvri did, that was new.

Eridan: wwhat are you doin here ara
Eridan: are you here to rub it in my face about wwhat happened
Eridan: killin fef
Eridan: blindin sol
Eridan: you and him wwere friends
Aradia: no!! i am not here to rub it in your face!!
Aradia: well yes that was a terrible thing you did but i think we can all take a step back and realize its not like you were the only one who did anything wrong
Aradia: sollux probably didnt help hes always been kind of sassy
Aradia: anyway it wasnt just you!!
Aradia: so no im not here to rub it in your face
Eridan: oh
Eridan: then by chance wwould you mind tellin me wwhat youre doin here
Eridan: ivve nevver evven talked to you
Eridan: evven if i did you probably wwouldnt havve considered us friends
Aradia: oh
Aradia: uh

> Aradia: Realize you actually don't have a plan at all.

You had started to forget after the first 20 sweeps of your 'service' on the Condescension's flagship. You had only the inner walls of your Helm to look at and the features of your friends, once so clear, had begun to blur and distort.

You had freaked out and meticulously preserved every memory in a file. That was one of the few perks of having your mind forcibly remodeled into a horrific blend of binary coding and flesh. From your fallible cortex straight to the security deposit box that was the Ship's engine coolant status logs.

Seriously, no one ever checked those.

Helmsman: Open File 'vantas_fIIrst_smIIle.mem'

You take your gift out of your bag wth much enthusiasm. It's been waiting long enough time to show it to the world!

You tell her to close her eyes and with a skeptical stare she concedes and closes them. You take the chance to latch the necklace onto her. Its a simple necklace a silver chain with the scorpion symbol as a charm. Its blue, the same blue as your eyes. You think its a perfect present for her.

You also bought her a magic eight ball since she seems to fancy those quite a bit! All in all you think you've gotten her the perfect presents!

==> Vriska: Open eyes.

Edited 2012-06-25 14:55 (UTC)

KARKAT: STRIDER, WHAT THE -?

Halfway through the sentence you realise that Strider is DJing, and probably has been since the party started, and you just ran into him for no particular reason. You judge that sentence as a terrible decision by your former self, and abandon it.

DAVE: sup vantas
DAVE: wasnt expecting to see you here
DAVE: what happened did netflix limit views of love actually to only nine thousand

The second to last thing you want to do tonight is have anything to do with Dave Strider.

But the last thing you want to do tonight is dance in public.

Desperate times call for desperate measures

KARKAT: THANK EGBERT.
DAVE: sure thing
DAVE: for anything in particular or just continued efforts to increase world derpiness levels
KARKAT: I MEAN HE'S THE ONE WHO BLACKMAILED ME INTO SHOWING UP.
DAVE: really
DAVE: what does egbert have to blackmail you with

You refuse to accept any responsibility for the moronic babbling which just came out of your mouth. You also refuse to stay within earshot of Dave Strider any longer. It looks like you're going to have to brave Egbert after all.

Past Karkat: Get out of there.

HOLD UP!

How can you expect to train him when you don't even know his NAME?

Granted, you really don't want to know his NAME, but it's a start in this inevitable journey through training new guys.

=> Ask for his name.

Well that is something you can totally do considering you are confused and are still confused and thus are confining to be confused... this is pointless.

You don't know where you are how you got here or who this human is.
He wants to play a game apparently?

You have no idea what's happening.

==>Dirk: Reminisce on what happened.

You try asking for his name but he is to busy doing... whatever it is he is doing.
You would try harder to get his attention but that means you would actually have to start training him and you really do not want to do that. Instead you will wait here until he notices you.

Stupid idiotic insufferable douchebag, wasting your time

==> Be stupid idiotic insufferable douchebag

You waste no time in shaming yourself.
Eridan: a ba b h uhblahng
Karkat: WHAT?

You bite your tongue staring him in the face.

Eridan: yeah

> Karkat: Shake some sense into him.

You both stop after hours of play. Man neither of you thought hopping like a frog would be so exhausting. Both of you are extremely happy.

> Jade: Tell Aradia how much fun you had.

You can’t, you already are him!

(hehehe.)

Your PRANKSTER’S GAMBIT hums in approval at the sneak prank, and you'd almost want to stay anonymous just to see if you couldn't fill it more this way, but you do need to give your name to claim your victory.

>Be the prankster

ive got a gun full of water and im not afraid to use it!!
woof!

good harley
best teammate

uh oh.
why don't we talk about this instead of fighting?
heheheheh...

Jade and Dave: Team up on John.

You scan over the message to get the details down.

Aradia tells you that she has discovered a cave or something somewhere. It sounds kinda dangerous but really cool. You're not sure if you could have been confident enough to have gone in there by yourself.

There's one part of your moirail's message that really gets to you, though. Something that tightens up your blood pusher with the palest of concert.

Aradia usually doesn't excavate extinct animals. She leaves that for the paleontologists. Something just seems a little off. You feel like you're not getting the whole story and you're suddenly worried for her safety. Like, maybe she's been kidnapped or mind-controlled by some highblood and forced to do these things.

Your pale feelings of protection shoot through the roof and overrun any lack of confidence and courage you might have.

Tavros: Try to figure out a way to get to your moirail

Your name is Dave. All your friends are also named Dave. Pretty much everyone is named Dave, including you, because you are a single runtime-process in a hugely overclocked entity that spans the entire galaxy.

This is you.

This is your sweet ride.

Today you and your sweet ride are on your way to the Funky Death Planet Trimesculon IV to deliver some superhot science-fantasy subjugation. Apparently one of you has...gone rogue.

==>DAVE: Descend from the heavens like unto a god

Edited 2012-06-25 18:09 (UTC)

Your name is ARADIA MEGIDO and you are headed to the library.

While your Archaeology course often requires you to visit the library to pore over weighty textbooks and ancient manuscripts, today you don’t have any assignments to write or research to undertake. You don’t, in fact, have any reason to be visiting the library yourself.

However, your morning class is held in the building next door to the campus library, and one of your friends asked if you could stop by and check out a book for him. You told him you had “n0 pr0blem” with this.

You’re quite sure you won’t have a problem with it. Assuming, of course, you don’t run into any trouble.

Aradia: Run into trou8le.

The first time you had ever talked to Roxy was on a forum for Homestuck: Complacency of the Learned. Everyone was merely discussing theories and headcanons when someone made a rude comment on Mrs Lalonde. They were very disrespectful and used slanderous words that still make you cringe to this day. You defended her and Roxy thanked you and said she couldn't have said it "n e better!" herself. After that you talked in PM and then upgraded to IMs and eventually to texts.

> Roxy: Prepare for con.

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BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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Brobot: Realize you are without pants (FILL: TEAM PARCELPYXIS)

Aradia: Give into Jade and play leap frog. (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

Jade: Point out the brilliant sunset to Feferi (FILL: TEAM Aradia<3Rose)

no subject

> Aradia: Seek the highblood. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA <3 FEFERI)

New ERIDAN<3<ROSE Game (FILL: TEAM GAMZEE<3<TEREZI)

Aradia: Make your decision (and bear its consequences). (FILL: TEAM Aradia<3Rose)

Re: Eridan: Wonder why the lowwblood girl is here . (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)

> Eridan: Respond. (FILL: Team JOHN<3KARKAT)

Dirk: Check out the suddenly fascinating couch stuffing. (Fill: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

> Eridan: Wonder why the lowblood girl is here. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat)

Helmsman: Remember (FILL: TEAM Eridan<3Sollux)

Re: > John: Give Vriska your gift. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)

Past Karkat: Make conversation. (FILL: TEAM Aradia<3Rose)

==> Train the new guy. (FILL: TEAM PARCELPYXIS)

Re: > Lord English: Continue to be confused as fuck. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)

Re: ==> Ask for his name. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)

> Eridan: Sound like an idiot. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat

> Jade and Aradia: Catch your breath. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat)

>Be stupid idiotic insufferable douchebag (FILL: TEAM PARCELPYXIS)

==> Jade: Make a dramatic entrance. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

Read Aradia's message (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

New DAVE <3 DAVE Game (FILL: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS)

New Aradia<3<Vriska Game (FILL: TEAM Aradia<3Rose)

> Calliope: Reminisce about the time you first talked to Roxy.