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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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((omfg i think i pissed myself reading this how do you guys come up with the most amazing things))

Your name is John Egbert and you are a brand new employee at Skaianet Technologies.
You have just finished college and this is your first real job ever, you couldn't be more excited about this.
However, even though you kinda like computers and all this stuff, it is not your real passion.
You were almost forced to enter college and study these techonological things, since you could not live just for pranks, or at least that is what people kept on telling you.
So you managed to get through years and years of tedious study and you were even able to get employed by this super famous and known company, yay for you! (you still have to know HOW you did that, but since you're here right now, you decided not to ask too many question about their policy).
Now you were supposed to try and do...well, some task that your boss told you to complete, but instead got lost watching silly cat videos.
Maybe that weird looking guy behind you could help you somehow?

>John: Ask the weird looking guy for help.

You tell Kan that you're just not in any kinda mood to be socializing right now.

She tells you that she knows with plenty of exact words and biting sarcasm that you'd only expect. She heard it laughed from Vris who heard it stuttered from Tav who heard it squealed from Nep who heard it gossiped from Kar who actually overheard it from Sol when he had no business hearing that conversation between him and Fef herself.

And dammit, does everyone know about your miserable and shameful failings now?

And then Kan says that she's sorry this happened to you, even if you should have seen it coming.

That pity mixed with condescension and scolding makes your earfins perk up.

Eridan: Determine if Kanaya is sending you some pale-tinged hints

You pull yourself together and wrap some duct tape around it for good measure, albeit in a purely metaphorical sense because damn, potential way to make things totally more awkward there.

"Advertising for my etsy shop," you say. Arenea will totally back you up on this, you know it. "She's a fascinator." You totally need to make an etsy shop now, for real. You have the best ideas.

Kanaya is fucking elegant. She's amazing. She smells good, like clean everything and expensive soap and the first class section of an airplane. And she does a thing with her face, just a little twitchy thing, that suggests you've caused her a minute amount of physical pain.

"Oh..." she says, looking down. "I didn't know that fascinators were...still fashionable here."

>Vriska: Salve pride with bluster

Unfortunately she's not responding and you're not waiting any longer. A girl has things to do!!

You leave your motorcycle in front of the building (reely not the best idea) and make your way up the stairs. You can do this.

=> Enter the nerd kingdom (SIG-H 38C)

You don't do subtle. It's part of your charm.

"you wwanna make out?" you type, but you catch yourself before pressing Enter. Delete delete delete.

"you wwanna hang out?" Much better. You follow up a little: "i barracuda use some company. distract me from my misery an all"

You are smooth as kelp mucilage, you really are. You're going to have her paleswooning right into the currently-gaping hole of your quadrant before she even knows what's going on. You sly dogfish.

>Kanaya: Know what's going on

Edited 2012-06-25 16:12 (UTC)

=> Aradia: Run into trou8le.

You turn a corner, breathing in that wonderful library smell. Musty books, knowledge, adventure! What else could a girl want (aside from that new limited edition Troll Indiana Jones figure but thats an0ther st0ry!)

Sweeping your hand over the spines of books new and old, you get down to business. What was that title?

Before you can remember, you hear a voice.. ugh not that voice.

Serket.

It looks like she's doing her usual combo of loud and huge 8itch. Doesn't she know the rules of the library? But no, she's too busy taunting someone.

=> You hate bullies. Set her straight.

You have been able to grab the book for your friend, but just as you are
leaving you hear that voice.

''Hey, Megidoooooooo''

OH, GOD, everything but HER.

Great, she is the only person you woud like to see dead on the whole planet, and now is here, in the same library as you are, and SHE IS EVEN TRYING TO TALK TO YOU.

She is an old friend of yours, but not really.
Oh, you should also note that she looks something like this (but, maybe, not really):

What will you do?

>Aradia: Be the other one.

Unfortunately, although your attempt to distract the IDIOTIC HUMAN did in fact do a good job of distracting him, it also did a good job of frightening his IDIOTIC HOOFBEAST. Said idiotic hoofbeast is now wheeling about wildly, and his hoofs are now coming uncomfortably close to your face at an uncomfortable fast velocity.

You wheel your arms franticly in an attempt to avoid getting a hoof to the face, and end up falling over backwards onto your backside in a thoroughly embarrassing manner.

Your PRANKSTER'S GAMBIT remains unchanged. God, this was a terrible idea. Your PAST SELF was an idiot.

>John: Gain control of wild hoofbeast.

Edited 2012-06-25 16:30 (UTC)

You arrive at Feferi's hive quicker than she expected. Well, the shoreline closest to her hive, in any case.

Since she wasn't expecting you just yet, she is not waiting for you. You decide to message her. You brought your husktop just in case she wasn't waiting when you arrived.

apocalypseArisen [AA] began trolling cuttlefishCuller [CC]

AA: im here

apocalypseArisen [AA] ceased trolling cuttlefishCuller [CC]

You wait there for a few moments, until Feferi comes out from the water. She doesn't look like she's carrying anything with her, which confuses you somewhat. But you brush it off.

Aradia: Ask to see the merchandise.

oh, gosh, I had not seen your reply! (this is aimed to the person who replied before me) I am so very sorry! I am just gonna leave this here, if this is not a problem (mostly for the shitty .gif*coff), however if everybody could just follow the storyline of the post right above mine it would be great! And then again, sorry! [/OT]

GA: I See What You Are Doing There

is what you type to him. He can't fool you.

He's using fishpuns again, which can only mean that he's so focused on Feferi that he's gone insane. Everyone knows he hates fishpuns, except Feferi, who thought they just shared something sweet together.

He's also now propositioning you to fill that gaping hole in his expanding and contracting vascular-based blood pump. He's not only down one moirail, but flat-out rejected with his flushed advances towards said ex-moirail.

GA: I Will Not Be Your Rebound
GA: Please Focus That Attention Elsewhere
GA: Nonetheless I Will Be Available For You To Talk To If You Need Someone To Lend An Ear
GA: It Is Hard
GA: But I Will Try To Understand

It's harsh but true. Sometimes, you think a firm hand is what Eridan really needs.

Kanaya: Continue to be in denial about your pale feelings for the sea-dweller

You reluctantly make your way into the library, grumbling all the while. The librarian shoots you a dirty look, which you return in full force.

You take a look around, searching for your errant moirail. Man are you ever gonna school her when you find her. How dare she keep you waiting!

She's probably just reading one of her boring dumb books about boring dumb history. Cod, Aranea is so lame. You don't know why you put up with her sometimes. Whatever. Time to go find her.

> Meenah: Go look in the history section.

You waste no time in getting out your BIG BLACK BLACKMAILING BOX. It's perfect for times like these.

=> Open box.

You open the box with a swipe of your claw and look inside. You grin as fond memories of your friends pass you by. In the box you find a MERMAID BARBIE, a SET OF WEIGHED DICE, a BADLY CONSTRUCTED QUADRANT ROSTER, a TACKY SKIRT, HOT-PINK LIPSTICK, a PRIVATE-LOOKING JOURNAL, a FAKE FAIRY WAND, a SIGNED I <3 NICOLAS CAGE T-SHIRT, and some COMPROMISING PHOTOGRAPHS.

You stifle a bout of evil laughter. You have more important things to do.

=> Start blackmailing your friends.

Edited 2012-06-25 16:50 (UTC)

Ah, thank you for posting their response! I was wondering about this as well.

CA: damn kan thats cold

You roll your eyes a little and start typing Everything Here Is More Or Less At An Appropriate Temperature but another message comes through while you're doing that. How like him to interrupt.

CA: i thought gills
CA: girls
CA: wwere supposed to love shitty puns an now i dunno wwhat to do kan wwould it fuckin kill you to swwoon a little so i can feel good about myself for just one second

You debate this with yourself for a moment. Would it actually kill you? No. Might it lead him to consider you a potential matesprit candidate, and delay his recovery from his breakup with Feferi? Absolutely. You are so not getting mixed up in that vacillatory clusterbucket. Eridan is a stupid, self-destructive mess who cannot be trusted to manage his own affairs and you certainly don't need to encourage him to rely on you for help in that regard.

...oh what's the harm, really? Maybe it'll do him good after all. You don't have to get all hot and heavy. A little flirtation never hurt anyone.

GA: Oh Dear What Is This All Of A Sudden I Think I May Feel A Bit Faint

>Eridan: Gloat

Edited 2012-06-25 17:10 (UTC)

Your name is DAVESPRITE, and you are currently standing in the middle of an INTERGALACTIC SHIP travelling through UNCHARTED territory, heading towards a new universe, in which you will reunite with your FRIENDS (and your less feathery OTHER SELF).

But this will only happen in TWO YEARS, and right now, you have far more PRESSING MATTERS to face.

Today you are going to surprise a certain someone with something SPECIAL, and that is why you have been carefully avoiding said person all day.

That person is your best bro friend JOHN EGBERT, a person you are harbouring FEELINGS OF A DEFINITELY ROMANTIC PERSUASION for.

You decided that since you don't know what will come of you once you get to the new universe, you might as well woo him properly right now.

You are positive that he will be unable to resist your STRIDER CHARMS, especially if they include your new AVIAN TRAITS.

==> DAVESPRITE: think about what you have to do.

You are going to woo one John Egbert by preparing him a dinner and accepting to watch one of his HORRIBLE MOVIES that will put him in a GOOD MOOD for your wooing.

You asked JADE HARLEY for help, even if you were a bit unsure about it at first, but she is your other best friend, and she was SUPPORTIVE and even cooed a bit. You viciously denied being called CUTE because Striders are never cute. They are COOL and MANLY.

Jade gave you a list of things that could help you.

To which you added the most important part, obviously.

==> DAVESPRITE: Start working on your surprise.

You're Dave again. Surprise, surprise.

But now there's this large mass of flailing alien on your futon.

You're a little confused and unsure if he is just a little startled by being woke up with some potentially indecent groping, which you're not even sure is a thing but you're starting to wonder based on his reaction of confusion and maybe panic.

But then again... He could just be mad.

Did you make him angry? Is that why he is yelling?

Dave, you made the bull angry didn't you?

And look at that. You're wearing red. Good on you, idiot!

Dave: Remove all red objects from the immediate vicinity

Screw that! You're Dave Strider. You don't watch piles of crap like Maury. You leave that kind of trash to people like your Bro.

You flip the channels and finally find something worth watching.

The plot twists, the drama, the mixture of hope and despair... and it all leads to those glorious fist fights and sprawling brawls on the stage only to be broken up by that beautiful, bald, former marine who has his own talk show now...

Theses are the glory days of Jerry Springer.

Dave: Be loudly indignant about DeAndre not being Tish's baby daddy.

(warning for blood and possible character death ahead)

d...

...av...

.....

dave!!!

dave, wake up!

> Wake Up

You are DAVE STRIDER, the KNIGHT OF TIME. Your limbs are numb, your head is foggy, and you can't even tell where you are. You hear JADE crying over you, but she sounds like she's miles away.

You think you might be dying.

How did this happen? You can hardly remember.

Maybe it's best to start from the beginning.

> DAVE: Flashback

Ooops.. awkward.
Now, what would be the best thing to do now?

> Aradia: Pretend you have a plan.

You decide to contact his neighbor, Aranea, hopefully since she lives right next door she'll know where he is!

AT: pEACE AND CONFIDENCE, aND, oK LOOK aRANEA ARE YOU THERE?
AG: Hello Rufiyo, how are you?
AT: fINE BUT BY ANY CHANCE DO YOU KNOW WHERE MY PALEBRO IS AT?
AG: The elusive CT?
AT: nO, aNOTHER PALEBRO THAT I SUDDENLY CONJURED UP
AT: yES, ct }:(
AG: I regret to inform you that I have not seen my n8ghbor today.
AG: Sorry ::::(

It would seem that your palebro is nowhere to be found, you are slightly confused and also intrigued. If only you could leave this place, then you could go and try to look for him! But alas, you are not allowed to leave...maybe you should ask someone else, or maybe you should break some rules and break out, maybe you should try contacting again? Either way you're going to have to make up your mind!

Rufiyo: Make up your mind!

You alchemize a SHIT TON of candles. It's important, because you are not planning to take your shades off. Not until the right moment. Like maybe when your faces are drifting closer in that will-we-or-won't-we moment and you'll do that giggle oops glasses thing and John, who will by that point be half-crazed by the excesses of romcomical tropes in which you will have cunningly enveloped him, will gallantly sweep them off your face and then...makeouts. Credits roll.

Okay, shit ton of candles check. Minor grist outlay. Worth it.

You're not really feeling the cookies this very second, right now you're kind of digging the highlight reel that's playing in your head. You and John parking on a moonlit bluff overlooking town. You cooking for him and burning something so you have to go to a restaurant and look at each other tenderly over the breadbasket. John standing outside your door in the rain because he forgot his key and you're too busy masturbating in the shower to hear him knock wait what.

Wrong genre there, forget that last bit. Later. Anyway.

Rap time. It's a question of timing, at this point: is this a seductive rap or a rap which announces to the world, post-facto, that the sweet Egbert ass and the sweet Stridersprite hybrid erogenous zones have tapped each other in wonder and glory? You don't know. Maybe you should get a second opinion.

>Davesprite: Consult Nannasprite on the etiquette of pre- versus post-coital rhymes

You sit up straighter in your chair, a little unbelieving. Since when has Kanaya actually went along with your bullshit.

CA: kan is that pity i see in your eyes
CA: you cant resist me
CA: can you

A message comes back quickly.

GA: Oh No I Can't Contain Myself Around Such Devastatingly High Levels of Pathetic
GA: Someone Hand Me One Of Zahhak's Towels
GA: Quickly

Yeah. She is totally digging you. You puff out your chest and straighten up your cape. Sliding all your rings into proper order and feeling like the prince of the universe, you know there is only one course of action left for you.

You look down your nose at the keyboard as you type.

CA: wwe should meet up for lattes this aftermidnight
CA: i knoww a vvery classy place near you
CA: youll lovve it

>Kanaya: Weigh the pros and cons of Eridan and classy lattes

Edited 2012-06-25 17:45 (UTC)

You grab Feferi's hand, and, without warning, pull her into the nearest dream bubble. You figure she'd probably be more comfortable somewhere that wasn't a black abyss filled with bubbles.

Aradia: so what brings you here?
Feferi: W)(ale, I )(ave some t)(ings to take care of, but I don't know )(ow to navigate t)(ese! And I thought t)(at if anyone knew about dream bubbles, it would be you!
Feferi: So could you )(elp me?
Aradia: of course i can help you!

Aradia: Inquire as to where she wants to go first.

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BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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Re: ==> Dave: Go greet your best bro. (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)

>Be the prankster. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3FEFERI)

Eridan: Answer Kanaya (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

> Vriska: Get it together (FILL: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS)

> Honk your horn really loud so she knows you're here!! (FILL: TEAM Aradia<>Tavros)

Eridan: Determine if Kanaya is sending you some pale-tinged hints (FILL: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS)

Aradia: Run into trou8le. (FILL: TEAM Aradia<>Tavros)

Aradia: Run into trou8le. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3FEFERI)

> Karkat: Unlock the PRANKSTER'S GAMBIT achievement. (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)

Aradia: Leave Now. (FILL: Team Dave<3Rose)

Re: Aradia: Run into trou8le. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3FEFERI)

Kanaya: Know what's going on (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

=> Enter the nerd kingdom (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)

> Break out blackmail material (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

Re: Question Answered!

Kanaya: Continue to be in denial about your pale feelings (FILL: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS)

NEW Davesprite<3John Game (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

Tavros: You are too confused to be you right now! [etc - too long] (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

Dave: Watch Maury or something (FILL: TEAM Aradia<>Dave)

New Dave<3Jade Game (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3VRISKA)

> Aradia: Realize you actually don't have a plan at all. (FILL: Team Eridan<3Karkat)

> Rufiyo: Contact someone else about this(FILL: TEAM ERIDAN<3ROXY)

DAVESPRITE: Start working on your surprise. (Fill: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS))

>Eridan: Gloat (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

>Aradia: Escort your friend into a dream bubble. (FILL: Team Dave<3Rose)