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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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You have already decided on something to do.

In fact you've had hours already to think it over. You had been waiting for at least one of your other teammates to wake up first before going on an adventure and exploring the city.

From what you have seen the prospitians seem awfully friendly and its been fun watching the images within the clouds, float lazily above you.

But know its time to be adventurer. Like Pupa Pan! And what luck, you are able to fly to Neverland now with your good friend Gamzee.

==>Explore all of Never-Ah you mean Prospit with you Clown Loving Bro.

(( my point omg ))

You are now Alpha Karkat, and you notice that there's a dead you staring your way. The looks he's giving you is making you a bit uneasy, and you wonder if you should just pretend that he's not there or if you should confront him and ask him what's his problem.

He's practically drooling and shaking his fists at you and you wonder what wrong you did for him to do such a thing. Are you invading his space? He's quite far away, you don't think so.

He shouldn't be offended by your presence, you can't help that you're in this dream bubble or that he isn't walking away because he doesn't like you.

You personally don't have that much against the guy, you just know he hasn't been through as much as you. He achieved god tier, sure, but he probably died earlier on than you are right now. In the game, you mean.

You'll give him credit for whatever he'd been through but you just know that you're a better leader than him. He doesn't have any right to be giving you those looks or acting like he's going to jump you any second.

Perhaps you should ask him what's his problem and get this cleared out. You hope this isn't a bad decision.

==> Alpha Karkat: Ask what's this guy's problem.

You bite down on Eridan's body, teeth sinking into his tail, and the reaction is instantaneous.

Instead of finally shutting up, like he should have, Eridan squeals even louder, then starts to cry.

Disgruntled, you scoff and click a bit, pouting, but when Eridan turns towards you, tears streaming down his big eyes, sniffling and looking absolutely miserable, you start to feel a bit bad.

==> Sollux: start crying too.

You are now Equius, and you are also, now a cat. But to your knowledge, you have always been a cat so that fact isn't that surprising. You would also realize that your best feline friend Nepeta was no where to be seen, but you have been in the process of realizing it for a little while now. So why start over? You flick your tail around nervously, Nepeta is always here around the same time each day. The both of you have promised to meow to each other about Nepeta's hunting and the big dog on your street today, but alas she is no where to be found.
Hm? What's that? You hear some meowing coming from a tree, it sounds very familiar.

Equius: Check it out

Oh shit. Now it seems that you were a little bit too insensitive and impolite. At least someone IS visiting you after all the time you have spent alone. No one wanted to visit you before, and now you have the nerve to be so rude to the one girl who shows some concern to you? Way to go, you asshole.

Eridan: no ara im sorry
Eridan: ivve been alone for so long
Eridan: no one has been vvisitin me before
Eridan: so it might be i wwas just surprised seein you
Eridan: thank you for comin i guess

> Aradia: React to that

Edited 2012-06-27 18:31 (UTC)

That's easier said than done.

Killing yourself isn't something that's easy to do. The idea of impaling yourself on something is less than pleasant -what if you miss and agonise for countless minutes before dying? That would make a possible useless process more painful than it should.

As you are not sure if this will succeed or not, at least you wish to make it as painless as physically possible.

Drowning is out of the question, and eating too much mind honey also is -not just because you have none with you, but because you might lose control of your powers and then maybe even get out of the Quest Cocoon.

No. The only way is to use your Psiionics to stop your heart.

Neat, quick and bloodless.

Yeah. You just need to do that.

==> Sollux: Initiate Suicide.

Which is quite a bad way to put it, but also the truth. You cringe, focus, and...

==> Sollux: ASCEND

EQUIUS: D--> It's perfectly simple
EQUIUS: D--> 100k here, allow me to show you

You spend some time explaining the device to your partner, complete with dazzling light shows that are unfortunately not within the author's ability to render, and show him a few tricks that it will allow him to accomplish that will come as complete surprises to everyone involved, including anyone who might be looking on. Although that's absurd, of course - all four walls of the room that you and Dirk share are completely intact, so of course no one could possibly be looking in. Could they?

At one point, you do lean in to try to explain one last thing to him, and he takes the opportunity to steal the kiss that he had so obviously been angling for.

EQUIUS: D--> Was that necessary
DIRK: It was for luck, man.
DIRK: Doesn't get much more necessary than that.
EQUIUS: D--> You are utterly incorrigible
DIRK: And you love it.
EQUIUS: D--> Well
EQUIUS: D--> Yes

Another statement you feel safe confirming, since of course absolutely no one is watching. You are going to have to be careful, though. For all of your matesprit's sterling qualities, he does have a tendency to share these moments with others, in the form of his frankly questionable graphics.

You'll worry about that later, though. The proving grounds await, full of those who hold authority over both humans and trolls. It makes you weak at the knees just thinking about it.

> Dirk and Equius: Head out to the hangar

Edited 2012-06-27 19:26 (UTC)

As you and your new slave are leaving, you can't help but look back at him. He hasn't said a word the entire time. Most slaves end up talking back at their new masters, but this one just keeps glaring at you in silence. You wonder what kind of thoughts are going through his head. Probably trying to plot your demise, you guess.

You finally decide to break the silence. "So what do I call you?" you ask.

>Karkat: Answer

Congratulations, you are now Dave and Karkat and you have started fighting yet once again as John hissed at you.

TG: wow nice going there oh great leader how about you fix it now
CG: IT'S YOUR CRAP, YOU FIX IT, NOOKSTAIN.

Unfortunately, they cannot help John because they cannot help even themselves.

John: Flip your shit.

Edited 2012-06-27 19:35 (UTC)

Your name is Jake English and you most certainly are in dire peril. Doctor Strider’s got you locked up in room littered with ROBOT PARTS, dismantled COMPUTERS, barely-touched MANUALS, and empty bottles of various brands of ORANGE SODA. He calls this his diabolical laboratory, but you’re pretty sure it’s just his garage.

No matter, you’ve been in trickier situations before! Time and time again Strider’s tried to capture you but you’ve always made your escape. Your lovely friends Jane and Roxy are under the impression that Strider’s a bit obsessed with you, but you like to believe it’s just because you pose a good challenge. And, blast it, the villain surely got you this time!

What’s that over there? You see a piece of paper sticking out of one of the manuals. Close enough to reach. You capture it with your foot and drag it towards you.

>Jake: Read note

(oh gosh, your art is amazing!)

You are now JANE CROCKER.
You don't like scary movies that much, but you have accepted to come and watch one of them with your pals just because your best friend Roxy asked you 156 times to come with her, even though you would have rather watched a detective movie instead.

It was not that bad for the first half, some parts were very scary, you have to admit, but you were able to not freak out too much thanks to the adjacency of a certain person, and your continuous thinking about how ''it is just a movie'' and ''zombies do not exist''.

Now, however, there has been a strange noise and the lights have gone out, and you have to admit that you have felt some fear, and you were not able to contain a cry.

You still don't believe in the existence of zombies, of course, even though...

What will you do?

>Jane: Try to find your best friend.

>Be Jane Crocker

You are now Jane Crocker, and you are dead. However, you don't know this yet. You appear to be back in your home, which is still in your neighborhod. You look over at your computer, or rather your dad's, noticing that someone is messaging you. You sit down to answer whoever could be contacting you.

A smile comes to your face when you see it's Jake. Before you begin typing, you feel a slight sense of deja vu, wondering if this has happened before. You quickly shrug it off as you begin to type.

golgothasTerror [GT] began pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG]
GT: Aloha madame.
GG: Jake!
GG: Hey there. I was actually about to message you.
GT: Yes i have heard that maybe your correspondence was forthcoming.
GG: You did?
GT: I just got off the horn with roxy.
GG: Wait...
GG: What did she tell you?
GT: Well. Not anything all that specific.
GG: Did she goad you into writing this message?
GT: Oh you know how it is. What with her ways.

The conversation continues, while the feeling that this has all happened before gets stronger.

GT: If by causing trouble you mean clobbering the everfriggin tar out of me while still switched to the "novice" setting then yes.
GT: But that is not why i messaged you!!! I will not be deterred here jane.
GG: Deterred from what?
GT: Jane i think its time we had an honest to goodness dame to fella talk. Like about our...
GG: Feelings for each other?
GT: Um yes actually.
GT: How did you know that?
GG: I...don't know...
GG: Jake, does this feel familiar to you at all?

>Jake: Answer her question

You start your game the way any man of any sense would: by making premium bitches.

Excellent.

uu: Make some males for the bitches.

You roll your pants up to your knees, close your eyes, and just do it already.

FUCK

Cold cold cold motherfucking cold, holy shit. Your toes sink into the sand and you breathe. In, out, you can do this, Karkat. You’re not a fucking grubcrawler, come on. You step forward and something sharp meets your foot so you jump away. But then something slithers along your shin and you jump even higher.

As you’re hopping around, looking like an autistic meowbeast for an entire beach filled with moronic humans wearing ripped patches of thread for clothing, you’re pretty sure that this is the worst fucking thing you’ve ever done.

You’re so busy jumping that you don’t notice John until it’s too late. His wet hands grab your arms and pull with a well timed retreating tide. You scream and swear but it’s no use. Soon you’re up to your stomach in beach water, some having splashed on your face. It dribbles out of your mouth tasting salty and disgusting and you glare at John—he’s fucking laughing—with your teeth barred.

>Karkat: RAGE.

You are DOC SCRATCH, friendly neighborhood ice cream connoisseur. You work for the FELT ICE CREAM BUSINESS, and your specialty flavor is FELT CHOCOLATE CHIP. Some have complained about experiencing weird time phenomena while consuming your ice cream, but you assure them that the effects are short term. And, from the perspective of an immortal being such as yourself, they are indeed short term. You like selling ice cream to the naïve children of the neighborhood, and if you are so inclined, you may hand out ice cream to charming young ladies for free.

Lately, though, a rival ice cream business THE MIDNIGHT CREW has popped up, and their ice cream STAB ME CHERRY has become a big hit. Business has gone down for you, and...

One moment, please.

Huh?

I do appreciate the effort in trying to craft a story that prominantly features me.
However, I find the lackluster set up for the story to be quite tiresome.
Now, please excuse me. I have a business to run, and little girls to give away treats to.
As ice cream connoisseurs go, I am simply the best there is.

Be the rival business.

Edited 2012-06-27 20:31 (UTC)

(photo assets from here and here.)

> Rose: Spin the dial.

Edited 2012-06-27 21:09 (UTC)

[[minor gif warning for the first picture]]

Your name is JADE HARLEY, but musings of the conveniently expository ilk are just about the furthest thing from your mind right now!

THIS GUY, for instance.

The fact that he's OBVIOUSLY NOT FROM AROUND HERE has got more than the gears of your curiosity a-grindin', ohhhhh no. But you've decided to let that part of your thought stew call shotgun for the moment. You kind of really want to know WHAT HIS DEAL IS first.

The one convenience you could do with now is having him COME TO and oh! Well. Wouldn't you know it?
...... uh
ok wait i think i know this sitch
i should go something like
yeah ok check it
ahem
h e l l o
me: dave
you:
...
y o u.... ?
......
well you whatever i guess
i mean its not like i can piece your life story together at a blessed glance or some other egbertian-grade slice of serendipitous bullshit so
yes, because that definitely wasnt a thing you tried to do right now anyway!! :) :)
..........
:|
................... well fuck
siiigh. same as it ever was :/
yes, i am a jungle girl
yes, i speak perfect american english
dont hit on me silly urbanites! ;|
how literally should i be taking the entirety of this spiel
just for immediate reference
all of it would do nicely!
including the part where you sort of backhandedly asked if it was ok to flirt, though i do appreciate the consideration
sure thats cool
im not really up for my requisite half of the ust right now anyway
heheh
actually im just kind of down in general but not far enough
a little help with that maybe?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
im afraid not!
what really
why
well, the thing is.....

you are sort of totally trespassing here! :D

>Be Dave and THINK FAST BECAUSE SWEET TITTYFUCKING CHRIST.

Edited 2012-06-28 08:37 (UTC)

can't help but love this. i am entirely in love with this. best game ever.

It is utterly ridiculous to think that a strange alien dog girl spouting inane slurs at you could even remotely or feasibly be seen as something that were physically attrac- yeah, okay. That was hot.

YOU GUESS.

Jade Harley still has her hands on your hips and she's looking in at you in a totally expectant way and like fuck you know the right social convention to tell her you want to kiss her on the mouth. You settle for a few more rounds of gaping as her hands start to creep to your ass.

You would pray to the gods for salvation, but Rose and Dave are laughing uproariously and John looks more perplexed than concerned for the wellbeing on your fine tush.

> Be the perplexed wind god.

"ribbit"

Close enough.

> Aradia: PROPERLY introduce yourself.

8othersome? You are never 8othersome. Your are simply the 8est there is and have g8ined all the levels!!!!!!!! Any team8 should 8e happy to have you.

Alright. You 8midt to 8eing a 8it 8itchy at times in the past when you killed some of your friends (and other FLARPers, you suppose) 8ut everything worked out in the end and you have decided to 8e a 8etter person, thanks to John. (And Nic C8ge. ;;;;D. )

You notice your sudden entrance has caused the hair on Nepeta's 8ack to rise and her ears turn low for a second. Did she just hiss at a first r8 PETTICOAT SEAGRIFT like you! Her eyes also slightly dil8. 8ut Terezi pats her 8ack and Nepeta is 8ack to normal--Nepeta sure can 8e weird!

W8! What's this? You appear to 8e standing on swirl of colorful papers featuring mysterious figures and curious codes to transl8. You pick tem up and look closer. They are sweet and heart-warming figures, some abeit mixed with hearts and spades. There are cute scenes and grids, 8ut where's the treasure map? What kind of adventure will this 8e without glorious riches and leveling? Therein lies the only path to gr8-ness!!!! !!!!

And yet, what would John say? Well.... ....Karkat (the loser--why must he interrupt our screenings of Nic Cage and National Treasure?) would probably suggests 8oring moments like these in red-coms cr8 FLUSHED FEELINGs or H8 and 8LAH 8LAH 8LAH!!!! !!!!

You h8 it when people waste time. Everyone really needs all the help they can get from you. You look down at cuddling forms 8elow you--the drawings are almost sick-en-ly red (how much rouge chalk does Terezi have?), 8ut also a 8it alluring...8ut oh, what you could cr8! You 8et they'd really appreci8 your Mindfang or Nic Cage or Scourge Sisters or John drawings!

8ut no.

You have 8een w8iting for this d8 to come and will show them just how gr8 you are!!!! !!!! (And then we will all be the 8est together!) Yes, it's time for the 8est FLARPing ever! ::::)

Vriska: Throw 8eautiful images in the air.

[[Ps. Thanks for continuing this!]]

Edited 2012-06-27 22:06 (UTC)

You're doing this then? To quote a guy you'd rather not devote much thought to at the moment, 'your making this hapen'?

Yes; it's ridiculous how much you want this to happen. But the real question is how you're going to make this happen because, realistically thinking, the two of you were more than capable of dancing around the subject until the meteor crashed into the new session and beyond if you didn't settle on some sort of plan and stick to it. It took you this long to figure out you maybe wanted to do something about this latest development, for fuck's sake.

Lucky for you, though, you have sweeps worth of various romcom scenarios flashing through your head, so you have no shortage of ideas. First of all, you had to figure out how to evade the rest of the meteor's inhabitants so the two of you could be alone to at least talk about this because the tension had to be addressed one way or the other before it drives you completely insane. You could always invite her to watch a few of the paranormal romances you have in your collection, or maybe ask her to help you take measurements for new clothes since you've actually started growing a bit taller recently? Yeah, those were both simple, normal things that you'd easily be able to write off as the usual variety of friendly social interaction if you fucked up and had to bail entirely.

Karkat: Stop stalling and put your plan into action.

Holy shit.

>Karkat: Find a towel.

You try and remember.

Oh that's right. You were going to give her the ROYAL GREETING. Or as the Dersites say, you are going to prank the gorybl'lith out of her. You are sure that is a thing they say.

John: Raise your Prankster's Gambit

As you begin to approach the other you, you think back on your words.
"You hope this isn't a bad a decision"
Wow was that a jinx? You bet it fucking was, go you! Jinxing yourself, who knows what will happen now.
This doucebag probably wants to kill you now or something, for some mundane reason you have nothing to do about probably to. Past you really is a sad, sad, nook stain. You weep for all past versions of you. Having to deal with being, well, past you.

You reach this dead god-tiered version of you and you resist the urge to step back. This you is shaking with what seem like unrestrained rage. His arms are held firmly at his side, fists clenching and unclenching, eyes glaring at you with so much hatred you are left dumbfounded.

Seriously what's this guys problem? And so you ask him, and wait for his response.

Dead Karkat: Respond.

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BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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==> Tavros: Think about something to do with Gamzee(Fill: Team Grand Highblood<3<Summoner)

==>Alpha Karkat: Realize some dead version of you is staring. (FILL: TEAM ERIDAN<3KARKAT)

==> Alpha Karkat: Ask what's this guy's problem.

=> Bite your friend. (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

>Equius: Realise Nepeta is nowhere to be seen. (TEAM:ERIDAN<3ROXY)

Eridan: Respond (FILL: Team Eridan<3Karkat)

==> Sollux: Get it over with (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

=> Equius: Explain (FILL: TEAM ERIDAN<>ROSE)

>Gamzee: Be curious (FILL: Team John<3Jade)

Re: >Select: Dave & Karkat (FILL: TEAM KARKAT<3VRISKA)

JAKE: Be in dire peril! (FILL: TEAM BRO<3GRANDPA)

> Select Character. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3FEFERI)

New Jane<3Jake Game (FILL: Team John<3Jade)

Re: New Gen Game (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3KARKAT)

>Karkat: Just do it already! (FILL: TEAM BRO<3GRANDPA)

New GEN Game (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

> Kanaya: Prepare a game (Fill: TEAM Dirk<3Jake<3Jane<3Roxy)

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

Re: New GEN Game (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

>Karkat: Was that hot or was that hot??? (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3ROSE)

> Aradia: Introduce yourself. (FILL: TEAM [Bro<3Grandpa])

Vriska: Be bothersome (FILL TEAM English)

Karkat: Contrive to be alone with a rainbow-drinker. (FILL: TEAM KARKAT<3TEREZI)

>Karkat: Was that hot or was that hot??? (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3ROSE)

John: Remember what you were going to say (FILL: TEAM JADE<3KARKAT)

Re: ==>Alpha Karkat: Ask what's this guy's problem. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)