BONUS ROUND 2

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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

1. 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!
   
2. 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!
   
3. 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">
   
4. For this challenge, there is no minimum wordcount. We are trusting you not to abuse that fact!
   
5. You may not comment twice in a row in one adventure. The point is to hand off the scene like a hot potato.
   
6. 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.
   
7. 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.
New [THEIR SHIP] Game (FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP])
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.
[COMMAND] (FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP])
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!

Comments

>Marquise and Packbeast: make your way back to the oasis (FILL: TEAM EQUIUS<3GAMZEE)

[brightgray]

You make your way back. This is getting ridiculous. Actually, you passed that mark about an hour and a half ago, now it's just stupid. Stupid night-long booty hunting.
The sun's almost up too, so you guys will need to stop and camp out soon before you encounter any-

Oh.

Oh hell.



Oh hell no.

==>

New Calliope/uu Game (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<>TAVROS)

[heecawroo]

[It's a humanstuck with uu being a split personality of Calliope's]


Your name is Calliope and you are very tired.



You’ve spent every night this week staring at this screen until morning, and it’s wearing your body down. You would just go to bed now—it’s not like you have anything to do—but you’re too afraid of what will happen if you do.



Recently it’s come to your attention that when you go to sleep… Your body doesnt. Animated by a malevolent evil personality sharing your body, you run about causing havoc and stepping on bugs.

You don’t know much about this personality, but you assume she (or he, you don’t know!) is an evil spirit that got lost on it’s way to another world, and is now taking its frustration out on you.

So you see going to bed isn’t an option.

But you’re so tired…

==> Calliope: Lose consciousness

==> DAVESPRITE: Choose one. (FILL: ARADIA<3FEFERI))

[hoodedscarlet]

Considering you have a sneaking suspition that if you attempt to finish your rap it's going to turn into yet another mushy love song, you decide that cooking is the way to go. Luckily, the time on this ship, along with several cakes to the face means you can now somewhat cook.

Somewhat.

Jade has agreed to help you cook the meal; an extra pair of hands in the kitchen is always helpful when creating masterpieces such as the one you will serve John, not to mention when you had explained your plan she had cackled before saying she knew exactly what to cook. Frankly, as long as it tasted alright and wasn't chicken (because that would be just plain insensitive), you're good.

Now, if only you can find the girl...

=> Davesprite: Seek out your friend.

Jade: Contact "Reinforcements" (FILL: TEAM: ARADIA<3FEFERI)

[hoodedscarlet]

By 'reinforcements', you're really just exaggerating - you only have one. Davesprite - or Dave as he prefers to be called.
Although you were unable to rescue John, you were able to rescue Davesprite on the night you escaped thanks to a swipe card key on a particularly weak guard. The original Dave's whereabouts you don't know - and honestly, you don't really want to find out.
From what little information you've managed to worm out of your feathered partner, the experiments the scientists conducted were so violent they literally ripped Dave into two halves - and if this Dave was the better of the two halves with his wild mood swings, bouts of rage and bird like qualities. (you've yet to find out why that happened - or why he's orange) If this is the better of two halves, you don't want to meet the worst. The only reason he's even returned here is to repay you for saving him.

All of this all the more reason to keep your promise.

Dave settles down beside you on the ledge, orange tinted glasses catching what little moonlight there is tonight, the pale rays making his wispy tail appear almost transparent.
It's almost midnight - you need to act now.


=> Jade: Begin phase one of your plan.

Jane: Grab onto those miles.... (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3FEFERI)

[hoodedscarlet]

With a mighty leap, you grab onto the nearest one, which squeals in fright.
Too late now, motherfucker.
You proceed to haul yourself up the red assfucking lines like King Kong incarnate. While you're going up, you tie the rest of it into a ball, before eating it.
Because you're Jane motherfucking Crocker, bitches.

You climb up to the top nearest cathederal.
It is time to claim you territory.
Because you're worth it.

>Jane: Dance like nobody's watching - because they aren't.

==> Nepeta: DENY DENY DENY (TEAM:ARADIA<3FEFERI)

[hoodedscarlet]

You blabber out some story about that being the lastest twist on your favorite TV show, but the flush on your cheeks and the fact you managed to combine an old sitcom with a horror movie makes your poor coverup attempt all too obvious
God damnit - you though you were a better actress than this!

Vriska just laughs at your failed act, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose as she leans down over you. Her lips curl into a sneer; you can smell cinnamon bubblegum on her breath. You hate cinnamon.
"And let me guess - it's your little 'Karkitty', now isn't it?" She grinned, drawling out your secret pet name for him.

How did she know all that?!
Oh god.
This isn't good.
This isn't good at all.
Crap!


>Equius: Save your best friend's ass.

==> Eridan: Do something. (Eridan<3<Sollux)

[kephra]

The something that you do however, is not of your own volition.



Wha? You are now floating. But at least this distracted you from whatever it was you were crying about? Hey! Why is Sollux crying. He should not be sad! He should know that you are here for him. You squeek at him, but he does not seem to hear.

You stretch as far as your little grub leggies can stretch!
Just...a little bit more...



==>Eridan: Boop Sollux.

==> KARKAT: FIND THE BEST DAMNED PILE LEFT IN THE UNIVERSE. (FILL: TEAM [Davesprite<3Jade])

[rhedbird]

You will find the best damned file in the world!

You frantically search the current room. You only have 3 options. Of fuck. What will you do? You quickly look at your moirail. He is staring at you, eyes full of helpless pity and concern. You want to jam. You want to jam with this boy so fucking hard, past moirails will cry tears of absolute envy, present moirails will cease all jamming, knowing they cannot fucking compare to you. And future moirails? They will not exist, knowing they cannot even cease to be as amazingly serendipitous as you and Gamzee will be.

You have 3 options.
OPTION 1.- You can jam in Gamzee's horn pile. Hmm. Maybe not. It's not as romantic as you want, and making fucking honking noises every 10 seconds isn't exactly fun.
OPTION 2.- You could use a file of fabrics you stole BORROWED from Kanaya's room? That could work! Still not romantic enough though. Think Karkat. You can get something better than this, you nookwhiffer!

OPTION 3.- You could use the HAND PILE OF CUSHIONS you have captalogued for this very occasion! That's more like it!

==> KARKAT: WHAT OPTION WILL YOU PICK?

> Jade: Interpretive dance. (FILL: TEAM DAVESPRITE<3JADE))

[rhedbird]

> Jade: Interpretive dance.

Luckily you happen to have you handy I-PAW PLAYER with you!

You soon start blasting 'Who let the dogs out' from it, and start your slick interpretive dance moves! The boy in the cape seems UNIMPRESSED HOWEVER.

You'd like to see him try better!

>JADE: Onto plan 2!

=> Start blackmailing your friends. (FILL: TEAM DAVESPRITE<3JADE)

[rhedbird]

=> Start blackmailing your friends.

Easy enough!

Well, furrst of all, lets look at the SIGNED I <3 NICOLAS CAGE T-SHIRT.

You would recognise the handwriting anywhere! It's Karkitty's!
While he act's all hissy about Nick Cage, he loves him almost as much as Vriskers! It's okay, you can use that later!

Next, onto the HOT-PINK LIPSTICK.

Shock horror, who's is this! :OO

Kidding, you know who! It's Kananya's! H33h33! She acts like she's super fashion conscious, but you remember a while ago when she wore this! It turned out kind of catastrophic! More black mail though!

Hmmm,
=> What else can you use to blackmail?

>Rose: Break the awkward silence (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[candyredcoolkid]

Kanaya?
Yes Rose
Would it bother you if we were to intertwine fingers while we continue our exploration of this meteor?
...
That Would Not Bother Me In The Slightest



=> Rose: Confess romantic feelings.

==> Rose: Be Kanaya. (FILL: TEAM DIRK<3JAKE<3JANE<3ROXY)

[fayharley]

You are now KANAYA and today is the day you have been preparing for all the years of you life, or at least the years that came after your discovery of LURID VAMPIRE ROMANCE NOVELS. Or, as you think of them, THE ONLY YEARS THAT MATTER. Today is the day you finally win the hand of the most elegant and eligible lesbian goth in the entire school system, one Rose Lalonde.

Your QUALITY LITERATURE has taught you much about the world of romance and the fine art of courting a lady and you intend to put their valuable lessons into actions. Or at least the lessons that are HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Rose is a fine specimen of a lady but she still possesses as FRAGILE MORTAL SHELL. You have toyed with the possibility of blessing Rose with an IMMORTALITY AS A FEARSOME DRINKER OF BLOOD but it seems too forward for a first date. Instead you have done the next best thing and acquired the finest gift any teen lesbian goth with a vampire fetish could hope for.

That's right. An authentic first edition autographed copy of TWILIGHT.

There is no way this gesture could possibly go wrong. You check your bag to make sure the book has not MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED.

==> Book: Mysteriously vanish.
==> Kanaya: Panic.

New Gamzee<3<Dave Game (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

[lacertae_dreamscape]

Your name is GAMZEE MAKARA and you are currently on a MOVING METEOR directed towards a NEW UNIVERSE.

You have been hiding for a while in your respiteblock because your moirail thought you were a bit OUT OF IT and needed some good ol motherfuckin shooshpapping, especially since you haven't been in touch with a SOPOR PIE since the start of the GAME.

Not that you would ever want to touch one of those motherfuckin pies ever again, bro. You like having your thinkpan all up and clean and sharp.

Better to be used for thinkin up miracles like fillin up your quadrant.



That is why you left your respiteblock without telling your moirail, and are currently making your way through the corridors, searching for someone.

==>Gamzee: Explain what you are talking about

You have been thinking for a while to stake a claim on a motherfucker COOLKID dressed in a RED GODTIER OUTFIT, and you are pretty much sure all your thinking has left you prepared for all of it.

You are going to Black-woo DAVE motherfuckin STRIDER and you're going to have him falling into your heated black clutches by the end of the week, success guaranteed, no refunds.



MoThErFuCkInG mIrAcLeS.

==> Gamzee: Initiate Plan

Dave: Get Karkat another drink (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[candyredcoolkid]

Do you LOOK like you've got nothing better to do?

If it weren't for the fact that you had nothing better to do, you would have told Karkat to talk to the hand. Turns out you could use another drink too.

DAVE: sure what have you been drinking
KARKAT: UHM.
KARKAT: I THINK IT WAS MARTINI.
DAVE: god if that isnt the girliest drink ever invented
DAVE: here let me show you true booze

You get up, lightly touch Karkat's shoulder to get him to follow you, and take him to the kitchen/bar.



KARKAT: WOAH.
DAVE: merits of having two drunks in the family

You hop over to the other side and get out a few bottles and two tall glasses. When you start randomly mixing stuff together, Karkat speaks up.

KARKAT: DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
DAVE: of course i know what im doing

=> Dave: Serve Karkat the meanest Long Island Ice Tea in the history of man

==> Nepeta: Be the defiant human fool (FILL: TEAM Eridan <3< Vriska)

[myrrh_darkwing]

Your name is NEPE LEIJON, and you have absolutely NO IDEA why anyone would want to take over your planet, much less have the audacity to try to make you kneel before them while managing to get your name wrong in the same sentence. Seriously, where did those extra two letters even come from? Is it, like, an alien rule that all names must have six letters or something? You add that to your list of ways in which aliens are stupid and also weird-- efurrypawdy knows it's last names that have six letters, seven if you're special. First names have four. It's kind of amazing, actually. You've known aliens existed for all of thirteen minutes now, and already you have over a hundred reasons on your list.

But anyway, you're not about to bow before some arrogant alien girl with delusions of grandeur and a (from what you've seen so far) god complex. At least, you think she's a girl. Who knows, with these stupid stupid dumb dumb aliens who aren't anything like what you thought aliens would be? You bet they don't even like cats.

==> Nepe: Stubbornly refuse to bow before arrogant alien girl.

==> Mindfang: Do you or don't you know? (FILL: TEAM Eridan <3< Vriska)

[myrrh_darkwing]

You are now the Marquise Spinneret Mindfang, pirate queen of the gamblingants, captain of the most feared fleet of all Alternia and its FLAGSHIP the Arachnopho8ia, and incidentally Alternia's most wanted criminal. Right now the voices are whispering at you again, and you're KIND OF ANNOYED at their latest question. Of course you know who your new DECKHAND is! You would hardly have picked her up if you didn't. You mean, where would the fun in all that be? The LAW is surely hot on your tail, but your PRIMARY INVESTIG8OR is trapped right here on your ship, wholly at your mercy.

You kind of like it, actually. After all, no one cares what a CAPTAIN like you does to a lowly DECKHAND like her, even if she's only pretending... It's all part of your master plan.

Your plan to get her to hate you as much as you hate her.

You think it's a good plan, considering. Then again, all of your plans are.

==> Redglare: Keep wondering.

> Jade: Consult the Coolkid (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

[lacertae_dreamscape]

-- gardenGnostic [GG] began pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 15:55 --

GG: dave!!
GG: i need your help mister!
TG: hey
TG: the knight always answers the call of a dame
TG: whats the problem that got your panties in a knot harley
GG: it's almost rose's birthday and i have no idea what to get her!
GG: i'm kind of desperate here :((
TG: youve been thinking about this for how long
TG: its in a week plus two
TG: ive been thinking about what to get you two for a month already
TG: especially to lalonde
TG: she always seems to find new ways to analyze the shit out of my manly butt no matter what i give her
TG: everything is always full of latent homosexual imaginery
TG: bursting through my veins like rainbow lights of gayness
TG: flailing up in the sky and banishing all thoughts of sincere fondness
TG: family relations at its peak here harley
TG: i dont think its that hard for you since youre her gf
TG: just get her something mushy
TG: shell like that
GG: that's not really helping!
GG: i don't really get her passive aggressive act and i just want to make her smile, but... it's hard to find something right!
GG: besides, dave i don't think she really would like something mushy!!!!
GG: it's rose!
TG: listen here harley
TG: let me give you a honest tip
TG: from one desperate but cool friend to another equally desperate but not as cool friend
TG: if youre really worried about what to get her
TG: find something completely unexpected that will shut her up for good
TG: something she wont be able to find any sort of hidden message about
TG: make a list or something
TG: youve known her for years now
TG: through shit and more shit
TG: maybe something only you can give her
TG: sweep her off her feet with your witchy powers
GG: i am not sure that helps, but... i'll try thinking more about it!
GG: thanks dave!
TG: seriously harley
TG: good luck with that

-- gardenGnostic [GG] ceased pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 16:13 --


==> Jade: try listing all your options

>Karkat: Head to John's room. (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[candyredcoolkid]

You are now in John's room. He doesn't seem as OK as he made out to be. He seems like he's swaying a bit, and his eyes look like he's been crying.

Or maybe that's just because of the dark.

KARKAT: HEY.
KARKAT: SHOULDN'T YOU TURN ON A LIGHT OR SOMETHING.

=> John: Subtly work your way around illuminating yourself.

>Aradia and unruly eldritch girl: Hit the floor (FILL TEAM: Roxy<3Autoresponder)

[ramus]

You are now Karkat Vantas. You were enjoying yourself in your shitty dream bubble after fucking up and getting killed by sober Gamzee. Wonky timeline branching paths shit, man, you could have been one of the surviving Karkats but nope, you fucked up.

Either way, you hear a boom from nearby overhead. Letting out a casual string of swears, you go and investi--



WHAT THE FUCK. It would appear as though two violent, young lasses have dropped in through your ceiling while in the middle of a particularly venomous strife BUT GOOD SHITTING GRUBFUCKING HIGH BLOOD, IS THAT ONE TRYING TO BITE OFF THE OTHER'S FACE?!

>Karkat: Recall the ultraviolence that follows

>Eridan: Attempt Pester Technique - Obnoxious Whining (FILL: Team Sollux <> Terezi)

[rydia]

"Soooooooolluuuuuuuuuuuuux," you whine, turning your OBNOXIOUSITY METER up to setting 8. Anything higher might possibly shatter Sollux's eardrums and render your tactic unusable.

You begin a ten minute rant about why you feel neglected, failing to mention the real cause of the matter.


>Sollux: Be wearing headphones.

You are now SOLLUX CAPTOR, and you are all over that shit like a rat on a fucking cheesy poof.


>Eridan: Realize Sollux hasn't heard a word you just said.

==> Gamzee: Do what the miracle cloud tells you to. (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

[lacertae_dreamscape]

The cloud is kindly showering miracles onto you, and you would be a miserable disbeliever if you didn't up and take the chance in your hands.

You do what the benevolent shiny clouds tell you to: you turn around, and drag Tavros close for a bro hug.



Hugging is a MoThErFuCkInG miracle offered by the merciful messiahs, and the world is even more beautiful when you share that with your best bro.

Tavros is a bit stiff in your arms, but he quickly sees the truth in your ways and turns around to properly hug you.



Shit's nice, bro. You wish you had some pie and faygo to share with him, but hugging will have to do until then.

And that is exactly what you do.

For quite a long while.

Whoa, hugs are motherfucking great.

==> Tavros: stop the hug, continue with the adventure

Re: New Gamzee<3Tavros Game (FILL: TEAM Gamzee<>Karkat)

[lacertae_dreamscape]

can i just take a moment to comment how much i love this particular thread? :3 (it shows, since i'm returning to continue it over and over, haha) but i do. <3

thanks for starting it :D

Re:

[novatoast]

Your welcome. I would try to continue it more but I haven't had an internet connection since friday (and still have none, on a cellphone right now). Hope I get it back soon.

=> Rose: Confess romantic feelings. (FILL: TEAM Dolorosa<3Mindfang)

[aondeug]

Your name is Rose Lalonde and you are currently walking along a path in the meteor with Kanaya. Hand in hand, fingers interlocked you tread slowly through the darkened halls. There is likely much of interest, but you are currently too preoccupied to notice it. You've become keenly aware of the strange numbness that has run through much of you. Save that one hand. There you feel a pleasant warmth and though you'd normally question the fact that what is technically a walking corpse is warm, you don't now.

There is something else to think about. You've pondered the matter before and if it could indeed be considered what you were theorizing. Now you feel so horrendously certain and wish to build a clever plan of attack. It will be witty and amazing and remembered for all time because of how draw droppingly suave it is. This is what you want, but it is not what you manage.

Instead you suddenly pause in your walking and Kanaya quirks her head to look at you, a questioning look upon her face. Any plan you had dies and instead you do the only thing you can: fill the air with lots of pretty words.

"Kanaya I do believe that I'm in possession of a truth that aches to be revealed. There exist about us in the many immaterial planes of existence, beings of aether that await the eventual torrent of confession with bated breath. Or, more accurately, what amounts to such for such beings of fine color and spirit," you begin all in one breath. You can barely feel your body anymore and the talking can't be stopped, "Now you see this fact that I wish to divulge to you at the time is one of agonizing import and significance. Verily it crushes my spirits and numbs my limbs. Honestly it's quite a surprising relief that I'm even capable of this much. I'm beginning to drawl on, though, spewing logorrheic nonsense and so I must make effort to cut this short. What I mean to state that is I harbor a series of thoughts and emotions that I have garnered to be romantic in nature. Flushed in particular."

You stop for a moment and laugh at yourself awkwardly. Next you wave for no reason with your one free hand and wait for a moment. You're so terribly fucked now and you've messed this up all so bad. So you finish with a "That's not succinct in the slightest...I should have settled on 'Kanaya I think I'm horrendously flushed for you.'"

A wave of relief comes after saying that, but there is still a nagging anxiety in the air.

>Kanaya: Be overwhelmed by sudden rush of joy

Davesprite: Answer Jade (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[candyredcoolkid]

JADE: davesprite?
JADE: you didnt leave yet, did you??
DAVESPRITE: no im here
DAVESPRITE: sup
JADE: are you sure you want to do this??
DAVESPRITE: harley come on weve been over this
JADE: :|
DAVESPRITE: i am as much dave as he is
DAVESPRITE: and he needs to cut out this bs
DAVESPRITE: well i need to
DAVESPRITE: but you know what i mean
JADE: i know...
JADE: just be careful!
DAVESPRITE: sure thing
DAVESPRITE: you got everything set up there
JADE: yes
JADE: once i shut off the exterior cameras you will have about..
JADE: 6 minutes to get in!
DAVESPRITE: cool
DAVESPRITE: lets do this

You close the conversation and take a deep breath. You'll get back in touch with Jade as soon as you've managed to get yourself inside of this building. Alpha!Dave should be in here, working late as usual. You and Jade couldn't figure out the exact floor or room, but you didn't want to wait any longer. This shit was going down.

=> Davesprite: Scale down building.