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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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When the girl appears in her doorway, your heart flutters. The time has arrived for you to prove yourself and pass this task with flying colours. You're ready for your big introduction to whatever girl you get, complete with dazzling the poor human beyond words, to show her things that go beyond her imagination - and as the blonde passes through her bedroom door, you look down from her startling lavender eyes to the pointed stick she's raising in defence

wait a second

is that a wand?

Your confident metre plummets as you've just realise that you screwed up big time. Your hands fly to either side of your face, making a noise in between a yell and a groan.

"oh no, am i at the wrong address?!
im sorry, i didnt mean to bother a fellow witch!"

>Rose: Use this to your advantage.

DAVE: lets do a photography contest
DAVE: rapoff
DAVE: we should find a diamond slipper and whoever can fit it on their dainty girly foot is the rogue
DAVE: theres gotta be a diamond slipper around here somewhere
DAVE: yeah probably but i have an even better idea
DAVE: we should all make out and whoever doesnt want to is the rogue and also a fucking square
DAVE: too easy man the rogue dave is just gonna pretend to be into it all moaning and sighing like sailor moon over tuxedo kamen except totally fake
DAVE: like how we did approximately five minutes ago

Eventually you decide to make a quiz on the topic of totally rad shit, and whoever answers differently from the rest of the bunch, is probably the rogue.

> Daves: Make quiz

Your name is JADE HARLEY, and you are definitely sure that your bro DAVE wouldn't believe you anyway if you told him you met a hot mermaid today. Then again, you don't think he'd ever pass the chance to make fun of you for being a furry.

Would it even be considered furry, since she's all gills and aquatic stuff? Not even a feather-fag. Scale-fag? It didn't have the same ring to it.

And that is preposterous in the first place, you are completely having a good time with a princess in a way that is by no means romantic.

Even if it would look totally adorable.

>Feferi: Inspect the human's weird nubby teeth

Okay, okay, the tea isn't THAT bad. Calm down.
You realize, though it is bitter, Jade was right; you can't very well drink tea in a dream if you don't know what it is!

Your host good-naturedly laughs at your befuddlement. She realizes her mistake and brings out the box of tea she used.

Jade: Describe what kind of tea you've set out.

Who does this guy even think he is, embarrassing you like that! You'd give him a piece of your mind if it simply wasn't worth your time (or another faceplant to the floor).

You slap his hand away and help yourself up.

Eridan: wwell if you don't havve any info on relics, then you're no use to me

You wave a hand dismissively and exit the house. The child was returned to her parents already, so you have no use here. No, you have to keep your eye on the prize, and you know that hot stranger must be hiding something.

>Eridan: Secretly follow the stranger to see where he goes

Edited 2012-07-08 00:03 (UTC)

You would find your friends but you know exactly where they are at the moment.

By this time, Bro-sensei would have flash-stepped over to the real training fields, where he swaps his green spandex suit and bowl cut for a white spiky wig and an eyepatch-headband over his already obscuring pointy shades.

You wish you could be on that team, with JOHN UZUMAKI, JADE HARUNO, and ROSE UCHIHA, but sadly Bro-sensei separated you for some bullshit reason. You guess it's because he'd find enjoyment in watching you fail the chuunin exams, which are coming up next week! And you are so goddamn unprepared.

>Dave: Find a more apt sensei.

askljdsldkcjslkcjeof:uvekj
zkendezjk!!!!!!!
lzkll ELEVENTY ONE

JOHN UZUMAKI, JADE HARUNO, and ROSE UCHIHA
OH MY GOD
OH
MY
GOD
because the Uchihas were clearly not sufficiently destructive enough
because the Lalondes were obviously not fucked-up enough
or vice-versa
Y
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S

Also yessss Bro as Gai and Kakashi.

While awaiting the inevitable, it didn't occur to you that maybe you should stop curling your lip and squinting your eyes. While you were still getting used to this 'shutting up' bullshit, you always forgot to stop sneering. It was only when Rose cleared her throat and stared pointedly at you that you started to ease your face into something a bit more attractive.

Speaking of Rose.

There she is, fast approaching. She's probably going to ask you what's wrong, and of course you'll tell her--there's no way you're going to risk listening to her nag over something as petty as your future self. And then? Then she'll probably make you kiss and make up with that bastard.

But you might as well try and pretend that nothing is wrong.

==> Karkat: Wipe that look off of your face.

Your name is JOHN EGBERT. You are TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD, and for reasons you would RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT, you are FLAT BROKE. You have resorted to becoming a STREET PERFORMER as a means of hopefully making a little cash.

At the moment, you are standing in a busy city square, attempting to AMAZE AND MYSTIFY with your STUNNING ILLUSIONS and BAFFLING FEATS. Your cards fly from hand to hand, you make coins vanish and reappear from nowhere, pull silks and rope and razors from your mouth. Sometimes you get a polite smile or a penny or a nickel, but mostly, people walk straight past you without sparing half a glance. As of six hours standing in the heat with your deck of cards and half-dollars, you have made only...

You have made...

You look down in time to see a bone-skinny hand tossing a literal wad of bills into the upturned fedora - formerly almost empty except for a littering of coins - at your feet.

You blink and look up to thank the generous stranger, only to see oh god is he a juggalo.

He doesn't say a thing, just stares down into your eyes, seemingly utterly transfixed. He's pasty white where his face hasn't been decorated with weird black and white patterns, blue-purple veins standing out harshly on a twiggy neck and arms. His hair's a wild blond mess that easily sits at least six inches tall - and he's tall himself, a complete string bean, standing more than a foot taller than you. He notices your attention, and a slow grin spreads across his face like molasses.

"Couldn't help but all be motherfuckin' gettin' my notice on of the miracles you're making, bro," he says; his voice is soft and slightly gravelly, barely above a whisper that you have to strain to hear. "That's all I got on me right there, but I'd give you more if I could."

You still don't really know what to say, so all you manage is, "That's very kind of you." How much money did he even put in there? He can't be serious, can he?

Wait a minute, that doesn't look like legal tender to you...

> John: Examine bills of dubious legitimacy.

You slide quickly out of bed, tying your robe around your waist as you exit the bathroom. All of the lights are out, and the curtains are drawn. You know this is completely unlike Kanaya, who revels in sunlight.

You feel your way down the stairs, towards a light switch, but a bump from another room on the main floor makes you pause.

> Rose: Investigate further.

You try to delay yourself for a few seconds, poking at the burning remnants in the heart of the crackling fire with a small branch. You only stop when a breeze catches and a few tongues of flame lick the branch, and you withdraw your hand before it catches fire.

"They're having quite the gala over there," you say, and the corners of your lips twitch slightly in an attempt to smile. If the others were there, you're sure they would be having fun while on the lookout for you two. "No doubt it'll go on for another night or two." You shift in your seat.

The Psiioniic notices this and places a hand on your head, ruffling your hair up. You flush indignantly.

"Nervous about the crowds?" He chuckles. Of course you're not nervous of the crowds!! Well...maybe you are, but only due to your current situation. Knowing the Psiioniic though, he'd probably make an effort to keep the both of you here until the carnival ended for your sake, and you couldn't risk that.

With that in mind, you attempt to reassure the Psiionic.

==> Sufferer: Tell the Psiioniic that you are okay.

You pick up a bill sitting on the top of the pile, and regard the image of Ben Franklin whose face usually adorns legal American tender.

Oh, he is still there all right.

Only this Ben Franklin now looks like a shoddy member of KISS, his face inked over in black ball point pen.

You check over all of the other bills, and notice that all of them have been similarly vandalized.

Will people even accept this money? You figure they must, if this guy is still getting away with doing it. Never mind the fact that it is going to be embarrassing as hell to buy things, now.

Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers.

The juggalo is still staring at you, and you figure if he has given you several hundred dollars for no reason, the least you could do is offer to buy him a coffee.

John: Make offer

((hey you forgot to change the title!!!))

Okay so you've invited a stranger into your home and all you know is that his name is Jake English, some part of you also says that hes pretty good looking but you ignore that, you really shouldn't think that way of a stranger or a guy or you know what lets move on from this topic he's standing right behind you.

"So, you can just go in the living room and put the movie in I'll make some popcorn." He nods with that same grin and scampers off, he is certainly an odd person.

You can't say you don't like it.

==> Make popcorn

From observation, you can see that Ampora is not low enough to respond to frivolous mocking -- or at least not from you, he would not. Nor would he expect it from you, as surely you can think of a better way to put him into check.

And how you will. You give a half-smile to yourself, standing behind him in queue rather comfortably as you slowly creep up to the counter, closer until it's Eridan's turn to order. You can see him grow much more comfortably, and forcibly "smoother" to impress the peppy barista, but you know what's going to happen now that there isn't a horde of bodies blocking her view of the two of you. Eridan is about to flirt her socks off when she notices you behind him.

"Rose!" she calls and waves to you. You can see Eridan whip around to you, his once slightly seductive smoulder reduced to confusion and horror that this girl he's been flirting with for ages knows your name.

What can you say, you're a charmer.

You greet Feferi, and she jabbers about how she's been waiting for you to come into shop so she could give you back your book. "I simply love the Elder gods and just -- all the creatures in his stories!" she compliments as she hands you a collection of Lovecraft's works.

"Yes, it's definitely one thing we have in common," you say and hide the books in your bag. Your smile only grows when you see Eridan fuming.

>Eridan: Initiate a flirt-off

yes christ i thought it would match
and i just want to see roxy as the worst itachi ever jesus christ

also UHH UHH HELLO I DIDN'T REALISE YOU WROTE MY FAVOURITE FANFIC (QUADRANT COMPLICATIONS FOR ASSHOLES) WOW

am i even supposed to be non-fanventuring commenting im sorry

KARKAT: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM ANYWAY.
KARKAT: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

ERIDAN: i like you kar
KARKAT: WHAT.
ERIDAN: i wwanna be friends wwith you
KARKAT: WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU?
KARKAT: I'D DUMP A TON OF SAND IN MY PANTS BEFORE BEING ANY KINDS OF CHUMMY WITH YOU.

You pout and furrow your brows. What was his deal?? Maybe if you gave him something he'd talk to you...

==> Eridan: Give Kar a lollipop from your candy stash.

You are John Egbert, and this is your second week on the job. You work at a coffee shop on the weekends and boy are you sick of the smell of coffee. Sensual your ass.

Pour, rinse, repeat.

Though today it seems like it is going to be a great day! You slide a customer their bagel and tuna salad combo and sit back to wipe your hands on your apron. You decide to take a break, go visit the old John. Haha, not you or your dad of course, but rather, the shitter.

--> John: Bump into a pretty girl

Ahhh, I wish I had made something for this, the idea is awesome ;w;

You refuse to bow before this arrogant alien girl. Said alien makes a face, her hands propped on her hips. She is expecting you to cave in to the numerous stares and bow, but you won't give in to the pressure.

She tsks lightly under her breath and scowls.

JADERI: hey you!
JADERI: dumb human over there!
JADERI: what the hell are you doing??

Well, if she wanted an answer, you'd give one to her.

==> Nepe: Tell her what the hell you're doing.

Edited 2012-07-08 02:07 (UTC)

As you move towards the room you are now starting to get worried. As quiet as you and Kanaya tend to be together, your house still never has this amount of silence. The only sounds that you can hear are your footsteps and your breathing. Oh, and the thumping from the other room. You keep hearing that too.

The bumps just get louder and more frequent the closer you get to the source. You are scared but that won't stop you if something has happened to Kanaya. You reach the room that the noises are coming from and place your hand on the doorknob, bracing yourself for anything.

>Rose: Open door

Your name is Rose Lalonde. Your plane is about to land and you are not nervous at all. Nope. Not one bit. You are blaming the fluttering feeling in your stomach on the turbulence coming over here, because it most certainly does not have anything on Earth to do with the fact that you are about to meet Jade Harley, one of your best friends, for the first time.

As the plane nears the island you can start to make out her form, silhouetted against the lush, green surroundings. She starts jumping up and down and waving, like it will make the plane land faster.

When the plane does land, you step off on shaky legs. All you've brought with you is a large duffle bag, a bag with your essentials and notebooks that you had promised Jade she could read, and a wrapped present for her that you had painstakingly picked out. You really hope that she likes it.

"Rose!!" You almost drop your belongings as Jade hugs you tightly and almost tackles you to the ground.

Rose: Return affectionate gesture.

Lousy stupid goddamn slippery floors!

You grab hold of a table to get your balance, but it's too late: her coffee (black with a shot of cherry syrup, of all weird things, you remember) topples spectacularly all over you, raining hot fury upon your head and making you hiss in pain, teeth gritted. She's lucky enough to land in a nearby chair, but her face is flushed with annoyance.

"Why don't you watch where you're going?!" she snaps, with a quick, angry flip of her long dark hair as she gets to her feet. You belatedly realize that the coffee landed all over her too. "Do you even know who I am, nerd?"

"I'm so sorry, I'll make you a new one," you stammer, your own nerves shot. You risk a look into her eyes, even though you kind of completely totally want to be anywhere else but here right now.

Upon meeting your gaze, though, her eyes (dark blue, thickly outlined in the same colour) go wide, and she looks you up and down. Her mouth quirks up at the corner. Her lips, too, are blue. You didn't even know they made blue lipstick. "...You're kind of cute in a dumb awkward way, though, so I gueeeeeeeess I can forgive you. This time."

She leans over and puts out a hand to help you up. Her nails, too, are painted blue. As you rise to accept it, something jostles in the back of your brain.

Don't you know who I am?

You do, now that you think about it. But who exactly is she?

> John: Think.

Edited 2012-07-08 02:21 (UTC)

"No, I'm okay. I'm not nervous, I'm just down about not being able to join in. The carnivals always seem like such fun and I can never go."

Wow good job, instead of reassuring him you just seemed to make him sad about your circumstances. The mood around you too has definitely taken a turn for the worst. You curse past you and try to fix it.

"But really, that's totally okay because I'm sure I wouldn't be as happy out there as I am anywhere with you!"

Okay, that was probably a little too overzealous to say. Even if it was the truth. You just had never meant to reveal stuff like that and especially not to his face. And especially since he was your best friend and the only one currently with you.

>Psiioniic: Figure out how to respond to that

You steel yourself, square your shoulders and get a better grip on the knob, taking a deep, shuddering breath. Then, pulse pounding in your ears, you thrust the door open with a mighty "bang!".

... And there is Kanaya, sitting perched in a squashy armchair, with an array of lamps that would be much more appropriate for a darker time of night set around her. Several empty mugs containing the last few remnants of blood-emulsification tea are stacked like sentinels on the sidetable. And in the middle of it all, Kanaya looks up at you like a dear in the headlights, bags under her luminous eyes deep like bruises. In her surprise, she's clutched whatever object she'd been holding tight to her chest. Though most of the book's cover is obscured by her protective pajama sleeves, you can just make out the its title: The Complacency of the Learned.

Most importantly of all, you notice her feet are placed upon the most rickety footrest you have in the whole entire house. If she were kicking her feet as she read, that was surely the source of the mysterious thumping.

You sag against the doorway. It's all you can do to keep from laughing in relief. "Did you even sleep last night?"

> Kanaya: Explain.

You pick a handle at random, opening up a window to IM them. You can't help but chuckle. This'll be good.

uranianUmbra [UU] began cheering timaeusTestified [TT]

UU: HELLO. PATHETIC HuMAN.
UU: I KNOW YOu'RE THERE. THERE'S NO uSE TRYING TO ACT LIKE YOu AREN'T.
UU: HELLO.
UU: STuPID HuMAN. RESPOND.
TT: Calliope, is that you?
TT: What's with the sudden inverted typing?
TT: Don't tell me you're roleplaying right now. Are you okay?

You grin. That was a perfect question, and you had the perfect answer.

==> uu: Give Dirk a bullshit answer.

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BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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> Jade: Stare at her weirdly. (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John)

>Daves: Brainstorm how to figure out who is the rogue Dave. (FILL: TEAM KARKAT<3KARKAT)

>Jade: Ponder how much Dave would call you a furry for this. (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John) (gif warning)

Aradia: Realize that Jade was right about the tea. (FILL: TEAM SOLLUX<>TEREZI)

>Eridan: Feel stupid but pretend you don't buy harassing them for informat (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John)

>Dave: Find your friends (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John)

Re: >Dave: Find your friends (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John)

> Karkat: Await the inevitable (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3EQUIUS)

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

Rose: Go look for your vampire girlfriend (FILL: TEAM ROSE<3SOLLUX)

>Sufferer: Tell him what's on your thinkpan (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3EQUIUS)

John: Examine bills (FILL: TEAM ROSE<3SOLLUX)

Re: ==>John, take Jake inside and pop that movie in the DVD player.(Fill JOHN<3KARKAT)

>Rose: Mock. (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John)

Re: >Dave: Find your friends (FILL: TEAM Bro<3John)

> Eridan: Tell him you want to be his friend. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3EQUIUS)

New JOHN<3VRISKA Game (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3KARKAT)

Re: New Rose<>Aranea Game (FILL TEAM:Roxy<3Autoresponder)

> Nepe: Stubbornly refuse to bow before arrogant alien girl. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3EQUIUS)

>Rose: Investigate further (FILL: TEAM [Alpha!Dave<3Alpha!Rose)

Rose: Land (FILL: Team John<3Jade<3Karkat)

> John: Bump into a pretty girl. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

==> Sufferer: Tell the Psiioniic that you are okay (FILL: TEAM [Alpha!Dave<3Alpha!Rose])

Rose: Open door (FILL: TEAM JADE<3ROSE)

> uu: Jeer Calliope's unsuspecting friends. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA<3EQUIUS)