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

Jade: Tell stranger douchebag he's being a douchebag (FILL: TEAM Davesprite <3 Jade

[unknownriot]

You try telling him he's being a douchebag but it seems he doesn't understand what you're saying.

You try again with simpler language. Not only is he a douchebag, he also doesn't have a very big vocabulary.



Hmm. He doesn't seem to understand that either. Maybe he just doesn't speak dog? You'll go with that because there doesn't seem to be any better explanation.

Jade: FIND ANOTHER WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THIS GUY

>Karkat: Move stealthily towards hive. (FILL: TEAM PARCELPYXIS)

[veebox]

But your leg!



AHHH!



It's caught in a grizzlybeast trap!

>Karkat: Gnaw off your leg

[djiinraidinnae]

Oh, awesome! that's a perfect idea! It will be so much easier to navigate that way! Thanks so much.

[wallwalker]

Hurray! Thank you!

New [John<3Karkat] Game (FILL: TEAM [Dave<3Rose<3Terezi])

[dragon_bagon]

Your name is JOHN EGBERT and you are HEIR to the THRONE of the kingdom of PROSPIT. Last night you saw a STAR fall out of the sky. This is not the first star you've seen fall from the sky, but it is the first star you've seen land nearly close by- just in the local FOREST.

As soon as morning arrived you ran down to the stables and jumped upon your valiant steed, POGOGHOST. After tending to the INJURYS caused by POGOGHOST bucking you off his back, (like normal) and remounting him you were off, into the woods to find the fallen star!

Unfortunately, you were not born with an innate sense of direction. You are quite lost, actually. It's rather embarrassing even just to watch. Perhaps if we switch to the point of view of the other main character in this tale you will have time to once more find your way.


>Karkat: Attempt to fix your broken SPACESHIP though use of percussive maintenance.

New Dirk<3Jane Game (FILL: TEAM DAVE <3 KARKAT)

[deecherrywolf]

Your name is JANE CROCKER and you are currently busy trying to bake a cake for a certain SPECIAL SOMEONE.

You see, a special day was rapidly approaching and you weren't about to be caught without some type of gift to show your love and appreciation.

What better way to celebrate a special occasion than with a special cake?

But dag nab it! If only his pesky AR would allow you to bake, rather than asking you trivial questions. But any good sleuth could tell the AR was just trying to gather information for this special day.

You suppose you could humor him.

==>Jane: Answer AR

Kanaya: Make a mess. [gif warning] (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3ROSE)

[psonu]

You succeed in making a spectacle of yourself.

>Rose: Examine distraction.

New Feferi<3Jake Game (FILL: TEAM Dave<3Eridan)

[zeecatfish]

Your name is Jake English and you were supposed to be out surfing with your best bro today. However, since you are very bad at it you decided to find some place more secluded to fail in peace leaving one mister Strider to fend off any and all bitches his splendiferous surfing skills might attract.

You are pretty sure you have found the perfect spot when-


Darn it that took you by surprise. Of course, she could use a little more blue but hot damn if you didn't just spot one lovely damsel standing in the water.



>Jake: say hello to the lovely lady.

===>Geromy: mental breakdown (FILL: TEAM SLICK<3<SNOWMAN)

[specialagentartemis]

(Warning: animated GIF)
(and grey mutant penises that are... really actually kind of disturbing)







Swet Bro & Hella Jeff: KEEP DOIN TGHE YAOIS

Karkat: Brace for impact. (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3JAKE)

[geronimogal]

Fuck it's too late. The two dorks barrel into you with the force of well, a giant space furry and a wind god.

You'd make a better comparison but you're too busy getting human hair and meteorite dust out of your mouth from the tackle hug. Gross.
=> Proceed to yell obscenities as you wipe your mouth of said matter.

New Brobot <3 Magnetic W Game (FILL: TEAM Equius <3 Tavros)

[djiinraidinnae]

Your name is BROBOT.

You were recently rebuilt by someone because they had the technology.
Actually, it was more-or-less just a new URANIUM ENERGY SOURCE and a patch job by a trans-universal space-witch-dog who came from space on a golden battleship with friends and several small planets!

This isn't particularly exciting to you, however, because you are a ROBOT.

As a robot, you have a variety of mundane INTERESTS that pertain to everything you were BUILT and PROGRAMMED for. Seeing as the human, JAKE, for whom you were built to WRESTLE and do FISTICUFFS with is no longer on this planet, you determine that there should be SOMETHING ELSE for you to do SOMEWHERE.

What will you do?

==> Brobot: Realize you are without pants.

New Terezi<3Vriska Game (Karkat<3Karkat)

[doubleohally]

Your name is VRISKA SERKET and you're sure you are being punished for all the terrible things you did. You've tried to reassure yourself that Terezi was much worse than you, she did it for 'justice'! You had a lusus to feed, that was your excuse, what was hers?

You know it's pointless to think stupid things like that. You could never hate Terezi over that, over anything really. When you found out she was happy being blind, that was the most relief you had ever felt in your life. There was potential for you to start a black romance with her, before you had died, but you knew you couldn't have done it anyway. She was too pitiful.

You hadn't experienced a good dream bubble since your visit with John, they were all full of Terezi. All of them. Being around Terezi, flarping with Terezi, conversations with Terezi, drama with Terezi, the bad memories with Terezi, all of them were Terezi.

You wondered which memory this was.

Vriska: Realize which memory this is.

>Jake: say hello to the lovely lady. (FILL: TEAM Dave<3Jake)

[geronimogal]

Gosh, what a beautiful gal she is. Right up there with Neytiri and Lara Croft on your list of gorgeous babes! Well, almost as beautiful, maybe if she was blue...wait haven't you already said this??
You're mumbling a bit about her but you might just be a bit too far for her to hear and now she has her goggles up and golly if her eyes aren't the prettiest you've ever seen.

You start going off into a tangent over how lovely the girl is and then comparing her to your favourite actresses and your mouth isn't quite working how it's supposed to. Nor is your brain. Maybe you should just be the lovely lady.

=> Be the lovely lady.

New Jane<3Roxy Game (FILL: TEAM Dave<3John)

[jamkiske]

Your name is Jane Crocker, and you're growing very frustrated. Things simply haven't been going your way lately! First, there was the whole debacle with Jake (which really is a terrible thing to think about so... moving on!) and now of course there's this game business! It's extremely important that you find your father, regardless of what those sassy shades may think.

Another concern of course is that you haven't heard from your friends, and the shade's words about Dirk and Roxy's current situations. At the least, AR can let you know that Dirk is doing well enough and relay any messages to him, but what of Roxy? The thought that your best friend might be in peril without any aid is truly troublesome!

You let this stir in your mind a while as you continue to explore the land within the game, still looking for signs of your dad. After a while, you simply can't stand it anymore! Thinking about Roxy's potential peril is truly troubling! What if something has already happened to her! How on earth could you live without her?

Gosh darn it this was simply too much to stand! You'd just have to hope she'd respond if you kept on trying!

==>Jane: Pester Roxy

Karkat: Attempt to fix your broken SPACESHIP... (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3ROSE)

[psonu]

You spend the better part of an hour performing PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE on your VERY EXPENSIVE SPACESHIP.

To no one's surprise, nothing happens.

>Karkat: Examine surroundings.

Re: A Question Pertaining to BR2

[jamkiske]

"We would prefer that any questions about this challenge or anything else in the HSO be emailed to us at homestuck.shipping AT gmail!"
You should e-mail them if you want a timely response!

Vriska: Realize which memory this is. (FILL: Team Dave<3Jake)

[geronimogal]

You're back at Terezi's house and you figure it out. This was after an afternoon flarp you had had with her and Team Charger (which you totally annihilated! hehe.) and you had gone back and laid down by a tree with her chatted for a few hours before napping on each other's shoulders. You remember it rather fondly. You look atthe trees around you and sigh a little. They were awfully pretty and you feel kinda bad about taking away Terezi's eyesight. Shoot, you're doing that pitying thing again.

You continue walking until you find the tree where you guys sat but you freeze. Terezi's already there. Napping. You proceed to freak out a bit. What if that means she's dead? Oh god what if that's really her actual dead self and not some doomed timeline? You edge closer to the sleeping girl.

=> Be the doomed girl who's not actually sleeping.

New [Jane<3Gamzee] Game (FILL: TEAM [John<3Karkat])

[acriseus]

Your name is Jane Crocker. You have returned to your apartment after a long day of interning at the PI office downtown. To your horror you have discovered that a number of stiffs are sticking out of your hall closet. A murder is afoot!

You wonder who could be responsible for such a deed. A criminal mastermind who needed his opposition out of the picture? Perhaps a serial killer out for blood? Or maybe, just maybe, it's...



Nah it's probably just your psycho alien boyfriend.

> Jane: Examine stiffs.

Re: ==> Dave: Load up your guns and call for backup. (FILL: John<3Karkat)

[twinsky]

You load your gun and access pesterchum
You pester Harley, both to say thanks and to ask for some more help.

--TurntechGodhead [TG] began pestering GardenGnostic [GG]--

TG: yo harley
GG: yea dave???
TG: i need your help over here
TG: shits going down and this man is in need back up
TG: also thanks
TG: that robot saved my life
TG: i could be dead you know
TG: death by water at the hands of egbert, that sounds horrible.
GG: gosh dave shut up!!!!
GG: i get it you need help and you are welcome
GG: ill be right there! :D
TG: thanks harley
TG: ill be waiting

-- GardenGnostic [GG] ceased pestering TurntechGodhead [TG]--

==> Dave: Wait for Jade to arrive

Re: A Question Pertaining to BR2

[jamkiske]

No problem~

Re: Tavros: Troll Gamzee (FILL: Team Dolorosa<3Mindfang)

[aondeug]

It's taken you a good hour or so climbing out of your recupperacoon and to crawl ever so slowly towards your four wheel device. Then there's the issue of getting inside it which involved you knocking over several objects and distressing Tinker Bull. You manage it though and now finally seated within your four wheel device, and therefore at least semi in control of your life and movement you can get to trolling Gamzee.

adiosToreador[AT] began trolling terminallyCapricious[TC] at 09:37
AT: uH, HELLO gAMZEE YOU, TOLD ME TO, UH TROLL YOU,
AT: sO, WHAT'S AH, UP. aND STUFF,
TC: aH hElL mOtHeRfUcK yEs, YoUr'E fInAlLy On My ChIlLaSs MoThErFuCkEr.
TC: iT's A mOtHeRfUcKiNg MiRaClE.
AT: iT, IS? wELL, UH, WHY, MY UM, BRO?
TC: sEe LiKe I gOt A rEaL mOtHeRfUcKiNg SiCk IdEa ThIs MoRnInG.
TC: sO gEt YoUr ChIlLaSs OvEr To mY hIvE rEaL mOtHeRfUcKiNg QuIcK.
AT: aH, OKAY THAT SOUNDS TO BE, A REAL GOOD, UM, PLAN, BUT AH,
AT: wHAT ARE WE, DOING?
AT: yOU DIDN'T REALLY, UH, ANSWER THAT.
TC: yOu'Ll FiNd OuT rEaL mOtHeRfUcKiNg SoOn TaVbRo, BuT yOu JuSt GoTtA gO wITh ThE fLoW. yOu KnOw wHaT i Be MoThErFuCkInG sAyInG?
AT: uH, NOT REALLY, BUT, AH, i'LL BE OVER SOON.
AT: wELL, AS SOON AS, i CAN, ANYWAY.
AT: sO, UM, SEE YOU SOON, BRO. }:]
TC: sOuNdS mOtHeRfUcKiNg MaGiCaL.
adiosToreador[AT] ceased trolling terminallyCarpricious at 9:45

==>Tavros get ye trusty traveling gear

Kanaya: Do something about that hand. (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3JAKE)

[geronimogal]

You raise her hand to your lips and brush them against her knuckles. You glance up and see her flush just slightly. Your SNARKY HORSESHITOMETER gauge shoots through the roof. It may even be over nine thousand. There's probably a standing ovation going on somewhere in a universe just for you.

"Agreed then," you answer.
"So how do you propose we continue this endeavour?"
She looks up at you pondering, and back down to where you keep your lipstick. Her lips quirk up.
"Here, let me give you an example."
She walks away from you about fifteen paces and turns back to look at you.
"Hit me."
=> Be the girl who's going to regret what she just said.

Brobot: Contact AR (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[sugoiprincess]

Brobot [BB] began pestering Autoresponder [AR]

BB:0110100100100000011100100110010101110001011101010110100101110010011001010010000001100001011100110111001101101001011100110111010001100001011011100110001101100101
AR: What's wrong? I'm checking your stats right now and nothing seems to be out of order. Shouldn't you be off beating Jake into a pulp right now?
BB: 01010100011010000110000101110100001000000110100101110011001000000111010001101000011001010010000001110000011100100110111101100010011011000110010101101101
AR: You're having an issue beating Jake into a pulp. Are you rusting or something. Your main programming is to beat Jake into a pulp. I'm pretty sure that was coded pretty clearly by Dirk, like ridiculously clearly.
AR: It literally reads as 'Beat Jake into a pulp.exe'.
BB: 01001001001000000110010001101111001000000110111001101111011101000010000001110111011010010111001101101000001000000111010001101111001000000110100001100001011100100110110100100000010010100110000101101011011001010010000001000101011011100110011101101100011010010111001101101000
AR: I just scanned your systems for viruses and I didn't find anything related to 'I don't want to beat Jake into a pulp' so I don't understand what your deal is right now.
AR: So you don't actually want to hurt Jake. What exactly do you want to do? To Jake.
BB: 010010010010000001110100011010000110100101101110011010110010000001001001
BB: 011101110110111101110101011011000110010000100000011011000110100101101011011001010010000001110100011011110010000001101000011101010110011100100000011010000110100101101101
BB: 0100110101100001011110010110001001100101
AR: Wow hug him? I wasn't expecting that, let alone you wanting to do maybe the complete opposite of what you were programmed to do. Interesting.
BB: 01110111011010000110000101110100001000000111001101101000011011110111010101101100011001000010000001101001001000000110010001101111
AR: Do it.
BB: 01110111011010000110000101110100
AR: Just hug him. It's highly unlikely anything bad will happen. It's just a hug. I'm sure Jake would appreciate hugs, especially from you, since the most you do is beat the shit out of him.
AR: Seriously, just go up to him and wrap your arms around his waist.
AR: gently, though. You know how squishy those human sausagebags are.
BB: 010010010010000001110011011001010110010100100000011101000110100001100001011011100110101100100000011110010110111101110101
BB: 0110100100100000011101110110100101101100011011000010000001101110011011110111011100100000011100000111001001101111011000110110010101100101011001000010000001110100011011110010000001101000011101010110011100100000011010100110000101101011011001010010000001100101011011100110011101101100011010010111001101101000
AR: You go. Go and hug that classy dumbass.

Autoresponder [AR] ceased pestering Brobot [BB]

Feeling quite satisfied with the advice AR gave you, you decide to go and find the human Jake English to wrap your arms around his waist. Gently. Because he's a squishy human.

> Brobot: Find the squishy human.