hs_olympics | 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Your name is ARADIA MEGIDO and you are a WOMAN ON A MISSION. You've spent a lot of time drifting through dream bubbles, doing things to try and help the Alpha timeline go on the right course. You've been inside everyones dream bubbles, including doomed timelines of course, at least a million times. You realize now that there were a lot of people you never talked to, or considered at all besides them being a team mate. One of these people was Eridan Ampora. You didn't pay attention to him much. All you knew was that he apparently hated landwellers (you never really seen him saying anything except to Sollux, but Sollux tended to rub people the wrong way. He was a big boy, he could handle it). Also, he didn't like lowbloods (he'd never said anything to you, and you're officially doubting a lot of these things you've heard). By now, you've spent enough time around him to realize through all of his 'flirting' he wasn't serious, and that his hatred was mostly just a ruse. You observed he really liked wizards even though he said they were fake. He loved Feferi, but she'd never love him back. He liked history, he liked the military, he liked his friend Karkat (was there something there? You had no idea.)

There was something else you noticed about Eridan Ampora, he had never smiled.
It was your mission to make him smile.

> Aradia: Seek the highblood.

After a long, long, looong time trying to find him (not that time really matters to you in this case, anyway), you finally find the highblood wandering aimlessly through one of the dream bubbles.
You stare at him for awhile, paying a lot of attention at not making yourself noticiable.
You have no idea about HOW to start a conversation with this guy.
You know some of his main intrests, that's true, but you two had never had a proper conversation, and just popping out all of a sudden like that could be pretty awkward.
Also, even though you feel that all he ever said about lowbloods was not real, the fact remains that he said he wanted to cull them all.
It looks like he doesn't have such problems though, since he's now staring at you with a weird look on his face.

Wwhat are you doin here?

>Eridan: Wonder why the lowwblood girl is here.

You wonder what the lowblood girl is doing here. You haven't seen much of anyone since you entered the dreambubbles. Well you've seen doomed timeline versions, people will no memories of your little err killing spree. Some of them liked you others didn't, it was strange to say the least.

Though that is unimportant right now, what is important is figuring out what this troll wants with you. You've never talked much, if it all you really don't remember, to her so you don't know what she could ever want with you.

Right now shes staring at you with a somewhat awkward smile looking as if she wants to say something to you.

==> Eridan: Question the lowblood about her intentions.

You stare at her for a few moments, why was she even here? She looked all fancy and God-tier like Vvri did, that was new.

Eridan: wwhat are you doin here ara
Eridan: are you here to rub it in my face about wwhat happened
Eridan: killin fef
Eridan: blindin sol
Eridan: you and him wwere friends
Aradia: no!! i am not here to rub it in your face!!
Aradia: well yes that was a terrible thing you did but i think we can all take a step back and realize its not like you were the only one who did anything wrong
Aradia: sollux probably didnt help hes always been kind of sassy
Aradia: anyway it wasnt just you!!
Aradia: so no im not here to rub it in your face
Eridan: oh
Eridan: then by chance wwould you mind tellin me wwhat youre doin here
Eridan: ivve nevver evven talked to you
Eridan: evven if i did you probably wwouldnt havve considered us friends
Aradia: oh
Aradia: uh

> Aradia: Realize you actually don't have a plan at all.

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

> Aradia: Pretend you have a plan.

Of course, you could just pretend you knew what you were doing.

Aradia: well i wanted to tell you about what was going on
Eridan: wwhy
Aradia: well everyone needs to know!!
Aradia: yeah so basically im alive--
Eridan: shit really ara i didnt evven fuckin notice
Eridan: not like you havve solid eyes or anythin

You give him a stern look putting your hands on your hips, and he immediately shuts up.

Aradia: and just everything is going to be okay!! the humans showed up and now theyre all doing what they need to do
Eridan: okay
Eridan: wwhy are you really here
Eridan: this is really obvviously not wwhat you wwanted to talk about
Aradia: uh
Aradia: well the real reason is
Aradia: i want to know you
Eridan: wwhat the actual fuck are you talkin about

> Eridan: Laugh humorlessly at what might be the worst joke ever.

You laugh humorlessly at this bad joke.

Eridan: seriously ara wwhy noww
Eridan: wwhy noww that i am dead
Eridan: wwhy not wwhen i wwas still alivve

> Aradia: Think about a good answer.

Edited 2012-06-26 08:59 (UTC)

You can not think of a good answer, maybe there wasn't a good answer. Did you tell him the truth? You didn't even know him when you were alive. He had other friends, you thought at least. He had Feferi. He had Karkat. While you were dead, a frog, and a robot you really didn't care about anything.

Aradia: i never thought about it i guess
Aradia: i always thought you had friends
Aradia: and i didnt care about anything when i was a robot
Aradia: im sorry

You realize then, that you really are sorry. It sucks being alone. You know it sucks being alone.

> Eridan: Respond.

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)

You relax a little bit, glad that he isn't mad or anything. You didn't mean to upset him at all.

Aradia: youre welcome!

Yeah, you didn't want him upset. That would be the opposite of your intentions. Wait, what exactly are your intentions?

> Aradia: Reminisce on your intentions.

BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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New Eridan<>Aradia Game (FILL: Karkat<3Karkat)

> Aradia: Seek the highblood. (FILL: TEAM ARADIA <3 FEFERI)

Re: Eridan: Wonder why the lowwblood girl is here . (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)

> Eridan: Wonder why the lowblood girl is here. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat)

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

> Aradia: Pretend you have a plan. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat)

> Eridan: Laugh humorlessly at what might be the worst joke ever (FILL: Team Eridan<3Karkat)

> Aradia: Think about a good answer. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat)

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

> Aradia: React to that. (FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat)