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

(Hey everyone, I can't draw Eridan, I apologize.)

You just got rejected.
More then that, actually. You just got your heart ripped out and then stomped on by the girl of your dreams. Feferi. The nerve of some trolls. No one understands you.

Oh look who's bothering you. What the hell does she want? You barely have the energy to deal with anything now.

Eridan: Answer Kanaya

You tell Kan that you're just not in any kinda mood to be socializing right now.

She tells you that she knows with plenty of exact words and biting sarcasm that you'd only expect. She heard it laughed from Vris who heard it stuttered from Tav who heard it squealed from Nep who heard it gossiped from Kar who actually overheard it from Sol when he had no business hearing that conversation between him and Fef herself.

And dammit, does everyone know about your miserable and shameful failings now?

And then Kan says that she's sorry this happened to you, even if you should have seen it coming.

That pity mixed with condescension and scolding makes your earfins perk up.

Eridan: Determine if Kanaya is sending you some pale-tinged hints

You don't do subtle. It's part of your charm.

"you wwanna make out?" you type, but you catch yourself before pressing Enter. Delete delete delete.

"you wwanna hang out?" Much better. You follow up a little: "i barracuda use some company. distract me from my misery an all"

You are smooth as kelp mucilage, you really are. You're going to have her paleswooning right into the currently-gaping hole of your quadrant before she even knows what's going on. You sly dogfish.

>Kanaya: Know what's going on

Edited 2012-06-25 16:12 (UTC)

GA: I See What You Are Doing There

is what you type to him. He can't fool you.

He's using fishpuns again, which can only mean that he's so focused on Feferi that he's gone insane. Everyone knows he hates fishpuns, except Feferi, who thought they just shared something sweet together.

He's also now propositioning you to fill that gaping hole in his expanding and contracting vascular-based blood pump. He's not only down one moirail, but flat-out rejected with his flushed advances towards said ex-moirail.

GA: I Will Not Be Your Rebound
GA: Please Focus That Attention Elsewhere
GA: Nonetheless I Will Be Available For You To Talk To If You Need Someone To Lend An Ear
GA: It Is Hard
GA: But I Will Try To Understand

It's harsh but true. Sometimes, you think a firm hand is what Eridan really needs.

Kanaya: Continue to be in denial about your pale feelings for the sea-dweller

CA: damn kan thats cold

You roll your eyes a little and start typing Everything Here Is More Or Less At An Appropriate Temperature but another message comes through while you're doing that. How like him to interrupt.

CA: i thought gills
CA: girls
CA: wwere supposed to love shitty puns an now i dunno wwhat to do kan wwould it fuckin kill you to swwoon a little so i can feel good about myself for just one second

You debate this with yourself for a moment. Would it actually kill you? No. Might it lead him to consider you a potential matesprit candidate, and delay his recovery from his breakup with Feferi? Absolutely. You are so not getting mixed up in that vacillatory clusterbucket. Eridan is a stupid, self-destructive mess who cannot be trusted to manage his own affairs and you certainly don't need to encourage him to rely on you for help in that regard.

...oh what's the harm, really? Maybe it'll do him good after all. You don't have to get all hot and heavy. A little flirtation never hurt anyone.

GA: Oh Dear What Is This All Of A Sudden I Think I May Feel A Bit Faint

>Eridan: Gloat

Edited 2012-06-25 17:10 (UTC)

You sit up straighter in your chair, a little unbelieving. Since when has Kanaya actually went along with your bullshit.

CA: kan is that pity i see in your eyes
CA: you cant resist me
CA: can you

A message comes back quickly.

GA: Oh No I Can't Contain Myself Around Such Devastatingly High Levels of Pathetic
GA: Someone Hand Me One Of Zahhak's Towels
GA: Quickly

Yeah. She is totally digging you. You puff out your chest and straighten up your cape. Sliding all your rings into proper order and feeling like the prince of the universe, you know there is only one course of action left for you.

You look down your nose at the keyboard as you type.

CA: wwe should meet up for lattes this aftermidnight
CA: i knoww a vvery classy place near you
CA: youll lovve it

>Kanaya: Weigh the pros and cons of Eridan and classy lattes

Edited 2012-06-25 17:45 (UTC)

They are two words that you’re not sure should exist in the same context, however...

GA: Throw In Your Word That You’ll Listen To My Advice About Your Outfits
GA: And We Have Ourselves A Deal

CA: wwhat
CA: my clothes are fuckin flawwless
CA: kan
CA: i havve a cape

You do like yourself a troll in a cape...

Just in case someone is watching you, you surreptitiously squeeze the nearest rainbowdrinker romance under the pile of nearby velvet. No-one will think of looking there.

GA: It Is My Last Word
GA: Take My Tips Or Go Home
GA: Or Rather
GA: Don’t Bother Coming To This Latte Shop
GA: Cape Or No Cape

CA: aww

GA: You Read Me

You are a master at this negotiation stuff.

> >Eridan: Accept make-over offer

Edited 2012-06-28 21:55 (UTC)

BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

Comments have been screened; we will be tallying the points over the next 48 hours or so, after which we will unscreen the comments. Comments have been unscreened! You may continue the fanadventures on this post as long as you like, though we will not be awarding further points.

New [Eridan<>Kanaya] Game (FILL: TEAM [Karkat<3Terezi])

Eridan: Answer Kanaya (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

Eridan: Determine if Kanaya is sending you some pale-tinged hints (FILL: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS)

Kanaya: Know what's going on (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

Kanaya: Continue to be in denial about your pale feelings (FILL: Alchemiter FRUITY RUMPUS)

>Eridan: Gloat (FILL: TEAM Aradia <> Dave)

>Kanaya: Weigh the pros and cons of Eridan and classy lattes (FILL: TEAM PARCELPYXIS)