BONUS ROUND 2

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Bonus Round 2

The Return of Round Robin Fanadventures

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.

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

Equius: Wish the pilot good luck (FILL: TEAM Equius♦Nepeta)

[fiveforchibis]

You wish your pilot good luck.
It is a common courtesy after all, even if he says he doesn't need it. After knowing him for quite some time though, you suspect he may be lying, or at least not fully aware of the truth. It would fit with the theory you've developed that his flirtatious antics are a way of calming his nerves by making you flustered and nervous instead. It's a theory you're fairly certain of, as you cannot think of any other reasons he could possibly have for flirting with you.

Whether or not he's willing to accept your wish of good luck, you are certain he will happily accept the other thing you came here to give him. You've developed a new device that will certainly give him an edge at the demonstration today, it's quite a useful little thing, surely he will no doubt find its presence to be beneficial.

Equius: Present your new device to the pilot.

Equius: Present your new device to the pilot. (FILL: Team Aradia<3Equius)

[chromatic_coma]

You are Dirk, and you take the device from your engineer. It is a small black box, only as large as your palm, and with only one button at all on it's smooth surface. When you press that, lights shoot out from the device, and you are surrounded by maps, globes, altitude readers, status gauges, and all the other tools you already have on your plane.

Dirk: Express your confusion

Dirk: Express your confusion (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[candyredcoolkid]

You have a hard time expressing just how confused you are. It only gets harder when the light from the device goes out again after just a few seconds. Was it supposed to do that? Who knows.

I might not completely understand what you're trying to tell me with this, Equius.

Let's hope your engineer knows.

=> Equius: Explain.

=> Equius: Explain (FILL: TEAM ERIDAN<>ROSE)

[wallwalker]

EQUIUS: D--> It's perfectly simple
EQUIUS: D--> 100k here, allow me to show you

You spend some time explaining the device to your partner, complete with dazzling light shows that are unfortunately not within the author's ability to render, and show him a few tricks that it will allow him to accomplish that will come as complete surprises to everyone involved, including anyone who might be looking on. Although that's absurd, of course - all four walls of the room that you and Dirk share are completely intact, so of course no one could possibly be looking in. Could they?

At one point, you do lean in to try to explain one last thing to him, and he takes the opportunity to steal the kiss that he had so obviously been angling for.

EQUIUS: D--> Was that necessary
DIRK: It was for luck, man.
DIRK: Doesn't get much more necessary than that.
EQUIUS: D--> You are utterly incorrigible
DIRK: And you love it.
EQUIUS: D--> Well
EQUIUS: D--> Yes

Another statement you feel safe confirming, since of course absolutely no one is watching. You are going to have to be careful, though. For all of your matesprit's sterling qualities, he does have a tendency to share these moments with others, in the form of his frankly questionable graphics.

You'll worry about that later, though. The proving grounds await, full of those who hold authority over both humans and trolls. It makes you weak at the knees just thinking about it.

> Dirk and Equius: Head out to the hangar