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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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small epilepsy warning for the second image.
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Your name is John Egbert and you are locked and loaded. You've got a kick ass super soaker filled to the brim with water, two back up water pistols, and a backpack full of water balloons. Oh man, you are so ready for this. SO READY.

Hm, what's that? What kind of mission? Why it's tactical submission of course! You are prepared for a serious battle of wits, strategy, and skill. This is no ordinary duel! You are fighting to regain your honour and take revenge on the one who has wronged you!

You are going to assault Dave Strider on all fronts, endlessly soaking him as payback for knocking you off of the bed last night. That was an unforgivable deed he did, forcing you to sleep on the cold, lonely floor-- and what better way to take revenge than to surprise him with a water fight! He'll never know what hit him. Or well, he will once you actually hit him, because by then it'll be obvious.

He'll know it's water that's hitting him. And that you're the one hitting him with it.

Ahem.

Anyways, it's about time you find a good hiding spot for yourself! You want to make sure he won't suspect anything when he comes home.

John:

WAIT!!!!!!!!

You forgot something really important! You need a disguise so he won't know it's you attacking him. Who knows what he'd do if he knew it was his best bro John shooting endless amounts of water at him.

You truly are the master of disguise.

John: Seek refuge and prepare to strike.

==> John: Seek refuge and prepare to strike.

You are indestructible, for you are now in HERO MODE.

There is no way Dave would be able to see you from behind these CLEVERLY PLACED BUSHES.

Dave will never know what hit him.

You almost hope he is ready for this.

==> John: STRIKE!!!!!!!!

Just as you pull the trigger you see a shadow loom over you.

"John what are you-"
It's to late! Your cover's been blown. You shoot the boy right in the face with all the water you've got.
==> Dave: Get a faceful of water.

Edited 2012-06-24 20:56 (UTC)

Your name is Dave Strider and you just got a FACE FULL OF WATER.
That shit ain't cute, man. You totally weren't expecting that.

...

Well, that's what you would have said if you actually did get a face full of water, but the Dave,,,,,,was a RUSE!

You'll really have to thank Jade for convincing you to get a robot of yourself. It sure does come in handy sometimes.

Speaking of Jade...she's supposed to be your backup in this water war. And it's time to kick some Egbert butt.

==> Dave: Load up your guns and call for backup.

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

You settle down to wait for Jade to come back you up.

To pass the time, you decide to keep tabs on Egbert. Always gotta be one step ahead of your enemy.

...He's still soaking the robot with his super soakers, cackling like a maniac all the while. You're not sure whether you should be offended that he still thinks the robot is you, or grateful that it's saving you from a watery end. Man, that thing is getting soaked. Thank god Jade's perfected the art of waterproof robot building, or there'd be sparks flying everywhere. Even John would probably be able to notice that.

Man, what is taking Jade so long? Watching John douse your poor robot copy is getting kind of old.

==> Jade: Make a dramatic entrance.

ive got a gun full of water and im not afraid to use it!!
woof!

good harley
best teammate

uh oh.
why don't we talk about this instead of fighting?
heheheheh...

Jade and Dave: Team up on John.

You appear suddenly in front of John.

He appears to have lost his disguise.

John: Abscond and seek help

Absconding is definitely not cowardly when the enemy is double your number and has no problem starting kamikaze actions on you.

Any good movie fan should know this: when the time gets rough, retire and regroup, find better allies, and kick ass.

Besides, it's not fair that Dave employed the use of a robot against you! He has now stepped up on the echeladder of EVIL, gaining the new level of OVERLORD DEBUTANTE.

As the CHOSEN HERO OF LEGEND, you will overthrow all the opposition and reach your happy ending, which is to completely DROWN Dave until he begs for mercy and give up on his DEBAUCHERY.

Unfortunately you have to go through his EVIL MINION first, which poses a problem.

You need help.

You need someone with more EVIL POTENTIAL than both Jade and Dave combined.

You need someone who can single-handedly defeat all opposition with a single swipe of her hand.

You need ROSE.

==> John: Convince Rose to join in.

You retrieve your PDA from your pocket and take it out of the plastic bag. Only an amateur would allow electronic devices to be splashed during a battle, after all! You pause your running and hide while you type.

EB: rose!
EB: i could really use your help!
TT: My, this is quite the development.
TT: What, dare I ask, has gotten you desperate enough to contact me?
EB: ugh rose this is serious business okay
TT: Apologies. Do continue.
EB: i need you to help me beat dave!
EB: he teamed up with jade and the two of them are too much for me
TT: You seem to assume that I know exactly what Dave needs beating in.
EB: well duh!
EB: you've been staring at us from your window ever since we started!
EB: are you going to help or not
EB: rose!!!!!!!!
TT: Say no more.
TT: I have got you covered, so to speak.

Hell. Yes.

=> Rose: Turn the tides.

Edited 2012-07-03 19:51 (UTC)

Oh, have you got tides, all right.

You've combed the SACRED RULES OF WATER WARS (many lines crossed out or otherwise redacted, strange additions and numerous in-jokes inserted in the margins, and so forth) you four collaborated on at the beginning of the summer, and there is nothing forbidding the usage of MOTHERFUCKING WATER BALLOONS.

Unbeknownst to your mother, John, Dave, or Jade, you keep a vast cache of exquisitely crafted water balloons inside your closet, well away from your stash of journals lest an errant balloon unexpectedly burst and ruin your hard work.

They are all purple, naturally. It is the last colour your victims see before they drown, in the water that bursts forth from its rubber prison, and in the despair of defeat.

You stow several in your UNASSUMING BEACH BAG and set out, slathered in sunscreen to keep your pale complexion, and also wearing dark shades that many would say are not dissimilar to your brother's, though you deny the resemblance. You take both of these precautions whenever things get too hot to handle, which is sometimes.

Additionally, you keep a green water gun on your person, on the rare occasion that your PLUVIOUS PROJECTILES miss their mark.

But before you get carried away with bloodlust, you should probably join the person who was requesting your help in the first place.

> Rose: Rendezvous with John.

> Rose: Rendezvous with John.
You rendezvous with John.
You both look badass and ready to take them head on.

At least that’s what John wants to do.
But you both decide on a more strategic plan and find a good hiding spot instead.

Their back is turned, and they don’t show any sign of knowledge to your hiding spot.
Ready John?
LETS GO FOR IT!
==> Rose and John: Attack the unsuspecting enemies!

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BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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New John<3Dave Game (FILL: TEAM KARKAT<3TEREZI)

==> John: Seek refuge and prepare to strike. (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)

Re: ==> John: STRIKE!!!!!!!! (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3JAKE)

==> Dave: Get a faceful of water. (FILL: TEAM EQUIUS<3ARADIA)

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

==> Dave: Wait for Jade to arrive (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)

==> Jade: Make a dramatic entrance. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

==> Jade and Dave: Team up on John (FILL: TEAM DAVE <3 ROSE <3 TEREZI) [WARNING FLASHING IMAGES]

> John: Abscond and seek help (Fill: Team Dave<3Karkat)

==> John: Convince Rose to join in. (FILL TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

> Rose: Turn the tides. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

> Rose: Rendezvous with John. (FILL: TEAM SOLLUX<>TEREZI)