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BONUS ROUND 2
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
- 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!
Karkat: Interfere before the cake is ruined. (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3<KARKAT)
Kanaya freezes mid-pull, perfectly-lipsticked mouth in a fierce scowl.
"And Gamzee, you put that right the fuck down," you turn and snap at your moirail, who still has his club raised threateningly. He shrinks back a little. "You two are going to step away from that cake or so help me I will change the menu for this wedding dinner and the main course will be you, with a big garnish of settle the fuck down."
You glare at each of them in them in turn. Gamzee looks a little more apologetic than Kanaya, so you let him speak first. "What happened this time? Gamzee?" You rub at your temples, and Kanaya captchalogs her chainsaw, looking angry.
"I was just trying to help a sister out," Gamzee begins, but Kanaya interrupts.
"I am trying to ready everything for the photographers. I am perfectly capable of doing my job. I do not know why I would require the 'help' of a troll who willingly goes out of his hive in those pants."
Gamzee's lip twitches up, displaying some fang.
Past Kanaya: Be interrupted by a juggalo.
==> Past Kanaya: Be interrupted by a juggalo. (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)
IT was almost done. What Karkat kept calling the most BREATHTAKING SNAPSHOT STATION for the WEDDING OF THE PERIGREE.
Tilting the lights just a tad more to the left, you nod to yourself, knowing that this was just right. Karkat would be proud, and rightfully so, too. He has been planning for this day for months, and you sure shall not be the one to ruin his happy place. Unless--
A squeaking of the most annoying kind interrupts that though however, when you turn to the door to face the visage of a man who you dislike.
Very, very much so.
GAMZEE: hey sister how's it going?
KANAYA: Get Out Of Here
KANAYA: I Have Work To Do
KANAYA: Work Not Suitable For The Likes Of You
GAMZEE: COME FUCKING ON NOW.
GAMZEE: don't leave a brother hanging. :o(
And it continued to deteriorate from there. Pointless bothering turned into a full on shouting match, which then (almost) disintegrated into a strife, right in the middle of the photography area, despite your better judgement.
==> Past Kanaya: Be Past Gamzee.
==> Past Kanaya: Be Past Gamzee (FILL: TEAM Dave<3<Karkat<3Terezi<3Dave)
Against your utmost wishes (because who in their right minds would want to be caught dead in those pants?), you are now PAST GAMZEE, and you are only trying to be helpful.
Well, for the most part.
"I," she begins once more, turning her back to you, "said that this work is hardly suitable for someone like you."
"SOMEONE LIKE ME, HUH?" You ask, and have to remember to drop your voice back down. It's difficult. "Come on, sis, I just want to make sure this is perfect and all. Let me help."
"Are you truly so dense as to not hear a word of what I am vocalizing?" She whirls around, irritated, her tone far more curt and clipped than usual.
And it all goes down hill from there.
Admittedly you've always had a little issue with Kanaya ever since you caught her and Karkat curled up on your horn pile. Karkat swore that it was a completely platonic feelings jam/romcom film fest, but you've had your doubts. Not about Karkat, oh no. He's the best motherfucking moirail you could have ever wished for, and you two are the palest of pale buds around.
It's her you've never quite trusted. You'd heard the way she talked to Karkat, gentle and soothing. You'd seen her eye you two whenever you're together. Never would anyone else know that Kanaya Maryam is one sly rainbow-drinker, but you know better.
Although, you'd never tell Karkat any of this - you know he's soft on her, and you really don't mean to rile him up when you two get to fighting. She's just so prissy sometimes, trying to butt in on your pale quadrant.
She needs a lesson.
==> Present Gamzee: Put thoughts of revenge aside and explain yourself
==> Present Gamzee: Put thoughts of revenge aside and explain yourself. (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)
==> Present Gamzee: Put thoughts of revenge aside and explain yourself.
You are now PRESENT GAMZEE, and by looking at the face of your very disappointed moirail, you know you are going to need to fess up sooner or later.
To be honest, you were previously banned from even arriving on the premises, so the fact you are even here at all could land you in some serious shit.
GAMZEE: hey i just wanted to come say hi to my motherfucking best friend.
KARKAT: YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, GAMZEE.
GAMZEE: BUT KARKAT I.
GAMZEE: but karkat i only was bringing you some beefgrub.
KARKAT: GAMZEE, I APPRECIATE IT, BUT YOU ALMOST BROKE THE FUCKING ARCHWAY LAST TIME.
GAMZEE: WELL IT WAS IN THE FUCKING WAY.
You two continue to banter back and forth for a while, but Karkat eventually threatens to stop giving you those backrubs you enjoy ever so much if you don't leave, so you comply.
Those backrubs are worth absconding for, you think.
Mmm.
Kanaya is still there, barely masking the full on hate-glare she is digging into you, but you don't care.
Kanaya is never going to lay her grimy paws on Karkat, for you could tell by the tone of his voice that he still considered you (the best) his moirail.
You just wished there was an easier way to actually get to see your moirail more often than... well, never.
==> Gamzee: Find a way to see your moirail more often than never.
==> Gamzee: Find a way to see your moirail more often than never (FILL: Team Davesprite<3Jadesprite)
Turning around slowly, you could still feel that rainbow drinker's eyes pierce into your backside. A backside, you might add, that is getting more tense by the moment and would definitely need a rub later. Glancing at your moirail, you could see that his attention has been diverted elsewhere. Pulling out your trusty club, you contemplate various scenarios in your head.
You could do it, you thought, if you struck fast and hard before Karkat would have a chance to notice and stop you. Sure, this may not get the attention you wanted, but eventually you'll be forgiven, right? RIGHT??
==> Gamzee: Take those chances and confront Kanaya.