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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!
New JOHN<3KARKAT Game (FILL: TEAM KANAYA<3VRISKA)
==> JOHN: Have a nightmare.
Your name is JOHN EGBERT, and one month ago you managed to SAVE THE WORLD.
Along with your three best buds, ROSE LALONDE, DAVE STRIDER, and JADE HARLEY, you managed to cross dimensions, befriend aliens, ecto-biologically birth your family and friends, and destroy one ridiculous powerful monster.
It was a lot for any boy to handle, especially as a birthday present, and especially considering you were 13 YEARS OLD.
The doctors called it POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, but you could never tell them what for, exactly.
You twist the blankets around you despite the fact that you are sweating profusely, and you pant. You wish your DAD was here, but he isn't.
Your only source of refuge is the PDA in your hand, with the light glow emanating from its screen, you shakily search for the contacts list, praying that anyone, anyone at all, is on.
You see the chumhandle of one KARKAT VANTAS.
You click it.
==> KARKAT: Be pestered by John.
==> KARKAT: Be pestered by John. (FILL: TEAM JADE<3KARKAT)
-- ectoBiologist [EB] began pestering carcinoGeneticist [CG] --
EB: hey there buddy!
EB: i see you're up and awake at this ungodly hour.
EB: can't sleep? me neither.
EB: how about we get together and have ourselves a bro-chat.
EB: you know, to ease ourselves into sleep or whatever.
EB: ... karkat?
EB: karkat? are you there?
CG: I STEP OUT OF THE ROOM FOR ONE DAMN NANOSECOND TO GET MYSELF SOME WARM, MAMMALIAN NOURISHMENT...
CG: AND WHEN I RETURN I FIND SIXTEEN THOUSAND PLEADING MESSAGES FROM THE ONE, THE ONLY, JOHN EGBERT HIMSELF.
EB: how are they pleading?
CG: JUST LOOK AT THEM, THE SWEET BLUEBERRY FONT. TELL ME THEY AREN'T DRIPPING WITH THE SCENT OF DIRE NEEDINESS.
EB: you've been hanging out too much with terezi, dude.
CG: TO THAT I SAY NO, I HAVE NOT.
CG: ANYWAY *BUDDY*
CG: ARE YOU DOING OKAY IN THERE?
EB: of course i am!
EB: i just had too much coffee at dinner and wanted to talk.
CG: YEAH, SURE.
CG: IGNORING YOUR DEFAULT RANK OF MAJOR BULLSHIT CAPTAIN, I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO HEAD ACROSS THE HALLWAY INTO YOUR RESPITEBLOCK AND ENGAGE IN CHEERY FACE-TO-FACE DIALOGUE.
CG: HEADING OVER NOW.
-- carcinoGeneticist [CG] ceased trolling ectoBiologist [EB] --
>Karkat: Head to John's room.
Karkat: Head to John's room. (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3KARKAT)
You can just imagine the look on John's face right now. You could tell that the boy was pretty damn upset. Then again, who HADN'T been upset after the game? Ignoring your pestering thoughts, you make your way to John's room.
KARKAT: JOHN, ARE YOU THERE?
JOHN: over here.
Sure enough, John was right there, sitting on his bed. The look he's giving you is unsettling. He must be pretty fucking upset. Time to put your friendleader skills to work.
>Karkat: Comfort John.
>Karkat: Head to John's room. (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)
You are now in John's room. He doesn't seem as OK as he made out to be. He seems like he's swaying a bit, and his eyes look like he's been crying.
Or maybe that's just because of the dark.
KARKAT: HEY.
KARKAT: SHOULDN'T YOU TURN ON A LIGHT OR SOMETHING.
=> John: Subtly work your way around illuminating yourself.
> John: Subtly work your way around illuminating yourself. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)
What are you talking about? You DO have a hold on yourself. You're fit as a fiddle! You don't have anything to complain about, you just need some company. That's pretty much normal, isn't it?
You're okay. You're okay.
Karkat's looking at you sideways for some reason. You can't make out much in the darkness, but his eyes - they shine like a cat's eyes, and it's honestly kind of cool - aren't crinkled with annoyance like they usually are, but wide and just watching you. Your skin crawls a little, but not in a bad way, if that even makes any sense.
He doesn't say anything else, just sits down beside you, keeping his gaze locked on yours. You hunch your shoulders and try to keep your face blank and your mind blank and why is this so hard.
"Are you going to keep being a stubborn shitknob all night, or are you actually going to fucking talk about the loving parting gifts that game has left us all with?" Karkat finally says, and it doesn't have even half of his usual vitriol in it. He just sounds how you feel. Really tired and
sad and furious and messed up and missing your dad and missing how everything used to bekind of sick.> John: Say something.