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

Re: ==> Give into the urge. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3KARKAT)

[twinsky]

What! That is ridiculous you don't want to make yourself look like an idiot! What would people think? What would Dirk say?

Because really...
That's just...

Who are you kidding? The chance is to perfect to pass up and every adventurer needs to take chances.

So you do it, you yell it, you scream it. You feel greatly pleased.

That is until you notice everyone staring.

==> Jake: Accept consequences.

> Jake: Accept consequences. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

[para_normally]

You hear a shout of "Hey, get down from there!" and your head snaps sideways in its direction.

A bevy of gentlemen with "SECURITY" emblazoned across their chests is striding toward you. They don't seem too terribly pleased with you for some reason! You can't say that you can imagine why. Maybe you were a little too loud. Dirk is always having to tell you to keep your voice down. Not that you ever pay a whole whack of attention to the concept of an "indoor voice". True gentleman explorers never stay indoors for long, and what's the use in saying a blasted thing if you can't shout it to high heaven?

They're gesturing to you to get off of the replica. You oblige, but are still puzzled. They can hardly put something like that up there and expect a person NOT to want to climb up and gaze over a majestic sea that's entirely an invention of your own imagination! Still, you awkwardly hop off, and no harm done, it seems, although many patrons are still staring. Some are laughing, strangely enough.

You begin to feel the slightest bit embarrassed, and find yourself fervently wishing that someone else besides the aforementioned bevy of disgruntled gentlemen could be said to have been striding toward you.

Like, for instance, a certain Mr. Strider.

> A certain Mr. Strider: Stride.

> A certain Mr. Strider: Stride. (FILL: TEAM BRO<3DAVE)

[candyredcoolkid]

You stride. Because that's what Striders do.

As you observe your poor husband flush crimson in embarrassment, you step forward and sling your arm around him. With a nod and a wink you shooshpap every gazing bystander back into their normal lives and things were as if they'd never happened.

Aside from the fact that they did happen.

You take a moment to look at Jake.



He seems a bit taken aback by the entire thing. You propose going out for a drink.

=> Jake: Accept/Decline going for a drink

=> Jake: Accept/Decline going for a drink (FILL: TEAM Dave<3John)

[jamkiske]

It doesn't take you too long to accept Dirk's offer of a drink. It seems like a good chance to get out of the vicinity of the totally fake boat and leave your embarrassment behind. Though Dirk seemed to have shoosh and papped most of the bystanders away from your attention, you can't help but feel a bit sheepish still standing in front of the boat replica.

Plus, why wouldn't you accept an opportunity to get a drink with your new husband on your honeymoon? It's a part of what honeymoons are for right? For you, this will certainly be a different type of adventure altogether, and you're not one to turn an adventure down.

Jake: Go on a different kind of adventure

Jake: Go on a different kind of adventure (FILL: TEAM BRO<3GRANDPA)

[macca44552]

You’re on a different kind of adventure all right! You’ve had a few vodka-swirl-martini-expresso-shaken-on-the-rocks whatsits and you’re feeling a lot better. You’ve gotten over the Titanic Incident, relegated it to something hilarious and fun in your mind, to the point where you laughed so loudly over your past embarrassment that Dirk had to smack you to get you to stop.

You don’t know what you’re in the mood for now. Gambling? Doesn’t look too hard—you bet you could beat those machines into coin-vomiting submission! There’s a karaoke thingamajig around here somewhere. You’ve never really sung in front of an audience before but it can’t be too hard, right? Oh, and dancing. You can dance sort of perhaps hahaha? Another drink?

Or maybe you should make out with Dirk. He’s looking pretty dashing under all these flashing lights.

>Jake: Make up your drunken mind

> Jake: Make up your drunken mind. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

[para_normally]

You flash back to all the TOTALLY HOT MAKEOUTS you've had with your beauties sexy blue lady posters. You absolutely know how to do this, and will not at all make a fool of yourself, no sir-ee!

You decide to start out by tenderly placing a hand to Dirk's cheek.

Which hand is your dominant hand again? You guess it doesn't matter. You raise both your hands. That'll do!

You try to tenderly place them as you envision. Unfortunately, your aim has gone a little funny what with all the alcohol! You hit his ears instead. Good enough. You grip his ears tenderly. Why is he looking at you like that?

He's probably just overcome with love. Oh gosh, you are overcome with love too. It creates a sort of warm glowy feeling in your heart, which rays outward from there and fills every cubic inch of you. Gosh you are so happy and giddy right now. You laugh in what is probably a suave way except for that it sounds a little unsteady, sway forward, and plant a smoldering kiss to his chin.

You are the seductive panache-and-swagger-y gent. It's you.

Dirk has been taking all of this in stride (haha! It's funny because his name is STRIDER, golly, you've really got to tell him that one once your lips are disconnected from his chin), but he gently pries you off of him and looks into your eyes. A twinge of worry rises somewhere in the pit of your stomach.

Unfortunately, another feeling rises in your stomach too...

> Dirk: Uh oh.