hs_olympics | 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You are John Egbert, and this is your second week on the job. You work at a coffee shop on the weekends and boy are you sick of the smell of coffee. Sensual your ass.

Pour, rinse, repeat.

Though today it seems like it is going to be a great day! You slide a customer their bagel and tuna salad combo and sit back to wipe your hands on your apron. You decide to take a break, go visit the old John. Haha, not you or your dad of course, but rather, the shitter.

--> John: Bump into a pretty girl

Lousy stupid goddamn slippery floors!

You grab hold of a table to get your balance, but it's too late: her coffee (black with a shot of cherry syrup, of all weird things, you remember) topples spectacularly all over you, raining hot fury upon your head and making you hiss in pain, teeth gritted. She's lucky enough to land in a nearby chair, but her face is flushed with annoyance.

"Why don't you watch where you're going?!" she snaps, with a quick, angry flip of her long dark hair as she gets to her feet. You belatedly realize that the coffee landed all over her too. "Do you even know who I am, nerd?"

"I'm so sorry, I'll make you a new one," you stammer, your own nerves shot. You risk a look into her eyes, even though you kind of completely totally want to be anywhere else but here right now.

Upon meeting your gaze, though, her eyes (dark blue, thickly outlined in the same colour) go wide, and she looks you up and down. Her mouth quirks up at the corner. Her lips, too, are blue. You didn't even know they made blue lipstick. "...You're kind of cute in a dumb awkward way, though, so I gueeeeeeeess I can forgive you. This time."

She leans over and puts out a hand to help you up. Her nails, too, are painted blue. As you rise to accept it, something jostles in the back of your brain.

Don't you know who I am?

You do, now that you think about it. But who exactly is she?

> John: Think.

Edited 2012-07-08 02:21 (UTC)

You can't think. That's the problem.

You stand there, trying to place who she is, looking over those features, but there is no way anything is coming to mind. What's driving you nuts, however, is that she is so, so familiar.

Finally, you're taking time to collect your thoughts, to finally find your voice, and you're shaking your head, unable to take your eyes off of this pretty girl.

"Sorry, no I don't." you finally admit, goofy grin finally finding it's way on your face.

"Maybe you can help me out and inform me."

>Vriska: Inform the Dorky Boy.

Time to lay some knowledge down on this fool.

"I'm Vriska Serket, aka the Spider Bite!!!!!!!!"

The boy clears his throat and give you another goofy grin, "Uh, yeah? What's that?"

You screech, "What's that?! The Spider Bite! It's my alias for my blog!"

"Your... blog?"

"Yes, the best blog on the world wide web you nerd! The primary source for all fashion, music, and other crazy wicked stuff."

He's laughing now. What a pleb. "Sorry, so you're just a pretty girl with a blog?"

"Screw you!!!!!!!! I have over 88 followers, I'm practically famous!!"

Wait.

You clear your throat, "Wait... pretty?"

John: Answer the pretty girl with a blog

BONUS ROUND 2

Bonus Round 2

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.

New JOHN<3VRISKA Game (FILL: TEAM DAVE<3KARKAT)

> John: Bump into a pretty girl. (FILL: TEAM JOHN<3ROSE)

Re: > John: Bump into a pretty girl. (FILL: TEAM Dave<3Sollux)

Vriska: Inform the dorky boy (FILL: Team John<3Jade<3Karkat)