Bonus Round 1: Time & Place

Who, when, and where? Send your favorite sports animanga characters to any time and place you want—but the filler decides what they do there.

This bonus round will close on June 29th, 2018 at 11:59PM PT. (Countdown Timer)

This Round is CLOSED, but is perpetually open to new Fills.

Rules

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a time and place, along with any character/ship/group/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms. Your prompt can include characters from any animanga title regardless of your team affiliation.

Please format your prompt like so:
TIME: [Time]
PLACE: [Place]
The place can be any real or fictional location.
The time can be as specific or vague as you want.
Your prompt MUST include one or more specific nominated fandoms. Please do not prompt “Fandom: Any”.
If your prompt includes a relationship, make sure to use the proper notation. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). Feel free to add additional clarifications as needed.

Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

TIME: Victorian Era

PLACE: The catacombs of London

TIME: Monday morning

PLACE: The coffee shop down the street

TIME: The last pitch

PLACE: Koshien

TIME: June 16th, 2018 at 4:20 PM

PLACE: 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney

Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your time and place-inspired fanwork.

Please make sure to adhere to the specific prompt/fill formats!!! Otherwise, the BR scorer may miss your fill. If you make a mistake, please edit your post, or delete and repost if editing has been disabled.

If Prompting

Please use the following subject line for prompt:

Prompt: [Your Team]

Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nickname or Official Name are both acceptable

Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.

(Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!)

Ship/Character: (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic.)
Fandom: (what fandom the character or ship is from)
Major Tags: (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html, when applicable; these apply to content *only in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If No tags are required, enter ‘None’.)
Additional Tags: (Anything you feel requires tagging or mention. Not required, but it is highly encouraged to check the additional tags on the tags page as they are things your fellow participants have asked to be tagged for! May also be humorous, tumblr-style tags.)
Do Not Wants: (N/A or what you absolutely do not want to see in a fill - whether its a trigger, squick, or something you’re simply not interested in seeing. )

Prompt: 
TIME: (Time)
PLACE: (Place)

(Specific requests/details are permitted as an additional line in this field)

NSFW Prompts

EXPLICITLY NSFW PROMPTS must be posted to the After-Hours comm. To join, click here.

After joining, you will be able to access the AfterHours BR1 post.

“Explicitly NSFW” means that the prompt includes outright sexual content (whether in a photograph, drawing, or in words), and prompts that in the additional requests are asking for explicit fills. Prompts are posted with the same HTML format, in the same manner as a SFW prompt, just under the designated post for that Bonus Round in the After-Hours comm. See ‘Filling’ for the procedures for NSFW Fills.

If Filling

Minimums

Required Work Minimums:

400 words (prose)
400px by 400px (art)
14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format

FILL: [Your Team], [Rating]

Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nickname or Official Name are both acceptable
Replace [Rating] with the rating of your fill (G-E).
Find a guide to tagging HERE.
Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.

(Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!)

Ship/Character: (The relationship or character your prompt is focused on."&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic.)
Fandom: (what fandom the character or ship is from)
Major Tags: (https://sportsfest.dreamwidth.org/3623.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) 
Other Tags: (anything else that you feel requires tagging; Not required, but it is highly encouraged to check the additional tags on the tags page as they are things your fellow participants have asked to be tagged for! May also be humorous tumblr style tags.)
Word Count: (if applicable; otherwise write "None")
Remix Permission: (This line is optional. Please list specifications or caveats, if any.)

(Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!)

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(Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks.)

NSFW Fills

All NSFW fills MUST be posted in the corresponding Bonus Round post in the After Hours community. To join, click here.

After joining, you will be able to access the AfterHours BR1 post.

If filling a prompt that has been posted on the after-hours comm, simply reply to that prompt. If filling a SFW prompt, let the prompter know by replying to the original prompt on the main comm with a link to your fill on the corresponding after-hours Bonus Round Post. Please DO NOT use the Fill subject line or Fill header when cross-linking. This will cause the BR scorer to count your fill twice.

Scoring

The scoring for bonus rounds depends on the number of people (n) on your team. You’re welcome to make as many prompts and fills as you like!

For prompts: 5 points per prompt, limited to 5 times the number of team members (5n)

For fills, where (n) = number of members on you team:

First 5n fills: 20 points each
Fills 5n to 10n: 10 points each
Fills 10n to 15n: 5 points each
All fills after 15n: 2 points each

Confused? Don’t worry; math is hard. Check out the Bonus Round Point Widget to help you figure out the point scale for your team.

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Additional Information

If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only (see the line of links below this post). We’ll also have a prompt/fill database up and running soon that will help you filter through BR posts.

A Tip: We all want SportsFest to be a fun and safe environment. If you notice someone has made a mistake in their required tagging, or any other html or rules related aspect of their comment, do let them know, message them privately rather than replying - if you reply, they can’t edit the comment! If you aren’t comfortable letting the commenter know directly, contact a mod and we will make sure they update the required tags.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact a mod.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Major Tags: none
Other Tags: light angst, pre-war
Word Count: 443
Remix Permission:

i tried to go for some edo-period vibes; hope you like it ♡

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From the lake's horizon, light peeks out slowly, colours of orange, pink and blue mixing and mystifying as the sun begins to rise. Clear crystal-blue waters reflect the sky's painting, and soon Shintarou's skin is steeped in a morning's warm yellow.

Against the ascending backdrop, he sees the Mangestu-ji temple, its form sturdy and unwavering. Inside sits a precious piece, art drawn by men who have walked this land long before him. Resting within the temple lays drawn by hand, "The wild geese returning home at Katata". Shintarou wonders if after today he will have a home to return to.

Beside him, a man sees his hesitation. With a light touch to his shoulder, Seijurou says, "Go, Shintarou. You can't stay here much longer."

"Calling a prince by his first name leads to immediate execution."

"If I am unable to be with you, then I'm already a dead man walking."

Hearing Seijurou's words makes him smile, even though his insides fill with anguish. Watching as the sun ignites the form of fire in the sky, illuminating sun rays chasing the darkness away, he wonders if there's anything he could still do before his nation is left to ruins.

Seijurou speaks again.

"Leave your country by noon. My people will come, samurai called upon by my Father, my King, into your land."

"And if I want to stay? Here, alongside you?"

"I'm sure you already know the answer."

Time ticks by.

"Shintarou," Seijurou starts, sparking Shintarou's skin in anticipation, but the words he seeks never comes. There's nothing to say, yet too much all at once, between the two men who met as boys, princes from two nations, former allies who are now at opposition. Remorse, palpable in the air, hangs itself around them like metal-chains, heavy.

Words won't end wars, and the oncoming bloodshed cannot be swept under any royal carpet. For two princes who have just turned of age, they wished they were born earlier, to be older, ready to take their thrones from the fathers; putting an end to the inevitable.

Moments trickle by, like drops of water from an imperceptibly unclosed tap. Each moment stretches on, every drop rippling tranquil waters.

They can't rewrite the ending. Soon, the vessel will overflow.

Remember me, Shintarou wants to say. His tongue feels heavy, throat stuffed with the cotton his people labour to plant, harvest and make. Remember me for who I was, and not for the decisions my father chose to make.

Their borrowed time will come to an end, but for now, they rest against each other, sitting by Lake Biwa, time slipping through their palms, looking towards an unknown tomorrow.

im extra dying today bc i did not expect this prompt to be filled with not one but BOTH ships OH MAN

akamido as a ship lends itself so well to angst and like what you wrote, borrowed time - there's something quiet but so tumultuous about their relationship here amidst the backdrop of a war. the way both of them know they can't keep this up forever but still try to live in the moment now...;n; wah thank you for filling!!

this was such a joy to write, thank you for prompting this! it's my first time ever writing anything from knb, and to know that someone has read it fills me with a sense of joy and shy happiness (❁´◡`❁)

hope you enjoyed it~!

Bonus Round 1: Time and Place