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For all of you who have wanted to design your own Scoop, here is your chance! To celebrate Golden Week, we're taking you to take state of mind that calls itself a country - Japan - with a list of wild and wacky flavors that may tickle your taste buds or just make you scratch your head.</center>
<center>The Rules</center>

1. Only Two Entries will be chosen to become Custom Scoops - One male and one female. Each person is allowed only one entry. Customs will cost 10K (installment pay is fine and I may accept "Custom for Custom" with another store owner at my discretion)

The top Six Entries after that, regardless of gender, will become Rarity Scoops. This means Adult form-only with limited RP. Rare cost will be 3K each.

2. You may only use flavors from The Wacky World of Japanese Ice Cream and The Wackier World of Japanese Ice Cream. There is a list below of which flavors are acceptable for the contest

3. The format for entry is as such -
A. Name (You can chose either the Japanese or English name. Personally, I prefer the Japanese ones)
B. You must state the gender.
C. You have to write out the "note" or general personality description of the Scoop
D. A description of the Adult form.
E. A short piece of RP.
F. Optional, but a description of the Child and/or Baby form will get you extra points.

Our RP prompt for this contest - How does your Scoop deal with being so different in terms of flavor compared to the others.

Since I have little to no idea what these flavors really look like, you'll have to post what you envision. But remember to include things like small chunks of the ingredients.

Here is an example Entry -

A. Tomato

B. Gender - Female

C. Kya! Tomato is always running late, forgetting things, and is just plain disorganized. No matter what, she seems to be in a constant hurry and doesn't really take time to see everything that's going on around her. However, she's full of good intentions and big ideas, even if they aren't executed properly.

D. Tomato is bright red with dark green hair pulled into large fluffy pigtails with cute little barrettes to keep them in place. She has large round glasses in front of eyes the same shade as her hair. Since she is very cute, she wears a traditional sailor fuku in white and blue with a red tie. For her legs, she just wears leg warmers styled like loose socks. She carries a small Japanese-style book bag that has a chibi tomato keychain mascot hanging from it.

E. "I-YA!" Tomato shouted as she rushed downstairs, her bag waving behind her. She was going to miss the bus, and then she wouldn't make it to the mall, and then all the girls would wonder what happened, and then they would think she was unreliable, and then they would dump her, and then she'd never have friends, and then she would grow up all alone with only 32 cats to keep her company, and then she would die and the cats would eat her! And she was so wrapped up her thoughts that she didn't even see Apricot until she slammed right into him.

"OHMAHGOSH! Gomen nasaaaaaaai, Apri-chan! I didn't see you!" She bowed several times as she sat on the floor.

"...nobody ever does." He clung to his large ledger for support and pushed his glasses up further.

Outside, the hiss of a bus pulling away could be heard. If possible, the red girl seemed to turn white. "Oh no! I missed the bus and now the cats are gonna eat me when I'm dead!" Instantly she fell into sobs while clutching her bag.

"Umm..." Oh dear, he was never good in situations like this. Carefully, he placed a shaky hand on her shoulder. "Maybe it's not so bad..."

"Baaaaauuuut, I try so hard to fit and I don't think that I do and it's all 'cause I'm veggie-based and aren't as sweet as everyone else and I just want FRIIIEEENNNDDDSSS!" Her sobbing interrupted that sentence about ten times.

"I-I think that you don't have to try." He mumbled softly, unable to look at her.

She made a small surprised sound and pouted with curiosity.

"Y-y-you're a good girl, Tomato. Remember when I l-lost my ledger and you found it even though we had to look f-for an hour?"

"Yah?"

"So...don't worry about... the cats and all that, okay?"

"Okay." She smiled softly.
- Special thanks to Garden_of_Eden for letting me borrow her Scoop! -

F. In her child form, Tomato wears a Japanese Kindergardener outfit with a little yellow hat As a Baby, her eyes are wide with an "Uwaaaah!" face of joy and surprise.


4. You may not use the same general characteristics or flavors as any of the current Scoops. Sorry, but there can only be one Cookie Dough, Birthday Cake... etc. Special Note - Also, we will not accept an entry that closely resemebles a character at Sushi-A-GoGo. Those are WW and CC's designs. As such, all the current GGo's are on the Hard Sell list.

5. A Special Rule regarding character types for this contest - A. No ninja! (I have one planned already) B. No Tea Ceremony Girls (That's Peach) C. As far as Visual Kei goes, I will be touchy about direct references to (in order of touchiness) Mana, Vanilla-Era Gackt (before or after that is okay), some incarnations of Kami (Malice Mizer), and Hide (X-Japan). Anyone other than those four is fine.

6. Animal hybrids are okay. However, this will be restricted to only ears and tail for mammals, "angel" wings for birds, antennae and wings for insects, claws and tail (and shell where applicable) for reptiles, and patterns for fish. No wolves, coyotes, tabby cats, or rabbits will be accepted as we already have those.

7. Scoops that bare the likeness of real people or fictional characters are also okay. However, it must be kept to the physical appearance with only minimal affect on the personality. If you wish to use such a reference, please be prepared to provide a picture.

8. Every entry will be "Flagged" by me. An explanation of the Flagging system is below.
<center>Flagging</center>

Green Flag - You are totally all-set and ready to go! Your formatting is okay and your idea is original.

Yellow Flag - You have accidentally stepped on an idea for an up and coming Scoop. (I have them planned out until October.) You need to change up your characterization somewhat. Or, you have a good idea and you've just formatted incorrectly.

Red Flag - You have taken a current Scoops idea (or a Sushi-A-GoGo one). Make sure to read the descriptions of all of them (links to the journals with the Notes are on the front page of the Main Shop). Or you just have no semblance of format. Please start over.
<center>Flavor List</center>

Easy Decisions
These are the ice creams I am the most accepting of in the contest

Sanma (Fish)
Ika (Squid)
Gyutan (Ox Tongue)
Yaki-Imo (Sweet Potato)
Yaki Nasu (Fried Eggplant)
Tomorokoshi (Corn)
Koshihikari (Koshihikari Rice)
Nagoya Kishimen (Nagoya Noodle)
Nagoya Tebasaki (Chicken Wing)
Hacho Miso
Saboten (Cactus)
Yagi (Goat)
Fukahire Ramen (Shark Fin Noodle)
Kaki (Oyster)
Awabi (Abalone)
Umi no Mizu (Deep Sea Water)
Horenso (Spinach)
Dorakyura (Garlic)
Gozukon (Sesame, Soybean and Dried Kelp)
Retesu Poteto (Lettuce and Potato)
Mugi (Wheat)
Natto (Curdled Bean)
Kinu (Silk)
Kochin Chikin (Chicken Breast)
Chuurippu (Tulip)


Hard Sells
These are the flavors I feel are in the most danger of overlapping, or will be hard to design and thus will only be accepted if the entries are very creative and well-written. (This list also includes the flavors currently taken a Sushi-A-GoGo. As stated above - Do not copy their designs! Those belong to WW and CC and I will not take anything close to those charaterizations)

Kani (Crab) <- This is the Hardest Sell 'cause it's my GoGo. XP
Tako (Octopus)
Wasabi
Sakura Ebi (Shrimp)
Unagi (Eel)
Basashi (Raw Horse Flesh)
Kujira (Whale)
Wakame (Seaweed)
Kuro Biiru (Black Beer/Stout)
Shochu (Potato Liquor)


Forbidden Flavors
These I will absolutely not take as we already have a version of them or will sometime in the near future.

Tomato
Aka Wain (Red Wine)
Sakura (Cherry Blossom)
<center>The Summary</center>

And once more for all of you!

1. One male, one female will be accepted to become Customs and will cost 10K each.
2. The Top Six Entries after that will be made into Rarities.
3. You must state the name and gender, write out the Note, describe the Adult Form, write out a short RP response, and for extra points, describe the Child and Baby forms.
4. The prompt is - How the Scoop deals with feeling different.
5. Follow the flavor list for choosing.
6. Don't overlap with current Scoops (or GoGo's) and obey the other character guidelines.
7. You'll be flagged and then feel free to hang around and wait for the results!

<center>Contest Ends at 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, May 1st!

Good luck to everyone!
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The Entries List
Fukahire Ramen Aisu - Muraki - pg 3 - Green Flag

Kinu - Yume Matsuri - pg 3 - Green Flag

Yaki-Imo - Garden_of_Eden - pg 4 - Green Flag

Basashi - typhoon3D - pg 5 - Green Flag

Kinu - Kiarna - pg 7 - Green Flag

Wasabi - [404] [Error] - pg 8 - Green Flag

Fukahire Ramen - Espia - pg 10 - Green Flag

Nagoya Noodle - Jeffery K. Powl - pg 15/46 - Green Flag

Umi no Mizu - mouselet - pg 19 - Green Flag

Dorakyura - Sentaji - pg 19 - Green Flag

Unagi - Kaze Taco - pg 22 - Green Flag

Chuurippu - Zero Dream - pg 27 - Green Flag

Tomorokoshi - Baisley - pg 29 - Green Flag

Kinu - _Shouko_ - pg 29 - Green Flag

Kani - brendab432 - pg 40 - Yellow Flag

Yaki-Imo - Banana_Split - pg 42 - Green Flag

Retesu Poteto - Le Fromage - pg 46 - Green Flag

Yagi - [Spiked Mountain Dew] - pg 60 - Green Flag

Saboten - Kazzmonkey - pg 64 - Green Flag

Awabi - Shiaree - pg 77 - Green Flag

Sanma - emerald_blue - pg 84 - Green Flag

Saboten - Meneline - pg 85 - Green Flag
<center>And now everyone can post! ^.^

Ganbatte!</center>
They made ocean flavored ice cream?

*le plot*
Oo this shall be fun ^^
Ooh, ideas in my head, must work ninja
Hell yes! *gets ready to plan* It's so hard to pick gonk

Obsessive Bookworm

((*marks thread* This shall be most entertaining!))
*dances with Tomato* This is gonna be so much fun!

OOC Tomato: Dansu! Dansu! *twirls*
-wants so badly to enter- T-T I'll see how much goldsies I can get =)
*Goes to create an entry* Oh I do love a challenge
I am definately entereing this ^^ *goes off to make her entry*

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