Last time on No Longer Neglected we only had two entires describing a trio of scenes from The Last City. But they were both great entries. Harmanimus‘ look at three times in a small town called Bear’s Pit was delightfully folksy. Likewise, breitzen‘s three parter detailing getting to the City, building the walls, and the aftermath of Ghaul’s attacks were excellent.

Any other time, one of you would win and one of you would lose.

But not this time.

I loved both your stories equally, and nobody else challenged you, so you both win. And that kicks off a mini contest. A silly tie breaker if you will. The prizes up for grabs this round are a copy of The Art of Destiny and a Bungie logo mug. The first one of you to notice this post a reply gets their choice of prize.

Oh, and there’s also a lesser prize that I’m awarding to ManKitten for his comment on breitzen’s recently submitted story. A code for the Destiny 2 “Darkest Days” emblem is yours if you want it ManKitten!

Now, for Round 3. A while back a certain MacAddictXIV posted a long series of Titan centric Haiku. Later, when he did not win that round (because his entry was severely off topic) he was quoted as saying: “My special talents are rarely valued.”

Well, no longer!

For this round of No Longer Neglected, you must follow in MacAddictXIV’s footsteps and write seven Haiku on the Destiny topic of your choice. This is MacAddictXIV’s speciality, or so he claims, so do your best knowing that you might be going in at a significant disadvantage. ;)

Remember, a Haiku is defined as a short poem consisting of three lines in the arrangement of:

First Five Syllables
Seven Syllables
Then Five Syllables

Prizes this time around are the winner’s choice of a McFarlane Vault of Glass Titan action figure or a Pinny Arcade collectible pin set. There will also be a smaller prize again for best comment on a submitted story.

As usual, for your entry to be eligible, it must be submitted to the DBO Fan Fiction archive. Do that by the end of the month if you want to win.

Triple luck Bullet
Wishing that I had those wings
Fuck you RNG

We’re almost there guys
No one die on Atheon
Shit, someone fell off…

On a random fling
Cayde’s lucky pants lay around
Stained with Exo love

Stop the Taken King?
I’ll go save the world, but first:
Some sparrow racing!

Lord knows I don’t need any more coffee mugs around my house.

If you’ll recall, cheapLEY was the sponsor for Round 2 of No Longer Neglected, so you and him will need to get in contact to arrange the sending of the book.

Harmanimus, get in contact with me (through the email link in my profile) and I’ll send you the pretty awesome Bungie mug! :)

The Oracles Ring
Through Past, Present, And Future
But So Does The Light

Monster Of Luna
Six Went Down, Just One Returned
Shoot The Oversoul!!!!

Long Thought. We Approve.
I Can See You In The Sky
First Navigator

Bring No More Ether
With SIVA I Will Ascend
Then, I Will Free You

Gold And Opulence
You Have Bested All My Games
Now, Grow Fat From Strength

That’s Not Your Piston!
No! Not Arc Or Solar! Void!
Oh Crap! The Cutscene!

Return To Calus?
Fight That Hive Under The Sea?
Or, Warminds of Mars?

He scours the expanse
Looking for a sign that she,
His Queen, may return

Dragons are real cool
Even Zavala thinks so
Relax bearer mine

Machine is risky
But we must know the future
Thank you volunteers

Click of your hammer
I deliver my retort
Your Last Word not mine

Gardeners of bronze
Walk among the red flowers
Before and After

In the Deep Stone Crypt
I was born, but to return
I must fight the world

Our earliest guide
Withdrew as she has before
Is she gone for good?

Yeah, shoot me an email with your address and I’ll get the book sent out next week.

If you’ll recall, cheapLEY was the sponsor for Round 2 of No Longer Neglected, so you and him will need to get in contact to arrange the sending of the book.

Harmanimus, get in contact with me (through the email link in my profile) and I’ll send you the pretty awesome Bungie mug! :)

Keep in mind that that email link sends your messages to your Spam folder (apparently smallbits is suspicious?).

I don't think you ever got my email. :T

For this round of No Longer Neglected, you must follow in MacAddictXIV’s footsteps and write seven Haiku on the Destiny topic of your choice. This is MacAddictXIV’s speciality, or so he claims, so do your best knowing that you might be going in at a significant disadvantage. ;)

Really?

I mean, I understand the significance of the number, but we have to write seven?

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Entertainingly, I don't need any more copies of The Art of Destiny around my house.

Entertainingly, I don't need any more copies of The Art of Destiny around my house.

Heh, neither do I, hence getting rid of one! (:

I do still need to pick up a copy of Volume 2, though.

Thank you for the code!
I will show it off with pride,
Unless I hate it.

Super is building
Y'all better watch your asses
Pop it! Nope, I'm dead

The grind is real, friends
working for that special set
F*** you too, Rahool

Shaders shaders ugh
Shaders shaders shaders ugh
Sha- ENOUGH ALREADY

Come on blueberry
Learn to trigger heroic
Thanks for the one coin

Waiting in orbit
Is he going to join us?
No? Dang it. Now what?

Remember that dude?
I think his name was like, Ghoul?
What happened to him?

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Volume 2 is so good. The retrospective on the latter parts of D1. Unf. Juicy.

I am probably due up for another batch of art books though.

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I'll get it sent out Tuesday or Wednesday.

Remember, a Haiku is defined as a short poem consisting of three lines in the arrangement of:

First Five Syllables
Seven Syllables
Then Five Syllables

I have no time here
To explain the moon wizard
It is too cheesy.

Inverted Haiku!

Not even enough room to
Vault space premium
Guess I will play Pokémon

Great theme choice for your MA-style Haiku Raga! :)

The stanza about the Raid Lair caused me to laugh out loud,
you were spot on with that one! :)

That’s Not Your Piston!
No! Not Arc Or Solar! Void!
Oh Crap! The Cutscene!

A light long faded
A search at last comes to end
Eyes up Guardian

The city now dark
Awaits its heroes of light
Traveler’s delight

Questioning her worth
A Hero’s heart weighs heavy
Souls she could not save

Sleepless nights fly by
A Hero’s heart is lonely
Her burden to bear

Stand up, fight, believe
Hope shines brightest in the dark
Hear my call-to-arms

Strike as one with might
A family forged of light
Three warriors fight

Children stare in awe
As Guardians line the wall
The city lives again

...a Hero sleeps tonight.

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If it isn't already being considered, I nominate MacAddict's original Titan x7Haiku to be in the running for this round / contest

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Children stare in awe
As Guardians line the wall
The city lives again

(Uh, that's one too many syllables there, bub.)

Children stare in awe
As Guardians line the wall
The city lives again

(Uh, that's one too many syllables there, bub.)

Aaargh! How did I miss that!?

I had typed a draft and put an "*" next to lines that I needed to revise / reword,
looks like I forgot to fix that one.

If you had commented a couple weeks ago, I could have had time to fix it!
Completely my fault though. oh well.

I joined in for the fun of it and community spirit, not to win a prize.
I had figured I disqualified myself anyway by adding the "A hero sleeps tonight" closing line.
But I didn't care because it just felt right to add it.

The OCD part of me though, is upset that I got an extra syllable in that other line