Date Auction Mingle

[child_of_luv]

Who: Everyone who wants in!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: MINGLE TIME, Iskaulit Lecture Hall
When: The day before drift starts

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[With help from other Fleeters, Minako had coordinated the lecture hall being decorated into an auditorium for their auction. It was done up somewhat cheesy, like a 90's high school prom, with hearts and cute things... streamers, balloons... anything she could find on the planet below to make it work.

She also managed to order a buffet of hors d'oeuvres and finger foods (nothing super fancy) for people to snack on, and there were drinks. There wasn't specifically punch, but there wasn't anything alcoholic being supplied, so that would have to be brought in by others. She's a minor!

Before the auction itself starts, but once everyone's there, Minako steps up on the stage to address everyone.]

I want to thank everyone for participating tonight. It's a great showing of people and I know we'll be able to use the supplies we'll be getting during the next drift. I hope everyone has a good time tonight, and I definitely hope you all have wonderful dates.

Now... let the auction begin!

[She'd step to the side, and then introduce each person as they came out for their bidding.

Afterwards, she thanked everyone again, wished them all luck on their dates, and told them to enjoy the rest of the night!]

{OOC: Each of the characters being sold has a top level for the bidding portion. The winners that were rolled are in the subjects. Feel free to make your own top levels like a typical mingle if you want to do more than just the bidding. Also, you can go hog-wild bidding in each of the individual top levels, but the winners have already been picked for some of them. Those who didn't get an RNG pairing (sorry, we had less buyers than people sold) are open to having fun with bidding and you can determine who wins. Just because you're not the winner of a person doesn't mean you can't play out a bidding war if you want to! Have fun!}

Comments

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

[Tim clutches at this chest in mock dismay] Such violence! and on our first date. I don't know if you'll be getting another mister!

[canofmanji]

That's fine with me. You couldn't handle a second round with me anyway. [Yeah, he knows how that sounds and he doesn't care.]

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

[Tim just laughs]

Considering your breath I'm surprised I'm surviving the first round, to be honest.

Come on, let's eat here. [Tim will lead Manji into a burger place and grab them some menus]

[canofmanji]

[Manji throws his head back and laughs.] Ask me nicely and maybe I'll lift my arms up later to give you a whiff of that too.

[He knows he can stink and he does not care.

He takes the menu and looks it over for a bit.] Bacon? They put bacon on these meat patty things? [Manji has been learning he really likes hamburgers.] Meat on meat? That seems excessive in the right kind of way.

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

[Tim actually makes a disgusted face at that suggestion and steps away from Manji just in case he does lift his arms] oh ew.

They do meat on meat for a lot of things and bacon is a usual staple for burgers, that and cheese. You should try and a surf and turf sometime. It's a steak with shrimp on it.

And trust me you haven't seen excessive until you've seen a burger that's bigger than your head.

[canofmanji]

Bacon is an expensive luxury item for me back home. [He snickers.] Showing me all the fancy places ain't-cha?

And why the fuck would someone want a burger that's bigger than their head!? [His picturing in both width and height.]

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

It's readily available where I'm from and honestly not actually that good for you but everyone loves it.

[He shrugs] They're usually done as a sort of challenge. Like if you can eat this whole thing in less than 30 minutes you don't have to pay for it. They also do that for things that are super spicy as well.

[canofmanji]

Sounds like a huge waste to me. Just eat what you can handle and put the rest away. Although the not paying for it sounds pretty good too. [He smirks.] Or I suppose you could get someone to buy you for a free meal.

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

[Tim rolls his eyes]

Only because no one else wanted to buy you and then you kicked up a fuss about a fun activity. Which is exactly what the challenges are about, fun. Something you seem allergic to.

[canofmanji]

I'm not allergic! [Guess who doesn't know what allergic means.] I just don't have a lot of time for fun. Nothin' wrong with that.

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

[Tim rolls his eyes again] You can't actually be allergic to fun. It's just you seem to actively try and not have fun though or play devil's advocate when others are having fun.

And how do you not have time for fun? All we have on this damn drift is time. I've never been so bored and restless in my life.

[Tim actually seems to try and fill his time up with something. Manji has never caught him outside of their first meeting doing absolutely nothing and yet he's bored.]

[canofmanji]

Too busy living. Finding a way off this crap fleet. [Don't ask him how.] I make myself useful. Cleaning my weapons. Learning more about these ships. And lots of other stuff. [It's mostly those two things.]

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Is that all that is keeping you busy? and how goes that progress on getting off this fleet?

[Tim looks sceptical about how much time cleaning his weapons and wander -ahem- he means learning about these ships could take]

I think you just don't know how to have fun.

[canofmanji]

Bah. [Manji waves a hand in front of his face. Deciding not to bother answering Tim's first lot of questions. As his progress is going no where.] I'm too old for fun anyway.