date auction! forward dated to Wednesday lunch

[wrnpcs]

[The quad's all set up for the date auction! A handsome-looking blonde guy - one of the native cadets on the GFC - is center stage with the list and a mic, auctionees (and Headmaster Cid, sipping on a drink supervising) ready behind him. (Alas, Pinkie is out campaigning or something, and Mikuru is doing some last minute work elsewhere and doesn't like the stage anyway.)

[He flashes a smile.] Gooooood afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and everyone else! I'm Russell Drake from the Garden Festival Committee, and I'd like to welcome you all to the GFC's second charity date auction! Once again all proceeds will be going towards the Centra orphanage, so please be generous with your bids! Bids start at 1 gil and we do not take rain checks or IOUs!

We have a fantastic bunch of volunteers for your dating pleasure today, so without further ado, let's get started!

Each person has their own thread. Please put your bids in the subject lines so people can see them! Threads collapse after fifty comments, so using the subject lines will make the bids easier to see.

Bids close and winners will be posted on Friday before the carnival post goes up. IC-ly, the winners will be announced Wednesday afternoon.

If you missed signups, PM wrmods and we'll squeeze them in as an IC "saw the auction on the day, hopped onstage and harassed the GFC to auction them off" auction. Just characters who would willingly sign up at this point, please!

Comments

50 gil!

[fierybluebird]

[Instantly drags Espio over.]

50 Gil.

200 gil

[espio]

[WAIT WTF, Espio wasn't even looking in on this thing, charity or not, it's silly and - the - what?

Sorry, momentary gawping.

What. The. Hell.

His voice is utterly flat, face blank, as he tries to process this - ]

Two hundred.

250 gil

[fierybluebird]

[Well, it's definitely a good start, but come on, is that all Toby means to you?]

Two Fifty.

[A challenging look. Don't challenge him, just swamp him before he can get too into it.]

500 =|

[espio]

[Don't look at him like that, he spent far too much money this month on clothes. ...which actually wasn't all that much, but Espio's a cheapskate.

Irate glance. Why is Marco bidding, anyway?]

Five hundred.

[fierybluebird]

Good brother.

I'm out, eh?

[espio]

Yeah, yeah.

Can I borrow 250 gil?

[fierybluebird]

Nope. You're an instructor and make more than me, you'll figure out a way to pay for it.

[espio]

All of it? Really?

[It's basically kind of like a whole $5!]

[fierybluebird]

[IKR? SO CRUEL.]

Yup.

[corruptedsouls]

[Meanwhile Tobias is just giggling a little onstage. His Dad and boyfriend are so silly.]