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

400 gil

[fotlenke]

[ She just raises her sign. ]

Where do I put my donations?

500!

[elementofloyalty]

[Uh-oh! Plan going awry! ...who the hay would bid on Ed, seriously?]

600 gil

[fotlenke]

[ Sigyn turns to Rainbow Dash, confused. ]

Do you know where we put the donations?

700!

[elementofloyalty]

SEVEN HUNDRED!

It's not donations! You're bidding on a date! Do you even know what a date IS?!

800!

[fotlenke]

Eight...hundred?

[ She's wondering why Dash looks so determined. ]

Of course I know what a date is! It's a delectable fruit!

850!

[elementofloyalty]

Eight-fifty, and no, this is the kind of date where you go out, and hold hands, and have a good time together, and oh yeah, don't get into giant plant-based fights with Ed.

You really, really, really want to do that with him?

[fotlenke]

[ she arches her brows. ]

No. Not at all. The donations go to charity, that is what I am focusing on. [ she thinks. ] If I give you my donations and signs, will you be sure to give them to the charity when you win... [ she gestures to Ed. ] ...the boy?

[elementofloyalty]

[Blink. Blink.]

Uh, sure, but since I outbid you, why don't you bid on someone else instead? I mean, one of these guys has to do something for ya.

[fotlenke]

Do...something for me? [ Sigyn gives the pony an odd look. ] No one owes me any boons. Why would they have to do something for me?

[ She pulls out her current bid gill and holds them out to Dash. ] Please, Ms. Dash?

[elementofloyalty]

I mean... you think they're cute or you wanna get to know them or something.

[Obviously no one would ever feel this way about Ed.]

Really, none of 'em?

[She'll take them reluctantly, but...]

[fotlenke]

Edward is cute, but I have no inclinations of the sort towards him.

[ She beams when Dash takes the gil. ]

There you are! That'll surely win you your lover's hand!

[elementofloyalty]

WHOA. Full stop! Back up! I'm just pranking him!

[fotlenke]

Pranking?

[ She narrows her eyes and puts her hands on her hips. ]

Playing with affections for a prank? That's incredibly cruel!

[rewritethis]

[Dot. Dot. Dot.

Screw the orphans, he's storming offstage. Or attempting to, at least.]

[elementofloyalty]

[And here's Rainbow, attempting to drag him back]

Don't worry! I saved you! She only wanted fruit anyway.

[rewritethis]

[Dammit, Rainbow, he'd almost made it all the way back inside...]

Saved?! Give me a break! This whole thing's a sham!

[elementofloyalty]

A sham? No way! It's all legit and on the up-and-up! Those orphans are gonna be so happy for what you've done!

[rewritethis]

Yeah, what am I thinking? It's completely legitimate! Right down to the part where I didn't even sign up, Dash! [Still ineffectually trying to pull free, by the way.]

[elementofloyalty]

Well of COURSE you're gonna be upset if you sweat the small details! But honestly, what's so bad about being brought out as an eligible bachelor for a school to admire? You don't even have to do anything and you're a good guy for helping the orphans!

[rewritethis]

[There's a fist waving alarmingly close to your nose, Rainbow.] Do I look eligible?!

[...However she decides to answer, it probably isn't going to end well.]

[elementofloyalty]

Sure, but you don't act eligible, which is why I bid on you. That way you're off that hook!

[She grins, patting his shoulder.]

You didn't really think I'd make you go out with some girl, did you?

[rewritethis]

[That is pretty accurate, and therefore not a valid answer. He huffs.] Wouldn't surprise me... What did I ever do to you, anyway? [You know, aside from mocking her constantly and generally being a jerk.]

[elementofloyalty]

[She just giggles into a hoof.]

Look at it this way. Your total freak-out is brief. The evil joy you get out of planning revenge will last much longer.

[rewritethis]

Okay, you might be an exception, but a lot of people actually have stuff to do with their time, you know. [Ha, see? Moral high ground! Even if the term is only figurative!]

[elementofloyalty]

Oh yeah, what were you gonna do with your free time if you hadn't been here? 'Cuz I bet you'd have been out in that crowd, watching the show!