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A tall and imposing-looking Highlander can be seen hanging the above flier amidst the three city-states. He wears retainer's attire and holds a polite, stoic, and otherwise unflappable expression. If one were to inquire as to the nature of his advertised event, he would reply as follows:
"Indeed. The Rendezvous Host Club will be running a public auction within our estate, located within the Eighth Ward of The Goblet, in Plot Thirteen. There will be no admission fee, and any are welcome to arrive and bid accordingly. Any winning bidders will receive their item in exchange for the promised bid immediately after the bidding closes for the item in question.
I believe it will be a relatively uncomplicated affair, and the items will be opened at values far below the Marketplace books. One list of items will be auctioned on the last day of this week, and the other will be auctioned on the first day of the next."
He then turns to tack a list of "luxury items" onto the board beneath the flier, displaying the alleged objects that will be auctioned off:
Day 1
Tomato Plushie Automaton
Broomba
Pointy and Smooth Lights
Universal Animal Bath
Luxury Shrubbery
Not a Real Qiqirn
A Live Bear!?
Posh Caster Traveler's Robe
*Manly Necklaces
*Strip of Coeurl Leather
*Slightly Less Coeurl Leather ♀
*Slightly More Coeurl Leather ♀
*Deluxe Bathrobe
Handicrafts Fun Kit for Light Attire
Handicrafts Fun Kit for Fancy Attire
Handicrafts Fun Kit for Dusky Attire
Portable Upscale Pillow
*Kokomo Coat
Day 2
Another Live Bear!?
*Ritzy Healer Traveler's Robe
*Eorzea's Largest Skewer
*Manly Necklaces
*Slightly Less Coeurl Leather ♂
*Slightly More Coeurl Leather ♂
*Imposing Bathrobe
Handicrafts Fun Kit for Light Attire
Handicrafts Fun Kit for Fancy Attire
Handicrafts Fun Kit for Dusky Attire
Sheeples
Doman Yum-Yum-Snack
Fine Utensilry
Sahagin Gazing Ball
*Inestimable Tome
*Bejeweled Sash-Necklace
*Advanced Kitchen Knives
After posting, he bows to you and says, "We would be honored by your presence." With that, he steps away to post the next flier.
----------------OoC Information----------------
We decided to run a different sort of public event this time, holding an item auction at our estate! The exciting thing? All items will start at approximately half their MB value (as of my checking them today, 6.6.15.) In other words, if your bid is relatively uncontested, you could buy something and turn around and sell it for full value at a profit, if you so pleased! Or you could buy it at a lower rate for yourself, or as a gift for an IC special someone. (To provide an example, the Plumes of the Vortex bidding would start at 700k, as opposed to the Marketboard value of 1.4 million, and so on.) Anything marked with a * will be the HQ version of that item.
The main idea is to have fun RPing with this! As you see above, Maia doesn't really have the first idea what these items actually are, so I hope to have some entertaining banter throughout each day as well. We're hoping to renovate some of the rooms in the basement of our Host Club, provide additional uniforms and dyes to our new members, and perhaps add more private rooms accessible for public purposes with the raised funds.
We'll be hosting this in the Goblet, Ward 8, Plot 13. The front door will be open for people to freely gather inside, and the bidding will happen in Room 006 of the estate. Please /yell your bids so they're not lost in the ambient RP emotes! We will be linking all items throughout the auction, and we will be trading the items for payment immediately after the bid for that item is over.
Day 1's items will be sold on Saturday, June 6th, starting at 4:00 PM CST/5:00 EST.
Day 2's items will be sold on Sunday, June 7th, starting at 3:00 PM CST/4:00 EST.
Please let me know if there are any questions! Hope to see some people there for IC auction funtimes!
Edit: I've heard that for some people, some of the names are replaced with auto-links to the item in question. If this is a widespread issue, I'll redo the links so that it only links to a picture of the item, rather than a website that details the item name & description!
