Auction: Ioun Stone

[Leaving Hope]

* Pymtum Nimblebeans, of M. M. Hibbert & Sons, waddles his way across the marble floor of the auction house and clears his throat. Given his small size, and tendency to speak quickly, the uttering sounds much more feminine than masculine, but the Halfling takes the podium with the confidence of one who makes far more money than he should. Those in attendance settle and become silent, struggling to listen as the Halfling speaks so quickly the words sound like they're together. *

Welcomewelcome, welcome to the auction. We havehere a magnificentitem for auctiontoday. Brought tous by the HandofMundus, not to be outdone bythe other HandofMundus' item for auction laterthisweek, we bring to you this brilliantmagicalspectacular iounstone. The bidding will begin at 13 thousandcoins.

Do we have a bidder? Bidderbidderbidder.



(( Ioun stone color is the winner's choice, payment due all at once on delivery ))

[MKartMaster]

**Elith speaks without standing, being careful not to make any motion that might be construed as a bid**

"What, if I may ask, will be the method of payment? Stags, of course, are the currency, but when will payment be due by? Will it have to be payed in one lump sum?"

[Subal]

*sits in the back and raises his hand*...What color be the Ion stone....*blows a plume of smoke from his lips*....

[Gairun]

// *Whacks Subal* Read the damn post again you fruit.

[Subal]

DOH....*crushes his head with his own axe*

[Subal]

*Dagorn Brimsage raises his 5 fingers into the air indicating 15, *watching the other bidders he smiles and continues to smoke his pipe*

[Leaving Hope]

* Gord starts speaking faster *

Fifteen! Fifteen, we have fifteen thousand, do I hear sixteen thousand? Sixteen thousand?

(( Please emote with your character name when you bid, since many of you have multiple characters. Also, please cut all OOC chatter; ask IC, if you must. ))

[wangxiuming]

Alyrian takes off his hood in an attempt to understand the auctioneer.

[Chiangtao]

*wonders if he meant sixteen thousand, not sixteen hundred*

[Subal]

Dagorn brimsage *waits for the small gnome to realize how much he started the bid off, and that he bid 15,000*

[MKartMaster]

**Elith hefts his coinpurse in his hand**

"Curses...several thousand too light. A shame, I'm sure it would have been well worth the price, too..."

[Subal]

*Dagorn Brimsage takes the pipe out of his mouth and licks his lips thinking of the ion stone*

[joker]

Calowyn Tir'ent asks if the bidding has actually started or does the auction take place later this week?

[Leaving Hope]

* Ushers indicate that bidding has already started on this item, and it is a second ioun stone; it is not the same stone that will be auctioned later in the week. Given that one stone was donated by one Hand, the other Hand did not want to be one upped and submitted their own. Ushers further indicate that this stone is being made available in this venue because not all citizens will be available to attend the city meeting *

* Gord continues the auction *

Sixteen thousand. Do we have sixteenthousand?

[nickbeat]

"Sixteen Here!" shouts Dordleton Grumplestout.