The Valentine's Date Auction [OPEN]

[diamonds_forever]

WHO: Eveyone who signed up + the school in general
WHAT: this thing
WHERE: Right here, in the Institute
WHEN: Saturday evening, the 14th
WARNING(S): Given the nature of the event, I almost expect it, but remember the rules regarding that kind of thing. Take it off the log if it goes there.

⊗Never let it be said that Emma didn't know her stuff. Not content with the paltry and tired and cliche decorations Kurt and subjected the students to at previous events, she had completely taken over, using a combination of her wealth and mutant powers to create a sort of bohemian love palace for the students. Dance floor, tables, the finest foods. This was not a party the likes of which they had seen before... unless they were part of the older crowd, and had witnessed Emma at work before.

Was she good or was she good? On the stage, Emma stood proudly, taking each of the auctionable singles to the stage, one by one, and selling off just a fraction of their free time to the highest bidder. And the fact that it was all for charity left the whole situation comfortably guilt and obligation free.

Of course, as the host, she was more focused on the party and its guests as a whole than any particular individuals... Attempts at sneaking off probably would go unremarked upon. Probably.

[[ OOC: Each auction will receive its own top level, as well as a top level for general mingling. PLEASE CONSULT THE PLOTTING POST BEFORE BIDDING ]]

Comments

[niepokonany]

[Feliks is half-decent at dancing, himself -- blame a weird combination of the folk dance classes his parents made him take when he was a kid, all the music videos he's spent his life dancing along to in his room since childhood, and his completely unadulterated enthusiasm for anything he enjoys.]

[And as unbelievably picky he is about dating and stuff, he'll dance with just about anybody who'll let him. He gives Raiko a grin and a wave as he dances up to her, bouncing along cheerfully with a quick-paced pop song.]

[primordialbeat]

[She is also not very picky about who she dances with! So, stepping back a pace or two to help make room as she matches the grin her gives her and waves back, she lets him fall into place.

It seems really, really easy to get into the beat when anywhere near her. Regardless of whether one is paying attention to it or not.

Yeah she might be using her mutant power a little in her general area. It helps people, though, right?

But this guy doesn't seem to need it. He seems to be doing nicely, in any case. So she pulls the sleeves of her suit jacket up a bit, and motions to herself.] Raiko, and you are? [Wait, she thinks she's seen him around the network before...]

[niepokonany]

[Feliks does feel like something's a little unusual, but can't put his finger on it, and isn't bothered by it in any case. He smiles at her.]

Feliks!

[If not on the network, he's a pretty familiar face for a lot of people -- he's done some rather high profile grassroots campaigning over the years, a lot of it online, as well as his work with the X-men since he came here six years ago.]

Nice to meet you!

[primordialbeat]

[Ah, yes, that would be it. But now she gets a definitive name to put to the face and text she occasionally sees around.] Nice to meet you, too!

[And then she falls right back into the beat, grinning in a friendly way.] Enjoying the auctions?

[Probably not as much as she is. H-haha.]

[niepokonany]

Oh, for sure. I haven't won any yet, though -- it's like, at this rate, I'm gonna have to just donate money directly!

[Also he's only bidding to push up the rates and to troll his friends. But whatever!]

[primordialbeat]

Well, I think you can tell what I decided to do. I feel a little bad for Emma, but no one should go without at least the potential for a friend. [And she is also driving up bids to be a troll.

Except she's been uh. Just doing the girls, it seems.

Whups!]

[niepokonany]

Oh? Here I was thinking you were just a little girl-crazy!

I've mostly just been bidding on my friends for fun, honestly.

[primordialbeat]

Ah, well, I have my preferences, but I do like making new friends!

None of my friends are in the auction though I don't think, or I would've done the same.

[niepokonany]

Well, I've been around here for a while. I guess I kind of ended up knowing a lot of people!

[primordialbeat]

Well, that's good. I hope I can say the same about myself eventually. Most people around here seem rather nice. That been your experience, too?

[niepokonany]

Oh, for sure. Like, I've made most of the best friends I ever met here!

[He still doesn't think of himself as popular, because he spent so long as a complete outcast, but... He does have a lot of close friends. It occasionally shocks him to think about.]

[primordialbeat]

Good! I hope to make some great friends, too. Isn't it the friends you make in high school and college will be the ones that will help carry you for the rest of your life? I think that's the saying. [She laughs.]

[niepokonany]

I'd believe that! At least for me. Anyway, there's just a lot of cool people around here, you know?