Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Story Post: Auction 2 (7 comments) Five items today: 1. An Athenian natural realist scene depicting Apollo at Cret

Five items today:

1. An Athenian natural realist scene depicting Apollo at Crete
Type: Physical/Art
Impacts: Valuable (-X Debt)
Characteristics: Renaissance, 1,987 years old

2. Feast of Ortolan
Type: Favour of the King
Impacts: Distracting (-1 Power), Extravagant (+3 Prestige)

3. A life-sized nude erotic sculpture of St John the Baptist
Type: Physical/Romantic Gift
Impacts: Valuable (-X Debt), Distracting (-1 Power), Unfashionable (-1 Prestige)
Characteristics: Obscene

4. Inclusion on the War Council
Type: Military
Impacts: Instructive (+3 Power)

5. A suite seven feet closer to the bedchambers of the King
Type: Favour of the King
Impacts: Valuable (-X Debt), Instructive (+1 Power), Extravagant (+3 Prestige)

“Characteristics: Renaissance, 1,987 years old” fml

posted by Josh at 18 Mar 2020 10:16:00 UTC Comments (7)

Comments

pokes:

19-03-2020 14:15:52 UTC

I idle, quorum falls to 7.

Josh: Observer he/they

20-03-2020 14:42:48 UTC

This Auction is now closed.

The Athenian natural realist scene depicting Apollo at Crete was won by naught.
The Feast of Ortolan was won by naught.
The life-sized nude erotic sculpture of St John the Baptist was won by Jumble.
Inclusion on the War Council was won by naught.
The suite seven feet closer to the bedchambers of the King was won by naught.

No-one bid any Power on bids in this Auction.

Tantusar: he/they

20-03-2020 15:15:15 UTC

To the Lord Privy:

I petition you for the bids once more. I expect a prompt reply.

Regards.

Kevan: he/him

20-03-2020 15:39:47 UTC

I, too, Petition the Lord Privy.

Josh: Observer he/they

20-03-2020 15:44:14 UTC

A gentle reminder to petitioners that Petitioning the Lord Privy requires some application of Power in order to be a complete action.

TyGuy6:

20-03-2020 21:11:24 UTC

I bid 5555 on the top item. Yes, I will say it!

We need some limiters, don’t you think?

Darknight: he/him

21-03-2020 18:42:53 UTC

Its hard to win when bids are super high imo even with the debt rule