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WHO: YOU!
WHERE: A classy venue somewhere in the city.
WHEN: June 16
WHAT: ReVA date auction and dance! Saving the city through charity!
WARNINGS: None for now, though let me know if I need to change anything.
NOTES: Here is the OOC post if you need it. Feel free to make your own toplevels, but each eligible date will have their own bidding toplevels as well.

[Welcome to the ReVA date auction! The party is in full swing, and depending on what you're here for, you're either behind the scenes and keeping the party running smoothly, or you're involved in the bidding process and ready to start the party.

If you're volunteering, you might've been the decorating and muscle crew, tasked with all the set up of tables, chairs, and pretty things on the walls before the event. Minako and Jasmine, your main ReVA coordinators, will need help during the event as well, with escorts for the eligible dates, spotters, bouncers, caterers, bartenders, even bidders on eligible dates...anything you can do to help, they'll be happy to put you to work!

Or maybe you're one of the guest musicians! These people answer to Elliot, and he'll be the one to organize the line up on the stage.

There will be a short while for everyone to mingle, but eventually the date auction will start. If you're an eligible date, you'll be waiting backstage until your name is called, so hang tight and practice your most charming smile. If you're a bidder, spotters will be handing out cards with auction rules and details on each eligible date. Bid on whoever you want, and make sure to drop by the cashier's table afterwards if you win the bid!

(And remember that the eligible dates have the right to end the date if they feel uncomfortable, so no funny business.)

You can leave for a more private date elsewhere, or you can spend the time at the dance that will be hosted right after the auction. Dress code isn't too important, but any excuse to dress up is a good one, right? This part is open to everyone, by the way, not just auction participants! Unwind with some refreshments (no alcohol for minors though, of course) and move your body to the beat out on the dance floor. Enjoy the rest of the night, and maybe with some luck, everything you do here will help Zee and the rest of the Retrospec team bring the city and all of its residents back.]

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[The mantra 'It's not me, it's charity, It's not me it's charity' is a steady refrain as she keeps silent on the bidding war. Mariko manages to keep her composure at Tatsuo's bid, but when Yoon-sung counters, the blush deepens because there is a line between politeness, being a bro and interest and this entire situation is rapidly blowing past all of her expectations.

She's going to laugh her fool head off, right after she settles on if she's going to kill Tatsuo for this.]

[Look, Tatsuo had just been bidding in order to be a good friend, but then Yoon-sung had to get all flashy with his money. So of course Tatsuo is going to take him for as much as possible.

Tatsuo ignores Derek for the moment. He's getting to the point himself where he's uncomfortable with the amounts of money coming out of his mouth, but he has to keep his cool.]

Two thousand five hundred.

[ There were a number of things that Yoon-sung can do without flinching. Unfortunately, there were a lot more things that Yoon-sung did that gave his father so many headaches at night. Sure this was charity and he had been known to drop money like crazy at auctions, but something in the way Tatsuo was staring at him just made him double the bidding price. ]

Five thousand.

[ The playfulness was exchanged for a slight scowl because playing with him or not, Yoon-sung was still going to take up the challenge and double it. ]

[Mariko makes a sound, like a gasp forced into a cough, trying to keep blushing like a damned schoolgirl at Yoon-sung's antics through sheer willpower. Her eyes dart not to him, but to Tatsuo - an expression that he knows is shorthand for 'Seriously?!'.

She clears her throat, hand raising like she's trying to summon a waiter for the check and specifically avoiding thoughts about what the date's price tag implies - charity or not. Looking to Minako, she grins - trying to channel her mortification into excitement for the sake of the event.]

Well, that sounds like a good number to finish on.

[Tatsuo audibly coughs when Yoon-sung jumps to $5000. Like, dude, he'd have stopped at $3000, but okay.

Any now Mari is giving him a look and all Tatsuo can do is smile and shrug, because, hey he didn't know Yoon-sung was going to make that big a jump.]

[ The bid got stopped at five thousand because she said so, and Tatsuo looked overly pleased. So much so that Yoon-sung felt the very childish urge to stick his tongue out at the guy. Sure it was a set up, but at the same time, it was something Yoon-sung didn't have any regrets over.

It was charity after all. ]

Fine, fine, we can end it there.

[Give Minako a moment to recover from that bidding back and forth that just happened right now.]

Umm...right, Mariko Kawaguchi goes to Yoon-sung Lee for $5000!

Togusa has been absolutely silently watching this entire thing unfold. His stated purpose for being here was to prevent one Dante Rantanen from winning, for the boy's own safety. (He was primed up to absolutely bomb his phone with calls and video messages to distract him.)

But Togusa can only boggle with a look of 'what the hell just happened here?' Yoon-sung? Oh, these two deserve each other. He recalls Yoon-sung's own descriptions of his dating past, but he also knows how Mariko operates. Of all things, to both of them, the other might be precisely what they're looking for.

He tries to catch Mariko's eye, and he gives her an encouraging smile. Good choice.

But Tatsuo, on the other hand... Togusa will have to find him afterwards and ask some very curious questions. Could Mariko have been the person he was interested in all this time?

[When Mariko finally pulls the plug, Tatsuo really is relieved. He wouldn't have been able to bring himself to top Yoon-sung's $5000, but with Mariko ending it... there will always be the question on everyone's minds of whether he would have kept going or not.

It would have been 'not,' but no one has to know that. Except maybe Mariko.

So Tatsuo lifts his glass to Yoon-sung. Enjoy your very expensive date.]

[ Oh Tatsuo, Yoon-sung gave the raised glass a look and then raised his head with a huff. Oh, so it had been a ploy? Well, he wasn't going to act like it was a bad thing. Five thousand would seem like a lot of money for it was, but at the same time, Yoon-sung had suits that costed nearly as much and he drove a fleet of cars worth that. It wasn't too much, even if it did seem like it.

So he just turned his back on the other man and waves at Mariko. ]

[Derek looks at Tatsuo with a look of pity.]

You're taking your loss well. I still can't believe you bid that high though. What were you going to do if Yoon-sung backed out?

[Wow Derek, you really are invested in this ship.]

He wasn't going to. Eventually he was going to realize I don't have that kind of money and bid outside my comfort zone.

[said with complete surety]

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