voice: old dog turning new tricks | set after everyone's things have been secreted back to them

[weifinder]

( this, sadly, starts with a moan. a very protracted one, where someone starts to speak when the moan seems done, and then: nope. onward it goes. there's an audible sigh, tapping of something against wood, and when the interference finally ends, Wei Wuxian speaks. )

Aside from a few voices advertising one means of obtaining coin, here's my question for the rest of us on this voice communication: who has anything they're willing to part with or make to sell at auction? For exaggerated stories about their origins, of course. I have somewhere lined up to store things leading up to, and there are people to try and talk with if we want to get anything into an exclusive auction. If we can invent a convincing enough background for something to make it.

( he pauses for long enough it seems like he might just have ended his talking there, before waiting for anyone to speak back. instead, he eventually adds: )

Is there, ah. Hmm. Anyone willing to help with posing for a few paintings? I'm a decent enough artist, but I've never been great at drawing from imagination, which is that or memory, really old memory, not going to cut it for what I'm thinking!

( what he's thinking: sex sells. can a guy get some clothed models for unclothed artwork, thanks? also he's not painting Lan Zhan for this, he would rather walk out into a blizzard filled with undead, thanks. )

( ooc: this is all optional for responses, but here's an ooc thread for anyone wanting to submit something for auction! i'm collecting a possible donation list (things characters can make count as donations!) so i can get it submitted for an idea of what might get bankrolled out of playing the auctions in the end! )

Comments

un: Taste of twilight’s trickled honeydew

[pinkxeno]

Oh-oh-oH!!

I have something! My acid! [ if this was video, Mina would be waving her hands. But alas ] I even have the best story for it!

[weifinder]

( Ah! Mina! He recognises her voice. )

Right, right, your—acid. what story are you thinking?

[pinkxeno]

[ ohoho mina claps her hands ]

The story I made up is that a sailor was travelling through the ocean with his ship and crew, when suddenly a HUUUGE storm hits. He loses all of his crew and nearly drowns, but he is saved by beautiful women who actually have their lower half bodies like a fish! [ GASP. MERMAIDS. She continues her tale ether Wei Wuxian knows what mermaids are or not ]

They bring him back to his ship and they decide to gift him with a special liquid that only mermaids know where it's locate, and so he brings it back to land, where he sells it and becomes rich!! [ there is a pause, as if Mina is expecting some clapping, but she quickly adds ] - oh yeah, the liquid is acid.

[weifinder]

( He blinks on his end of things, then chuckles. )

Not bad, not bad! Some kind of mermaid like creature? There are legends like that where I'm from, including some half human, half fish creatures of the rivers. There's at least one god in local folklores like that... something like that?

Or what if it's the gift of one of these mermaids to the sailor or fisher who saved them from their nets? Seems like he's winning far too much for being thrown off his ship, rescued, then rewarded... why would he be rewarded for nearly dying? How would his ship have sailed into port? Is it their apology for not being able to save the rest of his crew? "Here, have acid! It's a special product of our clan, feel better!"

[pinkxeno]

Yeah, exactly! I think sailors like that sort of thing a lot, right? [ they can make use of that, if the merchants are sailors, she imagines ]

Well, maybe the mermaids are nice and are making up for him having lost his ship, so he can buy a new one! But your version of the story is super cute!! I like that one too. [ she squishes her cheeks together even though he can't really see her doing so ]

[weifinder]

( The unknown and unspoken irony being the summation of her story he gave has unfortunate parallels to his own life. Hence he may be avoiding it for that reason alone. )

Something based on good luck and better actions instead of a disaster everyone fears on the water sounds like the better story--so the cute one, like you say it, might be best for the auction!

That said, what, ah, strengths of acid did you have in mind?

[pinkxeno]

Yeah, it would totally fit better.

Well, I can make all sorts! My acid can be against salt, metal.. ice! it'd be super useful for ships crossing icy waters.