Truly the con had already been so full and so much fun, it was difficult to imagine anything adding to that. But there was still a much-talked about auction to attend...

Sometime before getting in line, Sei-Lan was hit with a horrible craving for tasteless food. Upon looking at the two large paintings above the hotel's staircase, he saw cheeseburgers. (Really, if you look at these paintings, they do look like there are cheeseburgers at the bottom?) In truth, all art became "cheeseburger". While standing in line for the auction, There were cheeseburgers everywhere. Meanwhile, Zephel's seemingly random exclamations of, "Yay!" were finally determined to be the result of an overheard conversation about chibi sex. (Zephel insert - "Yay!")


Watching the Bishounen Auction was much like a cross between viewing a neck-in-neck martial arts competition and checking out a brutal battle on Ebay. (Only the Gemmes auction had been more fierce in prices, but it was far quieter, despite Olivie's cut-throat bidding and Charlie's whimpering as his bank account was lightened.) These fangirls and fanboys knew the rarity of the product, and they bid with abandon. The bishounen did everything they could to up the prices: showing amazing flexibility, stripping themselves and each other, swallowing bananas whole, even molesting one another on stage.


Much to Sei-Lan's shock and disappointment, his favorite bishounen, Shiki, was not the highest-selling bishounen. Soon, a "Neo" was sold for $440.00. But the biggest battle of them all turned out to be a veritable cat-fight between the honored guest - BL game-maker Shushushu Sakurai - and an unfortunate woman in a pink sweater. Due to many generous donations from strangely still-rich audience members, Sakurai Sensei won the angel Harley for a whopping $1,000.00. The banana he previously had stuck in his bikinis sold for $3.00.

Zephel and Sei-Lan returned to room 1969. Zephel claimed he needed a shower, so Sei-Lan left him to that, as he'd been invited to a party. Grabbing a cup and some ice, the Tutor made his way back into the magical Land of Mink. He was finally more able to chat without feeling awkward (or maybe it was the rum & coke?), and had a wonderful time.


Meanwhile, in room 1969, a terrible transformation was taking place in the bathroom. Zephel was overcome. The results left the tub bright pink.

Back in Minkland, a Minkette named t-kitty managed to put the entire room into a fit of laughter with descriptions of a quiz she'd taken which stated she was "wet". It was difficult for her to convince all present that this quiz was about felines, and not about anatomy. Anatomical discussions continued though, as Mink curiously eyed Sei-Lan's chest.


After saying fond good-byes, and recounting the events of the auction to Jink and Urd-sama, Sei-Lan stumbled back to room 1969. Upon seeing an unfamiliar red-head in Zephel's bed, the Tutor decided he was too buzzed to deal with it, and took his shower. Before turning off the light, he mumbled, "Good night, Inori." and passed out.


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