[But as the auction resumes, it's clear they are nearing the more expensive items now. Old books, "treasured" artifacts of the past, and other goods that any collector would want. Even Tatiana's perfume set sells for quite a sum, the names of which he discretely adds during the third lot of items. Even he is tempted by some of the books, but he waits until the map finally appears.
It's only a fragment a piece of a larger map that is supposedly scattered in other auctions and some still hidden. The origins are unknown but it has been tested and determined to date back several hundred years. Still, it's not surprising that most aren't so interested, but Cid and his intuition says otherwise. And even if it is a fake, better to have it in his hands in the offchance it is real. More than that, someone else seems quite keen to have it. Could be a collector or someone also interested in the potential map. Regardless it gives him a bit of fun to just idly raise his number to make the bid go higher and higher and higher...
Until it tops at one hundred and sixty thousand dubloons. No he doesn't have that much to spend, but he just smiles amiably because he can count on Benedikta to take it, giving her a wink.
The auction continues on with the bids going to the millions now as antiques and larger artifacts come through. Until at last...]
What in the world...
[A quiet mutter under his breath, the item they had been waiting for appears. Rolled out on a cart is a whale statue made of crystal, a beautiful golden liquid swirling inside it. The whale is arched up as if leaping out of the water, and the waves beneath are actually a shallow bowl. When it is called Ocean's Treasure, a buzz is heard through the crowd and he glances at Benedikta.
That was it. Throughout the auction, they noticed that items that had the word "ocean" or "sea" in it ended with higher amounts and garnered more interest regardless what if was. Between that, Tatiana's perfume line, and now this, they could be sure that this was using ambergris. And sure enough, when the presenter pushes a button, the liquid inside starts to move and it pours out of the state's spout like a fountain, the sweet scent spreading through the room.]
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[But as the auction resumes, it's clear they are nearing the more expensive items now. Old books, "treasured" artifacts of the past, and other goods that any collector would want. Even Tatiana's perfume set sells for quite a sum, the names of which he discretely adds during the third lot of items. Even he is tempted by some of the books, but he waits until the map finally appears.
It's only a fragment a piece of a larger map that is supposedly scattered in other auctions and some still hidden. The origins are unknown but it has been tested and determined to date back several hundred years. Still, it's not surprising that most aren't so interested, but Cid and his intuition says otherwise. And even if it is a fake, better to have it in his hands in the offchance it is real. More than that, someone else seems quite keen to have it. Could be a collector or someone also interested in the potential map. Regardless it gives him a bit of fun to just idly raise his number to make the bid go higher and higher and higher...
Until it tops at one hundred and sixty thousand dubloons. No he doesn't have that much to spend, but he just smiles amiably because he can count on Benedikta to take it, giving her a wink.
The auction continues on with the bids going to the millions now as antiques and larger artifacts come through. Until at last...]
What in the world...
[A quiet mutter under his breath, the item they had been waiting for appears. Rolled out on a cart is a whale statue made of crystal, a beautiful golden liquid swirling inside it. The whale is arched up as if leaping out of the water, and the waves beneath are actually a shallow bowl. When it is called Ocean's Treasure, a buzz is heard through the crowd and he glances at Benedikta.
That was it. Throughout the auction, they noticed that items that had the word "ocean" or "sea" in it ended with higher amounts and garnered more interest regardless what if was. Between that, Tatiana's perfume line, and now this, they could be sure that this was using ambergris. And sure enough, when the presenter pushes a button, the liquid inside starts to move and it pours out of the state's spout like a fountain, the sweet scent spreading through the room.]