A charity was having a big event and the grand prize was to spend the day with Wraithvine and hir dragon friend and go with them to the theater. Wraithvine, for their part, agreed to this because all of the money, save for paying the vendors for the big event, and the crew for set up and tear down, was going to rebuild a local hospital and a local childrens' home. -- Anon Guest
Big city. Bright lights. A festive atmosphere and many of the well-to-do glittering and gleaming for the assembled spectators of Vingate. All to raise money for a good cause. One currently beyond the budget of Vingate and its vassal city-states.
Sunshine Rest Hospice and Children's Home was in desperate need of a complete rebuilding. It needed to be knocked down and built anew for everyone's safety and wellbeing.
Wraithvine had already donated hir tower for the patients and residents to use until such time as the new complex was completed. Ze never had much in the way of items to trade to fund it, having already donated hir hair to the cause. Thus, ze agreed to donate hir time to the auction.
The prize for the wealthy to win? A chaste evening out with the Eternal Wizard.
Bibrid, always nervous about being known as a manipulator of time's influence, billed himself as Wraithvine's current traveling companion only. Honestly anticipating a lower bid than the far more famous Elf.
He was wrong.
There were a lot of Gnomish Lords and Ladies in the audience. A lot of very thirsty rich people who thought Bibrid was very well made indeed. Even though the evening out was chaste, they wanted the chance for a more intriguing later encounter.
Suffice to say that the bidding war was intense and the winning bid was very high indeed.
Whatever else happened, the combined hospice and home was going to have the best of everything.
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