As My Heart Dies-Chp50

[they soon arrived at their destination]

Peepers: [pays the cab] Keep the change

Hater: (nod)

[the duo got off the cab n stood in front of the auction house]

Peepers: Huh, retro look. Interesting theme for an auction house

Hater: mhm. (nod)

Peepers: Well, let's go in then [opens the door to go in along with Hater]

Hater: (followed Peepers)

Owner: [hears the door chimes jingle] Welcome, welcome, how can I help u two gentlemen?

Hater: :) We're here to donate a ship for auction.

Owner: Ooh, I see. Well, where may ur ship be now?

Peepers: Its at the docks. Here's the make n model [shows him the documentation in his tablet]

Owner: [looks thru it] OK, I see... Looks promising...

Hater: (nod) And has lots of room too.

Owner: I can tell (nod) Great, I'll send someone to collect the ship while u sign the paperwork. It'll be 30% commission from whatever sale we make from tht ship in the auction. R u OK with it?

Peepers: It's ur call, sir [looks at Hater]

Hater: (think) ... (nod) Yes, that'll do.

Owner: Great! I'll prepare the paperwork [hears the door chimes jingle again] Be right with ya, folks! Hv a look ard! [enters the inner office to get it]

Wander: Hatey! Wat r u doing here? :) [was alone this time]

Hater: Oh hey Wander. Just gave my old ship up for auction cause I have a new one now. Where's Brad and Sylvia?

Wander: [shrugged] Eh, Syl thought the whole art stuff was boring, so she went to go chk out some trinket store a few blocks dwn. I noticed something reli nice wen we passed by here to get to the art store n I couldn't get my mind off it, so I told Bradley where I'm going n came here. He's cool with it. He said he'll meet me here later

Hater: I see.

Wander: Anyways... [looks abt to find something] Ah! There it is! [rushes towards the shelf at the bk of the auction store n stared at it, his eyes sparkling at the sight of it]

Hater: ? What? (came over to see)

Wander: Isn't it pretty~? [pointed at a snow globe, where inside it was like some sort of fairy/angel creature surrounded by glow in the dark shimmer stones, n the snow floating ard it made it look all the more majestic]

Hater: Wow...that is pretty cool looking.

Wander: Ikr? I hv a hobby of collecting snow globes, n wen I saw this wen I passed by, I thought... Well, it kinda reminds me of how I imagined my mother would've become now: an angel dancing in the heavenly stars... [looked at the snow globe both in wonder n sadness]

Hater: ...You want to buy that, don't you?

Wander: (nod) [hears the owner come out] Excuse me, how much for this snow globe?

Owner: Oh, tht's not for sale yet. It'll be put into auction tomorrow to be bid by prospective guests. N most likely the base price would be abt 5,000 credits. Its a vry rare snow globe frm a pretty famous dead celebrity of this planet [hands Hater the paperwork] Here u go, sir, if u would sign here n here

Wander: Oh... :( OK, thanks anyways... [walks out of the store disappointed]

Hater: (stared after Wander) ... Mind if I ask... along with giving you my ship... I could get that Snow Globe in return?

Owner: I'm sorry, sir, bt its already been registered into auction. Tht globe n other things, maybe ur ship included, will be auctioned off tomorrow, unless...

Peepers: Unless wat?

Owner: If u would like to participate in the auction urself. This is usually a RSVP, first come first serve basis, bt since u sold me ur ship, I can get u special passes, as I do to all the ppl who sold me their stuff so tht they can claim their payments as well as split the commission with me

Hater: :) You've got a deal then.

Owner: I'll prepare u the special pass once u've signed the deed, sir :)

Hater: (nod) (signs the paper)

Peepers: Ur gonna surprise the furball with it, aren't u, sir? (smirk)

Hater: >///> Well...yeah. What of it?

Peepers: Nothing, nothing ;p Just wondering. Since we're going for tht auction, I guess its safe to say we're gonna hv to find some plc to stay for the night?

Hater: (nod) Mhm.

Owner: [returns aftr filing the paperwork] Here r ur passes [hands one to Peepers n one to Hater] Cya tomorrow at 5pm sharp

Hater: :) We'll be there.

Peepers: Cya [left the auction house with Hater] I'll go find us a plc to spend the night. U can go find the furball n regroup with the others. Grob knws where they might get lost to

Hater: (nod) (heads off to do so)