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Posted by Civilian Cort Belanger (Executive Assistant to Lt. Gov.) in And Today’s Specials Are…
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The student made a bid of 3100.
Then 3800, 4000, 4500, 4600 in quick succession. 1…2…3…4 seconds passesd.

Donovan, worked security at the tower, caught Cort’s eye and grinned. Clearly wondering how far Cort would go. It wasn’t likely he had any more to bet.

5…6…seconds.

Bidding Board

The pause made him consider whether he even had a chance. He didn’t consider himself an overly competitive person, but the fact that Fen apparently wanted him to bid (probably just to mock him later for it), well he was in it now. He bid 5000. That was him done though. He had hit his limit.

~Cort Belanger

Bids of 4800 and 4875 were entered and then stopped at Cort’s 5000. The counter started over. Ten seconds never semlemed to take so long before. Then his bid flashed with the 3 second countdown.

BIDDING CLOSED
Cort Belanger, 5000 Credits

Shrine clapped as the screen flashed the winning bid. “Wonderful! Thank you Ms Fen and Mr Belanger.”

Shrine

Wait, what? Cort was actually surprised.

Dorma looked down at him…

To his credit, Cort didn’t smirk or anything of the sort. He did give a half-shrug.

And rolled her eyes. She stood up and shook her head, but smiled good-naturedly before walking off the stage.

Dorma Fen

Did Cort expect anything else? Actually, no. Though given earlier comments by Hyrushi he was starting to believe the Governor had a deeper sense of humour than he was letting on.

~Cort Belanger