When - 12:00pm January 12th, 2019
Where - Genessia City, in a hall that has been rented for the event thanks to Satou Kuroneko


A DATE AUCTION? AGAIN?
Collective groaning can be heard from the denziens of Genessia already, I'm sure. However, this one is going to be run quite a bit differently than the ones in the past! I have quite a few things planned beyond romantic dates to be auctioned off. There will also be a luncheon mingle for people to interact with each other before the auction, and then the auction proper will begin in the late afternoon.

Wait, You Said it's Different...
First, and most importantly: there will be NO forced signups this includes, but not limited to people signing up others without their express permission. I am sorry if this disappoints people, but it has been a point of contention ICly, and ICly Azura has decided not to accept registrations of this type because it was brought to her attention. Should characters seem uncomfortable or resistant then she will not let them participate. However, the structure of the auction is completely different from what it has been in the past, so those who may not have been willing to participate in a traditional auction may be more inclined to participate in this one!

Second, there will also be the option for platonic oriented, or friendship oriented dates. There will be two separate auctions for romantic and platonic should there be enough of both kinds, otherwise the kind of date up for auction will be mentioned in the dates top level when the auction begins. Speaking of "kind of date"...

Lastly, the date experience is the real show pony here. The Date themselves are the host to the experience, an added bonus. Those who sign up are encouraged to come up with a date experience to go along with themselves in order to get the money rolling in. Think an ocean themed date, with a trip to the aquarium, a dinner along the beach followed by a romantic boat ride or something more athletic like an afternoon session going fishing or snorkeling.

This will, however, involve the players who sign their characters up to come up with the date experience in this post. However I will offer help or randomization should players be completely stumped. BUT, because this is work intensive for me as the event runner, anyone who wants randomization must sign up before January 9th, 2019. Please try to come up with the experiences yourselves! Your characters will be filling out these sign ups ICly themselves, so hopefully they're putting some thought into it! Besides, they (and you!) know best what kind of date they would come up with.

REMEMBER: This is a CHARITY AUCTION. If you need motivation for your less social and romantically inclined characters, think of it as them donating their time in order to raise money for the charity!


SIGN UP RULES
(because we apparently need them)

1. ROMANTIC Dates must be appropriately aged. Please do not sign up anyone younger than 16 for romantic dates. Those who sign up for romantic dates and are too young (this includes appearance, there will be no "their minds are adult" exceptions) will be removed or reorganized as a platonic date. I will contact players before doing this, should this be the case.
2. PLATONIC Dates are just that, platonic. Any age may sign up, but keep the theme accompanying them appropriate. For kids, play-dates are a cute idea!