the thmgau rewrite

The Auction Begins

"Ohoho! It seems you 5 have fallen for my trap! ~"
"YOU! Where the hell are we?!"

The group was in a freezing cold room, with their only source of light being a small, unreachable window. The door in front of them jiggled a little bit, & in walked The Auctioneer.

"Well, you're in my Auction House, silly!" he smiled.
"We already said we weren't interested in bidding on anything, dude. Take a hint."
"The only one here who should be taking the hint is you!" The Auctioneer pointed at Cherry. "You all remember Thursday night, yea? When I said you didn't have to bid on anything?"
"Uh.. yea?"
"See, you're not here to bid on stuff, you're here to be bid ON!"
"Huh?"
"What do you mean by that?"

The Auctioneer sighed. "Oh, you're still confused? Well, y'see... this freezer that you 5 are in right now is a very special freezer!"
"Is that true?"
"Yes! In fact, it can turn people into statues!"
"Statues?!"
"Yup! Within an hour or two, you all should be 100% turned into statues, ready for the auction!"
"That's fucked up, dude!"
"Well, if you didn't want to be auctioned off, you shouldn't have messed around in business that wasn't yours." The Auctioneer shrugged.

"What do you mean 'business that wasn't yours'?"
"Perhaps the name Pim rings a bell?"

The group gasped.

"You mean that fucked-up banana guy?"
"Hey! That 'fucked-up banana guy' is my boyfriend, thank you very much!"
"He's your boyfriend?!"
"Yes! & he told me about the little stunt you all pulled at his restaurant, breaking his Bananainator & all!"
"He was gonna turn everyone into bananas!"
"That sounds like a you problem then. Anyways, Pim & I have some setting up to do for the auction! Ta-ta!"

With that, The Auctioneer took a bow & left the freezer, leaving the group to their own devices.

Cherry crossed their arms & leaned against the wall. "I shouldn't have gone on that stupid scavenger hunt. It was a trick from the very beginning!"

"You went on a scavenger hunt too?"
"Yea?"
"I also went on a scavenger hunt!"
"Did we all get lured here by the same thing?"
"I guess so.."
"That motherfucker! I'll kill him!"
"Well... how do we get outta here?" Nora questioned, looking around the room.

"What are the chances they forgot to lock the door?" Leslie asked.
"Let's see!"

Juniper approached the door & tried to open it. It did not work. "Well, I guess that answers that."

"Whatever. If we don't find a way out of this place soon, we're fucked!"
"What if we used our weapons?"
"We can't do that! My sibling's here!"
"Sorrel's at the auction?"
"Yea, they saw the poster from Thursday & was interested in the auction.. so.."
"We can just.. use the weapons to knock down the door & then switch back into our normal clothes."
"Oh. I didn't think of that."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's do that!"

The group all pulled on their necklaces & entered Hero Mode, summoning their weapons.

"Alright!" Cherry raised her sword up. "Let's bust out of this fucking place!"

-

Outside of the freezer room, the Auction House was actually quite elegant. A few guests were there already, waiting for the auction to start. The Auctioneer, along with the help of Pim, were setting the last few things up.

There was a table set up, with refreshments such as Arby's chicken tenders, pizza, cupcakes, & more. Purple balloons were set in place on the table, being held down by some rocks. A clipboard was set on the table as well, with some Sharpies, for guests to sign in.