Auction!

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Nora

[anon_crewperson]

Things were really rolling now. Waiting for the crowd to settle back down, Ensign Nylen couldn't help the double-take he gave when he saw the next person waiting to come out onstage. Emceeing was a blast, but he suddenly wished he could place a bid of his own.

"Let's hear it for the Engineering department, huh? Our next entrant is the lovely Lt. Tovik!" He grinned appreciatively as she emerged from the wings.

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[ltlbtovik]

She wasn't usually stage-shy, but Nora couldn't help swallowing nervously as she went out onstage. She adjusted her witch hat with one hand, her smile rather hesitant at first - but this was all in good fun, she knew. It was definitely fun to wear a skirt for once.

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[outcastprince]

He thought the hat was cute, and there was something...tantalizing about her hesitation. "Two hundred!" he started it off, and nibbled on a pumpkin-shaped cookie.

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[dctr_mccoy]

Bones' eyebrow went up. "Three hundred," he said, wondering what on earth Sybok wanted with the young lieutenant.

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[outcastprince]

A challenger? And a cowboy at that - getting a glimpse of McCoy brought back fond memories of film classes and Terran history. He smirked. "Four hundred."

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[dctr_mccoy]

The smirk worried him. "Five hundred," he called out, taking a few steps closer to Sybok, to try and get some answers out of him.

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[outcastprince]

"Six hundred," he followed up. He could see McCoy approaching from, and he looked straight at him after his bid, eyebrow raised inquisitively (but still smirking). "Do you need another glass, Doctor?"

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[dctr_mccoy]

Leonard knew he couldn't go any higher than he already had, but that didn't stop him from glaring at the Vulcan.

"What are you doing?" he asked once he got close enough, shaking his head at the emcee's questioning glance.

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[outcastprince]

"What do you think I'm doing?" he asked back, remaining aloof to McCoy's concern. "This is an auction, isn't it?"

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[dctr_mccoy]

"She's a nice girl," Bones replied, stepping a little closer. "She doesn't need your help."

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[outcastprince]

"And how would you know what?" Yet as serious as this conversation was becoming, Sybok couldn't help but grin, playing with the credit chip in his pocket. "If she doesn't, I'll know, and if she does, I'll only offer. You don't think I'd force the issue, do you?"

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[dctr_mccoy]

"I don't know," Bones replied slowly. "I'd like your word that you wouldn't." But he was fully aware how... persuasive the man could be.

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[outcastprince]

"I won't." He took the credit chip from his pocket and passed it to his other hand. "Do you want a handshake, too?"

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[dctr_mccoy]

"Would it mean the same for you that it does for me?" he asked, tilting his head and looking back at the Vulcan. I just don't want to find out about any funny business.

Not unless it dealt with his own headspace, but that was another conversation.

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[outcastprince]

He held out his hand; all human customs here, he could deal with that. "You won't, you have my word."

SOLD!

[anon_crewperson]

Ensign Nylen looked back and forth between the two men before glancing over at Nora with a wistful grin. Maybe he'd ask her to lunch some time. For now, though, he cleared his throat. "Do I hear seven hundred? Seven hundred for the lovely lady?" Hearing no other takers, Nylen continued.

"Going once, going twice... sold!"