It was a building off Race Street, a small hall that could be easily mistaken for a humble place of worship. Shabby brickwork and an open loading bay could be seen behind an iron fence, mounted on a waist high wall. There was an opening to the side, barred by high, arched wooden doors which it was be fair to assume was an equine entrance. The doors into the hall itself were much more inconspicuous. One inside, there were wooden pews lined up at the front of the hall, and standing room at the back. Another horse entrance was recognizable, leading out onto an area dappled with moderately well trodden straw and dirt.

At an off-center lectern aside the staging area, Jack would be found. His coat was well wrapped for the chilly conditions in the open room. 

"Welcome all to the new auction house. It seemed only proper that attention was drawn to the auctions in an area outside of the coffee shops, and allows more people time to place their bids. It also allows greater time for people to contact friends who may wish to be involved, the coffee shop format did not make that possible. The procedure here is simple enough, and goes as follows;

"One, I will announce the horse which is up for auction and the starting bid.

"Two, potential buyers will announce their acceptance of that bid, or place a higher bid for the horse.

"Three, after a period of 2 hours has passed and no further bids have been placed, the horse will be sold to the highest bidder."

He allowed the process to sink in, before offering one final point.

"Bids must be incremented in no less than $10,000. Anything less, '$1' for example, should be ignored. If it becomes unclear who has the highest bid, I will step in. Scheduled races will not proceed unless all horses have been sold or the auction is closed."

The barn doors behind him opened, and Rumor Has It was lead into the showing area.

"So, without further delay, I present to you today the first horse for auction. Rumor Has It, who has become ownerless after Kates sadly retired from this life. He has yet to pay out though does have a performance increase on his belt. 

"The starting bid is $10,000, the 2 hour timer will start from the last bid made. Do I hear 10 thousand?"

Standing off to the side, looking around with his good eye, he lazily raised his hand with two fingers stating that he would be the one to start the process off, maybe it would pick up but for right now he was willing to pick up more horses, if it proved to be a worthwhile investment, he would never know. 

"'Ello, right here Messr Mezzo."

Leaning back, Issei One-Eye sat down and waited to see if more would come, wondering if he was really going to have to move forward in such a way, Rumor Has It seemed to be a Dark Horse and well, he was always interested in a good underdog? Did that work here? Maybe and Issei cared not, waiting to see if his money would be well spent at the end of this. 

The bid stands with Avocato at $10,000. _Issei_, if you wish to increase please make it known.

Slyly smirking over to the car, was he having a bidding war with a cat? Well, yes, he was. He would never leave this down, especially if he lost, the last time that happened he was sure he never even touched a few of those fudge Oreos PoisonIvy made...

"Messr Mezzo, fine, I'll raise to $25,000."

Glaring at the cat now, he was going to make sure that he became the Horse King! Not even knowing that his monologuing was probably getting the better of him, he made sure to give the cat known as Avocato a challenging grin.

Bring it on...

Ivy was visiting the stables when she saw a group standing around as Mr. Mezzo was auctioning off another horse. Ivy did enjoy the races. She walked over to Rumor Has It and gave him a once over. Running her hand gently down his mane she looked towards the direction of Jack. “I’ll give you $50,000.” 
 

Ivy looked over at _Issei_ and smiled. She knew that he would never let this stand. Let the bidding wars begin.

Remember all, there are 4 horses to bid on today, with the best two saved to last!

Glaring, where the fuck had she come from!? Rolling his eyes, he smirked back at the vixen before looking to JackMezzo who shrugged back at him telling him the rules of this, Issei bowed his head. 

"For bleeding hell's sake! $100,000."

Now glaring at PoisonIvy, Issei turned to look at the lazy cat who had started this bidding war, he was going to win, HE WAS GOING TO BECOME THE HORSE KING!

"So just to recap....the horse is now worth ten times the original number, god I love bidding..."

Grabbing an oreo, Issei waited to see if someone else was going to come and try outbid him. He bit angrily into the Oreo, ready for anything!

Zeb looks at _Issei_ and decides to see how far he can push him

200k is my bid sir!

let's start seperating the wheat from the chaff

Sitting back in one of the pews towards the back, I watched the scene unfold. Clearly it was the beginning of a bidding war. Now, I wasn’t necessarily here to buy a horse but there was a certain part of me that wanted to stir the pot a bit.

I glanced over the room for a moment before raising my hand slowly, “Two hundred and fifty thousand.”

Giving a slight smirk in @_Issei_and @PosionIvy’s direction, I shifted in my seat, waiting for the show to continue.

"....."

"Fuck you!"

Issei finished his Oreo, just as the usable boing toy for Jono and possibly Indifference came about, just how weird was this getting? Enough so that he saw PoisonIvy biting her lip watching as Zeb danced around in a uniform that looked oddly....weird on him. 

"$250,000!"

Issei gave the toy a challenging grin, letting him know that it was on, of course, he wore his Orange jacket in celebration. Although he was sure that he would have to snap Ivy out of it soon, she was going to miss the bidding if she focused on Zeb too much...such a shame as well.

@DickGrayons...this mother....what!? THE FUCK!? 

"Gray, where, what, how!? THE FUCK!? You know what, just to get Ivy to stop daydreaming about Zeb in that scout outfit and to stop this bidding and for my ascension in owning three horses! Messr Mezzo, I bid $750,000!"

Leaning back, hoping to whatever gods that he would not be doing more because this was already taking a lot out of him and he was ready to continue if needs must but he knew his limits. 

"Anyone else? Non? For the love of God, let that be it, please..."

Zeb changes out of his boy scout of America uniform back into his maids uniform, much to Ivy's chagrin

well now, things are starting to get interesting.

800k sir, and that is my final offer.........for now!

Ivy rolls her eyes at the mere mention of the scouts uniform. Although she giggled imagining zeb in it, she knew that she would never live this one down. Ivy had always wanted to own many horses and getting _Issei_ riled up was making her decisions that much easier.

”$1,000,000 Jack!”

Zeb sees Ivy whip out a huge 'wad' and dump it on the counter.

Wow, that is a LOT of moolah, too rich for my blood

Zeb makes the cut throat signal to signify he's out of the bidding for this horse.

Ivy watches as Avocato place his duffel bag in front of Jack.

Ivy walks over to where they are standing.”Avocato it’s lovely to see you again. A bit rich for my blood as I have my heart set on another horse later in the day. Happy bidding.” Ivy takes a step back and watches to see if anyone will outbid.

I let out a slight whistle as soon as I saw the bag of cash that was placed down.

“Well, that about counts me out. Best of luck to you, Sir.”

"Thank you, Avocato! You have made the winning bid and will become the new owner of Rumor Has It!

"Our next horse is Red Handed. This horse is one of three which became ownerless after the fall of Los Angeles. She has a steady historic form which is considered Average by our analysts, though again has yet to pay out. 

"The starting bid is $50,000. Do I hear 50 thousand?"

Raises his hand at JackMezzo, Ill bid 50k on Red Handed.