Re: Main Auction Room: Simon Tam
The number of bids was cut by at least two thirds, as it moved up, the majority dissuaded by the very convincing show Simon was treating them to. The auctioneer was flustered, and obviously tried to wave it off, but Morgan smiled as he saw more and more people drop. If hadn't known he was watching a con, he would have been convinced himself.
"Eight hundred," he said, raising his paddle in the air. He topped it off, by turning to the Witch nearest to him and adding loudly.
"They won't get any more than that for such a sick looking thing. I heard he tried to bite someone earlier."
Trash talk was nothing new at auctions, but with Simon coughing onstage, it came across as truth. Dead silence followed his bid.