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Fire ( hot and steamy, oooh! ) 0.24242424242424 24.2% [ 16 ]
Ice ( cool and refreshing, ahhh! ) 0.21212121212121 21.2% [ 14 ]
Both ( so hot and cold ) 0.54545454545455 54.5% [ 36 ]
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Welcome, and please have a seat by the fireplace, as your hosts give you some hot chocolate and introduce themselves....


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Welcome to what we hope will become your preferred leisure residence of choice for the upcoming month. This little event is an annual one and likely to be a new tradition every holiday season. Call us generous if you will, but we enjoy the company and the joy of making some lucky bidder VERY happy with some artwork.

As many of our visitors are talented artists themselves, there is a possibility for freebies from them as well as small tokens of appreciation from us. Most of you know me personally, but if not ... the name is Kieryn and I humbly welcome you to our thread
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(Smiles warmly and offers a polite little bow with a courtly flourish) Greetings, ladies and gentlemen to our humble little nook in the vast ethernet! Winter has come to cover the world once again in darkness and freezing temperatures. To honor this time of year, Kieryn and I are wanting to bring some playful warmth into your life, so please feel free to lounge around and let us brighten this cold season for you.

...and for those who happen to be in the midst of summer, let us help cool you off with a frosty kiss.

There will be multiple parts to this thread; the primary focus being the picture for the highest bidder at the end of the auction's given time-frame.

Along the way, to brighten each new day, there will be chances to win prizes and contests to be won, so don't stray far or you'll end up missing out.


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How This Auction Will Work:

You are bidding on a fully colored CG couples picture with a 3/4 length in Lhance's classical lineart style, featuring your humble hosts in a way that is sure to take the chill off even the coldest night.

Every night, the person with the highest bid before the new day, gets to pick two things. One: The winner gets a chance to see a sneak peak of the picture they are bidding on in, it will be the sketched version. If the winner though, wishes to make a small donation to the Santa Pot, they can have a glimpse of the colored CG final picture.

You can choose to show the others in the auction if you wish, but if not, you don't have to share.

If you aren't the highest bidder for the night, and the picture piece wasn't shared, fear not! For a small donation to the Santa Pot, you can see the same piece in its sketched form for all to see.


For extra fun, every night, the person with the newest high bid [-so if there are no new bids in that following day, this step will be omitted for fairness to us] will be able to pick a piece of clothing from each of us and we'll do a little strip. Naturally, this will remain Gaia PG-13 approved, so no need to worry about seeing too much.

Also, be logical in your choices. Kieryn and I will list off our items that have been (or will be) removed, there will be 13 on us, one way or another, and so you have to remove what can be; start with shoes then socks, or jacket then shirt...that sort of thing.


SANTA POT: This is a donation pot; gold and items are equally loved! All that is donated, will be put towards prizes for the contests for you; you get as much as you give. If there is extra gifting you wish to do, let us know! We'll put your name up and you get a special extra.


Due to the nature of this auction, we won't be showing the final piece in its entirety. The subject is Kieryn and I, but the rest of the details will slowly be revealed once the auction gets under way.

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That certainly doesn't mean that newcomers can't see what quality of art they are getting, so here is a link to my art shop User Image

and this is my deviantArt



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Begins December 1st, 2009
Finishes December 12th, 2009
Bidding closes daily at 8PM PST


Starting Bid: 100,000

Minimum Bid Incriment: 10,000

Auto Buy: 4,000,000


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Highest Current Bid: Angel Kimmi 620K
-Sinberry 600K
-Desiir 550K
-Kimmi 500K* extra prize
-Sinberry 400K
-Angel Kimmi 350K
-Pixieish 325K
-Sinberry 310K
-Sethykins 300K
-Pixieish 275K
-Angel Kimmi 240K
-Sethykins 220K
-DeliciouslyUke 210K
-Sinberry 200K
-DeliciouslyUke 160K
-Sethykins 140K
-DeliciouslyUke 130K
-Sinberry 120K
-DeliciouslyUke 100K
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Guidelines:
* Always follow all Gaia TOS Rules at all times
* DO bid only what YOU CAN AFFORD! This leading on naturally to assume that you will be blacklisted for being a cruel tease.
* DON'T SPAM the thread, however, bumping is approved.
* We will NOT be doing link exchanges due to the short time the auction will be running.
* DO be kind; this is a thread specifically for the joy of the season and warmth of good company. Bring disharmony and you'll find yourself named as you are: Scrooge.
* DON'T PM us unless requested to
* DO NOT BEG. Period. Begging means you haven't read and or honored our rules, and will be ignored as well as blacklisted.


At the Climax:

This is a pre-made picture, and the contents therein will slowly be revealed to give you an idea as to what you are buying. For the highest bidder on the last night of the auction, you will send your trade to this account, and the picture will be immediately handed over.

However.

If by some miracle chance this auction is Auto Bought, there are extra sweet surprises to be had. We won't disclose the surprises, there's no fun in knowing what your gift is under the tree, right? We will be dropping off hints throughout the duration of the auction, so stick around and stay sharp. It'll be well worth it.


Most of all, we just want you to have fun with this. We are. And nothing is sweeter than mutual pleasure.






Scrooge List: ( ... those no longer welcome or wanted in our thread ... )
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Kieryn's Removed Items:
Black Gloves ( read it )
Overshirt ( read it )
Brown Undershirt ( read it )
Yellow Undershirt ( to be removed )
Black & Brown Overskirt ( to be removed )
Red Cravat ( to be removed )
Brown Boots ( to be removed )
Black Linen Wrap ( to be removed )
Black Leggings ( to be removed )


Lhance's Removed Items:
Black Gloves ( read it )
Fluffy Shoulder Wrap ( read it )
White Coat ( read it )
Blue Jacket ( to be removed )
Vest ( to be removed )
White Cravat ( to be removed )
Black Boots ( to be removed )
White Leggings ( to be removed )
White Elegant Shirt ( to be removed )


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Below is a scaled down version of the actual piece the winner will get, this shows you the grid layout and will be updated based on high bidder choices for sneak peaks. With 90 squares, there is no way anyone will obtain enough snippets to piece together the whole image, thus maintaining the integrity for the auction winner.

Your actual size of the snippet you will get is approx 100 x 100 pixels.

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This image will be updated as squares are chosen, so be sure to hit REFRESH or RELOAD on your browser to make sure you are seeing the right one. This shouldn't log you out, but if it does, my apologies in advance.
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This is where to look for any new contest we might be holding. There will be a number of ways to win prizes, surprises and gifts, so always check here for the latest info!



Current Game

Check back soon!



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New Contest: "O' Lil' Riddle"


A salute to the season, and a game for those who love to riddle. Guess the correct answer, and be rewarded for being so clever. Simple as that.

Send your guesses to this account via PM, all answers in the thread will be ignored, even if correct; you only get to guess once. If no one comes up with the correct answer within an hour hence, another hint will be given out.

Tomorrow morning, PM's will be checked. If there are no correct answers, a hint will be given, and a new riddle will be added to the contest.





One Riddle For Thy Brain!

My birthday is thought to be during the 16th century. Bathe me in your festivities and I’ll happily burn with sweetness for you and yours.


ANSWER

Figgy Pudding.
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"How Lucky Do You Feel?"

Everyone has different talents, and this is one that requires nothing but pure luck!

At 8 PM and 9 PM Pacific time, tonight, on December 4th, a very short contest will be held. We'll have a random number drawn.

The goal is to post as many times as you can within the timeframe of 10 MINUTES--person with the closests random numbers, or the exact number, is the winner!

So rub your buddah's belly; get your rabbits foot or don your lucky underwear, and get ready for an intense game!

Best of luck to all!






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Previous Games

"Here We Come a Tek-Teking...!"
This is a tektek contest, one for all your masters and tektek gurus. Impress us! You've seen the Fire Demon Kieryn, and the Ice Demon Lhance...now you have the chance to show us how its really done!

Winners!!
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest, your entries were ALL wonderful! SO much creativity you all possess, it was tough to choose just one winner for each one. For Lhance, the winner is Sonue, and for Kieryn the winner is Cherry.

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Prizes will be awarded shortly, coming to you via PM from this account, so please keep an eye out for it.

Thank you again and we look forward to such enthusiastic participation in our next contest, which will be announced soon!
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We'd love your support of our little event, so please feel free to make use of any of the banners and code below! Thank you in advance!


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Other shops, contests and auctions that may be of interest to you, please give them a look.


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Nightly High Bidding Winners!~



If you are a winning nightly high bidder, in order to keep everything organized and neat, we ask that you take a moment to fill out this little form. Post it in the thread, and it will be picked up and used as you ask.

Before choosing your items
>> CHECK AVAILABLE ITEMS HERE <<
to find out what has already been claimed, even if it hasn't been stripped.


Example:
HERE ARE MY ANSWER'S!!
Name: [[ Frostschaden ]]
Winning Date: [[ December 2nd ]]

I want to see piece #: [[ 10 ]]
I want to donate to the Santa Pot and see the CG piece instead: [[ yes ]]
I want to share with the others what I have won: [[ yes ]]

Kieryn's next item to be removed: [[ vest ]]
Lhance's next item to be removed: [[ coat ]]

You can use the following code to make it EASY to post your answers!!


[size=24][color=orange]HERE ARE MY ANSWER'S!![/color][/size]
[color=orange]Name: [/color]
[color=orange]Winning Date: [/color]

[color=orange]I want to see piece #: [/color]
[color=orange]I want to donate to the Santa Pot and see the CG piece instead: yes or no [/color]
[color=orange]I want to share with the others what I have won: yes or no [/color]

[color=orange]Kieryn's next item to be removed: [/color]
[color=orange]Lhance's next item to be removed: [/color] code]


[color=orange][size=18]SANTA POT:[/size] Have you contributed today?[/color]
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Our first generous donator is Sethykins, thank you so much! [color=indigo][/color][/i]

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Cuts the Ribbon carefully~ OPEN!
-tackles thread-
(Laughs brightly and catches Luna) Welcome! heart

And make sure you read the front periodically, we're still figuring out the finer details. And its a bit different from last year.
hehe ^ ^ -hugs-

Okay I'll be sure to do that :3
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*smiles*
It looks lovely Lhance, thanks for customizing all the text!

Sig banners will be coming soon.
In the interim, feel free to use the main title banner for a sig if you wish.

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