Ab Antiquo

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AUCTION STAFF

ADMINISTRATORS
• Addison Parker
• Smerberous-daro Ma’Khadok

SUPERVISORS
• Beatrice
• Rain Nahm der Toten

MANAGERS
• Sapphira al-Harabi
• Tarchetti

All can assist with:
• answering questions
• helping a participant claim a slot
• adjusting wait lists
• ensuring participants are keeping their stipulations within the two-stip limit
• deescalating tense situations

However, only supervisors and admins can help with:
• adjusting blacklists
• mediation when necessary
• helping a participant drop a slot

If you feel the need, you may utilize the submit-a-ticket option; if you have concerns that you would like to bring up in private, contact one of the above and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience.


WAIVER & AGREEMENT FORM

By entering the auction house, you are...

ACKNOWLEDGING THAT:
1) you are at least 18 years of age or older

2) the standard length of servitude is a minimum of seven days, if you decide to sign up for the blocks

3) the auction house, their affiliates, managers, members, agents, attorneys, staff, volunteers, heirs, representatives, predecessors, successors, and assigns are not responsible for lost coin should a seller collect and run, or for lost time should a participant disappear


AGREEING TO:
4) be here and/or sign up of your own volition (aka, no one is forcing you to)

5) have permission from your sire/partner/lineage to participate (if it is required)

6) adhere to the rules and policies

7) read over the About Us and Service Details as well as the Terminology board

8) read over the buyer details, the fledge and silent details, the live details, the information for all, and the house stipulations if you choose to join the block or become a buyer


SCHEDULE

All times are Eastern

JANUARY
1st @ 10:00pm - Doors open
1st @ 10:30pm - Kiosks open
25th @ 6:00pm - Ice Breaker Rehearsal
30th @ 10:30pm - Silent sign-ups close
30th @ 11:00pm - Silent bidding opens

FEBRUARY
1st @ 6:00pm - Down to Business Rehearsal
6th @ 11:00pm - Silent bidding closes
8th @ 6:00pm - Final Touches Rehearsal
10th @ 10:30pm - Live sign-ups close
11th @ 5:00pm - Buyer sign-ups close
11th @ 7:00pm - Live auctions
11th @ 9:00pm - Award nominations begin
14th @ 9:00pm - Award nominations end
14th @ 9:30pm - Award voting begins
17th @ 9:30pm - Award voting ends
18th @ 7:00pm - Award Ceremony
20th @ 11:59pm - Silent block payments due
25th @ 11:59pm - Live block payments due


OUR GOAL

We are trying to refocus the auctions to go from selling sex as the main coin-earner, to selling services and skills. If you know multiple languages, are a professional chef, have a vibe or aura that draws people in so they use you as a listening ear - sell it. Teach someone a new language, teach someone how to cook, be their shoulder to cry on when all they need is someone there for them. Selling sex is still optional, but I'm trying to put an emphasis on selling services and skillsets more so than bodies.

Some people on the block don’t want sex and are not offering it - this is fine because this is the general direction I would like the auctions to go towards.

Some people on the block are selling sex as well as other skills or services - this is also fine because it also goes in the general new direction as well.

Some people on the blocks are only selling sex - this is fine since they’re consenting adults, but we are, again, hoping to turn the auctions from a near strictly sex-oriented event, to a marketplace for selling skillsets, experiences, and services.

The point of the auction is to sell experiences, services, or skill sets in exchange for coin, or purchase said experiences, services, or skill sets.


RULES & POLICIES

RULES
This is a public venue. Don’t say anything that you wouldn’t want to possibly come back around to the wrong person, or to bite you in the ass. Auction House is not liable for the consequences of your actions

No racial, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, or any other hateful slurs, hate speech, or shaming of any type (kink, slut, body, etc.), will be tolerated

All conversations that surround triggering topics should be kept in private

We are not accepting applications through private DM, email, text, or verbal communication. All signups must be submitted through the signup kiosk located within the auction house.

Anonymous entries to the block or as a buyer become a security issue for the probation and ban lists, the seller blacklists, and are prohibited as of 2021 and moving forward. If they are not willing to submit their request in the kiosk, then they don't get to join the auctions.

Everyone reserves the right to say “no.”


POLICIES
3 warnings = a 24hr kick
• 1st warning - we will contact you in private
• 2nd warning - we will address your behavior as it's happening, regardless of your location within the auction house
• 3rd warning - you will be removed from the venue and we will contact you in private

3 kicks = a 7-day ban
• 1st kick - we will contact you in private
• 2nd kick - we will address your behavior as it's happening, regardless of your location within the auction house
• 3rd kick - you will be barred from the venue and we will contact you in private

A 7-day ban + 3 kicks = banned until the next auctions

Auction staff reserve the right to implement bans on individuals deemed a potential threat to the auction process, or to those actively in the auction house. Harassment of auction staff to overturn, alter, edit, or ignore the rules and policies put forward to benefit one or a group of individuals will result in a SWIFT KICK IN THE ASS. Stop asking. Thank you.


TICKET SYSTEM
If you have a complaint or concern, submit a ticket to that panel with at least the date and time the incident occurred so we can review CCTV footage. Complaints are not shared with the public, nor are the identities of those who have submitted complaints exposed to the public.

If you are receiving harassment outside of the Auction House, you may still contact staff so we can keep an eye out for misbehavior within the auction house. Each complaint is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Any member of staff that may have a conflict of interest with a complaint will have no power over disciplinary actions that may happen as a direct result of said complaint.

Yes, you can file complaints against members of staff as well. Contact whoever you’re comfortable with.

If you have a question or suggestion, submit a ticket to that panel.

If you are a fledgling who is submitting your proof of life to join the Fledge Aid Program, submit a ticket to that panel alongside your proof of life.


BLACKLISTS

If you sign up for one of the blocks and there is an individual you do not want bidding on you, contact a member of staff to inform us who it is.

Blacklisting is not reserved for use against predatory behavior explicitly. We at the auctions take clear nonconsenting abuse and/or harassment very seriously. Please rest assured knowing that if we have a clear harassment or abuse case against someone, they will not be given access to our services.

A person may be blacklisted for many reasons including but not limited to:

• I just don’t like them
• I’m not interested in offering my services to them
• My spouse is not comfortable with me offering services to them
• There is a clan or lineage conflict of interest
• They chew too loudly
• Their mother is a hamster
• Their father smells of elderberry
• Because I felt like it

Please understand if any participant is found to have fabricated information in order to encourage others to blacklist another participant or even just to use their blacklisted status in order to display them in a negative light or any other activity that is shown to be a baseless smear campaign, they will banned/punished in ways they won’t like and/or social shunned or smited by a large and terrible Godhead.

jk, they’ll be banned from participating in the auctions for one year for slander.

If the individual you want blacklisted is present in the auction house - we can bar them from being able to see your ad, and they will be unable to bid on you during the auctions.

If the individual you want blacklisted is not present in the auction house - we can bar the person from viewing your ad and bidding on you upon their arrival. Let auction staff know regardless.

To avoid drama, individuals are not informed if they are on a blacklist for the silent auctions; they simply won’t be able to bid on or see the blacklister’s ad. For the live auctions, the blacklistee’s bids on the seller will be disregarded.

Blacklists are carried over year to year. If you completed a previous auction, contact a member of staff to see your blacklist and update accordingly.

The reason we emphasize the importance of including people on your blacklist before they are present within the auction house is due to the fact that blacklists must be finalized before bidding opens. This is to avoid mid-bid-war crises.​


THE BLOCKS

Staff, Fledge, Silent, Live, and what the differences are

STAFF
For those of us on staff that would like to have a place in the silent auction without taking a spot on the main block, we created the “staff block.”


FLEDGE - Fledge Aid Program
By signing up for this section of the silent block, you acknowledge that you are considered underpowered, are looking for a mentor, and/or that your primary goal is to spend the coin earned on gaining your powers. You cannot sign up as a fledge more than once, and after you sign up, you cannot become a buyer for that year’s auctions. Please understand that upon submission of your proof of life, you will then go through a vetting process as the next step of this program.

SILENT
You have a set amount of time to make a convincing and persuasive ad, and at the end of that time, you can no longer edit it or add to it. Bidding lasts about a week, and you simply wait it out to see who the winning bidder is. You can socialize in the auction house, socialize with others, whatever you wish to do, but you cannot alter your ad in any way once bidding begins.

LIVE
By signing up for this block, you acknowledge that there is a set date and time we introduce you, and you come up on stage to auction yourself off. It is critical that you’re present for your time slot because who else is going to advertise yourself better than you? You have to get up on stage then show and explain why the buyers should bid on you.

Your slot in the list directly correlates to when you will be received on stage. If your timeslot isn’t ideal for you, contact someone who is sooner or later in the program and ask them to switch with you, or put out an all call that you need to be sooner/later in the program. If someone agrees to swap, both parties need to contact staff to let us know, so we can make the proper adjustments.

If you are unable to find someone to switch with you, let a member of staff know that you might be unavailable. You will still be announced, introduced, and bid on, you just won’t be present.

Again, your attendance to the live auctions when you are a live participant is critical because who can sell you better than you?


HOUSE STIPULATIONS

stip·u·la·tion - /ˌstipyəˈlāSH(ə)n/
noun: stipulation; plural noun: stipulations
a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement.

Stipulations are an intrinsic part of the yearly auctions to insure our sellers’ safety, and for the most part, each person’s stipulations vary from the next and are only applied for the services being offered. However, there are a few stipulations that are considered “included”, meaning that they don’t count against your two optional stipulations.

All stipulations are adjustable in accordance with an agreed upon buyer-seller dynamic, so long as both consenting adults can provide proof of this agreement upon staff request to ensure seller safety.

Included stipulations have been broken up into four categories:
• Basic Safety & Decency
• Property & Finances
• BDSM & Sex-Related Services
• Buyer On The Block

For more information regarding the above categories, please download the RBCAH mobile app or come visit us at the auction house.


BEA'S POP-UP WORKSHOPS

Interested in learning about any of the following?

Consent
• practicing consent, not necessarily sexual in nature;
• how to identify and communicate boundaries; and
• how to enforce healthy boundaries;

Polyamory
• polyamory;
• how to practice ethically; and
• its various dynamics

Sexualities and Genders
• gay, lesbian, bi, non-binary, trans;
• how to identify feelings; and
• how to establish and enforce healthy boundaries

and other relevant topics!

To sign up, simply utilize the workshop kiosk and enter your name. You will be notified via text or DM of when the next workshop is, and contacted the day of as a courtesy reminder.


AMENITIES & LODGING

AMENITIES
Available to all that enter the auction house are a few amenities that include:
• access to a fully-stocked kitchen;
• a reading room;
• an indoor pool and hot tub; and
• an outdoor lounge.

Bea’s workshop tent is available whenever but the shops themselves are only available during specified dates and times.

The practice stage will now be available 24/7, but cordoned off during dress rehearsals.

LODGING
If you have need of a place to stay, we have rooms available to those who wish to use them. Simply head over to the receptionist's desk to make your request and you will be given a keycard.

When requesting a room, your choices are:
• one bed
• two beds
• multiple beds - good for packmates or a group of friends

• short stay - typically good for the duration of the auctions
• extended stay - good for when you want or need a place to stay even after the auctions conclude. If this is the option you chose, you are permitted to customize the room however you wish to make it yours

• 1st floor
• 2nd floor

Each living space contains:
• HDTV with streaming services
• a dresser and nightstand
• a closet, iron, and ironing board
• a small table with two chairs
• a lounge chair
• a desk with office chair
• a mini-fridge and microwave
• extra blankets and pillows

Each bathroom contains:
• uterus hygiene products - pads, tampons
• basic first-aid kit
• bubble bath and bath bombs
• shampoo and conditioner
• body and facial wash and wash cloths
• bath and hand towels
• two pairs of gender-neutral clothes - shirts, pants, socks

There is a common room available off the end of a short hall and serves as a quiet area for those who are residing within the auction house, either short- or long-term. Only those with a keycard may enter.


MENUS - and their Contributors

Red Tray or Black Tray?
Red Tray items are vampire-friendly, in that blood is used in the recipe
Black Tray items are untampered with, “mundane” consumables

Every menu item available has a red-tray counterpart!

Meals
⊱ Laurentius’ restaurants, Tramonto and Aurora
Sweets
⊱ Kiia’s Doux et Divin bakery
⊱ Sapphira’s Hookah Caterpillar Bakery
Alcoholic Beverages
⊱ Pending
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
⊱ Pure’s Cup of Heaven
Live Donors
⊱ Ravenblack City Auction House
Jungle Juice
⊱ Smerberous-daro Ma’Khadok
Wines
⊱ Melanctha’s Demeter Estates



ALL BIDS ARE FINAL!

ALL PURCHASES ARE FINAL!

We do not negotiate with trolls.

We do not negotiate with terrorists.



Still interested? Come check us out.

Directions: https://discord.gg/wJ5UXQtnrs


(( OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION ))

To learn more about the OOC details, please join the auction server.
We did not include OOC information in this advert to keep it as IC as possible.

Thank you for your understanding.