"Where are you going?" Her grandmother asked with a hint of nerves. While her mind had been altered by magic she still knew something was wrong with her life but couldn't put her finger on what it was.
"An auction at Hotel Black, dad's going to be there." While Pandora could do anything she wanted, she still loved and cared for her grandmother and treated her with respect. "I've disassembled Peggy, I know how much she creeps you out. She's hanging on the clothesline if you feel you need to put her back together. Also there's an unlimited supply of bacon in the fridge."
"I swear I've only seen Ryan once this month, what has that boy been up to?" Pandora's grandmother asked rhetorically. "Don't get into too much trouble young lady." Pandora smirked at that comment as she gave her grandmother a hug before teleporting into the conference hall of Hotel Black.
"Our first painting of today was donated by Tammy Lawson, titled Guillotine" Samantha uncovered the painting of a very detailed Tammy being decapitated by an guillotine. The blade had just come down and Tammy's face expressed shock and pain, as her head hadn't registered she had been killed yet. Pandora knew that Tammy was very much aware what was happening to her and could also see and hear the world outside the painting. "Shall we start the bidding at find hundred dollars?"
Pandora found satisfaction in the fact her arrival had gone unnoticed by everyone at the auction. She was also amused by the people around her bidding on a painting of her Aunt Tammy, especially since they were going to lose her tomorrow. Pandora surveyed the crowd and was disappointed the doctor wasn't there, he was another person on her list.
"Sold for nine hundred and fifty dollars!" Samantha exclaimed, returning Pandora's attention to the remaining two paintings. "The next painting was donated by Ruby Lawson, titled True Happiness. We'll also start the bidding at five hundred." Pandora was surprised to see Aunt Ruby actually happy with the form she was stuck in, she was laying on a lovely antique couch with red cushions and a gold frame. She was completely naked and she had her legs spread open, showing an erect cock. Pandora made a mental note of that. "Sold for two thousand! I guess sex really does sell."
"Well if sex sells, I don't think this last one is going to do well," Samantha revealed the final painting. "This was by an anonymous donor and is titled A Sexless Relationship." The painting was of Ryan and Ester, Naked in bed together, neither had genitals or hair, and Ryan was missing his nipples while Ester had no breasts. "Once again the bidding starts at five hundred dollars." Pandora sat back and waited for the bidding to stop. "One Thousand two hundred going once... going twice..."
"I bid, I won't turn your bellhop into a mouse!" Pandora stood up.
Samantha stopped in her tracks and eyed off the intruder, she wondered if this was the person she sent Esme after. Not everyone in the room had knowledge of magic so the bid really annoyed her but if this girl wanted to become a mouse, Samantha was happy to oblige. "Sorry, your bid has been rejected," Samantha gave a wicked smile as she waited for the intruder's spell to bounce back at her. Though a second later she had her frightened bellhop in her hand. "What... that's not possible."
"Here, I'll donate another painting for you to sell," Pandora threw the mouse into a canvas she had conjured up. Now the bellhop was stuck in his own painting as a giant mouse. "The bidding of that one starts at a dollar." The doors to the conference room locked as everyone but Samantha and Pandora were bound to their seats. "Okay, so you didn't accept that bid... what about I don't undo the immortality spell you have on all your employees?"
"I don't know what game you're playing at girl... but you don't know who you're messing with. Some of these people weren't aware of magic so now I need to do some damage control. You're going to suffer for wasting my time."
"I take that as a no then..." Pandora stepped out into the makeshift aisle. "Very well..." Pandora cancelled Samantha's immortality spell, aging up some of the employees by a good forty years. "My last bid is for all three paintings, hand them over to me and I won't take away your power."
"You can't do that!" Samantha channeled all the energy she could muster and threw it at Pandora. Pandora instantly nullified it.
"I was tempted to reflect that onto your guests," Pandora approached Samantha. "I don't take away all your powers, going once..."
"Fine, all the paintings are yours!" Samantha snapped. "I don't know how you managed this, but I swear I will bring your miserable life to ruins... you're going to wish you were dead."
"Hmm, no you won't," Pandora taunted as she grabbed the painting of the mouse she made. "I'm donating these paintings back to you, as for the mouse painting, I'm giving that to your receptionist as a gift." Pandora walked out of the magically locked room. She turned back to face Samantha. "Oh by the way, if you think you need to do damage control on this, wait until tomorrow. I'm going to really step up your game, at least for a day. There's been too much transformations, not enough Horror."
"You can't do that!" Samantha channeled all the energy she could muster and threw it at Pandora. Pandora instantly nullified it.
"I was tempted to reflect that onto your guests," Pandora approached Samantha. "I don't take away all your powers, going once..."
"Fine, all the paintings are yours!" Samantha snapped. "I don't know how you managed this, but I swear I will bring your miserable life to ruins... you're going to wish you were dead."
"Hmm, no you won't," Pandora taunted as she grabbed the painting of the mouse she made. "I'm donating these paintings back to you, as for the mouse painting, I'm giving that to your receptionist as a gift." Pandora walked out of the magically locked room. She turned back to face Samantha. "Oh by the way, if you think you need to do damage control on this, wait until tomorrow. I'm going to really step up your game, at least for a day. There's been too much transformations, not enough Horror."
"My life is ruined... I'm forty years old and only have this job...! Samantha why did you do this to me?" Pandora spotted the receptionist crying among the chaos.
"That's not true, you also have this mouse painting of your former co-worker," Pandora handed the painting to the distressed woman. "Also I'm the one that did this, not Samantha. Also you're fired."
"Why...?"
"Because I can," Pandora walked out of the hotel without looking back.
"That's not true, you also have this mouse painting of your former co-worker," Pandora handed the painting to the distressed woman. "Also I'm the one that did this, not Samantha. Also you're fired."
"Why...?"
"Because I can," Pandora walked out of the hotel without looking back.