slave auction

I have seen many wonderful threads, especially the Slave Market by @Hugin&Munin , or the Galley Slaves thread by @Baracus or the legendary Lovely Ladies thread, where talk of auctioning of slaves has been a key part of the fantasy. Some users have even gone as far as to place imaginary bids on...

I started this in my "Shorter Subjects" thread, but it has grown to a full-length story. Therefore, I shall paste the story to date here and continue here.