Becoming a VIP

Ray surreptitiously continued to watch the VIP section of the auction house. From what he could see— it seemed like each member arriving at the would hand over some kind of a black card to the guards. Once received, the guards would then process the card through a machine.

But before they could even take a step forward to enter, they would be asked to place their hands over some kind of a crystal. Only after these checks were done would they finally be granted permission to enter. As Ray continued to watch... 

He saw that many people actually got through the first few checks but it seemed like the final check was far valuable than the prior checks.

The ball would often not light up and if this happened— the person would not be allowed to enter. Seeing the crystal ball not light up brought back bad memories for Ray when he was a child. He remembered when an old mage had told him back then that he would not be able to use magic.