Empty location plate, no characters. Ruined bank turned into a dark auction hall: toppled marble columns, a collapsed vault door at the back, rows of broken wooden chairs along a central aisle, a rickety wooden podium with a wooden gavel on the left of centre, scattered paper receipts on the floor, drifting smoke and glowing orange embers, a torn hole in the ceiling with cold light falling through. Wide establishing shot, slight high angle, wide empty floor in the foreground for the crowd. Clean graphic black-and-white ink cartoon, bold outlines, strong contrast, crisp not grainy; only color: orange embers and fire glow. 16:9. AVOID: people, characters, readable text or signs, bright colors, muddy grain, painterly texture, 3D render, photorealism.
