Rita opened the marketplace and decided to check the prices before making any decisions.
[ssage in a Bottle] (1/9) – Price: 3500g Blocks (Only accepts Blocks from 10th Month The Park; allows communication with gods)
That price killed off any last bit of hesitation. The cost matched exactly with the going rate for Universal Fragnts—clearly priced to cap the market.
In the blink of an eye, the listing vanished. Soone had bought it.
Rita shifted focus and began searching the other options B8017913 had given her.
[Sage’s Brain] (1/9) – Price: 1100g Blocks (Only accepts white Blocks with power level 15 or above)
[Genius Alarm Clock] (1/9) – Price: 1150g Blocks (Only accepts attribute Blocks from power level 12 or above)
[Unlucky Coffee Machine] (1/9) – Price: 1150g Blocks (Only accepts red Blocks with power level 17 or above)
Sage’s Brain could turn any average person into a genius—but it required replacing one’s actual brain.
That was a hard pass for Rita.
She couldn’t help wondering about the original owner of that brain. If they’d lost their Sage’s Brain, were they now just... hollow inside?
The Genius Alarm Clock was more acceptable. Its hands—hour, minute, second—each had unique functions. They shifted according to the player’s research accuracy and progression, even sounding alarms that could trigger sudden inspiration.
Not bad, and the marketplace had six fragnts in stock.
Unlucky Coffee Machine was actually the most tempting. According to B8017913, it worked like a capsule coffee maker. You could spend luck points to brew different functional coffee pods—including one that made you insanely smart for a short ti.
But only three fragnts were available. Not enough.
Rita didn’t rush. She started searching for the fourth item: Dull Swing.
But just as she typed "dull", her eyes were pulled to sothing else that popped up in the corner of the interface: [Dull Ga].
[Dull Ga] (1/9) – Price: 3250g Blocks
A ridiculous price tag, and it ca with no description whatsoever. Rita paused, then deleted "swing" and typed in "ga" instead.
The display updated, revealing five fragnts of [Dull Ga], all priced the sa: 3250g Blocks each. No usage notes. No purchase requirents.
That likely ant the fragnts were listed directly by the Divine Ga system itself—either reclaid from lost play fees or recovered from players who forfeited them.
Still, the price was unnatural. Most 9-piece sets in the market ranged between 1100–1200g, depending on item weight and rarity. Anyone actually looking to sell would stay near those numbers—unless the item had major hype, like ssage in a Bottle.
But Dull Ga had no noted function. Its icon showed sothing simple: a gun.
A revolver.
And yet—why were these fragnts priced this high?
What really got Rita’s attention, though, was the na: "Dull."
She rembered Drumr once saying, exasperated during class, "You must be the dullest student I’ve ever had!"
That was fifteen Starsea years ago. Drumr had only ever said it once—but she rembered.
If a god said it, it mattered.
Dull... dull...
Rita looked around to make sure no other players were nearby. Then she searched three terms in the marketplace: "Deceitful Bloom", "Drumr", and "Dull".
Hundreds of results flooded the screen. Items, curios, artifacts—everything from 9-piece sets to 5-piece items.
She sorted them by price, highest first.
Not a single item was pricier than Dull Ga.
Whether it had "Deceitful Bloom" in the na or was tagged with "Drumr," almost everything hovered at regular market value. Only two exceeded that—and just barely, maybe around 1500g. Still far below Dull Ga.
It was... different.
Rita’s heart pounded. But she didn’t buy all the fragnts right away. Instead, she picked up one at full price to test it.
She took out a Universal Fragnt and brought it close.
Usually, doing so would cause a faint outline to appear—a preview of the remaining parts. From there, she could choose which one to convert using the Universal Fragnt.
But this ti... nothing happened.
That odd behavior only confird her suspicion.
Without hesitation, Rita bought the remaining four Dull Ga fragnts. She used up one 80% discount coupon and both her 50% discount coupons.
She’d thought about flipping Universal Fragnts for profit—buy low with discount coupons, relist them for markup—but they sold too fast. She couldn’t beat the scalpers, and didn’t have ti to camp the market.
After a few more rounds on the Ferris wheel, Rita had plenty of spare Blocks.
She dumped over ten thousand Blocks—roughly one-fifth of her total funds—into the five fragnts.
Almost like fate, her five listed crafting pieces had just sold. She put five more up, then returned to her Star Pirate Ship and assembled the item.
[Dull Ga · Incomplete] (5/9):
"Dullness is not a sin."
Six bullet chambers. Spin the cylinder however you like. Close it. Put the barrel to your head and pull the trigger.
A bullet called "Dull" will take away one misguided thought...
There was no skill list, no detailed stats—aning this was likely a standalone curio. Usable as-is.
Even that single line of flavor text was enough to stir sothing deep in her.
"To take away one misguided thought"... It could be used in research. Or to make tough, irreversible decisions.
And that was just one bullet’s effect. What about the other five?
But if this was a ga item... there had to be risk. Not every bullet would be a win. So had to be loss.
Just then, Nivalis and B8017913 ssaged her privately—they were ready.
"She really bought sothing that says ’dull’ on it?"
"Did Deceitful Bloom or Drumr tell her sothing?"
"No. That toy isn’t even connected to the capsule machine course."
"Yeah, sa. Why would I bring up one of Dull’s old trinkets during a lecture?"
"What was Dull thinking anyway? I rember he didn’t like BS-Rita. Always voted against her."
"No clue. But that toy was originally gifted to TingoAutumn Deer by Dull, right? Now that it’s fallen into another player’s hands because of this ga, he can’t just take it back."
"Still can’t believe he lost it and didn’t buy it back imdiately... TingoAutumn Deer used it. Did he even realize what level of toy that was?"
"Guess he just can’t keep up anymore... too many losses. He’s dropped to Tier 18."
"He could have bought it."
The voice ca from Dull himself.
And just like that, the chat went dead silent.
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