Chapter 41: Merchants Edge 

Frank held up the item in question: a small, cracked stone with a faint glyph on it. It hummed slightly.

Only slightly.

The label in his inventory said:

> [Unstable Pebble – May Scream. Not Magical.]

"Perfect," Frank muttered. "Because what everyone wants in a trade is an unpredictable paperweight that occasionally yells."

The faceless vendor stared at him across the crooked stall.

A floating scroll hovered beside them:

> [Final Trial: Upsell the Unsellable. Trade required: one item from your own inventory deemed worthless.]

[Buyer is semi-sentient and resistant to persuasion.]

Frank sighed, flipped the pebble in his hand once, then stepped up to the table.