Faye Yardley looked at the potions with their bizarre effects and couldn't fathom how bored the people who bought them must be.
However, she still spent 50 silver coins to win two pills at the auction that could temporarily change a person's skin color.
'Since I'm already here,' Faye Yardley thought, 'it would be good to blend in a little.'
'And it would be pretty funny if my brother ate one and turned green or purplish-blue.'
'They're just prank potions, after all. The effects aren't permanent.'
In the end, some genuinely good items did appear, such as a potion to accelerate Merfolk evolution, pills to help young Merfolk learn to speak quickly, and so on.
But for Faye Yardley, none of this stuff was of any damn use.
"Is it all just things for you Merfolk?"
"Don't worry. If you can't find what you're looking for today, the grand auction tomorrow will have everything you want."
Faye Yardley raised her eyebrows and began to look forward to tomorrow.
