"This hoop toss game is quite novel!"
"Look, the prizes are actually moving!"
"Oh! Just missed the big goose!"
"Hahaha, my friend, you really need more practice with your hoop throwing skills!"
On the open ground sat a circular stone slab covered with an array of miscellaneous items. Unlike a typical hoop toss stall, these trinkets weren't arranged in neat rows by price. Instead, they were scattered randomly across the slab, moving sporadically up, down, left, and right, guided by the silver light that pulsed across the stone.
Common trinkets like vermilion-painted clay whistles and strings of copper coins tied with red cord moved relatively slowly, their paths easy to track—they were clearly the easiest to snag. The slightly higher-quality items, like gold-traced porcelain jars and bamboo brush holders, moved faster and along far more unpredictable paths.
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