And this is why I'm done with Spiral Knights. At least for a very, very long time.
I've spent too much time on this game, trying my luck with boxes, events, running vana, etc.
I managed to get together a great amount of luck and fortune and find myself with some leafy auras and 1st gen shadow wings (the wings from the obsidian event- I couldnt be happier that I got a previously unreleased, mostly unheard-of item. I had gotten bids at around 2 million for each alone.)
And then the flash sales.
Suddenly, everyone can buy the leafy auras I had worked so hard to get for 7 or 8kCE.