Hello MrsEnderNExile,

It lasts until the fine is paid. Punishment was applied as all items must be paid for, however you may not go less or more than average price of item +-30%. Punishment was applied specifically for trading 27 sparks of inception without any sort of payment.

Well that's because we traded ham and the sparks of inception separately. We didn't mean to trade like that, but it happened, and neither one of us can get 3 gold so there is no point in us playing the game, because we can't do anything with the punishment upon us.