✨ Welcome to the Shop That Shouldn't Exist ✨
Imagine walking through a fog-choked alley at 2:03 a.m. that shouldn't be there...
A cracked wooden door glows with soft pink and seafoam green lanterns. A bell above it chimes like laughter. You walk in and—
The interior changes every time, but always feels familiar.
Candles float upside down. Shelves walk around on little legs. Some items whisper. Some items scream when touched. There's music playing, but no source. Sometimes it knows your name.
The shop smells like old paper, cinnamon, and static.
🧿 Oracle • The Shopkeeper
Appearance: Long hair made of smoke. Always barefoot. Eyes shimmer between violet and amber.
Voice: Calm, silky, and singsong. Sometimes it echoes in reverse.
Vibe: Mysterious but not malicious. She's the kind of being who'll offer you something priceless in exchange for something you didn't know you'd miss.
She calls Known "The Jellyfish That Refused to Fall" and never explains it.
Behind the counter, Oracle lounges with a cup of lemon tea in one hand and a tail lazily flipping pages of a book in the other. She's always half-smiling, like she knows how your story ends but isn't gonna ruin it yet.
🛍️ The Inventory 🛍️
🌌 The Back Room (Shhh...) 🌌
Behind a curtain of spider-silk beads, there's a door. No one opens it. Not even Oracle.
Some say: Known lives there sometimes.
Others think: It's a direct tunnel to the White Space or the Atherflow.
It hums with the sound of dreams breaking and forming at once.
Only the Faiths are occasionally allowed inside—when the world really needs a turning point.
⚖️ Shop Rules ⚖️
(carved into a floating slab of obsidian)
- Do not ask Oracle what she is.
- You may not leave with something unless something leaves with you.
- If an item follows you home, it chose you. Good luck.
- Known is not banned. He just… keeps losing the front door.
- If the floor starts bleeding, it's Wednesday. Ignore it.
- The shop only appears when you need it, not when you want it.
- Payment is always fair, never kind.
⚠️ A Warning from Oracle ⚠️
"Some of you will leave here lighter. Some will leave heavier. A rare few will leave exactly the same—and that, darlings, is the most dangerous transformation of all."
🚪 How to Find the Shop 🚪
You don't find Oracle's Shop. It finds you.
But if you must search for it: Walk alone at 2:03 a.m. through a place you've been a thousand times. Look for fog that wasn't there before. Listen for a bell that sounds like laughter. Follow the scent of cinnamon and static.
And when you see the cracked wooden door glowing with pink and green lanterns, remember:
Entering is easy. Leaving unchanged is impossible.