After the strange encounter with his brother and that even more strange cloaked person, Mac was left with four glowing mushrooms that acted as currency and an object made up of the same glowing fireflies as those that speckled the skies. He padded through the dark nook, illuminated by the moon’s silver pools of light and the glowing of the mushrooms and crystals. Seeing the mushrooms as he passed by them created a little knot in his stomach, though. Ever since he and his brother tasted the things, the effects afterward were enough to steer him away. And that fear that had swallowed him whole, so intense in his merciless grip around his very mind..how odd. And frightening, really, for a young child. Even a confident one as he.

The speckled child continued through the grassy clearing, light on his feet. The fear still lingered like a heavy fog, but he couldn’t say he let it get to him. He was too strong for that, thanks to hanging out with his older brother. Misery was teaching him all the best things about how to see the world in a critical thinking light, and he absorbed all his knowledge like a little sponge. That’s what pups were, anyways - little sponges on four stubby legs, taking in everything their elastic brains could possibly handle. Thus, his resilience win out, and fear caved in. He was better than it.

The child was pacing back and forth, because he had received an object from that weird cloaked guy and didn’t know what it did. He wasn’t really thinking at the time, anyways. He figured it might have some purpose he just didn’t know about..yet. Picking it up in his forepaws, he frowned as he looked it over. It was made up of fireflies, but it held a certain weight to it, like a tangible object. He wondered what it did. The entity that sold it to him didn’t reslly clarify how to use it, but for some reason, he felt compelled to put it to his ear, not realizing that that was how one used a phone. He didn’t even know what a phone was, but he felt an urge to place it by his ear and wait for something to happen.

Firefly Fone

Ring Ring

The phone... rings? Or is it humming? No wait- that was a firefly. Then there's another. Suddenly, there's many fireflies around, so dense you can't see! Then, something appears...

You gain:

• Something Appears- You hear... fireflies?
  

You lose:

• Firefly Fone- Ring ring...
  

Firefly Pop-Up Shoppe

As the fireflies clear, you see a familiar figure as he busies himself with setting up a shop.

A sign nearby has some writing, which you interpret to mean, "NO BARGAINS."

As you approach, the creature turns to you, "I am not quite ready to open my shop to everyone, but for you I will make an exception. Choose one, or choose as many as you like, but don't choose what you can't afford," he says.


Inventory:

• Racing Accessories- 1 /
  Some nice kicks that make you feel like you can just do it!
  
• Go Fast Juice- 1 /
  The liquid in this bottle is thick and dark and has something that looks surprisingly like muscle.
  
• Fun Shroom- 1 /
  An ordinary everyday mushroom that just has a little handwritten tag on it that reads “eat me”. It seems pretty risky, but it might pay off in the end. Maybe...
  
• Firefly’s Favor- 1 /
  A firefly in a bottle. Might come in handy if you let him go at just the right time.
  
• Opaque Sack of Gems- 1 /
  Running out of currency and not sure what else to spend it on? Gamble on this mysterious pouch and potentially find more mushrooms/crystals within it! Or perhaps something else!
  
• Shrink Potion- 1 /
  This bottle is shaped like a pear and within it swirls a sparkly gold liquid. The label shows a crudely drawn image of two wolves of vastly different sizes, with a green checkmark over the smallest one.
  
• Grow Potion- 1 /
  This bottle is shaped like an upside down pear and within it swirls a sparkly gold liquid. The label shows a crudely drawn image of two wolves of vastly different sizes, with a green checkmark over the largest one.
  
• Pungent Poison- 1 /
  This tiny bottle contains a green globby liquid, the label claims it was made from local mushrooms.
  
• Serious Steroids- 1 /
  The cloaked figure assures you it’s not really steroids but he does say it’ll make your body more resilient, he won’t tell you what’s in them though.
  
• Small Unfleshed Thought- 2 /
  This bottle contains whispers of what has passed, what is passing, and what has yet to pass. It looks kinda like a firefly…
  
• Cursed Litter Pass- 2 /
  This looks like it might cause something really weird to happen. The label says, “do not use if you are breastfeeding, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant,” but you can’t read… it’s probably dangerous, or really cool.
  
• Xtra Shrink Potion- 2 /
  It comes in an extra tiny bottle. There’s barely even one drop!
  
• Xtra Grow Potion- 2 /
  It comes in an extra large bottle. There’s way more than one drop!
  
• Mushroom Based Acid- 2 /
  A small vial with a convenient handle that almost makes it seem throwable. Upon the label is a skull and crossbones symbol beside a shattered shield.
  
• Mushroom Bath Bomb- 2 /
  It looks like a bunch of mushrooms, grass, and plants rolled into some mud. The seller assures you it’s good for styling your coat pattern exactly how you’ve always wanted it.
  
• Crystal Bath Bomb- 2 /
  It looks like a bunch of crystals, glitter, and plants rolled into some mud. The seller assures you it’s good for styling your coat texture exactly how you’ve always wanted it.
  
• Ghost Bath Bomb- 2 /
  The seller assures you it’s good for styling your ears or tail exactly how you’ve always wanted.
  
• Instant Cure- 3 /
  This bandaid looks like it could heal just about anything!
  
• Deer Dad's Blessing- 3 /
  Lets you become more like your favorite deer dad!
  
• Potion of Perception- 3 /
  This bottle of silvery liquid has a pair of glasses etched onto it… whatever that means.
  
• Elixir of Agility- 3 /
  This bottle of milky blue liquid has a shoe etched onto it… whatever that means.
  
• Creepy Contact Lenses- 3 /
  The fireflies help you to equip this item that once applied cannot be removed or traded. Can look however you like. May not change color, rotate, or otherwise alter once in the eye.
  
• Lucky(?) Rabbit's Foot- 3 /
  This rabbit’s foot glows in the dark, but it’s soft, shimmering fur is coated with a sticky, oily blue substance that reminds you of day-old blood...
  
• Crystal of Knowing and Forgetting- 3 /
  This crystal glows not unlike the others plaguing boreas, but the glow alternates between every color in the rainbow. Just looking at it calls to mind how little time you’ve spent working on your skills lately… This could be risky...
  
• ??? Mutation Potion- 3 /
  The potion is a surprisingly light looking purple liquid, clear and slightly fruity smelling, something floats in the middle of the bottle, what it looks like changes depending on how you look at it, from one angle a crystal, from another a mushroom and from yet another a firefly?
  
• ??? Companion Flute- 3 /
  A familiar looking companion flute, the selection appears to include several with growths very similar to the strange appearances over the continents, you can’t help but feel drawn to one in particular...
  
• Equalizer - 3 /
  A small bag in which you can see two sickeningly green cookies, on the bag is a small tag with instructions: “Afore the eve of war, when the outcome is yet to be drawn eat one biscuit and leave the other for your opponent and all battlefields shall be made equal.”  
  
• Tantalizing Treat- 3 /
  Some surprisingly appetizing snacks though it’s hard to tell exactly what’s in them.
  
• Coat Hanger- 3 /
  It’s just an everyday coat hanger, but you are a wolf, and you do not know that.
  
  

It seems the object worked as intended, however it was supposed to be used. A humming noise filled the speckle child’s ear for a few moments, and he cringed slightly. Ringing? Humming? Either way, the noise overwhelmed him for but a few seconds until a familiar figure made itself known. The boy watched the cloaked figure as the fireflies dispersed, making his object disappear.

He kept a brave face, and the confidence leeched into his young bones as he approached the cloaked man and his wares. His grey eyes widened despite his slight apprehension, looking at the dozens of items now filling the table. "Woah," He whispered in awe. He should’ve been more suspicious, right? Stranger danger and all that? He knew Misery would have his butt handed to him just for doing this, and his mother, well..moms will be moms.

The creature boomed that though the shop wasn’t technically open, he’d make an exception for the boy. Mac nodded in understanding, finding himself compelled to stay quiet and polite. After all, this figure didn’t seem lf this world..maybe he was a friend of the packs. Maybe he knew his mom or family as well? Not that he’d be that bold to ask - he had to tread lightly. He wasn’t a wolf, either, so the fact that he knew the wolfish tongue also led him to curiously explore the wares, as well as glance occasionally at the figure as well.

So many choices..he felt his four mushrooms of currency, as if assuring their existence, as he peered at each glass jar, each object, each strange thing he’d never seen before. In a sense, he looked just like a kid in a candy store. Or rather, a magic shop. So many new and interesting items abound, and which should he pick? He took his time, as if time really existed for this figure to begin with. Hmm, He glanced at each item, sometimes more than once, and eventually, he made his decision.

Placing his four mushrooms on the table as high as he could reach - Ghoul, Vis and Widow could easily reach the top, but he had to really stretch to look at everything - he began to speak.

"Hello, Mister Firefly Man. I’d like that," He pointed to the ??? Mutation potion, his curiosity drawing him to the purple potion that had a mysterious item floating in it, and then pointed to the Opaque Sack of Gems, "and this one, please." He added the polite term at the end as his brother did, plus, he could be polite and cordial when he needed to. Especially in front of strange figures that seemingly held power beyond this dimension. Currency laid out on the table, he stepped back, watching with wide eyes.

Ooc; Mac is purchasing the ??? Mutation Potion and the Opaque Sack of Gems.

Firefly Shoppe- Macabre

"Great choices," the cloaked figure tells Macabre, swiftly exchanging currency for the items the boy requested, disappearing in a puff of thick fog - leaving the two items he'd purchased behind.

You gain:

• ??? Mutation Potion- The potion is a surprisingly light looking purple liquid, clear and slightly fruity smelling, something floats in the middle of the bottle, what it looks like changes depending on how you look at it, from one angle a crystal, from another a mushroom and from yet another a firefly?
  
• Opaque Sack of Gems- Running out of currency and not sure what else to spend it on? Gamble on this mysterious pouch and potentially find more mushrooms/crystals within it! Or perhaps something else!
  

You lose:

• Currency (x4)- Used in Firefly's Shoppe, and perhaps elsewhere...
  
  

As quickly as the figure had arrived, he had left, leaving not even a trace of the store he had set up. The speckled boy only held the two items he had paid for with the mushrooms, which he contemplated with as he rolled them in his paws. Truthfully, he didn't really consider what he was buying. Not that he could really read anything the bottles and containers said, so he based off of what strange little things looked the coolest. He had no idea what they did, or how they were meant to be used. Reckless he was, foolish as a child could be, but he wasn't utterly out of his mind. He really had to contemplate what it was he was going to do to activate their powers..or something.

Mac decided to investigate the potion stuff first. Placing the sack of mystery stuff on the ground, he clasped the glass bottle in his digits, grey eyes peering suspiciously at the contents. It was a light clearish purple color, and shimmery as it glinted in the moonlight and fluorescent glow of the crystal and mushroom overgrowth. As he inspected it further, an object was floating in the fluid, and as he turned the bottle every which way it seemed to change shape. First it looked like a crystal. Then a mushroom. Then a firefly? With a quirked brow, the boy open the bottle and sniffed the contents carefully. It smelled fruity, and quite appealing. Was he supposed to drink it? It looked like the only way to actually experience the potion's effects, after all. With a shrug, the spotted child opened his maw, tipping the bottle's contents onto his tongue. He swallowed, wondering if he'd consumed the object as well. Licking his lips of the strange potion, he saw that the bottle was, indeed, empty. Well, here's to hoping it gives me superpowers, He thought, wondering if it would either do that, or sicken him. Either way he couldn't say he was too afraid. A tad wary, he supposed.

Setting down the empty bottle, he shifted his attention to the bag. He grasped it in his front digits, shaking it gently. Hmm. It seemed to have a bit of heft to it, like there were multiple objects inside. He just couldn't quite tell what, as the bag didn't allow one to see its contents properly. Gently, he opened the sack, wondering what he might encounter. Perhaps also to distract him from what he wondered the potion would do to him.

OOC; Mac consumed the ??? mutation potion and the object that was inside, and he opened the opaque sack of gems.

Use the Items

I'm running out of creativity

The potion feels thick and warm in your maw. You don't... feel different. For a moment, your vision blurs and then refocuses... that was weird.

The bag opens to reveal many small gems inside. While each is tiny like a grain of rice, they seem pretty valuable!

You gain:

• Glowing eyes- Glow in ONE color of your choice.
  
• Gems (611)- Can be used in the character shop.