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In the small wooded area where Reiko first opened the shop, it was a humble little shack. It was poorly built and looked to be an average abandoned shed. Time passed and no customers came. Reiko spent the time to...renovate his little area. Instead of making it all....flashy as some people enjoy, the teen was not stupid. A store like his would be robbed in a heart beat.

Instead, Reiko demolished his old shack of it's "new" looking features and cleverly built it like a stone hut. It was neatly surrounded by old bare trees, and vines. Reiko used his knowledge of Quintessence to age Nature itself in the nearby area. It looked as if it was abandoned many years ago. In the dead of the night, Reiko sent a secret parchment sheet to all members of shade. It held a riddle on how to find his shop and the secret knock. One would knock on the heavy stone slab blocking the entrance, and Reiko would invite them into the Stone hut.

Inside the stone hut was a small desk and a wooden trap door covered by furs. It looked as if a hermit lived here. It was all a ruse. Once the trap door opened... it revealed a rickety stair case into the "dungeon". At the bottom of the stairs was a stone cavern, carved by magic and lit by torches. At the end of the short hall was a double door leading into a larger room.

The larger room expanded into a brightly lit stone cavern. Several long oak tables laid out with velvet fabrics covering many objects. They were....relics. Relics Reiko had stole, collected or bought. His paradise...

All around the cavern were stone guardians, animated by quintessence. They stood 8 feet and had a eerie look and had an odd presence. They were the ones protecting Reiko's goods and his well being. As one would enter the cavern, if Reiko was not at the top, they would be greeted by him... either hostilely or friendly.