The morning light opened on the territory of Trix, creating a shimmering light that bounced off of the pond resting in the middle of Trix. The town slowly began to wake up as the stores of the streets opened. The mornings in Trix were a rare time of quiet in the tourist town, and it brought a sort of peace amongst the people before the business of the day ahead. Along the cobbled street could be seen a shop that resembled a department store, across from that a beautiful candle shop full of colors that one wouldn't have thought possible to see, further down the road a string of small houses, and finally at the end a tavern and across, an inn.
The town seemed to sigh as it heard the first commotion of the day commence. It was coming from inside "Crossnor's Candles."
"Stop it!" A shriek could be heard. "You are going to mess up my candles you… you…" The shop owner seemed to be perplexed at what was causing such a ruckus in his store. It seemed to be a cross between a sheep, a human, and a gnome. "You creature!" The animalistic being ignored the pleads and continued knocking candle after candle off of the shelves.
Hearing the commotion from just down the street, a young sorceress made her way into the shop. Recognizing what was going on, the sorceress went up to the creature and promptly knocked them unconscious with pure strength. In a mixture of awe and terror at his wrecked store, the poor man behind the shop counter looked at the sorceress.
"Thank you. Thank you so much. I am indebted to you…" He looked at the sorceress, realizing he did not know the hero's name.
"Zolis," the sorceress said politely.
"What a beautiful name. I am indebted to you, Zolis. Please, please take a candle for the troubles you have gone through." Zolis made her way through the aisles of the store, careful not to ruin any more of the man's hard work. Settling on a vibrant blue candle that smelled of the sea and… blue cookies, Zolis left the shop with the strange creature in her hands.
Meanwhile, across the street at the department store, a naive halfling by the name of Falasys Underbough entered the shop on a quest to find a sloth backpack and a small stone. As she entered, however, she was greeted with utter and eerie silence. The lights were dim, but it was clear that the shop had not been abandoned. Readying her ukulele and a weighless stone for the chance of attack, Falasys walked a little further into the store. A great "bang!" sounded from the very back of the store. Falasys succumbed to her curiousness, and went to the source of the sound. She was greeted by the sight of an old lady on the floor, a ladder right in front of her.
"Are you alright?" Falasys asked worriedly to the lady. Brushing herself off, the lady stood up off of the floor.
"Oh yes, yes dearie, it happens all the time." She paused after having brushed herself off. "Would you like to buy something?" Falasys quickly remembered why she was there.
"Right. I was wondering if you had a sloth backpack or a stone that I could buy." The woman looked at her thoughtfully.
"A sloth backpack… well I have never heard of a sloth before, but I would be delighted to make one for you if you could describe it to me. It would take about three days time. And as for the stone, well dearie, it appears you have one right in your hand!" The woman gestured to the weightless stone that was still clutched in Falasys' hand. Falasys looked down to where she gestured.
"Oh, but this stone is weightless." The old lady looked fairly surprised.
"Ah, it's not every day you find a weightless stone! Those are quite rare, if I do say so myself. Now, about that sloth backpack…" The woman looked eager to begin the process. Re-thinking the idea, Falasys decided she was no longer in need of either of the objects. Trying to think quickly of an excuse to leave she stumbled out the words,
"I left my wallet back at my home." She attempted to look apologetic towards the old lady. The woman did not seem convinced, but nodded anyways.
"Okay, just come right back after you've got it dearie." Falasys nervously left the woman's sight, and sprinted out as soon as she was sure the woman couldn't see her. The lady had seemed somewhat unnerving, but Falasys couldn't figure out exactly why.
The strangeness seemed to follow Falasys as she exited the store and saw a sorceress holding a… sheep? in her arms. Falasys walked over to the strange sight and greeted the sorceress.
"Hello there! My name's Falasys," she greeted happily.
"My name's Zolis-" Zolis was suddenly cut off as the strange creature in her arms woke up and jumped out. It began bleating as it ran around, looking for an escape. The doors of the department store swung open, and the old lady walked out with a cane resting on her shoulder. She narrowed her eyes at the sheep-like human, and they became snake like as she spotted Falasys.
"Keep the noise down out here!" She shouted. In the confusion, the sheep creature tried to run away, wrongly measuring the distance between the houses. They found themselves stuck in between the two houses, with their head in the alleyway and their back half kicking in the air towards the street. Zolis ran over, Falasys following behind, and pulled the creature out of the cracks, knocking them out once again, with significantly less force.
The old lady had not disappeared. Instead, she was following the group from not far behind. Falasys looked back nervously, and sped up her pace down the street, Zolis and the creature in her arms following. Waking up incredibly quickly, the sheep creature once again jumped out of Zolis' arms. But this time, as they ran chaotically down the streets, the old lady's arm shot out and caught him with immense speed. The creature flailed in the woman's arms, and Falasys sprinted off down the road to a larger sized building that she saw, Zolis making the decision to follow. Neither wanted to be in the presence of the lady for much longer.