Multiversal General Store
The time was 11:35 P.M on a rainy Sunday night.
Almost everyone in the neighbourhood were asleep at this hour. The street was practically barren akin to that of a ghost town, especially during a heavy rain like this. Some of the street lights were flickering on and off at some places and most houses lights were off. The drainages were doing their job of preventing the streets and the neighbourhood from flooding. Thunders were heard roaring but no lightning strike occurred yet fortunately.
A pair of headlights from a taxi were visible passing through the rainy street before stopping in front of one of the houses that has the lights were still on at this hour.
A woman was seen hopping off the taxi after paying the driver before bolting towards her house. She hovered her purse above her head as a makeshift umbrella, pulled out a key from her breast pocket and unlocking the house.
After entering her house, the woman shut and locked the front door before let out a sigh of relief as she slides down against the door.
"Haaaaahhh, home sweet home. I knew I should have brought my umbrella with me today." The woman whispered to herself as she was panting as if she just finished running for a marathon.
The woman began to stand up and took off her wet shoes and socks and just carelessly tossed them aside. She then took off her wet jacket and hang it on the coat hanger planted on her door before heading towards the bathroom. While on her way towards the bathroom, she stripped off her wet business suits and skirts she was wearing and just carelessly left them on the floor, leaving her with only her underwear.
Arrive at the bathroom, she proceed with stripping off the last pieces of clothing that were still attached to her body, leaving her buck naked before she turned on her shower and set it on warm.
"Ahhhhhh, what a relief." The woman let out a sigh of bliss as warm water washed over her body.
Ten minutes later, the woman finished her shower and dried herself with towels while facing the mirror in her bathroom.
The woman has the appearance of someone who looks like in her late twenties. She has long lime coloured hair with a yellow highlight on her left bang and a pair of turquoise eyes. She was quite tall and has slender, but not skinny figure.
Putting on her bathrobe, she then began to collect the wet clothes she discarded earlier in put them in a basket along with the rest of her laundry. She then headed toward the kitchen, collecting some ingredients (such as tortilla, some left over diced meats, some lettuces and some hot sauce), and began to make a simple kebab for dinner.
It didn't take her 5 minutes to make her dinner and she sat down and began to enjoy her dinner. While chomping down her dinner, she then noticed the clock on the wall that showed her it was now 11:50 P.M.
"Oh, it's almost time to open up the store." The woman spoke to herself as she gulping down the food she chewed earlier.
While finishing her dinner, the lime haired woman then headed towards the second floor before she entered to her room that was located near the staircase.
She then walked towards the wardrobe and began to collect some pieces of clothing. After putting on a new underwear, she then put on a new set of business suits similar to the one she was wearing earlier. She then combed her hairs down before tied her hair up into twin braids hairstyle. After doing her hair, her left hand was reaching towards the drawer before she pulled it open, revealing a series set of sunglasses. She took the one with round lens before putting it on.
After a few second examined herself in front of the mirror, she cupped her check before smiling and pumped down her fists like one of those cheerful anime girls.
"Alright, time to work."
The woman then reached towards a safe that was planted on the wall of her bedroom. After putting in the combination code, she opened the safe to reveal what was inside.
A simple looking key was the only thing that was contained inside the safe. The key was black in colour and looks like any ordinary cheap key you found anywhere else.
But of course, this key wasn't just an ordinary key if the woman was storing it inside of a safe.
After taking the key with her, the woman then closed the safe again before heading out her bedroom. The woman then turned to her right and began to walked through the corridor of her second floor.
A simple looking door was waiting her at the end of the corridor.
The woman inserted the key she took earlier into the keyhole.
She twisted the key to the right.
(Ke-clack)
The door was unlocked and the woman opened the door.
What awaiting her was a very dark room that was so dark the light from the corridor cannot illuminated even the area near the entrance. It was like looking at the bottomless abyss.
Despite these facts, the woman fearlessly entered the room before closing the door which also seems to automatically lock itself.
The woman was standing inside of the pitch black room for a few more seconds.
(Prak)
before she clapped her hands, turning on the lights in this room.
An amazing sight greeted her vision when the lights turned on.
The inside of this room, the room that was in her simple two stories house that could house a family of four, was none other than the store that the woman was talking about earlier.
And to call it a "store" was a gross understatement.
This room, was more akin to that of big shopping centre you can find in a big city. Its area was around huge, rivalling to that of some big names shopping centre in the world. It only has one floor but the area seemingly stretched endlessly. It has variety of stores such as grocery store, electronics store, clothing store, books store and many more. It even includes the stores that you normally wouldn't found in any ordinary shopping centre.
In conclusion, it should be impossible for this "room" to exist inside of a simple two stories house.
Of course, that was with the assumption if the room and the owner were normal to begin with.
After admiring the "room" for a few more seconds, the woman then began to walked towards the U-shaped counter that barricaded the door where she came from.
The middle part of the counter has things like a computer, printer, barcode scanner, some machinery that looks like to be a money counting machine and a nameplate with the name "Alina Gray, owner of Multiversal General Store" written on it. It also has small kitchen area on the right side of the counter, complete with a coffee machine, a gas stove, a water dispenser and an oven.
She then sat on a very comfy chair that was near the cash register machine, double checking everything before nodded in approval.
"Alright, time to open up for business."
Her hand then reached below the counter and found a button installed there.
She then pressed the button.
(ZEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT)
The store alarm blared on and two double glass doors appeared on each side of the store. There were signs on top of each door that said "Entrance" and "Exit" respectively.
The woman then leaned on her seat and waited.
Not long after, someone walked in the store from the entrance.
And then another one.
And then another one.
Some of them were confused on how they ended up here while some of them seems were used to it. There were also belongs to many different species. Humans, Demons, Beastman, Elf, and many many fantasy creatures from all many different worlds.
Alina Gray, the owner of the Multiversal General Store, let out a grin as she reached down towards the mini fridge below the counter and pulled out canned coffee before popped it open and drank it.
"Today is going to be another profitable day."
End of Prologue