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Welcome to the Enchanted Coffins shop, once so known by that title simply for its beautiful designs (back when the Coffin Maker was more willing to actually chance beautiful designs), but now that is not so. The poor Coffin Maker, his name is Mark by the way, one day got a strange shipment of wood from a... mysterious benefactor. It was ordinary wood, or seemed so at sight and touch.

The Coffin Maker was pleased (if not a bit confused) by this donation, and he quickly put the wood to use, making many coffins with it. They were beautiful, like always, and left the store quickly. All but one, which he decided to add to his display units, for it was fairly well made.

Once the wood was used up, he thought nothing more of it. It was just a donation, and it wasn't as though it were rare wood or anything. There had been nothing special about it...

But were that true, this would be a very short story. Unfortunately for Mark, the wood was in fact... enchanted. After a few days of the coffin sitting in his display room he was awoken in the middle of the night by a strange... cracking noise. It was loud, and at first he wondered if there were an intruder in his house (and place of business).

No, in fact it was the coffin! Strange cracks had appeared all over its surface, and... no, that movement inside must have been his imagination, or else he needed to put down some mouse traps. With a shrug the Coffin Maker returned to bed, figuring that he would inspect the coffin in the morning to discover the source.

Yet as he did so, he didn't realize that he would be awoken again in the morning, this time by the sound of wood crashing to the floor. Startled, he raced down the stairs and... stared. There was a strange looking creature sitting in the middle of the now completely destroyed coffin! It was smaller than a human, and looked just as confused as he...

Before he could even hope to try to discover the source, a note arrived from the 'mysterious benefactor'. Another shipment of wood was on the way... And if Mark didn't use it all, he was going to face 'consequences'. Now a bit terrified, the young artisan knew he had to make more coffins. But he couldn't in good faith sell them to those looking for a way to entomb their loved ones! So he changed the focus... now he would sell them to those who liked to collect curiosities! And who... didn't mind strange creatures appearing out of nothing!

This was going to be a challenge...



1. No disrespecting the shop staff.
2. Actually, no disrespecting anyone. Play nice, folks.
3. No stealing art!
4. Don't whine if you don't win the flatsale/raffle/auction/etc. Good things come to those who wait.
5. Don't complain if we add new rules, we reserve the right to update this as we see fit, and say no to whatever we want to. This is our shop, we do get the final say.
6. Pricing may fluctuate if demand goes up. Just putting that one out there.



Flatsale: None Planned
IndentTheme: N/A
Raffle: None Planned
Auction: Saturday the 11th at 6pm EST.
Other: None Planned

About Demons: Demons are of course exactly what you would think! Traditionally evil (though some have been known to defy this), they have horns, wings, and cloven feet, and often have some sort of tribal marking or tattoos upon their bodies. Most dress very sparingly, though there are some that do dress quite well. They may be hard to find, however...

About the Coffins: These are your traditional coffins, though somehow they seem to have sprouted wings from the sides... and they don't look very friendly.

Effect of:
- Hammer: Breaking apart a demon's coffin before it's ready can have disastrous effects, you know... You still want to do it? Well, be warned that the demon will be negatively effected somehow, sometimes in multiple ways. Don't say we didn't warn you... We just don't know exactly how it'll be affected yet.
- Hammer, Wood, and Nails: ...I'm not so sure this is a good idea either. Are you trying to worry me to death?! Keeping your demon in the coffin longer will only make it stronger, more skilled! I can't tell you how yet, and I kind of hope no one does it so I have to find out...

Images will go here.

About Vampires: Your typical bloodsuckers, Vampires are one type of undead. They have fangs and typically dress in a much more posh manner than the other species. The typical type of vampire needs to suck blood, but are too weak to use mind control or fly or turn into vampire bats. However they are strong enough to walk in the sun, their skin just burns very easily and their eyes are extremely sensitive. And no, they do not sparkle.

About the Coffin: A very, very simple box with a metal cross on the front. The wood is typically painted over and it has metal plate going across the front. Otherwise not out of the ordinary.

Effects of:
- Hammer: Breaking down the vampire's coffin is a very mean thing to do! Doing so will give your poor vampire weaknesses and deformities they would otherwise not have... None of which have been discovered yet, unfortunately.
- Hammer, Wood, and Nails: You... you want to reinforce the vampire's coffin? Are you serious?! Well, whatever floats your boat, I suppose... Doing this will give your vampire new skills and invulnerabilities, as well as having a positive effect on them physically. None of them are known yet, however...

Hairstyles revealed so far:

Creature Name - Owner Name - Stage - Event Info (if any)

Angels

???? - Nafretiti - Chibi
???? - thyPOPE - Chibi
Bartos - Looneytaz82 - Chibi
???? - Werebit - Chibi - Halloween 2011
Trin - Neri of Tinros - Chibi - Halloween 2011
Autumn - Fayt_of_Redemption - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
Rodan - CaffeinatedBunny - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
???? - Kitomyx the Nobody - Chibi
Lavender - Fayt_of_Redemption - Chibi

Demons

Yvonne - Citrus x Paradisi - Coffin
Midori - [.Silvr.Moon.] - Chibi
???? - Draigathar - Chibi - Halloween 2011
???? - Nafretiti - Chibi - Halloween 2011
Gobble - trinkuh - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
Craig - SilverWolfSun - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
???? - Looneytaz82 - Chibi
???? - Halcyon Flight - Chibi
???? - Prism Shine - Chibi

Elves

Kyrelle - Aylee - Chibi
???? - Werebit - Chibi
Gabriel - Prism Shine - Chibi - Halloween 2011
Seth - Happy Bunny Goddess - Chibi - Halloween 2011
???? - Looneytaz82 - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
???? - Lady Stray - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
???? - RejectedMonster213 - Chibi

Vampires

???? - ~girl of black and white~ - Chibi
Francis - Lady Stray - Chibi
Blood - trinkuh - Chibi - Halloween 2011
Gulbrand - Looneytaz82 - Chibi - Halloween 2011
Kendall - Prism Shine - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
Sylas - RejectedMonster213 - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011
???? - Sachie Whitby - Chibi
???? - CaffeinatedBunny - Chibi

Ghosts

Esen - Looneytaz82 - Chibi
???? - Werebit - Chibi
Anuli - Halcyon Flight - Chibi - Thanksgiving 2011

Custom

Jack Frost - Sachie Whitby - Chibi
???? - Looneytaz82 - Chibi

Welcome to the Grand Laurel Hotel, a twenty-five story building that in some ways more resembles a palace than a hotel. Everything looks expensive (and please don't break anything, we don't think you will enjoy the bill), and the fountain in the foyer alone looks as though it may have cost over half a million dollars. Glass and crystal, marble and stone, flowers you've never even seen before... This hotel is more than a little expensive. At the front desk there are about six employees milling around, and another six or so are running errands around the floor, carrying bags and pushing trollies laden with meals...

Upon purchase of a coffin, the Coffin Maker has been instructed by the mysterious benefactor to give the purchaser a calling card. It states as such:



Those are the only words printed upon the card, nothing more, nothing less. They look strange at first, and one may be tempted to throw the card away at first, but we urge that you do not. Those holding one of the cards will be given a free one week stay at the hotel with free food, drink, and other amenities (access to the pool, the sauna, game rooms, the library, and more), as well as access to a very... special room that seems to have toys and small areas made for smaller creatures, such as the creatures from the coffins...

OOC Information

1. RP is not a requirement for owning a Coffin, or the creature inside. It's simply just a perk.
2. The guardian of your coffin creature can be anyone you choose, your IC self, an OC, or even a character from another shop (assuming the other shop permits it).
3. The adult stage discount is achieved via RP, and how much you must RP before getting the discount is at the proprietor's discretion.
4. You may do whatever you wish at the hotel, and after the initial 'week' of stay, returning to the special room is completely free.
5. ICly the only staff who know of the calling card (and the special room and mysterious benefactor) are Aileen and Sal. These are characters played by Aylee and Citrus x Paradisi respectively, but you don't need to actually RP with us to enter the hotel. You can if you WANT, but you can also assume you'd have been granted a nice room and access to everything for just showing the card.

Here is an example of the tag (in lieu of actual written information):


And examples of the three general stages:




As well as an example of a second style of coffin:


And have some silhouettes of two of other four initial creatures we shall be offering:

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So back to our story, one day the poor coffin maker got a mysterious shipment of wood from a mysterious benefactor.