hypnovoyer

[Contains no adult content] “Damnedest thing happened in the shop this week.” The man on the next stool over paused in raising his mug to his lips. “What?” “Someone broke in. Sorta. I guess.” “Whadda mean?” “I get in, right, to open up, and I could tell someone had been in there already overnight. They didn’t turn the place over or anything, but stuff had been moved around. There was no, ya know, damage. I guess they jimmied the lock and got past the alarm, and I paid a bundle for both of those!” “They just moved stuff around?” “No, I ran inventory, and a couple of outfits were gone. But…” He looked around the gloom of the bar, made sure no one was in earshot. “The really weird thing is, they left money for them, on the counter by the register. More than the stuff was worth! Why didn’t they just wait til I came in?” “Yeah. Weird.” Backslap. “On the plus side, next round is on you!” * * * The room was small and anonymous, the type of room where the main selling point is that the