You decided to look around the room yourself while you waited for Mr. Moharrah's response. As you did so, you noticed a strange box sitting on a nearby table. It had a piece of paper covering it that read "Return if unwanted" with some scrawling next to it. You reached out towards it... only to have someone grab your arm.
"H-Hey!" The person holding your hand suddenly spoke with an accent and moved their face close to yours, staring at you intensely. They looked at you strangely.
You blinked in surprise at being stared at by someone whose face was almost touching yours as they continued to speak, albeit a little muffled now because of their lips being pressed up against your ears.
"...do you not wish to have this?"
You glanced down at the mysterious package, a cloth wrapped item that smelled vaguely like sandalwood.
It was sitting there, its contents concealed, with a tag on top which said something like, 'Return if Unwanted'.
It seemed like a strange thing to do, he smiled a bit. "This ancient box, is rumored to make any perverse wish come true, but wish be true, a ill fate may come upon you" he whispers. "It may not be a consious desire, but by the end, it will fulfill your chosen innermost desires. Will you take the box with you?
You gaze into the box, seeing it's luminous, mystery shine and his pupils widen in what looks to be anticipation. Every time you hold the box, it feels like it's as if moving.. shifting. Wiggling and shaking, rattling one moment, and making slimy or rubbery bounces the next. The next you hear a growl and a shuffling, and the roaring of lions and tigers and other beasts, and the next you hear the purring meowl of another, or it begins to slide around like cloth or a fur coat. It's almost as if the contents inside are shifting with every moment as the endless possibilties race through your mind.
You look back at the gift box, looking up at his face again. Your heart began beating faster and your mouth became very dry.
The heat of the shop washed over you, seeming to carry the scent of dried leaves and animal hides.
He licked his lips before speaking once more. "Fate is in your hands. Make sure you keep that in mind." He said quietly. His words made you shudder slightly as a cool breeze seemed to blow across your cheek from the window above him. You glance nervously out that window behind him, wondering how many others were watching right now... waiting for your decision... ready to steal away what was yours if you refused it? Or would they let you go? They might want it so bad they'd attack you if you walked out with it. But still, did it matter?
Before you knew what was going on, your body began to get a soft, electric tingle. Your body almost seemed to move on it's own as you walked out the store, the shopkeeper smiling as with a blink, the shop vanished as the two buildings around it shrunk together, leaving nothing left of the store other than a audible pop and abandoned alleyway. You shivered, wondering what had happened.. But it was time to open the box.. and see what mysterious item it had morphed into inside..