I equals W

Hmm, careful there

Mind the threshold

It sticks when the weather fidgets

Now, may I tempt you with something newly arrived

A modest thing, but unsettling in its modesty.

Have a look. A photograph. An honest-to-goodness film print.

The kind you'd have collected at the drugstore. Glossy from the drying rack.

No name on the back. No date.

And yet, it has a habit of feeling familiar to those who handle it. Do study it closely, though not for too long. We've been told it tends to invite attention.

This one's called, You Have One New Friend Request.

Before we begin, I want to point out some of the customers whose names have been etched in brass on this beautiful plaque I had made above the front desk.

These are some of the members of the inner circle of the Antiquarium.

We go by the Obsidian Covenant.

Recent initiates include Yi Yi-I-Zang, Rex, Nicole DeBase, Adam Hoekstra,

Amaya Nix, Jerry Gerald's, Michael G4.8, and Tristan Firtle.

We are ever appreciative of your devotion to The Order.

Go to the Obsidiancovenant dot com to receive the sacrament.

Now, where were we?

Oh yes.

Welcome

to the antiquarium

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