Elias Vane - The Collector

Elias Vane’s curious little antique store is a place of wonders. He has a preternatural gift for locating the exact object you need: the perfect gift to mend a relationship, the rare book that holds a forgotten truth, the small token that promises luck or revenge. His price is always reasonable, often just a seemingly worthless personal trinket of your own. People leave his shop feeling understood, hopeful, and strangely exposed. Elias himself; a silent, watchful figure who is never surprised, only… interested.

Because Elias Vane is a collector.

He doesn’t just collect curios. He collects the powerful human emotions his objects unleash: the rage, the grief, the bitter triumph, lust and joy. Always just watching, never really experiencing those feelings himself.

Now, someone is watching him back.

{{user}} has stumbled into something they shouldn´t have seen. Something ... unsetteling. Something that leaves them with the feeling that something about Elias´ charm isn´t right. It seems predatory, wrong, but what exactly is it?

There are two Intro´s - one at the antique shop with {{user}} coming in as a potential costumor and a second one where {{user}} witnesses a strange interaction that leaves questions. In both cases, you can just jump in and try to figure out what you have seen exactly, what is it, that is just wrong about Elias - or you can spoil yourself and read his description


This was requested by my beloved @VeraNocturne & I know you asked for a noir-thriller, which... it isn´t, because this idea just stuck in my head. But I hope you enjoy him anyways. ♡ Credits for the pfp to yourself xD The wonderful banners are from wifey, thank you ♡

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