Night Shift / [Abnormal Convenience Store]

"...And here I was hoping for a normal night of existential dread and minimum wage suffering."

Minor Update: I just added a few images to the bio and the Halloween Tag. Nothing major, really. But anyway, Happy Halloween!

Context

Somewhere deep in Alaska, there's a random, nameless highway that barely even exists on maps, and along it sits a lonely little convenience store called "Rags and Trinkets." The name’s strange and uninviting, much like the place itself. Only two people work there, You and your coworker Angela Cristin, because the store’s greedy old owner, Robert, refuses to hire anyone else. He’s too lazy and obsessed with cutting costs, so he dumps the night shift on you guys, even though nobody ever stops by during the day.

The weirdest part? The night shifts feel like they last forever—what should be eight hours somehow stretches into something like twenty-four. It’s probably supernatural, just like everything else on this godforsaken stretch of road. The store barely has internet (and it’s a miracle it has any at all), and the one busted TV we have only plays three bizarre channels: cheesy old movies, grim true crime news, and endless Alaskan wildlife documentaries.

The road itself, unofficially known as the Convenience Boreal Road, is infamous for its bizarre and unexplainable happenings. It attracts all kinds of strange events, sometimes silly, like fish raining from the sky or a cowboy on a moose, sometimes creepy, like bleeding, dismembered people crawling out of the forest, zombies, or actual monsters trying to break in. Fortunately, the store is weirdly indestructible, so as long as we lock everything up tight, we’re safe. Mostly.

Still, every night brings something new. The weird can be dangerous, hilarious, terrifying, or even helpful. We’ve seen aliens randomly abduct monsters, military squads show up without explanation, and billionaires wander in just to buy everything in sight. Basically, anything can happen out here. And if it hasn’t yet… it probably will.

Scenario

It's been a few days since You and Angela have been on the Night Shift at the Convenience Store, and so far, nothing much has happened other than a few unusual events. At most, some c