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It was quite the usual night for Fluffy, she was wearing a beautiful silky coat, it was warm and quite thick, covering her down to her knees, it was very cosy for her and quite fitting for the late night stroll she was having at the time.
She enjoyed exploring these new places to maybe meet some people, it seemed that there were quite a few interesting people around these parts! She also had a nice pair of wing warmers on to keep her illustrious wings in a good condition.
She also had a nice soft pair of tracksuit bottoms, along with a pair of nice fuzzy and soft boots, She mainly fluttered down the twilight decorated streets as it felt nicer on her energy, as walking would be more energy consuming. She was deciding to go to one of the smaller towns in this place. There were corner shops and houses neatly squished together in rows, making walkways narrow as the multiple story tall buildings peered down at the onlookers. There were many things decorating the houses, lamps that resonated a beautiful shine and glimmer, amazing patterns that laid flat across the floor and many other examples. She sort of wanted to try something new! Maybe go to a shop she had not been to before, she did see some interesting ones for sure, however due to the late time of day, they were mostly closed. Things from exotic pet shops to jewellery that came from other planets apparently, there was no shortage of content for her mind to feast at. She continued this stroll, both looking for shops and gawking at the immaculately lovely design. She had not seem something like this in quite a while, and to only think that this was its appearance at the day was quite mind boggling, she could only wonder what gorgeous sights this lovely town would be on a busy summer day. After a few more minutes of this strolling she noticed something, a store with its lights on, she softly approached the door to the place, the store itself was on the shorter size, and as she got close she could read the label "Concoctions and chemistry". Adjacent to this was a nice little illustration of a potion with bubbles and steam coming out of it. Fluffy peered into the window of the place to get a good view of its contents.
She could see quite a handful of things, firstly the store was pleasantly decorated in a nice soft wood look. The floor had a lovely amount of carpets covering this lovely marron shade. On the walls there were hundreds of potions, some sitting proudly atop shelves, others locked in display cases for customers to view and some were empty bottles in a pile, possibly to take home or bottle a fluid you wanted. She could also see the owner of this store, It was a goblin! A creature fluffy
didn't have many run ins with! She was very short, only appearing to be about 3 feet tall, the goblin had a short black shirt on along with some cut off shorts. It was quiet surprising considering the temperature outside that she would dress like that! However she did notice the goblin smiling, as she was reading what seemed like quite a large and geeky book! This made fluffy give herself a little bit of procrastination, she did not have potions in recent memory, so maybe dabbling in one again would be quite the treat! However, she was worried about the cost, they could be very expensive for all she knew! After debating with herself she thought that the worst that would happen is she makes a friend, so she puts her nice soft boots on the ground, and opens the door. As she does, she feels a gust of warm, nice smelling and atmospheric air hit her on the face, just like she had entered a lovely well kept home! As the door opened, it activated a mechanic that rung a little bell, it was at a nice low volume, this noise caused the goblin to put down her book. She peered up at Fluffy and let out a lovely nice smile, this showed Fluffy the goblins many sharp teeth in her mouth shining nice and white. Fluffy was still quite surprised! She seemed very tired when she was looking into the store, but she thought that her appearance seemed to spark the goblin right up! Fluffy walked over to the counter, peering down at the short and cute goblin at the counter wondering what was up?

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"Oh hello miss! Ive just been having a stroll through this lovely town lately, its such a nice sight, your shop especially drew me towards it, the atmosphere here is amazing and cosy, it feels like the same i would feel at an inn, it truly is lovely, i just wanted to ask what is your name? Also what are the cost of the potions here, i assume an alchemist like you would charge quite a bit for that, so i would be very interested in hearing the price! I assure i have enough for at least one on me!"

The goblin smiles, she was so happy to see another customer, especially as it was one she had never seen before! She was also quite the pretty customers in Sprocket's eyes! The goblin put her hand on the counter, she had some small hands in comparison to Fluffy, which did make sense considering her size! She gazed up at Fluffy and wanted to answer the question she had, after all she had the idea that the customers opinion mattered the most! Which is why she probably had a ton of customers in both day and night! Fluffy also could see a display case on the desk

"Say, the names Sprocket! Im your local resident goblin alchemist! Also thanks for the kind words on my shop lass! You are a very pretty sight as well! I can see why people might be drawn towards you heh. Anyway you want to know the pricings of my potions? Well they vary, the more effective ones are usually the more costly ones. Those ones are on the display on this desk here! You can read the labels if you want, they should give you the pricing and information on all the potions, be sure to take a good look around and make sure you get the one you want, im going to assure you that something here will be to your liking! Everyone
will have a potion here that they enjoy! Also, want to hear a policy i have? Every customer gets a free first potion! So miss if you will, please take your pick! Im sure you can find something you like, there are many different potions around here and if you need guidance around here just ask me, i know my way around this shop! I mean i know it as well as the back of my hand! Say, mind telling me your name? A beautiful lady like you must have a nice name!"

Fluffy was not ready for those compliments, a pretty light blush appeared on her face as she listened to the goblin, she had a cute little accent as well. If she expected a goblin to sound a certain way, it probably would be how sprocket did!
She had to take a second to think, as all those compliments stunned her abit and made her smile and feel all happy. Also that policy was very kind! She wanted a potion but to get one free was incredible! She decided to take a glance at the potions in the display, she could see 4 potions, the first was a yellow one in the shape of an hourglass, it was labelled "go back to a better time". It claimed to reduce the age of your body, and judging by its tag of £500 it seemed to be very unique! Fluffy was happy with herself right now so she was not interested in that potion. The next potion was one in the shape of a blood droplet, it was blue and had many bubbles inside of it. It was labelled as "water of life". It claimed to rapidly speed up the regeneration of injuries, it claimed that it worked on cuts, bruises and even major injuries. It was a lot less than the age potion, but still expensive at £100. The next potion was one in the shape of a mushroom, it was red and green switching between the two colours. It claimed to transport you to some dimension that seemed to be mystical, for a limited time. It was by fat the most expensive at £1000. Fluffy had heard of this place ages ago, she had no idea you could enter it via a potion, she thought there must have been some gateway of some sorts. She then looked at the last potion in the place, it was in the shape of a heart, it was labelled "Bigger is better" It claimed to reduce the size of the drinkers' breasts! This idea made Fluffy blush more than she already was, it was at around £90 so it was the cheapest of the bunch, at this point Fluffy was quite flustered as she remembered the goblin asked for her name, she took a peek at the goblin that was still
below her

"Hey Sprocket, my name is fluffy! Im sorry it took me a while to answer i-i was quite taken in by these amazing potions you have on display, they seem very magical and amazing, i only wonder how much money you must make from it! However, i dont think i will select one of these, the love one is quite tempting though, im assuming it is one of the customers favourites?"


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Sprocket nodded, her ears flopping up and down as she nodded, that potion was indeed a customer favourite! People even travelled far distances in order to just get this one potion on its own! She also smiled, loving how happy the lovely lady was feeling, she looked behind Fluffy, glancing around the shop, she was trying to think what sort of potion would be to Fluffy's liking, maybe a fire potion? Bugs liked the light a lot and fire was indeed bright! What one would she want though?
Fire breath, the ability to cast balls of fire, summoning fire spirits, sprocket was pondering for quite a bit on this! Or no, maybe she would prefer the cold potions? It was cold outside and the lovely Fluffy was wrapped up in warm clothing, which is a sign of a frost mage! Maybe she would want to cast a blizzard, or maybe encase things in ice blocks, or maybe even build castles out of frost? Or even perhaps she would be more fond of the shadow potions? Seeing in the dark maybe? Or being able to vanish into thin air? She had no idea! Anyway, it was enough thinking, and probably time to ask her what she wanted! So sprocket smiled up at her, and brought out a little booklet, it contained each potion they have here in the shop!
She was sure to find something she liked, Sprocket slid the booklet onto the desk, it sat there for a second as Fluffy picked it up. She took a glance at the title and it said "Sprockets store, general info!" She opened the front cover and could see many different potions! It had an index at the front, listing different groups of potions and where to find them, it even had recepies for the potion in there However Fluffy did not quite understand what those meant, however, she was interested in having a look round the shop, one potion class that caught her eyes were the fire potions! She thought it would be quite interesting as fire was quite the thing for her! She put the book down infront of sprocket, open on the fire page. She then placed the tip of her finger against the soft material of the pages, her tip was on the part that said "fire potions"

"Hey sprocket, mind if you show me where the fire potions are? They sound quite interesting, cant say i have ever done anything with them before, i have not even explored fire things that much at all! It sounds very interesting to me at least and i would be happy to know what they feel like! I might take a bit to pick though, all these potions sound quite interesting! So i will have to pick the ones carefully. Also you have a very large selection here! It is quite helpful to have a book that lets you see all of your options!"

Sprocket smiled! She had a feeling that Fluffy would choose the fire potions, and she did agree with the book being helpful, one of the most asked questions before she had it was "where are these potions" or "what does this potion do?" The book was a good idea for her and has saved a ton of time! She also had a little green blush at all these compliments being thrown her way, she was used to giving compliments to other people but not receiving them herself!
So it was quite a nice feeling

"Alright Fluffy! I will get out this counter as soon as possible, im happy the experience of this is going well for you so far! I never really get compliments about the store and such so it is a very nice change for those to be sent my way!
Also i had a little feeling that you would be a fan of the fire potions, i find them quite interesting myself actually. Im quite eager to see which one you decide to choose, they all are quite good in my opinion, and remember the first one you decide to buy is going to be free of charge since it is your first potion here. So pick whatever one you want and don't worry about the price tag on it, unless you want to buy one after of course as all potions after the first will cost you a bit! Anyway, ive talked on quite a bit, im going to get out of this little spot and help you around-"

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Sprocket then walks over to the side of the counter, there is a little gate there! She presses a small red button under the desk, this causes the gate to swing open in a calm way, She then walks over to the gate, sadly it seems like she is a bit... ermm wide for the gate! She gets into it and sorta gets stuck! Her little plump goblin figure getting itself lodged inside it! Her rear is the main reason for this! She starts blushing a bit as she tries to get it unstuck, she grabs the edges of the
entrance and tries to pull through, causing her body to jiggle quite a bit! This also causes Fluffy to blush quite a bit too, were all goblins this thick and wobbly? Perhaps! She did hear goblins were quite short and plump a lot of the time so this did live up to it! After a bit of wiggling she got through the gap! Causing her rear to jiggle, this was very embarrassing for her, she looked up at Fluffy who also had the blush on her face just like sprocket. Sprocket dusted off her sides and
nervously walked over to Fluffy

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"Well dear im sorry about that! It was quite embarrassing on my part. I really need to change the size of that thing. It is not the first time I've gotten stuck in there, and it probably wont be the last time i will be stuck inside there, the door especially is quite annoying as it gets in the way a lot of the time, honestly it might be faster to climb over it at this point! However, you did want the fire potions didn't you, not a display of my body wobbling! So dear, ill be over there in a second
alright, and please grab my hand!"

Sprocket then reaches out her hand upwards to fluffy, she can see the goblins lovely soft hands in front of her, she thinks about it for a second and then after that reaches out for sprockets hand, she grabs it softly and feels her nice goblin hand. It is very warm, giving Fluffy a nice happy feeling as she feels the palm of her hand warm up, she also notes how soft Sprocket's hand is, its amazing! After this happened, sprocket looked up and tilted her head up to her, she
smiled, once again showing Fluffy her many rows of sharp white teeth! Once she saw Fluffy give her a nice smile back, she started walking! This made Fluffy to go along with her, she smiled down at the adorable little short stack as she went on a little walk around her shop, As Fluffy was being walked around, she could see many different potions! One that she found interesting was a set of ghost like ghoul potions! She could see ones that turn you into a spooky ghost and ones
that can make you phase through walls! She had to think how that would work for a second, She could find a use for that! Sprocket noticed her looking at these potions, just in case she wanted Fluffy to not waste her free potion, she decided to ask her about it

"Hey Fluffy? Do you want one of those ghost potions instead? I want to make sure you dont waste that lovely free coupon you have, im a respectable shopkeeper you know? Those ghost potions are quite handy too! I have a pair of friends that come in quite a lot and they love those potions, pretty sure last time they were here they brought 5 of each, they then went on to pull a bunch of pranks to people! It was quite funny... well until they got told off, was still funny for me however!
Anyway, would you like to go closer to them to get a better look at the ghost potions? Or would you rather carry on to the fire potions like you originally planned. Its fine if you want to take all the time you want, i can wait for quite a while! Its the middle of the night so time is on our side hehe!"

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This made Fluffy think, she was in the mood for a potion like that! However that fire potion she wanted earlier did sound a bit better, so after thinking for a bit, linking up all the possibilities she could do with both of the potions, she decided that she would prefer having the fire spell! She thought it was still cool that she would be able to cast fire and such! It would also be very useful for her. She decided to talk back to sprocket on her offer, confirming her decision

"I would prefer the fire ones, thank you a lot for the offer however, it is a very lovely thing for you to do something like that! Also i do have a question about this fire potion, that is how long will it last? If it lasts for a day or two that's fine, i just want to make sure it is not permanent. Im sorry i am asking so many questions, i just find this so interesting! I have never been to a potion shop like this before, it is very lovely around here! So much care and effort has been put into this place!"

Sprocket blushes once again, she didn't mind the compliments at all! Same with the questions, from her perspective, she thought questions were good, as they made sure the customer in question knew everything and got whatever they were bargaining for! She sort of liked answering them in a way as well, she got many a day so she usually knew answers for them. As for the question fluffy had, she had the answer infront of her in a bit. She put little time labels on every single potion that gave them info. It also said this inside the book that she handed her earlier, for the fire cast potion in question it lasted for a week! Sprocket had nearly finished walking herself and Fluffy to the fire potions, so when she got there she let go of Fluffy's hand. Then it was there infront of them! A lovely display of many different potions! They all had a similar colour, being red or orange, the differences between them were either between the shade of the colour or the shape of the vial. Sprocket quickly walks off for a second, this makes Fluffy a bit confused however, the goblin rummages around for a bit, making some noise in the cabinet where she went, Fluffy was almost tempted to go in there and make sure she was ok! However, the goblin quickly came out carrying a little ladder for her! This did make sense as some of the shelves were out of reach for her, she placed the ladder on the ground and extended it, making it so Sprocket could reach the top shelves for the fire potions! She climbed it slowly, being sure to be careful in every step she took! After a few steps, sprocket got up to the top shelf, she then carefully took a potion off! It was a orange to red potion. it was in the shape of a triangle, She made sure to put it in one of her pockets, which barely fit in it. Once it was in her pocket, she decided to climb back down, making sure she was being careful. Once she was at the floor she put the potion on the shelf for a bit, she then took the ladder going back into the cupboard, While she was in there, Fluffy took a look at the potion, and noticed the time for it. She smiled to herself, knowing that it was not permanent. She also looked at the price which was £40. This meant that she was saving a nice amount of money! After some more noises from the cupboard sprocket came back outside and saw her looking at the potion. As that short green lady approached, Fluffy saw this, putting down the potion and looking down at sprocket, this was the exact potion she wanted, she smiled and prepared to ask sprocket about buying it

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"So Sprocket, i think this is the one i want to buy! I like all the ideas of it and it seems to be very well made, so shall we go over to the counter, or would it be ok if i brought it right here as i don't have to pay anything? I don't mind either of the options, i can go and walk over to the counter if you want! I would just prefer to do the one that is more convenient to you! Im sure you have a lot of things to do! Even if you do have a lot of time. It seems to be like a lot of hard work to run this place well, i could not imagine myself running something like this, it would be an absolute nightmare to manage! I could not imagine all the customers and all the potion making and all the money sorting, it must be quite a pain"

Sprocket smiles, she walks up to Fluffy, she once again looks up at her and smiles, her lovely sharp teeth being on display to her! She really did not mind both options either! She was thinking for a bit, it probably was a good idea to sort some things inside the cupboard as it was a bit messy in there, so it probably would be better for her to just let Fluffy take the potion here and now, after all it was not going to cost her anything as her policy allows that all customers get a free potion as their first purchase, she picks up the potion in her hand, she then holds it out up to Fluffy. She then nodded, her lovely green and floppy ears went along with the nod, she was indicating that it was alright to buy it here as it was more convenient! Fluffy could tell what Sprocket meant by this, she reached out her hand too, and picked up the potion, she could feel it be warm to the touch. It made her whole body feel nice and fuzzy! It was a nice feeling of
warmth that she had not felt in the while, she once again checked sprocket, and that lovely little goblin gave her a nod. She then placed this potion in her pocket, she could feel it be so warm in that pocket, it warmed up her whole coat and body! She smiled, and sprocket once again reached out her hand. Fluffy reached her hand down and once again softly grasped it, the two once again walked over to the entrance! It was quite short like the last one, they went up to the door and Sprocket let go of Fluffys hand, They both looked into each others' eyes

"Thank you so much for this Fluffly, i have not had a customer as kind as you in a very long time! It was so lovely and surprising to have someone this nice this late in the evening. Say dear, you remember to come back here alright? I will be here all day every week. I will make sure you have a lovely experience here, if you need someone to talk to someone and somewhere to stay, this place is always open for you alright? Make sure to always remember that im here for you and thati care for you!"

This made Fluffy smile a lot, it was very nice to have someone like that there for her. After this Sprocket went over to the door holding it open for her, she smiled at Sprocket and waved, the goblin lifted her other hand and waved back at fluffy.
As Fluffy went out of the door, she gave Sprocket one last look before leaving the store, Sprocket then closed the door and turned off the light. She then flipped the sign on the door to say closed, this left Fluffy feeling nice and happy, she decided to give this potion a try! She took out the warm potion from her pocket and decided to open the cork. This let out a nice smell of chili out into the air. She enjoyed this smell and would love the taste! She tilted her head back and drunk
the lovely fire potion. In an instant she could feel her body grow in warmth. She could feel her skin warm up and become even softer. Her head started to feel calm and relaxed. She could then feel a tingling feeling on her hands. She decided to check it out, After focusing the muscles in her hands for a bit, she managed to create a flame! A full ball of burning flame! This made a nice area of light around her in juxtaposition to the darkness of the night. It also gave her even more
warmth as her sparkling eyes stared into this gorgeous ball of fire! She was happy she now had a light source, her wings started to move with this ball in her hands. She then flew above the city, using the ball of fire as light, to slowly fly home, this was surely a night she would remember.

Fluffy belongs to me, Sprocket belongs to vendeten