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Table of Contents


Announcements
The Rules
The Story
The Curiosities
The Stages
Availability
Roleplay and Growth
Customs
The Inventory
Affiliated Shops
The Staff


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Please follow all shop rules. If there are any questions or need for clarification, please ask.

✥ Please follow the Gaia TOS.✥

✥ Do not steal or copy the artwork or claim it as your own. ✥

✥ Respect -everyone- in the shop. ✥

✥ Take -ALL- drama outside the thread. ✥

✥ Do not pester staff about growings and arrivals. We try to keep you updated. ✥

✥ If you have any personal questions for the artists, PM them unless they ask otherwise. ✥

✥ Be a good sport. If you win, you win. If you lose, you lose. Do not guilt trip or force anyone to give up something they won. ✥

✥ Please read and follow the entry requirements for sales and events. ✥

✥ Do not harass or abuse staff in any way. ✥

✥ Please only submit custom forms when slots are open. Please enquire about RL customs via PM. ✥


FAQ

What are Curiosities?
They are spirits residing in haunted or cursed objects sold through the curiosity shop. Refer to the stages and types info.

How do I get one?
Watch the shop, there are many ways to get one from games and events to customs and giveaways.

Are these RP required?
Yes, but the requirements are not too heavy. There are lots of ways to RP and stay active in the shop.

Do you accept IRL stuff (money/items) for them?
All event sales will be gaia gold and items only. However, Ophrys will be open for RL customs from time to time, please PM her for more details.

Can you just give us one for free?
There will be a number of giveaways, flaffles and games to enter in order to get a free pet.

Can we co-own?
No, Curiosities are unique to each person.

Can we re-home a Curiosity?
If you are no longer able to keep your Curiosity you can donate it back to the shop for resale.

How long do they take to grow?
Curiosities grow once the RP requirements are met, Growth slots will be available each month but will be subject depend on the artist and their schedule.

Can Curiosities breed?
Hopefully this will become an option once there are more owners.

Do you allow pet trades?
Not at the moment.

I have a question but it's not answered here!
Go ahead and post in thread or PM the mule or another member of staff. We'll be glad to help you.


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In a quite and unassuming town, an antique shop appears, almost as if out of nowhere. A sign marked Carter Collingwood's Cabinet of Curiosities swings gently above the door. The owner, a Mr Carter Collingwood esq., antiques dealer, restorer, procurer of all things strange and beautiful and possible dabbler in the occult is a friendly sort and eager to help. He will be your guide in this strange world. For every item here holds a secret, an extraordinary history.

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Curiosities are the creatures found in the cursed and haunted objects found in the Antique shop. Some of them may be the lost soul of a human, others might have a slightly more unusual origin.

Spirits
Spirits can be tricky and can come in many shapes and sizes. Some are very nice and some are downright evil but more of them are somewhere in between. Some ghosts and spirits are more powerful than others, being able to move things around the room and make terrifying noises at night but rest assured that as far as we know no one has ever been killed by one.

Angels
These guys are a far nicer crowd, although they can get a little dull. Again different angels have different powers and some are stronger than others, but they mostly involve the power of light and of the elements. Their characteristic features are bird's wings, sometimes multiple pairs of them. Watch out for the fallen ones though, they might not be entirely trustworthy.

Demons
Well demons are a pretty colourful lot. Again they can vary immensely but one thing they have in common is that they're a bad influence and if you strike a deal with them chances are you're soul will be included in the fine print. The majority of demons have animal horns, strange ears, occational wings, all sorts of eclectic features.

Vampires
Sometimes objects house the ashes of slain vampires. But be careful because one drop of blood in the wrong place can bring those guys right back again. Beware the undead. They are very powerful and will most likely be after your blood, they have superhuman strength, and some of them can turn into mist or nocturnal animals. But don't worry they have lots of weaknesses too, like direct sunlight. Surprisingly easy to get rid of them if you know how but whatever you do, don't invite them into your home! Oh wait they're already in your home.


Djinn
When it comes to fine antiques from far off lands, you never know what you're going to get. Djinn are very powerful, but they're definitely not interested in granting wishes.

Yokai or Yaoguai
A broad term for spirits that can be found in Chinese and Japanese items. There are a wide variety of spirits in Eastern folklore. In general, yokai is a broad term, and can be used to encompass virtually all monsters and supernatural beings.

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Stage One - Cursed Object

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You have just bought an item from the antique shop. It's a beautiful piece in excellent condition but something about it gives you a strange feeling of unease. Perhaps it's the strange rattling noises in your house at night, or maybe even the unearthly demonic glow it emits. No, it's the fact that it secretes ectoplasm. Yep, definitely the ectoplasm.




Stage Two - Manifestation

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Your suspicions about your object being haunted were in fact totally justified. Because there seems to be some sort of creature from the spirit realm living in it. You can communicate with it fairly well, but it can't venture too far from the object it came from without fading away into nothing.


Stage Three - Corporeal


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The spirit has acchieved full corporeal form and you suspect it might actually have some kind of demonic origin. Is it good? Evil? Who knows, probably some mixture of both. Either way, it's in your house and it refuses to leave.

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Flatsale


Flatsales will always be RP prompt based. This means that each flatsale will require you to write a response according to list of specific guidelines.

Word limits and plot specifications will vary with each flatsale.

Flatsales will normally cost 500mil each.

Please submit all entries to the Mule account, Carter Collingwood.

Please pay as soon as possible if you have been announced as a winner.

Many flatsales will be theme based. i.e jewelry, musical instruments, toys ect.


Auction



All auctions will have a starting bid of 100mil

The minimum bid increment is 50mil

Some auctions may have autobuy prices which will vary according to the wishes of the artist.

Some will not have any AB price at all.

Then start and ending times will be clearly indicated.

Items will be accepted at the current lowest marketplace value.

Do not bid what you cannot pay, and please stay around for the end of the auction and pay as soon as possible when you have been announced as the winner.




Other events


Other events such as raffles and games will often be available during events..

Please read the rules and instructions carefully when it comes to raffles and games.



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GROWTH SLOTS
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You can grow your curiosities through RPing with other owners and submitting writing. Alternatively you can cheat and pay for a growth slot. There will also be growth giveaways in some future events.

RPs can be held in the thread (just specify when you're in character), in the B/C RP forum or over skype/messenger.

Stage One growth RP requirements
-Ownership for at least two weeks.
-Sustained shop thread activity
-At least one RP with another owner.

Stage Two growth requirements
-Ownership for at least three months
-Sustained shop thread activity
-At least three RPs preferably involving two or more fellow owners.




Fast track growth (1 stage) - 1bil

Super Fast Track growth (2 stages) - 3bil



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CUSTOM SLOTS
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Custom Curiosities are available every now and again, depending on the artist's workload.

Only submit an order form when custom slots are open for the artist you want, do not pester them if they refuse, a no is a no, that's that.

Please PM your forms to the shop mule and send your trade directly to the shop mule, Carter Collingwood upon acceptance. The gold will then be sent on to the artist upon completion of the first stage of your art.

Artists will be able to open their custom slots once a month. This does not mean they -have- to open them. Please remember this when thinking about ordering.


[size=9][b]Username[/b]:
[b]Curiosity name[/b]:
[b]Object[/b]:
[b]Stage[/b]:
[b]Gender[/b]:
[b]Personality[/b]:
[b]Personal history[/b]:
[b]Physical features[/b]:
[b]Skin colour[/b]:
[b]Eye colour[/b]:
[b]Hair style[/b]:
[b]Hair colour[/b]:
[b]Clothing and/or armour[/b]:
[b]Other[/b]:[/size]




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Ophrys - Owner and Artist
RP Manager - Hiring
Guest Artists - Hiring - Please PM the mule for more information.





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