It was his first time presenting in Midtown. He meant to visit the place but did not have a purpose until now. Even during the summer heat, the stores were packed with a melting pot of different races. It was one of the many hotspots that young people came to visit.
"Just turn this right, and we will be at our location." Kiyro directed the group as they turned to the right.
"Is that the place?" Eve pointed towards the group crowded in front of a large shop. They gathered over a table where a salesman was selling new-age books.
In bold black and yellow letters, a fancy sign written Fire and Ice was present over the shop. The glass window showed beautiful designs of colorful wind chimes and crystals for people to see. Even small fantastical model creatures were lined up neatly on shelves.
Kiyro pushed the door, and a sweet bell-like ring was heard as he entered. He could not explain it, but he felt at ease and at peace. The room was cool but felt warm; the lighting inside the store was not too bright, making people feel like they were entering a harsh setting. It was rare for him to find places that give off such a warm feeling.
"It's so peaceful here," Isabel replied softly. Her gaze darted from side to side, trying to take everything in at once.
Kiyro nodded in agreement with her statement as they traveled deeper into the store. A large collection of different crystals was displayed in glass cases and on shelves. In addition, an assortment of colors on sale ranged like the rainbow, from red to light blue, jet black, and even emerald green crystals with different formations and sizes.
There was even a section of the room selling incense sticks, charms, candles, and small trinkets that had to do with the metaphysical aspects. Even large wind chimes were hanging from the ceiling, swinging softly from the air conditioning, creating a soft musical sound. Small and large gongs were placed on shelves, and small water fountains of different varieties were out for sale. Even the trickling sound of the water was soft and peaceful to hear. The strong scent of burning white sage with sweet grass tickled his nose.
Further in the store were walls upon walls with many new age books. They were books that Kiyro would not normally see in a regular large-scale book store. Everything in the store focused heavily on the metaphysical aspect of one spiritual growth.
"They're so beautiful," Eve replied as she walked past the glass shelves full of beautiful crystal formations. Her eyes darted from one object, interested in what she saw.
Everyone was diligently looking around, finding things that caught their attention. Even Kiyro found the store peculiar and fascinating. It felt like he was in a different world that seemed out of place.
Kiyro ran his fingers across the crisp, pristine shelf of books and rested upon a small dragon statue the size of a teacup. A black and gold baby dragon sat down like a human with a book in its lap. Behind the baby dragon, a handbook titled Magick History of the Earth. Pulling it out of the shelf, it was an old leather book that seemed out of place from the other clean new books. He slowly opened it randomly to a page.
Old Magick. Since the beginning of Earth's creation, the world has had its natural energy network that stemmed from the core and radiates outwards towards the surface. Over time, made from billions of different star energy to form what is now our everyday Earth, the energy of the world has massed together in large quantities to form what we call Earth to this day.
Each small molecule of energy moves, transfers, and changes with the world's will. Its purpose is unknown, but since the birth of mankind, we have tapped into its limitless energy through time.
We, humans, are among the many intelligent beings that were given the privilege to harness the neverending energy. It all began with our powerful tool: our mind. From our mind, we create new thoughts; each idea in our mind sends out a small blast of energy that pushes into a collective thought around the world. The more we think about a certain event, the more energy is sent towards the idea we envision. It becomes powerful over decades when more and more thoughts and actions are put into effect to make it happen.
Because we are human beings run by emotions, the power of thought is amplified by the emotional influx of different emotions we want. There are three levels of energy that are put into thought. The first is the subconscious realm, where we make simple everyday decisions. However, our wants more than our needs are constantly fired out towards the world like a small, fast beat of an erratic heartbeat.
The second is what's under the simple wants and desires. The reason behind why we want certain things. These desires and wants have more power and energy in our thoughts, and more energy is put into them when the desires are strong.
The final level is in our unconscious realm of thoughts, where our needs, wants, and desires are all deeply embedded into a couple or more solid reasons where our needs and wants. Desires stem from and are filtered outwards to our secondary and broken further into smaller pieces to our subconscious. The final level of our realm of thoughts is where the crux of our turbulent emotions will move with such force and energy that it could change a person's motives, thoughts, and even desire.
As one delves deeper into the power of thought, we notice that the push and pull of events can be controlled and even brought to one's desire. Now the thing about the power of thought is simple and complex. This is where Old magic and thoughts intertwine and begin with the belief that it is real and possible. Even an impossible event can turn into a possibility.
Kiyro turned the page.
Earth has natural pockets of energy hidden underneath the land. Different areas have more energy streams where life proliferates while others are barren. As the point of source in each room, over time, the old ley lines move and shift from the movement of the tectonic plates. The higher the number of lives in a certain area, the more earth's energy is present.
"Do you need any help?" A salesman asked next to him. He was busily putting new stacks of books onto the shelves.
Kiyro snapped out of reading the book and closed it. "Yes. I actually do. By any chance, do you sell any Selenite?"
"Yes, we do." The salesman stopped what he was doing and got up.
"Where would they be?"
"Follow me." The salesman placed the book onto the box and got up from the ground. Kiyro took the book with him and walked straight for the case full of crystals. He followed after, wondering what a Selenite might look like.
They arrived at a case full of white crystal clear crystals decorated inside the case.
"Here it is. We have different sizes, types, and even colors. Is there a specific one you are looking for?"
"I'm not so sure." Kiyro placed his hands on the glass and gazed to see the Selenite. There was selenite that was white, pink, and a bit red.
Kiyro's Alive gear scanned the surrounding area. Finally, a message appeared in his Alive gear.
Please individually buy a medium-size selenite pyramid.
"Wait, I think I remember what I want. I would like that medium-sized selenite in a pyramid shape. Please." Kiyro tapped his fingers on the glass over the pyramid, looking selenite.
"Would you like a small one or a large one?" The salesman bent down to open the case with a key.
"I'll go with the medium size one. Can you give me six of them, please?"
"Sure. Give me a second."
Kiyro patiently waited. He watched the salesman gently take out the small selenite pyramid and hand it to Kiyro.
"I'm surprised that selenite has been in high demand recently. Is there some kind of event or something going on? Our store has recently had a large influx of selenite sales."
"Excuse me?"
"They all seem to come for two different shapes and sizes of selenite. One is the pyramid one you are looking for in groups of six. The other is a selenite in an orb shape and is sold individually."
"You can say something like an event."
"I see. That would explain it. I would recommend you be careful with the selenite. It's one of those crystals that are fragile. Try not to get water on it because it dissolves over time."
"I'll be careful," he was handed the last one. "Thanks… Actually, can you give me one more?"
"Sure." The salesman reached in and gave him another. "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
Kiyro shook his head. He turned and walked toward his group. "Hey, guys." He called out. They stopped what they were doing and came around him like a moth to a flame.
"Did you find it?" Jack asked.
Kiyro raised up his hands, which were filled with Selenite. He handed each one of them a pyramid selenite. Eve raised it up into the light, where the translucent white crystal shined with an etheric beauty. It looked like white snow mixed with ice all in one.
"This is it?" Will asked. "What are we supposed to do with this?"
"Not sure. Let's buy it and see if we get a new update on the quest," said Eve.
Each one went to the cash register to buy the selenite. A female attendant helped them out. Alex was busily flirting with the lady.
Eve rolled her eyes at the scene in front of her. "He's the same as always. It would be strange if he wasn't like that."
Kiyro openly agreed with her.
"What good would this selenite be used for?" Jack twiddled the selenite around with his fingers. "It seems you're knowledgeable on this stuff, Isabel. Maybe you could enlighten us?"
"I don't know. I'm not as knowledgeable as you think I am."
"Hey, you guys. I got an update on the quest," said Eve.
"What?"
"The moment you buy it, you will know."