The group stepped cautiously into the shop, the automatic doors closing behind them with a quiet hiss.
Inside, the air was still, even thicker with dust, and the faint smell of something stale lingered.
Quinn adjusted the flashlight, sweeping it across the room, revealing rows of shelves and displays filled with various items from a bygone era.
Even to their inexperienced eyes, it was apparent that the Academy had maintained its hold over this ruin since its discovery.
Everything was in stock, and not a single item wasn't in its designated place, making it seem like this was an undiscovered ruin.
And they technically wouldn't be wrong in thinking that.
It was designed to be that way.
One of the tests that they would undergo down here besides survival was identifying which relic to take.
