Potion Shop for the Broken-Hearted
Episode 1
In the magical city of Marrowveil, there’s a shop no one looks for.
It only appears when your heart can’t carry itself anymore.
No maps. No signs. No stories.
Just a door... and the soft ring of a bell.
Inside worked Elira, a sharp, clever woman with a rare power. She brews potions for the broken-hearted. Not out of kindness. For gold.
Elira
So. What’ll it be today? Relief? Revenge? Closure?
A man walked in. Drenched in silence. Eyes dull, like sorrow pressed into glass.
Elira
Late. And raining. Let me guess....heartbreak?
Stranger
I want something dangerous. I need to forget my soulmate.
Elira
Elira raised an eyebrow and said 'that’s not cheap'.
Stranger
He didn’t even blink at her statement.
Stranger
The more I go back to her, he whispered, the more I hate my parents. For giving me a life like this, where I find comfort in someone like her.
Elira
She looked at him blankly.
Elira had heard hundreds of stories. But something about his… stayed.
Episode 2
Stranger
My parents never loved each other. I grew up with silence, not warmth. No hugs. No joy. Just... endurance.
Stranger
Then I met Aria. She made me feel like I existed.
Stranger
But it wasn’t love. It was hunger. She fed on how much I needed her.
She Gave Him Love, Then Fed on His Devotion.
Elira
And still... you can’t let her go?
Stranger
I’m not just heartbroken. I’m haunted.
Elira
(watching him closely) You’re an empath, aren’t you?
Stranger
(nods) I feel everything. Even when I don’t want to.
Elira thought for a moment....A memory-erasing potion would tear him apart. It could not erase memories without tearing holes in his soul.
So she made something rare.
Elira
I’ll give you a Severance Elixir. Not to forget her but to release her. Fully. Finally.
He Wanted to Forget. She Offered Freedom Instead.
Three nights later, he drank it under a silver moon.
Episode 3
After consuming the potion, he had a dream.
There stood Aria...beautiful, cruel, just as he remembered.
Aria
You came back (smiling)
But this time, he was different.
Stranger
You never loved me. You loved being worshipped.
Aria
And you let me (smirks)
Between them is a glowing red thread.
And with trembling hands, he cut it.
She screamed—not in pain, but in fear. Not of him.....of losing her power.
But for the first time…his soul was quiet.
He came back to the shop. This time, lighter. Brighter.
Stranger
Thank you. Here’s your gold. And this.
[He places a crystal on the counter]
Crystal echoing, "I never needed you. But you made me feel important."
Elira
*Froze at the voice*
That voice...it wasn’t just Aria.
It reminded her of someone else.
Cold. Proud. Always demanding more.
That night, Elira drank the potion herself. And cut a thread she didn’t even know was still knotted tight.
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