The Midnight Pawnshop: I Pawn My Life, No Money Needed

[Urban Supernatural Mystery + Episodic Stories + No Romance + Rules-Based Horror] The day Shen Budu went bankrupt, he took over a strange pawnshop. It accepted no gold or silver, asked no questions about where anything came from, and opened only at midnight. Here, you could trade “ten years of your life” for the recovery of a loved one, “all ability to feel pain” for the gruesome death of an enemy, or even “the ability to fall in love” for unimaginable wealth. He was the new shopkeeper, handling countless pledges, but he lived by one ironclad rule: everything has a price. You’re just not willing to pay it. Until one day, he wanted to pawn himself, in exchange for the truth the world had forgotten. Some say that once you enter through this door, you can never leave. Shen Budu wiped his abacus and chuckled. “Wrong. Once you leave through this door, you can never come back.” P.S. Pawn at your own risk. Overdue items become the shop’s property. No refunds or exchanges.