(while nothing about their entire situation exactly seemed... pleasant, apollo couldn't deny he was intrigued by the mystery this place presented. he can somewhat count this as experience needed for his future career, investigating and questioning certainly aren't bad things to get practice in.

but something about the whole shop just seems... off. it almost feels too big for the smaller size it appeared to have out front, and the only welcome seems to be some disembodied voice from somewhere among the many shelves and aisles surrounding them.

seeing the odd curios around the shop certainly isn't helping things at all. he winces at the hand astin pulls off a shelf, taking a cautious step away.) Uh... maybe we should just leave this questionable stuff alone.

(when there's no visible signs of life in the store, apollo decides (for once) to take the initiative to explore the area in front of them. examine a few suspicious items without touching them, shifting through some of the closer aisle, but making sure not to separate from the group. when he returns moments later, he's scratching his head in thought and jotting notes down in a little notebook he brought.) Uh... this is kinda weird. The aisles aren't like they would be in a normal store. They... twist and turn. There's no straight path anywhere.