You aren’t someone who normally receives the morning mail from an owl, but there’s a Snowy Owl perched outside your window. Held in its beak is an elegant, burgundy envelope with your name and address handwritten in black ink. Should you decide to open the window, your winged messenger will take off to the skies after handing you the envelope. You look for a seal or family crest to no avail, yet it still carries the aura of something official. Do you dare open it?
Opening the envelope releases the warm, ashy scent of incense. Yellow flower petals shoot out from the envelope as though they were spring loaded, and they bring with them the refreshing scent of Ylang Ylang oil. You look inside the envelope. As it turns out, its actual contents aren’t as elegant and mysterious as you’ve been lead on to believe.
It’s nothing but a flyer for some store holding a 50% off sale. Ah, marketing tactics these days! You scan some of the offers for this strange place – Yuuko’s Shop, it’s called – and none of them are accompanied by pictures. The coupon expiry dates are odd too, most of them either expiring decades ago or will expire decades from now. You read only some of the deals:
Something big is coming soon.
☹︎☜︎✌︎☝︎🕆︎☜︎😐︎✋︎☪︎☠︎✌︎
Yuuko Ichihara
Enchanted Glasses are 50% off – be able to see magic for the very first time!
Owl Delivery Service are 50% off for a limited time only
Fortune Telling is purchase 1 meeting, get the other half off!
Whether you choose to visit the address or throw the letter in the garbage is up to you. But before you make your decision, the bottom of the flyer catches your eye:
Get all your magical needs before it’s too late!
he's woken up by the sound of something plopping against his window, as if someone were throwing little rocks at the glass to catch his attention. that's what he expects, at least, until he regains enough consciousness to remember that they live way too far up their apartment complex for a normal human to reach. that's when nervousness sets in at the thought that it might be of a supernatural origin. "HOLY FUCK-" he shouts when he first sees the silhouette of the owl perched outside. perched was a strong word, it's barely hanging onto the edge and looks quite pissed that it's been waiting here for god knows how long. jaehyun, who jumped back under his sheets for shelter, peeks out and comes to the conclusion that this particular owl has no physical traits that could link it to some type of monster. he hasn't seen one in a while...
he would normally scream for jooheon to come and see, but it might scare the bird away. not that it looked more nervous than him in the slightest, but you never know. there's something in its beak. a letter? jaehyun begins to wonder what the fuck is happening here. if his hogwarts letter has finally arrived, then it's hella late. he slides the window open. "h-hedwig?" it looks exactly like the one from harry potter. although he's the type of fake fan that has only watched the movies, the idea that he's beginning his very own magical adventure is exciting. so far, all he's seen were terrifying creatures roaming into the night, the rest of the world oblivious to their existence. he could use a ron and a hermione. jooheon would make a very nice weasley with the right color of hair dye.
he takes the letter and the bird flies to better places, leaving him alone with the letter. his hands are shaking when he opens it, expecting something big. something meaningful that would change his whole life. and instead he finds coupons from a magic shop. "what a rip-off," he grumbles, ready to throw it away without even reading it. this stuff would usually amuse him, but he build so many incredible scenarios in his head that he's left disappointed and sulky. right before he gets rid of it, however, the symbols at the very bottom catch his attention. that's when he decides to keep the letter for later use and stuffs it in his underwear drawer.
