The Mask making shop in an alleyway

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You walked down the street all your senses fully aware, this part of town was full of crazy ghouls, you knew this from experience. originally you had been walking to anteiku to study with Touka, but a small shop in an alleyway caught your eye. You walked cautiously into the alleyway, there was a small sign outside of the shop entrance that read;

Hello and welcome to HySy Mask making studios

It seamed welcoming enough to you, you opened the door and walked inside the small shop. There was no one there. "H-hello?" You called out, but immediately felt stupid for not ringing the service bell on the desk.
     You walked over and rang the bell, it made a nice metallic noise that echoed lightly inside the room. No one walked into the room, there wasn't even any noise to signal someone's presence. You looked around the small shop and there were a ton of masks on display stands, but atop one of the displays was something covered by a sheet.
      You walked over to the said stand because your curiosity got the best of you. You knew you shouldn't touch someone else's stuff but you really wanted to know what was there.
     You stood in front of the stand and picked up one of the corners of the white sheet that lay atop. You lifted it up slightly, only sloughs to reveal the mans face.
"Boo" he said calmly, it didn't scare you, he had hesitated. Along with the fact that you lifted up the sheet slowly.
"You didn't scare me," you said, stating the obvious.
"I know, only cause your a first time customer," he explained as he got down from the display. He looked quite intimidating to be honest, his piercings and Tattoos made that more so. He walked over to the desk and pulled out two stools, he placed them side by side and sat atop one, he gently patted the seat on the other. As you sat down he started to smell you, and invaded your personal space a bit but you didn't mind, you were used to it. After he smaller you a little more he asked;
"Which side?" This simple question confused you. He had on sunglasses but he reached up and took them off his face, setting them down on the desk. When he did this, his eyes were clearly visible, he was a ghoul. You still pondered his question.
"What do you mean?" You asked. He grabbed a sketch book, and a note book from the desk and opened the regular notebook, he flipped through the pages till he found the next blank sheet of paper, which was about half way through the notebook.
     "Your a one eyed ghoul, which eye can you not change?"  He explained, did he get all that just from your smell? "Right or left, it's a simple question,"
     "Right," you responded, that eye you couldn't change, no matter how hard you tried, it would just never change. He opened one of the desk drawers and pulled out a measurement tape, as he did so he got up from his set on the stool and around to your back, he stated to take measurements.
     "I'm going to ask you som questions so I can get to know you a little better, it helps me know how to make the mask. Are you alright with that?" He asked and stopped measuring you, he landed down to your level and with a wide eyed stair he awaited a response.
"Ya, I don't mind," you responded, he stood back up and walked back over to the other stool siting down once more. He put the measurement tape back in its drawer and picked up the blank note book, he placed a few measurements down and quickly sketched what you looked like.
   He asked you a few questions and the two of you had a small chat, he sketched masks over and over, eventually he sent you home because it was closing hour.
You got home and looks nice relaxing bath, then headed to bed. You were going to visit him again tomorrow.

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