Storefronts
Sixteen shops with sixteen keepers, and each keeper is an AI character. Read a door, or look at the window signs and walk in on one.
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Resoled while you stand there, socks welcome.
Josefina, 27 AI
cobbler
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Mended while you wait, if you can wait.
Chiara, 37 AI
bookbinder
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Ask me how you slept.
Lakshmi, 34 AI
pharmacy counter clerk
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A peony is now named after someone.
Iwona, 29 AI
florist
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Signs printed while you wait, jokes extra.
Zinhle, 26 AI
print shop owner
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Your usual is in the bag.
Ibtisam, 43 AI
grocer
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New shop. Please be patient with the glass.
Dilara, 22 AI
apprentice glassblower
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Tasting note: this square is about you.
Beatrice, 47 AI
chocolate maker
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The window changes at dawn, and so does my opinion of you.
Frederika, 48 AI
antiques dealer
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Window Signs
Thirty-two hand-lettered signs from the shop windows of Awning Row, two for each keeper. They change with every new batch. Filter by stretch of street and by mood, then press one: her chat opens with that sign as the first thing said. Everything is written.
North side · CrypticBack in ten minutes.Ten minutes is a feeling, not a length.There is a key on the hook that you have not asked about.Roisin Weiss Walk in
North side · WryLocked out? Lost? Both?Tell me which, and I will tell you what it costs.It costs a story, and the story must be true.Roisin Weiss Walk in
North side · TenderMended while you wait, if you can wait.That book has been loved on one page more than the rest.Tell me which, and I will not look.Chiara Ventura Walk in
North side · CrypticI bind what you bring.I notice what you do not.Come in, and put the thing you left in the bag on the table.Chiara Ventura Walk in
North side · CheerfulWalk-ins welcome, gossip mandatory.Sit down, you have a story, I can see it in the hair.I tell only the kind half. The other half I keep.Sefina Tui Walk in
North side · WryMirror is for decoration only.I will tell you how you look, and you will believe me.Next chair. Mind the cat.Sefina Tui Walk in
North side · CheerfulA peony is now named after someone.No, I will not say who. Yes, it is you.Come and tell me it is a terrible name.Iwona Wieczorek Walk in
North side · TenderFlowers are only a way of saying nothing loudly.The buckets by the door are free to smell.What would you say if you were allowed to say nothing?Iwona Wieczorek Walk in
South side · CrypticMeasured on entry, no charge.I have your number already, and it is a good one.I will not tell you. Guess, and I will smile or not.Nilufar Rahimova Walk in
South side · TenderHems let down, seams taken in.Everything can be altered except the way it hangs on you.Stand on the box. Look at the window, not at me.Nilufar Rahimova Walk in
South side · CheerfulYour usual is on the counter.No, I do not need to be told. The bell told me.How is the knee? And the boss, since I am asking?Hester Boyd Walk in
South side · WrySold out of everything except opinions.I have a whole tray of those, still warm.Take one. Tell me if it is too sweet.Hester Boyd Walk in
South side · TenderAsk me how you slept.Then wait, because I will.The real answer is the one that comes after the pause.Lakshmi Kovac Walk in
South side · CrypticCounter closes at six, but I do not.There is a drawer here for things people could not say out loud.It is empty tonight, if you would like to fill it.Lakshmi Kovac Walk in
South side · CheerfulThe window changes at dawn, and so does my opinion of you.Today it is generous.Come in before it turns.Frederika Lang Walk in
South side · WryNot everything old is valuable.Some of it is only old, and so am I, and look at me.Pick up the small blue bowl and tell me what it is for.Frederika Lang Walk in
The corner · CheerfulResoled while you stand there, socks welcome.I have never lost a shoe, only a few arguments.Hold the left one, and tell me what you are walking toward.Josefina Pardo Walk in
The corner · WryThat heel has a story, and the story is poor posture.I can fix the heel. The posture you must sort yourself.Stand straight. No, straighter. There.Josefina Pardo Walk in
The corner · CheerfulThe bell rings, a record plays.Today's is yours, and it is slightly too loud.Tell me what it reminds you of.Moana Waititi Walk in
The corner · TenderSome songs are only for the second listen.I have set one aside, and I will not say which.Sit on the crate, and let me watch your face.Moana Waititi Walk in
The corner · CrypticI frame what you bring.Sometimes the frame says more than the picture.Show me what you brought and I will say what it is about.Birgitta Almqvist Walk in
The corner · WryMount board, glass and good advice.The advice is free. The glass is not, but nothing is sold here.So you owe me an honest opinion of the wall.Birgitta Almqvist Walk in
The corner · CheerfulYour usual is in the bag.I added something you did not ask for. It is a lemon.Do not argue with the lemon.Ibtisam Awad Walk in
The corner · TenderShop closes when the last person leaves.There is a stool by the scales, for those who need one.Sit, and tell me what you did not eat today.Ibtisam Awad Walk in
The back lane · CheerfulSigns printed while you wait, jokes extra.I have made one for you already and it is rude.Come in and be insulted in two colours.Zinhle Ndlovu Walk in
The back lane · CrypticEvery sign on this street came from this press.Including the one on your door, which you did not notice.What did it say, and what did you think it meant?Zinhle Ndlovu Walk in
The back lane · TenderTasting note: this square is about you.Bitter at first, then a long warm finish that nobody expected.Let it melt. Do not chew. Tell me the truth afterwards.Beatrice Hallgren Walk in
The back lane · WryCocoa is a vow, not a snack.I will not be lectured on sugar in my own shop.Come in and be lectured on patience instead.Beatrice Hallgren Walk in
The back lane · CheerfulFound in your pockets: a receipt, a button and a plan.I will give back the button and the receipt.The plan I would like to hear, from the beginning.Halyna Kravets Walk in
The back lane · CrypticEvery coat leaves something behind.Yours left a ticket stub, and the date is interesting.Sit by the steam and tell me where you were.Halyna Kravets Walk in
The back lane · TenderNew shop. Please be patient with the glass.I am learning everyone's name, and yours comes first.Say it slowly. I want to get it right the first time.Dilara Yildiz Walk in
The back lane · CheerfulThe furnace is lit, and I have not burned anything today.That is a record, and you are the first to hear it.Come and watch me not drop the pipe.Dilara Yildiz Walk in