Murray's Antique Store

Murray's Antique Store
Region	Ocean City
Area	Plunkett Street
Unlocked by	Completing the Prologue

Murray's Antique Store is your main starting point for beginning your adventures in Ocean City. Upon entering Jessica greets you, explains that Uncle Murray is missing, and gives you your first quest.

Quests

• Most of the Main Quests start and end here - see Shadows over Loathing quests for details.

Locations

Murray's Antique Store (Back Room)

• Murray's desk.
• A bookshelf appears after your first night. Find your first class skill book in it.
  • It can also be useful for learning Latin phrases when you are lifting The Book's Curse.
• The door to your room.
• Your todo list.
• Jessica's desk, commanding her undivided attention at all times.
• A telephone where you can contact Don Toblerone or Rufus if you are working with them.
• Charles Wallace's desk, and usually Charles Wallace.
• A chess table. See Jessica's page for an explanation of chess play.
• A door. Initially opens to a brick wall, but Charles unbricks it sometime during day 2. It leads straight to The Purple Door.
• Calliope the cat: can be befriended by buying government-issued sardines from Cola Wars Surplus next door. Petting her gives Calliope's Boon (+1 Physical Armor)
• A radio.
• The uncursing machine.

Your Room

This is where you sleep every night and collect various souvenirs of your travels.

People

• Jessica, your uncle's assistant.
  • Get a shadow-banishing ring after asking about shadowy monsters.
  • Get shadow-closing pliers after asking about a shadow pouch.
  • Ask Jessica about compasses, how north used to be called west. [Hint at Old Ham Mill hobo-glyph puzzle?]
• Charles Wallace, a handyman.
  • Get a gargoyle charm after visiting St. Polycarp's Cathedral and noting his name in the log book.
  • Once you get your Ocean City napkin map, he misplaced the chuck key to his drill. You can ask him:
    • "What's a chuck key?"
    • "What's a chuck key, Charles?"
    • "What's a chuck key, Chucky?"
    • "What's a Charlie Chuck, Kiki?" (Agent of Chaos)
  • Wander Ocean City Wander Events until you find Charles' chuck key for 10 .
  • With a crate of antique bandages you can get the same different crate again and extract 6 antique bandages from it, and advance the Crystaldream Lake time-travel quest.
• Gabby, your first companion.

Gallery

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  the exterior

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  View from the outside

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  The back room

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  The back room, with Calliope

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  The uncursing machine