When Did I Become An Artifact Dealer?!

Onescampackage,That'sallittooktodragthe17-year-oldCailintotheworldofthevoid....Hethoughthehadorderedalimited-editionsneakers.Butwhatcamewasashady-lookingpackageonhisfrontgate.Itsmelledlikerotteneggandsulfur.Insidethepackagewasastrangebox.It'sfilledwitheccentricjunk.Theylookedveryintricateandmysterious.Hethought,“Iprobablygotsomeoneelse'spackage,apackagefromsomeonethatwasveryinterestedinmysticism.”Anoldcoin,acrackedcompass,aringwithanuglycenterstone,andsomeotherweirdlookingtrinkets.Sohedidwhatanybrokestudentwoulddo:Hesoldit.Hefiguredsomeonemightwantthemforcosplayorsomething.Well,exceptthegold-rimmedglassesthatseemedtofithimverywell.“Damn,Ipaid7,000nuforthatsneaker;Ibettergetsomethingoutfromthisscampackage.”Thenallhellbrokeloose.Strangepeoplestartedapproachinghim.Peoplebroughtthatjunk.Verystrangepeoplewearingsuspiciousgetuptryingtobuythosestuffinthesketchiestmannerpossible.Ashekeptselling,herealizedthattheboxwasrefilling,itseemedtohaveanendlesssupplyofthosestrangestuff.Thosepeoplecalledit'artifacts'.Thenonedayhewokeupwithastrangetattooonhisarm;insidethetattoowasanindependentspacecontainingthebox.Itisbasicallyinseparablefromhim.“Ididn'taskforanyofthistohappen.Butnow,strangepeoplecometomewithdesperateoffers.Money,memories,andevensoul.”He'sjusttryingtosurvivehighschoolwhileearningsomemoney!Hehadnoideawhatwasgoingon,butapparently,thisthingthathegot?It'snotjustanartifact.It'sacontract.AsCailnavagatesschoollife,part-timejobs,andotherworldlyclients,hestartsaskingtherealquestion:WhendidIbecomeanartifactdealer?!Byday,heisjustanordinarystudent,aNPCcharacter.Andbynight?HeisTheDealer.Sellingancientitemsanddealingwithpeoplethatheprobablyshouldn'tbetalkingto.“SinceI'malreadyinthismess,mightaswellprofitoffofit.”