{"product_id":"iri2-6-hmt57027-id-59230b","title":"Faux Leather Square Zippered Crop Top","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e🌑 \u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE CORNER OF MINEOWN EYE, I COME\u003c\/strong\u003e 🌑\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA transcription recovered from the journal of Dr. Alaric Vane, former curator of the Miskatonic University Textile Archive, found in a sealed lead box beneath his study floorboard. The ink appears wet despite decades passing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI SAW THE FABRIC BREATHE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are garments men should not stitch. There are designs that wake things sleeping in the \u003cstrong\u003ebetween-spaces of reality\u003c\/strong\u003e. This… \u003cem\u003ethis thing\u003c\/em\u003e… this is one such garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI write this with hands that shake. My fingers have grown strange since touching it. Sometimes they look like claws. Sometimes they do not feel attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE ARTIFACT ITSELF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt presents as a crop top to the untrained eye. But I have seen what lies beneath the surface of its surface. The faux leather—that is not leather. Not at all. It is \u003cstrong\u003eskin of something older\u003c\/strong\u003e, preserved in polymers spun from starlight that died before Earth cooled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-visibility-auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe square neckline? That is no mere design choice. \u003cstrong\u003eFour corners. Four directions. Four seals holding back the void.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe side zipper—you think it opens clothing. You are wrong. It opens \u003cstrong\u003eportals\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINCIDENT LOG: SUBJECT 744-OMEGA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI recorded this in the university archives before they tried to destroy my notes:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Wearer reports auditory hallucinations beginning at hour twelve of wear. Sounds described as 'clicking from within the zipper' and 'whispers under the skin.' At hour thirty-six, Subject's shadow ceased matching their movements. Shadow began moving independently. At hour forty-eight, Subject entered closet and did not emerge. Closet door remains locked. Inside the closet: only fabric residue and wetness that smells of saltwater and something dead.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI burned that page. I wrote another. Now I am here. Writing this. \u003cstrong\u003eTrying to warn you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE GEOMETRY IS IMPOSSIBLE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you noticed the crop length? How it ends just above the navel? That is not fashion. \u003cstrong\u003eThat is a boundary.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelow the garment, the body remains human. Above the garment, something \u003cstrong\u003eelse\u003c\/strong\u003e begins. I measured this. The math does not work. The angles bend at points that should be straight. The square neckline has four sides, yet somehow \u003cstrong\u003econtains five corners\u003c\/strong\u003e if viewed from certain angles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEuclidean geometry weeps in the presence of this top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE SIZES ARE TRAPS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall. Medium. Large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly three. Always three. \u003cstrong\u003eTrinity numbers.\u003c\/strong\u003e Three eyes upon the forehead. Three phases of the moon. Three dimensions of space that hide a fourth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there are other sizes. Sizes the catalog does not list. Sizes written in \u003cstrong\u003esymbols that hurt the eyes to read.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat grows when you wear the wrong size?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoes it grow with you?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOr does it make you smaller until you fit inside it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ZIP IT CLOSED\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst time: The sound clicks like bone breaking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecond time: You hear breathing. You are alone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThird time: The breath is not yours.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFourth time: The zipper opens by itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFifth time: Something climbs out.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI zipped it four times before I understood. By then, my skin had already begun to shine. My bones hollow. My voice echoes now in places I haven't spoken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIGNS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e☑ Your reflection blinks when you do not\u003cbr\u003e☑ Shadows detach when no light touches them\u003cbr\u003e☑ Dreams of cities underwater with stone that bleeds\u003cbr\u003e☑ The zipper feels warm against your ribs, even through layers\u003cbr\u003e☑ Strangers ask where you got it in voices that do not belong to them\u003cbr\u003e☑ You forget why you ever wanted clothes at all\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you mark 3 or more... it is already inside.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE TRUTH ABOUT MANUFACTURING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI traced the origin. Every thread led to the same place: \u003cstrong\u003ean address that does not exist on any map.\u003c\/strong\u003e Coordinates point to empty ocean near R'lyeh—though that city sank centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe factory, if it can be called that, operates in the \u003cstrong\u003espaces between seconds\u003c\/strong\u003e. Workers do not sleep. They do not speak. Their faces shift when observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe owner? They have no face at all. Only the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI CAN STILL HEAR THEM WHISPERING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"We made it for you. We always knew you'd come. You wore the shape before you were born. You were chosen before you drew breath.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Gun Metal is waiting.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It remembers your name.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e⚠️ \u003cstrong\u003eFINAL WARNING\u003c\/strong\u003e ⚠️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not buy this top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not touch the fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not listen when the zipper hums at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut I know you will anyway. I know you will because \u003cstrong\u003eI know what it feels like\u003c\/strong\u003e. The power. The allure. The way it makes you feel \u003cem\u003eseen\u003c\/em\u003e by things that cannot be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is beautiful. It is terrible. 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