All candy, when done right, should tantalize the senses. Eye-catching. Good bend or snap, depending. Fragrant. Suitable feel in the hand and mouth texture-wise. Delectable on the tastebuds, possibly inducing rapture, but at the minimum, pure joy.

Some candy, when done right, should transport the consumer to other times and places—literally.

Both types of candy were found in Ye Old Candy Curiosity Shoppe, run by a smaller folk that inhabited that mountain town. The latter confection type was not set out and often denied to customers suspected of nefarious purposes. No, the special time-travel candy was rare—only rumored to exist really—and the most often use was for nostalgic and sentimental reasons, such as visiting the grandparents back in the day one more time, a sweet sixteen—that sort of thing—and the candy would taste like something from that time like Grandma's strawberry jam or hot fudge sundae from Farrell's.

As rumors go, unfortunately, and what with nefarious hooliganism becoming rampant in the otherwise friendly mountain tourist town, it was only a matter of time before Ye Old Candy Curiosity Shoppe was robbed.