Atelier Horloge

**Atelier Horloge** is a song that is part of the "E.A.T Series". It tells the story of a mysterious workshop that sells strange items.

## Plot

The sound of ticking clocks announces the presence of the white workshop, Horloge. It will appear before those who are troubled and then disappear just as suddenly. Inside the shop are handcrafted items which are given freely to those who may wander in. The owner, Johannes Horloge, wears a white suit as he watches over everything with a wicked smile, while his sister Gretchen stands beside him wearing a black mourning dress.

Welcoming their guests to the "Atelier Horloge", the salesperson Fromage de Tête tells how the "clockwork pieces" are powered by alchemy from other worlds. However, those who are given one must be cautious, for they each have rules laid down by the "god of clockwork", and those who don't follow them will pay a heavy price.

In the end, no matter how much the guests may regret their choice or how hard they search, they will never find the workshop a second time, for it never stays in the same place. Fromage then suggests that they go on an endless journey, just like the master of "that wicked restaurant"; if they do, maybe they will find the workshop once again. As the owners welcome in a newcomer, they question what sort of item they are looking for.

## Lyrics

If you hear the ticking sound of

A clock in the distance

That is most surely

The white workshop of Horloge

That shop will suddenly appear

Before those who are troubled

And then just like a phantom

It will vanish somewhere

In its show window is

The owners' handmade merchandise

Like a faded hand mirror

Or a warped flute

They will take one of these articles

To give over to you

Make your choice carefully

They need no payment

Beside his sister,

Who wears a black mourning dress

The owner garbed in a white suit

Shows a wicked smile

Their works will surely

Bring salvation to you

Welcome to Atelier Horloge

A wondrous shop of clockwork pieces

With alchemy they learned from other worlds

These items will fill the emptiness in your heart

But there is something

That you must be cautious of

Beside the merchandise

Is an accompanying note

You must be sure to read

The full explanation written there

For those are rules laid down by

The god of clockwork

And if you are unable by

Those sacred rules

Then you will come to pay

A very heavy price

Welcome to Atelier Horloge

A wondrous shop of clockwork pieces

The owners' greatest skills

Are singing songs that resound beautifully

Though you may regret your past

Time has already moved on

Though you may once again

Search for that mysterious workshop

You will never find it again

It will leave not a trace

As the workshop never stays

In the same place

Go on a journey through an endless moonlit night

Surpass time and space, just like

The master of that wicked restaurant

You fox-like man with a wicked grin

Welcome, what sort of item

Might you be looking for

Welcome to Atelier Horloge

Every sweet story has a dark underside

And if you didn't know that

You must be pretty stupid

Welcome to Atelier Horloge

A wondrous shop of clockwork pieces

A black music box on a shelf in the back

Has begun to play a new lullaby

## Related Songs

### Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night

Tale of Abandonment on a Moonlit Night is directly referenced by this song, as Fromage de Tête mentions an "endless moonlit night" that the visitors of the workshop should travel through.

### The Fox and the Flute

The Fox and the Flute takes place in the same parallel world and shows Phaser's actions after visiting the workshop.

## Appearances

* Master of the Graveyard (indirectly mentioned only)
* Fromage de Tête
* Gretchen Horloge
* Johannes Horloge
* Phaser (mentioned only)
* TALOS (indirectly mentioned only)