One-Eight-One Items

The One-Eight-One convenience store offers several useful items which assist the player in various ways. The effects of most items last until the end of the run on which they are purchased. Each visit to the One-Eight-One will yield a random selection of items available for purchase. The available Items are as follows.

### Trading Card Packs

Each pack of trading cards contains a small selection of gimmicks. The packaging may provide a hint as to what gimmicks you'll receive, but it isn't always obvious. Two random packs will be present in any given visit to the One-Eight-One.

### Namesake Meals

Each character has a different meal named after them. The differences are only in sight and name, as buying the meal as any character will increase their max HP by one.

### Onigiri

These rice balls add a temporary hit point to the character's life bar, meaning it can't be restored once depleted.

### Speedy Mackerel

This item will increase a character's movement speed.

### Magic Man Shake

This drink will allow your character to throw their objects further.

### Grazed Cheese

This food increases the amount of squeeze frames your character has. More squeeze frames means it takes longer to take damage from contact with enemies, attacks or other hazards.

### Silica Gel Packet

Eating this item will begin a countdown which is invisible to the player and which will kill the character in ten minutes from time of consumption. It *does* say "DO NOT EAT" on the packet, though. Ika can't be blamed.

### Bat Signal

Unlocks Batman as a playable character. Has a 1/512 chance of appearing each visit and will not reappear after being purchased once.

### Ika's Special Surprise

Ika dances the Gangnam Style, but performs the dance so poorly that the player character becomes ill and can no longer walk straight. They will also periodically vomit on the floor. The vomit puddles cause minor damage enemies who step in them.

### The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

A ghoul shows your character their crumbling, neglected tombstone in a not-too-distant future. Your character will change their ways and become generous and loving to friends and enemies alike. This makes a pacifist ending considerably easier to achieve, so long as the player has gathered enough retsu to give away to everyone.

### The Glob

If the player character swallows The Glob, they will become The Globule, gaining the ability to bounce around and fire projectiles known as The Globites. Unfortunately, I made this one up.

### The Credit Card

The player character applies for a credit card. The player is then shown a title card reading "Four months later..." and is returned to the game 600,000 retsu in debt. An encounter with a loan shark follows, which cannot be won. The player character will be shot and the run will end abruptly.

### Led Zeppelin Tickets

Two tickets to a Led Zeppelin concert. Good seats, too! Upon purchasing them, you realize that they are several decades old, and Ika refuses to refund you.

### Merci's Divorce Papers

Legal documents from a messy divorce which Merci went through in years past. Apparently, Shannon got full custody of the children, Garreigh, Zeborah, Gobshite and Merci Jr.. Can be used to torment Merci.

### Merci's ??? Collection

A Wet Box full of Merci’s toys. Some of them are still wet. This item gives Merci the Flustered status effect.