o.o i suppose so.
i was kinda waiting for the others to post. good posts get my brain going and then i connect things and make it up from there. it's like you guys supply the puzzle pieces and i figure out what the heck the picture is suppose to be.
Let's see we have:
1. music that everyone can hear now but at first only Lusalma was really affected by it.
2. it's giving Alak nightmares to keep him away from helping the girls...as if he could >.>
3. there is a music box in a back room
4. the shop is totally freaky and shows people what they desire most when they look at the sign
5. it made time go by quickly for Alak and Lusalma.
I see. A lot of this seems to deal with illusions and time. So it could be an evil magician or illusion mastering demon that likes to eat women ;D It lures them with music like the pide piper. Oh I like it! And he could be somehow a follower of Drakken (who I'm probably going to make the big daddy of baddy) or at least know about him...ran into him...suffered the scars of meeting him because to Drakken he's just a low ranking demon with cheap parlor tricks. Either way, before he's offed, he could give some clue as to Drakken's whereabouts.
But this demon has to be connected to Lusalma somehow too, after all, she seems to be the most affected. Perhaps healers are particularly delicious to him?
Oh, and I think mentioned before, but I might not have...The reason Alak saw it as an herb shop as well even though he wasn't desiring herbs was because he wasn't really "desiring" anything at the time but to go where Lusalma went. As you'll learn, Alak's a pretty influential character. He does keep quoting past lessons as you've seen.
Now, for a pick and name for this Illusion Demon. In fact, now that I think about, it could be a female demon that eats pretty women for beauty enhancement. Healers tend to have a special boost in that beautification i suppose o.O? Anyway, the shopkeeper was her mindless soulless servant.
Now for pictures!
If it's a man
Male Demon: Gowlemesh
If it's a woman
Female Demon before: Mendira
and after Mendira loses the blood of her victims
You gals can decide ^_^ I think I'm leaning toward the female one, but if ya'll feel there's too many women then don't let me stop you from choosing male.