You won't find an Elixir Shop in ITF. If you want one you have to place it, however, even that won't do you any good. At least for me it didn't because, while it WAS staffed, I was never allowed to buy or consign anything. Frustrating! If you don't want to kiss someone, your only hope is keep on with the alchemy and discover the Cure potion. Second choice would be go back to an old save file, if you have one, to become what you were before you dreamed in the dreampod. You'd lose anything you did after that file but it might save you some frustration.