Power: Significant.
Description: An antique 1899 Model One Ever Ready ring contact flashlight. It looks more like an old spyglass rather than a modern flashlight, wrapped in leather except for the ring switch, the end caps and the bubble-shaped lens. Aside from being in very decent condition the only stand out feature is the green hue of the glass of the lens.
Effect: The light is fairly dim by the standards of modern flashlights so it’ll need to be night or in a darkened room. Sit the person down a good distance from a blank wall and shine the flashlight at their head from the other side. It looks grisly. The light shines right through the hair, skin and bone of the head and neck, exposing the organs and circulatory system underneath. That’s a rank 4 Unnatural check the first time.
The more interesting but less arresting effect is what plays out on the wall, depicted as shadow-puppets are the target’s surface thoughts and perceptions. If you’re looking for a particular piece of information you’ll have to do something to bring it to mind, thankfully saying “don’t think about the pink elephant” is a surefire way to get someone do just that unless they’re singularly disciplined. No one sees exactly the same thing either, as it’s shaded by their own individual perceptions but wholly accurate to the originator. If you want to know about a captive’s embezzlement scheme you get his take on it in ways that you can understand even if you’ve no idea how embezzlement works. Taking a photo or video of the effect yields nothing since it’s entirely psychic in nature.
The flashlight is powered by human eyeballs. Specifically 5 eyes crammed into the battery housing that have each seen something you haven’t (conceptually, otherwise any would count) and are good for a single, short use each. When depleted they dry up like raisins.
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