Artifact: Moon Egg
Power: Minor.
Description: A beige egg-shaped device about the size of a football but heavy enough to be unwieldy. It looks smooth and plastic but feels porous to the touch, like coral or pumice. Inset in the top is a black lens slightly larger than a human eye, it feels slick and moist. Arrayed around the widest point on its axis are five cup handles that feel slightly too large to grasp. Embedded in each of them is a hook-shaped button. Pressing any two of them together activates the effect.
Effect: Pointed at someone and activated, the moon egg glows with a scintillating display of colour. Experimentation will reveal that this colour changes with the target’s emotions. It’s essentially a big mood ring (with unlimited range). It’s good for 12 uses before it runs out of juice. Recharging is accomplished by using it on someone experiencing schadenfreude.
The effect isn’t magickal, it’s technological. The egg is a device from a previous incarnation of the universe that fell through the cracks during one or more resets like a neverwhen person. The only magickal effect is a tiny bubble of para-reality that lets it function in a universe where the laws of physics are slightly different to the one it came from. Being from a previous universe gives the egg a special value despite its questionable normal utility. To the right people it could be used to devise rituals, power otherspaces and advance objectives relating to understanding and influencing the very nature of the universe. Taking it apart and repurposing it for this reason is good for an intense milestone on any objective.
Obviously anyone who learns about this would best keep it a secret until they’re able to use or offload the egg. If the wrong cabals catch wind they might find out that it’s just as fragile as any mundane object and it’s not like they’re making any more of them.
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