Dorothy Parker and Claire Boothe Luce's Doorway

Dorothy Parker and Claire Boothe Luce
Twentieth-century American writers Dorothy Parker and Claire Boothe Luce never got along. Once, when Luce encountered Parker in a doorway, she stepped aside and remarked, "Age before beauty." Always quick with a comeback, Parker countered, "Pearls before swine," as she elegantly passed through.

Artifact
The door frame was filled with the rivalry of the two writers and thus became an artifact.

When two people pass through the doorway the first person's skin shrivels and ages as it takes on a milky pearl sheen. The second person's skin, hair and figure change to that of a beautiful model, but their nose and ears turn into that of a pig.

Both victims would have to walk backwards through the doorway in order to neutrilize the effects.

The doorway dosen't effect two people who are in love.