Thread:ElsaRules!!!/@comment-30644608-20170326142138/@comment-24588058-20170410225806

SarahmHolmes wrote: I wanted it to retain its freshness for a long time, (longer then normal, that is) but didn't know if that would be a good idea.

The reason why I created this was for the laugh factor. In terms of freshness, food artifacts never spoil. As crazy as that seems, it probably has to do with the food becoming an artifact, which somehow keeps it from spoiling and allows (usually) for regeneration, as long as the entire contents are not eaten.

Perhaps they are a specific type of bean? If you find a bean whose natural properties are unique, you might be able to base something off of that.

As for the other two, I couldn't find anything about Erwin Benzie. I will say that artifacts don't affect artifacts. That's not to say they can't interact, but artifacts don't only affect artifacts. They may affect specific objects which can include artifacts, but they don't only affect artifacts. For Robert Maguire, it appears he was an artist, a cover artist specifically. Unfortunately, we are taking something from his childhood, which I can't find anything on specifically. The toy car is a good assumption, though. He was born during the Roaring Twenties, and he would have been about eight years old at the time of the Great Depression. As far as I can tell, he didn't become an artist until after World War II. By that assumption, it might be unclear whether this artifact's originator and its owner are the same person. My gut says it wouldn't be. In that case, although the effects are not bad (and could be adapted into another artifact), I'm not sure it works with this specific object. It's a case of object-effect relation. Although there can be objects with properties that are highly unusual for said object, it's usually assumed that the origin is extremely unusual.

In this case, we're talking an artifact which would have been made before Maguire's birth, but probably after 1910 (Henry Ford's mass production of the Model T), and was used by a child. So, since cars were still relatively new, I could see something along the lines of imagination might be a better fit. Although now that I'm thinking about it, a limited transportation ability might be possible. Although the downside should be altered either way.