Sophie Lyons' Gloves

Origin
Sophie Lyons was a notorious thief, pickpocket and con woman in the late 1800s. Crime ran in her heritage; her grandfather was a safecracker, both her parents had prior records and her mother forced her out on the street to steal. Even when directly confronted by the victim or detectives, she would manage to arouse enough pity to persuade them to leave. That is until a court case against her son George occurred, where he called his mother an abandoner and thief, which forced her to tell the judge her criminal history. The judge held George in custody while dual investigations were held, and he tried to choke himself when he learned of his prolonged hearing. Outside of her son, Sophie and her first husband Ned committed various thefts together while working in the inner circle of New York City queenpin Marm Manelbaum.

Effects
Touching any lock or protected area with the gloves will automatically start to undo them. Complicated locks will have their tumblers run through all the combinations, while coverings like brick and metal will weaken. Unable to fully comprehend more sophisticated technology that requires electronic passwords, it instead causes the wiring and circuits to deteriorate into dust and circulate throughout. This grinds away at the internal architecture and always results in a hard reset, opening the passageway. The user’s family members will start committing felonies, mostly small-time thefts.