| Idea-Creating Hair Pin | |
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Origin |
Unknown |
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Type |
Victorian Crescent Hair Pin |
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Effects |
Creates physical manifestations from wearer's imagination |
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Activation |
Wearing while imagining something |
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Collected by |
Agents Buck Mendell and Ivy Gustavsen |
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Section |
77732-99183 |
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Aisle |
Naperville 883-052 |
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Shelf |
84757-1192-045 |
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Date of Collection |
September 9, 1937 |
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An unusual artifact of unknown origin.
Effects[]
Whenever a user wears the pin, anything from their imagination can manifest into a physical thing, living or not. The user can trigger it accidentally or purposefully, and it will last as long as the user focuses on the thing they wish to appear. Although it is a physical object which can be interacted with as any other real object, the manifested object will not interact with nature in the same way; for example, the object will not create shadows, unless the user specifically thinks of that.
Collection[]
After reports surfaced from Miles City, Montana of three-foot-long grasshoppers, Agents Buck Mendell and Ivy Gustavsen were sent to determine the cause of the massive grasshoppers. To their surprise, they were unable to find any grasshoppers of a large size. After several days of searching, the Agents came across massive snakes and other strange creatures. Suspecting an artifact that alters the size and appearance of animals, they were shocked to find that the animals would disappear after some time. After some searching, they discovered that the artifact they were looking for was in fact a hair pin, belonging to a young girl nine years old. Apparently, the hair pin allowed her to "create" these animals from her imagination for a short time, which allowed the townspeople to take pictures to turn into post cards.
The Agents found that the girl did not wish to part with the hair pin, as it looked really nice. In a nice moment, Agent Gustavsen gave the young girl her own hair pin, similarly ornate and also an heirloom. The girl seemed surprised, but she happily traded the pins. When asked why she would give up her own heirloom for an artifact, Agent Gustavsen replied that it seemed to be the right thing to do, and while the heirloom was a part of her past, it did not affect her future.
A logged example of the artifact's use, collected by Agents as a sample for five cents.
Notes[]
- According to the Agents, the girl told them that the hair pin had been passed down through her family for many generations, and originally came from England. It is unclear precisely when the object became an artifact, though there is a chance it was the artifact involved in two separate cases of strange, mythical appearances of magical creatures in 1836 in England. However, it is impossible to confirm.