| Mirror from Kitson | |
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Origin |
Klondike Gold Rush |
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Type |
Mirror |
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Effects |
Creates whatever items the user needs for their upcoming plans |
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Downsides |
Each piece will physically attach to them and increase the weight |
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Activation |
Looking into and touching the reflection |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Date of Collection |
1953 |
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Origin[]
Kitson, Alaska was a small settlement in the Yukon established in July 1897 during the early forays into the Klondike Gold Rush. To reach the gold fields, most prospectors took the route through southeast Alaska. It boomed from a few storefronts with 308 residents to a bustling center with over 2200 working men living and passing through onto the mining claims. The Canadian authorities required each of them to bring a year's supply of food, in order to prevent starvation. In all, the Klondikers' equipment weighed close to a ton, which most carried themselves, in stages. Performing this task, and contending with the mountainous terrain and cold climate, meant that most of those who persisted did not arrive until the summer of 1898.
The appeal of traveling to a faraway but close land (San Francisco and Seattle were ports sailing to the north) launched a mass of miners searching for adventure. A few managed to find fortunes, but most amounted to meager scraps. All towns erected suffered from lack of management – fires, filth, disease, lawlessness and price gouging ran rampant in each. While Canadian towns gained a handle on criminal activity with strict but reasonable restrictions, many American setups lacked a good civil backbone.
Appearances[]
Name seen briefly in prop card sets made for the shelving units in behind the scenes tour.
Effects[]
Creates a reflection of whatever non-perishable good they would find useful in a planned event. Not restricted by the size of the mirror, as larger objects warp around the frame edges to be pulled out intact. Complexity is not an issue either, although it struggles to make anything that requires vast technical knowledge to cobble – it can only create a rough estimate on the outside, and ignores most internal components.
Each piece must physically be carried with them, on their person, to be transported without dissipating. They cannot create a replacement unless they have access to the mirror once again. To solve this, each piece will adhere themselves if they move further than several hundred feet and won’t come off until they reach the destination. Each piece increases their carrying capacity to lift all the supplies without being crushed. But the weight is still present, straining their body. If they surpass the combined weight of one ton, they will be immediately crushed by the overload.