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[portolan]

I am soliciting assistance from anyone who has skill at identifying magical or alien items.

There has been an influx of antiques at the shop and my usual eyes are unavailable. I have a few suspicious pieces. I’ve put the main offenders below, but anyone who would like to stop by and help me do a sweep of inventory, that would be greatly appreciated. I can pay you for your time.

1. Aztec Death Whistle
2. ?? pre-historic sculpture ??
3. Egyptian palette
4. possible alien tech? possible disco ball
5. Medieval Cauldron
6. possible ancient chinese burial item, possible alien device

[ OOC: Go wild identifying these objects, but everyone will miss that the CAULDRON is magic. Feel free to have it feel weird or make you forget or any other specific ways it tricks your character. Balthier will also answer video calls and show more of the objects.

Any questions, hmu dm or portolan ]

Comments

[portolan]

[ What makes him think they're magic? Well, the illicit side of the business that traffics magical and alien items, but... ]

They very well could but I have reason to be cautious.

[frenchkissed]

Well, that first one looks like it might have come in from Klyntar. Can’t say much about the rest.

What’s the bottom look like?

[portolan]

Klyntar? Are you familiar with alien artifacts, then?

The bottom is flat, no markings. The object is a little smaller than the palm of my hand.

[ He sends a picture holding it for scale. ]

[frenchkissed]

My partner is, yeah.

( said partner is partial to tantrums and even more partial to chocolate chip sundaes, so it might take some bribery to get him on board. )

I see it. Looks like it might be the sort of thing used to kill Symbiotes, straight from Knull’s personal collection.

[portolan]

Any way to tell if these are in fact of a world like that or benign Earth similarities?

[ Some of the objects he knows how to discern, but three months was not enough to learn all of Earth's art history, let alone alien and magickal. ]

[frenchkissed]

Maybe?

But it's potentially lethal and may or may not turn you into a murderer...

[portolan]

Lovely. Maybe not the best way to check this weekend.

[frenchkissed]

It's efficient?

[portolan]

So will you be the murderer, or will I?