Posts

Showing posts from September, 2022

FIVE peculiar curiosities that will BLOW YOUR MIND and GIVE YOU POLYPS! (NOT CLICKBAIT!!!)

 System-agnostic, as all good weird-object-lists are. There was supposed to be ten, but alas, this list is hampered by the author's supreme lack of creativity. Enjoy. 1. A delicate triangular shawl, completely covered in miniscule embroidered images of birds of every species imaginable, including those that are now extinct. Those who wear it may speak the language of birds, issuing commands and learning what the feathered ones know. Will probably give you the ability to fly if you sing the song of the one bird it does not depict.  Actually pretty comfortable, bird-stuff aside. 2. An absolutely ancient, decrepit papier-mâché mask, its eyes and mouth worn into ragged tears, twisting what was once a simplistic smile into a menacing grimace. It feels flimsy, like it may flake apart into dust in your hand, but is oddly resistant to damage; its material refuses to rip or cut, and fires sputter and die away upon touching the mask as if it was soaked in water. Wearing it, your fight-...