Eye Scry Monocle

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Originally sold in the shop Eye Scry from Ebon Gate 2016. Unlocked versions were sold at the April 2017 Duskruin in the Accessories of Crime room of A Two-Story House.


Monocle

the monocle functions as a way of both seeing other areas and reading unknown languages. If the original owner of the eye is in the lands, the eye will let you see what they see, when the monocle is worn. The monocle will also let you read the languages known by the original owner of the eye. Each time the monocle is worn and is used to watch, the eyeball degrades. The item is functional and head worn. Despite the lack of information in the locked analysis, it appears PULL works for locked or unlocked.

Analysis

Locked

You analyze your veniom-chained monocle and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."

The creator has also provided the following information:
The monocle is currently locked.
The monocle must remain a monocle.  The monocle cannot have a long or a show.
The monocle can be worn and turned.  Wearers of the monocle will be able to glimpse through the eyes of the one whom the eye was parted from.

You get no sense of whether or not the monocle may be further lightened.


Unlocked

You analyze your silver monocle and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."

The creator has also provided the following information:
The monocle has been unlocked.
The monocle must remain a monocle.  The monocle cannot have a long or a show.
The monocle can be worn, turned, pulled, and read.  Wearers of the monocle will be able to glimpse through the eyes of the one whom the eye was parted from.
Wearers of the monocle will also find that should they come upon foreign tracts of text, the magic in the eye residing in their monocle will delve into the waking mind of its donor to provide a translation.  This particular magic only works if the one who donated the eye is currently awake and present in the world.

You get no sense of whether or not the monocle may be further lightened.

Verb Traps

VERB FIRST
READ MONOCLE
(w/eye in)
As your gaze traces the edge of the monocle, the dusky purple eye set within pulses slightly, forcing trails of watery crimson into a line of cursive that reads the name, XXX.
READ
(Item in Unknown Language)
The eye in your monocle twitches slightly, and the letters seem to swirl and become readable.

The page, written in Guildspeak, reads as follows:

Test test, one two three


VERB FIRST THIRD
WEAR You carefully fasten a veniom-caged silver monocle around your head, positioning it over your right eye. XXX carefully fastens a veniom-caged silver monocle around his head, positioning it over his right eye.
WEAR (With eye in and target in same room) You carefully fasten a veniom-caged silver monocle framing a reddened dusky purple eye around your head, positioning it over your right eye.
Uhhh, but XXX is right here.
XXX carefully fastens a veniom-caged silver monocle around his head, positioning it over his right eye.
WEAR
(With Eye in and subject in other room)
You carefully fasten a veniom-caged silver monocle framing a fresh dusky purple eye around your head, positioning it over your right eye.

The dusky purple eye writhes as the silver monocle siphons off some vitreous material, and its pupil suddenly contracts focusing your gaze across the distance.
[Room Name]
(Room Description)
Also here: XXX
Obvious exits: north, south

The dusky purple eye set within the monocle shrivels slightly, and the far-off visions fade from your view.

A cold chill creeps down your back, as if someone is watching you just out of sight. Your empty right eye socket aches a bit.
TURN You start to rotate the silver monocle's frame, and stop when the tips of six razor sharp blades snick out threateningly towards your eye. They look pretty sharp, are you SURE you want to turn that?
TURN the silver monocle again if you're sure!
XXX starts to rotate a veniom-caged silver monocle's frame, but stops with a slightly pale expression.
TURN X2 Taking a deep breath, you give the monocle a firm twist, the world going momentarily black as the spinning blades ruthlessly tear your right eye from its socket! XXX takes a deep breath and resolutely turns the frame of his silver monocle, staggering as his right eye is torn out with a slick snicking and squelching sound.
PULL You carefully prize the eye out of the monocle. XXX carefully prizes the eye out of a veniom-caged silver monocle framing a fresh dusky purple eye.
TURN x2
(Clear monocle)
You turn the silver monocle and its six blades abruptly iris out of the frame, rendering the eye set within it into a pile of messy gore. XXX turns his silver monocle and the eyeball framed in its center abruptly dissolves into a pile of gore as six blades slice and dice it into oblivion.

Eye

Analysis

You analyze your dusky purple eye and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item has restrictions on changing the noun."

The creator has also provided the following information:
The eye has no apparent intrinsic value, but appears to be part of some greater magical item.
You feel that the eye can be pushed into the appropriate magic device.

You get no sense of whether or not the eye may be further lightened.

Verb Traps

VERB FIRST
PUSH You carefully place the eye into the monocle, pushing at it gently until it squishes into place.
EAT Oh, ugh, gross. Are you SURE you want to do that?
VERB FIRST THIRD
EAT x2 Well, there's no accounting for taste. You pop the eye into your mouth and chew. The eye pops under your teeth like an overripe grape, vitreous fluid gushing about your tongue. After crunching the lens and cornea into mush, you swallow and lick your lips. XXX pops a reddened pink albino eye into his mouth and, after some chewing, swallows and licks his lips. Guess there's no accounting for taste.