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aprilmarchItem 987508506 - Shapeshifting Object
Object is believed to have been deliberately created to be anomalous by craftworker and artist Buongiorno, who was active in Europe throughout from the 80's to the 00's and is believed to have moved to South America, for reasons unknown, at some point in the early 10's. It was recovered from [DATA REDACTED]. Intelligence suspects it was used to buy him safe harbour in the continent, but no proof has been found so far.
The object is a blue sphere exactly 5cm in diameter, weighting 200 grams, with a smooth texture. Spectography is unable to determine its composition, and X-ray imaging suggests it is solid. It was found inside a non-anomalous 30x30x10cm ebony box inlaid with gold. A note accompanied it said "Whenever you need something, say it, and you'll have it." A second note, stapled to the first, read "Except flowers and donuts. Trust me on this one."
The object can be activated by a human being stating their need for a physical object while the sphere is nearby but unobserved, including by electronic recordings. The box it was found in may be designed for it, but it can turn into objects of nearly any size if placed in a room. If the object desired fits within the space the sphere is stored in, it will turn into a perfect copy of the object. It'll have all properties of the object, except its parts cannot be disassembled in any way. It will retain that shape for 24h, then return to its spherical shape as soon as it is unobserved.
The sentence can be spoken in any language, as long as the speaker is aware of what they are saying. It needs to be uttered; sign language has not been shown to work. The language must be proactive: "I want" or "I need" will work, but phrasings such as "I'd like" or "I wish I had" will not. Requests can be as vague or as specific as desired, and the object will take the form that fits the desires of the person intoning the most, if there is one.
No testing has been done to turn the object into anything organic, in order to avoid accidentally turning it into 'flowers' or 'donuts'. (A test accidentally created plastic flowers, so it there is an actual danger, it is not related to shape.)
As its properties are unknown and objects created by Boungiorno have been known to have unpredictable effects, further testing is banned and its use is to be allowed only on the case of Level 5 or higher emergencies.
UPDATE: On [DATE REDACTED], the site for high-value anomalous objects where it was stored was attacked by unknown assailants who attempted to escape with several objects under the DPA's custody. The assailants deliberately sabotaged the containment of some objects, possibly in order to create chaos and aid their escape. Shortly after communications were reestabilished with the site, agents inside reported the attack and stated several emergency attempts they would make to reestabilish sabotaged containments. One such step would be to use the sphere as a metal bolt for the containment of Item 87087041 (refer to [REDACTED]). Shortly afterwards, the entire site disappeared. A 5km area centering on the site's location, formerly in a highly forested area, contained nothing but bare earth. Exhaustive search of the surrounding area showed no sign of the agents, the assailants or any anomalous object.
Intelligence suggests that this was a meltdown of this item, and that the warning against turning it into a 'donut' referred not to the food, but to the shape.
A few weeks later, a letter arrived at the personal domicile of Diretora Valdatti, in Distrito Federal. It had been posted in Uruguay and handwriting analysis suggests a match to Buongiorno. It read, in full:
"The flower would have been even worse."
Object is believed to have been deliberately created to be anomalous by craftworker and artist Buongiorno, who was active in Europe throughout from the 80's to the 00's and is believed to have moved to South America, for reasons unknown, at some point in the early 10's. It was recovered from [DATA REDACTED]. Intelligence suspects it was used to buy him safe harbour in the continent, but no proof has been found so far.
The object is a blue sphere exactly 5cm in diameter, weighting 200 grams, with a smooth texture. Spectography is unable to determine its composition, and X-ray imaging suggests it is solid. It was found inside a non-anomalous 30x30x10cm ebony box inlaid with gold. A note accompanied it said "Whenever you need something, say it, and you'll have it." A second note, stapled to the first, read "Except flowers and donuts. Trust me on this one."
The object can be activated by a human being stating their need for a physical object while the sphere is nearby but unobserved, including by electronic recordings. The box it was found in may be designed for it, but it can turn into objects of nearly any size if placed in a room. If the object desired fits within the space the sphere is stored in, it will turn into a perfect copy of the object. It'll have all properties of the object, except its parts cannot be disassembled in any way. It will retain that shape for 24h, then return to its spherical shape as soon as it is unobserved.
The sentence can be spoken in any language, as long as the speaker is aware of what they are saying. It needs to be uttered; sign language has not been shown to work. The language must be proactive: "I want" or "I need" will work, but phrasings such as "I'd like" or "I wish I had" will not. Requests can be as vague or as specific as desired, and the object will take the form that fits the desires of the person intoning the most, if there is one.
No testing has been done to turn the object into anything organic, in order to avoid accidentally turning it into 'flowers' or 'donuts'. (A test accidentally created plastic flowers, so it there is an actual danger, it is not related to shape.)
As its properties are unknown and objects created by Boungiorno have been known to have unpredictable effects, further testing is banned and its use is to be allowed only on the case of Level 5 or higher emergencies.
UPDATE: On [DATE REDACTED], the site for high-value anomalous objects where it was stored was attacked by unknown assailants who attempted to escape with several objects under the DPA's custody. The assailants deliberately sabotaged the containment of some objects, possibly in order to create chaos and aid their escape. Shortly after communications were reestabilished with the site, agents inside reported the attack and stated several emergency attempts they would make to reestabilish sabotaged containments. One such step would be to use the sphere as a metal bolt for the containment of Item 87087041 (refer to [REDACTED]). Shortly afterwards, the entire site disappeared. A 5km area centering on the site's location, formerly in a highly forested area, contained nothing but bare earth. Exhaustive search of the surrounding area showed no sign of the agents, the assailants or any anomalous object.
Intelligence suggests that this was a meltdown of this item, and that the warning against turning it into a 'donut' referred not to the food, but to the shape.
A few weeks later, a letter arrived at the personal domicile of Diretora Valdatti, in Distrito Federal. It had been posted in Uruguay and handwriting analysis suggests a match to Buongiorno. It read, in full:
"The flower would have been even worse."
