[UA] Request from a new guy

[John C]

>John C escribió:
> >
> > An artifact that I came up with a while back was a plexiglass tube, 
>sealed
> > at both ends, with the interior so scratched and abraided that it was
> > difficult to make out the contents.  A close look would reveal a 
>battered
> > old Barbie doll, with symbols of some sort burned into its "skin" and 
>both
> > arms snapped off short.  One of the arms now ended in a pen-knife, the 
>other
> > in the blade of an icepick.
>
>Creepy. What it was designed for? (aside from scaring the hell out of
>anyone examining it)

If the tube was opened -- an operation that would require a good bit of work 
-- the doll would do its level best to kill any adults that it could get its 
blades into.  It's not strong, but it is very, very quick...and it hides 
very well.

It would "adopt" the first little girl that it encountered, and become a 
secret plaything.  It would hide itself if any adults came close enough to 
discover it.  After it has found an owner, the doll's violence would become 
more focused, directed against anyone that the child had strong negative 
feelings about.  It would probably end up killing one or both of the parents 
in their sleep one night after making their daughter particularly angry 
about something.

I never really decided who created it, or how.  The image just seemed creepy 
enough to warrant using it somehow.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
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   "Yes, I am acquainted with Mr. DePalma," Dr. Hsu said.  "He was
my pupil years ago.  A young man not without talent, but slapdash,
and huckle-muckle in his worksmanship."
   "What did you say?" the mayor asked.
   "He's a jerk," Dr. Hsu Ting Feng said.
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