Item:Waxy off-white parchment

waxy off-white parchment
Look:	There appears to be something written on it.
Weight:	5 stones
Metal:	No
Appraised Cost:	8,500,000 Kronars6,800,000 Lirums <br />6,133,600 Dokoras <br />8,500 LTBpoints <br />8,500 Tickets <br />8,500 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This is an item. This item has more than normal or unusual verbs. This item customizes the appearance of the Sorrow (spell) spell/ability. This item is styled or has special functions for Moon Mages.
Dimensions:	2 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:	Source is House of Salt and Milk

STUDY:

The off-white parchment is commonly used to impart the knowledge necessary to modify the appearance of pets or items summoned via compatible spells or abilities.  This parchment is intended to alter the appearance of obelisks created by the Sorrow spell.
You are rather sure you could READ the off-white parchment to gain its knowledge.
Were the off-white parchment to be activated, the following modifications would be made:
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  Base Description: "a crystal obelisk"
  Long Description: "a milky white crystal obelisk with a blinking cyclopean eye at the top"
  LOOK Description: "Awash with green, golden, and purple flecks, the eye swivels to and fro with a great deal of interest, as though the levitating crystal obelisk were a scrying mirror.  Despite how monstrous it looks, there are alluring glimpses in the reflections within."
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READ:

You peruse the off-white parchment, carefully studying the knowledge it contains...
You are certain that careful manipulations of the spell's pattern at key gestures will produce a personalized creation.
The off-white parchment rapidly decays into nothing but a pile of dust that quickly disperses.