Item:Dark red parchment

dark red 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 red 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 red parchment to gain its knowledge.
Were the red parchment to be activated, the following modifications would be made:
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  Base Description: "a crystal pillar"
  Long Description: "a red crystal pillar ringed by shadowy ducks in bas-relief"
  LOOK Description: "Cast in the levitating crystal's bloody light, the shade-feathered birds and their exaggeratedly wide-open bills evoke an eerie disquiet."
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