Artifact

Pascal Claes

Made from a sturdy wood, seems to be cherrybark oak, this antique walking cane is black in color with silver ornaments—three fittings, practical as much as stylish, on the cane's spike-shaped ferrule, the collar, and the handle. The ferrule and collar were engraved with motifs of gentle curves reminiscent a wind's gentle breeze and turbulent gales. Whereas the handle is of crutch (or Tau) style hammered and sculpted to a life-like falcon, perched onto a highly-detailed wooden stump, that seems ready to take flight whenever it wishes. Overall, the cane gives an vintage, elegant feel; tasteful but not gaudy.

And to its bonded owner, it is alive and breathing in their hands; singing soft notes in their thoughts with each tap that vary in pitch depending on the ground it lands. The cane will never come to life nor sing to anyone it finds unworthy. A noble soul; a heart of warmth and passion; gentle as a breeze, open-minded as the firmament, but undaunted even at the face of a hurricane; free-spirited yet never forever a wanderer; and with a hint of playfulness— these are the qualities it seek from its owner. Whilst picky, it won't mind settling with an individual with only half of these traits with rather apparent less enthusiasm in its notes and only to sing hymns when it finds a more compatible owner. In the event its current owner does not wish to give the cane to the next individual, the cane will simply sleep on them until its handed over or until its new owner finds it.