#tool stand

[davestinyworkshop]

Tool Stand [from recycled fan] – Dave's Tiny Workshop.pdf

Originally posted to my old blog May 17, 2016.

[every-stand]

[Just Like You Imagined]

「ＪＵＳＴ ＬＩＫＥ ＹＯＵ ＩＭＡＧＩＮＥＤ」 is a tool stand that takes the appearance of a large two-pronged fork. When thrust into a shadow on the ground, the user can physically move and reshape the shadow. The object casting the shadow will be appropriately morphed; the effect on organic things is almost universally gruesome, but it is relatively easy to shape a metal object into a weapon, etc. 

Once pinned, the shadow will remain in place though the object remains movable. If the fork is removed from the shadow, the object will forcefully return to its original dimensions. A car compressed into a small metal ball and left to be found becomes an excellent “bomb” attack.

[every-stand]

「Lux Aeterna」

「ＬＵＸ ＡＥＴＥＲＮＡ」 is a tool stand that takes the form of a large sword apparently constructed with-- and always giving off-- golden light. It is extremely unsuited to stealth, and in fact its activation relies on being seen.

The sword will seemingly remain at exactly the same size it is first seen by the intended target, regardless of distance; that is to say, as long as the target can see the weapon, it will grow as it gets farther away and smaller as it gets closer to maintain the same apparent size to the target.

The ideal way to use the stand is to activate it once in close range to a target. If an enemy first sees the stand while in range of it, they cannot get away. No matter how far away they go, as long as they can still see it, it will grow to keep them in range.

The stand’s major downfall is facing multiple opponents. When multiple stand users see the sword and activate its effect at different distances, the sword becomes badly warped and difficult to use as it attempts to always look the same to every viewer.

[every-stand]

「Rubber Biscuit」

「ＲＵＢＢＥＲ ＢＩＳＣＵＩＴ」is a tool stand that manifests as a buckler with a disarmingly happy face. The user can extend poisoned needles from its surface at will. Once poisoned, the victim will experience whatever the buckler experienced since the last time the needles were extended. If the user used their shield to deflect a knife, then extended the needles and poisoned the knife-wielder, the wielder will certainly stab themself by mistake.

The poison wears off in about a week. During that time, the victim will continuously experience the same events over and over, and as such, it is unlikely for a victim to survive the week.

[every-stand]

「M A R C Y P L A Y G R O U N D」

「ＭＡＲＣＹ ＰＬＡＹＧＲＯＵＮＤ」 is a tool stand that manifests as a city block-sized park. The user is unable to leave their stand without extreme mental strain, and as such are essentially imprisoned within their stand.

When within the park, people besides the user find that extraordinary coincidences tend to cause their dreams to come true via chance meetings, windswept paperwork, or even something as simple as finding a hot dog cart.

The stand’s inability to affect its own user, however, extends to being unable to prevent the user from interfering with others. The user could make an easy living robbing those who just experienced an amazing windfall within the park.

Of course, the user is essentially trapped in a magical place where everyone else is happy. Whether they resolve to help their stand make dreams come true or prey upon others with their stand as bait is up to them.

[every-stand]

ATOMIC DOG - George Clinton

「ＡＴＯＭＩＣ ＤＯＧ」is a tool stand taking the form of a large, cartoonish bomb. When the user activates it, the timer on the bomb is set to a random countdown time outside the user’s control, rarely more than 3 minutes. When time expires, the bomb detonates in a dramatic explosion that covers its surroundings in bright, red, green, and yellow paint, though the bomb itself remains intact and returns to an inert state after the blast.

A person covered by paint becomes unable to perceive anything covered by either of the other two colors of paint. For example, a person whose eyes are splashed by red paint will be unable to see anything splashed by green or yellow paint. 

A person may be affected by multiple paints at once; they may only be able to see red if their eyes were splashed by red, yet only able to touch yellow objects if their hands were splashed by yellow. 

Because this permanently physical stand cannot be affected by its own paint, its primary weakness is the inability to hide itself. 

[every-stand]

「C A K E B Y T H E O C E A N」

「ＣＡＫＥ ＢＹ ＴＨＥ ＯＣＥＡＮ」is a stand bound to cutlery. When the cutlery is used on any food or drink, it becomes poisonous. Poisoned victims become tolerant of almost anything done to them, no longer seeing the purpose of defending themselves, their friends, or possessions.

Ordinary poison control methods are effective, but as the effect of the poison is nonphysiological, it is difficult to realize the cause and treat victims accordingly.

Though the user is always aware of the bound cutlery’s location, they are unable to track the poison created, and are vulnerable to it as well.