Trust the Midas touch... or not.[video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[The camera shows a closeup of a grumpy-looking Jade.]

 Yeah, so... you know that gold paint I found?

[The camera pulls back to reveal that half the things in Jadewing's apartment are gold. Or at least gold colored. Including a few of the floor panels. As the camera rolls, Jadewing picks up a random bolt from his golden desk. The bolt suddenly becomes golden as well.]

Yeah... the miasma's messing with us again. Any idea how I make this stop?

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Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

That's one way of putting it...

[Jadewing's tone suggests that his way of putting it would not be suitable for children to hear.]

Anyway, no, no pattern that I can see. Sometimes stuff changes on the first touch. Other times it takes two or three for it to work. I've gotten up to five touches with no change on a couple of occasions, but I can't tell if those are flukes or not.

[The camera pans down a bit to the surface of the desk. There are piles of now-golden nuts, bolts and screws arranged there, as well as a couple smallish golden bins containing unchanged ones. Clearly Jade has been experimenting a bit.]

[video]

[diagnosispuberty]

[He is a highly mature child! No, he's not, at all. But he'll lean in to examine the golden materials.]

...hmmmm. Does it only work on small things? Or only when you use your hand? What about stepping on things?

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Suuuuuuure he is.]

Well, given that I accidentally gilded my desk and several floor panels, I'm guessing that the answer to both those questions is 'no'.

Which only makes it more dangerous, especially to organics.