Relic Merchant
I’m an “Oddities Dealer,” live-streaming the purchase of items once owned by the deceased. The first fan who connects shows off a jade bracelet on his wrist. It’s a bracelet once worn by the dead—would I take it? The jade is a deep, unsettling red, and it looks like something’s moving inside, almost as if it were alive. I freeze, horrified. “Take it off! Smash it, burn it until it’s colorless! You have ten minutes, or the bracelet will drain you dry!”
The chat explodes with comments. “Come on, streamer, are you serious? It’s barely past midnight. Don’t spread these old, spooky rumors. Blood-sucking jade? That’s been debunked for centuries. You’re a college graduate, you should know better. Why would anyone even want to buy something that’s been touched by the dead? Shouldn’t it be burned with the body?”
I’m an “Oddities Dealer,” live-streaming the purchase of items once owned by the deceased. The first fan who connects shows off a jade bracelet on his wrist. It’s a bracelet once worn by the dead—would I take it? The jade is a deep, unsettling red, and it looks like something’s moving inside, almost as if it were alive. I freeze, horrified. “Take it off! Smash it, burn it until it’s colorless! You have ten minutes, or the bracelet will drain you dry!”
The chat explodes with comments. “Come on, streamer, are you serious? It’s barely past midnight. Don’t spread these old, spooky rumors. Blood-sucking jade? That’s been debunked for centuries. You’re a college graduate, you should know better. Why would anyone even want to buy something that’s been touched by the dead? Shouldn’t it be burned with the body?”
