PROVENANCE: THE STRIKING GEAR OF ATEN
CATALOG ID: ES-773 (CURATED BY THE MARYA)
[Recovered from the scorched pocket of a Phoenician mercenary near the Ankh. Traces of black oil found in the escapement.]
At first glance, it is merely a brass pocket watch, its face cracked in a pattern resembling a jagged sun. But listen closer—past the grinding of its gears—and you will hear the 'Buzzing'. This is no mundane timepiece. Agrippa once wrote of celestial correspondences, of metals tuned to the breath of the divine, but he never saw the 'Black Sun' that Akhenaten worshiped.
"The hours do not pass; they are consumed. This is the weight of an age that refuses to die."
The watch was forged in the Third Age, a fragment of the 'Immaculate Machine' designed to synchronize the dreams of the Sleepers. When Akhenaten turned his gaze to the Filth, he used this talisman to anchor his city outside of time. It smells of ozone and ancient spice. In the dark, the numbers 1 through 12 vanish, replaced by Sumerian-sounding sigils that pulse with a sickening, violet light. Every tick is a tiny scream, a reminder that the Anima is fading and the 'First Wall' is paper-thin.
- Do not attempt to wind the mainspring.
- The 'Black Signal' may manifest as a phantom ringing.
- Current time: 13:13:13 (Non-Euclidean).
*Acquisition Note: The previous owner was found perfectly preserved, though his shadow had been detached.*
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