Golem Waker

+Mark Hassman asks: "I'm flustered again. Never go a garage sale and buy the unusual. I did. Now I need help. Again. The item in question is just over 18 inches long. I thought it was a normal punch but the heft is wrong. The punch like object is about a 1/2" at the head and narrows to a sharp tip. The weight is odd. I figured it was a practical joke like a metal punch made of titanium. Titanium doesn't rust. This thing is corroded. The corrosion is a light bluish metallic and scrapes off with almost no effort. I have it all over my hands now. Am I doomed?"

Well, Mark, you have happened to stumble upon a very useful and not particularly harmful artifact: This is a very rare punch known as Golem Waker. Long ago, mages had used these punches to waken objects into an animate and somewhat intelligent form. A single proper hit against any inanimate object will cause it to awaken. This object will listen to any and every command and attempt to fulfill those commands if it can. A single application lasts for various lengths, depending on the size of the awakened object. Smaller ones could be awake for months at a time, bigger ones could go for as short as a few hours.

There isn't any limit to how many times it may be used in a given frame of time, nor how many objects may be awakened at the same time. However, its current state is what happens after extended use.
Luckily for you, this item can be restored. Allowing it to rest fully in mana crystal water (that is simply water with charged mana crystals in it) will kickstart its regenerative functions. Within a month it should be restored from the state you have described.

I recommend that you allow it to repair for now and use it sparingly in the future. While it is a very helpful tool, having too many animate objects around you, can turn out to be a very chaotic lifestyle - particularly when you can't turn anything you've awakened back into inanimate form by decision. Only time will drain the energy and return the object to its docile state.