Mosi Quilt

Dear +What's This Thing Do? 

Recently I found an old blanket in my grandmother's attic. It was in an old trunk underneath a bunch of other blankets and quilts. I liked it quite a bit so I asked grandma if I could take it home. 

She had a funny smile on her face as she said "Yes".

I use it as a throw to put over my other blankets. The past several nights I can swear I've heard a cat meowing (or maybe more than one). I can also hear the flapping of bird wings. When I wake up in the morning I see cat fur and scattered bird feathers.

What is going on here? Should I be worried?

Frazzled in Pennsylvania

Dear Frazzled,

No need to worry. What you have is a Mosi Quilt. The birds and cats sewn into it are magical with a life of their own. When their owner is sleeping they awaken and live a normal life. If you complete the necessary rituals the cats and birds will bind themselves to you and act on your command. Particularly powerful rituals can actually enable you to see through their eyes. 

Unfortunately, if you don't know the ritual you won't be able to do anything and can look forward to many more sleepless nights and lots of fur and feathers. 

I'm sure you're familiar with the string game called Cat's Cradle. This game was actually named after a Mosi Quilt. The only way to stop the cats and birds from animating every night is to unravel the blanket and pass the string through your hands several times. 

Hopefully you'll be able to find the right ritual. If I were you I'd ask your grandmother--she seems to know more than she's letting on.

Dinosaur Beads & Grendel's Mother

+Arlene Medder asks "So what does this pouch of beads do?"

Arlene, those beads (20 in total) are actually tiny, magical dinosaur eggs.
Used individually, you can create a Compsognathus (up to 20 of them) for 10 minutes.
If you crush 10 together, you can create a Velociraptor for 5 minutes or a Gallimimus for 60 minutes.
If you smush all 20 together at once, you can create one T-Rex, Triceratops, or Brachiosaurus for 1 minute.

You get to control your dinosaurs for the short amount of time, but they are single-use items and very pricey on the black market.

+John Johnson asks "What does this obsidian figurine do? It's short, squat, ugly, and female."

You have one of the rare obsidian carvings of Grendel's Mother. In your posession, it makes you impervious to natural poisons or diseases (but not supernatural ones). As long as it is on your person it is proof against natural poisons or diseases. It does not need to be activated as it's "always on".