@alice @jerrounda Bass Guitar of Surprising Lack of Mediocrity.

It makes you think you're exceptionally mid, but everybody you play it for says you're awesome. You don't believe them, but you get invited to play as much as you want.

@alice

this map.

when i was a kid, the main way my brother and i bonded was through video games.

the Ultima series was a fine set of games, and the highlight if you ask me was absolutely the Avatar Trilogy — 4, 5, and 6.

many of our games were downloaded thanks to the wonderful software cracking scene of the time, but big brother had gotten ultima 4 in the actual box. it came with a few "feelies", including an ankh, the (appropriated but you don't know these things when you're a kid) symbol of the ingame religion, and this cloth map of the game world.

ultima 4 was like few other games of its time. the goal was not to fight and defeat a big evil guy. you had to go around and learn about the virtues of this world, practice those virtues with NPCs and monsters, and go on a spiritual quest to confirm your status as an Avatar of that virtue. become the Avatar of all eight virtues and you are given a final quest: to find the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom hidden deep in the underworld and bring it to the surface.

the goal of this game is to be a good person. to be a righteous beacon of love, truth, and courage to everyone you meet, and to seek out lost knowledge for the benefit of all.

my brother passed away late 2022. somehow, i found this map still lying around.

a part of him still lives in it.

@alice @jerrounda
A magical ✨ (cursed 💀) guitar pick, that always appears to you when you don't need it, but vanishes to thin air when you do.

Can't get rid of it, because you need to have it to throw it away or sell it.