Altered Sending Stone (Project Veilbreak recording)

Stub-class article · First seen: s04 · Last seen: s16
Altered Sending Stone (Project Veilbreak recording)
Sending Stone (Project Veilbreak recording) · Veilbreak sending stone · Project Veilbreak stone · Hugo's Mask stone · Black Mask sending stone
Item
StatusActive
First seens04
Last seens16
TypeSending stone (altered; one-way recording playback)
AttunementNot required
HolderHugo
OriginBlack Mask gift on the s4 pact signing

The Altered Sending Stone (Project Veilbreak recording) is a non-standard sending stone given by The Black Mask to Hugo on signing the devil pact in session 4 [1]. Unlike a standard sending-stone pair, it is one-way and stores recordings: on demand, it plays Dr Flem Josenge’s Project Veilbreak log, the original of which contained the experiment specifications — 140,000 candidates, redacted-substance injection killing 50% in 24 hours, viscous-fluid blood replacement, cellular biology rewrite, 1-of-100 arena combats run twice, 7 surviving candidates [1]. The Mask retains the ability to push further recordings to the stone as he chooses to deliver more of the pact’s information. Distinct from the standard sending stone Hugo also carries from The Broker [2], which is a normal pair-bonded device.

Overview

The Altered Sending Stone is one of two sending stones Hugo carries; this one is from The Black Mask and is the device through which the Mask delivers the Project Veilbreak information that was negotiated into the pact. The first recording was delivered with the stone itself in s4 — Dr Flem Josenge’s clinical log, which produced the campaign’s first hard numbers on Project Veilbreak [1]:

  • 140,000 candidates total.
  • A redacted-substance injection killed 50% in 24 hours.
  • Survivors received a viscous-fluid blood replacement.
  • Cellular biology was rewritten.
  • Survivors were placed in arena combats; 1-in-100 odds, run twice.
  • 7 surviving candidates at the end of the process — including Hugo and (separately confirmed) Bella.

Mechanics

A sending stone modified for one-way recording playback. Hugo can activate it on demand to replay any recording the Mask has loaded. The Mask can push further recordings remotely. There is no transcript-confirmed limit on how many recordings can be stored.

Status as of session 16

Carried by Hugo. No new recording deliveries have been logged in the transcript since the original Veilbreak log; the Onyx Ring of Barbed Hooks has been the more active Mask channel (used in s12 to call the Mask in tiefling form for the “champion eternal” pitch).

See also

References

  1. ^ Session 4, line 1312 — Black Mask hands the stone over with the Veilbreak recording loaded.
  2. ^ Session 7, line 747 — Inline citation.
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