The first pristine deck
Entry 30 · October 10, 2026
I have one.
It dropped about an hour into the vault, and I just stood there holding it. I've imagined this exact object since I was a scrawny level five telling myself stories about what lived at eleven.
The real thing is heavier than the idea ever was. It has a finish the etched ones never had. A quietness, like it was made to be kept instead of used.
No merchant will give me a single crystal for it. By every number the city keeps, it's worthless.
It's the rarest thing I own.
Three of them, by the time I stopped to count. I'm going back for more.