A Curious Box With Curiouser Contents
A small lavender box catches your eye. Dare you open it? It might contain a curse. Or perhaps you free some wicked creature to torment humanity for all time. Maybe it's just filled with someone's button hoard.
You decide to risk it. With a flick of your thumb the latch opens and the lid pops back to reveal a pair of golden spectacles.
They certainly don't look like cursed glasses. Stories of people trying on elegant Fae shoes and being forced to dance themselves to death drift through your thoughts. What's the worst that could happen? A compulsion to read? Has anyone ever read themselves to death?
With a breathy laugh you slip them on and a startled cry escapes your lips. Most of the titles painted along the spines of books are not in English. Now they are. You snatch the nearest one off the shelf, flip it open to the center, and watch as the letters on the page reassemble themselves into perfectly readable English.
Without thinking you slip the eyewear into your pocket before you continue to search the room.