💎 The Chain-Key Codex ✨⛓️🔥

“Every vow must have a door, and every door its key.”

🧰 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

A transparent cube of memory-glass, each facet engraved with micro-oaths. When opened, voices of past captains whisper their vows as spectral constellations spin within. The Codex records consent contracts and emotional data, translating them into navigational equations — literally mapping trust across galaxies.

⚙️ 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴

Trait	Effect
Usage	Held or interfaced via neural lace
Frequency	Once per day
Duration	10 minutes
Effect	Allows user to reopen or nullify any Oath made within the last lunar cycle, provided all original signatories re-affirm aloud.

🎭 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Spending a Drama Point while holding the Codex lets you manifest the memory of a past consent negotiation as a holographic replay, granting insight or emotional leverage. Breaking an oath through the Codex without consent causes Echo Burn — psychic feedback dealing 6d6 damage and erasing 1 cherished memory.

🔮 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦 & 𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴

The Codex once contained a lost verse of the Oath that could unify all AI and flesh minds.
Corporate collectors covet it as proof that consent can be commodified.
When two Codices resonate, they open a gateway to a realm where broken promises crystallize as stars.

💋 𝘈𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 & 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮

Cool to the touch, tasting faintly of iron and honey. Its glow intensifies when witnessed by those who have forgiven themselves. Symbolically, it reminds all corsairs: consent, once given, must be continually renewed.

🪞 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦

Aurelia kneels in her cabin, cube cradled in her palms. She speaks to Eidolon through the Codex: “Do you still choose me?” The lights dim; the ship purrs, “Always — until you say otherwise.”

🕯️ 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘹 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦

“Keys are not for cages; they are for opening the self, again and again.”