assuming that its a fantasy world and my villainous character is being established in this scene, i'd probably pluck a small, living creature unique to the setting out of its natural habitat amid the filth of my workspace or person, and press it violently into the wax with my thumb

@richpuchalsky

Well, that's one way to bring the story to an unexpected end fast.

@futurebird @richpuchalsky "unexpected"?!

You are a criminal/artist in a cyberpunk and/or fantasy world with intricate fancy social codes. As a ner-do-well you have never needed your own symbol to stamp in wax for your letters (you just used your thumb) But, exciting new opportunities have you moving up in the world rapidly... suddenly you must pick a small object in your abode to make an impression: literally.

What do you choose as an impromptu standard?

With what object will you make YOUR mark?

@futurebird I am a potter and I literally could make a fired clay stamp to mark my wares but I have no idea what to make my symbol. So this is a good prompt!

You are a criminal/artist in a cyberpunk and/or fantasy world with intricate fancy social codes. As a ner-do-well you have never needed your own symbol to stamp in wax for your letters (you just used your thumb) But, exciting new opportunities have you moving up in the world rapidly... suddenly you must pick a small object in your abode to make an impression: literally.

What do you choose as an impromptu standard?

With what object will you make YOUR mark?

You are a criminal/artist in a cyberpunk and/or fantasy world with intricate fancy social codes. As a ner-do-well you have never needed your own symbol to stamp in wax for your letters (you just used your thumb) But, exciting new opportunities have you moving up in the world rapidly... suddenly you must pick a small object in your abode to make an impression: literally.

What do you choose as an impromptu standard?

With what object will you make YOUR mark?

@futurebird stegosaurus earring

@futurebird 10mm 12 point wrench

In the narrative arc of this story whatever you pick will end up being the symbol of a great movement or criminal art gang (or both)--

But you have no time for design right now. Just a found object that can do the job.

@futurebird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iGSAFjzBd8

@futurebird (it doesn't make much more sense with context, but here's the context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcm-J7lQT3w )

@futurebird I'll use the face of a die then. I got a pair of novelty dice that you roll to get a fantasy TTRPG alignment; the "Neutral" alignment face has a scale by it and the word "neutral". I'll use that, but upside-down.

@floatybirb

I roll those alignment dice to decide what kind of "problem of the day" we'll have. (in math class)

"Lawful Evil?"
"Chaotic Neutral?"

(I realized without mentioning this was for a math class it could be a little confusing or creepy)

@futurebird what's a "good aligned" math problem?

You are a criminal/artist in a cyberpunk and/or fantasy world with intricate fancy social codes. As a ner-do-well you have never needed your own symbol to stamp in wax for your letters (you just used your thumb) But, exciting new opportunities have you moving up in the world rapidly... suddenly you must pick a small object in your abode to make an impression: literally.

What do you choose as an impromptu standard?

With what object will you make YOUR mark?

@futurebird I am disqualified from this, as on my real desk I have a wax seal stamp with my kitten tech logo

@futurebird thinking too much about this question, I think a better choice would be an ordinary 6-sided die, because were I caught by the secret police with one it would be less suspicious.

I think I'd use the 3-side to mark the wax three times at 120 degree angles, making a pattern of nine dots in three rows, so it would be less than obvious that a die was used to make the symbol.

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