by Narrator » Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:58 am
The item Tosh was looking at appeared to be a small, false ear gauge comprised of two disc shapes, with a screw on post through the middle to keep it in place through someone's ear piercing. The outside casing suggested it was the sort of lightweight plastic one would expect from a larger sized gauge, but the outer material only served as a camouflage element to make the item seem like something it wasn't. Inside the earring was a dense, metal material.
Tosh would also notice was a tiny trigger mechanism inside the front disc which had already been set off, telling him that this item was inert now. In this state, it was more akin to an empty shell casing than a bomb of some kind. Visually, the trigger mechanism looked a bit like a small hammer, which had come to rest against the post portion of the piece of jewelry. The hammer was attached to some form of tiny magnetic device that would release it, though under what conditions it would release he couldn't immediately tell just by looking.
This meant that the 'payload' on this device must have been in the other half of the earring it was attached to, but to Tosh's eye, this just appeared to be a big disc of the mysterious metal.
There also appeared to be a latch which hooked around the threads of the screw end to prevent tampering which would likewise set off the trigger.