“If it floats, you are still remembered.

Smooth and egg-shaped, this pale black stone resists all attempts to sink it. Even when weighted, it refuses to stay below the surface—unless the person holding it has been forgotten.

In such cases, it vanishes beneath the waves without a ripple.

Used in Salt Hollow funeral rites to test the spiritual tether of the dead. Institute researchers have begun using replicas to test memory decay, both psychological and supernatural.

If a subject believes themselves forgotten, the stone will vanish. If someone still remembers them—the stone stays afloat.