UFO Glasses
Plastic costume glasses with bulbous lenses. ☉ 7 from Malen. Entanglement +1. The weirdo-Intellect slot for the face.
Stats
| Slot | Face |
| Price | ☉ 7 |
| Vendor | Malen |
| Entanglement | +1 |
Strengths
- +Entanglement +1 — Intellect-cluster boost in the face slot
- +Cheap (☉ 7)
- +On-theme for occult / weird-thread investigations
Costs
- −Visually distinctive — disguise it isn't
- −Face slot may compete with other items as wiki fills in
Description
Game flavor: "Plastic frames hold bulbous lenses that promise extraterritorial insight. Wearing them may tilt the world towards its stranger influences."
☉ 7 from [Malen](/wiki/characters/malen) gets you [Entanglement](/wiki/skills/entanglement) +1. Entanglement is the Intellect-cluster skill for technical knots and interpersonal-systems reading — how things connect, how patterns repeat, what's actually wired to what.
Compared to Malen's other stock:
- [Mister Artista Hair Set](/wiki/items/mister-artista-hair-set) — ☉ 5, Nerve +1 - [Party Wig](/wiki/items/party-wig) — ☉ 9, Personalism +1 - **UFO Glasses** — ☉ 7, Entanglement +1
The three are head/face-slot bonuses for three different clusters (Relation Nerve, Relation Personalism, Intellect Entanglement). UFO Glasses are the only Intellect-cluster pick on Malen's rack.
The "tilt the world towards its stranger influences" flavor reads as on-theme for the Subcomandante Bagman / payphone-disappearances thread Malen sits adjacent to. Wearing UFO Glasses while talking to her or to people who use the suspicious payphone may be a flavor moment worth a check.
For ☉ 7, the +1 to Entanglement is solid for any Intellect build.
Acquisition
Buy from [Malen](/wiki/characters/malen) in the Bootleg Bazaar of [Quisach](/wiki/locations/quisach). ☉ 7.
Builds & playstyles
Entanglement-leaning Intellect builds
Occult / weird-thread investigation runs