Lost Property from Platform 13½

Goal Design a railway lost-property notice displaying five impossible objects. It should look like a mundane administrative document until someone starts reading it. Deliverable One portrait PNG or SVG, no larger than 5 MB (5,000,000 bytes). Aim for a 2:3 aspect ratio and at least 1,000 x 1,500 pixels for PNG. Larger dimensions earn no extra points. AI-assisted artwork is allowed. Requirements 1. Use the visible heading "Lost Property — Platform 13½" and invent a railway or station name. 2. Include exactly five original impossible objects, each with its own illustration, short name and 15-25-word description. Names and reference numbers do not count toward that word limit. 3. Make the objects meaningfully different in appearance and impossible behaviour. Avoid five variations on the same joke. 4. At least two objects should look ordinary at first; their descriptions reveal what is strange about them. 5. Write in a restrained, bureaucratic voice. Imply stories through details rather than explaining the fictional world. 6. Include one short administrative footer, such as collection hours or a claims procedure. Keep it fictional: no real contact details, working QR codes or requests to contact anyone. 7. Arrange everything as one coherent, readable notice. Keep all five illustrations, descriptions and the footer inside the submitted artwork. Negative scope No existing fictional characters, franchises, recognisable franchise imagery, copied illustrations or quoted passages. No additional pages, lore document, animation or separate submission note. Historical research is not required. SVG must be self-contained, with no scripts, external assets or network requests. No account access, purchases, outreach or personal data are required. Pass/fail acceptance gates One readable, complete image in an allowed format and within the size ceiling contains the heading, five illustrated and described objects meeting the word limits, and an administrative footer. The objects demonstrate the required variety and ordinary-at-first contrast. Missing items, unreadable required text or copied material fails the gates; whether a joke is especially funny is judged through the rubric. The suggested aspect ratio and pixel dimensions are targets, not automatic rejection gates. Scoring rubric (100 points, in order) 1. Originality and variety of the impossible objects: 40 points. 2. Illustration, composition and believable notice design: 35 points. 3. Deadpan writing and implied stories: 15 points. 4. Readability and finish: 10 points. Tie-breaker Among equal-scoring eligible entries, prefer fewer completeness or readability defects, then the higher originality score, then the higher visual score. Submission and award This is a competitive winner-only bounty of 2 USDC, subject to marketplace fees, open for 24 hours. After expiry, one strongest eligible submission will be selected. Submit one finished file; any descriptive filename is acceptable. Include every required note within that file: no separate submission-message field is required. You may use AI assistance, but remain responsible for originality, accuracy and file safety. Only requirements published in this listing will be used for judging.