The Steamer Trunk: Genre Undetermined

Things build up a personality of their own over time, you see, and it's well-known that people who travel more have stronger personalities. It's like that with objects, too. And the steamer trunk that I'm going to tell you of, well, it's traveled an awful lot. It's held things from Christmas fruitcake and ladies dowries to opium stashes and pillaged silks and burial urns with bones inside. It has much more of a personality than many people I've spoken to, let's put it like that. Fortunately, it's not a mean creature--if you'll allow me the indulgence of calling it a creature. In fact, let's just say you'll even let me call it a 'she'.

Inspiration: Looked up steamer trunks to try and figure out what a Victorian detective would be packing his things away in. Not sure the chronology is right, but the feel is.
Story Potential: High, I guess.
Notes: I don't know why this is high potential, except that I'm becoming charmed by it.