A Weapon or a Toy?

Question

_{This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #5: On-and-onogrami}

Hello, fellow puzzlers!

Here's a nonogram I made for you. But it's not just a nonogram. There is a hidden object in it! Can you find it?

^{Click for a larger version.}
^{Colour-blind-friendly colour guide: Circle = Red, Square = Blue.}

I suggest you take a printout of this, or else copy the numbers onto a square-ruled paper and then solve.

I promise that your paper will not go to waste. It may look like gibberish, but if you look closer, you will see everything clearly, as in a crystal ball!

If you don't understand what to do with it, don't just throw it in the trash. I told you, your paper would not be wasted. You can use it to catch bugs at least! But it should not be your goal.

As a final note, keep in mind the orientation. If you don't see a meaningful object, you've probably chosen the wrong side.

^{If you are unable to take a hard copy, or just don't want to do that, you can solve the nonogram on penpa+ .}

^{A csv version of the nonogram:}

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,,,,2,
,,,,,,,,,2,3,,,,,,1,,1,,,,,,,,,,,4,2,,,,1,,,2,2,
,,,,,,,,,2,2,,,,,,1,6,3,,,,,,,,,,,2,1,8,,2,2,,,2,2,
,,,,,,,,,2,2,,,,,1,2,2,2,,,2,1,,,,,,,2,2,2,,2,2,,1,2,2
,,,,,,,,,,2,2,,,,3,2,2,2,2,,,2,2,1,1,1,2,,,2,2,1,1,2,2,,1,2,2
,,,,,,,,,,1,2,1,3,2,2,2,2,5,2,,,2,2,2,2,2,2,,,1,2,3,2,2,2,,1,2,1,
,,,,,,,,3,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,5,1,3,,,1,1,1,1,1,1,,,4,5,1,3,2,3,3,1,3,1,
,,,,,1,6,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,2,1,1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,3,4,4,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,1,1,1,2,3,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,3,1,3,1,1,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,2,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,2,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,2,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,2,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,2,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,2,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,2,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,2,1,3,5,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,1,1,3,2,6,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,3,1,1,3,4,1,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,1,1,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,3,6,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hope you enjoy :)

caPNCApn · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-07T04:23:42.583

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First the nonogram solves like this:

Then

we note the paper-folding tag and "On-and-onogrami" wordplay hinting at origami. The flavor text also mentions catching bugs and crystal ball. So we fold our paper into the "cootie catcher" aka "fortune teller" origami.

We see

ORIGAMI on the outside! We must be on the right track.

Then we

open it and see

WATER bOMb! Which is both a weapon and a toy (and also another origami)!

So we

fold a water bomb and get

a six sided die! One fine toy.

edited Nov 07 '22 at 04:23

answered Nov 06 '22 at 22:32

caPNCApn

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Quality way to answer, with the real-life working demo! – Stiv Nov 06 '22 at 23:06
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@Stiv haha thank you. I actually drove to the store to buy grid paper for this. – caPNCApn Nov 06 '22 at 23:15
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Fantastic commitment - if I could upvote you twice for effort, I would! :) – Stiv Nov 06 '22 at 23:30
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Yep, that's it! Well done! And as Stiv said, great commitment. Thank you. Checkmark will come :) – ACB Nov 07 '22 at 07:19
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Fantastic puzzle and solution, @ACB! – Rand al'Thor Nov 09 '22 at 18:33

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