Curious Item Club - Tattooed Corpse
Added 2016-06-16 01:40:02 +0000 UTCDeep in the dungeon lies a desiccated, half-mummified corpse slumped against the wall – its left arm hacked apart; the broken haft of the weapon which slew it still jutting out from its chest.
Every inch of the parchment-like skin of the corpse – from the top of its head to the bottom of its feet – is covered in ornate, slightly surrealistic tattoos. Any casual inspection will immediately note these tattoos are dancing – moving constantly in a lithe, sinuous motion that’s vaguely hypnotizing to the eye.
Upon closer inspection, one will discover that the tattoos are depicting – in abstract animation – the final battle in which the corpse died. Between the large, almost pictogrammic scenes drawn from this battle are smaller images. These, too, are animated, and they are show the events immediately preceding the battle. Between these images there are even smaller animations illustrating earlier events in the corpse’s life.
A careful study of the corpse may, in fact, be capable of revealing many hidden truths of the dungeon.
