My mouth was suddenly clasped closed by something very, very cold. I reached my arms up to try and pull it away, but it was no use. In a flash of panic, I tried to squirm around whilst swerving the car onto the side of the highway. Its nails were gripping painfully deep into my cheek. Looking up at the rearview mirror, I could see a shadow figure with long hair and blue flesh. Once I blinked, it disappeared and my jaw was released.
“What the hell was that!?,” I yelled.
I pulled down the mirror to look at myself. The red marking of fingers lined the mandible of my face and blood was dripping from my left cheek. The most I could do in that moment was breathe and be grateful for every breath I took. I have no idea what that was, but whatever it is, I didn't like it. _______________________________________________________________________________
After that incident, I made my way to the studio. This place is the only place where I can get a break from the stench. The calm and quiet were like its own genre of music to me - relaxing and soothing.
Still, fairly shaken, I managed to unwrap the femur. Holding it up to the light, it glowed softly. “Wow” was the only word that left my lips.
Once you cut, shave down, shape, and sandpaper the bone, you can barely tell it came from a human - or animal no less. After fitting it onto the table, I applied finisher and stubs underneath each leg, and placed it underneath the spotlight. It was finally done, and I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. The final step was to take it home. _______________________________________________________________________________
Back at my humble abode, carefully, I put the table in its place amongst many of my other creations. The shelves next to the table were filled with the parietal bone of skulls which were shaped, painted, and polished to look like porcelain plates. Utensils like forks and knives were fashioned out of ribs and the carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges of the hands. Lampshades were made of tanned skin from the lumbus and lain of the back and charms made of metal or artificial teeth laid spread along the windowsill.