She looks like she's been painted black, he thought, as he gazed at her immobilized form.She looks like she's been painted black, he thought, as he gazed at her immobilized form. Definitely the best rubber work I've ever seen. If she doesn't go bankrupt first, she'll have the best collection in the country! To be sure, the suit was well-made, and it fit her body like a second skin, forming a smooth, shiny coating from her head to her toes. His next move was to the bar, pausing for a sample of scotch on the way to his car. After retrieving several more cases from the trunk, he began a tour of the house, assembling a strange array of utensils and supplies from his car trunk and the kitchen. After twenty minutes, he was ready. He began wrapping her body, from the toes up, in white gauze bandages. When she was practically mummified, he made another trip outside, returning with a six foot long board, three feet wide, and covered with a plastic cushion. He tilted it against a dresser and unceremoniously nailed it to the floor, after which he lifted the mummy from the bed and set her on the slanted board. It had a small ledge at the bottom which her feet rested upon. After making another trip to the kitchen, he returned with a huge, heavy pot, and setting this aside, he again checked her vital signs. |