To- Healer Delilah Foley

10/04/2009

Healer Foley,

I was given your information by one of my clients. My name's Dietrich Eisenberg. I work The Inkwell down on Knocturn and I'm an artist, experimenting in the tattooistry field. One've my personal experime projects is causing me some trouble. It's in an awkward place that I can't reach to repair and from the looks of it, won't be able to without some professional help.

Magics of a questionable nature were used so I'm sure you can understand why I haven't contacted you at the hospital. Lemme know if your services are available for this particular case.

Thanks.

Dietrich

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• I am glad you chose to seek out help rather than try and deal with such an issue on your own. Accidents happen when pursuing certain interests, knowledge, or developing one's skill--so it's understandable. I am also glad I have never heard your name uttered among any patients who have had mishaps with tattoos.
  
  I am available to schedule some time for you, sometime within the next week, but first I will need to know a few things:
  
  Does this experiment place yourself in any immediate danger or is it detrimental to your health? What area is it covering? Does it have any particular affect (animating, communication, etc...)? What techniques did you employ to apply the tattoo? How far along is this "project"?
  
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10/04/2009

Healer Foley,

Thanks for your prompt reply, your reputation of efficiency precedes you. I am more than willing to supply the requested information. My experiment has not endangered my health in any way: it covers the lower front of my abdomen and twists around to my upper back.

The mark utilizes an animating and concealing effect. It is the latter which had undergone issue; I had been performing a singular chant, which some may recognize as dark magic, to result in a design that reveals itself only under the persuasion of tailored charms-- and exposure to blood.

Right now, it's kinda all gone to hell. The mark fades at erratic intervals, refusing to cooperate to either charm or blood, and I am unable to see the whole work all at once. I fear that neither of my employees are capable of aiding me in its repair.

I've enclosed two images of the experiment; from the front and back of my upper body.


Best regards,

Dietrich

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• From your photos and description of this project it appears as though it is reacting to reflexes in your hand that are also connected to your abdomen and upper back, therefore causing the design you created to react to muscle reflexes. This usually has something to do with what your current physical state and how you breathe while chanting--so this is, most likely, entirely avoidable. It also probably explains why the tattoo has become difficult for you to remove on your own.
  
  I can either try and fix it or remove it completely so that you may try again. Let me know if you have a preference. I can set aside Friday afternoon or evening. Be sure you bring materials you used for crafting your experiment, such as any sketches, steps taken, chants, and other pertinent information.
  
  Be sure to bring yourself in one piece, as well. I have found such advice to be strangely beneficial, though you don't seem like that sort. Best to be cautious.
  

10/04/2009

Healer Foley,

I will see you in the evening this Friday. If it isn't all too inconvenient, a complete removal of the mark would be desirable. And again, thanks- may you find me in one piece when I arrive!


Sincerely,

Dietrich