Tattoo Tales: The Ink That Shouldn’t Exist Part 1
- Feb 23
- 2 min read
Mabee Inked Archives: Tony’s Tattoo Truths & Tales
Some clients bring in wild requests. Some bring regrets. And some? Some bring something that shouldn’t be possible.
He walked in just before closing—a quiet man in his late 40s, a little pale, eyes sunken like he hadn’t slept in weeks. He slid a folded paper across the counter without a word.
I opened it. A design I had never seen before.
Intricate, sharp, twisting lines, weaving together in a pattern that looked… wrong. Something about it made my stomach tighten.
“Where’d you get this?” I asked.
He hesitated. “It’s been in my family for generations.”
I raised an eyebrow. “What does it mean?”
He looked at me dead in the eye. “It has to be exact. Every line. Every mark. No mistakes.”
A shiver ran down my spine. I should’ve said no. I should have.
But I didn’t.
I stenciled it on, laid out my machine, and got to work. And from the second the needle hit his skin, something felt off.
The ink wouldn’t sit right. The lines blurred at the edges no matter how steady my hand was. The deeper I worked, the more the air in the shop felt… heavy.
Halfway through, I noticed something strange. The ink was moving.
Not spreading. Not bleeding. Shifting.
I wiped it down, blinking hard. No way. No way I was seeing this. But there it was—the lines weren’t where I had put them.
The man didn’t move. Didn’t flinch. Just sat there, silent.
And then he spoke. Soft. Almost a whisper. “It’s waking up.”
I turned cold.
“Excuse me?” I asked, my voice tighter than I liked.
He smiled. Not a happy smile. A knowing one.
“You should finish,” he said. “Before it notices you.”
I don’t know why, but my hands kept working. Like I wasn’t in control anymore. Like something else had taken over.
The moment I laid the final line, he exhaled sharply, like he’d been holding his breath for hours.
I wiped away the excess ink. The tattoo was done.
And as I looked at it, I swear to God… it blinked.
To be continued…
Look for part two next week! Till then, stay tuned!
Would you finish a tattoo if you saw the ink moving? What do you think is happening here? Drop your thoughts below!
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Poll Time! Would you keep tattooing if something supernatural started happening?
😈 Hell yes, I’d see it through.
😳 Nope, I’d run for the hills.
🤔 Maybe, if I was getting paid extra.
Drop your vote in the comments below!
Until the next crazy session, keep your ink meaningful… or cursed.
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