[UA] Road kill art

[Chris Williams]

Holy crap. I live in Edwardsville, Illinois. I've noticed a couple strange 
looking possums, but haven't stopped to check them out or anything. I'll let 
you guys know if I do, though!

Just out of curiosity, is anyone else on here from Edwardsville, or even the 
St. Louis, MO area?


>From: Rev Kev <kelmore at rocketmail.com>
>Reply-To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
>To: ua at lists.unknown-armies.com
>Subject: [UA] Road kill art
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 10:38:57 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Sure, it's just an art student trying to make an impression on the world, 
>but what if this actually had some occult significance?
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2l4hsk
>
>What can come out of dressing up road kill in clothing?
>
>Perhaps it is a sympathetic bond.  If you use clothing that belonged to a 
>person, that person's well-being is tied to the well-being of the corpse.  
>As the corpse decays and is shredded by traffic, the person's life just 
>falls apart.  He suffers bad luck until the corpse is completely destroyed 
>or removed.  As a result, the ideal corpses are the ones on rarely traveled 
>roads.  The suffering is prolonged, and people wonder why someone would 
>take the trouble to dress up a corpse in the middle of nowhere.
>
>Or, to take an American Gods approach, maybe it is paying homage to the god 
>of the interstate.  By paying tribute to those who gave their lives for the 
>highway, you assuage the spirit of the road.  Not only will you not be 
>victim of an accident (with no protection against deliberate harm by 
>another), you find lane changes more fluid.  Cops are less likely to notice 
>you cruising at 95 MPH.
>
>Perhaps it's a boozehound's method of tormenting the dead.  He's had a bad 
>experience with a demon, and he wants to make all of them pay.  So, he 
>wanders the highways in a drunken stupor.  When he finds a bit of road 
>kill, he dresses it up and paints it in pretty colors.  This masquerade is 
>useful in trapping the ghost (ala Tim Powers).  The demon is drawn to the 
>mound of flesh and is tricked into thinking it is a real person.  When the 
>boozehound traps the demon, it suffers as road kill, feeling each and every 
>tire that pummels it until the corpse flakes away into confetti.  Hell hath 
>no fury like the powerful demon that has been wronged by this boozehound 
>and successfully possesses someone with means.  The dipsomancer finds 
>himself the target of many assaults.
>
>The story was just so strange that I just had to remark on it.
>
>Kevin


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