Blood was not an unknown thing in his sheets, but they would be changed when this was complete. Pike frowned as he studied Spock, then vanished into the bathroom. He returned with a towel, resettling himself on the bed where he had been before. The towel would be required to wipe away blood as he worked.
He began with the lightest of cuts, barely even parting the flesh. It would work as a guideline for the actual cutting. Recreating the design of his brand was delicate work with the point of the blade. The curve of a large arc that would be the letter C, encompassing the entirety of the mark. It was the first to be scored, giving the entire mark its size. A straight line in the arc became the side of the letter P and R, followed by a second arc still within the first that became the rounded edge of the P and R. A separate straight line became the downward angle of the R.
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Date: 2009-12-16 03:35 pm (UTC)He began with the lightest of cuts, barely even parting the flesh. It would work as a guideline for the actual cutting. Recreating the design of his brand was delicate work with the point of the blade. The curve of a large arc that would be the letter C, encompassing the entirety of the mark. It was the first to be scored, giving the entire mark its size. A straight line in the arc became the side of the letter P and R, followed by a second arc still within the first that became the rounded edge of the P and R. A separate straight line became the downward angle of the R.