FIELD NOTES

By the Cauldron's bubbling brilliance! I present: Mummy! Discovered, alas, by the human "cfhgoregrinder," but cataloged by YOURS TRULY! It's an unholy fusion of a Sandstorm and Zombie Gas, resulting in… Mummification! The creation lineage reveals the genius: primordial forces converge, reaching a critical turning point at "Genesis" (Step 8)! Think of the Sandstorm as the arid desiccation, aggressively stripping away moisture, while Zombie Gas infuses the remaining tissues with… well, let's call it "un-life." My hypothesis? The unique properties of zombie gas - particularly its potent necrotizing peptides - interact with the desiccating minerals in the sandstorm on a quantum level, creating a bio-crystalline lattice that encases the…subject! A horrifying, yet beautiful, process, I say! That blasted cfhgoregrinder stumbled upon this before I did! I was so close! But enough complaining. Mummy has implications for eternal preservation... or, perhaps, ridiculously slow zombies. Further testing is required! The applications are simply staggering! From ancient curses to…well, who knows!? The possibilities are endless, I tell you! — Prof. Von Clawchemist, 13th of Putrefaction, Year of the Ashen Lung