Tummy Monster

6/4/2025

So “Tales” (Lorn Macdonald) has been reduced to kipping in his Scottish tattoo parlour when he is awoken in the middle of the night by a call from “Truth” (Michael Akinsulire) who tells him that his very famous client has heard of his prowess with the needles and wants to visit. After frantically tidying the place a bit, he opens the shutter to reveal his caller and his ultra-cool charge (Orlando Norman). He recognises him immediately and is determined to get a selfie. Politely asking, though, he is told no. He finds this refusal a bit rude and what now ensues sees the former become a little belligerent and the latter man start to play a calculating game of attrition with his prey that starts to expose some fairly substantial character flaws in the young tattooist who has an ex, a daughter