It takes seventy-two hours for the body to completely disappear. it starts with painful pus-filled sacs over the body which do not bleed but get crusty with clear mucus in the middle. With the sacs the person develops a very high fever.

 

With the development of the fever the mucus starts to dry off leaving only muscle and tendons visible. By this point the whole protective barrier of the skin has vanished. Without the protective barrier things begin to shift, drift and separate. Muscles that were held in place begin to sag and pull away from the bone.

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The muscles start to weep the same fluid that once filled the scab sacs and the fever continues to rise. The mucus evaporates with the rising body temperature and takes with it the muscles. The person is still conscious; the pain is excruciating. Left visible are the organs, veins, arteries and bones. All this takes place within the first twenty-four hours.

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The bones start to soften. With nothing left to hold them in place they flatten and shift away from their original position. By hour sixty all that remains are the arteries, veins and organs. The rest of the original body has been turned into a puddle in which the organs rest. The heart continues to beat. The lungs continue to expand and contact and the brain still allows cognitive function but ever so slowly; within the last twelve hours the rest of the body fades away. It becomes more and more transparent until finally it is just gone. By hour seventy-two all that remains is a puddle of gelatinous material where the body had once been resting.