Two men are crawling through a hot desert. One man is looking at his watch, while the other looks on hopefully. There's also a skull next to them, suggesting this desert is a dangerous place.
It's unusual that the men are in this position to begin with because something must have gone wrong for them to end up like this. Also, the man checking his watch looks strangely happy, given the dire nature of their situation.
Why is the man checking his watch? Why are the men in the desert?
Maybe this thing isn't a compass.
scene: the desert description: Two men are crawling through a hot desert. One man is looking at his watch, while the other looks on hopefully. There's also a skull next to them, suggesting this desert is a dangerous place. uncanny: It's unusual that the men are in this position to begin with because something must have gone wrong for them to end up like this. Also, the man checking his watch looks strangely happy, given the dire nature of their situation. entities: Watch, Mirage, Starvation. caption: Maybe this thing isn't a compass.
The two stranded people are lost in the desert: the suggestion is that they didn't realize that a watch (which has rotating hands, causing them to go in circles endlessly) wasn't a compass (which points consistently). Watches and compasses look similar physically, so it's humorous to think that someone could mistake the two.