Ghost Possession: The New Vacation for the 21st Century Girl
I'm sure everyone will agree that the last 2 years have been difficult. And let me tell you, I really, desperately need a vacation.
But I’ve got some problems:
I've got no money.
I don't have a valid passport.
I don't have any available PTO.
So what's a girl to do?
The answer is obviously to surrender my body to a lingering spirit.
If not for the ability to maybe just not exist for a while, imagine the aesthetic!
Said ghost possession would have to come with the obligatory torn and dirty Victorian wedding dress, with a veil to really sell the look. If I still have to wear my PJs while possessed by a ghost we’re gonna have some problems. I need a ghost with some style. Maybe a witchy ghost with a raven motif and fog that follows me as I enter a room. Maybe even some ominous music.
No one would be able to chastise me for sitting in a dark room by myself and hissing at people who try to bother me, maybe run away into the forest away from society. No one could judge me ‘cause, hey, it’s the ghost.
I would spend my days walking through a forest you’d only see in movies and photoshoots, just existing peacefully without being perceived. I could lurk in some old abandoned house, causing some property value to go down. Traumatize some kids who are choosing the worst location to lose their virginities at.
Now, what is the proper length of this “vacation” ghost possession? You might think around 2 weeks, but I think I deserve a couple of months.
‘Cause then this wouldn’t even be just a “me” thing. I’m sure once the spirit of a once-beautiful young woman who was brutally murdered by her bridegroom on the night of their wedding after she found him cheating and has now vowed revenge, had a hold of my body she wouldn’t give it up that easily. So naturally my friends and family, and the rest of the staff of Other Worlds would have to come together to free me from possession. What a great team-building activity! There would be multiple talismans needed, maybe some ingredients for a potion, and definitely the blood from my sisters. They would get the opportunity to do some traveling and maybe the chance to learn a dead language. Don’t forget pushing their morals to the limit with the cost to bring me back.
The only downside I can think of is that it might be a bit difficult to reacclimate myself to normal society. Just like all those annoying people who come back from vacations and are like “it’s so weird being back at work, while I was ….. (Insert whatever they were doing)”. Imagine this, its the first day back and I sit down at my desk and turn to my coworker “Wow it’s so weird to be back at work, you know when I was possessed by that ghost, every hour I would scream for 15 minutes, it’s so weird not to be doing that, I got soo used to it.” I would say in a chipper voice. Eventually, I would get used to no longer being possessed. It would just become another story told at family reunions and memories on Facebook: “Robyn, 5 years ago you were pictured here with a dead rat hanging from your mouth.” Something to look back on wistfully, wishing I had held on to that time longer.
