Day 11a: Out of Body Experience

Calling Kara a willing participant wasn't... entirely the truth, really. A few of her coworkers had been nagging her just about every day, all day, all about how their Friday night "P-Parties" were such a great way to relax and unwind. And, of course, just about every nagging session was followed by some variation of "n-no, not 'p-e-e', it's not a piss thing" when Kara shot them a look of annoyance their way. After a solid month of this, Kara reluctantly agreed to attend and, against her better judgement, drove her car to a colleague's house rather than her own apartment.

When she entered her coworker's house, however, she was absolutely stunned. She anticipated bottles of beer, shit-talking their boss, a loud sports game on a TV that no one was really watching, that sort of thing. Instead, her coworkers were sitting on the floor, legs crossed, seemingly meditating. She couldn't resist excusing herself to the bathroom, opening up her phone, and checking if there were any synonyms for meditation or enlightenment that began with 'P' before giving up, putting her phone away, and opting to join the group.

As Kara sat down, she couldn't help but feel relieved. Meditation, probably some yoga at some point, that sort of thing should definitely help her relax and de-stress for the weekend. A smile crept across her face as she crossed her legs and took a deep breath, feeling like she had learned something new about her coworkers...

Plapping. Giggling. Moaning.

Kara's eyes shot open at the sudden, unexpected sounds that were suddenly all around her. Honestly, she expected to see that she'd fallen asleep and her coworkers had decided to do some sort of orgy while she slept. Instead, somehow more and less relieving simultaneously, was the sight of transparent copies of her coworkers all floating above their solid, real bodies underneath. Some of these transparent copies were calmly sitting there, talking amongst themselves, although others... explained the sounds Kara had heard quite well. As she prepared to shout, to ask literally anyone for an explanation, Kara felt a tap on her shoulder.

"First time?" The source of the tapping asked, the voice belonging to another transparent person. This one, however, was featureless, with nothing for a face and without any distinguishing features at all. "Your soul left your body, you're astral projecting right now, so don't worry, you're not dead or anything." The faceless person assured before bringing up a hand and waving it in front of their featureless face. "When you are dead, you lose stuff after a while, usually after you're forgotten and all that. Y'know, no grave left, no alive family or friends, no name in any history books, that sorta thing."

"...Okay, okay... ghosts are real, and I'm... like a half-ghost right now? Or something?" Kara asked, letting out a sigh as the ghost nodded their head. "Alright, I'm gonna go ahead and go back in my body and head out, because-"

"Please don't." The ghost interrupted calmly. "When you're dead-dead, you don't... experience anything, really. Everything is just shades of a muddy black, everything. Sight, sound, taste, feeling, it's all... not great. So... we like a reprieve from... all that, just by borrowing a body for a few hours. And we... to keep it simple we kinda 'suck in all the bad juju' or whatever left behind in your body. Like, uh... spiritual antidepressants, more or less, kinda? Not that I'm calling you depressed, but... you mind trusting me?"

"...What are you going to do in my body?" Kara asked with quite the skeptical glare.

"Oh, I don't... it depends on the ghost. Some wanna have sex or jerk off or whatever, but most just wanna exist. Just sit there and breathe and look at stuff. Eat stuff, drink stuff, listen to music, take a shower, stuff that's... super innocuous. Well, you gotta be careful of some ghosts, some crank it up to 11." The ghost explained with a forced chuckle. "If you've got any requests or whatever, don't worry; it's not like there's not a shortage of us who just want something super simple and nothing more."

"How long will I be... evicted from my body?" Kara asked, her glare softening to just a slightly raised eyebrow.

"Usually a few hours, but sunrise tomorrow's the limit; any clingy ghosts get yanked out by then. We like our whole... 'partnership' with people like you, so we're not gonna throw it away by betraying your trust." The ghost answered, gently grasping Kara's ghostly wrist and pulling her down, close to her actual body. "If you don't trust me, you're free to go back in and walk away, no worries."

"...Can I have a sec to think about it?" Kara asked after a brief pause. Looking around the room, she noticed several ghosts, some featureless and some not, gradually filtering in. Her coworkers, for the most part, began to greet them, a few pointing Kara's way as they did. A few ghosts, however, didn't need any guidance and had their eyes... or lack thereof, all firmly locked onto Kara, hopefully just wondering who she was and why she was there and not plotting anything sinister. Looking back at her actual body, Kara took a deep breath and made up her mind...

Interesting time writing this, really. I wrote it a few days after the "b" prompt, after debating whether or not I'd do both "sides" of prompts with multiple options. Originally, I planned on Kara witnessing her body doing all sorts of depraved things, helpless to do anything... but as I started writing about the ghosts and their motivations and such, I decided against it. So it's probably a little disappointing to some people, especially since there's... technically no possession, just de-possession, but that's how things ended up. And, y'know, nothing's stopping people from adding a chapter after this that INSTANTLY ruins the kinda wholesome vibe of the chapter.

The chapter 11b has my personal favorite of the day's prompts, so... uh... check out the game "Lustful Sin", I guess? It's a VN mostly about mind control until Violet (also best girl) enters the scene. To keep it spoiler-free as possible, Violet possesses people and quite likes the player character, so if the player picks someone for her to possess, she does and then there's a sex scene. At the time of writing, there's... I think 3 threesome possession scenes? They're all real good, regardless, so I recommend checking it out:

https://unusualfish.itch.io/lustfulsin

Also, Fish (lustful sin dev), if you're reading this... YO MAN, LOVE LUSTFUL SIN, SHIT'S GREAT and uh... any chance for a Shiho and Mari threesome with Violet? Or Shiho stuff in general, because every scene with her has made me want some more with her, like... when uh... trying to keep things spoiler-free here just in case, but the scene where Shiho's sleeping in the background and Violet's talking on the phone about how much "fun" she's been having... presumably with Shiho... in bed... pls fish it would be hot as fuck pls