Sarah McMillan clicked to return to her inbox and made a McKayla Maroney face at her screen for a few seconds. Then she shrugged her shoulders, walked over to her vanity, and opened the drawer where she'd put that ugly, ugly porcelain egg all those months ago.
Then she smashed it. And what was inside made her gasp.
It was a tightly folded piece of fabric, that unfurled into a sheer silk scarf, in a light pastel green color. It didn't look particularly extraordinary, but it was incredible that a piece of fabric so long could fit into such a small egg. And there was also a small sheet of folded paper that looked like it had been torn out of a notebook. It read:
this is the Scarf of Possession. Simply wear it around your neck, and your spirit will exit your body as an astral projection. Then you can guide yourself into the body of another, and take complete control over their actions for half an hour, before returning to your own body. Be careful to only wear it when you are located somewhere safe, because anyone who finds your vacant body may possess it, themselves, for however long you remain outside of it. The person you possess will have no memory of being possessed, but the actions you take while in their body will inform how they continue to act once you leave.
Sarah read the note again, blinked, then read it a third time. Ideas immediately began flowing through her head about how to use this new magical item at her disposal, and she could not wait to test it out.
Sarah held the garment out before her and contemplated who she should possess first.
