The silence prevailing around her was enough explanation of her pain. Her Father, for years, has finally left her. Left to live a new life somewhere on the earth. The final goodbye was not some effortless task, as she watched her Father going through the transformation door; it felt like she is going through death once again. She endured seeing him leaving her here alone. She stopped herself from going to the Registrar, stopped herself from begging to stop this transformation.
Seeing her Father's soul transforming into a baby shape, due for delivery... Traveling to the earth, settling in the lady's womb. This was the first time she was watching the soul transformation process, but all she could think was stopping her father from going away from her.
She saw him giving her his last smile, waving at her. He said 'Ghost Clarissa, always remain curious' with his shining eyes. She promised him a positive response.
"Hello! I am Phoebe. Oops! Ghost Phoebe. I am here because I want a tour around this world." A beautiful soul with a gracious smile conveyed.
"Hello. I am Ghost Clarissa. Shall we?" She smiled.
"Clarri! Great. Eddie will come in few minutes, then we are good to go." Looking at Phoebe in confusion, she nodded.
"Umm... okay. But I was informed that I have to tour only one soul." She said.
"Oh. But Edie said he will come with me for the tour." God! This guy does not leave a chance to irritate her. Now he wants to accompany them!
*****
"Hello, Ghost ladies!" Edward greeted with his calm expression.
"We don't like being called Ghost ladies!" Phoebe and Clarissa spoke synchronously.
"Well. Like it or lump it, but the truth is that you both are ghosts and it's inevitable." Edward shrugged his shoulders carelessly, and this looked so rich on him, thought Clarissa.
"We are not ghosts! We are souls." Clarissa glared at her archenemy.
"Or you can call us pretty angels." Phoebe interjected playfully.
"Hmm. Yeah... Angels in the Ghost World." His sarcasm popped out instantly.
"Ghost Edward, it would be a very big favor on me if you keep your sarcasm at bay." She professionally replied.
"Ghost Clarissa, I don't do favors for free. I am sorry." He smirked making her grunt. The competition of shooting arrows through eyes was brutally interrupted by the throat-clearing of Phoebe.
"Am I missing something?" And this question was not at all appreciated by either party.
"Okay! So what about my tour?" Ahhh! Yes, the work!
*****
"So there is a movie theater here!!" Phoebe shouted enthusiastically.
"Ahh yes." Clarissa nodded admiring her happiness.
"Which movies can we see here? Can I watch Avengers - End game?" Phoebe asked.
"Well. There are different movies for ghosts. We don't watch movies on a screen. We watch it live." Edward said.
"Like theater?"
"No. Much real than that." Clarissa smiled.
"Okay. Where's the ticket counter here?" Phoebe asked looking around for one.
"Actually...."
"No there is no ticket counter here. We can go inside by a thumb insertion. A small amount of your power will get stored here and when the actors or admins require those powers, they can utilize them." Edward explained by cutting Clarissa.
"Ohhh. And how will they know what kind of powers are stored in here?"
"We get t...."
"The stored powers are transferred to Registrar. When they require any power they can always press that red button and select what power they require. Simple." Phoebe nodded.
"Ghost Edward, will you let me do my work? Without interruption?" Clarissa gave a tight-lipped smile to Edward that made her more enchanting according to him.
"You were too slow with your answers. So I had to interrupt." His reply made her angrier.
"Lis..."
"Guys! Stop that and tour me around. After this tour, I have to see my kid down there." Phoebe said with a sad smile.
"What's his name?" Clarissa asked.
"Aaron." Phoebe answered with a smile.
"Nice name. Come on let's move to our next destination." So that she can be free of certain someone's company!
****
"Why every payment goes to Registrar? Hotels, Malls, Schools, Businesses... I mean. We pay the government a small part of our income, not the whole income! For fucks sake, that's stupidity!" Clarissa laughed at Phoebe's unintentional quip, Edward joined too. This was for the first time in so many years, she saw him laughing. And it is a beautiful sight.
"Registrar is not a government here stupid!" Edward said.
"Then who he is?" Phoebe asked in confusion.
"In a theatrical sense, he is the guardian of this world. He is an accountant, custodian, decision-maker that guides this world for a better future. We have the liberties to decide what we want to do in our free time like humans. And just like God decides who will be our family, what will be our death time; Registrar does the same here. He decides our family, our death time as per this world." Phoebe nodded in confusion at Clarissa's words.
"Don't worry! You will understand my slowpoke sister." Edward teased.
"Funny! But who is this Registrar?" Phoebe asked in excitement.
Edward and Clarissa exchanged glances at each other.
"No one knows him or her." Clarissa's statement was affirmed by Edward.
"What? And you let an unknown person run this world?" Phoebe asked in a daze.
"Phoebe, God is also an unknown force in any world, but still he runs them." Clarissa said.
"Uhh.. well yes. But how can one alone soul handle this whole world!"
"Well, he or she does it commendably. And he takes help from other ghosts, it's just that they can't see his or her face." Clarissa said.
"And there are many helpers around here. Like Clarissa, I and many other ghosts." Clarissa turned towards him, this is the first time he called her unprofessionally. Without that dratted 'Ghost' word.
"Okay. Maybe I can help too. If I ever understand this world." Phoebe muttered.
"You will. Soon." Clarissa said.
"Yeah. So now? Is it over?" Phoebe asked.
"Just one place more." Clarissa said.
"Which one?"
The other two parties exchanged glances again. After few moments the reply came with a solemn expression.
"Evildoom."
"What is that now!?" Phoebe asked.
"The Ghost Jail." The chorus reply was the only thing heard before the shocked shriek on Phoebe's face as they appeared in front of 'Evildoom'.