I wonder if this is going to be ghost fucker Beverly's lamp in a few hundred years.
Her grandmother dies in the 2360s, and the lamp has been fucking the family for 800 years by then. Maybe her boyfriend's name is Crusher? We need more Data.
Is this just the most passive aggressive way to break up with you girlfriend? Trying to get her to say "It's not you, it's the lantern" and leave, knowing when it's all over he still gets to keep the beautiful lantern.
I think we should probably go file a statement with the Magnus Institute. Not that they'll do anything to stop the horrors unfolding mind, it's obviously too late for that, but recording these things for our amus... Posterity is a good idea.
It's probably not real but I have seen people with psychosis that behave similarly. It sounds funny but for the relatives it can be really stressful and sometimes horrifying. Not because the patient is violent (although that can happen too of course) but strange behaviors and beliefs that can't be changed or challenged.
Although I've also seen a few people deal with it through humor
My sister in law's graduation ceremony ended with the lamp thing... Except they just straight up gave them dollar store tapered candles. No lamps. Just a white candle. Didn't even give em the candle holder with the little handle.