Fathi haunts the balcony

Fathi searches the shed, and tells Pilvi all about how he doesn't like ‘traditional’ ghosts, made using white sheets with holes cut in them. He instead covers his body with a large fishing net, wondering whether it gives off a spooky vibe. For his performance, Fathi leaves a task brief for Pilvi to read. This turns out to actually be a spirit-summoning passage which, when read aloud by Pilvi, causes Fathi to appear as Ahti Fahti (a mythological Viking merman king). Fathi has wrapped his upper body in silver fabric and a large fishing net, and has also donned an orange helmet and blue gloves. He walks Pilvi back to the balcony, telling her the story of Fathi the fisherman, who one day went out fishing, but got drunk, fell into his own fishing net, and began to drown. He recounts that Fathi the fisherman was miraculously saved by an unknown party, but then died eight years later due to complications from herpes. In a spooky twist, Ahti Fathi then reveals that this all took place in the ‘ancient’ year of 2005. Jaakko awards Fathi joint third place.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)