You are now inside the body of a high profile person you know nothing of. How would you try to maintain the facade of that individual with least suspicion?
You are now inside the body of a high profile person you know nothing of. How would you try to maintain the facade of that individual with least suspicion?
Imagine you wake up in the body of a famous and influential person in the bedroom where that person sleeps in. You know nothing about that individual prior to this incident apart from the fact that they are considered a high profile person.
Your only chance of survival here is to act like that person in front of their family, friends and the public for the rest of the unforeseeable future. How do you ensure you learn to imitate the personality of the individual by arousing the least amount of suspicion?
Fake being sick. Like vomiting, diarrhea, extreme fatigue sick. That can explain away lots of unusual behavior, plus an excuse to bow out of any commitments for a day or two.
Then research the hell out of this person online, and study their calendar/diary/whatever.
Hopefully they are wealthy along with high profile, so I can easily retire from the public eye if needed. Recent elections made me reconsider my values and how I want to spend more time with family, yada yada, who cares what the reason is so long as it sounds aspirational enough.
First --> Check if I have boobs.
If yes --> Play with them for a bit.
If no --> Proceed to find out who I am.
You don't. You crack your head and claim to have lost all memory. Let your friends and family do the work for you.
Work smarter, not harder. ;)
You are now inside the body of a high profile person
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"Well, this is awkward"
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"I bet you're wondering how I got here,"
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Quickly try to guess whether alcohol is okay in this person's culture and whether they would have reasonably gotten drunk.
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Pretend to be hung over for as long as possible to stall for time.
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Find out their banking details (or call in their banker) and transfer all their money to a good cause.
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Am I in someone sane, rational, and smart, like a scientist or humanitarian, or did I wind up as some clueless jackass celebrity? There are wildly different requirements for these.
The latter would probably be easier - but the former would be more resplendent.
- Try to find out my name, and then read the wikipedia article and recent news
- Fake a stroke or a seizure and be taken to the hospital
- Pretend I have brain damage and remember only foggy details
Fake a stroke. Then memory loss.
Tell everyone that I’ve just watched a Jordan Peterson video and I’m going down the rabbit hole and ask them if they know where I can get my hands on some ketamine. My irrational behaviour and urgent need for fast access to my funds would then seem pretty par for the course.
Abandon your family, grab a fanny pack and begin to search for Wonder Woman, obviously.
Malcovich, Malkovich, Makkovich!
read "the tightrope men" by desmond bagley. it's a novel set in finland that uses exactly this premise.
I'd tell them the truth, because it's unbelievable on its own. Maybe I'll add some obvious lies to make the truth sound even more ridiculous.
This is the best approach, only you tell enough of the truth to be plausible to anyone. Basically that you suddenly don't feel like yourself, can't recall much of your memory of who you are, and something's not right. Take it from there. If you're someone with much influence or power you have people around you that will help maintain your image while working through a transition to a different you.