1. Spiffy, that was my guess but I wanted to confirm.

2. I can totally work with that! Perhaps the severing of soul from body and having the body reappear in the city is a kind of a last-ditch defense mechanism, since as you say completely destroying a body is basically Game Over.

How much interaction can she manage as a ghost? Would she be able to communicate with others to assist in locating her body?

3. Fab. If I come up with any good ideas for locations I'll definitely submit them. :D