Wanda had called Agatha, or rather she had tried to call Agatha. The old bat had a lot on the ball and had an answering machine message ready to deal with the problem. Sort of….
“This is the home of Agatha Harkness. I’m not in right now so if you leave your name and number I will get back to you when I return. Unless of course you are my no account student Wanda, in which case I would suggest you look through your notes. I did tell you that you were going to be tested on everything that you had learned last week and that you had better take good notes. All life is a test and this week is an important one. Bye.”
Last weeks lessons had covered magic and the supernatural in the Far East, Mainly concentrating on the various forms of the undead with side notes on Chi Sorcerers and High Level Martial Artists. Thankfully she had taken great notes on the undead. Notes on Chi Sorcerers and High Level Martial Artists would be pretty useless in this situation.
*Rumble*
‘Must be storming pretty badly outside.’
Flipping through her note book to the appropriate section, she had quickly skimmed through.
‘Jikininki, Asian Ghoul… hunched bodies are covered in blisters, abrasions, scars, infections and almost completely devoid of hair. Nope.’
‘Hopping Vampires … the Mandarin-clad guys, who are so stiff in death that they can only hop. These undead are blind, and home in on their prey’s breath. He was stiff... But not like that.’
‘Asian vampires need to drink blood to get a har… nope. Definitely not a vampire.’
‘Shi-ryo… doesn’t realize they are undead. Nope, he mentioned his death so that’s not it.’
‘Kuang Shi… like a golem… no paper. Scratch that.’
‘Youma… sucks energy, female and rather silly looking, usually followed by magic girls almost as silly looking. Nope.’
‘I need something that can become incorporeal. Something like ghosts, but that can materialize.’
‘Bake-Neko, ghost cat… Currently held by the Ghostbusters. Nope.’
Most Asian ghosts fall under either standard categories, as in the west or belong to the name rank section. Meaning they have powers and abilities that varies from individual to individual. Dealing with them is a unique experience, just as they are themselves. The most important aspect of dealing with a unique spirit is research. The more you know abought them the better able to deal with them you will be.
‘Great. Just… great. Well I suppose I can always ask him abought himself if I get to see him again.’
‘I can’t sleep here. Dad is still in the infirmary so his bed should be open.’
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