With a gulp, he reached over to the knocker and banged on the door several times. He could just imagine the person who would come to the door. The wizard would have long flowing robes, with a long white beard and one of those pointed hats wizards always had in those western movies.
But the person who answered the door had none of these. He was tall, and broad shouldered, dressed in slacks, a turtleneck and dress shoes. Intelligent eyes peered at him through wireframe glasses and brought a frown to his face.
"May I help you?" asked the man in the doorway.
"Ummm... Akane and I are lookin' for a wizard," replied Ranma.
"Akane... Hey, aren't you the girl who screwed up my spell?"
The youngest Tendo ducked her head and blushed. "It was me..."
"That spell took months of planning, you know," the wizard told her as he leaned against the doorjam, "And you managed to screw it up in a single moment."
"I'm sorry..."
"But can't ya just fix what went wrong?" asked Ranma.
"It isn't that easy kid. It was a lot of trouble to get everything, and you won't believe the struggle I had to get it ready."
"Ya managed to zap Akane easy..."
"That? Anyone can do a simple curse like that. But for the really big ones you have to work to get the practice to make it simple."
"I thought..."
"Listen, come in, and sit down so we can talk like normal people, okay?"
"Sure," said Ranma as he lead Akane inside.
"Just watch out for my familiar."
"Your what?"
"My cat. Ever since the incident, she's been a bit... odd."
"You have a... c...c.. one of those?"
"Yes, but she should be sleeping. Good thing too."
"Why's that?"
"A while back, I was trying to give her the ability to speak like a human does. Only, I was trying to copy the skill from a girl, and it sort of... misfired. The result of which was that I know have a catgirl as an assistant. Normally, that's not so much of a problem, but she tends to be overly ... affectionate to those she likes. Especially me."
"She's not comin'..."
"Right now she's taking a nap in a patch of sunlight. That gives me plenty of time to find out what you came here for."
"We sorta came ta ask ya ta get rid of Akane's curse."
"Hmmm... To be honest with you,:
(Posted Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:32)
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