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As others have mentioned' date=' the Wu would be independent, OAF, and incantation (name of Wu must be spoken to activate). The GM should design all the Wu, and they should be useful but not unbalancing, I'm thinking 10 to 30 Active points. [/quote']

I finally am getting around to stating out some of the simpler Shen Gong Wu, posting them here for anyone who wants them.

 

Adjust active points as you need, I presumed a silver-age level of violence, not a lot of character death, and a Human Maximun STR of 25. Greatly depended on the Wikipedia article as a reference, most of the notes are taken from there.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shen_Gong_Wu_revealed_in_Season_One

 

Shen Gong Wu , all slots Independent (-2), OIF Unbreakable (-1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4)

 

2 1) Helmet of Jong: Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees) with Sight Group (10 Active Points) [Notes: The Helmet of Jong is a helmet that gives the wearer eyes in the back of their head while also allowing them to keep the ones in front, thus giving them all-round vision.]

 

5 2) Mantis Flip Coin: Acrobatics 17- (19 Active Points) [Notes: The Mantis Flip Coin is a coin with a square hole in the middle which resembles a Chinese coin that allows the user to do high jumps and flips]

 

6 3) Lotus Twister: Stretching 5" (25 Active Points) [Notes: The Lotus Twister is a flower that can turn the user's limbs as flexible as rubber. ]

 

6 4) Falcon's Eye: (Total: 27 Active Cost, 6 Real Cost) N-Ray Perception (Sight Group) (10 Active Points) (Real Cost: 2) plus +11 versus Range Modifier for Sight Group (17 Active Points) (Real Cost: 4) [Notes: The Falcon's Eye is a monocle that allows the wearer to see through objects, use telescopic vision, or see in the dark. It can be held at the eye or be worn. ]

 

5 5) Tongue of Saiping: Universal Translator 17- (26 Active Points); Custom Modifier (Non-human animals only; -1) [Notes: The Tongue of Saiping is a plate with a tongue that allows the user to talk to and understand animals. However, it does not allow the user to command the animals. ]

 

7 6) Shroud of Shadows: Invisibility to Sight Group , No Fringe (30 Active Points) [Notes: The Shroud of Shadows is a black invisibility cloak. It changes color to blend in with its environment, rendering the user completely invisible.]

 

7 7) Two-Ton Tunic: (Total: 31 Active Cost, 7 Real Cost) Armor (7 PD/7 ED) (21 Active Points) (Real Cost: 5) plus Knockback Resistance -5" (10 Active Points) (Real Cost: 2) [Notes: The Two-Ton Tunic can block all sorts of attacks, but as the name implies, it's very heavy.]

 

7 8) Third-Arm Sash: (Total: 35 Active Cost, 7 Real Cost) Extra Limb (1) (5 Active Points) (Real Cost: 1) plus +10 DEX (30 Active Points); Custom Modifier (only for OCV on block, disarm, and grab maneuvers. ; -1) (Real Cost: 15) [Notes: The Third-Arm Sash is a waist sash that functions as a third arm and does things at the user's wish.]

 

7 9) Fist of Tebigong: (Total: 35 Active Cost, 7 Real Cost) Naked Modifier, Area Of Effect Nonselective (up to One Hex; +1/4) (4 Active Points) (Real Cost: 4) plus Hand-To-Hand Attack +3d6, Area Of Effect Nonselective (One Hex; +1/4) (19 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2) (Real Cost: 4) plus Armor (4 PD/4 ED) (12 Active Points); Requires A DEX Roll (-1) (Real Cost: 2) [Notes: The Fist of Tebigong is a metal gauntlet that is strong enough to crack the earth. It can also function as a shield of sorts. Can be very effective with a shockwave maneuver..]

 

8 10) Jetbootsu: (Total: 36 Active Cost, 8 Real Cost) Flight 9" (18 Active Points) (Real Cost: 4) plus Clinging (35 STR) (18 Active Points) (Real Cost: 4) [Notes: The Jetbootsu are shoes that allow the wearer to defy gravity, which would therefore allow them to fly, float, and walk on walls and ceilings.]

 

10 11) The Longi Kite : Flight 20" (40 Active Points) [Notes: The Longi Kite is a kite that looks like a dragon that allows the wearer to fly with the wings of a dragon. ]

 

7 12) Tangle Web Comb: Entangle 3d6, 3 DEF, Takes No Damage From Attacks All Attacks (+1/2) (45 Active Points); Requires An EGO Roll (-1), Side Effects (-1) [Notes: The Tangle Web Comb is a comb that shoots out a strong load of hair from the teeth and binds the target. It is a Shen Gong Wu that requires absolute focus, or else the strings will bind the holder.]

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"I trust you fine," said Woo, working the chopsticks. "It's bad manners to have your free hand on the table."

 

A chill swept over Jade, freezing her breath in the air. The wine glasses were frosted where they stood.

 

"Sure if you say so," said Jade. Then she jumped up out of her seat and looked around, trying to find who, or what, just caused the chill as she said, "What the hell is going on here?"

 

Jade's bodyguards crowded around her smaller body, gorillas in suits looking for trouble. The other patrons noticed the chill, asking the waiters what was going on.

 

One man stood silently in the middle of the open air restaurant. His hair style and clothes harkened back to the old days of the old country. He looked around him, hands clenching and unclenching into fists.

 

Jade put a hand on one of her guards in front of her and said, "Move. Let me through." And he does as he is told even though he does not like it. Jade walked forward, her kimono flowing around her as she moved, and her nails gleamed as she swept her hand around as she looks at the gentleman standing there and asked, "What is the meaning of this...Who are you and why are you here?"

 

"You are not my beautiful wife," said the strange newcomer. "This is not my beautiful house. How did I get here?"

 

"No, I am not your wife and this is not your home. This is my family's Tea House and as for how you got here and who you are, that is what I would like to know," said Jade with a soft smile on her face.

 

"You built a tea house where I live," said the stranger. "You have no right to do that."

 

The bodyguards flanked Jade to prevent the newcomer from doing anything rash and getting them in trouble. Small streaks of white dotted the floor under the man's soft shoes.

 

"Look, I'm sorry that my family's Tea House is built where you used to live, but your home is not here anymore and I hate to break it to you and I'm not sure if you don't realize it yet, but you're dead. And this is not your home or land any more. So if there is anything I can do to help your soul to pass over, I will be more then happy to help," said Jade.

 

"This is not my beautiful house," said the ghost stranger.

 

Jade saw he was making some kind of move. It looked like a swing through empty air, but she could feel some kind of power building, and it was coming right at her hemmed in by her bodyguards like some hungry beast made of air.

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Entry Three-

The ghosts created by the Ghost King are completely random. He summons the energy from the available protoplasm, selects a location to activate it, then watches the results.

 

An example is Song Wing Chun.

 

The Ghost King wants the Tea House cleared for his own reasons. He activated the protoplasm in the area, not really knowing what would appear to carry out his wishes.

 

Wing Chun appeared in the restaurant. Having lived on the site a hundred years ago, having a business built on his memories fed into the engrained rage placed when he was summoned. That combined with the wants of his summoner makes his job of clearing the building that much more desirable in his own mind.

 

His rage also allows him to use spirit abilities beyond the normal desolidfication and flight. This mental ability allows him to harm the normal world without being harmed by normal things.

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Jade brought up her arms to block, bracing against the wooden floor. The wind reached her

protective human wall. The guards were blasted off their feet by the energy. She slid back on the

floor, but kept her feet.

 

The guards pulled pistols, regrouping from the blast as much as possible, aiming at the enraged

thing. Bullets passed through it, warping the image of Song Wing Chun without doing damage.

He glared at them.

 

"This is not my beautiful home," he said, bringing his fist down on the wooden floor. Boards began

to break apart around him from the blow.

 

Jade saw that some of the patrons, especially in the path around her had been hurt by the sudden

wind and flying furniture. A child cried in pain.

 

"Stop what you're doing," she demanded.

 

"You are not my beautiful wife," Wing Chun said.

 

"Just hold on for a minute," Jade said.

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Bob Lee is the typical Chinese American businessman who is also a mobster. He owns, or controls, a portion of the businesses that work in the borders of Chinatown. The ones that don't pay him a tax to prevent accidents.

 

Bob Lee also runs a major crime syndicate. He specializes in the drug trade, and slavery. People are smuggled out of China on the promise of a new life. First they have to pay back the huge amount they are charged for this chance.

 

Lee confines his interest to Chinatown herself. He has no interest in expanding outside of his small pond into the greater world beyond. He is not greedy, and is careful to avoid the various authorities who want to put him in jail, or deport him back home.

 

Of course others don't share Lee's feelings. They want to take over other organizations and make them part of the Lee Umbrella. So far no one has put such a plan into motion. Everyone agrees that Bob's daughter, Jade, would be the way to push him in the direction they want.

 

If she should happen to die, the new heir would probably be more compliant to their wants.

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Mario Gambelli is the head of a small organization of criminals affiliated with the local family. He wants to be next in line to the throne. To get in that place, he needs to earn a lot more money.

 

Mario sees Chinatown as a means to get the money he wants to enrich his war chest. The biggest obstacle to that is Bob Lee, the ruler of Chinatown. The mobster feels that he can undercut his competition until Lee is replaced.

 

If Mario keeps on the pressure, he hopes to run Lee out of business. He is not worried about any repercussions to his own business. His primary income comes from hijacking valuables. His and Lee's interests don't intersect except where he wants to expand his thievery.

 

The situation is not open warfare yet, but it might result in that. Mario has asked for more manpower in case he has to use violence against the Chinese Triad gangsters.

 

He hopes that he can keep things low key until he can wipe the whole branch of the Lee family away. Then he can step in and give any treatment he wants to anyone who can't fight back.

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Jade rushed over to the child to see how bad he was hurt as she demanded, "Look what you have done! You must stop this at once before you kill someone!" Then she called to her guards, "Guards quickly get everyone out now!"

 

The bodyguards moved to carry out her orders. She could see that most of the crowd were already fleeing from the ice bringing thing.

 

The boy had a sliver of wood driven into his arm like a spear. Blood was everywhere. If he was older, if might not be life threatening, but she could see that he could die from such a wound.

 

"There shall be death," said the ghost, raising his hands. Energy built as he readied himself to unleash another blast.

 

Shots rang out, bullets marring the facade, making the ghost flicker as it turned to whomever threatened it.

 

Jade quickly looked around for one of her guards. She saw one so she called out, "Joe. Come quick. Take this child to the hospital now before he bleeds to death."

 

Then once the guard and the child were safely out of the way, she turned and faced the ghost and said, "Is this the way you really want to do things here? If so, then it is you who will die again."

 

She started to draw up energy around her.

 

Jade wanted to throw energy but all she had was her toughened nails. If bullets didn't work, there was little chance that her artificial claws would do much. She could keep it busy for a little while, maybe drain its energy fighting her.

 

This was her family's restaurant, the center of their criminal empire. They couldn't lose the building.

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Entry 6-

This is a template and two examples of sheng gong wu in the setting.

 

Name:

Appearance:

Function:

 

Name: The Ghost Cauldron

Appearance: A black cauldron big enough to cook a ten pound turkey in. A white letter for kuei is on the side near the lip.

Function: The cauldron boils ectoplasm and releases it on a site to form a random ghost.

 

Name: The Trojan Horse

Appearance: A brass horse statue.

Function: The Trojan Horse transforms its user into a metal horse capable of running at great speeds, and armored against injury for the brief time its active. Typically its only active to carry the user to a spot determined when it is activated.

 

The Wu are always active. They only require someone to pick them up and use them. They are also finite in number. One record reported one hundred in existence but only six have ever been found at the moment.

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Jade and the ghost stood in a cleared area in the middle of the upper deck. Her talons gleamed under the nearby street lights. She attacked, carving silvery light as she moved.

 

The ghost blocked, using a form of crane that she had never seen before. The other arm swooped in for an attack to her face.

 

Jade was able to block, and counterattack with a ripping blow to his body. He staggered back from the contact, flickering in shock.

 

Jade's long black hair and kimono flowed in the breezes around her as her long nails gleamed in the light as she quickly but gracefully moved around and attacked the ghost with a powerful tiger claw strike.

 

The claw strike met stiff fingers as Song Wing Chun spun, whirling his other arm in for a strike to an ear. She could see the hand glow as the edge descended. Jade blocked with her wrist.

 

The ghost still looked angry, perhaps even angrier than when she first saw it. The floor was covered with a thin sheet of ice by now.

 

Jade raked her long fingers through him again. He flickered on impact, falling back against the rail. He looked defeated.

 

"Are you ready to give up this fight," asked Jade as she stood ready to dodge and then attack again if he still wanted to fight.

 

"You are not my beautiful wife," said Wing Chun, spinning fast, chopping the floor. "Power Geyser!"

 

Blue energy picked up Jade and flung her the length of the upper deck as it ripped up the hard wood. Something caught her in midair before she hit anything on the way down.

 

Song Wing Chun faded away, glowering across the room.

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Other threats exist in the world of the Xiaolin Busters other than ghosts and mad magicians. Behind every legend is a core of truth. An example is the Raven, the spirit of revenge.

 

The Raven is known by the trail of destruction it leaves. Being dead has removed its sense of restraint. All that matters is meting out punishment to its chosen victims.

 

The Raven has no set face, or body. Instead it looks like a recent victim of some crime that led to murder. It then wanders the streets at night, looking for its prey. Typically this is a spree that may take as much as two days. Then it vanishes until something else calls it.

 

There is a split opinion on what the Raven is, what cause it to appear in the forms it takes. Some think it is an unknown Wu empowering victims to mete out their own form of justice. It fits except none of the known victims are buried in the same cemetary, or even buried opting for cremation. They held different jobs, different routines with perhaps one or two connections that people living in the same city might have.

 

The other opinion offered is the Raven is some kind of spirit that brings a person back as an undead creature. It is motivated by some unknown capriciouness that is satisfied by the amount of damage done by its avatars.

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Jade tried to turn and see what caught her as she asked, "What in the world just happened?"

 

"Looks like you just beat a ghost," said Jonny Woo, arms holding the Chinese Mafia princess up. "Congratulations."

 

Jade remembered the gun shots that seemed to distract her opponent. She knew Woo was a mercenary, and good shot. She hadn't seen him shooting in the melee.

 

The front of her kimono had been fried into strips, part of a wrist had blisters on it, and it felt like an eyebrow was gone.

 

At least she had weakened it before it had tried to kill her.

 

"Well, the ice is melting," said Woo. "Looks like it's gone."

 

"I thank you greatly for all the help Mr. Woo and great catch," said Jade, with a sweet but painful smile. Then she carefully moved out of his arms and started to look around at all the damage that the ghost cost her family and to see how many of her men were still okay.

 

The upper deck of the teahouse was splintered where Wing Chun had driven his hand into the floor. The tables and chairs were scattered, broken, or thrown over the side. The customers had been able to make it off the makeshift battlefield for the most part.

 

"See you later, princess," said Woo. "You might need to think about how you're beautifying the city."

 

The mercenary went to the railing surrounding the upper deck and dropped over the side.

 

Jade rushed over to the railing and looked over it as she said, "What the hell do you mean about that, Woo?"

 

The mercenary had apparently used the awning as a trampoline to reach the ground safely. He was nowhere in sight.

 

Jade saw several places he could have gone to in the short amount of time it had taken her to get across the roof. They were storefronts and narrow alleys between buildings, a rat's warren of connected passages.

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Example template for a Raven:

Name:

Crime:

Responsible persons:

 

Name: Jeff Lee

Crime: Jeff was tortured and murdered in the hopes of provoking a confrontation between Bob Lee and his Italian counterparts.

Reponsible persons: Soong Kim, Akira Takahashi, Wei Chan, and Harvey Ching. These four are middle management in the various gangs inside Little China. They are protected by minions, and their businesses are fronted by legal enterprises in that part of town.

 

The Raven appears as Jeff Lee two days after he is declared missing. He will begin his assault on Kim, and work back to Ching, killing anyone in his way. If the four men confess, the Raven may let them live.

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Jade shook her head and then slowly turned around, taking in all the damage that was done because of the battle. After she took it all in, she dropped to her knees and then looked down at herself and finally started to feel the pain and how tired she was. Then she closed her eyes and laid her head in her hand and just sat there.

 

"Ma'am," said one of her bodyguards, cautiously coming up on the upper deck. "Everyone is out. Ambulances are coming for the injured."

 

Jade slowly looked up at her bodyguard with pain in her eyes and in her voice, and said, "That's good. I need you to quickly call Mr. Turner to come down and deal with this mess. Then please take me home before the cops get here. I don't think my father would like it if we were here when the cops get here, do you, Joe?"

 

"No, ma'am," said Joe. "That guy from the gang task force will be here too. Every time there's trouble."

 

"Then let's just get the hell out of here fast," said Jade, getting up and starting for the car quickly.

 

Joe led Jade down the stairs to the street. Her heavy limo rolled up as she stepped on the sidewalk. In the distance were the sirens coming to help with the disaster.

 

Jade quickly got in the limo and as soon as Joe got in and closed the door, she said, "Paul, we need to get out of here fast, so take me home!"

 

"Yes, Ma'am," said Paul.

 

The limo rolled through the neighborhood. Jade saw frightened people on the sidewalk looking at the vehicle, and the wrecked tea house. This was the first time her family had been challenged in such a public fashion in many years. Someone else would do something to take some perceived advantage.

 

After all if the Lees couldn't protect their headquarters, maybe they couldn't protect the rest of their operations.

 

"Joe, I need you to call our attorney, Mr. Turner now and get him and some of the boys down to the Tea House now. This is not good. We need to get this fixed and fast before someone comes along and starts to think we are weak and tries to make a move on us," said Jade as she laid her head on the back of the seat. Then she sat up and looked at her once beautiful kimono all ripped up and then sighed and said, "I loved this kimono. Grandfather gave it to me. Sigh."

 

She leaned over to one of the drawers and opened it and took out a blanket and covered herself and then lay back again.

 

"What are you going to tell your father?," asked Paul. "He'll be mad when he finds out."

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Entry Nine-

The Squid,so named because of his love of exotic sea food and the strange coloring of his skin, gathers information in with his metaphoric tentacles and sells it to whomever he thinks it will benefit most.

 

The Squid operates at the edge of the Chinatown underworld. He keeps a lair near a fish market, and can be found in several of the local places that specialize in the cuinsine that he enjoys so much.

 

His loyalty cannot be bought. He sells whatever he gathers to anyone who can meet his price. Additionally he never uses what he gathers for blackmail. Once he knows a secret, he sells it.

 

Numerous people have tried to kill him at one time or the other. He goes underground for a bit, then goes back in business. When he does, he targets his enemies with anything he can find to use.

 

Some of the oldest crimes in the book have been solved because someone tried to kill the Squid.

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"I know he will be mad as hell, and I'm not really sure what I should tell him. I guess I could tell him the truth but he may not believe me if I do," said Jade as she sat there with her eyes closed.

 

"What's not to believe?," said Paul. "Ghost ripping up the tea house. Who wouldn't believe that?"

 

"No, you're right. I'm just tired and sore," said Jade.

 

The neighborhood narrowed down into a walled house taking up a block. The limo paused for the gate to open, then started down the concrete driveway. The house was ornate pagoda style all the way, a combination of brick and wood three stories tall. Guards littered the lawn, on watch.

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Once the limo stopped, Jade slowly got out and readied herself for some yelling she knew she would be hearing and headed inside the house.

 

"Miss Lee." The butler nodded carefully. "Your father has heard there was some trouble at the tea house. He wants to talk to you. He doesn't seem happy."

 

"Man, word travels fast, but yeah I already guessed that he would. Where is he?" said Jade.

 

"He is in the library." The Butler bowed, black uniform gleaming slightly under the house lights.

 

Bob Lee had built the library on the side of the mansion after buying it. He had stocked it with books he had read one after the other. It was his personal spot from which he ruled his criminal empire.

 

"Thank you, Shang." said Jade as she turned and headed for her father's library, even though she would rather go take a long hot bath and sleep for about a week. She knew she could not and that she had to take responsibility for what happened at the tea house. So she walked up to the door of the library and knocked.

 

"Come in." Bob's voice was deep as the ocean. It sounded calm, but that wasn't always a reliable sign.

 

Jade opened the door and walked in and bowed to her father and then closed the door as she said, "Hello, Father, I was told that you wanted to see me."

 

"Tell me of this trouble at the Tea House." Mr. Lee stood with his hands behind his back. "The police have already called. They want to speak to you since you were there."

 

"Well, it's a long story and I don't think the police will believe me. What happened is that I went to our tea house for lunch and I ran into Mr. Woo and we were talking when out of nowhere the air around me got very cool. Then a man, or I should say a ghost of a man, showed up and saw me and said, ‘You are not my beautiful wife.' Then he said, ‘This is not my beautiful house. How did I get here?' I told him I was not his wife and this was my family's tea house and that got him really mad. He said we had no right to build it where he lives and I told him that he does not live here anymore and that he is not alive any more. That is what did it. He got so mad that he attacked me and started to rip the tea house apart. I told my bodyguard to get everyone out while I tried to stop him, and as you can see he did a number on me. But in the end he left. That is about it, so if there isn't anything else right now father, I would like to go take a shower and get cleaned and patched up before I talk to the cops."

 

"This is an unexpected threat." Bob Lee looked down at the floor, with his heavy head. "I think you should deal with this. We can't run our business out of a place that can be attacked by some so-called ghost. Talk to the police, then start looking for a way to deal with this ghost."

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Jade Lee cleaned up, had time for sleep, then spent the next morning at the police station. It took them four hours to confirm her story. It probably would have taken all day, and the night too, if not for the family lawyer.

 

In the end, she had acted to save lives and had committed no crimes so they were forced to let her go.

 

Now all she had to do was find a ghostbuster.

 

After leaving the police station with a smile on her face, Jade got in her Jag and headed for the Temple to talk to the monks about her ghost.

 

The Buddhist temple shared a fence line with a Shinto shrine in the worst neighborhood in Chinatown. Orange clad monks moved about the walled area, while white and red shrine maidens completed their duties to the alter surrounded by a small forest of trees.

 

Sidewalk bordered the two lots, squeezing them together. Parking spaces were on the street and metered. One car already had a ticket.

 

Jade found a parking spot and parked her car then found some change in her cup holder for the meter, got out and fed the meter. Then she headed up to the temple to look for the head monk.

 

The orange clad monks bowed as she passed as they carried out their duties, cleaning and maintaining the temple and its small grounds. The wall that ran around the perimeter blocked off the forest next door.

 

The abbot Chan Su walked among the small amount of his brothers, talking to each one as he went.

 

He bowed to Jade slightly.

 

"What can I do for you, Miss Lee?" His face appeared calm and placid when he looked her in the eyes.

 

Jade smiled and bowed in return and said, "Good day, Master Su. I wanted to know if there is somewhere quieter we could talk about you maybe being able to help me with a ghost problem I am having at my family's Tea House."

 

"A ghost problem?" Master Su gestured to his office at the front of the main house. "One of your father's victims returned?"

 

"You know if you were any other man, I would have thought that you was being disrespectful to my father for that remark, but I know you are not. As for the ghost, no, he does not have anything to do with my father. He used to live in a house where our Tea House is now built," said Jade.

 

"I take it he doesn't want to talk." The abbot sat behind his desk. "Most spirits are tied to their old life."

 

"I already tried talking to him, but it did not work. He thought that our Tea House was his home and that I was his wife at first, but when I told him that he was mistaken on where he was and who I was, he got very angry and started to attack. I did my best to protect everyone in the Tea House and stop him. I managed to stop him for now but my father is worried he will come back. I need your help, if you can," said Jade.

 

"As you know, we can't interfere with a haunting." The abbot sat back in his chair. "It is possible one of the shrine maidens could help you. The head priestess should be there. I'm sure they have some means to combat ghosts.

 

"If not, I know some others who possibly could help you."

 

"Yes, I do know, and thank you for seeing me and all your help, now if you will excuse me, I guess I should go talk with the priestess," said Jade as she bowed, then turned and walked out. She headed back to her car to check on it, feed the meter some more, headed to the shrine in search of the high priestess.

 

Shrine maidens in heavy white shirts and loose red pants went about their duties cleaning and taking care of the small property and the shrine in the middle of the twisted trees.

 

The oldest maiden, ninety if a day, came forward. Interest lightened her thin, wrinkled face.

 

"What can I do for you, miss?" The voice was a buzzsaw.

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"Good afternoon," said Jade as she bowed, then she said, "I wanted to know if someone here can help me with a ghost problem I am having."

 

"We do have someone we can lend you." The high priestess looked around. "There she is."

 

The elderly woman walked over to where a young girl worked on trimming some bushes with a clipper. They spoke for a few moments. Then the high priestess came back.

 

"She has agreed to help you." The high priestess stood, hands behind her back. "Where is this ghost?"

 

"Thank you very much. Now as for the ghost, he is at my family's Tea House. I will be glad to take her over there as soon as she is ready," said Jade with a smile.

 

"Please be careful." The high priestess looked around. "We don't one of our maidens hurt."

 

"Do not worry. I'm sure there is no one at the Tea House right now so we should be alone, and if there is, I will send them away first before we get started. I will keep her as safe as I can," said Jade.

 

"Thank you." The high priestess half turned as the young dark haired maiden walked up the path with a bow and a quiver of arrows slung over her shoulder. "Kagome, this Jade Lee. Miss Lee, this is Kagome."

 

"Good afternoon, Kagome. I am very glad that you are willing to come and help me and my family with our ghost problem," said Jade with a grateful smile on her face.

 

"I will do the best I can." The young maiden adjusted her quiver and bow. "We should go."

 

"Yes, you are right. We should," said Jade. She bowed to the High Priestess and then turned and headed for her car. Once they are in the car, she headed for the Tea House.

 

Kagome rode along in the Jaguar silently. She nodded when she saw the two story restaurant. Tape was across the front with a closed for remodeling sign hanging from it. Pieces of the railing around the second floor eating area were gone, smashed aside by the ghost.

 

"It appeared on the second floor?" The shrine maiden concentrated on the building as Jade drove toward it.

 

"Yes it did," said Jade as she parked and turned off her car. She looked at Kagome and asked, "Are you ready?"

 

"Yes." Kagome pulled an arrow out of her quiver as she held her bow in front of her. "Please stay behind me."

 

She entered the building softly, notching the arrow so it was ready to shoot.

 

"Sure if that is what you want," said Jade as she followed Kagome inside the Tea House.

 

The shrine maiden made her way upstairs, frowning at the ripped up floor boards, the smashed furniture, and the broken railing.

 

"I sense two things." She looked around, bow at the ready.

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"What are you sensing?,"asked Jade as she carefully followed Kagome upstairs and looked around as well.

 

"Great anger." The shrine maiden advanced into the center of the eating area. "There is also some kind of power present in the building."

 

"Can you find the power?," asked Jade as she looked around and kept an eye out for the ghost.

 

"It's downstairs somewhere." The maiden pointed to the back of the restaurant.

 

The floor began to take on an icy appearance. Jade could see her breath floating in front of her and it was at least 75 and sunny.

 

"I think he's back. So I stay with you or go try and find the item of power?," asked Jade as she readied herself for another fight with this ghost.

 

"I don't think I can protect you if we separate." Kagome turned in a circle, frosty breath drifting in the air.

 

Ice congealed into the phantom across the dining room floor. Ice covered the floor around him. Kagome turned and released, arrow turning into a blue streak of light that ripped the air. The ghost was struck in the shoulder. Ectoplasm boiled from the arrow's burning touch.

 

His other hand swept across, sending cold air rolling toward both women.

 

Kagome leaped to one side, already reaching for another arrow as she got out of the minitornado's way.

 

Jade also jumped out of the way as she said to the ghost, "Damn it, can you please stop doing that and just leave my tea house alone."

 

"This is my house." The ghost slammed his hand against the ground. "Power Geyser."

 

The wave of blue energy swept Jade over the railing with the impact of a truck. She could see the ground coming up to meet her.

 

"Oh sxxx, this is going to hurt if I can't find something to grab hold," said Jade to herself as she tried to grab hold of something, anything, just to try and break some if not all of her fall.

 

Jade's hand slapped against the wooden face of the restaurant, hitting a small ledge.

 

Jade grabbed a hold on the ledge and looked around to see if there was a way to climb back up, or just get back into the tea house.

 

The ledge ran around the building, possibly to the front and back. It was only two inches wide and meant to be decorative. She could pull up to stand on the ledge and try and jump back up to the second floor. She could try to punch, or claw, through the wall.

 

Jade worked her way around to the nearest window and broke through it to rush back up to Kagome.

 

Jade found that Kagome had apparently stuck the ghost one more time, but had only been able to hold it off for the moment. The former resident looked washed out from the beating he had taken so far.

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"Is there anything I can do to help you, Kagome?," asked Jade.

 

"Keep clear." The spirit maiden fired her bow at the ghost.

 

The ghost faded away.

 

"Was that it, is he gone for good now?," asked Jade as she carefully started to move over to Kagome.

 

"I think he is recharging." Kagome checked her quiver. "We might have weakened him, but he is still lurking here in the restaurant. I can feel that much."

 

"How long do you think we have before he comes back?," asked Jade as she looked around. Then she asked, "Do you think we will have to quickly look for that thing of power you're feeling before he returned, and are you sure there is nothing I can do to help?"

 

"I don't know." Kagome looked worried. "Hopefully he won't be back before tomorrow night. Maybe whatever is in the basement is what attracted him."

 

"Then maybe we should head down there and try and find it real fast before the ghost comes back," said Jade. She turned and headed for the basement.

 

The spirit maiden followed. She pointed to a wall, joined to the concrete floor. Stacks of supplies filled the shelves. A rack of seasoning and various dry vegetables marked where she pointed.

 

"Okay I guess I better move everything while you keep watch just in case he comes back soon," said Jade as she started moving the seasoning and veggies out of her way as quickly as she could.

 

A few minutes later, and the rack was moved out of the way to reveal a brick wall and concrete floor.

 

Kagome pointed at a section of the wall near the floor.

 

"Thank you ladies for finding my prize." The strange voice came from the door behind the two women.

 

Jade quickly turned around to see who was there.

 

A tall man in a trenchcoat and hat stood by the stairs leading out of the basement. He held what looked like a black cauldron in his hand by metal handle. Something boiled in the cauldron.

 

Jade quickly moved in front of Kagome to protect her as she said, "Who the hell are you and what are you doing here? You are not allowed here."

 

"I'm afraid that you must give my regrets to your father." The hat and coat held up the cauldron. A huge bubble of slime burst in the air. Something floated in the air between them.

 

Kagome reached for an arrow.

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Jade stepped back and said, "What the hell is that and what is going on and for the last time who the hell are you?"

 

"I'm the Ghost King." The hat waved a hand. "This is the end for you two, I'm afraid."

 

Three suits of old fashioned samurai armor assembled themselves out of the floating blob. Their demon fighting masks moved as they howled for blood. One went for Jade, slicing with a fiery blade. One went for Kagome, slicing her before she could draw and shoot. The third leaped behind the fighting, grabbing something out of the wall.

 

With quick, yet graceful movements, Jade blocked the flurry of blows. And with those same quick and graceful movements, she attacked with her own powerful slashes and jabs of her claws and kicked at all three of the demon samurai trying to take them out as fast as she can to give Kagome time to recover and attack.

 

Jade drove the one facing her toward Kagome while she held the other two off to protect the spirit maiden. Kagome was able to wound one with an arrow, but the third gave whatever he recovered from the wall to the Ghost King.

 

"Kill them." The Ghost King turned to leave with his boiling cauldron.

 

"Damn it. We have to hurry and take care of these demons before the Ghost King gets away," said Jade as her claws came down hard on one of the demons.

 

the ghost warrior blocked the clawing, and tried for a kick to Jade's head.

 

Jade blocked the first punch and counterattacked with her own punch,

 

The animated protoplasm staggered back, off balance from the blow.

 

Kagome tried to banish the spirit she had already wounded by shooting it with another arrow. It ducked the missile and kicked her in the head. She flew backwards.

 

Then the third demon attacked, knocking Jade back with a kick to the gut.

 

Jade turned a little as she saw Kagome go flying back and got hit by the other attack, and tried to shake it off and attack the third one in return.

 

The third ghost warrior blocked her punch with his forearm. He spun and struck with the other forearm, driving Jade to her knees, almost stunned.

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Has this advanced any further? I am interested in any problems you may have encountered, as I am creating a game based on Pokemon. My sons are avid fans of the games, shows, movies and all else Pokemon.

 

Thanks for the info in the earlier messages. :)

 

I haven't run into any problems. Liz is a good player. She threw me when she went to the buddhist monks and shrine maidens, but that allowed me to define what shrine maidens can do (based on Inuyasha).

 

The main thing is the setting. Once you have that down, you can put in what you want.

 

Are you using an original Pokemon setting, or what's in the material?

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