On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 arromdee@inetnow.net wrote:

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: arromdee@inetnow.net
To: fanfic@fanfic.com
Subject: Re: Anyone Want To Be Cursed?--Yup.
Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:01:11 -0400
Resent-From: fanfic@fanfic.com

On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Angel wrote:

After all most ghost stories make the ghost intangible. If you can't be
touched by anything how can you be splashed with warm water to turn back
to normal?

If the original ghost can touch the water to "drown" in it, the transformed
person who fell in the pool should likewise be able to touch water.

Welllll, if I keep the idea that only special rare "Ghost Water" can
affect the ghost form and cause the person to change back to normal, then
it follows that the spring the ghost drowned in was made up of this very
liguid of course. Remember I called it the "Rare Spring of Drowned Ghost
of (?-still don't know-help!)". ^_^ (A stretch, I know but then again what
isn't in the whole Ranmaverse.) Wouldn't it be fun to see a character not
only desperately searching for water (after the inevitable 
dunking/splashing/rainstorm/etc...) but also urgently looking for a 
priestess, priest, or some other person capable of blessing water [A 
possible alternate idea is that the ghost form could be zapped back to its 
normal form by being hit with an ofuda (spelled right?)then hit with 
regular water. maybe Gosenkugi or some other mystical/magical/religious 
character should be introduced who like to exorcise people. Just imagine 
it--the ghost is floating along peacefully. Suddenly that little accursed 
piece of paper whacks it/him/her straight between the eyes. Splash. Back 
to normal, gravity kicks in. Ouch. Whatcha think?] Sorry to go on like 
that, couldn't stop myself. Maybe I'm posessed? ^_^

Angel