Tales from the Dark 1 Page #2

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How come the cell phone was taken out?

No battery

Do you have a charger?

I do

Do you know him?

Kids, I have helped you find your sister

I will give you dolls

The world is fair

You'll get one and you'll get one too

You bastard. Make the most money.

Eat the best food

Abuse kids

I'm so full. I'm so full

Bumped into a ghost or what...?

Take care

I'm done. Gonna retire

Sure I've heard that one before

This time is different

The rent keeps shooting up

Might as well end the whole business!

I won't wear this suit any more

Whether you continue this line of work or not

that's no longer the heart of the matter

Here you are

So this is the one?

Chopin's Nocturne

Your son wants to see you

he wants you to tell him

how brilliant he plays

That's my boy

Winning an award all the way out in Prague

All thanks to me, for making him study piano

not some Chinese instrument

like you wanted him to

Or he would've turned out...

Anyway, how about the three of us

will have dinner tonight

I'll confirm the time and place late

Remember

tell him how brilliant he plays

when you see him

Ok

I'll listen to it soon as

I get back to the shop

Tell him to bring more copies

I'm gonna give it out to the customers

from now on

throw out my other (IDs

Just said you were closing the shop for good

now you say give it out to the customers?

Oh

Forgot it for a minute there

So, what's your plan?

I'll go teach Chinese music at Ma's store

Starting next Monday

That so'?

It's already Saturday...

Yup. This is the shop's last day!

It's true

What are you doing?

Don't move

You

Not again!

What got into your wife?

Because of you

The usual

Why so late, Sis Lan?

Breakfast time's over

Surely you've got some grub left

Be an angel, Brother Gong

Gotta ask the kitchen boys

Fail to reconcile with your wife?

Looking all pale and all

Saw a ghost. Just now

Really? Here?

She has gone

I miss it again

What

It's not like you could see it anyway

Tell you a secret

Ever since you told me you'd

seen ghosts last time

I started wearing cosmetic contact lense

Rumor has it

you can see ghosts with those contacts on

You believe that?

A little experiment hurts no one

I've seen ghosts more than once lately.

And my wife was with me every time

Maybe your wife attracts ghosts

More like I attract bad luck!

When I was a teen, once I had a high fever

and went to a clinic

And I saw a ton of ghosts in the waiting room

Good thing I stopped seeing

those stuff upon recovery

Until recently, that is

He)'

That's some gift you've got ghost eyes,

don't waste it

After you retire, come work for me part-time

And handle those ghost possession cases

I'm afraid of wife will be scared

You wife doesn't have to know

Think about it

You think seeing ghosts is like

going to the Haunted Mansion?

Just come and go?

All ghosts have their hang-ups

Once you bump into them

You have to deal with their issues

Not something you look forward to!

If they raise the rent again,

I may have to close down, too

Come back visit me some time

Can't visit you if you close down, too

We'll see about that

Fate comes first, luck second,

fung shui a distant third

Destiny is a priori. No one can change it

But luck, that's a different matter

Your luck will improve after New Year

If you cheat on me

I will come back to find you

If you can...thanks for your business

Soothing music calms one's mind

Neutralizes negative ions

Listen to more music

And clear your mind

Bad luck will stay away

Thank you

Surely inherited my musical genes

Here to have your fortunes told?

Ms Cheung

When a person thinks she's seeing ghosts,

most of the time it's merely hallucination

A case of scaring oneself for no reason...

I'm not scaring myself

Since a few days back

I've been feeling a cold draft

following me around

I turn around, there's never anything...

Many of my female customers

claim they see ghosts

Then we find out it's only the side effect

Of those trendy cosmetic contact lenses

That make their eyes look bigger

I don't wear those contacts

Have you two been to the beach lately?

Anywhere close to the ocean?

No

Why?

Nothing

Cause that would've explained

the sea water smell

When you guys came in just now

I taught a swimming class this morning

Could it be that?

You a teacher, Mr. Cheung?

P.E. department head in a high school

Also the swim team coach

Yes

Now you say then remind of me

I have been smelling sea water

a lot these days!

With some rotten odor mixed in

The situation is a bit complicated

My situation, I mean

Because

I'm closing the shop. Today's my last day

Your case's gonna take more than

a couple days to resolve

Don't want to start something I can't finish

Please help me , master Hon

I have an idea

I'll refer you to Lan

in the crystal shop next door

She has seen great success

in helping clients like you

I'll go check if she's got time

Excuse me for a moment

I won't charge you for the consultation

Here's a gift for all my clients

Music enhances positivity

Helps ward off bad energy

Please wait for a while

I bet the guy's a shyster

Didn't even mention it's his final day

Squeezing the last dime!

Don't be mean

He said he wouldn't charge us

I dare him to!

I'm gonna take more CDs to make it up

Lan's happy to take you on

I'll take you to her

This is Lan

You can talk with her

Mr. Cheung. Mrs. Cheung. Please come in

So you're the CD Master?

Just a nickname. The reporter came up with it

What can I do for you

Nothing. Was out there waiting for someone

And saw the news clipping. "CD Master"

Figured I'd pop in for a visit

You give out CDs for free?

YUP:

Some gimmick

Kinda retarded

Hey, you got that song

In the Heart of Water?

Give that one to me

It's my school swim team's anthem

Sucks! All look the same

No labels

Swim team, eh?

What?

Is that weird?

Don't think I've got a swimmer's body

Miss please sit

So what can I help you with?

Tell me something about my love life

Will my boyfriend stay with me forever?

Sure

Show me your palm

Ok

The left one

Left for boys, right for girls

Not true. Left palm shows fate

Right palm shows changes caused by life

Fate comes first

Forget it! No more palm reading

All right

How about some celestial fortune-telling?

How does that work?

Just tell me your birthday

and the time you were born

August thirteen, ninety-six

My mom says I was born in the early morning

You can find out

Did... you... find... out?

And your... boyfriend's name?

How does that matter?

Not a big deal. Figure I might as well check it

His last name is Cheung

And your name?

Ting. Chen Siu-ting

Tell me, Miss Chen

What's the status of your relationship

with Mr. Cheung?

I'm bored

Too many questions!

Gotta go

That's it

This one is obsidian

Helps your body become more healthy

This one is meteorite

Also helps to avoid bad luck

Excuse me for a moment

Are you all right, miss?

My husband has to get back to the school

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