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[ittybittyspace]

Who, me? Complaining? What's a of couple months in that noggin' of yours next to a ten thousand year stay at La Grotte de Merveilles? That's the Cave of Wonders for those without a beret. All that sun and no way to work on a dark blue tan. I packed my swim suit for nothing. Nothing! Why, there wasn't even a complementary breakfast!

But, in case you were wondering, it's almost been a year. Ten months, sixteen days to be exact. Or forty five weeks, five days. Or three hundred and twenty days. Just to let you know. I can wait. I mean, that's what we genies do. I'm plenty patient.

Look...

I JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!

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[onebadapple]

Oh dear! Genie you haven' been anywhere?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Whoa...a genie?

I've heard stories but I never thought I'd actually get to see one.

[mightymorbid]

I see things with your current master are going swimmingly.

[squeals at childhood and throws nerfed godling] Please tell me if this isn't okay

[ever_wander]

[Ordinarily, she was not too thrilled with being put out like this. But this one is very New and Different, so perhaps she's not as resistant as she could be to being simply dropped here. Still, he seems to be having his own difficulties at the moment, so she will just...hang back a bit.]
[Still hanging there though.]

[ittybittyspace]

France, Spain, China, Egypt, London, Germany, Peru, Iceland, Hungary... [It's a long list.] ... Narnia, Atlantis, Tatooine, Gravity Falls... [A very long list.] ... Asgard, Duckburg, Danville... [A very, very long list.]

I was at Animal Kingdom, waiting in line for the Tree of Life when 'poof!'. I thought I was through with the poof. Resigned. Retired. Terminé!

[ittybittyspace]

Looks can be deceiving...

'Cause you ain't seen nothing yet. A genie's magic is an entirely different brand of its own.

[ittybittyspace]

Uh oh. Sounds like someones been out in the sun just a wee too long.

The only master that I serve now is me. You should know that by now, Moze. [Definitely going in for a cheek pinch you little mieskeit, there.]

[mightymorbid]

[AVOIDAVOIDAVOID]

So this is what a free genie begging looks like, then.

[ittybittyspace]

I know you're hanging there. Hanging out the passenger side of your best friend's ride trying to holler at me... I don't want no scrub!

[ittybittyspace]

[That's no fun. Do you remember Fun Mozenrath? Genie remembers Fun Mozenrath. Fun Mozenrath would braid the hair of the undead while Genie did their nails.]

Begging? That's not begging. This is begging. [Are you immune to puppy dog eyes, Moze? Genie, now a little blue puppy, looks up at him and whines.] And here's howling! [Now look what you've started.]

[mightymorbid]

[]Oh, he has not missed you.[]

What's the matter, then? Your mast-- excuse me, mundane's mind isn't expansive enough a playground? And here I thought genies liked tiny, enclosed spaces.

[ittybittyspace]

Almost as much as you like defeat. I know how you just loooove to lose. I don't think I'll ever tire of granting you that wish.

[mightymorbid]

Oh now you're just grasping. Seeing as how your last "granting" killed me, I think you're done for a while.

1/2

[ittybittyspace]

...

[ittybittyspace]

It's not possible. It goes completely against genie rule. I can't kill anybody. At least, not intentionally... Are you sure it was me?

[mightymorbid]

You're a free Genie; you kind of defy the rules all on your own anyway.

[He still looks a little sour but is probably still being way more calm than he would be if he were having this conversation with, say, Aladdin, who four years later he would still probably incinerate on sight.]

That cage contraption you summoned up, with the hot air balloon? Yeah, nice move trying to send me home, in theory, but poor trajectory. Doesn't really go over well when you're passing through a region of jagged rocks and active volcanoes, but [Winces and does the "OK" gesture with the fingers on one hand.] Points for trying.

[sandswitch]

[Sadira is a little tetchy about the Genie, but being lassoed by hair, and then later locked up in a chest and thrown out a window will do that to a girl.

Still, FRIEND.]

Hey! Hey, Genie! Hi!

[Yeah, okay, maybe not so tetchy, after all.]

Wow, a whole ten months! How come I haven't seen you around?

[gumdroppizza]

[Blink blink, uh oh, her honey bun gone off the deep end of cabin fever again.]

Genie sweetie, d'you okay?

[world_of_elegance]

What, did you run out of board games already?

[ittybittyspace]

[This is what he gets for watching the Wizard of Oz the night before, isn't it?]

Hm. [Without a word he closes his eyes and strokes his beard. He needs to think. How? There's silence for a long time before he finally speaks.]

Shazbot. I think we may be from alternate universes. Or maybe different periods of time. I'm not certain. All I can tell you is that this turn of events is not one I recall. [He lowers his head.] I'm sorry for what I've caused you. [Even after everything you did/will put him through.]

As much as we genies meddle, I'm afraid I can't change fate. However, with your permission, I'd like to grant you one wish.

[ittybittyspace]

Hey there! Hi there! Ho there! You're as welcome as can be~

I've been trying to beat the world record for the tallest card castle ever made. Unfortunately I ran out of cards.

[ittybittyspace]

No activity make Genie something something...

[gumdroppizza]

... Go crazy?

[ittybittyspace]

You can only get into 'Trouble' so many times. [Although the Pop-O-Matic bubble will never fail to amuse him.]

[world_of_elegance]

That's not what people tell me. Sounds like maybe you need a playing partner.