024 -- [Action]

[endgames]

[It is on the fourth day of the experiment that Shikamaru leaves his apartment. Free of those stupid thought bubbles, this should've been a good thing. But as he walked, it felt like he was being drawn to something. A weird breeze picked up. The sky literally became overcast. Ominous shit, man. 8|

It's only when he walked past a tree that he saw it. His old foe thought long gone when he defenestrated it months ago.]

Oh, not this again-

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May 27 - June 1

[For these four days of the experiment, around the village there is a toaster ~magic lamp~ waiting to be found. In that tree! On that bench! On top of that fountain! How did it get in all these weird places? NO IDEA. But pick it up, and BAM. SMOKE PELLETS, and you suddenly have your very own genie (barefoot, with an outfit something like this). Careful what you wish for.]

Can we make this quick?



[[ ooc: So Shikamaru's fairy-taled into a genie again! You get three (3) wishes, and he will be 'granting' them as literally as possible.

As per the guidelines of the old fairy-tale event: nothing wished for is actually real. It will look like it is! But your character is either interacting with something imaginary or a mundane object: like thinking they picked up a magic lamp when it's really a toaster. Wish to be a sorcerer? While effected it's like COOL YOU HAVE MAGIC POWERS. Only not really, you were just pointing at things.

TL;DR: it's one giant game of pretend. Have fun. 8|b ]]

Comments

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

Whoa! What was that? [In the direction of the smoke.] Sorry!

Day 4

[talentsgirl]

Then maybe you should think about seeing a tailor.

[Because. Seriously.]

[June 1]

[endgames]

They'll make do somehow.

[The smoke clears, and ta-da! A ninja chakra-standing on water A floating genie!]

Day 4

[endgames]

Right. I'll get on that. I think the toaster strudel knows a guy.

[No one will get that joke but him, probably. Sigh.]

Day 4

[talentsgirl]

[He's right about that. Molly just gives him a blank look before shaking her head.]

If you're taking outfit advice from pastry, that explains a lot.

[screw_fate]

[Wise choice, Shika-genie.]

This place...!

A genie. As in grants-wishes, lives in a...

[Well, that is a magic lamp right there.]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[And that's... Katara's friend.]

Shikamaru? How did you... is this some ninja thing?

[And... what was he wearing?]

[endgames]

It's not bigger on the inside. Definitely not what the doctor ordered.

[June 1]

[endgames]

[-and recognizing the arrow. Congrats, Aang, he will be less of an asshole genie now. At least to you.]

Not exactly. [He tilts his head, taking in the changes.] That's some growth spurt.

Day 4

[endgames]

Har har.

[He'd get rid of it if he could.]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

So I've heard. I remember things a bit differently than the me you're more accustomed with.

Day 4

[talentsgirl]

So what's the deal?

Day 4

[endgames]

I'm a genie. You get three wishes, granted by yours unfortunately. Pretty textbook.

[June 1]

[endgames]

Hey, I'm just impressed you remember me at all. 'specially with this stupid outfit.

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

I guess even in our strange alternate stays here, both of me still developed similar bonds, but with some differences. I recall being a source of advice for you, but I doubt the same applies to my younger self. You do raise a good point. That outfit isn't exactly your style.

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[alloys]

You meant to say, 'you have one thousand and two wishes left, O benevolent master'. Just clearing that up for you.

[Come on, you're the genie. Get it together.]

[June 1]

[endgames]

[...he feels like he could use some advice lately. And the small selfish part of him wants to ask what exactly they talked about, on the off chance the other!him is going through the same problems. A second's hesitation might betray him.

But even if he wanted to bring it up, it's not like his new role would let him though. He's here to grant wishes. 8|]

It's troublesome, but I'm stuck with it. I'm glad to hear we still get along, but right now I'm a genie. Hear of 'em before?

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[endgames]

My apologies, oh sahib. [Oh what do you know, he can sarcasm in Arabic. Not that he knows what Arabic is - genie territory.] You didn't specify for those to be one thousand grantable wishes.

So you're down to [Fingers up. Count 'em!] two.

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[He rubs his beard.]

Can't say that I have.

action;

[alloys]

[Oh no he didn't.]

Oh, so that's how this is going to be? You're going to take everything I wish for and look for any possible way to grant it wrong? Uncool, Shiko. Uncool.

[He lifts a finger.] Maybe--just maybe. I won't make any more wishes, and you just have to follow me around. As your master. How does that sound?

[June 1]

[endgames]

In a nutshell, I supposedly have magical powers. The person who lets me outta the lamp becomes my boss, and I can grant them up to three wishes.

action;

[endgames]

[This is your suggestion - he'll just play it like it's a welcome surprise.]

Wow, Tony. That'd be kinda cool, actually. I have all these notes on engineering. I have to follow you around no matter what until your wishes are up, but if you're giving me a break like that... [Hm, let's see, doing the math in his head.] There's enough to eat up three, four hours.

[screw_fate]

At least there's not much to clean.

[Since we all know how Shikamaru hates things involving effort.]

[June 1] 1/4

[floralogy]

[Oh, what's this lamp? Hm, well, it looks pretty so she might as well take it. But first, she has to dust it off. No use keeping a cute lamp if it's dirty.]

[June 1]

[floralogy]

[AND THEN, BOOM. WHAT THE HELL.]