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-

-

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]

[endgames]

Should.

[He hasn't encountered any other problems.]

[June 1] [1/2]

[beardofbalance]

All right, then. Let's see... [He strokes his beard in deep thought and contemplation.]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

I wish for you to wear a silly dress!

[June 1] 1/2

[endgames]

[...WHY.]

[June 1]

[endgames]

[He snaps his fingers, and then:



THIS WILL LAST FOR THIRTY SECONDS, MAKE THE MOST OF IT.]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[He spends most of that allotted time laughing.]

Good one, Shikamaru! That really is magic.

[June 1]

[endgames]

A magical pain in my ass.

[Aaaaand done. Wow, he never thought this outfit would be preferable. 8|]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

You're pretty funny, too. So now there's... what, two wishes left?

[June 1]

[endgames]

You got it. [As he wiggles two fingers.]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[He rubs his hands together in anticipation.]

Alright! Now what should I wish for next?

[June 1]

[endgames]

Sky's the limit.

[Not allowed to make suggestions arghhhh]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[He blanks on a wish while rubbing his beard. ...Then he looks down at said beard.]

You know, that first wish was pretty mean of me. So for my second wish, I wish you had your own really cool beard!

[June 1]

[endgames]

Like that one isn't?!

[BUT HE HAS TO DO IT. So snap, now he has his own beard - for sixty seconds this time.]

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

I thought this was a favor. It's a really good-looking beard.

[June 1]

[endgames]

[He strokes it.]

It is kinda cool.

[But it reminds him of his dad, a little too much.]

Most people would make wishes for themselves, you know.

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[He grins and strokes his own beard in parody.]

I guess it's an Avatar thing. That, and everything I'd want is back home.

[June 1]

[endgames]

Everything or everyone? [Realizing how that can sound:] Because there's a difference there, in what I can do.

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

"One" would be closer. What do you mean?

[June 1]

[endgames]

[Oh, it doesn't matter then. But for explanations:]

Objects, I could probably do.

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

The few worldly possessions I treasure are already here. [He grasps his bison whistle.] Do you at least do illusions of people, Shikamaru?

[June 1]

[endgames]

[He could do that as a ninja, even.]

Is that what you want for your last wish?

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

Something along those lines. But first, tell me. Will I still be able to talk to you after this wish?

[June 1]

[endgames]

I go back in the lamp, once you're done with me.

[June 1]

[beardofbalance]

[He nods.]

Then I'll tell you now, before my wish. Whenever you're back to yourself, I'd like for you to find me. If I haven't been replaced by my younger self by then, we can have one last game of Pai Sho.

[June 1]

[endgames]

[...]

I can do that.