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

[weaponry]

Well, are you usually, like, a male stripper? [ ...YOU COULD HAVE BEEN MOONLIGHTING ALL THIS TIME, SHIKAMARU! ]

[endgames]

Hell no!

[weaponry]

Well, like, it looks like we totally answered each other's questions! [ ...That was a really rude thing to do, Tenten! ]

[endgames]

[He hates his life, so much. This is the part where he should be giving the genie speech, but with sorority girl Tenten here, he's not sure if he wants to.]

[weaponry]

Are you like going to give me my wishes now because I'll like, totally wish you out of that outfit.

[endgames]

Just waiting on you. By all means, go ahead.

[NO, PLEASE DO.]

[weaponry]

I wish you were wearing your normal outfit, because, like, you being half-naked isn't working out how I thought it'd be. [ ...YEP. Damn stripper company!! She's filing a complaint! ]

[endgames]

[Thanks god it wasn't something else. He snaps his fingers.]

Wish granted.

[Because no one wants to see that. And there, his usual outfit.]

[weaponry]

[ Tenten is visibly impressed by the sudden change of clothes but she quickly forgets it as she hops onto a new idea. ]

So this means I have, like, two wishes left rIght? Like, are there any limits?!

[endgames]

Like, a few.

[weaponry]

Go on... [ She's watching you. Intently. She wants these wishes!! ]

[endgames]

[Sarcasm fails are sad. ): But sigh, okay. He counts them off his fingers.]

Can't get anyone out of Luceti, can't make anyone fall in love, can't kill anyone, can't bring people back to life.

[weaponry]

So this means, I can like, wish for a car, right? [ Sarcasm would have been detected if it was about something trivial.

Unfortunately for Shikamaru, wishes are never trivial! Ever! ]

[endgames]

[NOT THIS WEEK, AT LEAST.]

Knock yourself out.

[-wait, what are cars again?]

[weaponry]

Okay! Then I wish for a car! Exactly like the one that appeared in my room the other day! [ WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR.... ]

[endgames]

I have no idea what that is.

[But the experiment magic does! He snaps his fingers and--!!

Nothing. 8|a]

[weaponry]

There's, like, no car? [ There's a hint of despair in her voice. ]

Does this mean, I like, used up a wish? [ the tragedy of a wasted wish!!!! ]

[endgames]

There's a car. [Sort of. For the duration of his genie-hood!] It's on the roof.

[weaponry]

[ Shikamaru, you're a smart person. Play a game. It's called how many octaves can Tenten's excited shrieking reach? If you guessed, "way too high to be tolerable to any species that's not a dog" you're correct!

Also she's moving in for a hug now. ]

Aaah! Shikamaru! You're truly, like, the greatest genie anyone could, like, ask for! I can't even thank you enough! I'm, like, so totally happy! I'm going to check it out, like, right now!

[endgames]

[ASDFGHJ OW, WOMAN. JEEZ. HE MAY BE TOO BUSY COVERING HIS EARS TO RETURN THAT HUG.]

Oi, oi, isn't it enough you've deafened me?? Don't squeeze me like a snake too!

[weaponry]

Right, right!! I should take it for a spin now! Bye-bye, Shikamaru!! You might, like, not want to stay in this area just in case the car falls down on you when I get it off the roof. [ Tenten lets go and starts to turn off and rush towards the roof. And by rush, I mean, run up the side of the building vertically.

Perhaps this would be a better time to remind her she can seal and transport objects. ]

[endgames]

[Yes, that would be ideal if only he hadn't been planning to take advantage of this!!]

'Bye'? Oi, you still have one wish left you know!

[weaponry]

[ Tenten skids to a halt before turning her head and shouting. ]

I wish I had a closet of like, super cute clothes! [ She needs more of those! Do you know how much she struggled to find suitable clothes for her that weren't sweats and her usual Chinese clothing!? ] I need more of those!

1/2

[endgames]

[Really, that's it?]

[endgames]

[Oh well, at least that was it. Being the asshole genie type, it's tempting to skew her wish some but... she was nice enough to wish him out of that outfit. He snaps his fingers.]

Sure, whatever.

[And now she will have a closet of super cute clothes. Some will be a size too big, but other than that it's all good and perfectly wearable.]