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[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 ]]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

That's not philosophy, that's good decision-making skills. Maybe you should wish for that.

No, thanks, already have that. I want a lot of things the most. That's just the way I work.

Great. You're all seven of the deadly sins rolled into one.

That must be why I'm such a popular guy. Any other words of wisdom?

Yeah. Toasters suck.

Okay--here we go. First lesson in engineering. You can't say something electrical sucks until you take it apart and know exactly why.

[Hey, not bad for making it up on the fly.]

Oh? [It's lesson time? He glances at the lamp, then back to Tony.] Is running on evil a possibility?

[He lifts an eyebrow.]

In Luceti? Absolutely.

Maybe I'll keep it after all. For science.

And sentimentality. I'm sure you're quite attached to it now.

Har har.

[He can't get more than fifteen feet away from it. 8|]

So what's the second rule?

[He shrugs.]

Gee, I can't quite remember. It probably has something to do with ungrantable wishes.

Oh. Luckily I know about that, since you don't.

See? You don't need to learn engineering from me. You're already an expert.

Better than you this whole time, and I didn't even know it.

[When in doubt, threaten the ego.]

[:| You know him too well.]

Were you six when you built your first engine? No? Didn't think so.

[Yaaaawn.]

Those don't even exist in my world.

All the more reason to have built one when you were six.

I don't feel the need to prove myself, so why toss around what I can and can't do? As it is, I'm pleased with how far I've come so far.

Great! Lesson concluded, then. Let's see about you helping me sort through my thousand ungrantable wishes to find the one I want you to grant next.

Lay them on me.

[Just watch your wording. Huff. He will get real mentoring out of you someday, Tony.]

Okay, let's see--for my first ungrantable wish, I want Doritos.

Nacho-cheese flavor?

Sure, why not. I'm not picky.

[Okay, filed-away. He makes a swirling motion in the air with one finger.]

Next.

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