endgames | 024 -- [Action]

[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 ]]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[-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.

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

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

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.

[...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?

[He rubs his beard.]

Can't say that I have.

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.

Really? I'm your boss? What kind of wishes are these?

There's some rules.

[He raises a finger for each point.]

Can't get anyone outta Luceti, can't make people fall in love, can't kill anyone, can't bring anyone back from the dead. Troublesome as it is, everything else is free game.

[He frowns at the first rule, ignoring the rest. He bears a lot of guilt for having come to Luceti as old and wise as he is, and still not being able to do anything to get his friends back home while they were still so young and damaged by this place.]

Very well. But aside from that... anything else would work?

Should.

[He hasn't encountered any other problems.]

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

I wish for you to wear a silly dress!

[...WHY.]

[He snaps his fingers, and then:

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

[He spends most of that allotted time laughing.]

Good one, Shikamaru! That really is magic.

A magical pain in my ass.

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

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

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

[He rubs his hands together in anticipation.]

Alright! Now what should I wish for next?

Sky's the limit.

[Not allowed to make suggestions arghhhh]

[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!

Like that one isn't?!

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

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

[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 - 2012-06-04 16:52 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-04 18:09 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 02:25 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 04:37 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 05:19 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 05:24 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 05:28 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 05:44 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 05:48 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 05:50 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 05:53 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 06:00 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 08:14 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 08:22 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-05 08:32 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-05 18:43 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-07 03:11 (UTC) - Expand

endgames - 2012-06-07 05:33 (UTC) - Expand

beardofbalance - 2012-06-07 06:30 (UTC) - Expand

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1] [1/2]

[June 1]

[June 1] 1/2

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]

[June 1]