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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 ]]

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[She gives him a look.]

I know I said "no rush," but sometime today would be great.

[/U N S U R E . . .

But he frowns and snaps his fingers.]

Wish granted.

[And he has NO IDEA what to make of that, but he'll be off now, he guesses. It probably looks magicy, but he's just walking away.]

[Fake genies, shifted shoes, oi. She wonders what kinds of tests she can run on these in the meantime...

So she'll just hang on to the lamp and head "home."]

[And he will go take his nap! \o/

It's not hard to find her when he's done, a few hours later. Until she wished him away, he's been unable to step more than fifteen feet away from that 'lamp' all day. There's a physical draw there.]

[She's in her apartment - bottom level of Community 1 - in a room separate from her bedroom and her living room. It's a strangely structured room, with strange herbs and a deeply engraved circle on the floor, with silver wire there to keep it opened.]

[Oh yay, not far then. Since there's no way of telling her situation, he'll knock anyways.]

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[She jolted back into focus.]

Yes?

Don't worry, it's not a male stripper.

Well, there goes my plans for the night.

[She moved to the front door and jerked her head in a nonverbal invitation.]

Welcome back, Genie.

[Half a wave. 'Sup.]

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[Right. Now what.]

Enjoy your nap?

Yeah, it was good. [...] Thanks.

Sure. I'd wish you "free," but since it's a Shift, I think it'd just reset you. You can have a seat, if you like.

[She sure will.]

It's the thought that counts. [...] Sorta.

[And it's true. But sure, he'll go find a spot.]

So, third wish and then I get rid of you, huh?

How it's worked so far.

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Mmm.

[She settles further back in her chair and... takes a risk.]

Well, I don't know how to phrase what I want yet, so go do what you want.

[...]

You've had three hours to think and you still can't make up your mind?

[Oh, for pity's sake.]

That's right. Go on - shoo.

[She waved her hand at him.]

[Sigh.

Okay he'll just. Go wait out in the hall and read a book then. He tries to get farther but the pull of the lamp makes it physically uncomfortable.]

[That was his hint to take advantage of her loose phrasing and wish himself free.

...darn it.

Well, she might as well finish running what tests she can on those shoes... and in about fifteen minutes, she opens the door.]

Genie?

[~~If only this were Day 7, and not Day 4.~~

He doesn't get up, but raises a hand.]

Still here.

[She waved a hand in.] Come on, I know what I want.

[Under his breath:] Finally...

[He picks himself up and dusts himself off.]

[Once they entered, Molly pointed to a far wall.]

I want to see the complete movie The Princess Bride, in its original form, from start to finish and with rewind capabilities, stretching the whole size of the wall in a perfect fit. And you can throw in healthy movie snacks, because you're stuck watching it with me until it's over.

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