Genie in a bottle

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After using his third wish my last master had thrown me in the ocean, thinking I'd fall off the edge of the world, I had drifted in the water for a long time, being swallowed by fish. The rocking had lulled me into a deep sleep. It was an unknown time later when my sleep was disturbed by a stillness. My bottle was no longer moving.

 

[HippieChick]

If I'm allowed...?

I ran quickly, but as quietly as possible across the beach towards the water. This was a private beach, and I was only here on a dare from my friends who were waiting back on public grounds. I was to swim in the water for a minute and then come back. The sun was just barely up, and none of us had been to sleep. There's not much to do at 4:30 in the morning.

So I splashed into the surf and dived under the water. I sat in the water up to my shoulders, watching all directions carefully, but none so carefully as the house, not 50 feet away. When I approximated that my minute was up, I waded back to the shore and started running back to the gate.

That's when I stubbed my toe on a rock that I hadn't seen. I promptly face-planted into the sand and tried desperately to keep from screaming. I grabbed my toe and looked down at what I'd hit. It was a blue bottle with elegant curves and a long neck.

It turns out I hadn't actually hurt myself that badly. I grabbed, the lamp and ran back up the beach, limping only slightly. This was just like in all those stories where someone finds a message in a bottle and has to go off on some big adventure to find who wrote it. I had a strong urge to open it right there, but I decided to wait until I was back on public property.

OOC: I hope this is open auditions. Feel free to get rid of me if you like.

 

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Maji

OOC depends how you use me, but we'll see how this goes.

IC

A sudden jolt disturbs my pacing and then I'm lifted up, I wonder if some animal has picked me up in it's mouth as my home suddenly feels cool and clammy. I sit cross legged and decide to change my garb, putting on gauzy violet confection that concealed yet somehow hid little.

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

OOC: I just realized that I put you in a lamp, and you had yourself in a bottle. Should I fix that?

IC:
Adrenaline rushed through my veins and arteries or wherever it is that adrenaline rushes. The excitement of possibly being caught was a big charge, and it hadn't been lessened by the mysterious object I'd found. I sped around a corner and through the gate. Whew. I was finally on public property.

Only something was missing. I'd been ditched by my friends. In retrospect, I should've known better. They didn't even leave me my clothes, so I was left standing there, dripping wet in my shorts. I looked at the bottle and sat down, leaning against one of the fence posts.

Maybe they'd come back for me in a bit, as soon as they'd figured that I'd suffered enough. But knowing my friends, that wasn't very likely. They were your typical state college students. Smart, but too lazy back in high school to put forth the effort to get into a decent school. I was the same way. The only difference being that I was stuck in the middle of nowhere next to an empty road with a glass bottle in my hands.

Not much to do but wait. I turned the lamp around in my hands, looking it over. It actually looked pretty old. I wondered if it would be worth anything as an antique. Maybe I could go be on that PBS show and ask them. What was that show called? Some kind of road show. The bottle was covered in wet sand, so I decided to wipe it off to get a better idea of what it looked like.

I rubbed it on my thigh, just about the only part of my body still clothed. The spot I cleaned looked pretty shiny. I continued to clean off the rest of the sand. I looked it over again. The bottle didn't look at all weathered or damaged. Maybe it was newer than I thought. Fantasies of it being worth a lot of money faded.

Suddenly I felt a shock of static electricity spark from the bottle to my hand. "Ouch!" It was a pretty powerful shock, so I dropped it on to the ground immediately.

It sat there for a moment while I stared at it, confused and rubbing my hand.

 

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OOC I was thinking of I dream of Jeannie (or the song Genie in a bottle) while you are referring to aladin's lamp. I think that most female dijun are in bottles and males in lamps, though I suppose any container would do, however lamps had to be rubbed and bottles uncorked to free the genie inside. Therefore I think the bottle is more apt.

IC

The walls were being cleaned from the outside, whether by some human or an animal I couldn't yet tell, but the way I was being turned over and over I surmized it was human and I was getting motion sick and I jolted the impudent human. I was dropped with a thump and I settled down to see if they'd find the inscription.

 

[HippieChick]

OOC: I fixed the last two posts. All bottles from here on out.

IC:
Well, that was a surprise. My knowledge of physics wasn't so good, but something struck me as wrong about what had just happened. I picked up the bottle carefully and examined it.

There was a fine pattern engraved on the side of the bottle near the bottom. Looking more closely, I could make out that it was writing of some sort. It didn't appear to be English, however.

As I stared, the engraving shifted before my eyes. I blinked. It shimmered and shifted a bit more. I blinked again. It was clearly written in English now.

Okay, now I was worried. Inscriptions don't just change right before your eyes, so either I was hallucinating right now, or my memory was misleading me.

The inscription itself didn't help me much. What did it mean by "granting the greatest desires to those who are careful"? At least I could understand that I was supposed to open it. Like I needed an inscription to tell me that. I was dying to know what was inside.

I grabbed the cork and gave a tug. It didn't budge. I reached into my pocket for my Swiss Army knife, hoping to use a corkscrew. But of course my pocket knife was with my clothes and my keys, and my wallet. I had another go at the cork...it budged a little bit, but not enough to get it open. It wasn't until I had both feet holding the bottle in place while I tugged with both hands that the cork popped out and, I fell onto my back.

 

[Guest]

ooc: id like to enter as one of the friends please

ic: "hey dude i brought your clothes back"
"i didnt think you deserved to be left like that being a mate and all"

 

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Smoke swirled around me as I coalesced on a beach. I was just under five feet tall and glancing around and seeing a figure lying at my feet and another jogging towards me I remained smoky for a moment, looking much like a hologram until I was spoken to.

 

[HippieChick]

OOC: It just occurred to me that I never gave a character description. So really quick, as far as physicals are concerned:
Name: Randall
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Hair: short, blonde
Eyes: blue
Fairly athletic figure. College student at the local state college.

IC:
"Holy shit."

I could think of no more appropriate words at the moment. I was oblivious to my friend's return. Not that I didn't appreciate it; there just happened to be more pressing worries at the moment.

"Wow." I didn't really have any good guesses as to what was really going on. Genie in a bottle? They don't exist. Some fancy prank? Technology just wasn't that good yet. Hallucination? I didn't think that the donuts we got from Winchell's would have LSD in them.

I couldn't really make out the figure in front of me at first, but the moment I spoke, it began to solidify in exactly the way that smoke and mist shouldn't. The violet-clad woman that was slowly coalescing before my eyes had no right to exist in my reality, as far as I was concerned.

But as far as impossibilities were concerned, she was definitely a good-looking one. "Are you real?" Probably not the best introduction, but at least I got the words out.

 

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"Depends on how you define reality," I take a good look around feeling the sand under my feet, feeling the breeze move over my skin. "Is my garment inappropriate?" The gauzy violet drifted around me concealing my skin but revealing the silouhette of my body.

 

[HippieChick]

"Depends on how you define reality."

Great. Just great. Now my hallucination is getting existential. Except that I didn't really believe it was a hallucination. I figured that everyone thought that while hallucinating, but that didn't change the fact that I honestly believed that a gorgeous woman had just come from out of that bottle.

"Is my garment inappropriate?"

Reflexively, I shouted out a quick "Yes, it looks great!" It was that part of a man that knows exactly how to respond when a woman asks you whether you like her outfit that spoke. Soon, the rest of my brain caught up with the question, and I was forced to make some ammendments. "I mean, it looks good, but it is a bit unusual. It is kind of revealing."

I looked down at my shorts, and something about talking pots and kettles ran through my head.

"Are you a genie?" Immediately, I began worrying that "genie" might be a word that could offend her. I got nailed by calling an Asian person "Oriental" once before. Wasn't the correct term "djinn" or something like that? After about a second of that sort of thinking, I told my brain to shut up for a moment.

 

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Maji

I purse my lips and glancing around, my clothing seems to shift until I'm clad in just shorts, that look alot like what your friend is wearing and holding. "Is this better?" I move towards the young male and half smile, "I am a magical creature, you may call my Maji, Master. How shall I address you?" I bow noting how he's eyes are glued to my firm breasts.

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

OOC: Bugger me! I totally forgot about this thread. Sorry, so sorry. I hope we're still running!

IC:
"Oh, wow." I had a hard time tearing my eyes from her chest to look her in the eye and answer her question. "Randall. You can call me Randall. 'Master' sounds kinda creepy."

I looked up and down the street nervously, wondering where my friend had gone. Maybe he'd spooked and ran away. "Maybe you better put a shirt on. Preferrably something opaque. Not that I'm not enjoying the view, but you might draw too much attention going topless."

I was taking this well, all things considered. "Right, so if you're a genie, do you grant wishes or something?" Jeez, how many times had I asked myself that question about what I'd do with wishes I got. It was always such an abstract exercise, but now I'd wished that I'd taken it more seriously.

 

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Maji

"As you wish Creepy Randall," smoke drifted around my upper half until a thin filmy crop top covered my breasts. I stretch and begin walking feeling the sand under my feet. "Of course I grant wishes, however there are some restrictions. I can not kill anyone intentionally or by accident. I can not raise people from the dead. I can not alter humans emotions, though I can magnify them. Also you can not wish for more wishes, and of course all wishes must originate from a genuinine desire. Which simply means no one can coerce you into wishing for something you do not want." I pause, "Also I take requests for minor things not to be genuinine wishes, though I will grant them if it is within my power." I glance over at my new master, "Randall can you tell me what year it is? Time has no meaning inside my bottle." I notice he did indeed pick up my bottle.

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

"The year? Two-thousand one A.D." Randall picked up the bottle and started following her as she walked by the fence. "I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to be very careful about my wishes. There's a whole lot of questions I need to ask you before I make any."

"You seem to have restrictions similar to those found in the story of Aladdin's Lamp, so I'm guessing I get three wishes. Is that correct? How many do I get? Second, how concrete do I have to be? Can I make wishes for things like 'world peace' and actually get something meaningful? Third, are you going to be malicious about things and only grant my wishes literally? I'm not going to wish for anything if you're going to only grant what I say and not pay any attention to what I actually wanted." I realized that I'd been babbling and that she didn't actually have a chance to respond yet, so I paused and looked at her expectantly.

 

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I start by saying, "The term AD has no meaning to me, I guess it's been far longer than two thousand years." I stretch again and pout, "Aladdin, was such a boring lad, always wishing for something noble and good, but yes you are right you have three Major wishes." I pause stretching again feeling the material pull against my taut nipples. It felt good to be out of my bottle so I had no desire for my Master to make three rapid wishes. "World peace is entirely too vague, besides how would I accomplish that? Eliminate weaponry? You'd only find another way to kill each other. The only real way to accomplish world peace is to kill off the human race, which I can not do. However if you were to ask for something sweet to eat I would provide something you would enjoy. Such a request would not count as a wish though. All wishes granted are made by your intentions not mine. If you act suspicious then the granting of your wish will be picky. I merely manifest the wish. I have no control over it's form, you will only be granted what is true to your heart. It's why evil never gets what it wants, because it believes that it will be betrayed so it ruins everything itself." I skip along and then do some flips.

"It's good to be out of that bottle, Randall I suggest you let me get to know you so I can help you accurately phrase your desires." I begin to notice smells both pleasant and unpleasant.

"Perhaps we should talk in a place where no one can hear us as I sense Genie's are not as common as they once were. If you think of a place I can take us there."

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

Somehow the mind can get used to certain things really quickly, but not others. For instance, Randall had come to terms with Maji's ability to grant wishes and perform other such magic, but he was still surprised by how old she is. "Man, it must've been a long time ago that you were put into that bottle. I'd go nuts after a few days, much less millenia. But then again I'm not a genie, and you did say time didn't work normally in there. Still, I can't imagine it's a pleasant existance."

Randall realized that he was babbling again. "Right. A private spot. Like my apartment. Only in my room, so that we don't scare the shit out of any of my roomies." Maji began to nod, but Randall was quick to ammend himself. "But only if it doesn't take a major wish."

"Of course."

Things...twisted. Randall felt an accelerating sensation and suddenly they were standing in the middle of his room. He was immediately thrown off balance and stumbled sideways into his bed. "Whoa. That was really cool." There was a moment of awkward silence. "Right. So no world peace. I didn't really want to wish for that anyway. Not sure I'd like it. I'd like to do some good with at least one of the wishes, but I'll have to think more carefully about that. So can you grant, like magical abilities, or does it have to be something that requires no spiritual upkeep after you've...gone."

Randall looked at her thoughtfully. "Say, what happens to you after I make my third wish?"

 

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Maji the magic

The trip went smoothly and suddenly we were in a room that differed greatly from any I had known. He was rambling again dropping questions and comments all over the place. I was growing used to it and found it rather sweet. "I can not do magical abilities, you're either born with them or not, as for telepathy or telekinetics it would require major alterations of your brain structure. I hear it is entirely unpleasant and regretted thereafter." I pause absorbing the contents of his room, noting a magazine with a scantily clad female on it. I alter my clothing to resemble hers before continuing on. "I can amplify your intelligence, strength, or comprehension, but not all three unless you use all your wishes to do so." I glance down at my clothing (or lack thereof) and appreciate how such a little amount of fabric holds my breasts fairly firmly in place. "After your third wish I am allowed to seek a new master unless the location of my bottle prevents me from doing so." I move to the bed and sit down only to have it shift under me and I fall back, "It feels like water," I comment as I deliberately make the bed move under me. "I shall have to encorporate one of these inside my bottle. Which is not too bad of a place to spend a millenium or two. I can not take you inside, but I feel my Library is sadly out of date." I then realize his eyes haven't moved from my body since I changed. "Is my form not pleasing to you? I can alter it to your specifications." I pause enjoying how the bed rolls under me, my hips rising and falling with no effort at all.

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

She kept changing her clothes on Randall, and it was quite distracting. He was listening to her, but all she was doing was verifying what he'd already expected. The part about telekinesis being something different from magic interested him, but not nearly so much as her barely-clad body.

Then she sat on the bed with him. The genie had to be doing it on purpose. Did she want him to wish for something sexual? The thought certainly had crossed his mind, but it seemed like such a waste.

"Is my form not pleasing to you? I can alter it to your specifications."

Randall's eyes opened wide. "You can do that?" Then he thought about what he was saying. "Right. Of course you can." He interrupted himself with justification. "Not that there's anything wrong with what you look like now. You look great! But that's still pretty cool."

"I can appear to you as whatever you like."

Suddenly Randall got excited and turned eagerly on the bed, causing it to wobble up and down. "Ooh, ooh. Can you look like a famous person? Like, I don't know...Michelle Yeoh?"

"You must have an image of the form you wish me to take in your mind."

"This doens't waste, a major wish, right?"

Maji nodded.

"Right, then. Michelle Yeoh." Randall closed his eyes and brought the image into his head. Upon hearing an odd, squishing sound, he opened them.

"Oh, wow, that's crazy. Can you do Macy Gray?"

As soon as the image popped into his head and he spoke the words, her skin stretched and pushed in parts, getting darker. Her hair pulled up and out while gaining a red tint. In moments, Macy Gray was sitting on his bed with him.

"Is this more like what you desired?" Her voice hadn't changed.

"I just wanted to see you do it. It's not better or worse now, just different. It's kind of creepy, actually. Why don't you take on whatever form pleases you most. I mean, I'll take my wishes, but I don't see why I should force anything else upon you." He paused, looking Macy or Maji or whoever she was in the eyes. "Do you enjoy this line of work? I mean, all the wish-granting and slavery and all. It doesn't sound so appetizing to me. But then I'm not you, am I?"

 

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Maji

"I know of nothing else, this is who I am." I shift my form back to the one I occupied without thought, olive skin burnt red brown hair that fell to my waist, full hips and ample bust, clothed in a violet version of the earlier bikini. It was rather comfortable, I mused and allowed freedom of motion.

"Do you require any further demonstrations? or do you wish me to remain in my bottle until you have formed your wish?" I had to ask as it wasn't fair to go roaming about while I was bound to my master. He had to say he desired to have me around, I suddenly realized how long it had been since I'd enjoyed the company of a young male and found myself wondering. "You said you have room mates? I assume you do not have any wives then?"

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

"No, no, no, no...you don't have to go back. Unless you want to." I found myself trying to be as nice as possible to this beautiful creature. She was about to grant me my heart's desire, so the least I could do would be polite.

Why was she asking about wives, tough? "No, I'm not married. And just for your own knowledge, people in this time and this country only marry one woman per man and vice versa."

"I was just thinking that since you're going to grant me wishes, I might as well try to do something for you. Is there anything you want? There's probably not a lot I could get for you that you couldn't get on your own, but I can answer questions. I'm good at that."

 

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Maji

"Monogamy, how quaint. I'm simply used to dealing with people in power who can afford more than one wife. I suppose people have multiple lovers outside their marital relationship?" he asked what I wanted. I was taken back by the question, what else was their besides doing my job? I did however sense a relunctant desire and opted to see if I could pin it down for him.

"I do enjoy the fresh air," I stand bouncing on my feet. "It's been forever since I bathed properly. May I? Will you join me as I'm undoubtedly unfamiliar with the devices of your time." I noted an increase in pupil dilation and his heart rate increased. Perhaps he enjoying bathing?

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

She asked for a bath, which was good. A bath I could handle. I was about to jump up and get it set up when she asked me to join her. If this was a normal girl I was talking to, I'd be sure that I was in good with her, but she was a djinn. Maybe she really did just want help with the faucet.

In either case, I was up off the bed after only a moment's thought. "A bath? Sure, I can manage that." I was more thankful than ever that I had my own bathroom as I lead her in and showed her the tub. "Normally, we clean ourselves in the shower, where the water continuously pours over your body, but if you want to relax, we can fill up the tub for a normal bath."

I turned on the faucet and let the water run to heat up. "Which would you prefer? Once the water heats up in a few seconds, you can get in." I glanced over my shoulder at her in her skimpy clothing. I wondered if she would take off her clothes or just make them go away. It would be tough enough not to stare too much in either case.

 

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Maji

"So it's a indoor rain and a basin for soaking in water at same time? How intriguing?" Without a second thought my clothing sort of drops off to fall in a small pile at my feet. "You must live where there is easy access to water." I paused the way he looked at me, or tried to avoid it and found himself staring in the mirror at my reflected form was interesting. I run my hands over my skin. "I will still need help using cleaning devices, after all I'm used to a good sand scrub and some oil." I watch his jaw drop and snap up and I ponder what his wishes might be. "Master I may heighten any of your abilities for a trial period, would you like better vision? sensitive fingertips? perhaps more stamina?" I got feeling that he wanted to change something about himself and figured as we waited for water to warm up I might as well ask.

 

[HippieChick]

Randall

I was still staring. At her rounded breasts, the curve of her ass, the dark patch of pubic hair. In an effort to hide my erection, I turned briefly away from her to grab the soap and as covertly as a I could manage, adjust my pants. "Right. This is the soap. You'll get your body wet." His mind reeled at that thought. "And then you rub this over your body. There's shampoo for washing your hair and conditioner for getting out the tangles."

I'd had a twinge of pride at her comment about the invention of the combination shower/bathtub, even though I had no hand in the creation of said invention. Eventually I had to turn around. I forced myself to meet her eyes this time. "You really know how to pick an attractive body, you know." I smiled nervously. "The water should be hot enough now. Do you want a bath or 'artificial rain'?"