My story is actually an ancient one. It begins 1,500 years ago, near Cairo. I am Khalia and I am 18, escaping my father's wrath because I had rejected his choice for husband. Running through the stalls of the souk, determined to escape, but knowing not where, I wound up lost. I wandered through the souk, trying to regain my sense of direction, but I had come from a wealthy home, and had never before been to the souk. The confusing maze of stalls and merchants were almost frightening to me.
As I wandered, I became more and more aware of the looks directed at me. Even though appropriately covered, there was no denying that my raven hair was soft and silken, my dark eyes large and framed with long lashes, my lips full and red. My skin was golden and smooth, my body firm and beautiful. Seeing the eyes of the merchants trailing over me, I begin to run, hoping to escape the maze. As I ran, I never saw the tall dark stranger before me. Running into him, I cause him to drop a wondrous bottle of beautiful proportions. When it hit the ground, it smashed into the tiniest of pieces. The stranger turned on me, his voice booming across the souk.
"You stupid, stupid girl! Do you know what that bottle cost? Why, even if I were to have you sold as a slave, it couldn't repay the cost!"
Looking up, tears coursing down my face, I try to explain that my father will pay the price of the bottle, whatever it is. That is when I noticed him staring at me. Crying outwardly now, begging with him to let me go, I see another man converse with him, and then their attention turned to me.
"Yes, perhaps you just might be suitable. At least I will have some of my money repaid to me, as well as revenge!"
My heart sinks at his words, and my begging continues.
"Silence, girl! You will be given the power to grant 3 wishes to anyone who owns the vessel in which you will be placed, and you will not be able to deny any wish that is commanded of you. You must follow their orders and do exactly as they say. Should you refuse, or disobey, your life will cease. However, there will be one way in which you will be free - and it will be for your Master, or Masters, to figure out how. Yes, a just punishment!"
The last thing I remember was a wave of his hand and then a feeling of void, of waiting. I have been placed in a bottle, awaiting an owner, a Master, to take ownership of the bottle. I wonder what it will be like, if I am to stay locked in this bottle, or if someone will indeed buy it.
OOC: I am looking at this as being a sort of revolving thread. Each "owner" of the bottle (and the genie inside) will be given 3 wishes, which I must fulfill. There is a way to set me free, if that is desired, but you must find the way to do it. As soon as one "Master's" wishes have been fulfilled, I can be sold to the next. My Master picks the time period and circumstances for purchasing the bottle.
Those interested can post here, or PM me.
As I wandered, I became more and more aware of the looks directed at me. Even though appropriately covered, there was no denying that my raven hair was soft and silken, my dark eyes large and framed with long lashes, my lips full and red. My skin was golden and smooth, my body firm and beautiful. Seeing the eyes of the merchants trailing over me, I begin to run, hoping to escape the maze. As I ran, I never saw the tall dark stranger before me. Running into him, I cause him to drop a wondrous bottle of beautiful proportions. When it hit the ground, it smashed into the tiniest of pieces. The stranger turned on me, his voice booming across the souk.
"You stupid, stupid girl! Do you know what that bottle cost? Why, even if I were to have you sold as a slave, it couldn't repay the cost!"
Looking up, tears coursing down my face, I try to explain that my father will pay the price of the bottle, whatever it is. That is when I noticed him staring at me. Crying outwardly now, begging with him to let me go, I see another man converse with him, and then their attention turned to me.
"Yes, perhaps you just might be suitable. At least I will have some of my money repaid to me, as well as revenge!"
My heart sinks at his words, and my begging continues.
"Silence, girl! You will be given the power to grant 3 wishes to anyone who owns the vessel in which you will be placed, and you will not be able to deny any wish that is commanded of you. You must follow their orders and do exactly as they say. Should you refuse, or disobey, your life will cease. However, there will be one way in which you will be free - and it will be for your Master, or Masters, to figure out how. Yes, a just punishment!"
The last thing I remember was a wave of his hand and then a feeling of void, of waiting. I have been placed in a bottle, awaiting an owner, a Master, to take ownership of the bottle. I wonder what it will be like, if I am to stay locked in this bottle, or if someone will indeed buy it.
OOC: I am looking at this as being a sort of revolving thread. Each "owner" of the bottle (and the genie inside) will be given 3 wishes, which I must fulfill. There is a way to set me free, if that is desired, but you must find the way to do it. As soon as one "Master's" wishes have been fulfilled, I can be sold to the next. My Master picks the time period and circumstances for purchasing the bottle.
Those interested can post here, or PM me.
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