needsnobottle | [06 - Video] Acceptance?

[The video clicks on to show a rather tired-looking Tammy; the angle is odd, and she adjusts it until it's more straight than it was. She's got her arms folded under her head and is probably laying on her bed. you can just see her Furby in the crook of one arm, behind her head.]

The writing's back. This tattoo is like one of those electronic anklets they put on parolees, only instead of simply confining me to an area, it starts punishing me if I don't do show and tell often enough.

[The Furby opens its eyes and whistles, and somewhere else in the room an answering whistle and chatter fills the room. Tammy lets the Furby's talk to themselves for a minute before she continues.]

Cap'n, just wanted to let you know, I haven't seen your friend. And...I haven't found any sign of the Doc, either. I think he might really be gone.

[Tammy turns her head to mumble something into her arms, then sighs and rubs her eyes against her sleeve before looking back at the screen.]

Bartimaeus. I'm ready.

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parolee2?

what the fuck would you want from that 2chlub?

It's a custom on my world that when someone commits a crime and gets out of jail, sometimes law enforcement likes to punish them further by effectively putting a leash on them. Or put them under "house arrest" which means they can't leave their house, in hopes it'll keep them out of trouble.

He's a means to an end. A permanent end, I hope. ~~It won't work.~~

*So very little of that first paragraph makes sense to him, so Sollux just decides to skip it.*

he won't help you, he ju2t liike2 fuckiing wiith people and leadiing them on.

Honestly...I figured as much. But considering it's the closest I've come to a possible solution to this situation, I don't really have much to lose by giving him the benefit of the doubt. I'm not really holding my breath that it'll work.

[Lies. She's starting to feel hopeful. Foolish girl.]

*Hm.*

ju2t...don't do anythiing he a2k2 wiithout expectiing iit two backfiire on you.
iif you've paiid any attentiion two the thiing2 he'2 2aiid 2o far, iit 2hould be pretty fuckiing obviiou2 that he wouldn't HELP anyone, e2peciially a human.

*...She IS human, right?*

Oh I'm well aware of his fondness for pranking. The dude got Rapunzel all scared of Santa and he thought that was hilarious.

But if there's a slight chance this'll work, I've got to at least try. People do hopeless things all the time, right?

[Not a great argument there, Tammy.]

ii'd 2ay iit goe2 well beyond "fondne22."

...ii gue22.

Compulsion might be a better term.

Or maybe "twisted urge."

twii2ted work2 well, twii2ted ii2 a good word two u2e wiith hiim.

It certainly fits for everything I've seen for him. But really, did anyone expect a djinn to be normal?

ii 2tiill don't know wtf a djiinn ii2, 2o ii couldn't tell you.

Someone who grants wishes. Depending on the lore you buy into, that is contingent on you having whatever object they are confined to, or being willing to pay whatever price they demand.

And take my word for it, the price is always too high.

priice2 for thiing2 liike that are alway2 two hiigh.

If only everyone knew that much.

2omethiing2 are ju2t two temptiing.

bartiimaeu2 doe2n't 2eem the type two grant wii2he2, though, at lea2t not wiithout a lot of griipiing fiir2t.

Don't think I've ever seen him grant a wish, actually. Every time he talks about it he makes it sound like someone twisted his metaphysical arm. He's got a deep loathing for magicians because of this.

he probably can't anyway, he talk2 really biig but ii've never 2eem hiim do anythiing that wa2n't u2ele22 and boriing.

Wouldn't be the fist djinn who liked to brag about his spells and is later discovered to have barely enough magick left to cast a simple acquirement wish.

Then again I've never asked him to do anything, so. And I'm certainly not going to taunt him into trying; we all know how well that'd end.

why ii2 that not 2urprii2iing.

ehehe, ii thiink ii miight end pretty hiilariiou2ly, really.

Certainly guaranteed to. But who knows, maybe he's looking to trick us by actually doing what we don't expect him to--helping out.

he mu2t be a2kiing for a hell of a priice.

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These are the scribbles of a jealous magician that cannot rub two pieces of chalk together long enough to summon flatulence.¹

Your lies are showing. I seem to recall you turning down a perfectly good wish - a nice, warm fire, wasn't it?

1 - Laxatives are one thing that humans are never short of providing, for those magicians having trouble being regular. Failing that, I recommend eating copious amounts of soap.

you called that pathetiic 2park a fiire? ii could barely even 2ee iit, of cour2e ii wa2n't goiing two u2e iit to dry me off.

You've mistaken a preview of fire as the real thing.² What self-respecting djinni would unleash a perfectly good Inferno for a troll-impersonating magician without hearing at little bit of grovelling first?

2 - The human term is "try before you buy." Why this ever became popular is a mystery to even me. Why buy something at the "new" prince when you've just turned it into "used" merchandise?

ii'm pretty 2ure iif you had the abiiliity two make a REAL fiire you would have ju2t roa2ted me aliive and been done wiith me.

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