001 - text; un: sparkly

[floatier]

[ Roxy hasn't been here long, but she's been busy. Almost since the moment she got here she's been looking up anything she could find about her people, the Jinn, or anything even close to them. There are some interesting leads, and her favorite by far is the funny pattern in the stories of wishes always seeming to come in threes.

Why three? Why not two or four? She could grant twenty if she wanted, or none if she didn't like them. It being so arbitrary is kind of cute, though. So she decides to go with it. ]

If you could have three wishes right now, what would they be?

[ This sits as-is on the network for a few minutes before an addendum is tacked on: ]

They have to be small things!

Comments

un: gypsygirl - text

[likeacoupon]

Define small.
Like trinket sized or like motorcycle size because one of mine is that I want a bike to help me get around.

[floatier]

[ She'd like to, but... ]

Isn't there anything smaller than that? Trinkets are good, something you could hold.

[ Weirdly specific for a hypothetical. ]

[likeacoupon]

Maybe a good luck charm.

What would you ask for?

text, @jb.barnes

[anotheroldsoldier]

[Normally he doesn't respond to the broad questions on the network, or offer up much in the way of personal details, but this seems innocent enough, and he's bored on patrol.]

A rare steak, a whiskey, and a nap.

[floatier]

[ Now two of those things she can definitely do. Not that she's explained she'd like to help with some of these hypothetical wishes yet, of course. ]

Would you still want them if there was a catch? Assume it's a small catch, since they're small wishes. Like if it meant you'd trip and spill some of your whiskey, oooor you accidentally put too much sauce on your steak. Something like that.

[anotheroldsoldier]

That's a strange hypothetical. Who eats sauce with steak? Ruins the flavor of the meat.

I guess if it was a really good steak and whiskey, I'd sacrifice a bit.

[floatier]

You don't?

[ Apparently Roxy is not friends with any particularly refined steak eaters. ]

Okay, well those are good wishes, so if you send me your location I can do that!

[anotheroldsoldier]

I like it practically mooing. That's all the juice you need.

Wait, what?

[He thought this was totally hypothetical. Being asked for his location has thrown him a little.]

text | @minsu

[foxtrots]

how small is small?

is 5'9" small?

[floatier]

Your wishes would be exactly 5'9?

[ Not that 5'9 is in any way small, at least not to this 5'1 Jinn, but still. ]

[foxtrots]

wish. i only need one and it's 5'9".

[floatier]

Well I can't make people, but maybe if it's more simple than that...

[ Someone forgot this was supposed to be hypothetical. ]

[foxtrots]

it's ok, he already exists.

ah, that might not be right though.

can i wish for meat?

text; @whatever

[kievs]

a big banana split
a hot chocolate with white marshmallows and
i dunno
maybe some more money

(Pretty easy not to take this seriously when wishes aren't real things.)

[floatier]

[ Oho, now here are some good wishes. Well, except the money one, but she could get around that... ]

What if you had to pay for them? Just a little! Just in something like, you have to go find your own spoon for your banana split.

[kievs]

sure
the kitchens probably have a spoon i could borrow

its not really 'paying' when its that easy though is it

[floatier]

That's why I said small things. They're easy to pay for, see? If you wanted something bigger like being able to fly you might have to pay for that by not being able to walk. That's just kind of how it works.

[ This is definitely not hypothetical anymore. ]

[kievs]

right

(Hey this is the weirdest hypothetical ever, but she can roll with it.)

what are you asking all of this for anyway
real weird survey

[floatier]

To be totally honest, I need people to make wishes. Then I can grant them and the energy from that keeps me going. So if you're okay with maybe not having a spoon, you could send me your location and I could grant that right now!

[kievs]

are you talking about magic?

(Not again. This all seems a bit far-fetched though, so Alyssa only pauses for a moment before she resolutely turns location services on in the messaging app and sends another text through. The worst that can happen in this situation is that she doesn't get a banana split.)

right
go on then

un: z.hyrule - text.

[hylights]

Small wishes? That's an interesting question.

I suppose I would wish for a cup of coffee, good weather for tomorrow, and a new pen.

[floatier]

[ Maybe this is why it's always three, because so far at least one of them is always more than she's willing to expose anyone to the consequences of... ]

Even if those things weren't tooootally consequence-free? They'd just be small consequences though, for little wishes. Well, apart from the weather...

[hylights]

If there were consequences, then I think I would instead get those things myself. Although there isn't much I can do about the weather.

I could get an umbrella just in case.

text; @altin

[bringbackgold]

Weird as it is, I don't have anything I'd wish for.

[floatier]

Wow... Nobody's ever said that before.

Really nothing at all?

[bringbackgold]

No. I have always worked hard for what I wanted and I've gotten better payoff for it than what I could have hoped for.

text | @ryo.asuka666

[apt666]

Small? Hm. Nothing I want is small by any estimation. Though, I could use a nice gun.

[floatier]

[ ... Roxy doesn't have a 'remember not to grant anything for this person' list, but this response makes her think that maybe she should start one. ]

What do you want a gun for? For... hunting..?

[ Please be for hunting... ]

[apt666]

[ He finds amusement, so much amusement in her response. ]

No, no. Self defense. I want to go out beyond the wall, but it's unsafe.

[ Shrugs. ]

Voice; the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

A throwing axe, hair beads, and a cute outfit for my daughter.

[One of these things is not like the other.]

text; @a.parrish

[antietam]

Isn't the point usually to wish for big things? You can do the small things yourself.

text; un: d.pavus

[tevinteraltus]

Small meaning "not particularly important" or small meaning "in proportion"?