This thing FELT like Oblivion, as if a literal hole had opened in All that Was, leaving a place/thing that WASN'T.
Now, what the heck is this... Mihoshi looked a little freaked, then cocked her head and nodded.
"Well, Ranma, you got what you said you wanted, but I'm afraid the Djinn decided to skimp on the magic, so they gave you the Sarcastic Wish."
"Exactly.. What.. *is* that thing?" Ranma asked very precisely, very slowly, as he didn't want to piss off a Genie, but did find another hosing to be painful.
"Feels bad, right? That was why they did it I think. You have a lot of problems, Ranma, but even if you got rid of ALL of them, others would crop up, they do with all of us."
Ranma's jaw dropped a bit. Then he blurted out "But.. But if I got rid of the curse, and the Fiancees, and the Catfist, everything.. well, it HAS to.."
"No. Ranma, I'm not saying there's no hope, good things come too, but there is NO way to totally avoid problems, save that Sphere of annihilation over there. that would destroy you right down to the soul, thus no life, no problem."
Ranma just shuddered, opened his mouth a few times, then simply let his head sag. Mihoshi was frankly getting worried, then she heard it. It was tiny at first, and more than a little insane, then it got more.. carefree, more alive, as the swelling laughter Ranma was letting erupt seemed to clear his soul of shadows.
"I can't Believe this! It's so.. My God! SUICIDE? THAT'S The Djinns' solution? That's the END, I'm Never gonna solve anything that way! They can keep it, There's Nothing I can't outlast, outfight, or get out from, long as I stay alive!"
Mihoshi grinned. Ditz she might be, but the Gangouro Genie of the Lamp did know one skill well. Caring for other beings. "Wish granted. All your problems are solvable, or at least livable with. As you asked. Bye!"
At that, The Sphere disappeared, as did Mihoshi, leaving a bemused Ranma, not that he had long as;
"*Wrong* Saotome, Baka."
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