Ranma found himself floating in clouds and wondered what had happened. One moment he'd been listening to Happosai gloat over mastering some instant hypnosis technique and the next he was ... ah, he had to say it.
"Where on Earth am I now?" Ranma screamed.
"Technically, you are not on Earth, Youth," a wise old voice ennunciated, and a face formed in a nearby cloud bank. "Welcome to the Realm of the Djinn."
"So I'm inside the Lamp," Ranma surmised. "Nice place you have here. And, hey, it's a lot roomier than I thought."
"That is not entirely accurate, Youth," the Djinn corrected with mild reprof. "The Lamp of Lakash is merely a portal into this Realm from your own."
"Whatever," Ranma said crossly. "Happosai must have hypnotised me to make a second wish. Damn! When did the old coot get so smart?"
"Your own memories would indicate that this individual has a fair amount of cunning, Youth. Except, it would seem, when he is distracted by his baser urges."
"You got that right," Ranma agreed. "So... you're the guy who actually grants the wishes, right? Why'cha need me for?"
"Although we can exert great influence on your reality, we cannot ourselves enter your realm, Youth. You form the interface through which we may perceive and interpret the intent of Lamp's users."
Ranma thought about this. It made a great deal of nonsense. "Huh?"
"We read your punny mind so we might know what to do," the Djinn repeated.
"Okay," Ranma agreed. "But why do it in the first place? I mean, what do you get out of it?"
"Well," the Djinn intonned ponderously, "it's a laugh, innit?"
"Ah," Ranma nodded sagely. Now that he understood. "Okay. So what do we do now?"
"Well, Youth, you made a wish a while ago for knowledge."
"Yeah," Ranma said. "I know how to cure my problems. Fat lot of good that's going to do me here."
"Actually, Youth, you can do a great deal with that knowledge here. Shall we start on that ..."
(Posted Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:35)
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