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hippo2 — Rubber and Smoke - Part 8
Published: 2011-01-22 07:44:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 6461; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Carrie was sitting inside the lamp and was already very bored. When she made her wish to be a genie for a day, she had never thought about being locked inside the lamp for that long. At least she would exchange with Martha again in a few hours. Suddenly, the walls of the lamp began to pulsate in a red light and Carrie was sucked out of her lamp again.“I’m the genie of the lamp and… Oh, it’s you! Sorry Martha, no more wishes for you!” she introduced.
“I’m not here for wishes! I want answers!” Martha harshly said. “Did you do anything to Conrad?”
“To Conrad? What should I have done?”
“Like, messed with his mind?” Martha asked, now really angry.
“Oh that! Well, when you wished for me to change his memories, I decided to use the opportunity and cured him from that annoying crush on me.”
“That’s… that’s just unbelievable. There are rules for genies. We are not allowed to change the feelings of mortals. I heard that genies can get imprisoned for 100 years for this” Martha lashed out at Carrie.
“Imprisoned? I didn’t know that!” Carrie was now really scared. “What can I do now?”
“All you can do is hope that we will switch places in a few hours. And if we switch, you should use your wishes to clean up this mess.” Martha said.
“Ok, I will do that.” Carrie said, completely scared.
“Fine! See you in a couple of hours.” As Carrie returned to her lamp, Martha walked away to enjoy the next hours free.
It was later that afternoon when Martha returned to the lamp. In a few minutes she would switch places with Carrie again. Martha remembered the events of the day: she had thought it would be nice to be a human again. But instead, it felt so alien to her. Actually, Martha was really looking forward to becoming a genie again and to return to her lamp.
Finally, the moment came and Carrie emerged from the lamp. “I’m glad that nothing happened.” Carry said, happily. “Can we exchange now?”
“Sure we can!” Martha answered. And like the day before, the genie powers flowed from Carrie to Martha, who passed her rubber girl powers back to Carrie. When all was finished, Martha asked Carrie: “Have you decided how to solve the problem with Conrad?”
“I have: first, I wish that you remove the hatred for me that I added to Conrad’s mind. But only the hatred.”
“Don’t worry. I won’t give him back the true memories of today.” Martha said and granted the wish.
“Then I thought we could make him a girlfriend, if that is possible for you.” Carrie proposed.
“I can create a girl, but I can’t force her to fall in love with Conrad. Best we can do is create her from objects which will represent her qualities. And if we choose the right objects, she will most probably like Conrad too.” Martha explained. “You know Conrad quite well. What does he like?”
“He knows a lot, a real nerd. And the girl should be nerdy too. But also cute. He might like that.”
“Fine. You have to get me science books and a lock of your hair. And make it quick!”
“I’ll be back in a minute.” said Carrie and darted off.
When Carrie returned from her room, she was carrying under her arm some books, a pair of scissors and her folded school uniform. Meanwhile, Martha conjured a pair of glasses. Both girls placed all the items on the sofa and Carrie added a lock from her hair. The she made her final wish: “I wish that you make a girl from these objects, that could love Conrad and with which Conrad can fall in love.”
“Your wish is granted!” Martha said and blinked. The clothes on the sofa started to fill up into a human shape which consumed the books. Soon a young, cute girl was sitting on the sofa. She had red hair, was wearing glasses and the school uniform. In short, she was very cute.
“Where am I?” asked the girl.
“You’re in Switzerland with your new class.” Carrie explained. “If you allow me, I’ll show you to your new classmates.” The new girl nodded and Carrie lead her away.
Glad that this exciting day was finally over, Martha returned to her lamp.
Part 1: [link]
Part 2: [link]
Part 3: [link]
Part 4: [link]
Part 5: [link]
Part 6: [link]
Part 7: [link]
THE END
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The picture for part 2 fooled me. After Martha heard the three girls making fun of a kid in part 1, and seeing the picture in part 2, I honestly was expecting Martha to want revenge on that girl, and it looked like she had twisted the girl's wish in the picture. Obviously wasn't the case, though.
Heck, when there was a robbery announced, I was expecting Carrie to have been the thief, using her new genie powers or something. But nope, genuinely nice girl who just found Conrad annoying. Considering the way he was stalking her, I can't blame her for that, even.
Gregorios has decided Gregory was too ordinary for a genie such as himself, I suppose. Martha didn't feel a need for something fancier.
And Gregorios and Svetlana have teamed up to eliminate Martha. That won't be good for Martha. Already trying to eliminate Martha by having her arrested, though the only "evidence" that Martha stole the money being Svetlana saying so seems really weak.
Speaking of Svetlana, the picture for the first part was interesting. Mostly, the picture hanging on her bedroom wall, where it looks like she's with a friend, and she actually looks happy! It's a nice little touch, if for nothing else, than to show that she isn't just all evil, all the time, even if we haven't seen that side of Svetlana. Not yet, at least.
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Carrie is an OC by We roleplayed the biggest part of this story on chat. Then I integrated the RP logs into the story and added the parts of my own, where Carrie is not around. Later, there will be two more stories with his OC, even one story, when Martha goes to America to visit them.
Conrad isn't an evil person. I just imagined him as the stereotypical (manga-)nerd, who has the hots for a beautiful girl but neither has the style nor the guts to ask nicely. So he watches the girl which turns into stalking. But he's not genuinly evil. And Carrie is nice enough to create a girlfriend that fits to Conrad.
In this story, Martha was a genie for one year (compare the submission dates of Magic Lamp and this story). Now she has a first idea what being a genie means. And she's starting to adopt to be one. We'll see where this will lead to.
Good eye on the picture in Svetlana's room. Here's a closeup [link]
It gives away some background for Svetlana. Oh, and we will meet the other girl too later.
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Aww, it's such a sweet picture 
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Hm I must have mis judged but good end dude.
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Thank you very much. I'm glad you like it.
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That's all, folks!
It was fun to write about Carrie. Thank you for letting me use your character.
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No prob man, it was a great story, mind if I write a story with Martha sometime?
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I'd be happy to read a fanstory for Martha. Go ahead!
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