Chapter 6: Ch.6: Let’s Play A Game

“Genies tend to be tricksters by design.” Director Sobeck stated. “They’re usually selfish or have ulterior motives behind their actions.”

Dante held the recent photo of her and Tatiana kissing from that morning in one hand. Her other hand held her phone.

“All of them?” Mrs. Barrett asked. 

Sobeck was tapping her fingers against her desk so loud that Dante could hear it on her end. Or maybe she was just on speaker. Either way, Dante awaited an answer while leaning back in her seat.

Sobeck’s answer, “Well, like humans, they can choose whether or not to be an uncompromising dick. And you won’t have to look pretty far to find one.”

Dante rocked back and forth in her chair before an empty classroom, “Long day at the museum?” 

“The kids can read the ‘do not touch’ signs, but grown-ass adults can’t.” Sobeck continued, “Anyway, they’re basically humans if we had the power to shapeshift. We need to do push-ups, whereas a Jinn can just snap their fingers and get buff. But they still need food and water to survive. Which is weird if you ask me.”

Dante’s brow sunk and her eyes shifted to the phone. She held any comments, waiting for her mentor to give more insight. She grabbed a pen and notebook off her desk. Then let out a long, ‘hmmm’ before taking notes.

Sobeck continued, “I mean, why would they need food if their bodies aren’t organic? Like, if they’re ‘born from a smokeless flame’ and thus nothing more than a sentient cloud, why would they need water?” 

Sobeck could be heard taking a swig of soda. At least Dante hoped it was soda.

“Uh, I thought they were ‘basically human’?” Dante asked. 

“They are,” the director explained, “In the sense that they’re not immortal and need to procreate otherwise they’ll die out.”

Dante let her pen hit the paper with a disappointed thud.

“You do realize that by that logic, you could argue that humans and rabbits are cousins?” She chuckled, “On second thought, we certainly procreate like rabbits.” 

Sobeck exhaled and took another sip of something that may or may not be alcohol.

“It’s better than any pun you’ve given,” Dante said.

Director Sobeck spoke up after a second of silence, “Anyway, there’s different types of Jinn. There’s ‘Marid’, the wish-granting genies. ‘Ghouls’ are apparently just evil by default. Another common one are the ‘Ifrit’ who,” 

Dante had to ask, “Sorry Director Sobeck, but can you tell me more about the ‘Marid’ one?”

“You watched cartoons as a kid? Correct?”

Barrett hesitantly answered, “Uhm, Yes.”

“Then you know about them.” 

Dante’s mind was like a film reel. She relieved every little transformation and display of magic Jiji had done in front of her. More so, the look of delight on Jiji’s face during her magic acts. The genie’s performative nature and joy in using her abilities did help ease Dante a bit.

Sobeck’s tone turned from instructional to speculative, “Why’re you so interested in genies all of a sudden?” 

All four legs of Dante’s seat returned to the floor. Jiji’s name couldn’t be allowed to leave her mouth. She needed to find something else to explain this conversation. Another reason before Director Sobeck got suspicious.

“Uh...just being thorough in my lessons.” 

Cracking open another unidentifiable beverage, “First time for everything.”

-Meanwhile-

“You suck!” Jiji yelled with fire in her eyes.

Jiji’s go-kart, or rather her tiny character driving the go-kart, groaned as they slammed into a brick wall instead of completing the sharp turn. The ‘princess’ went right back to being cheerful and bubbly despite a head-on collision. Meanwhile, Jiji was gripping the controller so tight that the plastic could be heard giving into the pressure. 

“You’re talking about the fictional character, right?” Tatiana asked. 

The woman sat back in her gamer chair; cruising through the level without any worries. Jiji was in last place and the computer players weren’t exactly sending any credible threats her way. At worst, her go-kart would come just a little too close to a rocket one of them sent her way. At best, the enemies would run into something. Or rather, Jiji would ram into them. 

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“Why is my cutie not doing the thing but yours is!?” Jiji flung her arms to the left when approaching a left turn. Her kart, once again, scraped against the railing before plummeting off the course as both the racer and Jiji yelled. 

“Did you,” Tatiana held back a laugh, “did you, like, not read the stats?”

“The television said she had 4 stars!” Jiji pouted, “Personally, I think she’s a 5 out of 5. But, still.”

“Yeah, a 4 in speed. 1 in handling and 2 in,” Tatiana stopped when the sound of the princess’ descending scream into a void prompted Jiji to bolt up and stomp her foot. 

“AH! Damn it to hell!”

Celebratory trumpets sounded off when Jiji’s back faced the tv.

“Oh, hey. I won.” Tea looked at Jiji, “Again.” 

“That’s It!” 

Jiji grabbed the controller with both hands as if it were a steering wheel. She twisted her wrist on the handle like a driver revving their bike. The sudden sound of an actual chopper coming from Jiji’s fingers made Tatiana do a double take. 

“I don’t remember the vibrate feature being that loud.”

Like a flash of lightning, Jiji’s body turned into a white silhouette for a quarter of a second before vanishing. All that remained in her place was a patch of burned carpet. Tatiana would’ve been mad if she didn’t already watch this person create a new phone by clapping her hands.

Instead, she was more concerned with why she was back at the character select screen. 

“Princess!” Jiji stomped into frame from the left side of the screen. She was in the game’s cartoony, 3D style where everything had a bright shade like a toy. “You’re fired!”

She pointed the princess character off-screen. Obeying the command, the ‘horrible to control’ racer slugged away with her head so low that her crown began to slide off of her blonde locks. Jiji was more than willing to snatch the crown and claim it as her own. 

Jiji’s new item flashed for a second. Instantly, Jiji’s regular clothes began to blink in and out in sequence with her brand new kart racing suit. Her dedication to a specific color scheme continued. Her pink boots had gold laces. The blue suit had gold lining. And naturally, a gold crown with blue and pink jewels. 

Jiji punt-kicked the fungus icon under that character’s selection window. It zipped past another character. A lengthy man in overalls, who had to duck the fungus. This motion got Tatiana’s attention since, well, she had been watching Jiji the entire time.

All the other characters in their selection windows watched in confusion as Jiji pulled an oil lamp out of her suit. The short man in overalls scratched his head wondering how this girl managed to fit the lamp into such a tight outfit. The two baby racers dropped their jaws, one of them losing a pacifier, as this mystery woman summoned a shiny hammer the size of her head. The nearby bipedal dinosaur couldn’t cover his ears while the genie made a new logo for herself. The other princess, with good handling but poor speed, stoked her chin seeing the golden lamp shine in the same vein as everyone’s icon. Finally, the swordsman in a tunic was blushing. 

“Hey, there~!” Jiji sang, leaning against his selection window, “How many stars do you have~?” 

“Hold on, I thought you were a lesbian,” the lesbian, Tatiana Barrett, interrupted. 

Jiji explained, “Us genies don’t really care about gender. A cute face is a cute face.” She looked back to the knight, “And he’s got a very cute face.”

Tatiana then selected the ‘cute-faced’ racer. 

The fires in Jiji’s eyes returned as she screamed, “You suck!”

Speaking smugly, “I’m doing you a favor. You got a real girl to ask out tomorrow.” 

“If I win, I get to ask her out now,” Jiji said as she selected the track. A track she hadn’t played yet. 

Tatiana smirked, “When I win, you wait till tomorrow.”

Jiji reved her engine, “Deal!” 

The light turned green and Jiji floored it! She took first place in three seconds. Blowing a raspberry as she passed Tatiana’s knight.

Then Jiji immediately drove off a cliff. Screaming all the way down. 

Tatiana was more than happy to let her know, “You picked the track with no rails, princess.”

End

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