As Sarah was reveling in her victory, she was surprised to find that John had clenched his fist and was on her way to counting the stars circling around Karyn's room.
Jon bent down and picked up the stone and said, "Ich will Sarah zum Alaska gehen."
To Karyn's surprise, Sarah got up and left, telling her friends outside that she had to leave quickly to make it to Alaska on time.
"Jim, what did you do?" Karyn asked, still shaken to her core about the turn of events.
"Well, I can no longer say I w-" Jon's eyes bulged from his head, and he looked as if someone had just punched him in the stomach. Immediately, he began hacking and coughing.
"Are you alright, Jon?" asked Karyn, rushing over to help Jon.
"Yeah," said Jon, still gasping for breath. "I recomend that we don't try to say 'the word' anymore. It seems that this coughing spasm will occur if we ever try."
Jon took a tissue and wiped the blood and saliva from his mouth. 'Damn, what a bad cough for such a lousy wish,' thought Jon.
"So how did you get Sarah to leave to Alaska?"
"I made the wish in German. However, I don't know it that well. In fact, I'm surprised I was able to pull off that much. We just learned how to make w- er, umm... to make our desires known in German," replied Jon, catching himself in the nick of time.
"Maybe you can change the access word to activate the stone's powers for us," suggested Karyn. "It feels wierd, but maybe we could say 'I desire...' instead of 'I w-word.'"
Jon thought a moment. "I don't know how to phrase that in another language though."
"I got it!" exclaimed Karyn. She jiumped up, took the rock, then went to her computer. "I saw some asshole ruin a presentation by bringing up words on the computer and playing a sentence using the dictionary pronunciation player." She layed the rock on the speakers, then brought up www.m-w.com.
Jon watched this, concerned. "Can a machine really use the stone?"
"I hope so," said Karyn. She had just finished bringing up the pronunciation player for the words: I WISH KARYN AND JON COULD MAKE WISHES BY. However, Jon's question made her stop and think. She got a mischevous glint in her eyes, then finished and arrange the statement so that it said: I WISH KARYN AND JON WERE CYBORGS WHO LOOK AND SOUND LIKE THEY DO AS NORMAL HUMANS AND WHO CAN ALSO SAY I WISH BECAUSE A MACHINE CREATES THE SOUND, NOT THEIR ORIGINAL VOICE BOX.
Jon listened as Karyn played the wish. After she finished, Jon and Karyn were suprised when...
