There were very few perks to being a genie.
Sure, near immortality and access to unimagined power may seem great, but a very VERY long lifetime of servitude and months, sometimes years of wait in an itty-bitty living space between masters can take their toll.
Sometime several centuries ago, some of the more mischievous genies realized they don’t have to grant their masters’ wishes to the letter. Words can be reinterpreted, desires can be influenced and lives can be ruined.
And like a very slow wildfire, more and more cases of masters turning into completely different people, inanimate objects and animals started popping up all over the world.
An early attempt by the genie council, a group of the five most senior genies to quell this new trend by disallowing wish misinterpretation failed. If there was a loophole to be had, a mischievous genie would find it.
After years and years of deliberation, a compromised was had – a genie can add one rule to his or her wish granting, but it must be consistent between all masters and must be announced to the master beforehand.
Prankster genies everywhere were delighted and came up with fun new ways to entertain themselves. Whether it was “One wish for you, one wish for me”, “Can’t wish for something with the letter E” or “After you wish for something, I’ll turn you into a girl”.
This is the story of one such mischievous genie
