When Djinni Met Genie
By
Eric Franklin (Kentauros) & The Rare Delurker © 2010
(Disclaimer: We do not own the characters of IDoJ they belong to their creators. This story is written purely for entertainment and not for profitable purposes. We do, however, own all original characters and the plot. If you would like to use the characters we have created, please ask first.)
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Around eight that morning and after Mindy had made as many adjustments to the whole house as she could imagine without her Master's guidance, she was adding an extra room to her bedroom. It was a study so she would have a brighter and private place for her computer, books, and scrolls, with an arched opening on three of the walls. Each opened to a different time period and ancient city, though all were synchronized to her days of the year. That way, the sunlight and stars would all come out at the same time, track their skies in sync, and start anew the next day. She even added a skylight to her bedroom that did the same thing, opening to the desert sky of ancient Persia. Perhaps she could add a similar skylight to her Master's bedroom, too, once she received his permission to do so. She could hide it from the eyes of any other humans, just to be safe.
Mindy got her computer up and running again, using some magic to both bring it power and get it connected to the Internet again. She liked going around human authority like that. Besides, who would or could find out? She tested her connection by looking at the biggest of the Jeannie forums to see what was new, and then noticed the tabbed window on that fan-fiction story she had been reading before Jeannie interrupted her yesterday.
Had it really only been a little over a day? Well, about two days in time for her, what with looping time last night in her bottle. When she had finally gotten to sleep, she figured she had been awake for well over 36 hours! Yet, it she had not felt as fatigued as that kind of sleep-deprivation created, thanks to the magic. It made her think that she could try the 'going without sleep' blink that night, loop time again, and see how well it worked. Well, depending on what happened in her day and what her Master needed her for later.
She found her place in the story and finished it in just another ten minutes. It made her laugh at the main character's problems with magic, being as how she, too, had not been a djinni for long. In Jen's case, though, it was a matter of not knowing she was a djinni and having to learn it without the benefit of years watching a fictional television show as in Mindy's case. She pondered what the two of them could talk about, djinni to djinni. Of course, her thoughts did not stop there, and before she knew it, her arms were up, folded.
Mindy had to pause there, however, as she immediately sensed magic just after the end of the story! How was that possible? She had to sense with her powers what was going on, closing her eyes to will the magic focused on that area. The magic had an odd feel to it, but she did not learn any more than that. She wondered about that aspect as she dropped her still folded arms to her lap. In the next moment, she received her answer in a form she had not expected.