Summoned Character Monologues Part Two: Genie
by Martial Arts Master
All Disney-related characters copyrighted by Disney. All Square related characters copyrighted by both. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are copyrighted by both. I got the idea for these by Raiegki Leviathan, and decided to do them with her permission given to me by e-mail. These monologues are on the summoned characters. In order, once completed, they will be: Simba, Genie, Bambi, Dumbo, Tinker Bell, and Mushu. This monologue takes place during a different Kingdom Hearts period than Simba's monologue. That took place before they ever heard of Hollow Bastion. This takes place after the scene where Sora's Keyblade goes into Riku's hands. The reason the explanation I give for why that happened may sound unorthodox is because something bothered me about that scene: If Sora was just the "delivery boy", as Riku called him, for the Keyblade, why didn't the Keyblade go into Riku's hands when they met in Traverse Town? You know, the scene that eventually led to Maleficent telling lies to Riku about how Sora supposedly ditched him for Donald and Goofy? But enough about that. Now, on with the Genie's story!
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Hi! I'm the Genie.
We genies have names, but I'm just named Genie. We're also sometimes known as "djinn" or "jinn".
I'm here to tell you about our quest to rid all the worlds from the Heartless.
But first, let me explain my origins a bit.
Okay, it all started with my birth as a genie.
We genies are sort of like spirits. We exist for only one reason.
By birth, we genies are born into homes that you know as magic lamps.
Whenver someone frees us from those lamps, our obligation is to grant them three wishes. Most genies will grant any wishes.
I, however, have three limitations.
First of all, I can't kill anybody. So whoever wishes that is out of luck.
Second, I can't make people fall in love. So no luck to whoever wishes that either.
Finally, I can't bring people back from the dead.
Baby genies are inexperienced at first, just like baby humans. Unlike humans, though, we genies are born with mastery of all human languages, in order to better serve whoever frees us from our lamps. We also are born with whatever knowledge humans might need of us.
At first, when I was a baby, I fouled up wish-granting. As I got older, though, I eventually was able to grant them flawlessly.
I've known some nice masters over the years, and I've known some means ones.
But there is one master that has always taken a special place in my heart...and that master is named Aladdin.
He discovered me shortly before the Heartless showed up. I game him the schtick: I grant him three wishes, my limitations, and then poof! I'm gone.
He was careful about making his wishes too soon, something I admire in a master.
Then the Heartless came to Agrabah.
Let me tell you, those Heartless are something else in terms of evil. They showed up constantly and caused all sorts of trouble.
It turns out they were being used by this evil vizier named Jafar. He worked for the Sultan, but all he wanted was power for himself. Not a nice guy, let me tell you.
Trouble is, shortly before Sora and his friends defeated his Pot Centipede, Jafar used his parrot Iago to steal the lamp from Aladdin!
I was in trouble, but I had no choice but to obey Jafar, my new master. Whoever controls the lamp controls the genie, even if he/she isn't the one who freed the genie.
You might ask, "What's wrong with you?! Why on earth would you serve such a nasty person as Jafar? You oughta be ashamed of yourself for not just saying no!"
If you think that, then you don't know the first thing about geniehood.
Yes, we genies have...phenomenal cosmic power!!! Even if we do have a tiny living space.
However, we genies are bound...biologically...to serve whoever controls our lamps. It's as imperative as you humans need to breathe. We genies don't need to breathe, but you get the picture.
So there I was, unhappily serving Jafar, who went to the Keyhole.
Then, when Sora, Aladdin, and their friends showed up, I was horrified when Jafar told me to crush them!
I had no choice, but Sora and his friends prevailed over Jafar.
Then, Jafar, for his final wish, turned himself into a genie like me!
But he forgot one very important thing. Genies, as I said earlier, do have...phenomenal cosmic power!!! But they have an itty-bitty living space. Jafar wanted to become a genie, but he forgot that the fate of all genies is to serve in a magic lamp.
Jafar was out of the way, but Jasmine had been kidnapped by Maleficent and a boy named Riku.
I suggested that Aladdin wish for me to find Jasmine.
What he wished for instead shocked me.
He wished for my freedom!
You see, the only way a genie can get out of his life of servitude is if a master actually wishes him/her free.
I granted his wish, and I was free! No longer did I have to spend my life granting wishes.
I decided, however, as a favor, to help find Jasmine anyway. But I could no longer teleport to Jasmine's location, for Maleficent's power was stronger than mine. You see, when I became free, I lost some of my powers. Not a whole lot, let me assure you. I can still do quite a bit. But I lost the ability to overcome the darkness completely.
It was worth it, though. I joined Sora and his friends, and I never regretted it.
You wouldn't believe how nice Sora is. Nicer than Aladdin, if that's even possible.
Sora never, ever asks me to grant his wishes, because he knows I'm free now. A lot of people in his position would forget that.
Sora treats me as an equal, if non-human, entity.
Then, when we arrived at Hollow Bastion...things changed...
Riku appeared, and had a discussion with Sora.
Then, he said words I'll never forget. He said to let the Keyblade choose its true master.
Only I could see what he did next, thanks to my birth as a magical creature. He cast a dark spell to cause the Keyblade to appear into his hands. Then he spouted a bunch of garbage about how Sora was just a delivery boy.
I wanted to warn everyone that Riku had been possessed by the darkness, and had been turned from the innocent boy he once was to a fiend. But Riku had the darkness overpower me at the moment, and I could do nothing.
No one even noticed all this. They weren't adept at detecting subtle magic.
So Donald and Goofy, with their mission to the king taking priority, left Sora to go off with Riku. I would've gotten angry at them if I hadn't realized that they were just deceived, and had no choice.
Besides, the Keyblade should've gone right back into Sora's hands. After all, Sora is the Keyblade master.
However, once the Keyblade was in Riku's hands, Sora lost confidence in himself. His heart became weaker, so the Keyblade thought he was unworthy.
But I'll never abandon Sora for as long as he needs me. We'll find Donald, Goofy, Riku, and the princesses of heart. Then, Donald and Goofy will see their error.
In the meantime, Sora should know he will always have me for a friend. And a genie friend is a powerful friend indeed.
To be continued with the next monologue...
E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@comcast.net
by Martial Arts Master
All Disney-related characters copyrighted by Disney. All Square related characters copyrighted by both. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are copyrighted by both. I got the idea for these by Raiegki Leviathan, and decided to do them with her permission given to me by e-mail. These monologues are on the summoned characters. In order, once completed, they will be: Simba, Genie, Bambi, Dumbo, Tinker Bell, and Mushu. This monologue takes place during a different Kingdom Hearts period than Simba's monologue. That took place before they ever heard of Hollow Bastion. This takes place after the scene where Sora's Keyblade goes into Riku's hands. The reason the explanation I give for why that happened may sound unorthodox is because something bothered me about that scene: If Sora was just the "delivery boy", as Riku called him, for the Keyblade, why didn't the Keyblade go into Riku's hands when they met in Traverse Town? You know, the scene that eventually led to Maleficent telling lies to Riku about how Sora supposedly ditched him for Donald and Goofy? But enough about that. Now, on with the Genie's story!
***
Hi! I'm the Genie.
We genies have names, but I'm just named Genie. We're also sometimes known as "djinn" or "jinn".
I'm here to tell you about our quest to rid all the worlds from the Heartless.
But first, let me explain my origins a bit.
Okay, it all started with my birth as a genie.
We genies are sort of like spirits. We exist for only one reason.
By birth, we genies are born into homes that you know as magic lamps.
Whenver someone frees us from those lamps, our obligation is to grant them three wishes. Most genies will grant any wishes.
I, however, have three limitations.
First of all, I can't kill anybody. So whoever wishes that is out of luck.
Second, I can't make people fall in love. So no luck to whoever wishes that either.
Finally, I can't bring people back from the dead.
Baby genies are inexperienced at first, just like baby humans. Unlike humans, though, we genies are born with mastery of all human languages, in order to better serve whoever frees us from our lamps. We also are born with whatever knowledge humans might need of us.
At first, when I was a baby, I fouled up wish-granting. As I got older, though, I eventually was able to grant them flawlessly.
I've known some nice masters over the years, and I've known some means ones.
But there is one master that has always taken a special place in my heart...and that master is named Aladdin.
He discovered me shortly before the Heartless showed up. I game him the schtick: I grant him three wishes, my limitations, and then poof! I'm gone.
He was careful about making his wishes too soon, something I admire in a master.
Then the Heartless came to Agrabah.
Let me tell you, those Heartless are something else in terms of evil. They showed up constantly and caused all sorts of trouble.
It turns out they were being used by this evil vizier named Jafar. He worked for the Sultan, but all he wanted was power for himself. Not a nice guy, let me tell you.
Trouble is, shortly before Sora and his friends defeated his Pot Centipede, Jafar used his parrot Iago to steal the lamp from Aladdin!
I was in trouble, but I had no choice but to obey Jafar, my new master. Whoever controls the lamp controls the genie, even if he/she isn't the one who freed the genie.
You might ask, "What's wrong with you?! Why on earth would you serve such a nasty person as Jafar? You oughta be ashamed of yourself for not just saying no!"
If you think that, then you don't know the first thing about geniehood.
Yes, we genies have...phenomenal cosmic power!!! Even if we do have a tiny living space.
However, we genies are bound...biologically...to serve whoever controls our lamps. It's as imperative as you humans need to breathe. We genies don't need to breathe, but you get the picture.
So there I was, unhappily serving Jafar, who went to the Keyhole.
Then, when Sora, Aladdin, and their friends showed up, I was horrified when Jafar told me to crush them!
I had no choice, but Sora and his friends prevailed over Jafar.
Then, Jafar, for his final wish, turned himself into a genie like me!
But he forgot one very important thing. Genies, as I said earlier, do have...phenomenal cosmic power!!! But they have an itty-bitty living space. Jafar wanted to become a genie, but he forgot that the fate of all genies is to serve in a magic lamp.
Jafar was out of the way, but Jasmine had been kidnapped by Maleficent and a boy named Riku.
I suggested that Aladdin wish for me to find Jasmine.
What he wished for instead shocked me.
He wished for my freedom!
You see, the only way a genie can get out of his life of servitude is if a master actually wishes him/her free.
I granted his wish, and I was free! No longer did I have to spend my life granting wishes.
I decided, however, as a favor, to help find Jasmine anyway. But I could no longer teleport to Jasmine's location, for Maleficent's power was stronger than mine. You see, when I became free, I lost some of my powers. Not a whole lot, let me assure you. I can still do quite a bit. But I lost the ability to overcome the darkness completely.
It was worth it, though. I joined Sora and his friends, and I never regretted it.
You wouldn't believe how nice Sora is. Nicer than Aladdin, if that's even possible.
Sora never, ever asks me to grant his wishes, because he knows I'm free now. A lot of people in his position would forget that.
Sora treats me as an equal, if non-human, entity.
Then, when we arrived at Hollow Bastion...things changed...
Riku appeared, and had a discussion with Sora.
Then, he said words I'll never forget. He said to let the Keyblade choose its true master.
Only I could see what he did next, thanks to my birth as a magical creature. He cast a dark spell to cause the Keyblade to appear into his hands. Then he spouted a bunch of garbage about how Sora was just a delivery boy.
I wanted to warn everyone that Riku had been possessed by the darkness, and had been turned from the innocent boy he once was to a fiend. But Riku had the darkness overpower me at the moment, and I could do nothing.
No one even noticed all this. They weren't adept at detecting subtle magic.
So Donald and Goofy, with their mission to the king taking priority, left Sora to go off with Riku. I would've gotten angry at them if I hadn't realized that they were just deceived, and had no choice.
Besides, the Keyblade should've gone right back into Sora's hands. After all, Sora is the Keyblade master.
However, once the Keyblade was in Riku's hands, Sora lost confidence in himself. His heart became weaker, so the Keyblade thought he was unworthy.
But I'll never abandon Sora for as long as he needs me. We'll find Donald, Goofy, Riku, and the princesses of heart. Then, Donald and Goofy will see their error.
In the meantime, Sora should know he will always have me for a friend. And a genie friend is a powerful friend indeed.
To be continued with the next monologue...
E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@comcast.net