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One day, you will all come to my funeral just to make sure that I stay dead, but today is not that day | https://ko-fi.com/chillybook

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The Equestrian Badlands have a lot to offer. Hot sand, resilient cacti, sweltering heat, and, somewhere, a magical genie lamp. Trixie finds it while wandering the desert, and discovers first-hoof the issues with genie magic.

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:rainbowlaugh: I can so see Discord pulling something like this. Chaos magic sucks doesn't it?

Well... Twilight would be good like this. Genies are naughty, ain't them?

Eh... Not bad, but the last wish made for a rather 'meh' finale. Really think that one could have used a bit more 'oomph.'

I don't know, a mortified Rarity in a gimp outfit that won't come off, or something. :raritydespair:

7229763 I get the ending being sort of lackluster, but how exactly would I justify something like that? Cause that's pretty funny.

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I get the ending being sort of lackluster, but how exactly would I justify something like that? Cause that's pretty funny.

Trixie's big mouth, plus the whole must twist the wish thing?

"But Trixie demands it must be the most fabulous ride she has ever laid eyes on!"

And well, since the rather fashion challenged Twilight only knows one saddle maker... :trollestia:

I get the ending being sort of lackluster, but how exactly would I justify something like that? Cause that's pretty funny.

You could always wish for the funniest possible thing.

7229870 Ah, damn, that would've been great. Oh well. Maybe in a sequel

Haha. This story was funny. If I wasn't emotionally, and physically d-e-d dead, I would write something funny like this.

Man being dead is really saddening.

7232763 I dunno, being dead could be way worse.

Amusing, but as previously noted, a bit dry. Have a thumb.

7229948 Bad idea to wish for the funniest possible thing without specifying any further. Very, very bad idea.

there's actually no way to word a wish that can't be replied in a convoluted way with "and then I teleport you to the surface of the sun"

7246946 That's not exactly how that works. A genie can't just add things to the wish. They just have to interpret it in the most literal possible way, or work out a loophole. That's not the same as adding clauses and subsections to a wish.

Quite clever, although I would have liked to see Trixie and Twilight discuss more about how she should make her wishes. Trixie being so shallow about her desires seems off to me. :trixieshiftright: Also, if I had the money, I would pay to see how 12-dimensional chess works. :twilightsheepish:

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Bad idea, but I imagine that would be Pinkie's first, second, and third wishes.

Good stuff :pinkiesmile:

I liked the sandwich (it made me hungry), Twilight's genie dance, and the idea of Twilight playing 12-dimensional chess with Discord.

a cattle prod

That's racist.

If she hasn’t gone mad with power and attempted to brainwash my subjects by the time I get back, I’ll know she’s ready for more advanced friendship lessons.

Did you write this before or after Every Little Thing She Does? Because if it's before, how prophetic of you.

7690818 Quite a while before, actually. I'm ahead of my time.

I remember throwing a genie into my D&D campaign. Our ranger managed to wrangle a wish out of him. It was something like "I wish this bow shot truer and deadlier" or something like that... The genie managed to twist it around to getting a +2 against Good aligned characters and -2 against Evil.... The player was not happy.

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