STORIES
304 - Again
2022
Grace Io Mez Daprima
In Io, Jesse and Mez’s room …
GRACE:
… I really like having you as my genie. You’ve been
the best genie ever, yes you have.
IO:
Yes Miss Grace.
GRACE:
… I would love it if you could go on being my genie but we
can’t have that which makes me sad, yes it does. I’ll bet it makes
you sad too, cause I’ve been such a good master, yes I have.
IO:
Yes Miss Grace.
GRACE:
But now it’s important that you let
Daprima free you, yes it is.
IO:
You want the genie to be freed from the lamp?
GRACE:
Yes I do, and then, do you know what’s going to happen? I’ll tell
you - you’re going to make a great human being, just like me.
MEZ:
Grace, what are doing in my room?
GRACE:
It’s not just your room, no it isn’t - it’s Io’s room too and we’re
having a very important talk, and now we’re done.
MEZ:
Good, then get out.
GRACE:
I was leaving anyway. I have things to do, important things.
MEZ:
Then go do them.
GRACE:
I’ll see you later Io, yes I will.
MEZ:
Was she bothering you?
IO:
No Mez.
knock knock knock
MEZ:
Come in - unless you’re Grace.
DAPRIMA:
Wrong sister. I guess she was here, huh?
MEZ:
Yeah, she was talking to Io.
DAPRIMA:
Oh? What did she have to say, Io?
IO:
Miss Grace wants Io to be her genie no longer.
MEZ:
She said that!
IO:
Yes Mez.
MEZ:
How’d you manage that one?
DAPRIMA:
It wasn’t me. Fin had a talk with her.
MEZ:
Wow - I didn’t give him enough credit.
DAPRIMA:
Obviously. By any chance did she mention a fairy to you?
IO:
No Miss Daprima.
MEZ:
What’s a fairy got to do with this?
DAPRIMA:
You don’t want to know.
DAPRIMA:
… Io, how do you feel about being human again?
IO:
Again?
DAPRIMA:
Yes. According to Lu’s research, you started out human
and were turned into a genie.
IO:
The genie was human?
MEZ:
See that? You were a regular bloke, just like me.
DAPRIMA:
Somehow, you made you way to the Elvin realm
to the Dessert Clan. …
IO:
The Telamaitte …
DAPRIMA:
You must’ve been captured by them and made into a slave.
That was a very long time ago, and their wizards
performed a powerful spell …
IO:
But Miss Daprima, the Telemaitte don’t have magic.
They have genie instead.
DAPRIMA:
They lost their magic when they performed this spell. They
wanted to prevent their slaves from escaping, so they
magically linked them to objects…
MEZ:
Like his lamp?
DAPRIMA:
Exactly. In the process, the magic was drained from the
wizards and landed in the objects. You, and others like you,
became the conduit to the magic. Do you remember any of this?
IO:
No miss Daprima.
DAPRIMA:
No matter. Well Io, it’s now time to reverse that spell.
IO:
Then Io will no longer be a genie.
MEZ:
Won’t that be great!
DAPRIMA:
I’ve always planned to free you from the lamp, however now
I know I can’t. Instead, the lamp will become yours.
IO:
Io will be master of the lamp?
DAPRIMA:
Yes. Lu and I believe the lamp holds your life-force so you’ll
need to remain linked to it. It may still possess magic,
but as a human you’ll no longer be able to access it.
MEZ:
You know what that means? No more wishes to grant - ever.
IO:
Io will be just a regular bloke.
DAPRIMA:
That’s right but first I have one last wish
to make. Are you ready?
