Yeah, exactly. They get to live through exactly what they want, but it isn't real. Most of them don't notice, and eventually they just fade away. It's a miracle I even got Dean to wake up from it at all.
They're not even remotely the same. Around here, they're more like the kid's stories, only with a few important differences. They're bound to bottles, and whoever holds the bottle is the genie's master. You get three wishes, but you can't wish for someone to love you, or for anyone's death. You can't wish for more wishes, either.
They're all ruled by a king, called the Jareth. And they really do grant your wishes, but most of the time, if there's some kind of loophole in how it's worded, the wish gets twisted into something horrible. They all come with some kind of price, and not one anyone would like to pay.
There are also stories about people vanishing after their wishes were made.
If you want to get really specific, there's three different 'races', the Djinn, the Efreeti and the Janni, though they all play by similar rules.
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They're not even remotely the same. Around here, they're more like the kid's stories, only with a few important differences. They're bound to bottles, and whoever holds the bottle is the genie's master. You get three wishes, but you can't wish for someone to love you, or for anyone's death. You can't wish for more wishes, either.
They're all ruled by a king, called the Jareth. And they really do grant your wishes, but most of the time, if there's some kind of loophole in how it's worded, the wish gets twisted into something horrible. They all come with some kind of price, and not one anyone would like to pay.
There are also stories about people vanishing after their wishes were made.
If you want to get really specific, there's three different 'races', the Djinn, the Efreeti and the Janni, though they all play by similar rules.
[A beat, and then he sends this.]
Please don't tell me you found a genie's bottle.