Three wishes

[thewishfire]

Hmm, so... apparently there's a trope in fiction about genies offering three wishes. And while I think it's a shame that they just offer three, I'm kind of curious about what people would prioritise, so... I thought I'd ask, just as another way of getting to better know what the world needs....

If you could ask any wish of me for yourself, what

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[strivinghigher]

Is it okay to mention wishes I wouldn't really want you to grant because there's good reason not to do so?

[thewishfire]

Mm, anything. I'd like to hear your explanation of why you wouldn't want me to, too, if you'd like.

[strivinghigher]

For myself... I would wish...
I want to come apart completely, the way I almost did at first. To just dissolve into transcendence. But I won't actually ask you to grant it, because I have things that I should do here. (Or I would, anyway, if "here" was a temporal place where I didn't already have that, instead of plotless post-transcendent limbo

[thewishfire]

Those are lovely wishes. You have such a wonderful heart.

I don't know whether it would be better to grant you the temporary experience of falling apart, so you can have that moment as many times as you want while still staying here, or if to have that and then lose it would be too painful. I don't know. But I'm open to suggestions.

I really hope you can help your father. Now that you have so much... surely, now that he's seen you, now that you've gone back home and he can see for himself what you have. That has to be inspiring, and... with all your gifts, now, you can surely show him the right path. I'd like to see that.

I wonder if that would be Flay's wish, too. For the pain to end, for people who are only trying to live sincerely in a society that so often isn't. It seems like that was what he was really fighting for, all this time....

[exceedinglife]

For myself... I think I kind of have everything I want. I'm at peace with where I'm going, you gave me this beautiful power of flight, and I have a wonderful relationship with Nikki... I really can't think of anything else I need that's big. So it'd have to be something kind of small and silly, like... hmm, maybe the chance to create a really big, super-duper explosion that wouldn't actually hurt anyone. Just to feel the awesomeness of the power, but without any risks or anything

[thewishfire]

Yeah, it's not really a wish I would grant, because... well, I mentioned on the other meme why I wouldn't bring him back. But I think... I think he already knows, and it's okay. It wasn't in time to keep him in this world, but I think he is at peace, now.

Music.... That sounds really interesting. It'd be interesting to see what other people chose, too. If it reflected what was in their hearts, it'd probably be different for everyone, right? Like an expression of their soul....

[exceedinglife]

Yeah! Exactly like that. Like, what would happen if your heart played music? What would you most want to have surrounding you....

[pillarofruin]

I wish Theofratus hadn't killed himself, too. But I wish that for myself. (And yet, like you said, it shouldn't be actually done. It would be very selfish.)

I wish the freshman who dropped out of Al-Revis last term hadn't done so. He left because his grades weren't good, and I don't think he had the confidence to believe that he could do it. I wish he'd wanted to stay a little bit more, so that he would have stayed and stuck it through.

And for the world, I wish people wouldn't have the kinds of doubts and fears that make them rethink things so often. The kind of thing that makes students drop out, or that makes teachers lose their way. The kind of thing that confuses people, that makes them think alchemy might do something terrible, or that they shouldn't trust their magic and their hearts.

[anonymous]

When I was a child, I died in a dream, and all of my classmates from the mainland school stood around and looked at the blood on my clothes and didn't understand. I was told I would be on an adventure.

I want to see it again soon.

I want my classmates to understand.

I want to know why I was sent back here.

[thewishfire]

I suppose... because maybe it's less like you were sent back, given that it was a dream, and more like you were being told you would be sent forward? Maybe, instead of something taken away, it was something sent to reassure you that it would be okay in the future even if you died, to give you hope and promise that the adventure you wanted would come?

Hmm, I think there's something I can post that will maybe help you understand why you live in this world right now, as well as reassure about the future. Maybe you'll enjoy reading it, and thinking of that.

I don't think that I have the power, from here, to influence your dreams.... But I hope you dream well.

[rubyprism]

For myself, I wish Flay had gone to public school with me so I could've felt like there was someone who understood, and cared, and at least wanted to be able to protect me, regardless of how successful he could've been.

For someone else, I suppose I wish my mother would be able to see beyond herself and take more joy in selfless things.

For the world, I wish everyone would spend time in a culture very foreign to their own, so they'd learn that the way one has been raised to do things isn't always the only right way.

[thewishfire]

I think those are very good wishes.... I know Flay would have wanted to help you. He'd want to protect anyone who needed protecting, and he would have sincerely cared about doing it. I think he'd have liked that he could have truly been a hero to someone who appreciated him so much.

It's a rather bracing experience, but I think I'm learning a lot from being here, myself. Moving beyond your comfort zone can be hard, but you do gain so much....

Ahaha, is this allowed? I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

[chasingwishes]

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Sure, of course! Anyone's allowed to ask~

[thewishfire]

Hm? What is it?

[chasingwishes]

Nothing, it's just...

I've never seen anyone else like me before! You grant wishes too? That's so cool!

Oh, but, I'm sorry; I really don't have much to wish for...

[thewishfire]

Ahaha, yes, I do. And that's okay; I imagine you wouldn't have much to wish for, if you can grant your own, so I sort of don't expect it.

...So are you a Mana, like me?