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[likesfootnotes]

There doesn't seem to be any understanding of manners on this boat. Twice now I've had people abruptly disconnect on me in the middle of a stirring discussion of how utterly imperfect their grasp of reality¹ or revenge² is.

Did your mothers never teach you it is impolite to hang up on a djinni?

If not that, then someone must have taught you it was unwise, surely.

Though there are beacons of hope amidst the sea of rude. A lupophobic, a well-mannered compulsive talker, and an anti-environmentalists who mocks the sanctity of marriage. ³ They have potential and there are sure to be others.

1 - This involved mock indignation for the sake of magicians. It could hardly be a serious sentiment as it came from an otherwise acceptable young woman. If she truly took offense, then my primary concern becomes the state of sanity that any on this boat possess.

2 - This being a disagreement about vengeance and patience. All I recall is something about claiming to be a God. He could be any magician, as I have known many to make that claim. They all end up the same way: Squished under some afrit or another.

3 - Being an affront to many mainstream religions simply by existing, I have a special place in my essence for anyone else that contravenes the religious norm.

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[ceilingezio.livejournal.com]

A djinni.

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[likesfootnotes]

A djinni.

Unfamiliar with the magnitude of the term?

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[ceilingezio.livejournal.com]

What magnitude is this? Children's stories from Arabo legends.

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[likesfootnotes]

They were the single culture to raise their children to use the right terminology to address spirits. We quite exist, after all.

Would you call it legend still to see a demonio¹ in person?

1 - This term is crude, akin to the use of 'demon' by English speakers. I use it to get the point across, not set a precedent.

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[ntjstapwn]

Everyone's grasp on reality here is flawed. What worked in one doesn't work in another, and none of us are really certain what works here?

What the fuck is a de-je-ne? *Marco's a bit drunk, otherwise he might recognize that word or at realize that's not how its pronounced.*

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[likesfootnotes]

Most of my abilities are intact and working here, this reality is unchanged. But the perceptions here are far too favourable towards magicians. That is the reality skew.

[You did not just-- patience, Bartimaeus. Ignorance can be cured.]

Say it with me correctly and you might earn an answer.

Jee-nee.

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[ntjstapwn]

If your abilities are intact here, you're one of the lucky ones.
I can't say I know many magicians here, though. What's your problem with them?

*Pause*

Ooooh, a genie. Like from Aladdin? And the lamp and all of that.

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[likesfootnotes]

Magicians are disgracefully rude creatures. You would take offense, if you had the same exposure to them as I have.

[That certainly sounds closer, but the reference is all wrong.]

An associate of mine was trapped into a lamp by the Indefinite Confinement spell. It is fortunate that someone had the sense to rub him out of it after a time. I have escaped that kind of discomfort for decades now.

[Not counting any close calls thanks to Mr. Mandrake.]

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[thenotmagician]

A djinni, huh?

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[likesfootnotes]

You are definitely not speaking with the likes of foliots or imps, I assure you.

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[thenotmagician]

Well shit, that's pretty swell. Never thought I'd ever get ta meet one.

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[likesfootnotes]

[That sounds absent derision or sarcasm. Could it be the first sane voice he has encountered on this boat? Best to verify before his hopes get up.]

Then count your fortunes, as you speak with one now.

[One with a little more form and coherence than when you first spoke with him. Though--]

You have heard of djinni. What makes you familiar with them?

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[fancy-evil.livejournal.com]

A djinni? Now, that's interesting. If the people you were talking to were humans I can only suggest patience, after all, mortals tend to have very limited abilities in that regard.

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[likesfootnotes]

Finally, a kindred spirit! There are so many humans and magicians around here that I began to think myself alone against this tide of corrupt normalcy.

They do lack in certain regards, but one claimed to be a God of sorts. That seems ludicrous even for this place. Who would summon a higher being here?

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[fancy-evil.livejournal.com]

Personally, knowing that they are fakes, I find those who proclaim themselves gods very amusing (and their punishments even more).

I can't give you a reason but so far, I can tell that what happens on the boat doesn't really need one.

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[likesfootnotes]

These things are bound to catch up with them. ¹

I've been able to see that. How else could I have even ended up here in the first place, when already summoned by another magician. What about you? Had you been summoned, or were you just resting in the Other Place.

1 - It takes on a very literal form that I've witnessed plenty of times. Riotous mobs are never very nice to false Gods once they've chased them down.

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[electroniccrane.livejournal.com]

You kind don't exist where many of us are from.

[She finds Bartimaeus's writing style (and arrogance) amusing.]

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[likesfootnotes]

What deprived lives many of you must lead!

[Or is it that the djinni are simply never summoned there? Permanent vacation.]

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[electroniccrane.livejournal.com]

I don't know. If you're all so hung up on manners, I imagine we got off lightly.

[keepthedeaddown.livejournal.com]

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I beg your pardon?

[likesfootnotes]

A remarkable change in manners! I applaud your forward growth.

[keepthedeaddown.livejournal.com]

Are all djinni this insufferable?

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[skin-and-steel.livejournal.com]

A d-ji-n-nu-ni?

What in the hell is a de-ju-ni-... a jinini?

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[likesfootnotes]

Djinni. Try saying it as 'jee-nee' and you may eventually get somewhere with that.

My kind are not from hell, thanks. When we're in the Other Place, we are part of a collective energy. In this plane, we djinni are quite formidable beings, not to mention interesting, charming, witty, and intelligent. It's quite a bit to comprehend, I don't expect you to get it on the first try.

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[skin-and-steel.livejournal.com]

[And they're humble, too.]

Were you guys... I don't know, sages or something in your world? Did people ask you guys for advice or something?