You walk up to her apartment door, which is a bit misleading, because her place is an apartment over a garage that belongs to a plumber. The guy lives elsewhere and only comes out here when he has jobs in the city, and needs stuff he keeps stored here, so she has a fair amount of privacy. She loves magic and occult stuff, seeing herself as a wiccan, but has no actual magic or anything. Her whole vibe is like if a curvy goth girl lived a beach resort, and while she is hot, she has never really responded to any guy's advances. She admitted to you she is bi, but on a bit of girl swing at the moment, which was fine with you. Yeah, she's hot, but you are way over yourself and are fine hanging out with women, with no intention of trying to sleep with them. But, you really hope she agrees to this, because you are worried that if you suck some random girl into the lamp, she will be a vindictive genie and twist your wishes. Carmine, well, you figure there's a decent chance she might be willing to actually try it....
She opens the door just before you knock, smiling "Hey dork, c'mon in, what brings you over? Thought you were at that estate sale outside town. You get something cool?" Nodding, you step in, following her upstairs. "Ok, Carmine, so how did you know I was at the door? You getting better with your clairvoyance attempts?" She sighs "I wish, but no, I was cleaning and saw you walking up the street...what gives?" Because when she said 'I wish' you had busted into a pretty large grin.
"Funny you say it that way, but yeah I was at the estate, found a book about some really old stuff, but more importantly, I found this" and you take out the lamp, still wrapped in cloth. Carmine goes to unwrap it and you almost let her, figuring she will rub the surface and get sucked into it, but no, you don't want to trap her against her will, or by accident. You wanna see if she would be willing to do this. "Easy, it's a genie lamp, BUT, it is empty. First person to rub the surface, pop, sucked in and becomes a genie" She pauses, and stares, then laughs "Oh cmon, you bought some crap at an estate sale believing this story? I thought you were smarter than that dude" You nod "I didn't buy it, I bought the book, and the lamp freaking appeared when I wasn't looking at it, right after I read about them. I'm telling you, if you touch the surface of that with your skin, you're gonna get sucked into it Carmine." She pauses and considers, leaning back and then realizes something "Ok, so, let's say I believe you, why did you bring it here? I mean, wait..." she trails off, considering.
You nod "I know you really have been studying all the wiccan stuff and lore, and have talked a ton about how you would love to have magic, but never had any luck. But ... but what if this artifact, what if this is a ticket to incredible magic and power. Would you take it, if it meant becoming a genie, having to obey and grant wishes to whoever released you from it?" Carmine stares at the wrapped lamp, her eyes narrow as she realizes what you are saying, what this might offer. Then, she:
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