Hot Arabian Nights

[Kepic]

OOC: An apprentice to Jara would be fine, or perhaps to Aisha, Hal-aji's sorceress acquaintence. Whichever, whatever, the more the merrier! Welcome, Dark Eyes.

IC - Hal-aji:
The genie of the opal appeared at the baths edge, her slender legs dipped into the water. I gasped as I suddenly realised my position, but her lips only held bemusement. After a couple of moments regaining my composure - and turning so my back was to her, so that my poor mortal body might not offend her eyes, I spoke out my next wish.

"O genie, my next wish is this... I wish for a golden chalice, of the finest craftmanship, from which any who drink shall be gifted with eternal youth, though any who have been so booned by the chalice, who would intend me true harm by malice, should have that gift stripped from them, and any years they might have saved shall be at once burden them again".

 

[LadyChance]

OOC:::

Kepic your email isn't working!!!! I have tried to send you a email through lit and still nothing. I am sorry that I haven't made it back, work has me working really bad hours since Christmas is coming and I work in the largest store in town it is kind of hard on me to make it on here to post as often as I would like. So I am glad you found someone else play the part. I am truely sorry that my email didn't make it to you. Hope your thread goes well you are still a fantastic writer and I hope sometime in the future we can thread together again, I also hope your not to mad at me and I can make you forgive me with more then just whip cream. LOL {Begging your forgiveness}

 

[Kepic]

OOC: Ack! Just checked my profile... put my e-mail address down wrong (forgot one lousy 's'!)... sorry LadyChance, and no, I'm not mad at ya! Hope you don't get too bogged down with w*rk.

 

[Saber Viper]

OOC: I'll post again as soon as i get some of this school work is completed, and perhaps my character (Al-Razi) could attempt to steal the chalice or the opal.

 

[Lightman]

Well...I'm probably already gaining a reputation of triyng to resurrect thread when every sensible should stop...
but I thought it worth a try, this seemed promising. What do you say, Kepic, any chance of bringing this back to life?

 

[Kepic]

Hey there Lightman! Been up in the attic again?

Actually, I was looking back at this too recently myself, I would like to get this back up an' running - if there was enough interest.

Character wise, someone to take up the role of the genie is a must, to get this going again. She's pivotal to the 'plot', as it were.

There's plenty of options for other characters in this thread - take a look on the previous page, if anyone's interested, I made some suggestions there for roles.

Actually, there's not too much of this to read through for anyone to catch up on the storyline.

 

[Lightman]

ooc

Just an idea Kepic--some people tend not to look at threads that already have more than one page, thinking that it's already 'full'. Maybe a recruiting thread could help?

 

[Lightman]

...guess thats a no, then...

 

[Saber Viper]

Long time no see

OOC: My email hasn't been working and i couldn't remember the name of the site (stupid me forgot to bookmark it) and i just got my email back Jan 1st. I really hope you keep this thread going, it has great potential!

 

[Ask For More]

OOC: Kepic you really can write well....

Any chance that i might be able to have a part in this if it resurrects?

 

[Isolde]

OOC: Hello all-I shall be playing the genie...thank you Kepic for the vote of confidence.

IC: I laughed lightly. My master was a shrewd one. Many of my masters had put no thought into their wishes except for the thought of greed..and many had payed dearly for their foolishness.

That is the way with my existance. I am allowed to give those I serve their hearts desire but I have found that many times these mortals think they desire something only to find that they there lives were better without it.

Bowing my head to my master, I replied,"As you wish, O Master." Holding my left palm out flat in front of me, I began to circle my right forefinger in the air above it.

Slowly at first and then faster my finger circled. As I made the motions, my master's bath water began to stir and was pulled upward and into my hand to dance along with my finger which was circling so fast that my movements were a blur.

The water began to take shape as it spun and to solidify. And, when my circling finger slowed and finally stopped, I held in my palm a chalice of bright gold with intricate designs and blue jewels set around it.

Handing my handiwork to my master, I bowed my head again.
"You have but to fill it with any liquid and drink and your wish will be fulfilled, O Master. Do you have further need of me?"

 

[Kepic]

Hal-aji

Suddenly sitting naked in an empty bath, I glanced nervously at the Genie. I then found myself staring at her, more than at the wondrous goblet she now held out to me, shaped from the water I had just been bathing in. By Allah, she was beautiful. My naked body was responding quickly to her close presence, my manhood raising up like a snake out of a wicker basket to the sound of pipes, but my mind knew that in an impassioned embrace she would surely snap me in twain. How could I, a mere mortal, hope to be anything near a Genie's equal in ardour?

I suddenly stopped, considering my thoughts... ah, of course!... I still had one wish left!

I lent back and closed my eyes, my mind collecting its thoughts, thinking of the wording for the wish, the last wish she had granted me, and with the fulfilling of which, she would be set free.

"O genie, for my third and final wish, I wish to have hearing keener than that of a lynx, sight sharper than that of a mountain eagle, the strength and stamina of a hundred bull elephants, yet still a touch that might be as gentle as the softest zephyr, and an appearance that might make any woman, to whom I might myself feel an attraction, and who hast not given her heart unto another, fair swoon with desire - even so that you, O genie, in your matchless beauty, might deign me to be a man handsome of aspect".

 

[Isolde]

Opal

My response to my master's wish was not as quick as it usually would be. I have been around mortals for many more years than I care to admit-I am a woman after all and age is a delicate issue among any of the female kind. However I have never come across one such as my master. In all his wishes, he thought not only of himself but others-myself included.

It amazed me that he would use one of his wishes to free me as no one had bothered to even notice that my existance was a prison. It is the price we genies bear for the powers we are allowed to wield.

Now it seemed that he desired to be worthy of me-a simple genie whos whole existance centered around serving whatever mortal had the luck of finding my stone. He could not see that, by his kindness and forethought he was more handsome to me than any of my other masters. But it was not my place to question his wish but to fulfil it.

My heart lept in spite of itself. After this wish, I would be free. I could hardly believe it-after so many years of servitude I would finally be able to make my own decisions and to exist outside of my prison! With light heart and even lighter steps, I lead the way out to my master's garden pool. I had need of water to aide my spells.

Kneeling before the pool, I waved my hand over the water and a mirror appeared. Another wave of my hand and the image of a lynx appeared and the cat ran across the mirror-boundless in its energy, its ears pricked up to gather any sound it might. Another wave and an eagle came into view soaring above the lynx, his eyes piercing the very soul of all who might see him. Again and mighty elephants were trumpeting in the background-their numbers too many to count. Once more and a gentle wind flowed through the picture-unseen except for the lift it gave to the eagle's wings and the stirring of the lynx's fur.

When all were in place I waved my hand in a circle over the mirror that my master's pond had now turned into. The images began to swirl together, mixing and blending until all that was left was a whirling pool of colors. Stepping up to my master, I gently touched his forehead and placed within his mind the image of a man that would turn any woman he would set his mind to a flutter with desire and then bid him enter the pool.

"Immerse yourself fully in the waters before you, O Master, and when you emerge your wish will have been fulfilled. Take care, however as you must be covered totally by the water in order for the spell to work."

I stepped back and waited with baited breath. My time of freedom was at hand and it made me happy that the last wishes I would fulfil for someone else would be for someone with such a kind heart as my master.

 

[Kepic]

Hal-aji

I placed the goblet down at the garden pool's edge, and stepped into the now rainbow-hued shimmering water.

Taking a lungful of air, I held my breath and then slipped beneath the surface. I felt my skin tingle as it lapped over me, a not wholly unpleasant sensation.

Stretching out my limbs, I opened my eyes, feeling the water in the pool almost caress my body, the current swirling about me in a myriad of colours.

When I finally had to come up for air, the surface of the water seemed to drape over me like cloak fashioned of rainbows, slick against my skin. The tingling grew intense, and then I felt the change.

When I looked down to the pool once more, it was all but still, the faintly rippling reflection returning to my eyes a strangers face...

My face, I realised. There were princes who would envy the looks I had now been blessed with.

I looked up to the Genie, seeing her as if for the first time. My eyes, now sharp as the eagles, still could not see an imperfection in her beauty.

"O Genie, you are free to leave" I said, with a low bow, sweeping my arms wide to my sides, "you are no longer the Genie of the Opal, but a spirit unfettered once more, as all spirits should be."

 

[Lightman]

ooc

I was just wondering wether its still ok for everyone that i play jara...

 

[Isolde]

Opal

As the last of the changes formed themselves over my master and he knelt to look at himself in the, now still, pool I felt a strange feeling decending over me.

It felt as if shackles that I had worn for so long suddenly fell from my body. I felt the pull of the jewel that was my prison snap in two and I knew the taste of freedom. It was sweeter than the nectar of the most succulant fruits-no sweetmeat could taste as good as this. I was overcome with the pure feeling of joy.

In my excitement, I began to dance and twirl around the garden-my joy overflowing into the movements of my body and adding energy to the dance. I streatched out my arms and, with a movement, drained some of the water from the garden pond and pulled it to myself. The water took form of veils that danced and swayed with me in my ecstasy.

I do not know how long I danced in the garden beneath the moonlight but finally I had exhausted my energy and released my 'veils' to go back to thier natural state and knelt on the ground, panting and my face flushed from my exertions.

It was then that I looked up at the man who had freed me and I smiled. He was indeed the most handsome man I had ever seen before and I found my heart beating faster as I stared. Yet it was more out of the fact that he had been so kind to me than that his appearance was so stunning that I found myself leaping to my feet and throwing myself in his arms. Putting my arms about his neck, I kissed him on his cheek and stood back.

"How can I ever thank you?," I asked, my eyes twinkling,"You have given me the one thing that no other has thought to give and I wish to offer you whatever you wish in return-this time of my own free will." A thrill went through me as I said that last-my own free will. I wondered how long it would take me to get used to it.

[Edited by Isolde on 01-06-2001 at 11:38 AM]

 

[Kepic]

OOC: Sure Lightman, Hal-aji will be bringing the Opal to her... after all, that's what she asked him to get, and he keeps his word.

IC:
"O Genie, since I first laid my eyes upon you, I felt a stirring in my breast... as you were bound once to that opal, I fear that now my heart is bound to you, though I would welcome such chains."

I knelt and picked up the goblet, dipping into into the cool water of the pool.

"I know not how long a life the fates may deign to grant me, but I would ask that you - if you would truly do so of your own free will - remain with me until such time as they choose to cut short my life's thread."

With those words, I took my fill from the golden chalice, and waited her response.

 

[Isolde]

Opal

My heart soared at his words. I thought he had given me the most precious gift already but I knew that this overshadowed even my freedom from the jewel.

"I can think of nothing that would make me happier than being able to dwell with you for just a day but you offer me more."

I approached this man and touch his face gently, a thrill running through me at the feel of his skin on mine. "I shall be with you until you have no more need of me. For I have found that by giving me my freedom, you have chained me with bindings that, while softer, are stronger than even the pull of the jewel."

"But you must understand one thing, Hal-aji," I said ugently, blushing a bit as I said his name,"I do not stay with you because of the change in your appearance. Though you eclipse the most handsome of men. It is your heart that shines through when I look at you and it is your heart that draws me now."


[Edited by Isolde on 01-06-2001 at 01:52 PM]

 

[Kepic]

I smiled as she called me by name, and not 'O Master'.

"Opal" I said, taking her hands and stepping close to her, "I hope that I can only prove myself worthy of you."

I clasped her to me, and kissed her fully on the lips.

"This day, the fates have granted me much joy, and even if my life was to end tommorrow, I doubt they could bring me much more."

I leaned back, and looked into her wondrous eyes. "Do Genie's sleep?" I asked, "I admit, with my new-found stamina, I am not truly tired at the present, but I would prefer to have my mind well rested for the 'morrow, when I must deliver your once-prison to she who hired my humble services."

 

[Isolde]

Opal

I stared up at Hal-aji still glowing from his kiss. So this is what makes the lives of mortals worthwhile. I would have many pleasant moments exploring these new feelings and experiences.

"It is more like a suspension of consciousness so that the passing years may not strip our sanity from us while we are in confinement," I explained.

"I will follow your example though as I have much to learn about this new life that I have chosen. Lead and I shall follow-if we are to sleep than show the way."

I laughed as I added,"It shall be interesting to rest the way mortals do and not bound in my crystal."

 

[Kepic]

Quietly, I led Opal to my bed chamber - I had no wish to disturb my housekeeper at this late hour. Anyway, I felt my new appearance would shock her.

At least, since I had already explained about the Genie and the Opal and recent events to her, it shouldn't be too difficult to explain these further changes.

Plus, I was still naked and accompanied by a woman she had not yet met. I was all too aware of how naked I was. After all, I was taking a beautiful creature to my private room... and I cannot deny the fact that certain thoughts were crossing my mind.

"There is where I prefer to sleep, when I have the choice to, O fruit of my heart" I said, waving a hand towards the large pillow-strewn bed, "but with you near my side, I think sleep will not come easy tonight..."

 

[Isolde]

Opal

I looked around in facination. Everything was so new to me. You do not learn much of the world when your release is dependant upon how long it takes for your current master to decide what to wish for-after which your jewel recalls you to it until the next master summons you.

I knew, of course, about mortal intamacy but had never experienced it before. There were a few masters who had wished for me to desire them and come to their beds but, fortunately, the restriction placed upon me dealing with love and emotions prevented that.

"It is wonderful," I said as I smiled up at him,"And if you cannot sleep, you can spend the time teaching me the things that I must learn to live in your world. I have much to learn and hope you are a patient teacher."

Sitting upon his plush bed, I grabbed his hand and pulled him upon it also. Running my hand through his luxurious hair I looked into his eyes and said,"Where shall we begin?"

 

[Kepic]

She pulled me down to sit beside her. "Where shall we begin?" she asked, looking into my eyes.

"I shall try to teach you well, that which I know" I said, as she ran her hand through my hair, "but, I confess, I am not experienced in the ways of love..."

I brushed the back of a hand across one of her cheeks, and smiled, leaning over and kissing the nape of her neck. I murmured softly "If it pleases you to do so, we can learn some things together..."

Having spent my life thus far as a thief - and an accomplished one, though I let my work speak for itself, and would never boast such - I had never really learned about women, romance and courtship. The only one I had ever known for long was my housekeeper, and although we were friends, love was something we had not shared, though I felt something of a connection between us beyond that of house-owner and servant. But not like what I was feeling now, for Opal...

"I once spoke to you - rashly, as I recall, though with truthful meaning - about the stars above dimming in awe of your naked beauty" I said, "now, with the walls and ceiling of my home about us, I believe those bright eyes of the night sky are well shielded."

 

[Isolde]

Opal

I felt my body shiver at his touch and kisses. I knew I had found something that was even more potent than my magic and I wanted more. I marveled that I could have missed out on this wonderful human emotion for all those decades that I had existed. But then I had never ment anyone like my master.

Yes, master. For even though he had freed me he still mastered my heart and, for some reason, I did not mind-reveled in the thought even.

Smiling up at him I said,"Than yours will be the only eyes that will see if your statement is true, O Master of My Heart."

With a wave of my hand the clothes, which were composed with magic anyway, melted and I lay there in my nakedness before him. "Do I dissapoint, My Love?," I asked softly as his gaze swept my form.

 

[Kepic]

"No" I mouthed, as I suddenly found my voice absent, as I stared down at her fully displayed glory, as she lazed back on my bed. My eyes roamed across the proud swell of her breasts, jutting upwards like the golden-domed caps of a Sultan's palace turrets, tipped with nipples whose nubs were as large as the tips of my thumbs, and down across her slender stomach, where her navel glittered with its pearl and opal adornment, and then across her sleekly muscled thighs, between which her womanhood laid bare and exposed resplendid to my scrutiny. My gaze meandered downwards, following the course of her legs, which were long and graceful, down finally to her dainty toes. Then, I returned my eyes to her face, where no man could surely wish a better fate than to drown in those eyes of ocean blue.

Finally finding my voice again, I said softtly "never in my past lifetime, or if I live for thousands of centuries hence - should the fates be so kind - do I think I shall set my eyes upon any beauty fairer, or even half as fair, as your own, O my beloved, O light of my eyes."

I leaned over her, brushing my lips to hers, my hands now moving to gently caress her bountiful orbs, my fingers trembling slightly before they came into contact with her soft unblemished golden-hued skin. As my movement of my hands became braver, I pressed my lips more firmly against hers, my heart quickening its pace.