There was a faint puff of smoke from the bottle, and a small genie appeared.

[microsff@mastodon.art]

There was a faint puff of smoke from the bottle, and a small genie appeared.

"You have freed me," it said, "so I'm obliged to grant you a wish."

It hesitated. "But I am not very powerful."

I nodded. "Of all things I need, give me the greatest you can."

Suddenly, I held a large mug of hot cocoa.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

[supermouse@mendeddrum.org]

@MicroSFF I love this. I feel like I just had a nice hot cup of cocoa. Poor little genie! It's trying its best!

[becomingwisest@hachyderm.io]

@MicroSFF I would love finding this genie during the weekend, we’ve got cool rain due, instead of hot dry.

[splott@retro.pizza]

@MicroSFF Oh, thank you, genie. You are more powerful than you know. Now please place a similar quantity of hot chocolate in the lungs of my least favorite enemy.

[iain_bright@mastodon.green]

@MicroSFF
Can't beat a hot cocoa/chocolate.
My kids would have been a disappointed though.... it has to have marshmallows on top

[duncan_blues@norden.social]

@MicroSFF Mission accomplished.

[lxskllr@mastodon.world]

@MicroSFF

Neat concept. The genie of sufficiency. Not earth changing, but still pretty cool, and you might avoid monkey paw type shenanigans.

[houba@spore.social]

@MicroSFF

What would a genie do if you don't make a wish? Would they just hang around?

It's not like they have much to do. Do they just lay dormant in the lamp till someone rubs it?

Maybe they have whole other life in the lamp and randomly get pulled out while boiling pasta, that could be a problem.

[enby_vagabond@mastodon.social]

@MicroSFF
It's these Small puzzle pieces of art that form my wall of hope in such dire times

[cadbury_moose@wandering.shop]

@MicroSFF

<moose adds cocoa powder to the shopping list>

That's another thing SM has caused me to buy this week: first Lime Marmalade, now Drinking Chocolate. (At least they're relatively inexpensive, unlike the book purchases.)

3:O)>

[derpumu@mstdn.games]

@houba @MicroSFF thanks, that one made me chuckle, I'll share it

[ninetiger@writing.exchange]

@MicroSFF

[dasgrueneblatt@wien.rocks]

@MicroSFF

[aaribaud@mastodon.art]

@houba @MicroSFF I *think* this is (a small) part of the premise in Tom Holt's Djinn Rummy.

[eedly@mindly.social]

@MicroSFF "Poof! You're a chocolate milkshake!"

[darkoneko@shelter.moe]

@MicroSFF yesssss

[tijgertje1987@mastodon.online]

@splott @MicroSFF
Genies can’t kill remember ?
Now teleporting your enemy to a small island in a ocean might work

[drewtowler@mas.to]

@MicroSFF Hey small genie, would you stretch to some marmite on toast?

[circuitsunfish@plesiosaur.net]

@MicroSFF this was so cute!

I would be so tempted to ask the little genie how best to make my house inviting to other little spirits so that any passing by could stop and have a rest.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@MicroSFF Sounds lovely.