I’ve not said anything about universes that contain a great deal of people
with spirit abilities. Mine is like that, but throughout the bulkverse,
we’re pretty rare. In any given brane, you might find one or two spirits in
all of history. In Genieverse, there are many, though not quite as many as
there are here in Voldisilaverse. The Voldisil are complicated in that we
never all get together to make decisions. Each one of us tries to do
whatever they believe is right, and sometimes that doesn’t work out so well,
but we never decided to form some kind of governmental system. The spirits
in Genieverse did. They were all born with the ability to find and recognize
each other, and in the hopes of creating a better world, chose to found an
organization that would utilize their abilities effectively. All spirits
here were the same thing, though to varying degrees of success. They called
themselves Genies, as you could have guessed, and I’m sure you’ve heard of
them, but you probably know them to be slaves, or evil creatures of some
kind. The real Genies can’t manipulate reality, or alter the laws of
physics, but they can answer people’s prayers. And answering prayers is what
they chose to do. They could have charged for their services, using regular
currency, or maybe favors, but they wanted it to be fair. They opened their
doors to all, and their only rule was that no wish could contradict someone
else’s wish, or interfere with someone’s general happiness. Lots of people
wanted the person they loved to love them back, but that would violate that
other person’s agency, so it was off limits. It’s unclear whether they would
be capable of such a thing anyway. They thought this simple restriction was
all they would need, but there were problems, of course. It led them to
prioritizing certain people over others—usually on a first come, first serve
basis—resulting in an unfair system. It also resulted in chaos.
The Genies were powerful, intelligent, and knowledgeable. If two people
wanted the same promotion at work, the person who asked for it first would
usually be the one to get it, unless the Genies were aware that the second
person was better suited. Well, this came with questions, like what were
their parameters for job fitness, and what right did they have to circumvent
the hiring manager’s decision? They were trying to become gods, while
pretending they weren’t trying to be gods, while just making everything
worse for everyone. They didn’t have any rules about how many wishes any one
person was allotted. They didn’t think too far down the line at possible
consequences for their choices. As long as a wish did not pose an immediate
threat, and it was within their power, they made it happen. Society fell
apart as people became obsessed with making their lives better without
actually putting any effort into that goal. They believed as long as they
didn’t ask for too much at one time, they would not be denied, and all of
their dreams would eventually come true. It became impossible for the Genies
to understand the ramifications of their actions. Soon, contradictions were
popping up all over the place, and the solutions never really helped,
because they always felt unfair as well. In two years, pretty much everyone
in the world was unhappy, and there seemed to be no way out. The only reason
it took that long was because not everyone believed the Genies were real
right away. Unfortunately, it didn’t matter what they did at this point. No
one was really wishing for the environment to be healthier throughout all of
this, so the Ochivari came through, and wiped them all out, but it was their
last successful mission.
