A Brief Bit Of Insanity
Miko / M A Davis
sort of original, sort of AMG, sort of other stuff
A strange anime romp, in seven parts. Each act of this story
will be short... but this is probably the only one that's a single
scene. Gomen nasai!
Act II: Make Your Wish
"Dude," Kit said, "she, like, came right out of your car
mirror!"
Jordan nodded, dazed. "I noticed," he said hoarsely.
"Dude! It's a goddess! Like the babe in that anime show
you like!"
"You mean Belldandy?" Shawn asked eagerly.
"Yeah, that's the one! Dude, this is so awesome!"
"I wish I were as rich as Bill Gates!" Shawn blurted out.
"No, wait... I wish I was even richer than Bill Gates! Tons
richer! I wish I were ten times as rich as him!"
The green-haired girl looked Shawn up and down, clearly
fascinated by his massive, blubbery bulk. "I'm sorry," she said,
"but it doesn't work that way. I can only grant a wish for the
one who placed the call."
"Wow," Kit said, "could you give me a, you know, an
android cat girl like that Nuku Nuku chick? That would be
sooooo cool!"
"That's a dumb wish, Kit," Shawn said. "You're only
going to waste it."
"Dude, no it isn't. Not even Bill-fucking-Gates can make
a radical android girl like that." Then his eyes lit up. "Wait! If
you can't do Nuku Nuku, then give me Anna and Uma Puma!
No, wait! All three of them!"
"I can't do any of that," the girl said.
"That's not even a wish, you know," Marika said.
"Though, if it comes to that, I'd wish for Tamahome-sama,
myself...."
"Oh, yeah, right," Kit said. "Okay, then, I wish you would
give me an android cat girl like...."
"You aren't listening, are you?" the girl said. "Look, it's
very simple. I can only grant a wish for the one who called me,
and that isn't either of you three."
The two boys and the girl looked at each other, then back
at Jordan. For his part, Jordan continued to stare at the short
green-haired girl in shock
He looked at the Tercell's side mirror.
He looked back at the girl.
"Did you just come out of that mirror?" he asked.
"Dude," kit said, "get with the program."
The girl frowned. "Yes, of course I did. I'm a goddess.
We do things like that."
"What kind of a trick is this?" Jordan asked warily.
"It's no trick. I'm a goddess."
"Look, girls just don't come out of mirrors like that," he
said. "It's not physically possible."
"I'm not just any girl," Clotho said. "I'm a goddess."
"He's not getting it," Kit said.
"He's a little slow on the uptake, Mariko added.
Shawn lit up another cigarette. "My god," he said, "he can
wish for anything in the world, and he's going to blow it. What
an idiot."
The other two nodded their heads in agreement.
"I'm here to grant you a wish," the girl said again. "One
wish only. You were chosen to receive this wish because you
are deserving of it."
Jordan blinked.
"Just tell me your heart's desire," she said. "I don't have
all day, you know. In fact, we�re really short staffed and I�ve
got a huge backlog, so if you don�t mind�." She tapped her
foot impatiently.
"Okay," Jordan said, "this is the point where I ask for a
goddess, like Keichi Morasato... to live with me forever,
right?"
The already darkening skies grew black. The girl floated
into the air and, holding her arms out, turned her face to the
sky. A brilliant beam of blue light flashed from the mark on
her forehead and shot up into the heavens. For a moment, the
world seemed to spin, as if that beam of light were a spoke and
the rest of reality a wheel.
Then the beam faded, the sky grew less dark, and the girl
settled back to earth.
"Your wish has been granted," she said.
Jordan blinked in confusion. "Wish?" he said. "What
wish?"
"Why, the one that you just made, of course."
"You wished for a goddess to live with you forever," Kit
said helpfully. "Just like Keichi Morasato in Ah! My Goddess.
Dude, that's not too bad! I thought you were going to blow it!"
"I did?" Jordan replied. "I didn't mean to do that." He
glanced back at the girl in the strange outfit, then gave a
hesitant smile. "Um... sorry about this... I guess this means you
have to stay with me now? I hope you don't mind."
"No, silly!" the goddess replied. "You didn't wish for me
to stay with you!"
The girl glanced at her wrist. �Oh my stars, I�ve got to
run! I�m so far behind schedule� well, that�s not your
problem of course. See you later!�
Jordan stared at her blankly. She faded to a milky mist
that was quickly sucked into the side mirror.
"Then what did I wish for?" Jordan asked.
Just then, thick black smoke billowed forth from the
exhaust pipe of the Tercell. This was strange, because the
engine clearly wasn't running.
"Dude, I'm telling you," Kit said, "something is seriously
wrong with your car."
Moments later the smoke coalesced into another young
girl. Her shiny black hair was tied back into a ponytail which
cascaded down her back to her waist, with a single separate
braid flopped over her right shoulder. She wore a skirt of
alternating black and white bands, with circular designs and
trim in gold. Her top had an asymmetrical design, and was
white on the left side and blue-gray on the right and the collar,
and with a decorative white bow at the neck. She also sported
one white glove, on her right hand.
She blinked, then smiled nervously. "Greetings," she said.
"I am the goddess Keichi Morasato, at your service." She
glanced down at herself, made a face, and added, "Although I
wish I wasn't...."
to be continued