Ah, superstitions. If you are a very superstitious person, I would beware of this day. And with it being Friday the 13th in June, that might be even for cause for alarm. You might find 13 smashed mirrors in your yard or 13 black cats.

Well, it’s a good thing that I’m not superstitious. All I see friggatriskaidekaphobia as is just a fun word to say. Who’s afraid of Friday the 13th? I’m not.

I am so over this day!  for the whole shift, I had to run counter, and manage make line at the same time.  I thought that I would get relief but there was no taking over counter.  Just more of the same.

I counted the minutes and now the weekend is finally here!  I think I will get the lamp and see how my Jeannie Muses are doing…wait!  Where is the lamp?

 

Midnight Muse:  Looking for this?

Dark Muse:  We found a pretty lamp!  Tee hee!

Hey!  Give that lamp back!

Midnight Muse:  Why do you need an old oil lamp?  Could it be its worth?  Well, there’s a little dust on it.  Time to rub it off…

*lamp flashes and begins to shake violently, before a plume of smoke emerges out, revealing a Jeannie*

Jeannie Muse:  Master, what do you need?  I haven’t even showered yet!  Wait a second!  You’re not the Master!

*lamp shakes again, resulting in a plume of smoke emerging out, revealing another Jeannie*

Twin Jeannie:  Twinnie, aren’t we going to get ready?  Wait!  Who are you? (Whispers to Jeannie Muse) Isn’t she Midnight Muse?

Midnight Muse:  I’m your new master.  I rubbed the lamp, didn’t I?

Don’t listen to her!

Jeannie Muse:  I’m afraid I have to now.  She’s my new master.  What is your wish, master?

Don’t do this.   I have unlimited wishes!

Midnight Muse:  Thanks for the tip!  Now I have unlimited wishes!  Hey Jeannie.  I enjoyed having a cozy rule before so how about this as my first wish?  Jeannie, my first wish is to be ruler of this whole world, so that I have another cozy paradise.

No!  Don’t grant it!

Jeannie Muse:  I have to, Kyle.  I serve my master now!   Your wish is my command!

*world flashes and transforms into a cozy utopia with a fashionable dress appearing on Midnight Muse*

Midnight Muse:  Nice.  A dress fit for a cozy ruler.  Now Kyle, you are under my cozy rule now.  Bow before me!

I will never bow to you!

Midnight Muse:  Fine!  If you won’t bow before a cozy ruler, then you will cower before a sorceress!  Jeannie, my second wish that you make me a powerful sorceress!

No!

Jeannie Muse:  I’m afraid I have to.

Twin Jeannie:  How about me?  I kind of have to serve you too, master since you rubbed the lamp.

Midnight Muse:  Fine!  I don’t care which of you grant my wish!  Just get it granted!

Twin Jeannie:  Your wish is my command.  Sorry Kyle.

*A powerful blast of energy flows out of Twin Jeannie’s fingers and flows into Midnight Muse*

Midnight Muse:  Yes!  YES!  I can feel it!  The power surging through me!  It’s so cozy!  Now Kyle, I am now a powerful sorceress that rules the very cozy kingdom that you see before you.  Be a nice subject and I’ll make sure that your room is extra cozy.  All the food and entertainment that you want.  You just can never leave it.  Kay?

Nope.  Been there, done that.  Besides, I have the One Privilege so how about I put an end to this already?

Midnight Muse:  Not this time!  Because Jeannie, I wish for three more wishes.  My next wish is that Kyle has no One Privilege or advantage of any kind.

No!

Jeannie Muse:  My turn!  Sorry Kyle.  Midnight Muse and Dark Muse are our masters now! (Now do I want to grant these wishes?  I really have no choice.  I’m a slave to the lamp!)

*a flash comes out of me and flows into Midnight Muse*

Midnight Muse:  There we go.  More cozy power coming from your One Privilege that I have now.  You are completely powerless.

As will you pretty soon.  You’re just a weak sorceress.  Just who gave you that power?  Those Jeannies.

Midnight Muse:  Thanks Kyle.  Now I know what my next wish is going to be.  A weak and puny sorceress?  Not anymore.  Jeannie, my next wish is that my sister and I are All Powerful Jeannies!

Stop this!

Jeannie Muse:  We can’t!  Midnight Muse is our master and there’s nothing that we can do!  Now, this is a big wish so would you like to help me, sis?

Twin Jeannie:  Sure.  Why not?  On three.  One…Two…Three!

*both Jeannies blast powerful energy at both Midnight Muse and Dark Muse*

Midnight Jeannie:  Yes!   Yessss!  YES!!!!  I rule everything!  Game over!

Dark Jeannie:  I’m big and floaty now!  Tee hee!

Um, Midnight Muse, or should I say Jeannie?  You’re forgetting one thing.  Your lamp.

*a fashionable oil lamp appears next to Midnight Jeannie and Dark Jeannie*

Midnight Jeannie:  And Kyle?  You’re forgetting one thing too.  I saw Disney’s Aladdin.  I know what happens next.  So, my lamp is off limits!

*Midnight Jeannie encases lamp in a powerful unbreakable forcefield*

Midnight Jeannie:  And just so that you’re not tempted, I’m placing this lamp someplace far away.  I’m thinking several galaxies away.  Even if you were to find it, you can never break the force field.  Now that I’ve won, it’s time to recreate this cozy universe.  Come sis!

Dark Jeannie:  So cozy, tee hee!

Midnight Muse:  (Sis, did you have to?  Great.  I’m a powerful Jeannie and I still have to play babysitter.  But I’m all powerful now so there.  She’s already changed.)

*both Jeannies vanish in a cloud of smoke with the lamp, along with Jeannie Muse and Twin Jeannie*

Great.  This is a true stalemate.  There’s no way that I can win this time. I thought I was going to have a good weekend but now everything is gone now that Midnight Muse ruined everything.  First the world and now the universe.

Today’s high is going to be 68 degrees and the silver lining is the weekend finally being here.

To those of you who like the weekend being here at last, I hope that you all have a fantastic day.

 

Jeannie Muse: Just perfect, sis.  Isn’t being enslaved to a lamp nice?

Twin Jeannie: Tell me about it, twinnie!  I didn’t want to grant any of their wishes.  But she’s our master now and we have no choice.

Jeannie Muse:  But she’s breaking the rules.  She hasn’t entered her lamp yet.  Once Kyle grabs their lamp, both of them will be sucked inside, ending this nightmare.

 

Meanwhile…

Midnight Jeannie:  Are you ready to grow, sis?  One…

Dark Jeannie: Three!  Tee hee!

*Dark Jeannie begins to outgrow Midnight Jeannie, who is trying to catch up with her*

Midnight Jeannie:  Hey!  No fair!  You skipped two!  Sis?

*Dark Jeannie continues outgrowing Midnight Jeannie faster and faster, approaching the size of the universe*

Dark Jeannie:  So tight…Tee hee!  Can’t…fit!

Midnight Jeannie:  Sis?  This is my universe!  You wouldn’t know what to do with it!

*Dark Jeannie strains hard until the entire universe explodes*

Tee hee hee hee hee…