Astra Talks to Zerm Again

"Hello, Astra. I like your new astounding ass, though it's a pity about your boobs."

"I beg to differ, on both counts. Everybody else is sleeping late after last night's drunken orgy, so I thought that this would be a good chance to talk to you again."

"Do you have a proposition in mind, or did you just fancy a chat? You remember that I told you that I was unwilling to do anything counter to the genie?" [86590]

"I remember that, yes. First let me fill you in on recent developments."

When she had done so, Astra said: "Even if Fogeno uses his last wish to make the hotties skilled sailors - and I wouldn't be too surprised if he changed his mind - we will still face a long and dangerous voyage back to civilisation. Also I'm not sure that I can trust him not to try to sell me into slavery once we get back. After all, how much is the promise of a pirate worth? The forces of karma that you talked about last time might not have my best interests at heart, so I don't want to leave it to them. I think that I might be better off striking a deal with you to get Alex and me off the island. One that doesn't involve us sharing my great-aunt Helena's fate, of course."

"I might be willing, if first you could manage to find out from Billingsly where he's stashed my goblet. I'm sure that, with your womanly wiles, you could find a way. But the genie..."

"I've thought of that:

1. "Once Fogeno has used his third wish, then won't the genie be powerless until he can find a new master? And there aren't any more men - I use the word loosely in Fogeno's case - here."
2. "Once Fogeno has used his third wish, can't you use your magic to transport the genie - in his bottle - to you? Then you'll be the genie's new master and needn't fear him."
3. "I took the genie's bottle from Fogeno's hand. He was in too much of a drunken stupor to wake up. If I let the genie out of the bottle, perhaps the two of you could have a talk and come to an arrangement that would benefit all three of us."

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