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2022

  Daprima               Io                     Mez               Quinn

In Io, Jesse & Mez’s room
















DAPRIMA:

… In order to do this, I’ll need the lamp back. 


IO:
Yes miss Daprima.
















MEZ:

You’re making the wish now?


DAPRIMA:
That’s right.


MEZ:
I’m gonna wait in the hall.

 




















MEZ:
… No offense but I don’t want to get hit with any magic.
Good luck.
















IO:

Mez doesn’t like magic.


DAPRIMA:

Not even a little bit. 





















DAPRIMA:
… I don’t want you to worry about this. I’ve seen the  
outcome in a premonition. It all turns out fine. 





















DAPRIMA:
… Are you ready?


IO:
Yes miss Daprima.


DAPRIMA:
Then here we go …
















DAPRIMA:

I wish for my genie Io, from this moment forward, to be as he was
before any magical spells made by the Telematte were cast upon
him, to live the life of the human he was meant to be while
forever more being the master of this lamp. 


In the hall …














QUINN:

Mez, what are ya up to?


MEZ:
Daprima’s about to wish Io free.

QUINN:

Is she now? Whatcha  doin’ out here then?


MEZ:
I prefer to stay far away from mag ..































































QUINN:

Bloody hell - what was that!


MEZ:

Magic. Are you OK?


QUINN:
Aye.





















MEZ:
… Daprima! I’m coming in …
















MEZ:
What happened? Are you all right?


DAPRIMA:
I think so. There was a big burst of light …


MEZ:
I know.


DAPRIMA:
And now I’m seeing spots before my eyes.
















MEZ:
Io?


IO:
No spots here.


QUINN:
Well look at you!

IO:
Hello Quinn.
















QUINN:
What’s that you’re wearing?


MEZ:
Hey, your tattoo’s gone, and those bracelets …





















IO:
Oh, they are …
















QUINN:
But are ya still a genie?


DAPRIMA:

Let’s find out.





















DAPRIMA:
…  Io I wish to be holding a pencil in my left hand.
















IO:
The gen … Io …


DAPRIMA:
The word you’re looking for is ‘I’.  You’re free to say it now.
You’re no longer an object of the lamp.  So tell me
- where’s my pencil?

IO:
… I… I do not feel the urge to obey your command, miss Daprima. 


DAPRIMA:
That’s just what I wanted to hear. You can stand up hon,
and call me Daprima, just Daprima, from now on. 
















IO:
Yes miss …. Yes Daprima.


QUINN:
What’s with the toga, were ya a Roman or somethin’?


IO:
Roman? I don’t think so ….
















DAPRIMA:
Your memory  may come to back to you in time.
Mez will find you something else for him to wear, if you’d like.


MEZ:
Sure. Are you feeling OK?
















IO:
Yes, I feel like a regular bloke.


QUINN:
That ya are mate, that ya are.

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