For All Time, a parable of the Aunt Family for the Random Bingo Card

[aldersprig]

To meridian_rose's prompt to my other bingo call.


Content warning: paradox?


They told the tale, sometimes, when they were all in their cups.

How an ancestor had come across a genie's bottle, wished for power, and gotten the Sight, the Skill, and the Spark - power more than she could use.

How she'd wished this power on her family line for eternity, so that all her daughter's daughters could see, touch and, most importantly, share what she couldn't handle.

How, overwhelmed one night by the noise and clamor of four generations of witches, the distraction of so much family, she'd wished she'd never married nor borne children.

"And here we are."

Comments

[meridian_rose]

That is an intriguing paradox! :D

[aldersprig]

I thought so :-D And now I wonder how much of it is true.. .:-)

the 3rd ess

[thnidu]

I more or less understand the Sight and the Skill (I think):
• foresight, insight, sight of the invisible
• power to work "magic"
But what is the Spark?

Editry: I'd advise
→ she'd never married nor borne children

Re: the 3rd ess

[aldersprig]

Thaaat is a mystery of the family. Generally they seem to use it to describe "the innate power of magic."

Re: the 3rd ess

[thnidu]

Okay, thanks.

[jjhunter]

oh

This gives me the shivers, and I can't entirely articulate why. There's just this — resonance — in the paradox, the sense of scenarios where solutions / coping methods themselves become problems, the dangerous power of wish with will.

Thank you for drawing my attention to this. Wow.

[aldersprig]

*blush glow* Thank you so much for this!