THE F.G. RULES
It would've been nice if there was some big dusty book that'd been passed down through the generations with everything laid out, complete with illustrations, but if it ever existed, it's history now, so I've had to learn as I go.
Here are the ones I've figured out so far:
I'm sure there are more, and I'll learn them the same way I learned the ones above -- by trial and disaster...
- You can only use your magic skills to help a person get their wish.
- You can't ask the person to wish for something you want. (So much for trying to get around Rule #1)
- You can only help one person at a time.
- The
way you find out who you're supposed to help is by "feeling" their wish
-- which is a little (a lot) like feeling a desperate urge to throw
up. This is so you can't ignore it -- you have to help them.
- You aren't born with the magic powers, only the potential for them, which means you have to learn them one by one, and then practice. Over and over and over. It's just like school! (Or worse -- gym class.)
I'm sure there are more, and I'll learn them the same way I learned the ones above -- by trial and disaster...
illustration by Judy Y