Conqueror's Companion

The light given off by Samira’s eyes spread through the entire room. When it faded, the room was exactly as it was before. “What’s different?” I asked her. She had a big, smug smile on her face. At that same moment, my phone buzzed.

“You should open that,” she said. I guess this was how my wish was being answered.

I decided to play along, and opened my phone. On it there was a new app. Its name was “Conqueror’s Companion” and the touch icon clearly depicted an eye with a heart pupil. Opening it, I was greeted to a surprisingly sleek App with a grid view of darkened character portraits, the only one filled in was the first in the grid, showing Samira. I reflexively tapped on it, and Samira’s… Character Sheet appeared. "Why is it like some RPG?"

She giggled, "Because you're a fucking nerd. Now read up and go to bed." I did as the lady asked.

Samira, The Immaculate One

STATUS: Captured.

DESCRIPTION: ‘A Djinn whose power, wisdom, and beauty supreme form the foundation of the Conqueror’s rule. Though he is untested, she is confident in him and knows he will be every bit the King she desires, maybe even more than she ever bargained for. She sealed herself away to avoid being hunted for her power. It didn’t really work, but she found the concept hot enough to try regardless. She is concerned about the mystical world finding her and the Conqueror before he has amassed enough power to defend himself from them.’

CURRENT POWERS:

• Alf Layla Wa Layla (RANK 1): A power afforded to an extremely powerful weaver of reality. Samira can grant the wishes of the Conqueror, but in its present state the wishes will be limited in both quantity and scope. She’d like him to wish her body back when she’s accrued enough power. Her ability to grant wishes can even extend beyond her ken. Cooldown requires the Conqueror to complete a REM cycle of sleep. (ON COOLDOWN). If the Conqueror goes to sleep without using his wish, Samira may use it with her discretion. Note: Samira is not allowed to make any wish that would intentionally jeopardize the Conqueror or her contract with him. Note: Samira is not allowed to make any wish that would intentionally jeopardize the Conqueror or her contract with him.
• Immortality (TRUE): Samira cannot die. She will survive the heat **** of the universe in some capacity. She has even found a method of surviving without her body. It would take a more powerful reality-weaver to genuinely threaten her life.
• Invisibility: Samira cannot be detected by anything or anyone except the Conqueror or a higher power than her own. Ranked down while granting wishes, mitigated by the effect of the wish as well as the rank of Alf Layla Wa Layla. Some effects can be toggled.

ACTIVE QUESTS:

• Queenie (Grand Quest): Continuous. Assist the growth of the Conqueror’s harem and conquest, primarily through, but not limited to granting wishes. Reward (Gradual): Ranking up of Alf Layla Wa Layla.
• A Sub Too Far (Hidden Quest) : Viewable only by the Conqueror. The Conqueror may choose to fail this quest. It will not penalize him, but no extrinsic reward will be dealt. Hint: Sometimes people don’t understand where their fetishes may take them.

FETISHES:

• Submission: From the first time the previously omnipotent Samira was **** to do anything against her will, she realized she was a submissive. It has been her personal goal to find or groom her perfect man to be her husband ever since.
• Concubine Creation: Samira fantasizes about using her powers to recruit and improve the Conqueror’s concubines. The idea of her powers turning people from the person they are to the person they need to become in order to serve the Conqueror gives her a ‘delicious’ pleasure.
• End of the Road (SEALED): Viewable only by the Conqueror. Samira technically already has (and has always had) this fetish, but doesn’t know it yet. It will be unsealed as one of the rewards of A Sub Too Far.

That’s… not ominous at all. She doesn’t even know about A Sub Too Far and End of the Road? Between her power going beyond her knowledge and those quests names, it's possible that Samira has precarious future ahead of her. For now, however, I decided to keep it to myself, “So your wishes do things you don’t expect?”

“Of course,” she replied, pulling out her own ‘phone’ to view her version of the app, “I’m not omniscient, after all. I can’t know what will happen in the future or out of my line of sight.”

I nodded in reply, and then yawned. It was 2:30 now. And as horny as I was due to having what was basically a super sexy elf ghost next to me, I was beat. I rolled over, plugged my phone into the wall, and went to sleep.

“Good night, husband. Tomorrow our work begins.”

My phone alarm woke me at 6:00 sharp. Loss of sleep is part of adult life, after all. Sure, it sucks, but whatever. Just means I’ll sleep like the dead late-

“Good morning,” came a woman’s voice. I nearly jumped, looking over to see Samira behind me. Right, I completely forgot about her. In fairness I’ve known her for less than an hour of my conscious life, “You don’t look well, husband.”

I sat up and rubbed my eyes, “Not enough sleep, is all. And a long day of dealing with high school seniors ahead of me.”

“You teach Seniors?” she asked, “As in, adult students?”

I scoffed in response, “Technically,” I stood up and went to turn on the shower. It was a bit rinky, but functional, “I’d more accurately describe them as poor victims of being the first generation to have 24/7 access to the internet. Their brains are swimming in excess dopamine, they can’t sit still.”

I entered the shower, figuring Samira would probably be “joining” me. She did, floating behind me while I washed myself. Surprisingly, nothing lewd was going on, almost like we were married. It was still hot, though, “Not that I can talk, I was part of the front end of that generation. Even I have issues keeping myself away from my laptop.”

I yawned into the warm stream from the shower. It would be a long day, “Do you want me to help you with that?” Samira asked me. “A quick wish could solve your sleep problem for you.”

“What?” I asked, “But you granted me a wish less than four hours ago, how could you have your next one available?”

She pulled out her phone and opened the app for me, showing the description of Alf Layla Wa Layla again, “My daily wish powers refresh whenever you sleep.” It was true. It said a REM cycle is all that is needed. That must mean what she means by ‘a wish every day.’ “I could grant you a wish that would give you an improved constitution if you’d like,” she said ominously.

“I’m not interested in turning into some hyper-perfect superhuman, Samira,” I replied dismissively.

“A sensible decision, for now, but that’s not what I had in mind either. I could simply make you ‘hyper-efficient’.” she clarified, floating in front of me now. She was somewhat phased into the shower wall and flapping her elf ears slowly, “Your metabolism would improve, and you would have the stamina to be able to operate with less sleep. It might solve that focus problem you mentioned, as well.”

It was a tempting offer. Essentially she’s saying to use my wish for the day to just become a better-designed human. But I sensed an issue, “Would that result in fewer wishes? I’d get tired less often, right?”

She shrugged and then floated upside down, causing her hair to dangle all the way to the floor, “I wouldn’t make such a rookie mistake. I would make it so that you would require less sleep to become completely rested. Four hours of sleep would be the equivalent of ten before. Your REM would function at the same rate, you’d just need less REM to function as a complete human.”

It was a fairly harmless wish. “Let’s do that, then.”

She shook her head, “You must make it formal, husband. A wish like that is complex, it must require specific wording in order to cover the subject without becoming a run-on sentence, nulling the sub-contract.”

Sounds rough, “Okay, then. How about, I wish for Samira’s idea of a hyper-efficient human constitution.” And her eyes flashed purple again. When the light faded, the purple in her sclera was replaced by a normal white. I guess purple sclera means her daily wish is available?

I guess it was over, “Did it work?” I asked her.

“Don’t ask me; How do you feel?” she asked back at me, circling me for any unforeseen side effects.

“It’s hard to tell if it’s placebo or not, but I do feel like I slept better,” I replied. I quickly wrapped up my shower. I decided I didn’t like to linger long after I finished washing myself off.

I got dressed and brushed my teeth just as quickly, but that was nothing new for me. I was going to be early for work at this rate. I probably should’ve let myself sleep longer than I’m used to; considering that I live in the city and can walk and take the train to work instead of having to drive from my mom’s place in the suburbs.

So I left my new apartment into the hustle and bustle of the city, looking for the nearest station in order to get where I need to go. Samira followed behind me, floating along and appreciating the sights after so long, “I’m excited to see your school, husband...