No, calm down, Lila, there's no good reason to think it's magical enemies.  Why would they come attack now?  And why would they unlock the door rather than bursting through the walls?

A moment later, she calls, "Er, hey, Dad?"

"...huh.  Well, anyway, interrupting dad aside, why don't you think the GM would take that interpretation?"

It's only a moment before Lila answers.

"Well, the whole thing about offering a contract makes me think that if he'd do that, he would've done it already..."

She trails off as her dad comes in.

Lila's dad looks a bit surprised to see the two girls there.  "Oh, hello.  A new friend?  And back to role-playing games?"

Lila nods (glad she can be vague rather than lie, at least so far.)  "She's Diana, from my English class.  We're trying to plan things out together."

"Well, make yourself at home; feel free to raid the pantry."  He pauses for a moment and shakes his head.  "Don't suppose your GM needs more ideas?  We were arguing this morning about a mysterious thing that almost looked like a comet, but was probably just a meteor.  Or maybe space junk."

She nudges Diana.  "Wouldn't think so, but maybe he could use that..."

Why are these magical cats hiding anyway?

"Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned up, honestly, but I'm not putting money on those odds.  It'd probably be a wish someone else made if some random astronomical event is anything, really.  But I'm...curious how you'd get those categories confused, actually; don't you have, like...triangulation?"

Regardless of the answer, she continues with a follow-up to Lila: "I'm pretty sure that the wishes are granted in the way that requires the least magical effort, given that this whole project is part of an attempt to gather up massive heaps of magic for faery purposes - so does fucking with your head so that you're always happy with what you're doing, or actually doing fate manipulation, sound like it'd be less costly an outcome?"

"To triangulate, you need multiple telescopes looking at the same part of the sky - and that usually doesn't happen by chance.  Except for amateurs of course, but it takes time to hear back from them."

"That doesn't ring quite right... but yes, let's avoid that risk.  Say we're going by what I want when I'm wishing.  Or maybe even what I would've wanted yesterday."

"Guess we'll have to hope for some amateurs."

"Mmmm.  Then the question is - can you - well, your character - feel so strongly about that to make it work.  The roleplaying's important."

"Oh yes, we always do.  But it's vanished now, so it probably burnt up as a meteor.  Or we don't know it wasn't aliens."

He chuckles, shrugs, and goes back into the kitchen.

Lila looks after him for a moment, wishing she could say it.

Then she shakes her head, and turns to Diana.  "My character could definitely feel that way.  I don't know how strongly it takes to count, but - I think she could hit it."

"If I find out it was aliens I'll let you know, huh?  Nice meeting you, Mr. Roisen."

"...Okay then.  Just - you've gotta make sure you preserve the nature of what you value."

"Or that the wish comes true in a way I like anyway."

"...Yeah, I guess?  But I mean, if you tread anywhere near altering your feelings themselves."

"And what about with your wish, about 'the challenges I choose to meet'?  Lots of plothooks there, if the GM throws in mind magic."

"It frontloads my choice, though; there's nowhere to throw any."

"... if 'choose' gets interpreted that way, rather than 'will choose when I'm meeting them'.  Probably better to explicitly say 'would choose now'."

"...What?  No?  Those are the same thing?"

"Oh, that's what you meant!  You're choosing that challenge - and an epic-level challenge at that!"

"It's the most important one to win."  She nods, firmly.

Lila's dad pokes his head out of the kitchen.

"Yes, Dad, our game really is getting this esoteric. I'm surprised too."

She looks back at Diana and bursts out laughing a friendly laugh.

Y'know what, it kind of is funny, when you put it that way and aren't thinking so desperately about the potential consequences of everything.