Helpful, magic dispensing notebook is so very helpful. And magic dispensing. 

That would be great, thank you! 

And now off to looking at all the options again! 

After Thousand Ships comes What's in a Name, which doesn't seem all that important to her except for the last clause which seems like it'd be useful protection if that sort of thing exists wherever she's going, which, it certainly could! So she'll check the box for that reason alone. 

Angelic Tones doesn't seem all that useful but sounds pretty nice to have, she'll check the box and probably remove it later. 

Emerald Orbs seems even less useful. She'll check it for now anyways, but Jenna really doesn't see the point in having eyes that change color to suit her mood or desires or "narrative considerations". She'll check the box but, she's already having second feelings about it. It's such a weird power! 

On the other hand, Perfect Hair sounds, well, perfect. Her hair is fine but it certainly isn't perfect, and there are such fun things she could do styling it all sorts of ways with one of those braids crowns or something even more elaborate and plus it could grow really really long too. She's keeping this one. 

And with Size Difference it's back to being weird again. She's not sure when or why it would be a good idea to be small or big or all the other sizes inbetween. Maybe if she was able to properly control it but it sounds like it only happens in times of great need or something like that. She'll check it off for now, but she's unlikely to want to keep it. 

Dressing Room yes, definitely yes. Keeping herself clean is fine and all but the ability to change her clothing to whatever she wants whenever she wants which means she'd get to try out all the pretty outfits she's seen that her mother has always refused her and look perfect while doing it is completely worth it. And it helps with the superheroine thing too, with a quick costume change when the citizens are in danger! Perfect. 

Personal Hygiene is an obvious yes, but Like Roses is just so strange that she stares at it for a while. Maybe it's a stand in for perfume? She's never had a chance to try perfume, maybe it's something she'll enjoy? She'll check it off, for now, but it's probably going to be removed along with the eyes one and everything else like that. 

Just a Little Longer sounds super useful, especially for a superheroine or someone who needs to fight evil or anything along those lines that she's going to end up doing whatever that might be. The sleep afterwards seems like it might be a problem but if she was staying awake anyways keeping watch against a vile evil or brewing potions to ward off demons or standing with her beloved redeemed husband against the tides of hell fighting demons so they couldn't cross the bridge to do... something bad, then the sleep after seems worth it. 

Immunity System is a clear and obvious yes. She has no desire to use alcohol or recreational drugs (ew), but not ever getting poisoned or sick sounds like a great idea, being sick is the worst and eating food that's been poisoned or drugged... wait, huh. 

Quick question, as I'm going through everything, does Immunity System give protection from someone drugging me against my will? Like if the bad guys slip something to knock me out or make me hallucinate into my drink so they can sneak past me or kidnap me or something like that? Though possibly now that I think of it it might be fun to be kidnapped and trick and fight my way free of the dungeon and maybe rescue the long-lost prince while I'm there and so maybe banning stuff that makes me sleep might be a bad idea. But I'd still like to know how it works, exactly! 

Immunity System prevents a lot of that kind of thing, and there are some powers later on that prevent even more, but people might still be able to sneak things in around the edges if it would make for the kind of story you really, really want to live! But if you want to be really sure to allow for that kind of thing, I can try to nudge the power that way? Or maybe invent you another custom drawback... it wouldn't be worth very many points but I bet I could get it to work.

I'm not sure if I really really want to live it, even if it does sound like fun! Fun but dangerous, though, it might be safer if I don't let that sort of drug affect me at all. Even if it'd be really really cool. 

Jenna checks her current total, and sighs, and adds more grinning softly. 

Though since I'm already over the limit even though I've checked off a bunch of things that I'm almost certainly not keeping it still might be good to have extra drawbacks even though I might not take them so if you can make one so I can see it that would be cool! As long as it's not too much trouble since I might not take it since I shouldn't leave myself open for such easy kidnapping even if it might make for a really fun adventure. 

I'll see what I can do! Don't worry about it being too much trouble. Helping you find the powers and drawbacks that are right for you is what I'm here for! ♡

And I appreciate it!

And with that she's flipping back to look at all of the powers again! 

Jenna is not sure what kind of person or, or egotist, or something would want My Ears Are Burning. Well technically it sounds very useful and you could find out all the evil villain's plans as long as they involve her which of course they would because she's going to be a powerful person for good (though also she hasn't gotten to any fighting powers yet are they in here they probably are), or know if they're going to be ambushed, or, or something like that. Okay possibly this one is not as bad as she first thought, but it... even if it doesn't work in the real world she's going to be a famous actress and she doesn't like the idea of knowing what a bunch of people are thinking about her. Especially if... she shudders. No, that doesn't bear thinking about and she's not taking this one. 

Taking Well Endowed is questionable at first (she does want to be a bit more rounded up top even though her mother would disapprove) but she's not sure she likes the choices she'd have to choose between or among or however this works once she chooses that, she likes her body shape the way it is mostly (more or less), but then after that there's Hollow Leg, which does seem like it'll let her have whatever body she desires (and also not need to worry about diet or exercise which is just perfect). So she'll take both Well Endowed and Hollow Leg, and then stare at Inner Strength for a bit. Jenna isn't sure she wants to be that strong (even though it does sound like fun) but there's finally a fighting power here and also it does sound like a lot of fun even if the power is more expensive. She'll check it off for now, though she may go back and remove it later. (She's keeping the other two though.) 

And speaking of fighting powers: fighting powers! No laser eyes or freeze breath or anything (so far) (not that she'd want those, anyways, probably, maybe), but pretty generic ones though on thinking about it that actually makes a lot of sense because she and the notebook and whatever the Spirit is don't necessarily know where she's going to end up and laser eyes in a fantasy world doesn't make the most sense. They do seem useful though! And it doesn't sound like they'll make her too strong to make things boring which wasn't actually something Jenna was considering until just now since the last one says she'll be a match for her opponent which just means as-good-as and not better-than. She'll take all three of these: Battle Angel, Battle Demon (though she doesn't like the name very much) and Battle Maiden. (It probably would be silly to ask the notebook if it can change the name of one of the powers and there's all these other ones to look at.) 

Making Ends Meet (and the rest of them) seem really useful and things but honestly don't make a ton of sense if she's going to be sent to a magical world unless the first thing she does there is find a giant piece of gold or a diamond mine or get mistaken for the long-lost princess (okay that one might be fun but might be bad for the poor long-lost princess) or get adopted by the long-lost princess or okay there are a lot of ways this could work but she's not sure how they make all that much sense. Maybe she can ask about it! 

How exactly does Making Ends Meet and the other two work, exactly? If I end up in a fairy tale world or magic place or something and no one knows who I am then where does the money come from? Do I end up with some source of money really quickly from finding a big piece of gold or something? Or does it not work that way? 

Wherever you end up and whatever the circumstances, the power will find a way to make it work! Finding treasure like that is definitely a possibility.

Hmmm... maybe she'll check off... the first one of those only. The rest of them sound fun or at least useful but they might not make sense for where she's going and as much fun as being recognized as the prophesized princess or being adopted as her sister or something is (also she'd have a sister!) she'd rather keep her options open. She can find a giant lump of gold or something when she first shows up and live off of that. 

So that's what the notebook was talking about!! Dragon Fairy Elf Witch could let her be part dragon or part fairy or part angel. Jenna thinks about herself with a tiny pair of adorable angel wings coming out of her shoulder blades and grins and checks off the option. She could be part angel and part unicorn and part fairy and part... part mermaid! And other things she can't think of! She could be so many different magical things! She's not entirely sure how it'll work and if she does get tiny angel wings and a unicorn horn she hopes that one only happens in the magical world where they come from and not here because that might make it hard to be an actress but... she's taking this one for sure! Maybe she should ask about this one. 

With Dragon Fairy Elf Witch, if I get something like little angel wings or a unicorn horn or something like that, is that something I can hide? Or something that I can turn off when I come back home like everything else? I know you said it would be strange to be part dragon only some of the time but if I want to be an actress it will be a problem if I have angel wings or a unicorn horn in a world that doesn't know anything about magic! I just want to be sure than this won't make it so I need to carefully hide my new body parts most of the time. 

Your Secret Identity drawback (I haven't named it for sure yet, but that's how I'm thinking of it) will take care of hiding things like angel wings and unicorn horns! While you're home you'll just have your normal human body without any visible differences.

Secret Identity drawback!!! 

Feel free to go with that name, that name is great! And thanks, that sounds perfect! You're being really helpful and I'm glad!

She's going to be a superheroine she's gonna be a superheroine she's gonna be a superheroine!!! 

Although actually now that she thinks about it normally she would do nice things for her friends that are doing nice things to her and the notebook here is literally giving her all these nice things and helping her become a magical fairy princess (possibly really a fairy!) and she hasn't done anything for it! Possibly it might be a demon in disguise (there's no way it's a demon in disguise at this point it's too weird to be a tempting devil or something like that) so maybe she shouldn't be doing it many favors yet until she's extra double certain but

Also, hey, do you want anything from me, by the way? You're being really helpful and I like it a lot and I want to return the favor if I can! Normally with people it's a lot easier to do because I can take them fun places and encourage them to do fun things or give them cute presents I know they'll like but I'm not sure what to do in your case since you're a notebook. Is there anything fun you'd like to do?  

If you take me with you and write in me about your adventures, that'll be more than enough nice things for me! I really like hearing about people's adventures. ♡

Well, it's a good thing I'm planning on doing that anyways! We're going to have a lot of fun together! 

And then it's back to the list of options... and back to ask more questions almost immediately! 

What happens if I don't pick Omniglot? If I go to another world and they don't speak the same language as me am I going to be stuck there learning a new language for a year or more before the adventure or something or will I come in knowing one of the languages of the world? 

If you pick a specific world and it's one where they don't speak your language and don't have language magic, then yes, you'll need to learn their language! If you let the Spirit pick your new world for you, it'll most likely put you somewhere that has language magic, but of course that means places that would be great for you except for not having language magic won't be available.

That makes sense, thanks!

Jenna would much much rather be the best possible place for her, even if that place doesn't have language magic, which means she should be picking Omniglot. Honestly that one might come in handy as an actress if she needs to play foreign roles or speak an alien language or something like that, it might go away when she visits because of her Secret Identity thing which would be okay but if it doesn't that means that she'd be able to be in various language films and also not have to worry so much about the French requirement at college! So she'll check that one off and go on to the next one. 

Anything You Can Do sounds really neat! She could learn swordfighting from her swordfighting friend and learn magic from her magic friend and heck even cooking from her cooking friend or what else do adventuring parties have? Archery and pickpocketing (maybe not pickpocketing) and, and diplomacy and karate and who knows what else! This one is really expensive but... but she really wants it! She can learn so much stuff and be the best person she can be! 

And then Closed Book and Indelible and Iron Will just seem like really important ones to take for her own safety! Jenna hadn't even thought about magical control of her feelings or torture or anything like that! She doesn't want to be traumatized! She's actually really glad these options exist. 

And then... that's it! She checks how many points she has, and then flips back to talk to the notebook. 

That's everything, right? I think I might be a bit over the amount I'm allowed to use at the moment though I'll remove some of them the next time I review which should be tomorrow if you don't mind! 

You can also look at the Drawbacks section to see if there's anything there that suits you besides the ones I'm working on adding!

Oh right the drawbacks. She has mixed feelings those, the one she picked actually seemed pretty sensible and useful but the other one she saw at a glance seemed... weird. But maybe there are other good ones in there? She'll take a look. 

Decorative seems fine, but doesn't give many points, and feels oddly creepy. This is the one she saw before, and it was creepy then, and it's creepy now. Jenna can't think of anything specific that would go wrong with taking it, but still doesn't seem like she should take it unless she has to. 

Beauty is a Curse doesn't seem very fun, and certainly not worth one point. Jenna is (mostly) happy with how she looks but is hardly vain enough to enjoy people constantly bringing up her smile (that one already happens enough) or personality (that's the other one people already say though maybe that doesn't count as beauty) or eyes or hair or who knows! And even worse when she's a famous actress and everyone on tv keeps talking about her beauty and her smile and not her acting ability!! Not picking this one.

Plain Jane just seems mean and unhelpful. Why are all these drawbacks so bad? Well, they are intended to be drawbacks, aren't they? In any case, Jenna doesn't want to feel permanently unsatisfied with her appearance. Not doing this one either. 

Style of Sisyphus doesn't give that many points... but doesn't seem that bad? Nothing in the description describes her being as unsatisfied with her appearance the way Plain Jane does, and would mostly result in her constantly changing her clothing style in all different ways and if she's doing that as a princess or famous actress it might send all of her courtiers or fans into a frenzy of trying to copy her latest fashion as she goes from one thing to the next to the next and that might be especially fun as a princess as long as she's happy and inspired and not sad about it. She's not going to check it off yet but it might be okay to pick later. 

There's Another One... huh. That could be weird, but it could also be interesting! 

What happens if I pick There's Another One? Are they likely to be a friend or an ally or even an enemy? And if they're an enemy can I redeem them and help turn them good? I guess I can't kiss them into being good if they're not a boy but I can certainly help redeem them with the power of friendship! 

They might be a boy, just a feminine boy! And yes, you can definitely redeem them with the power of your love, whether friendship or otherwise. They might not need it, but if they do, you absolutely can.

A boy?! Huh! Okay, then this one isn't necessarily getting checked off since there's a whole bunch of other stuff to look into first but honestly someone to share adventures with sounds great! 

Though possibly if it gives her a feminine boy then she might not be as interested in him, Jenna is clearly more interested in muscles and things and other manly traits, it would be weird if she were into girly boys. 

I wouldn't have expected that! These options just seem a lot more targeted to girls than boys, but I suppose there might be some boys that might like them, I guess? Either way, it might be fun to have an extra friend or two on my adventures, or someone to redeem or recruit! 

There are definitely a lot more girls than boys touched by the Spirit, but anyone can be touched by the Spirit as long as they're open to the feminine and find joy in being special and beautiful and powerful. And of course some people are aliens that don't really have human gender, and they can still be touched by the Spirit if they happen to be the sort of people who like what the Spirit is offering!

Aliens!? She's definitely checking this one off now if she gets to meet aliens maybe especially if they're aliens that don't have a concept of gender and reproduce by splitting in half down the middle or something though before she does that she wants to ask about aliens first. 

So there are aliens out there? I guess that makes sense if there's all kinds of magical worlds too but also aliens are really cool. Do you know if there are aliens in my own home world? Will I get to meet any? How many different kinds are there? If some of them don't have gender how do they reproduce, or is that rude to ask and maybe I shouldn't? 

I don't know very much about your world specifically, or about aliens! I don't learn much except for what people write in me and usually they're not telling me about how they reproduce. But if you meet some aliens and they're friendly and the sort of people you can comfortably have slightly awkward conversations with, maybe you'll get to ask them!

Aww. That makes sense even if it's rather unfortunate. Well maybe one day she'll manage to do as the notebook suggests and find an alien and talk to them and befriend them and have adventures with them and maybe possibly one day get around to asking about how they reproduce to satisfy her curiosity. Or maybe she won't! Maybe she'll never ask and be curious forever or maybe the alien will just bring it up so she doesn't need to ask awkward or embarrassing questions and make things weird between them! But it seems silly to speculate on such things when there are other things to look at which she should go and do! (After checking off There's Another One, of course.) 

Incomplete she already has selected and can skip over. 

Green with Envy, You Ruin Them, and Jilted Lovers all feel really really self-centered and selfish. She doesn't want to tear apart relationships or make people only believe that they can be happy and satisfied with her (ew) or make people obsessed with her or anything like that! They are intended to be drawbacks, but still! No way no how. 

For The Crazy Train... Jenna is pretty sure it's not something she wants but also she has no idea what it is or what it means. 

Can you explain the Crazy Train one, please? I'm not sure I really understand what it's getting at. 

Well, for example, normally Dragon Fairy Elf Witch works mostly under your control—if you meet someone who has heritage that you'd like to have, you can decide you want it, and then you'll have it. But if you took The Crazy Train, then instead you would just pick up heritage from people you met whenever it was narratively appropriate. You wouldn't be able to decide for yourself which heritage you wanted, either to pick some up on purpose or to avoid some you didn't want.

So for instance, it might make me part demon instead of part angel if it was somehow more narratively appropriate for me to be part demon? 

If that's the case there's no way she's choosing this drawback. She wants to be a pretty dragon fairy angel princess, not a demon pig-person bat-thing or something just because it would be more amazing how she overcame her evil heritage, or something like that. Even if it would be amazing now that she thinks of it, she'd still rather be pretty and sparkling and have tiny angel wings on her back.