Jean (OC)

Jean’s natural form is smoke; pink smoke.
 
This is why her complex genetic code doesn’t matter.  Though a solid being would be unable to survive all the genetic splicing they did to her, Gene merely… looks human because she wants to.
 
If she ever tried to express all the genetics they gave her, it would not look so pretty.

Genie society is mostly loose; often they live amongst humans, sometimes in forests – occasionally even taking the form of animals.
 
Though they do have villages, the members are always trickling in and out when the desire to grant wishes grows too great, and the area serves largely as a place of introductions and meetings, occasionally sales. Often it’s where younger (and sometimes older) genies will go for advice.
 
There is a leader, and court, and such - but Jean has yet to meet them; it is arguable whether they currently know she exists, as she is yet to grant any large wishes.

Powers:
 
Most magic users (in Jean’s usual world) bend reality. Jean’s particular subset of genies <I>break</I> reality, and put it back together again.
 
To be specific, there are two ways to go about something – for big wishes, Jean generally tweaks reality as a whole – altering the timeline itself. Nobody notices, except maybe the wisher – and not always them.
 
For small wishes, she can sometimes just conjure things; take a burger out of that great big genie collective and present it to you (rather than altering reality so that you’d gone to mcdonalds.)
 
Limitations:
 
Big magic from her requires an actual wish from someone else.
 
Small wishes can be done of her own free will, but are limited to simple tricks of minor scale conjugation.
 
She is driven to occasionally grant wishes when possible.
 
She must grant EVERY wish she hears – though she can twist them with effort (or by accident.)

Magic from her own species (or herself) can't directly effect her; form shifting isn't directly connected - her form is fluid to begin with. But she can not, for example, teleport - she'd have to transport the entire world beneath her in order to reach her destination that way. (So don't wish she was there!)
 
Exceptions: A genie’s “lair” is exempt from most rules. Traditionally, the genie makes each part of it individually, conjuring every brick and decoration; though time consuming, the more they conjure in one spot, the weaker reality grows in that area, and the more they can do. The general result is that a genie can do nearly anything within the limited sphere of their homes.
 
A side effect is that the area is often inhospitable to people who aren’t built for it. 


Side notes: Genie power is decided by two factors.

One: How much actual power they could hold and channel (Drawing off the larger genie "collective."

and Two: How many small tricks they can do without wishes. 

Jean is considered to be among the stronger genies - but is not considered particularly special for it.

Yep! Particularly in this case.

In real life, Djin was Arabian in origin, while genie was french - the two words got all mixed up over time, and now they're generally confounded.


In the case of Jean.... I basically blended Hollywood ideas with my own; a djin's made of fire? She's made of smoke. Light differences in the exact nature and restrictions of power, too.