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Solomon's Private File #465
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 36 in this story, in the Fall of 2062.
Solomon's Private File #465 "Don't Monkey With Me"
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I ported to the bridge of a the flagship of an interstellar armada.
The people looked like large spider monkeys. I looked like my usual me.
I said in their language, "Please ask the leader of this fleet to come
and talk with me." One sounded the intruder alert alarm. One said in
the intercom, "Turn that off! We're in FTL drive! There's no intruder
here!" I said so he could hear, "I'm not really an intruder, but I AM a
visitor, who your superior should talk to." He said, "That's
impossible!" I said, "What's impossible, would be me saying I'm
impossible. How possible are you?" He said, "Wait there!" I said,
"Sure. I didn't come here to leave right away." Some on the bridge
tried not to laugh. I said to them, "Is the Admiral any better?" Some
silently indicated 'no.' I said, "Too bad. We'll see. Maybe we could
put some of them together to create a useful brain." Some had to cover
their mouths.
The Captain came onto the bridge, and stopped and stared at me. I
said, "So, am I still impossible?" He said, "Who are you?" I said, "I'm
Solomon. Who are you?" He said, "How did you get on my ship?" I said,
"You're not good at the trading questions and answers system, are you.
Try again. Who are you?" He said, "You will answer my questions, or
suffer the consequences!" I said, "I am unable to suffer anything, but
I am known to be very good at supplying consequences. Would you like a
demonstration, or will you be a polite host?" He said with some
caution, "What consequences?" I said, "When you have them, you will
now. Are you going to be polite now?" He said, "Answer my questions!"
He stopped moving. I said to the others, "He is mostly unable to move.
That might not be much of a problem in itself, but he's also
experiencing a terrible itch all over, and would really love to scratch
it, but can't. THAT'S suffering! Please call the Admiral to come and
talk with me." One did.
Armed security people came onto the bridge. Its leader said, "Get on
the floor, or you'll be shot!" I said, "No. You shoot an energy weapon
in here, it will be deflected right back at you. If you like the smell
of fried fur, go right ahead." He ordered one of his men to shoot. I
sent the energy, diffused, back to cover all of them from the neck
down. Most of their fur was gone, but with very little minor burns. I
said, "Hmm, you're not looking your best."
I ported the Admiral to me, and said, "I've been requesting to speak
with you. Your people don't seem to be intelligent enough to wipe their
own behinds, much less to respond to politeness with politeness. What's
wrong with you people? Don't you have a brain good enough to realize
that a being who can locate and enter your ship while in FTL drive, can
very well protect himself upon arrival? And can do much more than that,
such as destroy your fleet at will? You're very fortunate I'm not like
you, or you would be all dead. And that's still a possibility if you
complete your mission."
He said, "Please come with me so we can discus this." I said, "I'm
here. You're here. We can do that here." He said, "We would be more
comfortable in our conference room." I said, "I'm not interested in
that. If I wanted to be comfortable, it wouldn't be anywhere in this
fleet, for sure!" Some tried not to laugh. I said, "If you're smart,
strange, and then laughed. Some others made strange noises, trying not
to. He said, "Why is the Captain not moving?" I played back what
happened from when I first arrived. He said, "Please release him." I
did, and the Captain madly scratched himself all over. He shouted,
"Please stop this! I'll be polite!" It stopped. He said, "Thank you,
sir." I said, "You're welcome." I said to the Admiral, "Some
educational methods work better than others, in some situations. First
time for that one." He tried not to grin.
He said to me, "What would you like to discuss?" I said, "Why are you
planning to disturb that world?" He said, "They're primitive. We can
use that world better, so we have a right to take it." I said, "So you
believe the more advanced have the right to take what belongs to the
less advanced?" He was about to say something, and then had an idea. I
said, "You got your brain to work! Good for you!" He looked pleased, in
spite of himself. I said, "Want to show it to your people?" He said,
"Thank you. Yes. You are more advanced than us, obviously. With that
principle we're using to justify our proposed action, you could do
those things to us." I said, "Will I?" He said, "I think you won't
allow us to do what we planned." I said, "It would be better if I
didn't have to prove that in action." He said, "I agree! But I must
obey my orders." I said, "Even if that will result in the destruction
of your fleet, and your planet's capability to make more ships?"
He said, "Would you do that?" I said, "I could. I've done that
before. But, my little educational lesson has given me an idea."
Captain said, "Oh NO!" He covered his mouth in shame. I said, "Believe
him. You do NOT want to experience that! Hmm, yes. Done. Any of you set
foot on that planet, or breath its atmosphere, will feel what the
Captain felt, until you are back on your own world. Your politicians
don't believe me. They never do." He said, "You are showing them this
in real time? Impossible!" I said, warningly, "Not that again." He
almost laughed. I said, "I'm showing this to the rest of your fleet,
also." He said, "Can you show us the Assembly?" I said, "Yes. I chose
this time to act while they're in session." I projected that. I said,
"You can talk to each other. Don't worry about the time rate
difference. I'm managing that." Many of them said, "Kill him!" I said,
"That's not possible. I am unable to die." Some said, "Employ
self-destruct!" I said, "I'm not allowing that to work. Any more brain
farts?" Some on the ship had to laugh. Some in the assembly did, too.
Captain said to me, "Is there anything you can't do?" I said, "I said
one. I can't die." He said, "Something else?" I said, "I can't lie." He
said, "You're holy." I said with a smile, "As a beginning, yes. You
here in this room are able to sense more of me than those not in my
presence." Nods. I said, "But I'm not allowing you to see all of who I
am. You can't. I use bodies only for convenience. You in the Assembly.
Please ask this fleet to not attack that planet." They refused. I said,
"You heard me say what I could do about this. Do you want your fleet to
be destroyed?" Leader said, "We don't believe you can do that." I said,
"I said what I can't do. All the rest, you should believe I can. Do you
think I can make you itch, as I did the Captain?" He said, "No!" Then
they all started scratching madly. I said, "Do you now believe I can do
that?" He screamed, "Yes! Stop it!" I said, "I respond better to
politeness." He said some very bad things. I waited. Some others asked.
I waited. Some tried to strike the leader. I prevented it. Then he
said, "Please stop the itching." I did. I said, "So, what's next? He
said, "How did you do that from the ship in FTL drive?" I said, "You
wouldn't understand. When you can create dimensions, and all in them,
He said, "Are you God?" I said, "You are not able to understand God,
so anything I would say in answer wouldn't be accurate. For all
practical purposes, you may assume what you believe God can do, I can
do. I know all. Don't be an idiot. That's easy to prove. Select date
and time, and a location in your past that you know wasn't recorded,
and I'll show it to you. For the interest of your associates, you can
make it something embarrassing. Alright." I showed him being bullied.
He said, "Stop!" I did. I said, "The interesting thing about people, is
they have to think about what is said, even if they really,
desperately, don't want to." He said, with a little humor, "I can
verify that!" He asked his people for a vote. I said, "Before you do
that, remember the itching." Some chuckles. They voted to require the
fleet to return. I said, "The itching consequence for visiting that
planet is a permanent thing, until I remove it. I didn't have to tell
you that." He said, "I understand. It does serve to help us to resist
the temptation. You will be watching?" I said, "That's part of who I
am. Not the most fun part, though. If you don't do well, expect some
interesting times you won't expect." Grins. He said, "The fun part." I
said, "Not for my victims, until after. I will share part of me with
you, and then end my physical presence here." I gave the fleet and the
Assembly hall all my love, and healed them. Then I did the light ball
exit. I let the connection last a little longer. They affirmed the
order to return.
In his stateroom, the Captain said in the air, "Solomon. I know you
can hear me. I apologize for my actions. Strange as it is, I thank you
for your lesson." I said in the air, "I don't usually respond like
this, but you're welcome, strangely or not. Don't expect me to talk to
you again. People need to learn on their own how to be good people." He
said, "Will I see you after I die?" I said, "You don't bring your eyes
with you. I'll be there, and we might talk. Ending this now." They did
return.
Mario introduced the show on CNN, and said, "They wouldn't let me see
this action in advance." I said, "It wasn't my decision. You can see it
now, if you want." He said, "I do!" I said, "There was a space armada
that was en route to take over another planet." He said, "You don't
allow that." I said, "True. And you know they usually have a little
problem believing me." He grinned, and said, "I think I'm going to like
this." I showed it all, up to when I left, without breaks. He laughed
loudly at times, and into the break. I said, "Was it up to scratch?" He
laughed some more.
Back from break, he said, "That one was different!" I said, "That's
the point. There is a whole lot of variety out there, just waiting to
be er, messed with. I'm doing that with billions of my presences. I
just show you what makes sense here. They were itching for trouble.
They found it in a very unlikely way." He tried not to laugh, and said,
"Put some together to make a useful brain!" I said, "With people of all
kinds, usually, the larger the group of intelligent people, the less
intelligence they use. Mark Twain had similar comments about that. No,
I wasn't him. Another axiom is the more authority one has, the less one
thinks one needs to think. Both the Captain and the Admiral could
think, but had gotten out of the habit of actually doing it. They
couldn't handle the unusual." He said, "Can't get more unusual than
you!" I said, "Matter of amused opinion." Grins.
He said, "You used game theory to trap him into discussing it in
front of his people. That was neat!" I said, "And he recognized it.
That was the start of him actually thinking. I did it just for that
purpose. There is a postscript to this action." I showed the discussion
in the Captain's cabin. He said, "So it really was an educational
experience!" I said, "That's what our consequences are for, to teach
people, to motivate them to do better, be better. Sometimes we actually
succeed." We went to break. He said, "We've got time. Other topic
questions?" I said, "Sure. If you dare." He grinned.
Back on air, he said, "Your group has a liaison with the FBI. That
person has been changed. Why?" I said, "Our liaison is for assisting in
investigating possible psionic crimes. We change our duties around so
that we can experience all we can. There is also a progression in
ability, and what we can use it for. When a Guardian has advanced so
that he needs more to challenge him, we give it to him. We have
different people now in school administration, and in other duties. For
example, George is working mostly in the Redhead galaxies, now, and Les
is doing most of the Corps supervision." He said, "Your son or
daughter." I said, "Yes or yes." He chuckled, and said, "I should have
expected that." I said, "My wife is doing a lot with our cable channel.
Almost all of us are doing some Corps actions. That's because we want
to."
He said, "How many children to you have?" I said, "That's not a good
question. I'm using billions of presences. Many of them are in long
term undercover work, and have families. Marcel, for instance." He
said, "Then natural children of you and Leia." I said, "If we had some
adopted, it wouldn't be fair or nice to consider them separately. If
the public is curious if you prepared these questions in advance, now
they know you didn't." He said, "I understand. I apologize!" I said,
"Accepted." We went to break. He said, "I messed up on that one. I'm
really going to hear it!" I said, "Possibly. I did warn them about
using you for off the cuff things with me." He said, "Oooh! I wish I
had known." I said, "Yes. They should have told you. People don't like
it when you go all investigative on me." He said, "I should have
remembered that." I said, "You're so good at that, it's become an
important and unconscious part of you. It's not really your fault, but
your supervisors' for not making that clear to you." He said from the
heart, "Thank you!" I nodded.
Back on air, he said, "We've been asked if you showed that three
species action in order to prompt me to say what I did, that enabled
the revelation in our last show." I said, "Two shows before that, we
decided to show that action, which happened in 2050, when we then
showed it. That decision was before the Supreme Court vacancy happened.
There was no intended connection to any events on Earth, in choosing to
show that action, which those in my group requested. It's one of their
favorites. But, how much of a coincidence could it be? It really does
look suspicious. If you need to blame somebody, use God." He said, "If
you had known in advance, would you have used it?" I said, "No, I
wouldn't have used it for that. I don't like er, diluting my actions
that have important lessons in them, with other important things in the
same show." He said, "Oh. That makes sense. I should have remembered
that." I said, "And I knew they couldn't keep it a secret. It was only
a matter of time." He tried not to grin, and said, "You knew that when
you told them?" I said, "Human nature, as I explained in that show.
They should have known it, too, because it's happened to them before.
Egos got in the way of that. Those people know themselves much less
than others do. In a way, that's good for them, or they couldn't stand
themselves." He said, "Wow! I understand that, though. Wise. Will they
understand that?" I said, "I doubt it. Not without good counseling."
I said, "Remember the show about wisdom?" He said, "I do. We've all
memorized it. It hurt them when they became wise, for all the bad they
had to remember." I said, "With all my past bad lives, I live that. We
can't change our past lives, but we CAN change our present lives. It's
never too late to become wise. It's worth it. Do it. It would please
God. And me." He grinned. We closed the show. Off air, he said, "People
are going to ask if you did this show in order to have time for extra
questions." I said, "My major reason for showing it, well, it wasn't
for any important lessons. I liked it, and just wanted to share it with
people I love." He said, "Oh! Can we use that?" I said, "I let them
record it." He said, "Thank you. And for the other things. It's so easy
to forget you're more than just a pleasant and wise friend." I said, "I
have to like that, because that's what I think of myself, and who I
love being. Yes, you can use that where appropriate." We hugged.
Mom said, "That was a complicated session!" Hawk said in the air,
"The most important lessons didn't make it on air." I said, "There's
always other opportunities. I'll use them." Galya said, "With Mario?" I
said, "Probably. They should know that if anything bad happens to him
because of me, I really wouldn't like it." George said, "I'll monitor
and poke them a little with it, if needed." I said, "Thanks." We shared
our love.
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