On 1 Sep 2010 17:18:02 -0500, " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant> wrote:
>In article <e24t76ppj5kcp4hpu5d90ib0r9r8stvtua@4ax.com>, HMS Victor
>Victorian <victorvictorian@hushunomail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30 Aug 2010 17:38:01 -0500, " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >The Adventures of Stevie #35
>> >
>> >These stories were told to me by friends and other people. Some of them
>> >are true. Some of them are only partly true. Some of them should have
>> >been true. LOL
>> >
>> >My first post about Stevie ("Call me Stephen!") was when he was 12 and
>> >in summer camp and was told by another camper. This was from a time
>> >before computers would fit on a desk and when people communicated with
>> >friends in other countries by actual letters sent through the postal
>> >service. When children did this those friends were called "penpals".
>> >Carlos is Stevie's penpal in Argentina and knows English. This is a
>> >fictional contrivance to enable Stevie to tell us his stories because
>> >he isn't here in person. I think.
>> >All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
>> >that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
>> >Stevie's school is for gifted children who don't fit in regular schools.
>> >The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
>> >Stevie is 11 in this story. It takes place 3 weeks after story #34.
>> >
>> >
>> >The Adventures of Stevie #35 "Exploration"
>> >
>> >
>> >Dear Carlos,
>> >
>> >
>> > Chad has been doing very well in his studies. He is learning how to
>> >find things out for himself. That's very good for him. Research skills
>> >are very important. It's good for me too, because I have more time for
>> >other things. Chad still hugs me at least once a day. I don't mind that
>> >at all. He hugs the other students and the teachers who like it too.
>> >That's good for everybody. He is a very good student of fighting. His
>> >ability with gymnastics really helps. He already knew how to fall and
>> >he has very good body control. I am teaching him more control. When you
>> >control your body, you are controlling your mind too, which is a very
>> >good thing, because it helps you use both better.
>> >
>> > Mind control helps me mindspeak with Victoria and learn important
>> >things from her, because it's very hard to concentrate when we are
>> >holding hands because her sadness is so bad. She doesn't want to be
>> >living in this world. That's why she lives inside her mind in the
>> >beautiful stories she makes up and writes down for us. She says writing
>> >them down makes them more real for her. I think something really bad
>> >happened to her that made this happen, but she won't tell me what it is
>> >completely.
>> >
>> > I learned some new things about and from Victoria. She told me she is
>> >a telepath. She was that way from when she was 12. She doesn't need to
>> >hold hands with people to know what they are thinking, but it is hard
>> >to understand very much of what happens in their minds because each
>> >person has a private language of words and pictures and sounds and
>> >smells and feelings, so it is mostly when they talk to themselves she
>> >can figure out what they are thinking. She said I am not a telepath,
>> >but I can feel people's feelings. She said I always could do that but
>> >didn't know it. She showed me how it works, so now I can feel people's
>> >feelings in different rooms I can't see or hear into, but not if I want
>> >to, too much. I have to be almost not thinking about it for it to
>> >happen. She said it would get better when I'm older. She said I have
>> >another ability I didn't know I had. I can feel objects without looking
>> >at them or without using my special hearing. She said I got it mixed up
>> >with my hearing and didn't know I was doing it. I know now. It's
>> >strange.
>> >
>> > All that is strange, but there is something more strange. Victoria
>> >said she is hiding from people who want to use her abilities in a bad
>> >way. She said I should be very careful not to let people know I can do
>> >these things, or they would make me do bad things and do bad things to
>> >me to study how I do them. I don't want to believe people would do
>> >that, but I have to believe her because father would. She said I can
>> >trust Dr. Knot and Kit and father, and the Abbot, and nobody else
>> >unless father says so. I agree with that. She reads minds, so she would
>> >really know. I really like knowing for sure. She showed me how to use
>> >my abilities to check if anybody is spying on me, even if they use
>> >electronics, so I can talk with people I trust about secret things in
>> >real private.
>> >
>> > Victoria knows about the Abbot. She went there to learn from him
>> >before her trouble started. There is one more thing she taught me,
>> >which is how to close my third eye so I don't see auras when I don't
>> >want to, which is most of the time. She said I should keep it open as
>> >much as I can, so I will get better with these new abilities, and
>> >discover and learn about knew ones. I will, but not when I'm with
>> >friends. I found out right away you HAVE to let your friends have
>> >privacy from you, or they can't be friends. I don't know how to explain
>> >why, but it's true. I don't want to tell you how I found it out. I
>> >don't even want to think about it. It makes me feel dirty and mean and
>> >really horrible to know private things and secrets about people. I
>> >would get rid of that ability if I could, but she said I can't. I don't
>> >know how Victoria lives with that. I just thought maybe she doesn't
>> >want to.
>> >
>> > Victoria said she taught me all she can about what she should teach
>> >me about the things I already could do but didn't know I could. She
>> >said it would be bad to try to teach me different things I didn't know,
>> >because they would keep me from learning things she didn't know which I
>> >might be able to do. That sounds true so I didn't argue. She loves me.
>> >I know that. I love her too. We know it every time our hands touch. She
>> >wants to help and protect me. All that's not enough. She did all she
>> >could for me, and now she wants to be left alone in her imaginary
>> >world, where she doesn't have to be sad. Love forces me to respect what
>> >she wants and needs even if I don't want to. I am very sad for her. She
>> >told me not to be, because she is happy there. It doesn't help. I cry
>> >for her at night sometimes. Then I let Jeremy hug me to sleep. Not the
>> >real Jeremy I really wish for, but my memory of him. That's what love
>> >is for, and lots of other things too.
>> >
>> >
>> >Your friend,
>> >
>> >Stephen
>>
>>
>> Dear Grant,
>>
>> Very intriguing. Will you address Victoria's issues?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> HMS Victor-In-Our-OWN-Imaginary-World Victorian
>>
>> God Save the Queen.
>> God Bless the Prince of Wales.
>> God Preserve the Windsors.
>> Rule Britannia!
>
>There were some characters and issues I planned on when I started the
>series. Victoria was one of them. I only changed her name after that,
>not what she does, or what happens to her. Please remember, she isn't
>you. But, if you do feel related to her, I can tell you, without
>spoiling the suspense and surprises, she has a continuing significant
>impact on Stevie's entire life, in more than one way. Even XXXXX XXXX
>XXXXX XXXXX. Oh, I can't tell you that. LOL
Hey Grant!
Love it! Love them all, actually. I spent a little time analyzing your
pattern of X's. I realized that they are a code. I believe I have
deciphered the code:
She even does his dry cleaning.
Am I right?
Doc
NP-f31
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