Stephen's Secure Blog #6
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. 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. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's 2018 and
later, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 12 in this story, in March of year 2 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #6 "Ichi and Inventions"
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We got up in the morning. Actually, we were up before we got up, and
took care of that first, with some good squirting. I said to Ichi, "We
need to practice a few things for the project, so no school today." He
looked very interested and said, "What things?" I said "The things we
are going to practice." He said "Oh. Mysterious." I said "To me, too. I
don't know yet." He grinned. We had breakfast and got dressed. I ported
us to the place where I had made the belts. Our camp things were still
there. I asked Ichi, "Have you trained on the belt?" He said "The one
which flies? Yes, a little." I said "Well, here is a new and improved
model." I used my automatic system to make two of them, which fell into
my hands. I said "These are the same new kind which are going to be
used soon, but these in particular only work for you and me. They do a
lot more than the old ones do. With one on, you can go practically
anywhere in the universe, and be healthy, comfortable, and safe. I
walked on the surface of the moon, naked, and lived to tell about it.
Telling often, actually. The instructions are in the crystal on the
on/off switch. Don't just stand there with your mouth open. Something
might fly in." He grinned and put it on. He couldn't help saying "Wow!"
We practiced with the belt the rest of the morning, and then ported
to the school for lunch. Back at the camp, I said, "Now you're
protected, and with actual technology, so you can keep your psionic
powers secret." He said "So that's why you made them! Great idea." I
said "Also, these continue work even when you are unconscious, as added
protection, and they free up part of your mind for other things, which
would have been used in maintaining some of the belt's functions." He
said "Another good idea." I said "We have defense. What about offense?
Think we should have some of that, too, in actual technology?" He
grinned and said, "Absolutely!" I said "Have you seen the heat and
laser gun?" He nodded. I said "Think we should add tractor and presser
beams to it?" He said "You can do that?" I poked him, and he giggled. I
said "With the belt, nobody knows it can do anything, even while it's
operating, but the gun looks like a weapon, even though it wasn't
really designed to be used that way. So, how shall we make this new
thing look innocent, so they won't want to take it away from us? One
more thing. We won't need material lenses for the lasers." He thought a
minute and said, "Because it needs to be aimed, all I can think of is
either in a ring or wrist band." I said "Good. Could also be in
sunglasses or goggles, or even in a hat, but we couldn't wear those all
the time." I took two of my old laser rings from 4th storage, and said,
"The older me made these. Instructions in the stone. Do you think I
should make another ring for the tractor/pressor functions, or try to
cram them into the same ring, but then we couldn't use both those
functions with the laser. So I guess separate rings." I made them, and
gave one to him.
Ichi said "You just made them?" I said "Yes. I've had practice. When
you're ready, I'll show you how. You need to improve your object sense
some more, and work on refining your mind management. I think you will
be able to do it in time. Pete sure didn't lie when he said you were
the best." That got me a lot of hugs and kisses. I said "For visiting
strange places, we now have protection, defense, offense, and
manipulation, by technology. What else should we have, to help us with
people?" He said "That's an easy one. Translation and communication. On
an arm band, too." I said "Those things have already been invented, so
the problem is making them not look like them, and small enough to be
comfortable. Connect to me if you want to watch and contribute." He
did, and we designed a wrist band which was size adjustable, which had
a universal translator, a multi-band communicator, a 4th scanner, and
our kind of computer, which was operated by the mind, and projected the
light emitting screen in the air or as an illusion in the mind. I made
two of them, and with a new adjustable 3D screen. I said "I'll make
more when I do a show and tell with the Seniors, like I did with the
new belt. Now we can go anywhere and do anything, and nobody needs to
know we are psionic. Except in porting without a Port-All. Well,
nobody's perfect." He laughed. We practiced the rest of the afternoon
with the new equipment. I had to show him something in the new ring a
few times. When you use the tractor and pressor beams together, they
form a control beam, and you can move the object that's caught in it
any way you want to.
I asked Ichi, "Do you think we should give any of these things to
Zander? He might need to do some defending." He said "Advanced
technology to a primitive? Only the laser ring would pass that rule in
part. I think we can offer it." I said "Good." He said "Why do you ask
me these things, when you have already decided?" I hugged and kissed
him and said, "You tell me. Hint; if I had disagreed, I would have told
you." His eyes went wide and he said, "You're showing me I can decide
these things well. You're teaching me to be as smart as you!" I said
with a grin, "Something like that. Whatever it is, it's definitely
working, and I love it!" He broke down and cried. I understood. When he
was finished, I said, "My turn. I was going to face the Van and the GC
by myself. Now I won't have to be alone." I cried, and he held me.
Ichi connected to me when I connected to Pete. I said +Stephen and
Ichi here. We made some new things like the belt, you will want to see
and drool over and demand copies of. When do you want to have the
demo?+ He laughed and said, +Now!+ I said +We are at the same place.
We'll wait.+ He said +Fine. Discom.+ We disconnected. In a few minutes,
they were all there. I said "We can go all over the universe now, but
we don't want people to think we are psionic, so we made some tools
which can hide that." I demonstrated the laser and force beam rings. I
said "We have with the belt, protection and defense. With the rings, we
have offense and manipulation. Next, we needed information,
communication, and translation." I showed them the wristbands. I said
"These wrist bands can either be used by anybody, or only by adepts, or
keyed to individuals. They are full computers, along with everything
else. The visible screen projection can be reversed and enlarged, to be
used as in aid in communication, with adjustable 3D effects, all
controlled by the mind, as usual. All these things are powered by the
4th, but also have automatically recharging energy containers for use
when you are behind a 4th shield. All these things are internally 4th
shielded, except for a very small opening to get 4th energy from, and
to apply external 4th controls, so they can't be tampered with, and the
important parts are practically indestructible. So, anybody
interested?"
We got a lot of hugs and kisses in answer. I said "Pete, you were SO
right about Ichi. He helped with these." Ichi said "You know him, so
you know how much I really helped." They laughed. Nigel said "Let me
guess. He made you tell him what he already knew and decided." Ichi
could only nod in wonder. Nigel went to him and hugged and kissed him
with a lot of love, and said, "My replacement!" Ichi couldn't even say
wow. I grinned at that.
I made as many copies as they wanted, of each new thing, like they
wanted them. I added tractor and pressor beams to the older gun design,
and made more of those, too. I asked Ichi, "New model, so what shall we
call it?" He said "Mark didn't like the old one. To make him have to
like this one, because it's smaller and lighter, call it the Mark 2?" I
actually number 1." We all grinned. We hugged and kissed some more, and
then we all took the toys we wanted, and ported home. While Ichi and I
were lying on the bed before going to supper, I said, "That was fun. I
liked doing all that with you. In fact, I can't think of anybody I
would want more than you, for these things. I'm very lucky to have you
as a friend and brother." He was too overcome with emotion to say
anything, so we just hugged.
While we were eating supper, my internal alarm sounded. I said in
contact to Ichi, +I just cracked Zander's telepathy, and have most of
the most common words, enough to easily learn the others in context.
I'll give it to you later. Discom.+ Tim said, "You know the rule." I
said "Yes. It was a result alarm. Finished." He said "Alright. Can you
tell us what it's about?" I did. He said "Wow! You cracked it. We've
been working on that for years." I was embarrassed. I said "But I had
an advantage. In our last meeting, I asked Zander to squirt some at me.
That helped a lot." Lisa said, "I didn't know you were meeting with
him." I said "He insisted on seeing the first Stephen. All we had was
me, a relative who had the same name, so I was drafted. Not that I mind
at all. Scholars Pete and Nigel watch, to make sure everything goes
alright. Then we have a meeting after it, to discuss it and plan for
the next time. It's fun, but a little hot. Making him comfortable, does
the opposite for me. But for friends in high places, it's the least we
can do." Madia said "I want to meet him, too." I said "That isn't up to
me. Scholar Pete picks the people who do that. When you have more
training, I hope you can qualify. Zander's never met a girl Adept. I
think he should. I'll ask the Scholar about it when the time is right,
alright?" That idea was popular.
In the bedroom after supper, Ichi said to me, "She isn't going to see
him?" I said "I would like it to happen. I want to see Zander's
reaction. But, there is a time problem. We need to get in as much
training as we can, before he has to leave. My watch on him shows no
problems. So far. If he doesn't try to contact us by lunchtime
tomorrow, I'll do it. I'll let you know, so you can connect and watch."
He said "Domo."
We talked some more. Then he said, "I said I thought I loved you,
before. I found out today, I love those Scholars, especially Pete and
Nigel, but they are all terrific. But I don't love you any less. More,
in fact. I think you are more than just an Adept and teacher. More than
a regular teacher, I mean. You teach people how to love, and I really
love that about you." I said "More than anything, that's what I love
about myself, too." Then he played with my nuts, and I made the link. I
said "I love that, too." He said "We all know that!" We giggled, and
then after a while, we squirted. A great way to say goodnight.
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