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From: " +Grant. " <+Grant@grant.grant>
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Subject: +*+*+*+ Stephen's Secure Blog #67 "Plates Again" +*+*+*+
Date: 31 Aug 2012 17:07:01 -0500
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Stephen's Secure Blog #67
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 13 in this story, in the Summer, after the end of year 3 of
his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #67 "Plates Again"
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I said to Hissssner, "Would you mind if I asked you a question about
the GC?" He said "I can't imagine not being interested in anything you
want to say." I said "It's my turn to say wow!" He laughed. I said "Is
that organization any good?" He said "In private, I would say yes. It's
a good place to send our posturing prima donnas." I grinned and said,
"I understand. I suspected, from watching them in inaction. I'm not
violating their personal privacy, but I'm watching every meeting they
have, from with individual assistants, to the full assembly. Good
entertainment, if you like absurdity." He grinned and said, "Well
expressed." I said "Here is an issue. Suppose an empire building system
not a member of the GC, attacks a Restricted Planet. What does their
charter say they should do, and what would they really do about it?" He
promptly said, "Their charter says they must defend the Restricted
Planet. But, they won't stop vacillating long enough to do anything at
all." I said "Even that isn't likely to happen, when the attacked
planet has no way to call for help." He said "Unfortunately true." I
said "If you hear of such an issue, please contact us. We will do the
work. We are doing it now, actually. It's very difficult to handle such
situations without harming anybody. We like the challenge, and are
always looking for more things, constructive things, with which to
occupy our time. We discovered the situation near to us, when an
invading ship tried to enter our system. We put their ship back in
their own system, very mysteriously, with a lot of peace and love
exhortations written all over the inside and outside of it in their
languages. They were very confused." He and Zander almost fell out of
their chairs laughing. Zander said, "Stephen told me about this
earlier, but the way he says it is still very funny." Hissssner said
"You won't have any arguments about THAT."
I said "Speaking about vacillation, have you come to any decisions
about the plates?" He said "Can you have raised designs on the plates?"
I said "As you might guess, that adds a LOT of work in the making of
them. Yes I can do it, but do you realize what it will do to the cost?
Do you know how difficult it is to grind and polish a large flat
surface, so that it actually IS flat? The slightest imperfection would
be as noticeable as you with a tooth so long you would trip over it."
He laughed. I said "Then we add deliberate bumps on it in the design,
which makes it thousands of times more complicated. You don't cast
diamond into the shape of a plate, you have to grind and polish them
from solid blocks, and doing it around the bumps, well, plates are not
like sculptures where you can hide or incorporate your mistakes in the
work. Yes I can do it, and nobody in the CG can even come close to
doing anything like that in a thousand years. It will look terrific,
and your guests will be all staring at my plates so much they won't
even notice the bad food, or all the other ugly faces which are staring
at their own plates." He laughed, and so did his Chief of Protocol. I
said "But, I don't think your government can afford that kind of
expense. So, when do you want them?" Chief of Protocol said to his
boss, "May I?" He got a nod. So he said to me, "Personally, I think it
will be worth it, just to hear your comments." Mgambe and Grace
laughed, and Mgambe said to me, "Right. Extra for humor. List it under
psychological therapy." I said to the group, "Among other things, I am
we are not insane." I said "After so much contact with me? Give it
time." He laughed.
Hissssner said "We have finalized the design, and would like the
decoration to be in relief on the perimeter of the plate, with the
crystal color to be very pale and transparent golden yellow, with
embedded designs in platinum and green gold. Color in the middle to be
pale light transparent blue with the crest in gold. Here is the
drawing." I said "I like this a lot. Who?" He said "The staff of our
interior designer." I said "Please tell whoever actually created this
design, that I like it, and respect them and their work, and will do my
best to to equal them in the finished product." He said "I will pass
that along." I said "I will include implements, too, if you want me to,
at no extra charge, if made of steel or silver. A little extra for more
costly metals. Here are some samples." I pulled them out of the box,
which he still didn't get a chance to see into. Grace had blocked his
view, and I nodded thanks to her, which made Hissssner laugh. I said "I
could have made them out of gem material, but you know why I didn't.
Didn't set gems in them, either, so they wouldn't come in contact with
the plates. The colored designs are not plated on, but deeply inlayed,
for better wear. Don't forget to order more than you need, because some
are sure to walk out the door with your guests and staff. There is an
old saying; 'You don't have to count the friends who visit you, but you
do need to count your silver'." Grace said to me, "I don't remember
hearing that one before. How old is it?" I said "Oh, about a minute."
They laughed. Hissssner said "We will take the implements in silver,
this pattern. I like the gold inlay better than platinum in gold. We
need service for 60, with 30 settings more for spares. I expect this
set to last many lifetimes." I said "I'll send you the final sample
plate in 7 to 10 days. I don't know how long it will take to make the
full set. Do you have a specific date you need them for?" He said "In
47 days there will be a large formal function. It would be nice to have
them for that." I said "It sure would be, if I almost kill myself in
the process. Pity you won't be able to hear my constant grumbling about
it as I work." He laughed. I said "I'll try to make that time. Zander,
if anything is left in their treasury after paying for this, consider
looking for another artist to represent." They laughed.
Hissssner said "I will let you know about the meeting with the
Tsuriss, and your citizenship." I said "If there are any objections to
the citizenship, tell them it will actually cost me money. Taxes. That
might make them feel better." He said "Might not." I said "Don't tell
me who they are, if you like them." He said with a grin, "I don't." I
grew long fangs and talons, and had tiger stripes on me, and I roared
like a tiger. Then I went back to normal. To say they were startled,
was an understatement. Mgambe and Grace laughed. Hissssner said, after
he recovered from the shock, "How did you do THAT?" I said with a grin,
"Very well, I think." He wasn't able to laugh at that. I said "Just a
projected 3D picture. You've seen me do that before. This time I was
inside it." He said "Oh! Very effective, I must say!" I said "Thank
you." We got ready to leave, and Mgambe and Grace reached for the tiger
sculpture to take to the flyer. Hissssner said, "Please wait! The
Tiger. Is it available?" I said to nobody in particular, "I can't keep
anything I own. Everybody wants everything, including me!" Then I said
to him, "I don't want to show you the mosaic I put on my bathroom wall,
or I won't have a place to er, relax in." He laughed and said, "Mosaic?
Really?" I said "Oops!" and covered my mouth. He laughed. I said "The
Tiger is one of my favorites. If you want it, well, I hope you can't
afford it. Talk to Zander." I said to Zander, "Let's go, before he
wants to know how much my friends cost." Hissssner laughed, and said,
"Are they available?" I looked at them, and Grace said, "Friendship is
precious, but freely given." Mgambe said "Our love is given without
restraint or commitment." I said "You already have that of us." I gave
them my love, and so did Mgambe and Grace.
We left the tiger there, and flew back to my house. We got out, and I
said to Zander, "One more thing. A few nights while Hahchet was
sleeping, I ported a lot of stones into his presence. One of them
accepted him. Here it is, mounted in a pendant. There is a crystal with
it, which explains it. I thought you would like to be the one to
present it to him." He said "You are generous. Thank you Master
Teacher." We bowed to each other, and we said our farewells. We humans
went inside, and into the human section. I said "Was it interesting for
you?" Mgambe said "Yes, and entertaining." Grace said "Educational." I
said "You both did very well, just like I expected." Some fine kissing
and hugging happened. I said "Any questions?" Grace asked "How was it
with that ship repair?" I said "Ready to receive?" They both said
"Yes." I sent them my memories of the situation. They both said "Wow!"
Grace said "I want that cat!" Mgambe said "I want her brother!" We
laughed. I said "So far, only Percy has scored, and he loved it and
her. Did you think my wanting to get to know her people was to be just
friends?" They laughed and hugged and kissed me. I noticed their
arousal, and said, "Well, the mission is over. Do you think we should
do something to celebrate it, before we go home?" They grabbed me and
pulled me to the bed, and we undressed and did all we could to make our
various orgasms as great as possible. We succeeded very well, and with
a lot of love.
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