Solomon's Private File #181
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
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 22 in this story, in the Winter of 2048-2049.
Solomon's Private File #181 "Oh God?"
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I said to Daren, "There is a space ship on super string drive that's
about to enter our galaxy. I'm going to see if I can see what they're
up to. I might slip monitoring in getting inside, so I'll relay it." He
said, "Two things; wow, and this could be interesting." I said, "Good
counting." Rude noise. I sent part of me past the reality of their
screens and distorted drive space, and examined their ship and
personnel. I formed a body there that looked like me, but worked in
their environment. I said in their common language, "Greetings. I am
Solomon. You are about to enter a galaxy that is new to you. Please
tell me of your intentions." They stared at me. The one in command, who
looked like a furry tree, said, "This is impossible!" I said, "That's
not one of the names I've been given. Is it wise to label impossible,
that which you can see the existence of?" She pushed a button on her
control console, and said, "Mission Commander to the bridge.
Emergency!"
I said, "Oh. What's the emergency?" She refused to speak. I said,
"Are you usually this impolite to your visitors?" Silence, although
there were a variety of feelings being silently expressed in the room.
Another person waddled fast into the room, looking like a big oil drum,
with six short feet around the circumference on the bottom edge of the
drum, and six eyes and long tentacles around the top. It's eating mouth
was under the drum behind the legs. Its breathing and speaking orifice
was on the top, in the middle, extending up a short distance, and
flexible, like a short elephant's trunk. There were hearing membranes
under the eyes. The MC was covered in hairless wrinkled brown and grey
thick skin, and wore a harness with pouches. He was the only one of
that species in the ship. He asked the Bridge Officer for her report,
and it was given. The he addressed me, saying, "You are not authorized
to be here. Leave at once." I said, "By that concept, I can state that
you are not authorized to enter this galaxy, and require you to leave.
The difference between us in this, is that I can enforce my will, and
you cannot." He said, "We cannot make you leave?" I said, "That I am
here, and you can't understand how that can be possible, should enable
any intelligent person to correctly assume that." He said, "You reason
well." I nodded, which he took to mean acceptance.
He said, "You have the power to return us to our galaxy?" I said, "I
do. I've done similar and greater things before. Tell me why I should
not." He said, "We would explore for scientific purposes." I said, "I
see the spirits of people, which know only truth. I suggest you try
that again." More interesting emotions in the room. He said, "The light
around you, is that what the spirit looks like?" I said, "It is a
reflection of part of it. Most people don't have the ability to see
that of other people, which all have, but mine is so powerful that all
can see it. The colors mean different things." He said, "Are you a
God?" I said, "I know the word you use, but the concepts behind it are
too limiting to be used for me." He said, "I am a God, and these are
the people I rule, and many others." I said, "Are all of your species
Gods, or just some, or are there some of different species?" He said,
"All and only my species." I said, "All? Even those newly born and
helpless?" He said, "They will become Gods." I said, "So you were
inaccurate in saying all your species, because some at any one time are
not yet Gods, if they survive." He said, "You are correct."
I said, "Are each of you, Gods to each other?" He stared at me for a
while, and then said, "No. We are all equal." I said, "Try again?" He
was irritated, and said, "Those of us with more worshipers, have higher
status among us." I said, "And how do you acquire more worshipers? Do
you steal them from your fellows?" He really didn't want to say, but
said, "We do." I said, "And now you can tell me what you want to do in
this new galaxy." He said, "I see that I can say that. I would acquire
more worshipers here, to become superior to all my fellow Gods." I
said, "Why did you choose this galaxy for this, when others are closer
to your own?" He said, "A feeling." Daren said in my mind, "Ha!" I
said, "What enables you to be Gods, and not others?" He said, "With our
power of mind, we make it so." I said, "Do you think if you no longer
had that power, your worshipers would still think you are Gods, and
worship you?" He felt fear, and tried to hide it. He said, "That will
not happen." I said, "It is unwise for a God, or any person, to declare
that which he cannot control, which most often is the future." He said,
"That is true. You are very intelligent." I said, "Are there some of
you who believe that it is wrong to use your mind power to force
people?" He said, "There are not." I said, "Do you have a learning
problem? Again, please." He felt greater fear, and dread. He said,
"There are some of us who believe that."
I said, "And I've been talking with them." He said, "You can do that
at such distance and in real time?" I said, "Obviously. Oh, I see. I
would not have the power I have, if I could lie. One cannot fully
understand reality if one is false to it. Yes. What you claim to be, I
actually am, in your understanding. You should have known that." His
bowels let loose in panic and fear. I said, "Such a er, waste. I'll
clean that up." And it was gone. I said, "I'm saying this in all your
ships, and on all the planets where you rule. Your Gods are Gods no
longer. They do not now have the power to rule you against your will. I
have transported them to their home planet. Some there do retain their
power, but are not able to bend the wills of other people, because they
chose to have a command implanted in them that will prevent it. Those
few are good people. Do NOT harm them. You are now free to rule
yourselves. There will be a time of uncertainty and unrest. Be calm and
take things gradually. I will help with some problems, but you must
solve all the other problems yourselves. I do not rule." I said to the
Bridge Commander, "You are in charge here now." They had all noticed
the God vanish. I said, "We are now in your home system, operating only
on gravity drive."
She said to me, "I can't fully express my gratitude, and that of all
our peoples." I said, "I sense feelings, so there is no need to speak
it." She said, "You are a real God?" I said, "As you understand it,
something similar. But as I know it, there is but one Supreme Being who
created all reality. I am not He, but I am his Senior Agent." She said,
suspect like I do. He has done this to me before. He can talk to me
directly, but for some reason He likes to do these things slyly." We
shared awe and amusement. I said, "Often my students are irritated by
"Humor is NOT a bad thing, even if you are the er, cause of it." I gave
them all my love, and left them.
While I was talking on the ship, I had sent parts of me to the home
planet of the "Gods", and to a place where some of them who didn't
claim to be Gods, were gathered, and all their other places. I said to
them, "I am Solomon. A ship with a God is attempting to enter another
galaxy to procure slaves. What is your opinion of this?" One said,
"None of our species are Gods, even though there are many who claim to
be so." I said, "Do you agree with what they do?" Another said, "We do
not." I said, "And you do nothing to stop it?" One said, "We are in the
minority. Their combined power is greater than ours. We cannot act
against them." I said, "If you could, would you want to?" Most of them
said they would. I said, "I will remove all their powers that enable
them to force others to obey them, and transport them to this world.
You will now give me reasons why I should not remove your own power."
One said, "Can you actually do that?" I said, "I advise you to assume
that I can, and more. Some of you are being contacted with the
information that I am talking in person to many of your people in other
places at the same time. They are correct. The reasons?"
One said, "We have committed no offense." I said, "But some of you
may decide to, after the others lose their powers. A great temptation
to be powerful and rule. I can feel it in you. Do not deny it!" One
said, "With the power you have, can you not cause us to not want to do
that?" I said, "Yes, but I will not. However, I can lay a command in
you that will prevent you from doing it, without interfering with your
will and thoughts." One said, "I agree with that. It IS a great
temptation. I would welcome the ability to ignore it. I must admit I am
not sure I can trust myself." I said, "Wisdom is yours. Others have
agreed to it. Some have not. Those will have their powers removed. Oh,
it seems they have changed their opinions about that. Amusement is
appropriate." There was more of it then.
I said, "I will do that, and a little more. All those of your species
will be returned to this planet. All that are born here will have the
command implanted, when it is the right time for that, automatically.
There will be a shield around your planet and system that will not
allow passage to space ships and weapons. Do not think of it as a
punishment, but as a means of saving your lives, without taking the
lives of others who would attack you in revenge. I see you hadn't
considered that. Mine is the responsibility, so I must. My actions here
will be periodically reviewed and modified as needed." One said, "Those
who were ruled will have much difficulty in adjusting to the
disappearance of their false Gods." I said, "That is true. I will be
assisting them. It is done. The commands and barriers are in place, and
all your people have been returned, powerless, and I must say, more
than a little concerned." Some amusement was expressed, with awe. One
said, "Are you God?" I said, "There is but one God, the creator of All.
I am not Him, but I am His Senior Agent. Any more questions you will
have trouble believing the answers to?" Some amusement. One said, "Your
humor is unexpected." I said, "I have to listen to what I say, more
than anybody. I see no reason why I should not try to make it more
pleasant, if I can. Now a gift from me." I glowed and gave my love to
all on that world, and then ended my presence there.
I said to Daren, "They had something like psionic hypnosis that made
it easy for them to control people. Not nearly as powerful as those we
made the er, pet for." He grinned. He said, "Still active in the other
galaxy?" I said, "Yes. Some confusion and insurrection. Love and
healing broadcasts, and rubber weapons. Gave them all in the galaxy,
crystals of my love, like Dad did with his last gasp." He said, "Good
idea. Remind them of what's really important. I'm sure of something
now. He made us suffer so we could bring His help to others." I said,
"Strange evolution for us. A kind of conspiracy." He said, "That tree
is going to paste your image all over." I said, "Yes. Made a convert."
He said, "With what you're doing, you'll have a lot more." I said,
"Masters are gone, but the habit of worship is hard to shake." He said,
"At least they have a good one now to worship. Hmm, you could have used
He said, "Rik?" I said, "Possibly. Good training ground, though."
He said, "Are the Originators all one species?" I said, "No more than
our galaxy's Senior Guardians are. Dad saw at least three kinds, and
knew that two of them were." He looked at me strangely, and said, "How
do you know that?" I said, "I was the first S Kid to become telepathic.
I couldn't control it for a while. He wasn't used to shielding his mind
to the level that would prevent me from seeing his thoughts when I
didn't want to, which was always." He said, That explains it.
Partially." I said, brightly, "He knows a lot more, now." He let it
drop with a rude noise.
George said to me, "The time has come." I said, "Don't we do it often
enough already?" He said, "I didn't mean that, but now that you mention
school." I said, "So we need to move. Time zone biorhythms. Optimum is
Belize. Same language, too." He said, "Not Allguard?" I said, "For ALL,
fine, but not specifically for humans. It's just not completely fit for
for us. And I would have to make a new city. One more thing. Do we want
the other schools to really know what our S Kids can do?" He said,
"Right. Belize it is. Room for a lot more, and we can go outside all
year long on the island, and not worry about being seen." I said,
"Right. Dad put up a one way fog screen. Anybody trying to spy on us,
won't get clear images. Outside teachers are ported into our current
school, so that can continue, and they might not even know the change
in location, just remodeled classrooms."
He said, "Would be nice to have all new fancy buildings." I said,
that." He hugged. I said, "There is a way. Outside will be normal, but
NOT inside. Will be Port-Alls in the main doorways that when activated,
would port inspectors to a regular building on Allguard, with illusions
outside. They can inspect all they want, and they won't know a thing."
He said, "DO that." More hugs and kisses. That I did. I made all the
buildings over, on our private island off the coast of Belize, and made
new ones for the school and student housing.
I showed some of us around. I said, "Inside is like Dad's houses. All
his fancy tech. Students don't have to live here, or move right away.
They can use the Port-Alls like they always have. We do have some
sports facilities here, including spaceball, but for the really big
things, we can keep using Allguard. And my place for visits, too. Got
horses and Navajo culture. No, we couldn't have the school there. Not
where I live. I'm too distracting." They nodded. Daren said, "But after
you go?" I said, "I flush." Groans and pokes.
I said, "Unlike Dad's things, none of these are fully 4th protected.
At least not continuously, but in an emergency, such as an earthquake
or hurricane, they will be. We don't want to interfere with our
students' 4th studies. For parents who want to live near their kids,
well, this isn't the place for that. Nothing for them to do, but those
kids can still live in DC and commute." Nods. I said, "Going to have to
put a lock on the ships." Grins. Didn't want them to try to play with
our space ships, unauthorized. I said, "Anything you want added or
changed, let me know." We ported to one of the play lounges, and
celebrated the only way we had. Great fun, and a lot of love.
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