Solomon's Private File #324
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 30 in this story, in the Summer of 2056.
Solomon's Private File #324 "Nose For Trouble"
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I strode purposely to the center of the gigantic arena. I looked up,
and saw my image on some of the gigantic video screens. I looked like
my usual human self. I was the only one there like that, but they were
used to different intelligent species. They know a lot of them, mostly
as slaves. I wasn't wearing much, and my big well defined muscles drew
some appreciative comments from the crowd. The announcer said, "This
slave's name is Solomon. He is disobedient." That was true. I was a
VERY disobedient slave. Deliberately. Announcer said, "He will face the
beasts!" Doors opened, and an interesting variety of ferocious animals
came out. Some saw me, and ran at me. I was holding a sword. I put it
down, and held out my arms to the animals. They slowed down, and
stopped in front of me. They bowed. I went to them and petted them, and
they showed they enjoyed it very much.
I said in a penetrating voice that all could hear, "Thank you for
your gift to me of these new friends." There was silence, and then a
lot of buzzing from the spectators. New animals were released. They
were deadly enemies to the first set. They didn't fight, and became my
pets, too. The announcer said, "Those are well trained killing animals!
This has never happened before!" I said, "Give your guests a refund?"
He yelled, "You will fight other slaves!" I said, "You don't have to
shout. They can hear you just fine, the same as when you're not being
obnoxious." Laughter. He wasn't happy with that.
Guards tried to force some armed people into the arena, but they
refused to enter because of the animals. I said, "I see you have a
little problem." I waved my arm, and the animals all moved to a
position against the wall. I said, "They will stay there as long as I
request it. The people may now enter." They still resisted, but
eventually they came in, and to me. The announcer said, "You will kill
Solomon!" I said, "I will be disobedient, and not be killed." He said,
"Freedom to the one who kills!" I said, "Who would believe your lies?"
One said, "I will, on the chance it is true." I nodded. I said, "Then
begin." He said, "Your sword!" I said, "Alright, you can have it. I
don't need it." He came at me. I dodged his stabs and slices, easily.
Then I grabbed his sword by the blade, and yanked it out of his hand. I
threw it hard, and it stuck in the high overhead display equipment.
I said, "Next?" Then they all came at me. I dodged their strikes, and
threw them around. Then a wild swing cut deeply into the arm of
another. Everybody in the arena screamed. I said above that noise, "You
who like to cause pain so much in others, should also enjoy it
yourselves. Oh, you don't like it? I offer to heal this one, which will
stop the pain of all of you, if you give these people their freedom.
Hmm, if he dies, guess what will happen to you?" The announcer gritted
his teeth, and said, "You are causing this?" I said, "No, you are. You
caused all to be here with me. You gave them weapons and compelled them
to use them. You are responsible for the injury. ALL are responsible
for it, who came here to be entertained by it. All I'm doing is
enabling you to feel it as he does. Oh, and if I die, that will never
end. So, what is your decision on my offer?" He said, "I grant their
freedom!"
I said, "You do not have the power and authority to do that. From
you, those are just the empty words of a coward. I suggest you ask
those who DO have that authority, to make that promise, or those near
you might want to do something bad to you to encourage that." He was
looking around very nervously. A person in the VIP section said to him,
"I will personally guarantee it. Tell him!" The announcer said,
"Senator Mantil personally guarantees their freedom." I said, "I heard
him." I went to the injured man, and said, "Will you allow me to heal
you?" He said, "Please, sir!" I took in power, and put my glowing hand
on his arm, and the slash closed, and healed without a scar. All those
there could feel it happening. All their pain in their arms stopped. A
video closeup showed it all in the monitors.
The Senator came to the announcer's position, and said in the mic,
"You made us feel his pain. You healed him. Does that mean you can heal
all of us in the same way?" I said, "Not in the same way, but you would
be unable to see the difference. Yes, I can heal large groups of
people. And that's why I'm condemned to be here. I healed against
orders. There are many people who need healing, that I can heal, but
those who sent me here don't want that to happen. Yes, I can heal all
of you, of any disease and injury, but you would kill the person who
can do that. Such a government doesn't serve its citizens well. I
recommend a change." One of my attackers laughed hysterically, and some
others laughed at him.
Senator said, "You haven't asked for your freedom?" I said, "I don't
need to. I am always as free as I wish to be." He said, "I don't
understand. You are here, and about to die." I said, "Yes I'm here, but
the dying part isn't going to happen. I think it's been tried a
little." Laughter. He said, "You show no fear." I said, "Correct! There
is a very good reason for that. I don't have any. In this life, I have
never felt personal fear." He said, "Are you insane?" I said, "A sane
person would say he isn't, and so would an insane person. Try a useful
question." Laughter, which he wasn't happy about. An aid whispered to
him. He said to me, "You made us feel that pain. Can you make us feel
other things? Oh, wait! It was in our minds. Does that mean you know
our thoughts?" I said, "Yes, and yes." He said, "Can you prove that?" I
said, "Sure. Think of your most embarrassing moment, and I'll tell
about it. Oh, that's a bad one! You should have told her you were just
feeling small that day." He said, "Stop!" Loud laughter.
I said, "You didn't have to choose that one. That's an interesting
expression." I showed it on the monitors. He said to a tech, "Did you
do that?" He said he didn't. Couldn't, because there was no camera
pointed at him from that angle. He said to me, "Did you cause my image
to appear on the monitors?" I said, "I did. Would you like me to put a
video of what happened on it?" He shouted, "NO!" I said, "A little
loud. A regular 'no' would have been just fine." Laughter. He said,
"Can you do other unusual things?" I said, "Well, some say my humor is
unusual." He said, "Other than that." I said, "Yes, I can do many
unusual things. A shorter list would be about what I can't do." He
said, "What would those things be?" I said, "I can't change what
happens after a person dies." He said, "And the other things?" I said,
"That's all, of what I know I can't do. Some things I haven't tried.
But I'm getting some interesting ideas. You might not like some of
them." He gulped.
Then he said, "We are to believe that?" I said, "I am unable to lie.
Hmm, some of you know the significance of that." Another man whispered
in his ear. I said, "You know I can hear that." He said to me, "You are
a holy man?" I said, "Yes, as you would understand it." He said, "Is
this your usual appearance?" I said, "That is not a valid question for
me. I fully control the reality of me." He said, "I don't understand."
I said, "That's not unusual. I appear as I choose." He said, "Can we
see your real appearance?" I said, "I just told you. I control the
reality of me. This is real." I changed to another species, and
another, and said, "And this is real." I changed back, and said, "Don't
you have any intelligent questions?" An aid whispered in his ear. I
showed that on the monitor, and said, "That ear is getting quite a
workout." Laughter. I said, "Maybe you can give that one a rest, and
use the other one." Laughter. I said, "I see you're annoyed. I am here
to be killed, for crime a no civilized society would recognize, and YOU
are annoyed? You don't DESERVE to be annoyed."
He said, "But you're a slave!" I said, "Anybody can become a slave,
when those with the power to make it happen, cause it. That includes
you. Would it be a bad thing for you to be a slave?" He said, "Yes it
would!" I said, "Then it is bad for ANY person to be a slave. Do not do
to others what you do not want them to do to you. I said that universal
law two thousand years ago. I bring it here to you now." He said, "Do
you have the power to enforce that?" I said, "Do you want to test me
some more? The consequences will be very real." He gulped loudly. I
said, "I don't recognize that word." Laughter. I said, "I offer to heal
all on this world, and that includes replacement of lost organs and
limbs. But not if slavery exists here. Not if you murder people who
break your laws."
He said, "How am I to believe you?" I said to all on the world,
"Those of you who are not of this world, and are slaves, who wish to be
returned to your own world, and with what will enable you to use for
proper pay, say so now, and I will hear you and make it happen!" A
great many did. In the arena, all those who attacked me, vanished. I
had also dressed them properly, and included ID documents. I said to
the Senator, "I spoke to the world. All foreign slaves who wanted to
return, have been sent home. Your degree of belief doesn't change that
reality." A messenger ran up to him, and whispered. He turned his phone
on, and answered it. I played it in the stadium. It was the ruler of
the world, telling him what happened, and that they were to kill me at
all costs. I said, "Tell him that I am not able to die." That caused a
lot of comment. More yelling. I showed his live image on the monitors.
I said, "Mister world leader, you are not acting wisely. To show you my
power, you will have a nose issue, and every five seconds you will
shout 'whoop'. As you see, and hear, I can do what I say." His nose had
grown five times bigger and longer, and he started saying whoop. There
was a lot of laughter in the arena.
I said, "He sticks his nose in the affairs of other people now,
they're REALLY going to notice it." Loud laughter. I said, "If he
sneezes, run!" More laughter. Even the Senator laughed at that one. In
between whoops, he said, "I'll send my space ships to those planets,
and bring them back!" I said, "It was very considerate of you to tell
me your plans. You may send your ships, but they won't do much about
that when they get there. I removed all their weapons. From ALL your
ships. Even those in hyperdrive, or still being built. So, what else
are you going to do, that I can nullify?" He screamed in rage. I said,
"Alright, I can make it so you can't make a sound. Is that what your
screaming is asking for?" He went silent. He was getting messages from
ships in orbit, and he became very afraid. I said, "You still have
slaves, which is causing the world healing not to happen. Not
convinced? Shall I make your nose so useful, that everything smells
very bad to you?"
I said to all the world, "You are required to stop slavery, and
attacking other worlds and people to acquire them. You are required to
stop killing people, even those you consider to be criminals. Your
leader has refused to do these things. Now comes long lasting
consequences that will remain even if you do stop slavery and killing
people. No space ships made by you will have weapons for 100 years. No
ships of others that you cause to do work for you, will have weapons.
All large weapons that are capable of defending this world from attack
by other worlds, are now gone, and will not be allowed for 100 years."
I grew to a nine meter tall giant, and said, "You will not have world
healing until you have earned God's forgiveness. I, His Senior Agent
for all time and spaces, say this in his name, as I am directed to." I
stopped the broadcast. I returned to my normal size.
I said to the Senator, "Some belief now? Hmm, how would you like your
nose?" He said, "I believe!" I said, "Beware the powerless, for there
is no way to know who their friends are, or how powerful. Treat people
as you want them to treat you, and you won't need to worry about that.
You've made a lot of enemies. I suggest that you very quickly learn how
to make friends, for when they come to visit you. Or YOU may find out
how it is to be a slave. You have taught them well. There are always
consequences. Ignore that basic reality at your peril." I went to the
animals, and they crowded around me, and gave me their versions of
affection. I said to the animals, so all in the arena could hear, "You
are my only friends here. Thank you for your love." I went back to the
center of the arena, and grew tall again, and glowed, and melted into a
ball of bright light, and then faded to nothing.
I gave the memory of that to Daren and George. They said, "Wow!" I
said, "No, it was 'whoop'." They gave me rude noises. George said,
"Going to do a show about it?" I said, "Opinion?" He said,
"Complicated. Shows them they have it easy here, compared to elsewhere,
but could make them fear you more than you like." Daren said, "I don't
know if it's possible for the leaders of religion to love you more, but
they're going to try." Chuckles. He said, "Depending on how you show
YOU, there's going to be a lot of drooling fans of you." I said, "You
know I'm going to show it." Big grins.
I gave the president of CNN a crystal to read. He said, "WOW!" I
said, "No, it was 'whoop'." He almost choked. He said, "Be there after
it plays?" I said, "Yes." And so it happened, with four commercial
breaks. After the last one, back on air, Greg said to me, "You were
acting like a full Biblical kind of Prophet, but in your own unique
way." I said, "I don't allow planets attacking each other, and I don't
allow institutionalized slavery in a technological society. And
absolutely not murder as entertainment!" He said, "I can sure
understand that! How did you know about the problem?" I said, "Order
from the boss. Most of the problems in galaxies I haven't been in
before, I'm told directly about. And without much information. Often,
not even what the problem IS. That time, it was just to go there and be
a slave. I was trusted to see the problems and work to fix them. I did,
and with loving approval."
He said, "Your humor was a little stronger than usual." I said,
"Pointed, like that nose?" He chuckled, and said, "Yes. That was
different! And the whoop! First it was the hand on the head, and then
the whoop. What you do next, well, I sure don't want it to be to me!" I
said, "Well, isn't that the er, point? But those weren't the first.
That was the sticky hands the night my father died." He said, "Where
their hands stuck to the missiles. Your comments then were very
amusing." I said, "I'm taller, but some things haven't changed much."
He said, "I for one, am glad of that." I said, "Thank you."
He said, "So the world healing won't happen until they stop slavery
and executions?" I said, "Yes. It's a planet wide problem, deeply
entrenched in their society, including economics. It will take a very
strong motivation to overcome the hardship making those changes will
cause. Fear of death, might do that." He said, "More, with the
possibility of attack from space." I said, "They don't know I won't let
that happen." He grinned, and said, "Oh I like that!" I said, "There is
more. The other planets were abused. What will they do, regarding their
now defenseless abuser?" He said, "Oh! You're testing them, too!" I
said, "Not directly, but all life does that, and they are very much
involved in the situation. How they act now, will show THEM who they
are."
He said, "Would you intervene if needed, there?" I said, "You know I
will." He said, "Yes. And that you committed yourself to a hundred
years of enforcement. You will live that long?" I said, "For somebody
who can't die, that question doesn't apply." He said, "About your body.
Was that normal?" I said, "Yes, that was how I was before I could make
any body, and what I look like here and now, which doesn't show so much
wearing these clothes. I'm used to it, and it could help people here to
relate to what I do, better." He said, "We're getting a lot of comments
about the action, and many of them are about your er, gladiatorial
body. An excess of approval and admiration, actually." I said, "All my
group are the most trained and capable human athletes who ever lived.
We work VERY hard to be the best we can be, and we do it well. We know
the word 'lazy' exists, but it's very foreign to us." He grinned, and
said, "I don't doubt it." We went to break.
He said, "Clergy are sending their strong approval." I said,
"Expected. They really wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of God
directed actions." He laughed. Back on air, he said, "Could you show us
that leader, live?" I said, "I could, but you know that would be for
the entertainment value only. That wouldn't be fair to him, and immoral
to encourage that desire in others." He said, "Oh. I should have known
you didn't do any of that for fun. You were actually feeling all they
felt!" I said, "I still am. A lot of people are having a lot of mixed
emotions, and not just shock and confusion. It's NOT a good time for
any of them, including the slaves. Being a slave all your life, is
never having to make your own decisions about what you do and how you
live. If that stops, well, some are absolutely terrified at the
possibility. They don't know how to NOT be slaves. Long term prisoners
often have the same issues. It will likely take all of those hundred
years to heal all that needs to be healed, and I'm not talking about
the world broadcasts. Yes, this is a VERY serious thing, and many will
suffer, billions, before it improves. And it's not just one planet, but
the whole group of planets."
He said, "So you were really needed there." I said, "I'm not God's
toy. I do very serious work for Him, which is actually for all who live
and die." He said, "We've been receiving a lot of questions. Why did
you do what you did to the leader?" I said, "He depended on the respect
of the people. Needed it badly. He can't show his face to them now, or
have them hear him, without them, well, they have to laugh. Severe loss
of respect, but no direct harm. And there's the other side. They want
to blame him for their new problems, but one look at him, and they just
can't. And in the middle of that, he can't say angry stupid things,
without making a mess of them. Writing them is er, safer, and that has
much less impact on people. And it puts a face on what I did, to remind
them of that. Yes, psychology is my main tactic." He said, "Wow! All
that just from those two things!"
He said, "Next question. Did you use any special powers in the
fight?" I said, "I didn't use any special powers in the fight, not even
Senior level use of Ki. It wouldn't have been fair. If it hadn't been
for the seriousness of the issue, it would have been a nice light
workout for me." He said, "Wow!" I said, "Not really. I've done more in
practice at home." He said, "The animals obeyed you. Can all of your
group do that?" I said, "You've experienced the Navajo dream?" He said,
"Oh! So if you can ride in an animal, you can control it?" I said,
"Yes, but it doesn't need to go that far. We can communicate with them.
Out of love, they will obey to the limit of their understanding. With
my father, they loved him a little more than he was comfortable with."
He grinned, and said, "I heard about that."
He said, "Some scientists are asking how you can do things from the
outside, inside ships going faster than light. Aren't they in their own
kind of individual spaces?" I said, "They are in individual spaces, and
that's different with different kinds of drives. One way is to make a
space ship like theirs, and travel with them. Being in the same
condition, you can then operate inside the other ship using regular
Senior Adept abilities. My father did that. I can do it with my mind.
It's like being in different dimensions at the same time, which I can
do with multiple bodies, with just one mind." He said, "Oh! Well
explained. We're out of time. Thank you, Solomon for sharing this
action with is, and explaining it." I said, "You're welcome."
Off air, he said, "I think that was a good show." Producer came in
and said, "Some strong lessons in that. A lot of public appeal, with
your hot body and the fight. Humor, too. Consistent style. Pleasant
with a sharp bite, and if they don't roll over in good time, strong
discipline." I said, "Roll over. Ha!" Chuckles. I said, "It's MY job to
make Hawk laugh." Chuckles. We hugged.
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