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4126 VEERASELVAN N

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4126 VEERASELVAN N

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December 2060

December 2060

6 mins
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(Alberts Mansion. Located on a hill far away from humans. Albert owned the hill. There was greenery all around. Occasionally you could hear the gipsies and their horses, otherwise, it was the sound of wind and river that made love to give birth to a beautiful harmony that surrounded the luxurious structure. Albert lived alone with maids to serve him. In his room for a gallery rested the numerous awards, he received for his inventions and a poster in the middle singing "Greatest inventor of all time. He is waiting for Josh an American author, forty years of age who's known for writing biographies of influential people. They are working together for creating Alberts's biography which one could predict to be a best seller and to run out of stock. It is Albert's birthday today. In vibrations of the desk, he could feel the helicopter landing and it was Josh.)


Josh: "Happy birthday, sir!"

(Handing him, intelligent flowers that change their odour and colour according to the weather, and a telescope which Albert had used to start of his discoveries.)


Albert: "Where did you find that thing (telescope)? Don't tell me online."

Josh: "Online auction, sir."

Albert: "Wow. Do you know my age?"

Josh: "It's sixty today."


Albert: "They say age is just a number but it is a scary number. What part of the book are we in?"

Josh: "Currently in your source of inspiration to invent things you invented."


Albert: "Yeah, I remember now. Inspiration is such a powerful word. (Long silence ) Josh, let's play a game here. I will tell you two stories related to my source of inspiration. One is a terrible lie and other the hard truth. You judge."

Josh: "Shoot it."


Albert: "The first one - I woke up to crazy ideas everyday. I got these ideas from my dreams and lucid dreams. When I was young, I was able to read 5 books a day. I didn't know the source of this consciousness but this idea of inventions got planted in me on its own. I didn't make an effort to do any of these things, they just happened with these hands. I was like a mutant with powers to invent."


Albert: "Second one. My dad was in the navy. So I rarely saw him growing up. Whenever he returned, he took mom and me to the beach. It was like a routine. On 2007, on my seventh birthday, perfect weather happened to play on the beach. 2007 was a time when the internet was just building up. We were driving in our BMW which used to run on petrol. I miss the smell and power of gas now. Near the entrance of the beach, there were nudists partying, I looked away because that's how I was raised. Mum rested and dad started playing balls with teenage kids. I was left alone. I walked and wandered, getting bored by all the terrible sandcastles I built.


I saw a small mountain and started running towards it to climb and see things from the top. I was scared by the silence and lifelessness around it. It was tress on elevation and no humans around. I walked further and the sound of the silence increased. Someone tapped on my shoulder, I turned around. It was a naked woman, maybe she was from the group of nudists. She was still without clothes. My heart was in it's fastest pace at that moment. I tried to run but she caught me and punched me. I lost my senses, she choked me in her breasts, I tried to resist but she did things to me that made me cry in the inside, with eyes closed. My eyes were still closed but now she was crying. When I was sure she wasn't around I opened my eyes to what would be a different world to me. I didn't climb the mountain. I returned to the beach. Mom was sleeping with a novel covering her face. Dad asked, 'where were you, mate?'. Before I spoke anything, ' it's time to go home'.


Two days later I almost forgot about that day. But the women returned in my dreams. And during the daytime, I saw those horrific things, it would be playing in my mind like a video and I didn't have control to pause it or stop it. It was on repeat. As I grew older, it was getting worse. I couldn't focus on anything. I become a loner. I wanted to have friends but my mind kept me imprisoned. My suffering increased day by day. I felt choking. The worst thing at that time was I didn't have a single friend. I decided to end this on my own. I trained my mind. Tried meditation and that didn't erase the video but most certainly there was an improvement. I couldn't do anything but observe. I got attracted to nature and to observe nature was the only thing I did. Then I shifted to observe people. I realised something. Everyone wanted to get things out of someone even if it involved hurting the person. The selfishness that man had was very dangerous and I could easily identify that everyone was wearing a mask. The businesses were mostly victimisation of the vulnerable. Media just for its pay per view exaggerated truths in a way that truth was lost in the process. Politicians fooled us and hypocrites did what they did best. I was not against the desires and wanderlust of man but the ways he used to achieve them were mostly evil. There was 'n' number of ways to help but people always ended up in hurting others. We were producing twice the amount of food required but still millions died due to lack of food and billions just ate two or one meal a day. I read an article about how the world could end in 50 ways due to the climatic change occurring. I didn't want this beautiful world to end due to stupid humans who just care about themselves. I stopped blaming them and realised that they are nothing but mammals who would care about themselves and the extent of their bloodline. I turned 25. Then I started working every day skipping sleep and by being alone I attracted creative ideas. I wanted to remove hunger from the world. Hunger was the reason for many problems. The root of sufferings. Then we made these micro seeds which would transform into food within minutes when kept under a light source we made. We named it 'Budha light '.We distributed them for free. We were under the controversy of making peoples life meaningless but I didn't care. I was onto making people and earth suffer less and sustainable. That was the beginning of all of my inventions. I still see the women in my dreams."


Josh: "I guess I know the hard truth now. And your source of inspiration. Woah!"


Albert: "What year you were born in?"


Josh: "The cursed year, 2020."


Albert: "Oh that year, my dad died in India fighting the world war 3. I know for a fact that the tesla aka mars guy played a similar game with you. Tell me about it. Everything."


( Maid knocks on the door)


Albert: "Come, young man, it's time for turkey and wine."


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