Short Play by Hamza Shumsy
(5 min read)
Intro: A Superhero with rare superhero skill wants to surrender his superpower to live a life he likes but cannot find any solution on his planet so he travels to Jupitaar to seek help from the great Baba-G.
Characters: 2
1- Dave: A Successful Businessman & Influencer
2- Baba G: A Saint
Total Scenes: 1
Scene # 1 – Conversation between Dave & Baba-G
Scene # 1
Dave & Baba-G
(Dave traveled to Jupitaar to seek help from Baba-G)
Dave: Baba-G, I have a superpower to surrender. I have this superpower of convincing anyone of anything I like to and I can convince anyone in the whole universe. Everyone believes I am the most powerful person on the Planet. On the Planet I am known to be the King of Negotiations, though I am known to be a successful businessman the government assigns me very secret and difficult jobs. I have mediated war seize fire talks separately convincing both countries’ leaders. I have even toppled governments just by convincing them. Whoever I talk to is convinced no matter how tough he/she is to convince. Now I don’t want to live this life of always winning because I want to get married and I want to surrender my superpower to live a normal life. I have always won, every business deal, every situation, and everywhere. I have to get married now and live a normal life but the problem is that If I marry a girl while having this superpower, my life partner will be like a slave to me, she will follow each and every command of mine and will not be able to share her views and there will be no fights, no roothna no manana. I have lived a life of an undisputed king with everyone following my orders, now I want a life partner who has her own will to act as she likes to, I want her to have her own opinion.
Life is beautiful when there are little fights and then appeasing and all the happiness but with someone following you like a slave, there will be no joy in life and no meaning as well. I don’t want to marry a slave who always obeys me and has no will of her own and with this superpower, I cannot live a normal life, because whoever girl in this universe I marry will surrender her will to me, no girl in the whole universe has the ability to convince me. Please please Baba G do something.
Baba-G: So, you have this superpower of convincing anyone anywhere with nothing stopping you. Is that right?
Dave: Yes but the presence of another person in that space cancels out my superpower. If I am in conversation with a person in a confined space or even in a Park but with no one around in a specific radius, my super power works but if someone is around the third person’s aura cancels out my superpower.
Consider it as a wireless signal jammer, the original signal is there but it cannot be used because of the signal jammer produces a distorted signal that cancels out the original signal.
I consulted medical surgeons, psychiatrists, psychologists, and different experts for a solution no matter what the cost is and every one said to take this superpower of you is an impossibility. I heard only you can fix this impossibility.
Baba-G: Nothing is impossible in this world my dear that is why I or anyone else can fix this.
Dave: Does not seem to be true in my case but I believe if you say. Does it require any surgery or any medical procedure? Is this procedure safe?
Baba-G: First of all, all of your fantasies that you will convince your wife does not seem to be very convincing to me, even the one who in your opinion can do impossibilities could not turn this impossibility into possibility and so is called Baba-G instead of SHUAZM. Second yes there is a solution and it is safe with no medical surgery whatsoever needed.
Dave: Hurrah, so how does it work?
Baba-G: Consider it like a signal jammer the superpower will be there but of no use.
Dave: Will I be able to get the superpower back?
Baba-G: Nope, once you surrender your superpower, you won’t be able to get it back at any cost.
Dave: Any other drawback or anything worth considering?
Baba-G: Yes a little one.
Dave: Leave the little drawback, I am so happy that finally, I am able to surrender my superpower and live like a normal human being. By the way what drawback is this?
Baba-G: At times you may find it difficult to convince even yourself.
Dave: No problem, please tell me the solution I am dying to hear about it.
Baba-G: Get married and enter into a second marriage.
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