Short Play by Hamza Shumsy
(5 min read)
Cover Photo Credits: Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash
Disclaimer: This is a piece of fiction written just to entertain the readers. The writer has no deliberate intention of imposing any idea whatsoever.
Intro: A Mid-aged Guy with a strange ability turned problem finds himself in trouble due to incompatibility with society.
Characters: 2
1- Zaedm: A Mid-aged Man
2- Dr. Solution: Dr. of Solutionology & a Consultant
Total Scenes: 1
Scene # 1 – Conversation between Zaedm & Dr. Solution
Scene # 1
Zaedm & Dr. Solution
( Zaedm & Dr. having a conversation in the Doctor’s Office)
Zaedm: Dr. Saab I have come to you to get a solution to my problem, a disease or whatever you may call it. The problem is that my brain is over-efficient. The clock speed, bus speed, neural frequency, neural activity, or whatever you may say is too high.
I can count the revolutions per minute of a revolving fan
I can read minds
I can hear voices from miles away if I concentrate
I can measure the speed of a fast-moving car
In my childhood long before the invention of slow-motion cameras I counted and told the world how many times in a minute a fly flaps its wings and 10 years later science proved me right and all of this is because my mind operates at a very high frequency but now I want to live a normal life, I want a mind with a normal or below normal speed. Pls Dr. Saab pls, do something I feel like this neural over efficiency is going to kill me.
Doc: I know about your abilities, I have seen many documentaries about you.
Zaedm: I have consulted different neuro-scientists mind scientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, hypnotherapists, neurosurgeons, etc. but they said there is no soft solution for this problem or ability and the only option available is surgery but with a 5% expected success rate. There is a 95% risk that the operation will fail. They say to lower the speed of neural activity related to critical thinking will also slow down and badly hurt normal body functions and brain activities like blood pressure, movement of the body, walking, talking, sleeping, etc.
Doc: To every problem, there exists a solution. There is another name for Solution and it is The Missing Piece.
Zaedm: I know Doc you did your Ph.D. in Solutionology, you are known to be the best Solutioner in the whole universe but my case is different from every other’s as I have nothing missing instead abundance is the problem. I am pretty sure that you won’t be able to find a solution to my problem and if you fail your ideology of The Missing Piece will be falsified because of which you have got this fame and name Dr. Solutioner.
Doc: Let’s try to verify. I explain to you first, a venom is only effective when there is no antidote present in the subject likewise we have problems because we have no solution present in advance. We should have the solution before we start dealing with problems. Parents have to not leave any piece missing in their kids so that someone just filling that bit of piece may not get all the sympathy of their kids.
If you have an acidity problem then it means you have to take base so that base can regulate the amount of acid in your body so its about balance and finding the missing piece or element or chemical, any other substance or abstract elements like emotion, empathy, love or any other missing.
Zaedm: We sometimes have to setup up on a voyage to find what problems are there on the way so there is no pre-solution in this case.
Doc: Then perseverance is the solution, wisdom is the solution, appetite to find a solution is a solution but there is always a solution which is the missing piece.
Zaedm: You may be right but I don’t think there is any solution to my problem.
Doc: Let’s start finding the problem. After I completed my 45 years of research I classified humans into 3 categories. There are some pre-questions mentioned in the Application Form which you filled as well. For each category, we have a set of 5 questions and by getting answers to only 2 or 3 questions I will find a solution to that person’s problem. If someone can answer all 5 of the question right, then only my method and I both will fail and I must tell you, I have treated millions of people to date.
As you mentioned your age of 45 in the pre-question form, I have identified the category you fall in and I’ll ask you different questions for which you will have to answer. Are you ready?
Zaedm: Yes Doc, I am ready.
Doc: Question 1: What is the sum of 2+ 2?
Zaedm: It’s 4.
Doc: Very Good! Question 2: What comes after Q.
Zaedm: It’s R.
(Doctor starts to seem worried)
Doc: Here comes a very difficult one, Question 3: How many days there are in a year?
Zaedm: 365 days and 366 in a leap year.
(Doctor starts sweating while the A.C. is operational and the sound of the high-speed fan is audible)
Doc: Question 4 is a very tough one I hope you will not succeed this time.
Suppose you tell a secret to your best friend and tell him not to tell it to his best friend. What is a relative possibility that he will keep the secret.
Zaedm: It is as possible as it is for a fish to climb a tree.
(Doctor starts to shiver with anxiety)
Doctor: Now I am going to ask you the last question, the very last one, and looking at your answers I think it is the end of my career. Question 5 is: You are looking at the mirror and the North is looking at the South. How can you make the North look at itself?
Zaedm: By putting a mirror in front of the North.
Doc: What!!! It’s unbelievable, it’s impossible, no one your age has answered in a row 3 questions ever. How is it even possible that you could answer all 5 questions It’s impossible, not at all possible. How can your mental ability be so flawless to answer all of my questions. How is it possible that your Analytical, Arithmetic, Problem-solving skills, and Memory everything is in such good shape and quality. It’s unbelievable!
By the way, how many kids do you have?
Zaedm: How can I have kids? I am single.
Doc: What? (The Doctor screams violently then suddenly calms himself down) okay, the test is over you may leave now, and pls visit tomorrow I will update you about the solution.
Zaedm: Okay Doc, have a nice day.
Doc: (starts screaming violently as soon as Zaedm leaves the office) Assistant, come here we have a question missing in our pre-consultation questionnaire.
Assistant: What is it Sir? (asks nervously running towards the doc)
Doc: Are you married?
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