Alexander Walsh, that is a man who was quite the thinker. His ideas on earther were interesting and his interest were as vast and varied as those thoughts of his.
I saw him as a potential reincarnator when he first graduated college. A bright mind, one that made use of his less than optimal degree in social sciences to make a living. Using a few unscrupulous methods to take advantage of the Intellectual Property laws.
He made use of his vast knowledge to add his name in a lot of papers. Used his reputation to publish books and make contracts that simply gave him royalties. He earned royalties by acting as a consultant in various entertainment related pieces, from novels and comics to movies and tv shows.
A brilliant mind that could do almost anything and everything but it is used by a spirit filled with cunning, greed and ambition.
At the tender age of 24 he was already a millionaire, but unlike those overnight millionaires, Alexander was great at planning. His properties and all his assets were not simple show pieces. They were not static assets that simply collected dust, no, he chose to accumulate wealth that could grow itself.
Properties in the city center used to either rent out for businesses or one used by his own businesses. His various consultant activities fueled his network of connections and with an eye for talent he was able to raise a few gems.
His future was set to be one of glory and fame, but for now, and for at least another decade or two he would be the hidden millionaire. He was the self-made millionaire, maybe even billionaire in the future, but unlike others who flaunt their wealth he would be hidden in the seams.
Alexander was the type of person to thrive in any environment and make use of his knowledge to the best of his abilities to make his life as plentiful and stable as possible.
But, this was a nature- developed, not one he was born with.
Born and raised to a low income household, his father being shot dead by a mugger and his mother not having a degree. Alexander lived in relative poverty for most of his early life. He lived in a neighborhood that was predominantly “non-white”.
In this neighborhood, he was not hated but he was still shunned. Most of his neighbors were immigrants and people of color who were not new to racism and classism.
Despite his neighbors and friends trying to avoid prejudice and hate, there were still bad players in the media, government and even politics. Hate speech was something that is weaponized by those in power.
This led to Alexander needing to find ways to defend himself when things get hairy or tough. When emotions are high or when something big happens, Alexander and his poor mother were usually the first to suffer.
But this did not stop the man, from a young age he learned to become someone who could survive. His cunning and calm mind, his opportunistic nature and desire for more was built by this dangerous environment.
His genius was something he learned he had early in his life, starting with scholarships he found a way to obtain top of the line education. His wits allowed him to be opportunistic and learn to become an entrepreneur.
Not letting himself remain as nothing more than a brilliant research or scientist, he took on a path that would leave him with almost no rest but one that allowed him to care for what was important to him.
Slowly, he achieved all this, he was able to bring his mother to a better neighborhood in his early teens. When he was in his mid teens he returned to his old neighborhood to help his friends and teach them. By his late teens before getting to college he used all his connections to turn a bad neighborhood into a productive one.
He invested in shops, ideas and even built his own. Starting small, he built a whole commercial district filled with small shops and young entrepreneurs.
The returns were small, but the investment quickly paid off as traffic in the district increased and the more the shops earned the more passive income he got. His actions enriched not only himself but also others.
If he wanted he could have started to delve into politics but instead Alexander chose to continue his path of silently building assets and influence. His connections grew and soon he was talking with CEO’s of big corporations and other high profile names.
But he still avoided politics, fame was something he completely avoided. He silently took royalties here and there, placed investment on one thing and created a competitor for it, starting a battle of development and endless inflation in price of said good.
Through competition he created companies that had goods that ranged from affordable to high end products. He even had investments in its competitor’s, of course his actions were done together with other investors and the CEO’s.
His idea was brilliant and many of the rich and powerful followed his plan and with that the money kept coming in for Alexander.
The life story of such a genius was one I would have loved to watch till the end but alas, his talent was something the earth did not need. His talents were needed elsewhere, as the earth remained stable, countless other realities were breaking down.
For eons now I have pulled out talents from one world to another, all in the hopes of saving realities on the brink of destruction.
Humans, interestingly enough, had various theories concerning this matter. Parallel worlds and such were used not only in fiction but even for some more theoretical side of research.
Unfortunately the complexity of how realities are shaped made it so that not only parallel worlds but worlds of fiction were also created. Unlike the theories that are heavily tied to the laws, the reason why destruction occurs boils down to the concept of reality.
What is reality? How is it shaped? How is it formed? What constitutes a reality? What is it’s basis?
Humans are wholly incapable of comprehending this, for beings such as I thought, such concepts are what constitute my very existence. At times even I wonder if itis my existence that causes problems, but there is not way to test such a thought.
With that being the case, Alexander’s case as well as that of a few others have been due to the realms of other realities crashing into that of the Earth.
Laws exist to prevent beings such as I to directly interfere with events, I could not directly prevent a reality from crashing into another- a precursor to the destruction of one or both realities.
As such, I have devised the idea of transferring individuals from each reality to another. Using their existence as a bridge, the force that attracts the realities to one another loosens. When this happens the realities would start to repel each other.
The reason as to why realities get attracted to each other falls under a force that is based on the nature of realities to mend themselves. The reality Alexander was placed into for example, it was on the verge of breaking.
Its existence was remodeled by a force of imagination and thought coming from earth. This remodeling was not induced by the thoughts coming from earth but instead it took these thoughts to purposely build a connection to earth in order to create a corridor to it.
Using said corridor the reality on the verge of breaking would consume earth and either implode or successfully devour earth.
By transferring Alexander and a little bit of my own existential power, a tiny bit, not even amounting to an atom, I was able to stabilize the crumbling reality and by using Alexander as a conduit repair the breaking reality and separating it from earth completely.
This thought had to involve Alexander dying before his time, causing a bit of confusion and some cracks on earth's reality. Though the tiny bit of power I left along with the existence of the mans successor in the form of another reincarnator was used as a conduit for stabilization.
Unfortunately a series of other realities caused a domino effect that forced me to do the same actions for a plethora of other realities in the same state as that of Alexander’s current realm.
But moving on from that, Alexander’s mother now found her grandson, she took over Alexander’s companies, assets and various businesses. Unlike Alexander who only acted kind and kept everything to himself though, his mother was the epitome of kindness.
Fortunately Alexander’s act allowed him to ally and befriend a plethora of kind hearted talents. Now a revolution was occurring on earth led by his mother and her associates. But that is a tale for another time-
Recalling all these, I couldn’t help but play with the tiny silver ball in my hands.
You really didn’t have to remove his nature and maturity from him… even for us… the complexity of the human mind is something that is- like realities, only controlled by the chaotic nature of the universe.
A similar existence told me but I disagree, Alexander was a great talent, but what I needed was not his nature and maturity built upon an unfortunate childhood.
What I wanted was his latent potential and talent, as such I did what I could. Gave him some benefits to help him get a head start. Took advantage of the chaos of the realm to control his fate and made him reincarnate into a wealthy and happy family.
His memories remained but his nature and maturity were blank slates. This led to the kid having a mix of knowing and not knowing about his past life. He retained a lot of his learned knowledge but his experiences that molded him previously, most of it if not all were ripped out along with his nature and maturity.
Unfortunately, it seems that those memories were MOSTLY ripped out as some have already taken root in his subconscious. Fortunately it was in his subconscious mind which- whether for better or worse created the complex being now known as Alexander Walsh.
A lot of his actions were both mature and childish. His decisions were planned, deliberate and planned but he was, at times impulsive. He was calm but most of the time it was forced as he tried to suppress the inner fire of a child.
Memories really are a complex network, losing something leaves an obvious blank. But experiences that mold nature and maturity were- for the most part intertwined with his other memories. This was true for all beings with consciousness but especially true for Alexander.
In his previous life his mind was in a constant state of thought. He had to consider multiple things over and over again. Even when relaxing and enjoying movies and shows he was still thinking of work or experiences in the back of his mind.
This made ripping out his nature and maturity extra tricky as he did not want Alex to become an idiot but he wanted the man to be reborn as a boy and not a man in a boy’s body.
Interestingly enough, his boy reacts to his mind but mostly it was suppressed. He felt a bit of tension from his interactions with girls in his age but his mind that “believed” himself to be mature suppressed such thoughts.
Alas, when his mind was allowed to think of such thoughts, without the suppression, his instincts that were suppressed became uncontrollable- almost, uncontrollable.
I really liked the most recent event wherein he realized how naive he was. Watching him act like he knew everything and mature for seven years as he traveled the world was boring. His interactions were interesting but Alexander was not much of an interesting individual.
Now though, after all this has happened, after this string of realizations and eye opening experiences… I wonder what kind of path he would take now?
It truly is funny though, even now, he is still constantly reminding himself of the lie I told him when he was six.
Though maybe that was his way of keeping control… now, what would happen if I told him that the problem I told him was all but fixed? Now, all he has to do is live in this world?
Well my words not completely lies, depending on his actions, his life in this world would either turn for the better or worse.
I gave him quite the bonus and until now I’m still looking for certain ways to release all the power I placed into him without turning him into a pseudo - God. If I did do such a thing there is a possibility of another world getting attuned to this one…
I already balanced everything, I don’t want to see another chaotic event.
But well, I guess my actions did go a bit too far. But it’s not like I can just give him back his maturity.
Doing so now would only worsen the problem so…
By using the power hidden in his maturity and nature… this- the final power. Now, when will he ask for this I wonder?
