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The Judgement of Solomon (short story) (edit)
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Bernice and Assad are brought to the "House" of Jafar Abd al-Malik, Vizier to Harun al-Raschid - where the various "wondrous" things created by cultures mixing in Baghdad's walls are brought to be held. Bernice finds a man with a metal bird that is capable of flight before she is attacked by Assad, angry that she drew attention to him and brought him to be tried. | Bernice and Assad are brought to the "House" of Jafar Abd al-Malik, Vizier to Harun al-Raschid - where the various "wondrous" things created by cultures mixing in Baghdad's walls are brought to be held. Bernice finds a man with a metal bird that is capable of flight before she is attacked by Assad, angry that she drew attention to him and brought him to be tried. | ||
Bernice is brought before the Vizier. Bernice tries to argue her case, but is not allowed to talk before the Vizier. After Bernice's translation device is thrown into a heap of various broken devices, the Vizier demands that Bernice be punished - even after she claims that she is a powerful demon - and Bernice is thrown into an oubliette with a figure of a man made of brass. Bernice discovers that the figure can answer any question she asks of it - even though there is no way that it can understand English. Bernice asks it various questions to figure out what it is, leading it to recount the story of how Bernice entered into the cell while splicing in the story of King Solomon. Once the story ends, the figure reveals that it was a gift to the Vizier but that the Vizier threw it into the oubliette as it can never lie. Bernice | Bernice is brought before the Vizier. Bernice tries to argue her case, but is not allowed to talk before the Vizier. After Bernice's translation device is thrown into a heap of various broken devices, the Vizier demands that Bernice be punished - even after she claims that she is a powerful demon - and Bernice is thrown into an oubliette with a figure of a man made of brass. Bernice discovers that the figure can answer any question she asks of it - even though there is no way that it can understand English. Bernice asks it various questions to figure out what it is, leading it to recount the story of how Bernice entered into the cell while splicing in the story of King Solomon. Once the story ends, the figure reveals that it was a gift to the Vizier but that the Vizier threw it into the oubliette as it can never lie. Bernice realises that the Vizier (and by extension King Solomon) barred "magical" objects as they presented a threat to his rule. Bernice then asks the figure how it works, but is dragged out of the oubliette before she can read the answer. | ||
Bernice then visits Assad to try to | Bernice then visits Assad to try to apologise, but Assad yells at her - which comes out as static due to the lingering influence of the broken translation device - and reveals that his hand has been cut off. Bernice then leaves. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||