WARNING ⚠ : this episode contains vivid mentioning of sex, rape and Nudity.
It was late afternoon, Sufiyan was in the royal bedroom of the palace, the walls of the room were lavender in color, the furniture was expensive and engraved with precious jewels, the bed was large and beautiful furthermore Sufiyan had the opportunity to order any food he wanted and it would be delivered to his room in just 15 minutes, if all these luxuries were given to a ordinary man he would happily accept them but Sufiyan wasn't just an ordinary man oh no he had a very unique mindset, lying in bed Sufiyan was just trying to understand what had just happened, a small grin appeared on his face as he said
Sufiyan : guess this is my life now.
as he got up and walked to the bathroom, he splashed some water on his face, he looked at himself in the bathroom mirror and thought to himself whilst smiling
Sufiyan : (thinking) look at you, look at what you've become, they always laughed at you called you names, made fun of you but look whose laughing now.
he then walked out of the bathroom and went and looked out of his window, he could see many of the townsfolk of Stevenburg from here doing their daily work, farming, herding and other things seeing this Sufiyan again thought to himself
Sufiyan : oh Ortanians, such a slow and relaxed country, you are willing to give up your identity if it means that you can do your daily work in peace.
Sufiyan placed the curtains on the window and walked back and laid down again on his bed and thought to himself one last time while looking at the clock, the room was so silent Sufiyan could hear the ticking of the clock
Sufiyan : (thinking) only the man in the high castle know what it took to build the castle.
Sufiyan went in a flashback when he used to live on earth
[ FLASHBACK ]
Sufiyan was born in a middle class family, they lived in a liberal country where all ethnicities, races and genders were accepted, the government had hoped that this would improve the living conditions of the nation but instead all it did was give rise to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities, these communities had long wanted acceptance but all the former governments declared these communities as illegal and irreligious but the most recent election resulted in the community being accepted lifting the illegal and irreligious labels and making it legal for people to be LGBTQ, in a very short time this community gained prominence and soon they started to gain hegemony in the country's internal affairs soon they started to became a problem for the government so they declared them illegal what followed were a number of extremely violent protests and in the end the government declared them legal again, this led to a domino effect and one by one the LGBTQ eliminated all the people they considered a threat from the government and had them replaced by their own kind, males and females were given lesser opportunities than LGBTQ in education, jobs, businesses and more this resulted in thousands of people joining the rainbow and soon more than 95% of the population were either a part of or supported the LGBTQ, Sufiyan was among the remaining 5% straight people as the scene opens we get a view of this country all the billboards and signboards across the country were infested with ads and messages supporting and promoting the LGBTQ, it was break time at Sufiyan's office so he went out to smoke, he made his way to a local shop as he said to the shop owner
Sufiyan : greetings sir how are you?
Store owner : fine, what brings you here?
Sufiyan : oh you know it was break time so I decided to do a little smoking.
Store owner : I see.
Sufiyan noticed the rainbow flag that was placed outside the store so he asked
Sufiyan : so you changed your pronouns to?
Store owner : what, no.
Sufiyan : then why do you have a flag?
Store owner : marketing strategy.
the two laughed as Sufiyan said
Sufiyan : can't believe things have gotten this bad.
Store owner : it's best to just flow with the flow.
Sufiyan : no way I'd rather die than support this irreligious agenda.
Store owner : you do you, now which brand do you want?
Sufiyan : withered blossoms.
Store owner : Henry, grab our guy here a wb.
Henry a man with pink dyed hair and black eyes wearing your typical cool guy clothes came walking with a pack of the cigarette and gave it to Sufiyan, Sufiyan paid him and said
Sufiyan : one day will come when this false propaganda will come to an end.
niether the man nor Henry replied or gestured as Sufiyan left, the Store owner looked at Henry and asked
Store owner : I hope he didn't offend you, did he?
Henry : not at all we are used to these types of insults.
the Store owner smiled and said
Store owner : that's the only reason why I like you, you're not like the others, your different.
Henry gave a fake smile in reality Henry was very angry at what Sufiyan said about the LGBTQ community, as it turned evening Henry left for home on his way he walked into an alley and called someone, the man on the other side picked up as Henry said
Henry : hello Mr. President.
the very next minute more than a hundred police officers and atleast 20 police vehicles were dispatched and their target was Sufiyan on the other hand Sufiyan had arrived home, he lived in a nice little house with his aged mother, his 25 year old wife Zainab and his 8 months old son Faizan, Sufiyan was the only supporting hand of his family and he was quiet good at it, as he entered his house he said
Sufiyan : greetings, I'm back.
his mother replied from her room
Sufiyan's mother : welcome home son.
Sufiyan went to his room where sitting on the bed was his beautiful wife Zainab and lying next to her on the bed was Sufiyan's eight year old son Faizan, Zainab had a very fair skin and gorgeous blue eyes, a smile appeared on her face when she saw Sufiyan as she stood up and said
Zainab : greetings how are you?
Sufiyan : brilliant.
he walked to his son and said while touching his cheeks
Sufiyan : hello, how are you?
the child smiled upon seeing Sufiyan as Sufiyan smiled and Zainab said
Zainab : I'll go prepare dinner, you get fresh.
Sufiyan went to the bathroom got fresh and came to the dining room, their he sat with his wife and mother, his mother's face was wrinkled, pale and weak probably from old age as Sufiyan said
Sufiyan : I have a good news for you two.
Zainab asked with a beaming smile
Zainab : what?
Sufiyan : due to minor renovations we have been given a day off tomorrow.
Sufiyan's mother : good you'll get some well needed rest.
Zainab : can we go shopping tomorrow, I have to buy some new clothes for Faizan.
Sufiyan : why not.
they continued eating whilst chatting, after dinner they stayed up for a while and then went to bed, this picture perfect family was about to be ruthlessly slaughtered, the police spread out all over Sufiyan's vicinity all the people living in the vicinity were informed of what was to come, they were told to lock their doors and windows and everyone promised to stay loyal to the authorities at 4am in the night the police began their operation, they encircled Sufiyan's house and after completing their preparations raided his property, they broke in through the windows, hearing the sound of glass breaking Sufiyan woke up, he was a bit groggy and disoriented but he still made his way to check what was going on when out of nowhere a police officer struck him on the head with a night stick, Sufiyan fell to the ground his head was injured and it began to bleed, about 20 officers silently overpowered him and handcuffed him a few more hits to the head later and Sufiyan was unconscious, the officers dragged him out of the house without waking anyone else in the house, Sufiyan's neighbors and other members of his vicinity watched the whole scene from the blinders in their windows, Sufiyan was taken to a high security concentration camp, when Sufiyan woke up he found himself in a completely boxed of room, he could not hear anyone or anything Sufiyan touched his head and it began aching, Sufiyan remembered everything now, thinking that this may have been a mistake he shouted
Sufiyan : HELLO IS ANYBODY THERE!!?
no response came so he shouted again
Sufiyan : THEIR HAS BEEN A MISTAKE!!
Sufiyan thought that in a few seconds someone would here his cries and he'd be free but when 10 minutes passed by with no response he lost his chill and started banging the walls of the room he was in whilst screaming
Sufiyan : GET ME OUT, YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE, I'M INNOCENT!!!!!!!
Sufiyan's cries fell on deaf ears and after shouting for a few minutes he gave up, Sufiyan went and sat in the corner he was worried about his mother, wife and son more than himself, an hour later two police officers entered this room seeing them Sufiyan stood up and said
Sufiyan : sir I...
a officer shhshhed him and said
Officer : I can't believe how deceiving some people can be.
Officer 2 : he looks so innocent, doesn't he?
Sufiyan : I am innocent.
Officer : silence you filthy arsonist.
Sufiyan : what?
Officer 2 : don't act dumb we know what you did.
Sufiyan : I didn't do anything.
Officer : that's what they all say.
Sufiyan : I swear I didn't do anything.
Officer : that's what they all say.
Officer 2 : come on let's go tend the other inmates.
as the Officers began to leave, Sufiyan's fight instincts kicked in, he attacked one of the officer but to his dismay he was quickly overpowered as the officer shouted
Officer : you're gonna pay for that!
they dragged him out of his room, that was when Sufiyan discovered that he was all alone and that the facility was littered with police officers many of which were part of the LGBTQ community, Sufiyan was taken to an isolated room where he was tortured physically, chemically and even sexually by female officers who ra*ed Sufiyan, Sufiyan's life went from bad to worse afterwards everyday he would wake up eat, get tortured, eat, get tortured again, eat and go to sleep this grueling cycle continued for days, the LGBTQ people took great pleasure in torturing Sufiyan, for hours they would watch him be burnt by acid, tortured by horrific weapons and their most favorite, watching him getting ra*ed, it was gruesome, it was graphic, it was disturbing but their was nothing Sufiyan could do except baring the pain days turned into weeks, weeks into months and months into years and at one point Sufiyan lost track of time, he thought he'd never be free but then the great War brokeout and he was released, Sufiyan's entire body was covered with bruises and scars, he was weak and tired but after a hard struggle he survived the war and joined the virtual world.
[FLASHBACK ENDS]
Sufiyan came back to the realization that all that was his past and that he should look forward to the future, his future as well as the future of Ortania, that was when a knock happened on his door as Sufiyan asked
Sufiyan : yes who is it?
the minister of health came walking in and asked
MOH : your highness we have gathered several potent candidates for the position of minister of law and relations and Prince.
Sufiyan : I see.
MOH : we thought that you should interview them yourself and select, those who you see best for these roles.
Sufiyan : very well take me to them.
Sufiyan got up and went with MOH.