Colonizing Mars
As seen in: Mutually Assured Destruction #
- Mission control, I’ve successfully landed on Mars. Terraforming will take a few weeks since it’s just me, but the colony will soon be ready for the others.
- It’s time we told you… there are no others.
- Nonsense. You said Earth is so overpopulated we have to send a squad to Mars ASAP.
- No, there’s tons of resources here still. It’s just that Johnson’s having a birthday party this weekend and this was the only way to make sure you won’t be around for it.
- Why wouldn’t he want me around?
- Well, he had an escape room reservation for ten people, and there’s eleven of us. Someone had to go.
- What? But I love escape rooms.
- Exactly. You're so intense about them that they're not even fun anymore.
- I… I didn’t bring enough fuel for a return trip.
- Look, we can’t take care of every problem for you. It’s complaining like this that reminds me why we sent you up there.
- Oh God, I’m gonna die here.
- Look, I’m gonna hang up, okay? This call is costing us a lot of money.