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[WP] You're a prisoner in a special facility for violent criminals. Today the latest prisoner arrived - a little girl. "That's cruel," you tell the guard. "I agree," he says. "Guess no one cares what happens to the rest of you." | The system beeped.
“This is an interview relating to incident number K-23 within Extra-Max facility 120. Please state your name, inmate number, charges and sentence for the benefit of the recording” said one of the officers. He was the taller of the two, a pencil thin mustache cresting his top lip and a thin dusting ... | At lunch, the other inmates gave her a wide berth as she skipped - yes, *skipped* - to an empty table and set her tray down.
Still in the lunch line, I turned to the inmate behind me and asked, "What's up with that little girl? Who is she?" But the man avoided eye contact and didn't want to talk.
Same with the inmat... | |
[WP] You're a prisoner in a special facility for violent criminals. Today the latest prisoner arrived - a little girl. "That's cruel," you tell the guard. "I agree," he says. "Guess no one cares what happens to the rest of you." | The system beeped.
“This is an interview relating to incident number K-23 within Extra-Max facility 120. Please state your name, inmate number, charges and sentence for the benefit of the recording” said one of the officers. He was the taller of the two, a pencil thin mustache cresting his top lip and a thin dusting ... | The guard chuckled as he continued down the cell block, leading the little girl to an empty cell. Neither of the neighboring cells were occupied. "We'll keep her away from you lot," he said as her door shut and locked with a buzz. "For your safety."
I know everyone here. Murderers, rapists, you name it, they're here.... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler tasked with pinpointing the exact date of Betty White’s death. However, no matter what year you travel to, she is there, alive and well | It was just a goof to start with. My buddy said "What is she like a million" and i said "no she's not she was born in '22." the guy looked at me like i was crazy... i should amend, when i say buddy i mean we'd been drinking and experimenting with a few other substances made legal in this time period. "nineteen-twenty-t... | "So I decided that I'm going to kill her. "
"What?" He laughed. "Kill Betty White? You're tripping balls, bro.
"I just have to do it."
"But like what's the big deal though? Ha, 'big dildo'. Huh? She's immortal, she's immortal. So what? That literally affects you in no way whatsoever. And c'mon bro, its Betty White. ... | |
[WP] You are a time traveler tasked with pinpointing the exact date of Betty White’s death. However, no matter what year you travel to, she is there, alive and well | I had tried more than a dozen different times, going forward and back by thousands of years. It seemed impossible...was Betty White immortal?
I worked for the New York Times, with the job title 'Future Researcher'. The best way to break a story first was to know it was coming, and in this cutthroat era of journalism n... | "So I decided that I'm going to kill her. "
"What?" He laughed. "Kill Betty White? You're tripping balls, bro.
"I just have to do it."
"But like what's the big deal though? Ha, 'big dildo'. Huh? She's immortal, she's immortal. So what? That literally affects you in no way whatsoever. And c'mon bro, its Betty White. ... | |
[WP] A hero and their nemesis make a mutual pact to fake their own deaths. Three years later, they return to their city to find it changed in ways they never expected. | It's funny, the amount of power a simple name can hold. Sometimes, the name itself has more power than the entity.
Perhaps by that logic, we can argue that God, does in fact, exist. For what other idea, what other name, has shaped our world as much as the concept of God?
And just like that, our names changed the city... | The low mutter of a well filled inn crept under Len's skull. The disgusting wooden cup filled with what could only ever be described as grog swished and swirled as she lifted up to smell it. Cloves, onion and yeast. Bile rose up the back of her throat, threatening to add to the mixture. "Stop sniffing your drink and ju... | |
[WP] Once during everyone's life they can call upon a God for help. You see a drunk driver speeding towards you, and use yours. You wake up in a hospital, paralyzed. Besides you is Buddha, "I will teach you to forgive." | The horn of my car is blaring. Get back in your lane, idiot! Don't... You bastard, don't start swerving! Brakes... Reduce momentum... Dear gods, this is how I die... At the hands of a bloody idiot who should never been behind a wheel.
This is going to be astonishingly painful.
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A glowing figure approache... | I opened my eyes but closed them straight away.
*The light!!! Someone turn off the damn lights!!!* My head was hurting so much, I felt like I could divide it into a 100 parts, give them to 100 people and have all of them admitted in a hospital.
Hospital... I slowly tried to open my eyes again. The white light, the wh... | |
[WP] Once during everyone's life they can call upon a God for help. You see a drunk driver speeding towards you, and use yours. You wake up in a hospital, paralyzed. Besides you is Buddha, "I will teach you to forgive." | "Forgive me, but I think I chose the wrong God"
Buddha fades away, his words lingering in dead space
*I just talked shit to a god*
*Better call the wife*
"……Darlene I fucked up. We're out of favors from gods… Yeah yeah I'm alright… Paralyzed… Buddha… I know, heat of the moment… He was criss-cross-applesa... | The light was so bright it was hard to see, and the fact that I felt like I ran head first into a brick wall didn't really help either. I looked around. A few people, one of which I assumed was a doctor. I saw no familiar faces, apart from this one person. I knew I had seen him somewhere before, but I had forgotten his... | |
[WP] When you die, all the people you have killed are waiting for you on the other side with revenge in mind. You thought you went through life never causing the death of another human, boy were you wrong. | The dead man sits, stunned by the thousands upon thousands of children massed before him. Some are older, probably teenagers. Many merely babies held in the arms of the older children. Most are just....kids.
"I...I don't understand."
One of the few adults stands close, glaring at the dead man. "It's not that complicate... | I awoke to find something rather bizarre come into my vision. As I looked up I could make out the shape of three blurry but distinct sihlouettes of people. Wait a minute I'm meant to be dead.. ...right? I clearly remembered choking to death on that honey covered cupcake.
But Of course. Nope. I realized someone just H... | |
[WP] When you die, all the people you have killed are waiting for you on the other side with revenge in mind. You thought you went through life never causing the death of another human, boy were you wrong. | I went in. A white room. No windows, no paintings or decorations, no nothing. A desk with two chairs. That was it.
I didn't trust this. I didn't trust this in the slightest. I decided to wait about seven minutes before I carefully sat down in one of the chairs.
Someone else entered the room. A little boy. He looked a... | There, on the other side, sat a familiar face. It wasn’t no ordinary person; made up of steam and clouds, he had a strange looking mask on his face. The mask had a permanent smile, and it was just as terrifying as the eyes. As I walk the long winded staircase to greet the man, I can’t help but think I’ve seen him somew... | |
[WP] Kid cereal is your guilty pleasure. You’ve been collecting the personal notes written for you in each box over the years. One day, your friend explains that everyone else receives toys, not personalized notes. | 'You received personalised notes in your cereal boxes?' My friend asked, bewildered.
'I still do. What, do you not get the notes?'
'Mark, there have never been personal notes in cereal boxes. It's always been toys.' He says. I blink, trying to process this information.
'Maybe my parents just always put them in ther... | Kid Einstein looked at me incredulously. “You’re screwing with me. You don’t get notes in cereal boxes, MostlyEinsteinPoems. You get decoder rings, or cheap stickers, or some code that gives you extra lives in a crappy Flash game.”
“No, seriously, I get notes. They’re handwritten and everything. Each one is differ... | |
[WP] Humanity spreads out to the stars but finds no life. Instead there are mysterious obelisks found on various worlds with the same message translating to: "flee this galaxy before it is too late." | We had not run.
It was never in our nature. Not really. Sure a few ships here and there, private concerns mostly, had fled. But when the Homefront Resolution was voted on in the federations first universal vote, the bulk of human citizens had voted. This was our home. We would not run.
From all reports it wasn't voy... | “Sir…” Julie’s voice crackles over the intercom. She wanted to say something, but stops. There is no need to, anyway. Her helmet-cam is transmitting her view as she speaks. A monolith in front of her, reaching to the glowing green sky above.
But it is not the structure that made her speechless, rather the message tha... | |
[WP] Humanity spreads out to the stars but finds no life. Instead there are mysterious obelisks found on various worlds with the same message translating to: "flee this galaxy before it is too late." | We had not run.
It was never in our nature. Not really. Sure a few ships here and there, private concerns mostly, had fled. But when the Homefront Resolution was voted on in the federations first universal vote, the bulk of human citizens had voted. This was our home. We would not run.
From all reports it wasn't voy... | Dr. Zachary's radio static broke the silence after translating the obelisk, "Fuck me, another 'Sigma' world. What do you think it is?"
I sighed heavily, "I don't know, man. Ancient plague of a galaxy spanning civilization? Extra-galactic Hostile forces? Infighting? Who knows?"
"Well we should probably start figuring ... | |
[WP] Humanity spreads out to the stars but finds no life. Instead there are mysterious obelisks found on various worlds with the same message translating to: "flee this galaxy before it is too late." | We had not run.
It was never in our nature. Not really. Sure a few ships here and there, private concerns mostly, had fled. But when the Homefront Resolution was voted on in the federations first universal vote, the bulk of human citizens had voted. This was our home. We would not run.
From all reports it wasn't voy... | The towering stone they had come across was not unexpected. The Ominous warning was the same as all the others.
“Flee this Galaxy Before it’s too Late.... Cruelty has been redefined, it is alive, it will not relent.”
The scouts from earths Interstellar fleet had found a total of 305 obelisks thus far. This made 306.... | |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | ""You get out there and you make us proud!"
That was the last thing I ever heard from another human. The rockets had been automated by then, sort of like self-driving cars. I received this final transmission as the bombs fell in waves, ravaging the Earth I once called home. I watched the live video feed from the isola... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | "Who's there?"
"The SpaceX car driver from 50 years ago."
"Wait, I thought you would be only a model."
"Hah, you thought so. Your suit is the second version. Mine is the first version."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Drive to the second earth. With my space car. Haven't you read 33.1? It states when a nuclear war b... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | ""You get out there and you make us proud!"
That was the last thing I ever heard from another human. The rockets had been automated by then, sort of like self-driving cars. I received this final transmission as the bombs fell in waves, ravaging the Earth I once called home. I watched the live video feed from the isola... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | The knock came again. I was frozen with fear, unsure what could be out there. Nervously, I pressed the door buzzer, turning on the built in speaker, a long redundant failsafe that had to exist.
"he-he-hello?" I asked, my nervous voice cracking and shooting up 3 octaves.
"Hello, is me, Ivan, your Russian neighbor. Do... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | *Knock Knock*
I felt my head spin for a moment "What the...?" i said to myself in a quiet, shocked voice...
I stood up, and i heard the knock again, louder...
My heart started to beat very quickly, i didn't have anything to protect myself with... and it could be any...thing.
As i opened the door, i saw a very brigh... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | I awake to the sound of knocking at the door.
"Strange," I think "it's not Tuesday is it?".
As I walk across the habitat to the door, I stub my toe on the rover I've been trying to repair.
Damn thing just won't pickup any sat signals.
I enter the airlock, making sure to check the "Go" light is on to indicate a goo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | I awake to the sound of knocking at the door.
"Strange," I think "it's not Tuesday is it?".
As I walk across the habitat to the door, I stub my toe on the rover I've been trying to repair.
Damn thing just won't pickup any sat signals.
I enter the airlock, making sure to check the "Go" light is on to indicate a goo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | I awake to the sound of knocking at the door.
"Strange," I think "it's not Tuesday is it?".
As I walk across the habitat to the door, I stub my toe on the rover I've been trying to repair.
Damn thing just won't pickup any sat signals.
I enter the airlock, making sure to check the "Go" light is on to indicate a goo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | I awake to the sound of knocking at the door.
"Strange," I think "it's not Tuesday is it?".
As I walk across the habitat to the door, I stub my toe on the rover I've been trying to repair.
Damn thing just won't pickup any sat signals.
I enter the airlock, making sure to check the "Go" light is on to indicate a goo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | Fuck Elon Musk.
That's the thought I had every day. That mother fucker had sent me to Mars a mere three days before Russia & the US got into a thermo-nuclear war.
Of course I got blamed. I had said "Fuck You. Fuck you from Mars" as my first words upon arriving. They thought I started the war.
After watching all ... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | Fuck Elon Musk.
That's the thought I had every day. That mother fucker had sent me to Mars a mere three days before Russia & the US got into a thermo-nuclear war.
Of course I got blamed. I had said "Fuck You. Fuck you from Mars" as my first words upon arriving. They thought I started the war.
After watching all ... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | Fuck Elon Musk.
That's the thought I had every day. That mother fucker had sent me to Mars a mere three days before Russia & the US got into a thermo-nuclear war.
Of course I got blamed. I had said "Fuck You. Fuck you from Mars" as my first words upon arriving. They thought I started the war.
After watching all ... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | Fuck Elon Musk.
That's the thought I had every day. That mother fucker had sent me to Mars a mere three days before Russia & the US got into a thermo-nuclear war.
Of course I got blamed. I had said "Fuck You. Fuck you from Mars" as my first words upon arriving. They thought I started the war.
After watching all ... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | "*Ding-ding* - Current mission time 0700. Good morning, Mer. It's a beautiful morning on Mars; mission sol eight thousand, nine hundred seventy-two. No incoming messages currently queued. Martian weather forecast for the Sinus Meridiani region calls for a high of 20° Celsius and a low of -55°. A sandstorm is incom... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | "*Ding-ding* - Current mission time 0700. Good morning, Mer. It's a beautiful morning on Mars; mission sol eight thousand, nine hundred seventy-two. No incoming messages currently queued. Martian weather forecast for the Sinus Meridiani region calls for a high of 20° Celsius and a low of -55°. A sandstorm is incom... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | "*Ding-ding* - Current mission time 0700. Good morning, Mer. It's a beautiful morning on Mars; mission sol eight thousand, nine hundred seventy-two. No incoming messages currently queued. Martian weather forecast for the Sinus Meridiani region calls for a high of 20° Celsius and a low of -55°. A sandstorm is incom... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | "*Ding-ding* - Current mission time 0700. Good morning, Mer. It's a beautiful morning on Mars; mission sol eight thousand, nine hundred seventy-two. No incoming messages currently queued. Martian weather forecast for the Sinus Meridiani region calls for a high of 20° Celsius and a low of -55°. A sandstorm is incom... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | I never thought I’d see the day, the next group had just arrived. Being the leading earth to mars coordinating officer was supposed to be a difficult job: maintaining a steady link between our colony and base command. But that all changed when bright lights spread across our former home.
It was quite frightening for ... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | I never thought I’d see the day, the next group had just arrived. Being the leading earth to mars coordinating officer was supposed to be a difficult job: maintaining a steady link between our colony and base command. But that all changed when bright lights spread across our former home.
It was quite frightening for ... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | The knock came at the most peculiar time. It was exactly 25 years, 3 months and 1 day since I heard the news that the first missile was launched. I had grown old and wary, I mean I was no young man when I first left the earth but now I'm pushing 60 and I'm just... tired.
I decided that tonight would be the night. I tu... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | The knock came at the most peculiar time. It was exactly 25 years, 3 months and 1 day since I heard the news that the first missile was launched. I had grown old and wary, I mean I was no young man when I first left the earth but now I'm pushing 60 and I'm just... tired.
I decided that tonight would be the night. I tu... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | Ren Hisamoto’s daughter laughed as she landed in her father’s arms. He tossed her skyward again, but the sky contorted, his vision spun, and he was at the controls of the ArcX, receiving confirmation of the landed boosters. He switched to autopilot and a crewmate slapped his shoulder, giving an unheard congratulation.
... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | Ren Hisamoto’s daughter laughed as she landed in her father’s arms. He tossed her skyward again, but the sky contorted, his vision spun, and he was at the controls of the ArcX, receiving confirmation of the landed boosters. He switched to autopilot and a crewmate slapped his shoulder, giving an unheard congratulation.
... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh Shit. Oh shit
It's been 25 year's since I lost contact with the earth and there's somebody knocking at my fucking door.
What do I do, do I open the door...... wait this is Mars. How the fuck is somebody knocking at the door. They shouldn't be able to do that unless they have a space sui... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh Shit. Oh shit
It's been 25 year's since I lost contact with the earth and there's somebody knocking at my fucking door.
What do I do, do I open the door...... wait this is Mars. How the fuck is somebody knocking at the door. They shouldn't be able to do that unless they have a space sui... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | I dismissed it the first time as simply my mind or debris. I’d come to terms with my solitude long ago, and I would not torture myself with delusions of memory.
That is, until I heard the doorbell ring.
The air hung still in that moment. I couldn’t find it within me to truly believe that someone was on the other si... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | ""You get out there and you make us proud!"
That was the last thing I ever heard from another human. The rockets had been automated by then, sort of like self-driving cars. I received this final transmission as the bombs fell in waves, ravaging the Earth I once called home. I watched the live video feed from the isola... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | *Knock.*
I wake with a start.
I turn towards the door.
*Knock.*
"Hello?" I mumble.
Stupid, of course. There's no one there. There's been no one there for twenty-five years.
Nothing but dust, rocks, and the products of a bygone generation. A generation of millionaires, of innovators. Men who outsourced their idea... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | I jump up from my seat and look at the door after hearing the knock.
“What the fuck?”
I slowly walk to the door, unsure if I should open it or not. Am I going crazy? Is there really someone on the other side of the door? I thought I was supposed to be the last person alive. The earth was pretty much gone, and whateve... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It was that really annoying banging sound, the kind that only a loud, extremely tall and buff man would make with a sledgehammer.
It's a colony, so, well, there's like a couple hundred of us. I figured it was my roommate, but like, the knock is from the outside airlock. Like the one that no one goes to cause it lead... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Well, there it is again."
"Jesus. And we're just going to sit here and let it happen?"
"What do you want me to do? We were told no weapons."
"Fuck that we can improvise. Get the blowtorch and I'll grab the hammer."
"So your suggestion is what, open the door, run out screaming and hope we burn and beat whatev... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 'Ahh, there it is..' he thought to himself, a visible sense of relief washing over him.
He had thought for a very long time that any semblance of sanity was a luxury slowly slipping through his fingers.
The crew he came to Mars to terraform with had all perished either by the cursed illness that fell over them or the s... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | ""You get out there and you make us proud!"
That was the last thing I ever heard from another human. The rockets had been automated by then, sort of like self-driving cars. I received this final transmission as the bombs fell in waves, ravaging the Earth I once called home. I watched the live video feed from the isola... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | By the time Darren Pinders was ready to share his findings with the Chamber, the spaceship from Earth had already lingered just outside orbit for the tenth day in a row.
He was well aware that normal resolutions in the Chamber required 6 out of 10 votes to pass, and the Chief held the veto in cases of deadlock. They d... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *Knock Knock*
I tilt my head sideways. *Did I just hear a knock?*
Silence floods the room as I drop what I am doing and listen intently for any sign of life around me. Nothing..
"I'm finally going crazy." I sarcastically say aloud, ironically to myself.
*Knock Knock*
I jolt up. I rush to the door and swing ... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I sat hunched over the display, chewing at my lip in concentration.
There had to be a way. I mulled over the options as they flashed in my mind, one after the other. I'd done this 1000 times. I knew there had to be a way out. I blew out a breath in frustration. The computer had me but good, it would be checkmate ... | Then came the familar short crackle from the intercom followed by a voice:
"Hey man, the airlock is acting up again."
It was Edgar. The other guy I went to Mars with. As far as any of us know, we're the only two surviving humans from planet Earth - after the war.
We've speculated many times, that most probably, we'r... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | *knock knock*
My head jolts to the left. I pause for a moment trying to comprehend what I just heard. A few seconds pass; all I hear is the whooshing sound of the wind. I continue my patrol of the exterior of the hab pods making sure nothing is damaged from the weather.
*knock knock*
"There it is again" I utter un... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | ""You get out there and you make us proud!"
That was the last thing I ever heard from another human. The rockets had been automated by then, sort of like self-driving cars. I received this final transmission as the bombs fell in waves, ravaging the Earth I once called home. I watched the live video feed from the isola... | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | By the time Darren Pinders was ready to share his findings with the Chamber, the spaceship from Earth had already lingered just outside orbit for the tenth day in a row.
He was well aware that normal resolutions in the Chamber required 6 out of 10 votes to pass, and the Chief held the veto in cases of deadlock. They d... | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | *Knock Knock*
I tilt my head sideways. *Did I just hear a knock?*
Silence floods the room as I drop what I am doing and listen intently for any sign of life around me. Nothing..
"I'm finally going crazy." I sarcastically say aloud, ironically to myself.
*Knock Knock*
I jolt up. I rush to the door and swing ... | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | I sat hunched over the display, chewing at my lip in concentration.
There had to be a way. I mulled over the options as they flashed in my mind, one after the other. I'd done this 1000 times. I knew there had to be a way out. I blew out a breath in frustration. The computer had me but good, it would be checkmate ... | 25 years and counting.
"God damnit why couldn't they have waited another 10."
The knock grew louder
"Yeah, yeah give me a second."
He opened the door and all it was, was just a bunch of rocks being pushed back and forth by the artificial wind created in the colony sphere.
"Wow." |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | It's had been 13 years. Thirteen fucking years since I last heard communications coming from Earth before watching what I could only assume was an all-out nuclear war from my telescope. I had heard that Einstein "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and ... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | > *Knock Knock*
The sound rang through the capsule like a gunshot.
That couldn't be... no, it was just my mind running away from me again. The martian landscape was a barren wasteland outside of my own personal bubble of land.
The SpaceX Phoenix Project saw what was coming. The international dickwaggling, the W... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | ""You get out there and you make us proud!"
That was the last thing I ever heard from another human. The rockets had been automated by then, sort of like self-driving cars. I received this final transmission as the bombs fell in waves, ravaging the Earth I once called home. I watched the live video feed from the isola... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | By the time Darren Pinders was ready to share his findings with the Chamber, the spaceship from Earth had already lingered just outside orbit for the tenth day in a row.
He was well aware that normal resolutions in the Chamber required 6 out of 10 votes to pass, and the Chief held the veto in cases of deadlock. They d... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... |
Edit: Wow thanks for all the upvotes!! My inspiration for this was a picture of the earth exploding and an astronaut looking at it from the moon. I love all of the submissions! Everybody has a different take on it! | [WP] You are a SpaceX astronaut on Mars. The earth as you knew it was lost to a nuclear war between NATO and China/Russia. Luckily your mission was to construct the colony and you have enough supplies to survive indefinitely. It’s been 25 years since loss of contact. You hear a knock on the door. | "Hello, neighbour; I can't help but notice that you've built a colony on our planet." The thing was nine feet tall but so spindly it looked like it could fold up into a suitcase. "It's just, this is our planet already and you haven't got a permit."
"A permit?" I said, too bemused to express my shock.
"Of course a per... | It didn't occur to me what it was at first. Maybe the generators vibrating or rocks falling onto the roof. The second time I realized; there was someone at the door.
Dropping my lukewarm coffee on the floor, my head snapped towards the large steel door 10 meters to my left. Silence.
Three knocks this time, louder, mo... |
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