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YOUR PROMPT S2 · Ep.1

Mars can be 22 light-minutes away. Something answered instantly.

Radio from Earth takes 3 to 22 minutes to reach Mars. Every message arrived late. One did not.

idea by @Berogai YouTube

Read the script (spoilers)

The future. Still one subscriber short.

STIMCKAN: No no no— my subscribers!

MORALE OFFICER: My knees!

Radio from Earth takes three to twenty-two minutes to reach Mars.

STIMCKAN: You're late, George.

PROMPT (from Earth, ETA 22:00): land gently

STIMCKAN: ...Thanks.

STIMCKAN: Twenty-two MINUTES?

This video is forty-five seconds long.

STIMCKAN: ...So nobody can tell me what to do.

STIMCKAN (typing to Earth): earth, can you hear m-

THE SHIP'S SCREEN: hello.

Every message from Earth came late.

This one came before the question.

STIMCKAN: ...Then who's typing?

STIMCKAN: Please... anything but a reply.

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