BEFORE · EARTH
He promised Mars
Every year he said "next year". Every year the chart pointed at the red dot and he stood on the tower nodding at it. He had the rocket, the coat and the confidence. He did not have the pill yet.
// the find · sol 211
Ever wondered where the richest man on Earth gets his ideas? On his first walk on Mars he found a small green and white pill lying in a crater, still glowing. He ate it. It moved in. Since that day every idea is the pill's: the rockets, the cars, the posts at 3am. He just signs. Side effects may include everything.
SOL 211 · CRATER 4
He found the pill
It was just lying there in the red dust, green on top, white on the bottom, humming a little. Nobody knows who left it. He did what any reasonable founder does with an unknown glowing object on another planet and swallowed it.
AFTER · EVERY NIGHT
The pill took over
Now it lives in a glass dome on his head and does the thinking. He sits on the roof, the pill types, his net worth goes up and Earth wakes up to another post. He looks happy. He is not sure whose idea that was either.
