Foreclosure

"Wait, they're going to foreclose on our planet!?" Jenna yelped. "Who the hell was responsible for making the payments and fell behind?"

"Apparently, it was the president of the committee of space." Gordon replied, as he packed his essential items. You know, the usual things- his automatic hair floofer, his external neuralink transmitter, his 360 holo-outfit adjuster, his trans-dimensional storage cube, and his pet rock.

"Well who put the president of the committee of space in charge of that?" Jenna asked, as she stared at how calmly Gordon was handling the situation. "And why are you so calm! Our planet is about to be destroyed!"

"Now, now, just because the planet is being destroyed doesn't mean we won't have anywhere to live. I heard in just another century they will have repaved this orbit with a brand new planet, which will have exotic living conditions. Also, it wasn't like anyone put the president in charge on purpose, the treasurer of the committee of space got fired after an investigation revealed that he had been smuggling shoopufs from Spira."

"I don't want to have to wait a century for a place to live! Is there anything we can do to keep the planet from going into foreclosure?"

"Well, I suppose if we were able to get someone to volunteer to use the time capsule to go back to the beginning of the universe, and deposit a single penny in the Universal Bank, then by the time it was present day we would have an account with enough money to make this orbit's payment. Of course, you know nobody would volunteer for a one way trip to a time where running water and direct neural broadcasting of sport events weren't available."

"Well I won't stand for this. I'm going to do something." Jenna said. Gordon jumped into the teleportation grid to head to Alpha Centauri, advising her "OK, just be careful. Dinner's at 8!"

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