Picture it. Decades after the world is saved, a huge alien spacecraft touches down on earth.
Scientist, politicians, and thousands of reporters gather to witness the aliens disembark the ship. A group of boulder-like creatures, clicking and whistling to the humans around them.
One of them raises something large and metallic towards the crowd.
There's an immediate recoil of fear (is it a weapon?!) before the audience realises it's human technology. A laptop, old and beaten and looks like it was put back together by a drunk.
The alien presses a button.
"Hello Earth, this is Doctor Captain Ryland Grace. These guys are Eridians and they're here on a shopping trip. I have a list and no money, but I did save the world so that has to count for something. Number one, salt and vinegar chips. Actually anything potato. Number two, I miss apple juice. Number three,"
#the laptop has like ten recordings on it#one is broken and fuzzy video footage of erid taken from inside a xenonite hamster ball so scientists can see it#One is just forty minutes of Grace cussing out Stratt#another decade or so and the Cart returns to Erid absolutely chock full of plants and foods and clothes and books#and random letters and drawings people around the world wanted Grace to have#and also a huge tank of livebreeding fish so Grace can have pets. They're on generation fifty three by the time they get back to Erid
I'm not letting these tags stay behind.
