“When is this going to take place?”

“We should be ready in about a month.”

“That soon?”

“Yes, the spacecrafts are almost ready. We’ve already inspected the new planet with the Planetron 3000.”

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It’s the year 2102 and humans have become too over populated. New technology has been developed to produce food faster, but there’s only a limited amount of room on Earth for people and food. Finding a cure for most diseases, even cancer, has proven to do more harm than good. People are living up to the age of 90 on average as of this year. The goal for this year is to find a solution to this problem without developing our own population control and killing off random people.

“Balthier!” Surina calls, “Time for breakfast!”

“What are we having?!”

“Food! My homemade blueberry pancakes, your favorite!”

“Okay, I’ll be there in a minute”, Balthier comes down the stairs to the kitchen where Surina is waiting. “Mmm smells good” Balthier says in delight. “So, what should we do this afternoon?”

“Umm, how about that science museum that just opened?” Surina asks excitably. “You’ve always loved new technology; maybe you’ll get some ideas for a new invention.”

“Oh yea, the advertisements looked interesting for it. It just opened this morning, right?” asks Balthier, taking the last bite of his blueberry pancakes.

“Yup, want to go there around 14 o’clock?”

“Sure, as long I get to drive” he grins.

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            After they arrive, they see two guards at the entrance to the museum.  “There seems to be something different about this museum, Surina.” Balthier passes through the entrance and an alarm goes off.

“Empty your pockets, sir”, one of the guards asks assertively.

            “Oh sorry, didn’t notice the metal detector” as he empties his pockets, Surina doing the same behind him. The guard uses a handheld scanner on their pocket items.

            “Everything seems to be fine, go ahead”, the guards says motioning them in.