Marineris Manor
A short story
It’s year 7, Anno Populi. We won the revolution. We overthrew capitalism. We rounded up the world’s remaining billionaires and gave them each a choice: the guillotine, or the Manor.
Most have chosen the guillotine. Better to end it quickly, than linger in prison until your chance to compete and suffer the ongoing terror and indignity if you get chosen. But if you can win it all at Marineris Manor, you have the chance at a new life. Assuming you ever make it back to Earth.
Every season on Marineris Manor, six contestants compete for a fabulous prize package: their freedom. Only one lucky billionaire will make it through all the challenges, win over the hearts of our voting viewers back on Earth and receive a one-way ticket home, a new identity, and a pardon for their pre-revolutionary crimes against collective sanity.
This season, we have an unusual mix of contestants. Mostly Americans, of course, but a rather diverse list of former industries this year. We’ll see if any of their old skills come in handy, hey? Remember: the contestants don’t only have to make it through the challenges. Those who do still have to make sure they don’t get voted off by all our viewers at home.
Contestant number one, hailing from New York City prior to the revolution, is the one and only Trent Brody! Rather low…
