[ IP ] A teraformer sits on the coast of a Martian sea and enjoys a sunset

The frail old man sat against a boulder overlooking the new sea that filled Valles Marineris, red sunlight casting it's glow against the red stones at the coast. The man looked somehow triumphant, despite his old age. His eyes smiled, though his face had n't the energy. He took off his mask, breathing in the air of Mars, the new air that people had made. It had always been his wish to come here, to Mars. And he had, when he was younger, when the sands were still airless. He had made himself a promise, long before. He would die on Mars. 
 
 There, looking over the waters of a new ocean, Elon Musk breathed his last, the roar of rocket engines echoing across the landscape somewhere behind, taking people yet further into the ocean of the night, just as starlight began to shine off the new sea.
