The Red Ambassador

I understand what you’re saying
But we have real issues here

The scope is—

But see, that’s the problem

I’m not sure you understand

The scope

I can’t get a decent water delivery

It takes two years
Two years

For a water delivery

And then when it shows up

It barely gets us through a year and a half

And then we have to do a liquid harvest

Which is a fucking nightmare

Don’t tell me how to speak

You are—

You are comfortable

You are enjoying life in some—

Some—

DC hotel or—

I am in the weeds here

The fucking

The fucking

Weeds of Mars

And you’re lecturing me

About what I’m saying?
My language?

Fuck you

I don’t need
Better communication

I just need you

To do your fucking job

I--

Look, I'm sorry I--

I—I have a partner

You’ve met her

Kelly

She’s my—

You—

Well, I thought you had

I thought you met her

At the party at Jeff’s
Last--

It doesn’t matter

Look, it doesn’t matter

I was just trying—

I was just trying to—

I thought I could make you—

Okay, just listen

Kelly is in the hospital

She’s in the hospital right now

The place is—it’s full
It's totally full
You can barely get in the door

The only reason she got a bed

Is because she’s my—

And yes, I’m admitting that

I’m admitting that I—

That I—

That I used my pull

To get her a bed

Because they were—

I mean, they were actually putting people

On the floor

On the floor of the hospital

Just laying them there

And leaving them to—

She can’t get an evac

I tried

I tried to get her one

But there’s a waiting list

And we’re not even married

So she’s basically a single woman

A single gay woman on Mars

Living with—

Don’t tell me that’s not a factor

There are things—

There are things going on here—

We are years away

From you

Years

This is a totally different planet

We’re talking about
And we just dropped down onto it

And tried to assert civilization

And you can’t—

You can’t just do that!

She—Kelly—is getting worse

And I need authorization

To go into the Emergency Supply Center

And see if there’s anything in there that can—

The Governor won’t give me authorization

And I can’t get the President on the line, obviously

Which is why I’m screaming at you trying to—

I know what level I’m on

But if I don’t—

I am the ambassador

And my—

My partner is sick

I don’t—

I don’t know what you expect me to do

If—

If she doesn’t get better

I don’t know how effective—

I won’t be able to stay here

I’m not going to be able to—

No, you don’t understand

You don’t understand

Give me the clearance to get into the ESC

And then send a transport

Because by the time it arrives—

I’m not asking you for—

I don’t think there’s anything in the center

That can cure her

I’ve seen this

What she has

I’ve seen it

And I don’t think—

I don’t think it’s curable

Do you understand me?

So I need to go

I need to leave

As soon as possible

And by the time you—

No, she probably has a year

Maybe two

But she’s not going to make it more than—

Two years
At best
And that's if I get something from center

Most of the people here
Have less than that
A lot less

But she--

As soon as she goes—

What job?

My job?

You expect me to do my fucking job?

You’re lucky I can even manage the strength

To fucking talk to you

You’re lucky I can even hold up a phone

I can barely stand up

There is sand in my hair

Do you understand that?

Red sand

In my hair

And I can’t get it out

So I need you to get—

I need you

To get me

Out

Send a transport

File the papers now

And get me the fuck out of here

Now

There’s nothing here

She—She’s all that here

She’s all that’s here for me

And if she…

If she goes then…

Then it’s nothing

Then it’s nothing

But the sand

In my hair