SpacePorch

Venus: Joyce Tanner

Joyce Tanner

Age: 29

Birthday: October 13

Former Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Current Location: Venus

Hi, everybody. My name is Joyce Tanner and I'm from London, England, United Kingdom. My mother, Wanda, worked as a philanthropist for an organization, Preston, and my brother, Caleb, is in middle school. My father, Marshall, was an astronomer working for an observatory called Elara and would often tell us about the stars and planets that he discovered during his studies from the observatory and would often let us use his telescope during his leisure time. I was so intrigued by the planets that I wanted to do more than just see the planets through a telescope. "When I grow up, I want to travel every planet I can find and become an interplanetary photographer,". "I not so sure if that's possible," laughed my father. "But whatever makes you happy, you can achieve it,".

That was along time ago. My father passed away of lung cancer after I graduated college with a photographer at 23, where I became a professional photographer and started a local photoshop, ShutterSpot, as many jobs were lacking. Although I was satisfied with the photos I took within London, the UK, and across the globe, I thought about expanding more my business outside my comfort zone. When I approached our family photo before my father's passing. "When I grow up, I want to travel every planet I can find and become an interplanetary photographer,". I remembered how many kids ridiculed me back then when making that statement. "You can't be serious," "So you want die up in space?" "We'll call during your eulogy,". I was close to tears while holding the picture. "I guess they were right," I sobbed. "I don't have the equipment to even travel to these planets,".

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. As I opened the door, I was meet by my best friend, Eleanor Wright, an interior designer working at a company, Easel, and my close neighbour. "Hey, Joyce," greeted Eleanor. "I got out of work early, so I was dropped by the market for groceries,". She then saw my destress. "Hey Joyce, is everything alright,"? pondered Eleanor. I immediately wiped my tears. "Just going through some old family pictures," I responded. Eleanor could definitely read. "Joyce, you know your old man's still watching out for you all, right,"? reminded Eleanor. I looked at the picture. "You know, since I was a kid, I made a wild promise that I would travel every planet out there so I could get a good shot," I explained. Eleanor thought for a moment, then it hit her. "Speaking of which, I got this pamphlet,". On the pamphlet it read "SpacePorch,".

"What's SpacePorch," I asked. "Remember how you always talked about traveling many planets,"? explained Eleanor. "This is organization that are responsible for transferring clients to terraformed planets of choice such as Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, even the Moon. It's a program that scientists have been doing and still doing right now with other planets far from Earth through portals,". At first, I wasn't too convinced, but remembering the dream I made in the past, I decided to give it a go. "So how do you contact the program,"? I asked. "Well, first you have to book a trip through their website," instructed Eleanor. I immediately picked up my laptop and gained access to the website. It was there I was greeted with a schedule for each available planets. "It's here you'll be given a book schedule for each terraformed planet," resumed Eleanor. In the end, I settled with Venus.

Just then, I received a call from my mother. "Hey Mum," I chirped. "Hey Darling," she replied. "How's the business going,"? "It's going very good," I responded. "How's Caleb doing,"? "He's just started his first job as a sale associate for the time being,". "That's good," I acknowledged. "We all have to start off somewhere,". Then my attention was at Eleanor. "By the way , I have some exciting news I'd like to share," I beamed, returning to the phone. "What is it,"? asked my mother. "Remember that dream about traveling to other planets to take photos,"? My mother giggled for a bit. "Of course I did," she remarked. "What did you want to tell me,"? "My friend, Eleanor arrived and gave me a pamphlet of this organization called SpacePorch. Recently, I just booked a flight to Venus,". "Congratulations," cheered my mother. "I'll tell Caleb everything. Your father would be proud,".

Venus, prior to its terraformed state, was the most humid planet as it was next to the Sun, so it might have been the one of the most challenging planets for scientists to accomplish and there are more to come. That Saturday, while Eleanor and I were packing up our equipment for the upcoming trip for Venus in our apartment, I received a call from Caleb. "So, I heard from Mum that you're going to Venus," grumbled Caleb. "What, are you jealous,"? I gibed as Eleanor snickered. "No,"! retorted Caleb. Caleb let out a sigh. " Look, despite how I made fun of your dream of travelling to space, all I just want to say, congrats,". I was astonished by this comment. Back when we were kids, Caleb used to make fun of me about the idea of taking photos of numerous planets. But now with SpacePorch, things all just changed.

I took a deep breath as I held on to Eleanor's hand as many people from different went in and out of the room. "This is feels like sitting in an airport," I noted. "Yeah, except that it's spaceplanes through passageways to space," added Eleanor. I turned my attention to the receptionist in front of us. "I'll ask the staff about their organization before we're called in," I reminded Eleanor. "Okay," Eleanor agreed. With that, I approached the receptionist with a few questions. "Excuse me,"? I called the receptionist. The receptionist got my attention. "Can I help you," asked the receptionist. I cleared my throat. "Why is the organization called SpacePorch,"? "Because the portals are connected to a porch within, a planet where the spaceplane lands," replied the receptionist. "Is it possible to travel multiple planets,"? I pondered. "Of course," said the receptionist. "I knew that it exists," I thought.