Station by Jarrett Brandon Early

Author:Jarrett Brandon Early [Early, Jarrett Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: second life fantasy, psychedelic fantasy, human engineering fantasy, dystopian sci fi, dark portal fantasy, urban fantasy for men, dark utopia fantasy, dark fantasy heartbreaking, adult theme fantasy, urban fantasy book series
ISBN: 9781734231410
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

If the main exhibit hall was disturbing, then the "Biomass" room was genuinely confusing. The entire back of Biomass was comprised of one long, thin room. As Hadder entered, he saw that soft benches ran down both directions, facing the most beautiful garden Hadder had ever seen. While the gardens scattered around Station and tended to by the manikins were wondrous, this was beyond description. Flowers the size of umbrellas and supported by stalks as large as thin women were peppered throughout the display. Massive chunks of colorful pollen were spit out by one flower to be gobbled up by another. Below these behemoths, equally exotic plants played out similar scenes in shades of purple, blue, orange, and red.

Hadder thought it impossible that such a diversity of plant life could exist in one location. It indeed was a "Biomass," as all the shapes of nature were in full display - bells and funnels, trumpets and bowls, saucers and tubulars, and sphericals. For several minutes, Hadder lost himself in that wondrous garden, for every square yard held a vastness of natural beauty that would take years to note and accurately describe in words. How could the man responsible for the wickedness in the room behind him also have created such beauty? This thought plagued Hadder as he relished in his recognition of the garden's perfection.

As Hadder stood appreciating, he noticed that several other residents had entered the "Biomass" exhibit. Unlike himself, however, they paid little mind to the lush garden before them, giving it minimal attention before descending stairs that appeared at the long room's opposite ends. Curious, Hadder bid adieu to the nursery and walked down the stairs to his right.

Upon reaching the bottom, Hadder's eyes widened, and his stomach churned with increased bile as he discovered the real "Biomass" exhibit. Against the back wall, directly below the garden above, was a glass enclosure of soil, some of it classic black and brown, but the majority of which was a clear substance that had obviously been added to give the audience an improved view of the actual "Biomass."

Within the soil swam nearly a dozen Elevated residents. Their limbs had been removed, their bodies thinned and elongated, and their mouths enlarged, making them essentially large worms who wove their way through the dirt. Hadder watched in shock as they devoured soil as they made forward progress, simultaneously expelling dark material from their open anuses and leaving black trails in their wake. Without thinking, Hadder stepped forward, closely approaching the glass, a perverse curiosity overtaking his disgust as he studied the human worm farm.

A voice coming from beside Hadder wasn't enough to tear his attention from the bizarre scene. "True art doesn't exist without sacrifice. Would you sacrifice that which is most precious to you, namely your humanity, to create a beauty not found elsewhere in this universe? These brave souls have just done that. Their vermicast, or humicast if you will, can only be produced one way, and is absolutely essential in creating the enchanting garden found above.

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