Arta 2011: 04/09/11

Nilus

The common wisdom is a mixture of lore and a litany of self-scans and experiences.

In space, the rationing of food and children must be inhumanly strict. The Nilus was an attempt to produce space-ready humans. Humans with bodies wired to consume cum rather than to reproduce with it.

A bio-mechanical virus, the Nilus webs itself through out the host's body, creating micro-channels for cellular travel. Linked to the hypothalamus, the body expels the Nilus when activated and absorbs it when inactive. The virus takes cellular material with it, creating a bloody essence that the host both sweats and consumes.

When aroused, the host bleeds. When calm, the host feeds.

Under controlled conditions, the mutation was successful. But when the Nilus permeated the wildlife of Incuso, the orgy consumed every last human, leaving Incuso a derelict world.

The Orion Wars

Before the Arta, there were the AEV's (Autonomous Environmental Vehicles.) Built to proceed humans in hostile environments, the AEV's penetrated the deepest reaches of space in search of resources. By the advent of Artas, many AEV's were deemed lost. They were only forgotten. In those dark corners, they evolved on their own, metamorphosizing into their own species of machines.

And they have come home. Not to find resources, but to hunt humans. Organic life holds their missing link to understanding perfect adaption, and the only organisms left are Artas. The raids are endless and ever present; Artas being captured by the hundreds for experiments no one has lived to describe.

Artwork by Angspid

Peers In Sin

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Arta trapped in webs