“Vengeance of the Oversoul”

written by Kyle Brady, edited by Taylor Nelson
copyright © 2010 Intuitive Industries LLC
do not reprint, publish, or distribute in other locations, in whole or in part, without permission
also available in PDF format

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The oil spill was the beginning.

Once we realized the spill wouldn’t stop until the well ran dry, possibly years later, someone set it on fire. The flames spread across the ocean as the oil poured out and dispersed, killing whales, dolphins, fish and other wildlife creatures en masse, along with their habitats.

Then the Oversoul appeared.

It said that we had ruined what wasn’t ours, and transplanted the burning oil to the world’s major cities – all of the black blood flowing out from beneath the earth’s skin would forever be poured upon us. A fiery hell, indeed. A full year went by of dirty, hot, and dangerous living before the collective psyche collapsed and the rioting began, destroying thousands of years of civilized growth in a matter of days – death by humanity’s own hand.

Ten years later and the oil still flows, caking all areas of human population while leaving nature herself pristine and untouched. Most of humanity has died, and those who remain survive in the top levels of what few monolithic buildings that still stand, securing our bleak lifestyle from the sheer physical weight of the hundreds of trillions of gallons of oil waiting outside our doors and windows. The volume of oil is far more than physically possible, courtesy of the Oversoul.

We await our death, but fear for our lives; we ponder whether it’s better to burn or to drown in the fiery doom of our own creation.

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written by Kyle Brady, edited by Taylor Nelson
copyright © 2010 Intuitive Industries LLC
do not reprint, publish, or distribute in other locations, in whole or in part, without permission
also available in PDF format