Insectoid is a mind-controlled reproductive experiment being conducted by members of a race of extra-terrestrial insect-like creatures. These creatures will hereafter be referred to as “insectoids” for the sake of brevity. This experiment requires complex signal generators, powerful audio-band amplification, and close-proximity human subjects, so it has been cleverly disguised as an early-21st century rock band.
Electronic musical apparatus invented and used by humans are suitable signal generators for the experiment, however, an interface is required between the insectoids and the musical apparatus, so three hominids were randomly selected. These randomly-selected nobodies will serve as conduits between the mind-beams of the insectoids and the physical musical apparatus, which, under normal conditions, the aforementioned nobodies would be incapable of operating. Due to the physical limits of hominid auditory sensing capabilities, only about 27% of Insectoid’s music is perceptible to humans. The experiment has nonetheless shown promising results.
As Insectoid performs, billions of audio spores are released which are ingested by unwitting listeners and hapless bystanders. After an incubation period ranging from six earth-days to six thousand earth-years, if the host is still living, these spores move into their larval stage of development, in which the larvae burst forth from their hosts and devour them. This initial nutritional input allows the larvae to grow into immature adult-form insectoids, who obtain further nourishment by means that are beyond the scope of this text. Thus, hominids that expose themselves to Insectoid’s music play a vital role in the life-cycle of this galaxy’s preeminent life-form.
Theirs is the flesh that feeds the future.
