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BLACK FLOWERS OF IO

From Tales of Madness Vol. III by Tom Ball, 2011

    Jupiter’s moon, Io, had a hellish landscape...
    Well below zero but the black flowers thrived all the same.
    In the center of the moon, was a settlement and it had a giant fiery volcano in the center of it. People who displeased the leadership were thrown into the volcano...
    Everyone had to dance, sing and do other performances for the rulers...
    Performers here were rewarded with rank for good performances but bad performers were subject to death...
    Of course it was considered an honor to be invited to dance before the rulers, but it was highly dangerous.

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    But here one had nothing to hide, among delicate, graceful creatures...
    All the creatures were lit up in neon.
    Some even had “pets” who could do ballet... and win points from the rulers...
    But almost everyone wore clothes made of the black flowers that grew here in abundance. To these people, black flowers symbolized life here on this inhospitable planet.



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