{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Audius","provider_url":"https://audius.co","title":"WELCOME TO DESIGNATION EARTH by Justin Empire • Audius","description":"WELCOME TO DESIGNATION EARTH\n\nThey came to see Earth.\nThey came to experience humanity.\nThey never expected the planet to make them this clumsy.\n\nSomewhere in the far reaches of space, an extraordinary civilisation has discovered the ultimate holiday experience:\n\nSpace tourism.\n\nThese beings travel from planet to planet, visiting worlds where intelligent life exists. They don't invade. They don't conquer. They don't even make contact.\n\nThey simply observe.\n\nAnd because they are completely invisible, the inhabitants of the planets they visit never even know they're there.\n\nTheir gigantic spacecraft is almost impossible to comprehend — a vessel as large as the Earth itself, carrying a population comparable to the number of humans living on our planet.\n\nFor generations, this has been the perfect way to explore the universe.\n\nUntil they choose their next destination.\n\nEarth.\n\nThe aliens are fascinated by humanity. They want to experience our cities, our oceans, our wildlife, our technology and our everyday lives.\n\nBut before arriving, something goes terribly wrong.\n\nOne particularly clumsy tourist accidentally damages the pollution-detection sensors in the control room.\n\nHe doesn't notice.\n\nThe ship's systems report that Earth is perfectly safe.\n\nIt isn't.\n\nThe moment the invisible tourists begin exploring Earth, something strange happens.\n\nThey become incredibly clumsy.\n\nNot just a little clumsy.\n\nThey stumble.\n\nThey trip.\n\nThey fall into things.\n\nThey knock objects over.\n\nAnd somehow, whenever one of them loses control of their movements, the humans around them are affected too.\n\nA person walking down a street suddenly falls over for no reason.\n\nA waiter carrying a tray crashes into a table.\n\nCars collide.\n\nObjects mysteriously fly from shelves.\n\nBuildings begin suffering inexplicable damage.\n\nEntire cities descend into bizarre, uncontrollable chaos.\n\nAnd nobody knows why.\n\nTo humanity, it looks as if the planet itself has gone mad.\n\nBut the truth is far stranger.\n\nEarth is full of invisible tourists.\n\nMillions of them.\n\nAnd they're all completely out of control.\n\nMeanwhile, a small group of poltergeist hunters are investigating strange activity inside an ancient castle. While adjusting their equipment, they accidentally discover something extraordinary.\n\nTheir equipment can see the invisible beings.\n\nFor the first time in human history, someone can see them.\n\nAnd even more remarkably…\n\nthey can communicate with them.\n\nThe aliens explain what has happened.","html":"","width":500,"height":480,"thumbnail_url":"https://cn4.mainnet.audiusindex.org/content/baeaaaiqsecicqr2thgavbj24yutlclca7a6crywu5a3mut5s4eusbikg2kqey/480x480.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":480,"author_name":"Justin Empire","author_url":"https://audius.co/kissinginlove","cache_age":3600}