The Core Fountain, one of Veridion’s oldest central monuments, erupted today in a dazzling but dangerous bloom of Wildcode—a rare digital-organic hybrid that manifests as living code in visual form. Bright fractal vines tangled around kiosks, benches, and the fountain’s upper shell, all while broadcasting random citizen data aloud.
Attempts to contain the bloom failed, as the code reacted to proximity by altering appearance and voice modulation. One bloom reportedly mimicked a top Nexach Quantum Data Scientist, Ashley Amaley, who has been missing for months. Witnesses state the voice invited onlookers to “return to the garden.” However a complete audio analysis has not yet been released to verify authenticity.
Data security is scrambling to isolate the fountain from the citywide grid. Artists and anarchists, however, are celebrating the bloom as “Veridion’s subconscious waking up.”
