Journey to the Center (2025)

An Audio Drama by Robert Jerome Pagan

In 2025, as the world above decays, a desperate crew descends into the unknown, seeking salvation. They find something else entirely.

The Expedition Starts Here

The World Above is Dying

The year is 2025. The Earth groans in agony under the weight of humanity's failures. A constant, low-frequency hum of failing infrastructure is the planet's death rattle. Heavy, polluted rain falls on cities where sirens wail their final, mournful dirge before cutting to silence. This is the world the crew of the 'Genesis' is desperate to escape.

Led by the visionary Professor Oscar Jerome, a team of brilliant minds and hardened survivors embarks on an impossible mission: to reach a mythical subterranean world known as Agartha. It is a final, desperate prayer for a future, a search for a sanctuary deep within the Earth. But the center holds secrets far grander and more terrifying than they could ever imagine.

Meet the Crew

Six specialists, each with their own motives and demons, chosen for a mission that will push them beyond the limits of science and sanity

Professor Oscar Jerome

Historian & Visionary

Ancient history and mythology professor, author, podcaster. Charismatic, visionary, and driven to uncover the truth of Agartha, no matter the cost

Professor Jerome's tech-savvy Gen Z assistant. Highly competent and observational, Preston is the digital key to the mission's success.

An intelligent but anxious geo-engineer in his mid-20s. His expertise is crucial, but his resilience will be tested in the depths.

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Preston

Tech Specialist

Miles Mathews

Geo-Engineer

Dr. Aris Thorne

Xenogeologist

A brilliant and driven xenogeologist in their 40s. Pragmatic and ambitious, they possesses an iron will and a focus on the scientific realities of their discovery.

Kai

Survivalist

A stoic survivalist in his 30s with a military background. Calm and resourceful, but operates with a hidden agenda as an undercover US agent.

Wren

Hacker

A prodigious, non-binary hacker in their late teens. Enthusiastic and intuitive, their growing unease reflects the mission's escalating strangeness.

The Mystery of Agartha

"We embarked on a desperate prayer for humanity’s future, seeking a sanctuary, a key to survival. What we found was far grander, and far more terrifying."

Agartha is not merely a hidden civilization, or a sanctuary. It is a vast, ancient, sentient engine, capable of manipulating space-time. The Earth itself is a living entity, a cosmic record-keeper, its heart a nexus of time and knowledge.

Our journey, a violent rebirth, has transformed us utterly. We carry the scars, the trauma, but also an understanding that transcends our wildest dreams. The question of humanity’s salvation remains profoundly ambiguous. Did we find a solution, or merely a deeper, more unsettling truth that dwarfs our concerns?

The journey is over. But the mystery… the mystery has only just begun.

- Professor Oscar Jerome

The Descent

Follow the mission's progress from the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the impossible reality at the Earth's core. The journey is treacherous, and every step deeper reveals a new layer of mystery.

Part 1: The Antarctic Genesis

The mission begins at the 'Arch of Knowledge.' As the team rappels into a newly discovered fissure, the Earth itself seems to fight back, testing their resolve with a violent cave-in orchestrated by the mysterious 'Echo'.

Robert Jerome Pagan Creations

Journey to the Center (2025) is an original audio drama production.

Inspired by the name of the book of some ol’white dude.