Thread: All Steamed Space (Shikokudarkstar X Charlie_Death)

Xanthor had to search itself to recall just how many species sensed its kind. It wasn't something that was uncommon, but it wasn't common either. It had contact with so many civilizations, mostly as a disembodied observer, it couldn't pinpoint an exact number. That much searching is going to have to take days or months by human standards, after all, time was nothing to it. It's hard to say, even when a species as a whole cannot sense my kind, there are a few that can. Usually they are a spiritual leader of sorts. That is one thing that it loved about the various religions and spiritual practices of all the different species. The practices and beliefs may all be different but those that are leaders can become in tune with the energies around them and recognize when something is present that they cannot see otherwise. It watched Merrill as he thought over what they had said, and possibly the experiment he is working on. There was still so much for him to work on and unfortunately, it will be difficult for him to achieve given the current state of the technological advancement of humans. It was certain that they would be able to create artificial organic materials but that is not going to happen in the lifetime of its human peers. However, it didn't expect Merrill to extend an invitation to his home. When it heard the invitation, it was at a loss. Sure the man is irritating, but he was also brilliant and not that bad as a conversation partner. Did it really want to risk going over to his house and try to get to know the man even better? Into the presence of a species that, without spiritual training, can sense his presence? All it can think is that it will end in disaster, where it is kicked out and bring on the risk of someone being drawn to the scene and discovering the aliens. Every civilization that discovered a foreign species living amongst them reacted with fear and often violence. Not to mention the ramifications of such interactions changing the way their societies function and their goals. The only exception to this is when the society was already advanced, exploring space with the purpose of seeking other life and keeping all their citizens informed of the quest for life. Not wanting to give an answer to the invitation since it wasn't sure if it wanted to go just yet, it jumped directly into answering the question on how it functions. It is understandable that as a corporeal being, Merrill cannot comprehend on how a non-corporeal being can live, especially from what corporeal beings consider as alive. It is hard to explain. I don't need sustenance like you do, which was something that I had to learn when I took a host. I am made of energy and energy cannot be destroyed, only converted. The energy that makes up what I am, cannot be described by thermodynamics or mechanics. You're species hasn't learned of the other forms of energy that exist, so it is hard put in words. I exist somewhere between being kinetic energy and resting potential. Most of my being is energy that has clustered together and formed a bond through... It paused when it realized that they didn't have a full understanding of atoms and the very matter that makes up everything in the universe and all the particles that make up the components of that matter. Well... your kind has yet to discover it. The very matter that makes up everything is free flowing but drawn to the central source which is myself, but are so loosely coordinated that I form no actual body. Since this is through the movement of these energies and their electrical charges that act on their own, I need no sustenance. Sustenance is what is required to provide energy into a cell so that all the organic matter can function. I might seem highly advanced, but living beings like you are the most interesting because of your complexity and all that goes into your existence. As for the soul... Xanthor tapped its chin in thought. It enjoyed understanding everything but putting it into verbal expression is different and far more difficult than the simple act of knowing . I have an understanding on what you may consider the soul. Whether you choose to believe me or not, but information can be stored in the very particles and energy surrounding everything. Your brain and nervous system is all energy, electrical and alive. Which is why I am able to take possession of a body, it explained as it pressed its hands on its chest before cringing realizing that he used the word possession. To follow the laws of energy conservation where any kinetic energy will not disappear, but instead become resting potential, when you die, the kinetic energy of your nervous system then is converted, just as the remaining energies of the cells of the body convert to the process of decomposing. The electrical energy that existed within your nervous system will be imprinted with all that you were and then move from the body, something like a smaller version of my kind, but it is more... primitive. I have observed these energies quickly travel and find a newly forming nervous system to integrate itself. Some of your eastern philosophies understand this process and call it reincarnation where your soul, then is reborn into another body. Some people are able to access the stored information in that energy to recall their previous lives and when that energy is disembodied and continues to remain outside a host, can interact with the physical world. I believe you call them ghosts. Those I consider primitive only because many that have attempted to remain outside a physical form slowly or rapidly decay until some or all aspects of itself is gone. The particles that were previously bonded separate and join to any other groups of energy.... but I cannot say what they experience themselves since they are constructed differently.