Sparklings

Pixel Sparklings are a form of young soul who can be created by specifying parameters and then the user’s icon appearing in their hand which is then struck like a match to create a Sparkling. They can also be created by the Realm of Souls as well as certain characters with a connection to it. Sparklings generally appear as flames but will sometimes appear as other things.  No matter what they appear as, however, they will always have a face on the front of their form, which starts as white but can change color once as soon as they decide on their Spirit Color.

Sparklings start out colorless, and will generally pick their Spirit Color within a few days, at which point they change from clear and white to whatever their Spirit Color is and either black,  grey, or white depending on the color.

Sparklings start out talking in “codespeak” that intentionally cannot be translated by anyone other than their creator. In the case of Sparklings created from the Realm of Souls, all characters with a connection to it will be able to understand them.

Sparklings start out with a weak Spirit which is then developed over time as their personality and the powers they want is realized, being fully realized once a Sparkling goes back to the Realm of Souls with this information and officially gets spawned in for the first time.

Sparklings generally appear as flames about the size of a Spirit, that being small enough to hold in both hands while usually floating above them. A Sparkling will generally follow their creator, which is usually how they decide what form to take. If a Sparkling wants to be accepted into a character’s body like a Spirit, their Spirit is taken in and the Sparkling themselves remains as a fire around the character’s body like hitodama. In this state, the Sparkling also has a connection with the Spirit, experiencing stimuli as if they were their Spirit.

If a Sparkling somehow decides that it doesn’t want to exist, it begins to fade and, if fully faded out, barely holds on in the Realm of Spirit’s Sorrow until their flame is snuffed out for good by their creator. In instances where the Sparkling was created by the Realm of Souls, anyone with a connection to it can snuff out these flames due to being allowed to reach the area of the Realm of Spirit’s Sorrow these Sparklings are located in.

The Realm of Spirit’s Hope is one of the Sparklings’ worlds and one of the ways a Sparkling can realize what they want to be, an area that can have a personal illusion of any area to watch and see if they want to be something from it. Using the power of this world, Sparklings can talk to any other Sparkling provided they have not gone to the Realm of Souls to gain their new form, at which point these will be added as Call contacts instead. Because Sparklings have little Pixel Power of their own, the Realm of Spirit’s Hope facilitates calls made this way.

When a Sparkling or a character formed from one holds off on respawning for long enough due to suicidal tendencies, their body (if they have one) begins to fade from existence and if their original spark begins to fade, which only happens if their entire body fades and they still have suicidal tendencies, they are transported to the Realm of Spirit’s Sorrow, where, if their creator wants to, which isn’t always the case, they can snuff out the flame for good.

There are areas of both Realms for every character who has the ability to create Sparklings, in addition to one for the Realm of Souls and those with a connection to it. These are somehow completely isolated except for certain cases in which a Sparkling from one area is brought into another.

As with Fire Elementals or other harmful beings, Sparklings can Vore but it is inadvisable except to characters who are at least resistant to fire.