Post by HikaruxKaoru on Aug 5, 2017 18:46:55 GMT
"Soul"
Known to Humans as: "Parasite" "Alien" "Bugs"
Known to Humans as: "Parasite" "Alien" "Bugs"
History:
Souls do not age (while their host bodies may) and can apparently live indefinitely as long as a host or cryotank is available.
Souls have their host bodies eat whatever the body considers as food. The Soul itself doesn't feed, but may gain nutrients from the Host body.
In between hosts, Souls hibernate in cryogenic tanks in a state of deep suspended animation. When an appropriate host is found by The Seekers, the Souls are surgically inserted by their own medical specialists through an incision at the top of the host's spinal column. In humans, their irises turn silver from the Soul.
One in about five thousand of mostly sexless, sterile Souls has the ability to reproduce. The Soul makes a conscious decision to reproduce, which sets a process in its body in motion. The body apparently rips itself apart while each cell turns into an infant Soul. About a million Souls are produced in this way, while the "Mother" perishes. The infant Soul has a portion of it's "mother's" memories (who in turn has some of it's "mother's" memories). In this way, Souls remember certain events that happened to an ancestor.
It is vaguely implied that originally the Souls either relied on hijacked Vulture technology or on those they created themselves for the colonization process. Afterward they might have made use of whatever tecnology the races whose bodies they assimilated used. Once they found the Spiders, a race without much emotion, but with high intelligence in certain other fields, their technology received a boost. When assimilating a new planet the Souls abduct a few examples of the race they target and perform tests to develop medicines for use on the hosts.
The main users of weapon tecnology among souls are Seekers on certain planets. The main users of medicinal application among Souls are the Healers and their assistants.
When the Souls assimilated Earth they replaced the medical system with Healers and Comforters and the aeronautics system with a system af Shuttles.
Healer is a Calling, or vocation, and the soul equivalent of a medical professional. Healers are the souls charged with performing insertions. They are also capable of medical feats far greater than what medicine on Earth can provide.
Cryotank
The cryotank is a container used to preserve the sensitive Souls, which can not survive long without this in any planet except Origin. The Origin is their first planet and the only one planet and environment where 'the souls can live outside of a host for a long period of time.'
This tank is also known as hibernation tank and is used to carry the souls from one planet to another. The Souls came to a planet with spaceships and are kept in hibernation mode there.
Skippers are Souls who do not complete their hosts life-term before moving on to a new host, possibly on a new planet. Doing this without a valid reason (such as the mental health of the Soul) is viewed as wasteful and goes against general Soul philosophy.
A Calling is equivalent, but more intensely viewed, to a job which the Soul feels an affinity towards (see below).
They tend not to keep the name of their Host after insertion, but revert to their own names (which are usually translations of names they had on previous worlds). They may also take a new name matching their current world and may even create one from a concept matching the Soul (such as "Wanderer").
Due to their nature Soul society, though thriving on the debateably unjust destruction of other sentient species, is a very peaceful and ideal one based on equal love and understanding.
The Souls do apparently, however, have a controversial ideology against other sentient species as they are willing to dispose of them and take their place to make their world a "better place" with disregard for the sentience of their hosts (debatably they wouldn't treat another of their own kind in this way).
They tend to preserve most of the positive and neutral elements of the society they replace (experience is an important Soul idea), while refraining from the negative (evil; harmful) components as far as possible. They do however replace the aeronautics and health care components with more efficient versions.
Singing World
The Vultures were the first extraterrestrials that the Souls came into contact with on their home planet, The Origin, several thousand years ago. They soon found out they could use the Vultures as hosts, however. They assimilated the Vultures, as well as the inhabitants of the other planets the Vultures conquered.
Soon the Souls themselves started spreading and taking over new planets they discovered by replacing their sentient inhabitants. This process was made efficient by Spider technology once the Spiders were assimilated.
It is still unknown for how many living beings that they have infested.
Physiology:
Souls are described as shining, living ribbons with around one thousand feathery attachments used to connect to any nerve endings their Host may have. It is unknown if this number differs between Souls. Their chemical make-up is very different from humans and human poisons do not affect them.Souls do not age (while their host bodies may) and can apparently live indefinitely as long as a host or cryotank is available.
Souls have their host bodies eat whatever the body considers as food. The Soul itself doesn't feed, but may gain nutrients from the Host body.
Implantations:
Insertion is the procedure by which a soul is implanted into the body of a new host. It is considered to be a very simple procedure which "any soul on the street could perform in an emergency". Typically, insertions result in a loss of the host's sentience, with an anomaly being humans with knowledge of what is coming. As a rule, insertions are only performed by Healers, the soul equivalent of a medical professional. But it is still unknown where the actual insertion is medical equipment came from.
When outside of their Host, a Soul is mostly helpless and will succumb if not placed in hibernation inside a cryotank. It is known that outside of the exception of the cryotank, Souls will succumb very quickly in a too cold or too hot environment. The Origin is the only place where Souls can exist for long periods of time outside of a cryotank or a host. In between hosts, Souls hibernate in cryogenic tanks in a state of deep suspended animation. When an appropriate host is found by The Seekers, the Souls are surgically inserted by their own medical specialists through an incision at the top of the host's spinal column. In humans, their irises turn silver from the Soul.
Reproduction:
One in about five thousand of mostly sexless, sterile Souls has the ability to reproduce. The Soul makes a conscious decision to reproduce, which sets a process in its body in motion. The body apparently rips itself apart while each cell turns into an infant Soul. About a million Souls are produced in this way, while the "Mother" perishes. The infant Soul has a portion of it's "mother's" memories (who in turn has some of it's "mother's" memories). In this way, Souls remember certain events that happened to an ancestor.
Technology Used in The Host
Soul Medicine
It is vaguely implied that originally the Souls either relied on hijacked Vulture technology or on those they created themselves for the colonization process. Afterward they might have made use of whatever tecnology the races whose bodies they assimilated used. Once they found the Spiders, a race without much emotion, but with high intelligence in certain other fields, their technology received a boost. When assimilating a new planet the Souls abduct a few examples of the race they target and perform tests to develop medicines for use on the hosts.
The main users of weapon tecnology among souls are Seekers on certain planets. The main users of medicinal application among Souls are the Healers and their assistants.
When the Souls assimilated Earth they replaced the medical system with Healers and Comforters and the aeronautics system with a system af Shuttles.
Healer
Healer is a Calling, or vocation, and the soul equivalent of a medical professional. Healers are the souls charged with performing insertions. They are also capable of medical feats far greater than what medicine on Earth can provide.
Cryotank
The cryotank is a container used to preserve the sensitive Souls, which can not survive long without this in any planet except Origin. The Origin is their first planet and the only one planet and environment where 'the souls can live outside of a host for a long period of time.'
This tank is also known as hibernation tank and is used to carry the souls from one planet to another. The Souls came to a planet with spaceships and are kept in hibernation mode there.
Insertion
Insertions are when a soul is implanted into a host body. Every soul, just before the insertion, goes into hibernation to survive without a host body. A Healer usually operates the insertions.
Terminology
Hosts are humans (or other individual organisms) who have had their body and mind taken over by a Soul.
Hosts are humans (or other individual organisms) who have had their body and mind taken over by a Soul.
Skippers are Souls who do not complete their hosts life-term before moving on to a new host, possibly on a new planet. Doing this without a valid reason (such as the mental health of the Soul) is viewed as wasteful and goes against general Soul philosophy.
A Calling is equivalent, but more intensely viewed, to a job which the Soul feels an affinity towards (see below).
Lists of Callings on Earth are:
Musical Performers
Professor
Storyteller
Seeker
Comforter
Healer
Artist
Mother
Culture
Each soul has a Calling, which is akin to a vocation. The Souls view their Calling in a dutiful light and/or a fair exchange for the goods each Soul can take without direct compensation to the provider (as Soul economy is devoid of the concept of money). Examples of Callings include Healers (medical professionals), Comforters (psychological therapists), Seekers (who hunt the remaining indigenous sentient inhabitants of a world) and other Callings which are merely human jobs in post-Soul invasion form.They tend not to keep the name of their Host after insertion, but revert to their own names (which are usually translations of names they had on previous worlds). They may also take a new name matching their current world and may even create one from a concept matching the Soul (such as "Wanderer").
Due to their nature Soul society, though thriving on the debateably unjust destruction of other sentient species, is a very peaceful and ideal one based on equal love and understanding.
The Souls do apparently, however, have a controversial ideology against other sentient species as they are willing to dispose of them and take their place to make their world a "better place" with disregard for the sentience of their hosts (debatably they wouldn't treat another of their own kind in this way).
They tend to preserve most of the positive and neutral elements of the society they replace (experience is an important Soul idea), while refraining from the negative (evil; harmful) components as far as possible. They do however replace the aeronautics and health care components with more efficient versions.
Seekers
Seekers are invading souls who are assigned to track the remaining "wild" humans (on other planets they go after the respective planet's indigenous sentient inhabitants). They have apparently taken over the human police's former equipment. It was Seekers who captured Melanie after receiving a tip-off. Wanderer, herself is later pursued by a Seeker when she is suspected to be helping the "insurgents". Seekers are typically the only souls that will lie or fight a human.Planets:
Mists Planet
Mists Planet
The Mists World is one of the alien planets the Souls colonized by assimilating it's sentient inhabitants. It is also known as "Planet of the Mist" or "Mist World". It's known sentient inhabitants prior to the soul invasion were Bears. The Bears on the Mists planet were most like humans because they're warm blooded, have hair/fur, they can dream(though not as vividly as humans), and have a need for a "creative outlet"(building ice cities).
Singing World
The Singing World is one of the alien planets the Souls colonized by assimilating its sentient inhabitants. It is also known as "Planet of the Bats" or "Blind World". Its known sentient inhabitants prior to the Soul invasion were the Bats. Except for Souls and Bats, it is confirmed to have trees. The planet has at least one wooded area and because its endemic sentient inhabitants cannot see, it could be assumed that it is actually very dark on the planet, rendering eyes superfluous. The Bats mourned the invasion by not singing until the pain from the lack of music became worse than the pain of loss.
Although the singing world is also called the blind world, it is preferred to be called the Singing World.
Planet of the FlowersAlthough the singing world is also called the blind world, it is preferred to be called the Singing World.
Flower Planet is described as the "most beautiful and placid of all the planets." One of the furthest planets from Earth, it takes over a century to reach. The planet is very mellow, and the host's lives are incredibly long. There is an island and mainland which are inhabited by sentient Flowers that the Souls have taken as Hosts. The mainland includes two great rivers. There are several different type of Flowers, described by their various colors, shape and type.
The Dragon Planet
The Dragon Planet