Sphacelus Project

[The_Godslayer]

SPHACELUS

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MATTERWEAVE OUTLINE

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Matterweave is a blessing with limitations. A final gift left to the Slomon K'Hara, the end of materiel science as we know it. It exists in a state of macro-quantum superposition, where full molecules are splayed between each other, each inhabiting another's space at any given observation. Matter itself woven together through the most delicate laws of physics into a state of near-absolute entropy. The hardest substance ever created, yet, it can have flexibility depending on how it's perceived. A perfect conduit for energy, yet also a perfect insulator.

Yet, while it can carry energy, it cannot carry a mind. A mind, without a shadow of a doubt, can observe every instance of itself through mere contemplation, and therein a sentient Matterweave would dissolve itself. We bypassed this limitation with the Scorpion, recycling flesh into Matterweave, and nerve and brain into control mechanism. A certain amount of disconnect was necessary to maintain the structure, and it has worked flawlessly ever since.

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SPHACELUS PROJECT REPORT 1

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Matterweave, as a substance, cannot harbor consciousness. It can, however, conduit energy. With the actions I took regarding the Bustard and the delivery which those mercenaries undertook, not to mention Caliban's activity and the now-spreading reach of the Voidmind, it is becoming obvious that I am in need of "Cherubim" to defend the interests of the Garden. With this in mind, I began experimenting with some captured specimens to see if I could install a control mechanism.

I have long enjoyed running experiments with the Midden, the limits of what a suffering mind can truly comprehend is beautiful in its own right. Dissociation allows a mind to be pulled apart more efficiently. In the interest of testing these limits, I began replacing the nervous systems of captured individuals with Matterweave, so that as they began to integrate, the Matterweave would collapse. The moment they could feel the limb, it would die. I wished to see the limits of the lingering "phantom sense", as well as whether this method could create a sort of "bomb collar". Most of the time, however, they'd simply die. Dead bodies aren't particularly useless, they can still be formed into Matterweave as they are still matter.

Yet, in my experiments, something most interesting happened. On a trio of women, after having died by the Matterweave collapse of their replaced spines, I began reconnecting the Matterweave just to see what would happen. What happened was another portion of the spine collapsed, as if the dead could observe itself. I replicated the experiment, and there was a deviance in where the collapse happened. What fun it is, to chase a scientific endeavor. This report documents the beginning of the Sphacelus Project.

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SPHACELUS PROJECT REPORT 2

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I've introduced two control cadavers for measurement purposes, and I found some noted deviances when I reconnect the Matterweave spines on my experiment. Tiny, minute nervous firing from nerve clusters. At this point, I see no pattern as to which nerves activate, simply that there will always be some part that recognizes itself once the loop is complete.

To further push the boundaries of this phenomenon, I've replaced the entire central nervous system save the brain and eyes with Matterweave. The dark stone color of Matterweave sings a siren song to the artist within me, seeing it embedded into their pale, dead flesh. But the scientist in me is even more intrigued to find that the disconnect happens in a single location now, where the dead brain connects to the Matterweave brain stem. It seems the human mind, even in death, can recognize that it is dead. Perhaps... the human soul?

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CURRENT STATUS

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The current results are fairly inconclusive. I have a few tools at my disposal that I'd like to test on these bodies, but I'd like to obtain an expert's opinion before I continue. Any insight is good insight, and I have yet to meet she who famously taught the Light to disdain. Who better to help with heresies than the most infamous heretic?

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I'll do something about my superiority complex when I cease to be superior.

"Whatever happened to catchin' a good old-fashioned passionate ass-whoopin and gettin' your shoes, coat, and your hat tooken?"