Super
Kaizen describes one mathematical space-time structure, different
from our own (our-universe). This structure emerges from pure
theoretical truth as a grid of finite and discrete space-time units
called spazons. About ten million years ago (our-universe Earth time)
the equation called for these spazons to emerge from nothing and
collectively form the universe. The SK universe is thus much younger
than our-universe.
Each
spazon is a collection of various scalar, vector, and tensor
quantities that exchange information about these vector values to
adjacent spazons. The spazons can be thought of as containing
physical particles, but ultimately it's all just information. The
truth of some object sitting in space is nothing more than numbers
encoded in spazons. Movement is just the calculation and exchange of
spazon data, i.e. particles
The core
informational interpretation of a spazon is whether it contains null
(nothing), an ego particle, or a ki particle. A single spazon can
'contain' only one of the three. The number of each particle is
conserved in the universe: ego, ki, and null can swap between
spazons, but not be created, destroyed, or changed into each other
under normal circumstances. Each particle is essentially a tensor
carrying with it many properties which can change such as momentum.
The ki can
come in four colors or kido.
Think of
each ego (ego particle) as a mini-processor that can store a few bits
of information. For an intelligent creature to exist, it has to store
and process a lot of information though. This is possible because
when ego are close together they undergo a linking known as ego
entanglement grouping into a super-ego. Ego within super-ego can
exchange state back and forth quickly acting as one unit. The
strength of ego entanglement increases as the amount of ego
increases. This also increases the effective state exchanges between
ego, e.g. the processing ability. Eventually from this emerges
complex behavior, sentience, sapience, and full consciousness.
Super-ego can combine with single ego particles or other super-ego to
grow, but this is restrained because ego naturally repel other ego.
The repulsion between ego is called anxiety; it's not noticeable with
single ego, but increases in strength the larger a super-ego becomes.
A super-ego may join with other single ego particles, but will not
easily merge with another super-ego.
The
anxiety between ego also increases with decreasing distance making it
hard for large super-ego to merge. They can combine temporarily such
as with a fusion effect. The strong ego entanglement results in ego
and ki returning to their super-ego association after the effect ends
(some ki may end up shifting though). Similarly with fission where a
super-ego is forced to split, when the fission effect ends the the
ego entanglement will snap the components back together. Fusion and
fission work at all because surrounded by ki, ego can be manipulated
into coming closer together.
With ego
the elements of life are present, but what about everything else?
That's all made of ki. Ki is also the energy that drives skills. The
GM may prefer in their timeline to call it magic,
mana, psychic
energy, etc.; it's all
the same functionally.
Some specialties like mages may prefer to call it magic while others
like fighters call it ki. Ki (ki particles) do not attract, repel, or
entangle on their own with each other so over time they spread out
gradually unlike ego. This loose, unentangled ki is simply called
free ki. Ki has a special relationship with ego though; ego attracts
ki in a process known as gravity. The more ego, the more ki drawn to
it.
Super-ego
can entangle nearby ki (vital entanglement) keeping it close by and
creating a ki barrier around the super-ego. The ki barrier can push
other ki around or itself be shaped. With greater amounts of ego, the
barrier begins to be manipulated by the super-ego in more complex
ways. It can be differentiated into layers and the inner layers can
bond to create physical structure around the super-ego. Each ego
particle roughly entangles 1 ki particle, but since they are
attracted in general, it's possible to have more by quickly toggling
which nearby attracted ki is being entangled at a given time.
While ki
particles normally have no attraction to themselves, they may
occasionally bump into each other in such a way as to bond into fixed
combinations called cells. This process is greatly catalyzed by the
presence of ego which also prevents their natural decay back to free
ki. These cellular entanglements bond two or more ki together and
lock their kido. Each cell has a class based on the kido of the ki
composing it. Simple two ki combinations are called elements. All
other combinations are called categories. Cells combine to form
structure which forms all matter. Cells may bond simply in inanimate
objects such as crystals or metallic alloys. Or, they may combine
complexly such as in ethos where the cells develop complex bonds
allowing them to differentiate in capability extensively. Essentially
in SK cells unify and simplify what would be separate atomic,
molecular, and cellular scales in our-universe. The cells in ethos
retain their layering from the ki barrier and differentiate into
various internal systems such as skeletal, muscular, etc.
Collectively these layers and cells form a ki body. The body contains
the super-ego which acts as the mind or brain. The super-ego directs
this body, the physical substance of the ethos. This is the key
difference between life in our-universe and ethos - ethos are not
chunks of meat but a duality of non-physical ego and physical ki. The
ego injects a free will into the physical ki.
As the
ethos grows, the outer ki barrier layers can be shaped into a
protective field which helps to keep the ethos separate from the rest
of the universe and protects it from disruption; mentioned
previously, this is the HP field. With enough ego and ki, a secondary
barrier can also form creating a realm around the ethos.
