#aysse

So I'm still going with the Space bits.  Because Space.  So okay.  I'm going with Multiverse. And the universe that Switchback and co. lives in was created from a Big Bang event.  This event was caused by a black hole in ANOTHER universe.  Instead of destroying matter sent into the black hole, the black hole compacts everything and it's sent to an alternate plane of existence where literally nothing exists.  This matter, while GREATLY compacted, still has consciousness.  Consciousness is neither energy NOR matter and it will NEVER be destroyed, but the collective consciousness of everything sucked up in the black hole just bonds. And it sits.  And sits. And sits.  

Eventually, the black hole fizzles out after a few trillion years or whatever.  When this happens, the gravitational hold the black hole had in the other universe is clearly severed, and all of this matter, energy, and consciousness, is freed.  This collection of consciousness is the first Aysse.  An Aysse is simply a collective physical image of all the consciousness gathered.  Idk apparently the black hole sucked up a lot of bats and tigers and fur or something >__>.  But anyway.  Once the energy is freed, it bangs into the universe.  The ambient consciousness is what makes the first Cosmic Aysse.  (Formerly Celestial Aysse, now they're cosmic).  They make up the first stars, and their energy burns and singes and is... .idk starry.  They're INCREDIBLY powerful and have the most energy and power to their disposal.  They don't have physical bodies as they're just energy and fusion and the first, what? 2 elements?  Until they blow up more and then go up to Carbon or Iron depending on their size ANYWAY.  If they want to send off a small portion of their consciousness for whatever purpose, they can gain whatever physical form they wish.  They usually take the SpaceCat form that the rest of the Aysse have, though there are exceptions.

Cosmic Aysse have nothing but good intentions in mind.  They essentially burn themselves alive for the benefit of others.  They are large and sweet and are DEEPLY deeply angered by pain and destruction and general sadness and injustice.

The first few Cosmic Aysse lived out their lives as stars, and supernova'd.  The only way you can kill a Cosmic Aysse is this way.  Or the dwarf star way. I need to work on this.

ANYWAY.  The flinging of consciousness into the young universe makes the opportunity for the collective consciousness to divide.  Supernovas also create the rest of the elements in the universe, so they're necessary for life as we know it. WE ARE ALL STAR CHILDREN. Anywayanyway.  

This fission of consciousness and energy created a smaller version of the Cosmic Aysse, called the Celestial Aysse.  They're the middle ground of the species.  Celestial Aysse are still extremely, extremely powerful, but they're no star.  They have physical bodies, but it's basically just for fun.  It enables them to have corporeal fun on planets when they're bored of space and just being floating wills.  However, their bodies aren't *necessary*, and so they can still dance through space and have it not be fatal.  Celestial Aysse also have the SpaceCat form, though they can take a second lower energy form that helps them to blend in or hide their massive energy signatures.  These second forms don't tend to deviate much from their SpaceCat form, but they're still distinct.  Think SpaceCat ---> lion.  

Celestial Aysse can also take a gigantic Higher Energy form that's unstable, short-lived, and generally ends in pain and explosion.  Celestial Aysse themselves typically have a wide range of agendas and they are absolutely not to be trusted until they have earned it, and even then look out.

Corporeal Aysse are all the Aysse I have so far, save for Sonsie and Beccat, who are both Celestial Aysse, and Snow who is an outcropping of Sirius, who is a Cosmic Aysse because.... she's Sirius >__>.  They are completely dependent on their bodies, cannot change form, and are much weaker than either Celestial OR Cosmic Aysse.  Though their roles in creating life are still extremely necessary.  Without their abilities to channel energy across their planets, there would be no life as we know it.  They all contain very small amounts of the consciousness from the beginning of the universe.  They all take the SpaceCat form.  They are the most powerful truly *living* creatures in the known universe, however.

This consciousness is everywhere.  There is nothing, not even the vacuum of space, that doesn't contain the information stored in this consciousness.  When a corporeal Aysse, any living creature, or basically anything, dies, its consciousness/personality/whatever is flung off into space, where it wanders the cosmos until it finds the opportunity to re-enter a body.  These living beings can't remember any of this at any given time, but it's still a fact.  It's basically reincarnation with some animism thrown in.