#xels

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Day 7: crossover

Would explain how they function like organic lifeforms.

Now, they obviously don't take over anything like Grey Goo normally does in fiction, so the Concordians are probably limited in the food they can eat and to being "multicellular" beings to prevent that from happening. I think they'd function more like Xels from Mighty No. 9.

For one part of my theory, I theorize they would eat food to convert them into parts to build more nanobots, essentially allowing them to regenerate damaged parts. They could also be turning some of that food into energy to power themselves.

The possible reason they have a sense of touch (including to temperature) is that some of their nanobots might be making up artificial nerves. Or their nanobots could be susceptible to temperatures (depending on whether they are regular, Skorcheen, or Slippenglide Concordian).

As for how they got stuck in the mind control flowers, maybe some of the nanobots make up their brains for the purpose of having a specialized "thinking organ"?

Also, to explain the fact that they can fart and poop, that'd probably just be nanobots getting rid of materials they don't need or can't use.

In a nutshell, I think their nanobots are practically mechanical cells.

Edit: I do wonder something, though: How do the Concordians memorialize their dead if their mechanical bodies won't decompose like biological bodies do?

I couldn't come up with an explanation myself, so I had to ask Google AI to come up with one for me, and this is what I got:

"While Mario & Luigi: Brothership does not explicitly depict a funeral or the long-term decomposition of a Concordian, the game’s mechanics and narrative suggest a few ways their "mechanical" remains would be handled:

Memorial Statues: The game confirms that high-profile heroes and figures are memorialized with statues. In the ending, it is noted that Concordia's heroes will be remembered through these monuments to preserve their legacy within the newly restored continent.

Recycling and Restoration: Given the game’s core theme of "connection" and the nanobot theory, a popular fan hypothesis is that their bodies don't rot but are instead recycled. If they are made of "mechanical cells" (nanobots), their remains could be broken down into raw materials to sustain the Uni-Tree or help "power" the next generation.

Uni-Tree Integration: The Uni-Tree is the source of all life and connection in Concordia. Much like biological life returns to the earth, it is theorized that a Concordian’s energy or physical components might return to the Uni-Tree to be redistributed as Sprite Bulbs or energy for the islands.

I AM 18 NOW!!!!!

Xels- Xels look out, the guy you hired to upgrade your storage system is planning a hostile power grab- Xels- oh no he’s monologuing to himself he can’t hear us!

I should have been going to bed, but nah.

Have a messy sketch of @cooler-cactus-block newest Hels hermit, Xels! A wasp version of Xisuma. I was amused by the idea of teethies. So he’s looking down at you giving you a very creepy smile...

Drew two of the most likely outcomes of my sona (Fluid) meeting Xels... I think they’d definitely see each other as a threat first and foremost.