Post by Vaelaria on Dec 19, 2020 4:01:19 GMT
“Alright the red dot means the camera is on right?” The screen on the video is blocked, and there’s only shuffling as far as the audio is concerned. The black screen is lifted as a girl’s hand is removed from the face of the camera. She takes a step back, and brings over a rolling whiteboard. “Its on now?!? Oh heck!” Vae claps her hands and looks around, trying to tidy up a few loose papers around the small desk she’s set up, before realizing that the camera is still going and if anything the tidying has made things even more awkward. She slaps her cheeks lightly, and turns towards the camera.
“Hello there people who may be watching in the future? I kind of hope no one is watching in the present or I guess your past because that would be creepy and kind of invasive! I would very much like you to stop in that case! This series of videos will be a digital log of my journey thus far and something others may be able to learn from even? My name is Vaelaria, and no, I am not ‘some kid randomly on a camera’. I am fully grown for my species, and have achieved full mental maturity. I am a Fae, which is a species that comes from… Well technically we can be found most commonly on Hegemon even if we aren’t ‘native’ there, but that’s kind of getting off topic even more so than before. Today, I’m going to talk about, well, species and their differences- Oh heck! I probably need to show that I’m a Fae somehow. Umm… Lets see… Eyes!” Vae looks up, and runs off camera for a short period. The lights in the room go out, and on screen, what seems like two glowing eyes walk onto the screen.
“Fae eyes are known for glowing in the dark slightly! Its different from the Earth species known as cats which have ‘glowing’ eyes as well. Cats eyes don’t actually glow, but instead reflective layer at the back of the eye known as the tapetum lucidum. This layer helps them see in the dark, and increases the signals from even weak sources of light. Some light can escape the eye because of all the bouncing around, which is why looking an animal in the eye when its dark makes it seem like their eyes ‘flash’. Its because a little bit of light bounces out of their eyes and hits yours! Humans lack a tapetum lucidum, but in some ways that’s a good thing? Tapetum Lucidum is primarily associated with nocturnal predators and is most prominent in nocturnal species such as cats and raccoons. Humans are considered diurnal and as such would have no need for seeing in extremely low light! Diurnal meaning active in the day, but sleeping at night. But as you can see…” The head moves from left to right, the light never dulling or ‘flashing’ from them. “Fae eyes are different, and not the result of tapetum tucidum!”
“Fae eyes legitimately do glow in the dark. The sclera, or white part of the eye releases light, and the pupil is modified as well to filter out having a constant glow around the vision! Or at least that’s my hypothesis for the moment. Now that I’m thinking on it, the fact that my pupil is apparently pink to humans may be a cool thing to look into for the future! I say ‘apparently’ because the color I know as pink might not be the same ‘pink’ that humans know- OH!!!!!” Vae claps excitedly, and apparently does a little jump up and down based on her eye movement. “That could be a part of how the pupil has adapted to filter out additional light that comes from the sclera! It could reflect a portion of the light like throwing out ‘junk data’! Humans have three types of receptor cells to view light: red, blue, and green. When the red receptor cells only are registering being activated, the brain perceives an object as being red, aka there’s red-type wavelengths of light coming from it! When all three are activated, the brain perceives an object as being white. When none of them are activated from a particular object, the brain sees it as black. Now… pink is really hecking weird because technically, if you look at what humans classify as the visible light spectrum, aka red orange yellow green blue indigo violet, you will notice that there is no pink in it! That’s because pink is weird in that technically it doesn’t exist! Any pink you see is a result of the red receptor fully firing, but the green and blue receptors acting up as well! It comes from a combination of red and purple type wavelengths, which are on opposite ends of the color spectrum. Since they can physically not have a ‘middle’ between them, human brains make one up and call it pink!”
“Now… this is only what human brains do! This is because I admittedly learned about light from human textbooks. I’m not 100% certain how other major species perceive color, and how the Fae perception of color differs from human perception. I know not all Fae share my oddly colored pupil, and many have a ‘black’ coloration. Though… I do now have a hypothesis for how I may perceive color when compared to humans? If my eyes appear ‘pink’ to humans, it may mean that it reflects some red and purple wavelength light instead of absorbing it. Meaning that maybe I don’t see the same visible spectrum that humans do, and compared to them, I may see a narrower range of light. This will have to be tested with experimentation! Maybe setting up a controlled experiment with a prism a set distance away from a sheet of paper with a light shining into it from a fixed distance? And the participant would be instructed to mark on the paper where the color spectrum begins and ends for them! If my hypothesis concerning my eyes is correct, the spectrum of light I can see may be slightly narrower than human eyes! I’m not sure if this is applicable to all Fae or if I have a specific mutation affecting me that’s similar to colorblindness in humans- Oh heck the lights are still off.” There’s a rapid shuffling sound, and the lights turn on. Vae runs back onto the screen and rubs the back of her head sheepishly. “That probably wasn’t too interesting for everyone… and I’m realizing now that I got super duper off topic with the tangent about eyes…”
She claps, and shakes her head slightly to try to focus. “Right, so… today I want to talk about the primary differences of some of the ‘major’ species in the known universe. I know that Fae aren’t typically included on this list due to their tendency to stay on Hegemon, but I figured that people might be interested in learning about them since there’s not too much scientific information known about them! Which… makes sense in retrospect. I believe that humans have a saying…. ‘herding cats’? It may be an apt metaphor for getting Fae to participate in an orderly experiment without any outside variables.” Vae turns to the whiteboard behind her and writes a few species names on it: Humans, Saiyans, Brenchians, Frost Clansmen, Salamanders, Elfen, and Fae.
“This is by no means a complete guide to all species in the galaxy, but it’s the ones I feel I know enough about in order to craft theories for? I am pretty much the opposite of an expert in all of them. I saved Elfen and Fae for the end since those are the two races I know the most about. I will fully admit that I don’t know many things, but am also willing to ask questions and see if prior assumptions were incorrect in order to learn the truth! Being ‘wrong’ just means that you discovered one way that doesn’t work, and now you can learn from it!”
“Now… Lets start with Humans! They’re seen as the ‘everyman’ of the galaxy, but at the same time? Humans are kind of terrifying. Humans originated as pursuit predators, and their stamina compared to other species on Earth is legendary: apparently ancient humans simply walked to follow their prey until the prey either collapsed or died of exhaustion! Humans are a lot hardier than they’re made out to be, even compared to species such as the Frost Clansmen and Saiyans. They may not be as resilient in a strict ‘combat’ sense, but humans are kind of more than a little crazy as a species. You drink poison as a recreational activity, literally have acid in your stomach casually, and preform scarification using pigments as a means of decoration! Its amazing and terrifying from an outside perspective! And that’s not even starting on a human’s ability to biologically adapt!”
“Maybe the most egregious example of humans being extremely adaptable is the ‘beastman’ trend where people alter their bodies to become more similar to an animal’s. And it works and is stable?!? I don’t think this trend has any analogs in other species? You literally rewrite your entire DNA ‘for fun’! Its amazing and terrifying, and the fact that it doesn’t have that many ‘dangerous’ side effects? Human DNA is scary in how adaptable it is. Oh! In addition, its believed that coupling between a human and another species has a much higher rate of safely hybridizing and not only producing individuals with higher brain functions, but are reproductively viable themselves? Humans have a saying about a ‘Jack of All Trades, but Master of None.’ When I did some research into the term, I found an interesting addition to it. There’s a whole part of it that doesn’t get said: ‘Jack of All Trades, Master of None, Though Often Better than a Master of One.’ I feel like it embodies humans as a species? A human’s ability to adapt and diversify a little into everything is awe inspiring. I know some humans see themselves as ‘weak’ when compared to other species, but they’re honestly amazing. Don’t forget it.” Vae smiles at the camera.
“Now lets move onto Saiyans! They physically seem very similar to humans, but have a notable difference in their elongated spine that forms a tail! Also similar to humans and other mammals, Saiyans have more bones as an infant than fully grown. This is because some bones grow together as they get older, most notably the skull! The skull is actually formed from multiple bone plates that fuse into one. The whole reason that the skull is fragmented in the first place is because the infant needs to be able to fit through the birth canal. The same process has been known to occur in other mammals with bones such as the legs, so now I’m curious if the same applies to Saiyan tails!”
“One of the most notable traits of Saiyans is known as Zenkai. I’m not sure what it directly translates to, but it sounds really cool! Zenkai refers to a Saiyan’s ability to become stronger after nearly dying. While not recorded in all Saiyans, it is still what they’re most known for! And I have a small hypothesis as to the mechanics of Zenkai! My current theory is based around a different one where the mitochondria of cells are directly responsible for creating the phenomenon known as ‘ki’. When a Saiyan is injured, the cells are prompted to divide and fill the injury in. My hypothesis is that ki offers some kind of advantage in cell replication, meaning that cells that produce more ki replicate faster, and are more populous in the regrown injury! This means that when you compare the cells in that area before and after an injury, the ki produced by the cells in that area are greater afterwards! Its merely a hypothesis, and I realize it doesn’t account for why Zenkai is a phenomenon only observed in Saiyan’s, but its better than nothing!”
“One thing that really confuses me about Saiyan’s is their tail? Like in general? With most species the tail is an important part of balancing and an important part of the spine, but Saiyan’s say ‘eff that’! Some Saiyans are able to fight immediately after losing a tail, and I have heard that its even common practice for Saiyans who worry about collateral damage during the full moon? There’s clearly some kind of natural magic in play there, even if the Saiyans as a species tend more towards ki use than magic or technological advancements? Because I’m pretty sure you would have to magic a heckton of biomass into existence to turn into a mother-honking Ozaru! I’m fairly certain that its magic that’s connected in concept to the moon? With a ‘full moon’ activating magic in a Saiyan to match the ‘greatest state’ of the moon by their body? Admittedly magic is something I definitely have to learn a lot about, despite Fae being associated with it heavily.”
“What confuses me the most about Saiyans is the requirement of having a tail to achieve Ozaru state? Seemingly the two have nothing to do with one another, but I have a theory!!! There may be receptors in the tail that are sensitive to light and magic that comes from the full moon! I will call these receptors Sollus Lunar Receptors, meaning ‘full moon’ receptors… And yes, I specifically chose sollus because it sounds like sun and Sollus Lunar sounds kind of cool in general. Anyways! I believe that the tail hosts the special receptors that trigger the release of transforming magic for Saiyans? It might also explain why it is entirely covered in… dermally anchored keratin strands. I don’t really know the terms most Saiyans use for it, so I will attempt to be non-offensive in my language! Either way! The dark pigmentation found in the keratin may be used to absorb additional energy to store up for the magical transition? That may also explain why several Saiyans choose to have long hair? And why most of Saiyan royalty is depicted with facial hair…”
“Is the mustache the source of a Saiyan’s power?”
Vae pauses, takes a moment to realize how ridiculous that sounds, and turns red. “ALRIGHT!!! Lets move on and never talk about that line of thought again!!! Now, let’s talk about Brenchians! I admittedly have heard less about them than Saiyans or Salamanders or even the Frost Clansmen, but they’re still really cool! They’re known for their incredible speed on planets that have an average of 100 kilopascals of atmospheric pressure. This is because their atmosphere has a pressure of 1 megapascal, or 1,000 kilopascals! The evolutionary… okay I’m sorry, but there’s no other way to really say this other than pressure and I swear I didn’t mean to make that pun. I’m getting off topic! Long story short, because of the high pressure of the atmosphere, Brenchians developed the ability to move in bursts of coiled energy to be more efficient. On planets that have a much lower atmospheric pressure than Brench, this results in them ‘zooming’ about! If you want a similar analog found on Earth, I believe the ‘mantis shrimp’ has a similar muscular mechanic?”
“One thing that surprised me about the Brenchians is the fact that they seem to have a natural electricity resistance at least somewhat, but I haven’t seen anyone talk about it? With the way they zip about, you would expect them to build up a lot of static electricity! But they seem fine? Maybe its because its in the air and as such the Brenchians are not grounded? I admittedly don’t know a whole ton about electricity so I may just be talking entirely nonsense! Still… A Brenchian dragging their feet on a carpet wearing fuzzy socks may be the most powerful force the universe has ever known.”
“Next up on the discussion list is the Frost Clansmen! Admittedly they also fall into the category of ‘I have heard of them but never met a member of their species personally’. But!!! I do know something about them that might help understand them! The hardiness of the Frost Clansmen is actually matched by a tiny microscopic organism that is known as a tardigrade! They’re known as space bears and before universal communication was established, they were thought to be the only organism that could survive the cold vacuum of space and come back to life afterwards? Either way! Tardigrades are super cool and super hardy!”
“I realize the trait of being able to survive in the vacuum of space is not present in all Frost Clansmen, but I have a theory for that as well! My personal theory is that the Frost Clansmen who can survive can cut off certain parts of their body from being in circulation with the outside? My running theory is that while all Frost Clansmen can survive being in the vacuum of space, only a few of them can survive with their gut microbiome intact! At least that’s my working theory and it will probably need a lot of revision!”
“Next on the discussion list is the Salamanders! I am admittedly a little biased towards them because I really respect their ideology and all the progress they’ve made towards science! Their story starts in the year… Wait…” Vae’s eyes go wide, and she does a double take at the whiteboard. With a slightly shaking hand, she draws a line out from the Salamanders, and from the Fae. The lines connect, and the intersection is labeled ‘300’. A small note is made under it. ‘Could the arrival have triggered a chain reaction that resulted in the beam? Or is the beam somehow made from a gateway that links to home.
“… I’m going to have to do some serious research on this. It could be big.” Vae walks over towards the camera and turns it off. This video is kept private, if only for the revelations near the end.
Notes: The title is meant to be read to the tune of Bill Nye the Science Guy. Enjoy scientific ramblings!
“Hello there people who may be watching in the future? I kind of hope no one is watching in the present or I guess your past because that would be creepy and kind of invasive! I would very much like you to stop in that case! This series of videos will be a digital log of my journey thus far and something others may be able to learn from even? My name is Vaelaria, and no, I am not ‘some kid randomly on a camera’. I am fully grown for my species, and have achieved full mental maturity. I am a Fae, which is a species that comes from… Well technically we can be found most commonly on Hegemon even if we aren’t ‘native’ there, but that’s kind of getting off topic even more so than before. Today, I’m going to talk about, well, species and their differences- Oh heck! I probably need to show that I’m a Fae somehow. Umm… Lets see… Eyes!” Vae looks up, and runs off camera for a short period. The lights in the room go out, and on screen, what seems like two glowing eyes walk onto the screen.
“Fae eyes are known for glowing in the dark slightly! Its different from the Earth species known as cats which have ‘glowing’ eyes as well. Cats eyes don’t actually glow, but instead reflective layer at the back of the eye known as the tapetum lucidum. This layer helps them see in the dark, and increases the signals from even weak sources of light. Some light can escape the eye because of all the bouncing around, which is why looking an animal in the eye when its dark makes it seem like their eyes ‘flash’. Its because a little bit of light bounces out of their eyes and hits yours! Humans lack a tapetum lucidum, but in some ways that’s a good thing? Tapetum Lucidum is primarily associated with nocturnal predators and is most prominent in nocturnal species such as cats and raccoons. Humans are considered diurnal and as such would have no need for seeing in extremely low light! Diurnal meaning active in the day, but sleeping at night. But as you can see…” The head moves from left to right, the light never dulling or ‘flashing’ from them. “Fae eyes are different, and not the result of tapetum tucidum!”
“Fae eyes legitimately do glow in the dark. The sclera, or white part of the eye releases light, and the pupil is modified as well to filter out having a constant glow around the vision! Or at least that’s my hypothesis for the moment. Now that I’m thinking on it, the fact that my pupil is apparently pink to humans may be a cool thing to look into for the future! I say ‘apparently’ because the color I know as pink might not be the same ‘pink’ that humans know- OH!!!!!” Vae claps excitedly, and apparently does a little jump up and down based on her eye movement. “That could be a part of how the pupil has adapted to filter out additional light that comes from the sclera! It could reflect a portion of the light like throwing out ‘junk data’! Humans have three types of receptor cells to view light: red, blue, and green. When the red receptor cells only are registering being activated, the brain perceives an object as being red, aka there’s red-type wavelengths of light coming from it! When all three are activated, the brain perceives an object as being white. When none of them are activated from a particular object, the brain sees it as black. Now… pink is really hecking weird because technically, if you look at what humans classify as the visible light spectrum, aka red orange yellow green blue indigo violet, you will notice that there is no pink in it! That’s because pink is weird in that technically it doesn’t exist! Any pink you see is a result of the red receptor fully firing, but the green and blue receptors acting up as well! It comes from a combination of red and purple type wavelengths, which are on opposite ends of the color spectrum. Since they can physically not have a ‘middle’ between them, human brains make one up and call it pink!”
“Now… this is only what human brains do! This is because I admittedly learned about light from human textbooks. I’m not 100% certain how other major species perceive color, and how the Fae perception of color differs from human perception. I know not all Fae share my oddly colored pupil, and many have a ‘black’ coloration. Though… I do now have a hypothesis for how I may perceive color when compared to humans? If my eyes appear ‘pink’ to humans, it may mean that it reflects some red and purple wavelength light instead of absorbing it. Meaning that maybe I don’t see the same visible spectrum that humans do, and compared to them, I may see a narrower range of light. This will have to be tested with experimentation! Maybe setting up a controlled experiment with a prism a set distance away from a sheet of paper with a light shining into it from a fixed distance? And the participant would be instructed to mark on the paper where the color spectrum begins and ends for them! If my hypothesis concerning my eyes is correct, the spectrum of light I can see may be slightly narrower than human eyes! I’m not sure if this is applicable to all Fae or if I have a specific mutation affecting me that’s similar to colorblindness in humans- Oh heck the lights are still off.” There’s a rapid shuffling sound, and the lights turn on. Vae runs back onto the screen and rubs the back of her head sheepishly. “That probably wasn’t too interesting for everyone… and I’m realizing now that I got super duper off topic with the tangent about eyes…”
She claps, and shakes her head slightly to try to focus. “Right, so… today I want to talk about the primary differences of some of the ‘major’ species in the known universe. I know that Fae aren’t typically included on this list due to their tendency to stay on Hegemon, but I figured that people might be interested in learning about them since there’s not too much scientific information known about them! Which… makes sense in retrospect. I believe that humans have a saying…. ‘herding cats’? It may be an apt metaphor for getting Fae to participate in an orderly experiment without any outside variables.” Vae turns to the whiteboard behind her and writes a few species names on it: Humans, Saiyans, Brenchians, Frost Clansmen, Salamanders, Elfen, and Fae.
“This is by no means a complete guide to all species in the galaxy, but it’s the ones I feel I know enough about in order to craft theories for? I am pretty much the opposite of an expert in all of them. I saved Elfen and Fae for the end since those are the two races I know the most about. I will fully admit that I don’t know many things, but am also willing to ask questions and see if prior assumptions were incorrect in order to learn the truth! Being ‘wrong’ just means that you discovered one way that doesn’t work, and now you can learn from it!”
“Now… Lets start with Humans! They’re seen as the ‘everyman’ of the galaxy, but at the same time? Humans are kind of terrifying. Humans originated as pursuit predators, and their stamina compared to other species on Earth is legendary: apparently ancient humans simply walked to follow their prey until the prey either collapsed or died of exhaustion! Humans are a lot hardier than they’re made out to be, even compared to species such as the Frost Clansmen and Saiyans. They may not be as resilient in a strict ‘combat’ sense, but humans are kind of more than a little crazy as a species. You drink poison as a recreational activity, literally have acid in your stomach casually, and preform scarification using pigments as a means of decoration! Its amazing and terrifying from an outside perspective! And that’s not even starting on a human’s ability to biologically adapt!”
“Maybe the most egregious example of humans being extremely adaptable is the ‘beastman’ trend where people alter their bodies to become more similar to an animal’s. And it works and is stable?!? I don’t think this trend has any analogs in other species? You literally rewrite your entire DNA ‘for fun’! Its amazing and terrifying, and the fact that it doesn’t have that many ‘dangerous’ side effects? Human DNA is scary in how adaptable it is. Oh! In addition, its believed that coupling between a human and another species has a much higher rate of safely hybridizing and not only producing individuals with higher brain functions, but are reproductively viable themselves? Humans have a saying about a ‘Jack of All Trades, but Master of None.’ When I did some research into the term, I found an interesting addition to it. There’s a whole part of it that doesn’t get said: ‘Jack of All Trades, Master of None, Though Often Better than a Master of One.’ I feel like it embodies humans as a species? A human’s ability to adapt and diversify a little into everything is awe inspiring. I know some humans see themselves as ‘weak’ when compared to other species, but they’re honestly amazing. Don’t forget it.” Vae smiles at the camera.
“Now lets move onto Saiyans! They physically seem very similar to humans, but have a notable difference in their elongated spine that forms a tail! Also similar to humans and other mammals, Saiyans have more bones as an infant than fully grown. This is because some bones grow together as they get older, most notably the skull! The skull is actually formed from multiple bone plates that fuse into one. The whole reason that the skull is fragmented in the first place is because the infant needs to be able to fit through the birth canal. The same process has been known to occur in other mammals with bones such as the legs, so now I’m curious if the same applies to Saiyan tails!”
“One of the most notable traits of Saiyans is known as Zenkai. I’m not sure what it directly translates to, but it sounds really cool! Zenkai refers to a Saiyan’s ability to become stronger after nearly dying. While not recorded in all Saiyans, it is still what they’re most known for! And I have a small hypothesis as to the mechanics of Zenkai! My current theory is based around a different one where the mitochondria of cells are directly responsible for creating the phenomenon known as ‘ki’. When a Saiyan is injured, the cells are prompted to divide and fill the injury in. My hypothesis is that ki offers some kind of advantage in cell replication, meaning that cells that produce more ki replicate faster, and are more populous in the regrown injury! This means that when you compare the cells in that area before and after an injury, the ki produced by the cells in that area are greater afterwards! Its merely a hypothesis, and I realize it doesn’t account for why Zenkai is a phenomenon only observed in Saiyan’s, but its better than nothing!”
“One thing that really confuses me about Saiyan’s is their tail? Like in general? With most species the tail is an important part of balancing and an important part of the spine, but Saiyan’s say ‘eff that’! Some Saiyans are able to fight immediately after losing a tail, and I have heard that its even common practice for Saiyans who worry about collateral damage during the full moon? There’s clearly some kind of natural magic in play there, even if the Saiyans as a species tend more towards ki use than magic or technological advancements? Because I’m pretty sure you would have to magic a heckton of biomass into existence to turn into a mother-honking Ozaru! I’m fairly certain that its magic that’s connected in concept to the moon? With a ‘full moon’ activating magic in a Saiyan to match the ‘greatest state’ of the moon by their body? Admittedly magic is something I definitely have to learn a lot about, despite Fae being associated with it heavily.”
“What confuses me the most about Saiyans is the requirement of having a tail to achieve Ozaru state? Seemingly the two have nothing to do with one another, but I have a theory!!! There may be receptors in the tail that are sensitive to light and magic that comes from the full moon! I will call these receptors Sollus Lunar Receptors, meaning ‘full moon’ receptors… And yes, I specifically chose sollus because it sounds like sun and Sollus Lunar sounds kind of cool in general. Anyways! I believe that the tail hosts the special receptors that trigger the release of transforming magic for Saiyans? It might also explain why it is entirely covered in… dermally anchored keratin strands. I don’t really know the terms most Saiyans use for it, so I will attempt to be non-offensive in my language! Either way! The dark pigmentation found in the keratin may be used to absorb additional energy to store up for the magical transition? That may also explain why several Saiyans choose to have long hair? And why most of Saiyan royalty is depicted with facial hair…”
“Is the mustache the source of a Saiyan’s power?”
Vae pauses, takes a moment to realize how ridiculous that sounds, and turns red. “ALRIGHT!!! Lets move on and never talk about that line of thought again!!! Now, let’s talk about Brenchians! I admittedly have heard less about them than Saiyans or Salamanders or even the Frost Clansmen, but they’re still really cool! They’re known for their incredible speed on planets that have an average of 100 kilopascals of atmospheric pressure. This is because their atmosphere has a pressure of 1 megapascal, or 1,000 kilopascals! The evolutionary… okay I’m sorry, but there’s no other way to really say this other than pressure and I swear I didn’t mean to make that pun. I’m getting off topic! Long story short, because of the high pressure of the atmosphere, Brenchians developed the ability to move in bursts of coiled energy to be more efficient. On planets that have a much lower atmospheric pressure than Brench, this results in them ‘zooming’ about! If you want a similar analog found on Earth, I believe the ‘mantis shrimp’ has a similar muscular mechanic?”
“One thing that surprised me about the Brenchians is the fact that they seem to have a natural electricity resistance at least somewhat, but I haven’t seen anyone talk about it? With the way they zip about, you would expect them to build up a lot of static electricity! But they seem fine? Maybe its because its in the air and as such the Brenchians are not grounded? I admittedly don’t know a whole ton about electricity so I may just be talking entirely nonsense! Still… A Brenchian dragging their feet on a carpet wearing fuzzy socks may be the most powerful force the universe has ever known.”
“Next up on the discussion list is the Frost Clansmen! Admittedly they also fall into the category of ‘I have heard of them but never met a member of their species personally’. But!!! I do know something about them that might help understand them! The hardiness of the Frost Clansmen is actually matched by a tiny microscopic organism that is known as a tardigrade! They’re known as space bears and before universal communication was established, they were thought to be the only organism that could survive the cold vacuum of space and come back to life afterwards? Either way! Tardigrades are super cool and super hardy!”
“I realize the trait of being able to survive in the vacuum of space is not present in all Frost Clansmen, but I have a theory for that as well! My personal theory is that the Frost Clansmen who can survive can cut off certain parts of their body from being in circulation with the outside? My running theory is that while all Frost Clansmen can survive being in the vacuum of space, only a few of them can survive with their gut microbiome intact! At least that’s my working theory and it will probably need a lot of revision!”
“Next on the discussion list is the Salamanders! I am admittedly a little biased towards them because I really respect their ideology and all the progress they’ve made towards science! Their story starts in the year… Wait…” Vae’s eyes go wide, and she does a double take at the whiteboard. With a slightly shaking hand, she draws a line out from the Salamanders, and from the Fae. The lines connect, and the intersection is labeled ‘300’. A small note is made under it. ‘Could the arrival have triggered a chain reaction that resulted in the beam? Or is the beam somehow made from a gateway that links to home.
“… I’m going to have to do some serious research on this. It could be big.” Vae walks over towards the camera and turns it off. This video is kept private, if only for the revelations near the end.
Notes: The title is meant to be read to the tune of Bill Nye the Science Guy. Enjoy scientific ramblings!
