Shift

Shifts are a form of conceptual entity first developed by the Celestis shortly after the creation of Mictlan, although since then, the technology has been passed onto various groups in the outside universe by the Celestis. To create a Shift, a living and sentient being has to be placed in a stable state of flux until the material existence of the subject if impossible to observe and become scientifically unprovable. Once the physical and temporal mass of the being has been nullified, the being theoretically only exists as a series of memetically connections, in effect; the meaning of the being survives, whilst the mass does not. As the resulting Shift can only exist as a pattern of meanings- as a series of disembodied ideas- it can go onto implant itself into any object that holds any meaning. For example, a Shift can implant itself in any recorded message or piece of written text and as a result, many factions have attempted to use Shifts as a form of sentient propaganda.