
Originally Posted by
Geminii
- More advanced sparks, or simply those with more capacity or more efficient storage mechanisms, would be able to retain and recall more detail after being separated from a brain module. They might retain specific memories or data, or even (in extreme circumstances) cognitive and interactive functions (including anomalous physical functions such as speech, directed movement, and being able to affect nearby matter). Such additional complexity, though, may inhibit compatibility with self-preservation functions usually carried out by the brain module, leading to behaviours such as extreme risk-taking, willingness to endure massive physical damage, appearing to have a death-wish, and/or repeated self-sacrifice. Individuals with this incompatibility are likely to have a history of "miraculous" recoveries from apparently-fatal damage, returning after having been declared dead, and an increased incidence of spark-transfer into new bodyshells. Such sparks, when extinguished, are also more likely to retain coherence, individuality, and personality quirks when their datatrax are encountered in the Allspark.