Sprite

A Sprite is a life form that exist inside all Systems and the Net.

Most family of sprites have physical forms similar to animals. Their guard/outer fur is a “unnatural” subtle color. All of them have blood that is made up of energy and causes their guard fur to glow occasionally. This can be used as a defense mechanism, if the need arises.

Sprites have many different abilities. These abilities determine what they're capable of doing. They may added or removed through their PID (Personal Identification) badge using plugins. The number and types of plugins a sprite may have is determined by how complex their algorithm is. This makes them capable of exploiting parts of a system for good or bad.

They are not gender-less and may be male, female, or both. However, their sex is independent of their physical form. So they may look male but contain female parts. Their algorithm will usually do subtle modification to their thighs if their physical form wasn’t designed for that sex. Sprites are capable of creating new sprites through procreation - how that works I’ll save for another document. They also need to use the bathroom.

Sprites do not die under normal circumstances because they’re made out of reconfigurable data. Old Sprites or those that receive fatal injuries begin to fragment. Their data eventually recomposes itself into a egg while it begins to defragment itself until it’s done. At that point, it hatches and is reborn again. Allowing them to can go through their life cycle another time. Sprites who are reincarnated retain their memories of their past incarnation but loose their plugins. If the defragmentation is interrupted, they will be deleted. They have a finite amount of reincarnations even as the exact amount remains undetermined.

They have a similar concept of weather as Users do. But they react to hot and cold climates differently. Sprites generally work best at temperatures below 60°C/140°F. They frequently choose to live in data centers over home computers because they’re kept relatively cool climates throughout the year. Temperatures above 60°C reduce their performance and can increase the risk of permanent deletion.

Sprites are generally peaceful creatures. They are built to learn from trial and error. Sprites try to balance “me time” with helping others but also know that their existence does sometimes rely on cooperating with the User. They don’t know if a User created them or if they evolved on their own.

Known Sprites

 * Anthony Wilcox
 * Kit Welsh
 * Saveli Cornell