[server info]

>We refer to ourselves as a "server" as opposed to a "system" for numerous reasons. We don't feel that "system" fits our experience as midcontinuum, or our understanding of self and our origins.>"Midcontinuum" is an older plurality term used much the same way as "median" is. We share a mind, thoughts, opinions, and ideas, but the way we display ourselves, interact with those thoughts, and present our own perspective and applications of those opinions differs between us.>As a result, we can switch focus ("in focus" is our alternative to "in front/fronting" to differentiate between us and fully separate individuals using the body/mind) seamlessly during conversation, with no loss of flow or lapses in consciousness. If one of us knows someone, we all do.>We also have SoulBonds who share our body and our space. To avoid confusion, we consider them separate "system members", and our collective group is made up of "server members" or "Sefirot" (singular: Sephira).>The reason for this is because at our most basic level, our memories, ideas, and understanding of how we came to be as a server and as individuals is best reflected (although with some significant differences) in the monster management simulator Lobotomy Corporation and the sequel game Library of Ruina.>This does technically make us fictionkin or fictives, but we don't use the terms ourselves despite a history in and continued engagement in some segments of the fictionkin community.>In addition, due to other memories and experiences of ours, we do have more "traditional" experiences of other lives and the things that tend to come with them, such as shifts, memories, and homesickness.>It's a bit complicated, but the essential breakdown of how shifting works for us is: our consciousnesses are interlinked, so we share experiences. While we may be separate in personality and appearance, we all have the same information, so we all experience shifts. They exist on a separate "layer" for us in a similar way to how the body does. It's almost like a change in our collective perception of the mind and the body that houses it, separate from us as consciousnesses.>As a result, our self-reference may seem confusing at times. We use "I" to refer to ourselves when shifted or when in reference to the specific Sephira in focus, and we use "we" collectively in several situations, but that's why we use "midcontinuum" seeing as we're somewhere between "one" and "multiple parts" by our very nature. This is not a contradiction or us being confused about our existence.>Additionally, virtually all of this is secondary in some ways to our eldritch origins and nature. While we have termed this source energy/entity/dimension "the Library", it is different from the anomalous location in Library of Ruina, as we do not believe it is something shown in full in any work of fiction or lore. As an offshoot of this source energy that has taken form and incarnated in various bodies, we have termed our core nature as "Librarians".>As Librarians, we feel our job, our nature, and our existence is constant students of life. We collect, archive, investigate, combine, and test various forms of information.>We will likely not detail much about our work with the Library here or elsewhere, however we have written some about various aspects of it. If you know us personally, feel free to ask us for further information.<Return>

[server members]

>Additional data on individual server members can be accessed by clicking the underlined text.
>"Tag" is a general reference notation for a specific server member when their status is unknown, or for archival purposes.
>We have quite a bit of shared context and history with our partner system Legion and its members, and it's safe to assume that in a given life one or many of our family members will have been there as well in one form or another.
>To do: Find/make better pictures/icons for each server member, have everyone take MBTI tests, add additional info to each member's page.

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