The Daemon Experiment

I've known my friend Jessica for roughly seven years. If you count back, that's just about the time this whole thing started. Although we weren't terribly close back then, she saw a first-hand account of all of this before moving to another city. Recently, she moved back to my hometown, and we re-connected, becoming closer friends than ever before. Upon hearing about the purpose of the Daemon Experiment, she seemed excited to finally be able to ask me, upfront, questions about the whole thing that have been on her mind this whole time.

And this is how the first interview came to be.

She took video while interviewing me, although due to the difficulty of converting the filetype the video logged as on her phone, I'm unable to post it at the moment. Be assured, though, that as soon as we can figure out how to convert it in a way it can be played easily, I will be sticking it in this post.

I thought her questions were great, fundamental questions that needed to be asked, and hope that my answers provided some insight!

Here's how things went:

Jessica: Alright, we're recording. So, this is Interview 1, my name is Jessica, I've known Michelle for about seven years. I'm just going to be asking her some questions. This is March 31st, 2010. So, tell me a little more about the Lokoi? Right?

Michelle: Right.

Jessica: And how it can be seen or understood in today's society.

Michelle: Well, you already know a little bit about the Lokoi, from knowing me and in the first post. Which is that, according to Akhra and a lot of the others, that's where everything came from; the Universe. If you will, it was sort of the pre-big-bang, what was there. But, it's not to say that it's gone after the big-bang. It's just the fact that the big-bang shook off little pieces, but only that. So the Lokoi itself is still there. It's still, not really changed too much from what it was. So, it's sentient, it does not follow the laws of time and space as we known them because it predates them. And it's sort of like enfolding us, I guess, is a way of putting it. The Lokoi, not including the pieces that broke off, would be around us but so vastly far away that we wouldn't be able to see it or even if we did we probably wouldn't be able to register it. It's..

Jessica: Mm hmm.

Michelle: ..something that, I mean I don't know very much about it, but I can imagine it probably doesn't have properties of matter or energy that we are used to seeing. I know that the pieces of the Lokoi that did break off, um, including like the universe and time and things like that, those are still active, they have a sentience of their own, so I guess if that makes sense, the Lokoi, even in pieces, is still sentient.

Jessica: Everything in the Universe came from the Lokoi..?

Michelle: Right. And, even though it's sort of branching out into smaller and smaller branches, like going from the trunk of a tree up, it's still the same material. So, every one of us, since we're born from the Universe, which is born from the Lokoi, have a little spark of the Lokoi in us. And the spark that I'm referring to is what you would call life or a soul or what gives us our intelligence. And everything has that that's born of the universe, like this kitty cat, plants and rocks. There are varying levels of it, varying um, types I guess?

Jessica: Degrees?

Michelle: Yeah. It's like energy: it can have both a certain amount and a certain type. So for instance a rock probably has much difference then we do, since we can't go around talking to rocks. Um.. I don't know, does that answer your question?

Jessica: Pretty much, uh, in a nutshell. Is there any way to interact with, or, uh, find.. or is it.. I know it's something that we can't really comprehend, but is there any way that we can, how would you say, have proof of the existence of such a thing?

Michelle: Um, gosh. It's like, a very, I don't know, that's a question -

Jessica: How do you prove the existence of God, yeah.

Michelle: Exactly, and that's the closest thing that I can compare it to. It's, I mean there are a lot of hints in the universe, and science finds a lot of hints about it, but I don't know that it can be definitely proven or disproven. …If you study the theory of it, I think that that proves that there is something other then just your science, something like a catalyst, and a beginning stage.

Jessica: I see. Well, I just want to ask you a couple of questions about some of your connections. You stated on the blog, that it was 'Arc', or, is that what you called him on the blog?

Michelle: Yeah.

Jessica: Arc, then Ahkra, well who was the next connection that appeared and tell me a little about his or her story?

Michelle: Ok, so the next one after Ahkra, was Raien, and I met him when I was in Middle School. I think that was when I was in seventh grade, I wanna say? His appearance is… that he has very uniquely colored hair; it's white at the roots and a little bit blue/lavender at the tips, and I don't know if that's because it changed color as it was growing or what, but he has golden colored eyes, tanned skin, um, average build, and he is a shapeshifter. More specifically he's half dragon. He has a brother - half brother - who is a full dragon. He originates from a small island off of the coast of a continent called Maika Tenei, which is not in this world if you look it up.

Jessica: Heh heh heh.

Michelle: Um, let's see, he used to be in a relationship with, um, a girl named Leora, who is not from his world. Um… he traveled from his island, across Maika Tenei, up to the Deinnan, which is like a northern wasteland. It was a very profound journey for him. But, um, I don't wanna like rant a bunch here.

Jessica: It's okay. How did he come in contact with you?

Michelle: It's very, um, all of the connections have, usually have this common theme where it's like a child tugging on the hem of your pants, or -

Jessica: Do they that do that on purpose, are they looking for something like that?

Michelle: Not necessarily, sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't. Sometimes I get people who are coming to me who are in need of help or are confused and looking for some answers as to what is going on because maybe they didn't even intend to come here. Some of them act bored but I don't know if they're really bored or that's just their personality. A lot of times there is a slightly different, um, beginning to each connection, and they are all like this little tugging but it comes in a different form. Sometimes I hear something out loud, like my name or something, even though I didn't, I know it's not something any one else heard and no one is around me. And sometimes I will catch wind of something very auspicious and, and... a fragrance I should not be smelling.

Jessica: Mmheh heh.

Michelle: And, or I will have pain somewhere randomly, like if they're hurt I will start to feel it. Um, so it really depends on each one.

Jessica: Alright.

Michelle: Most of them start with something like that.

Jessica: I see. And how can you explain that although many of your connections are from different worlds and have different cultures, they all speak English, and you can't speak their languages?

Michelle: Okay, this one is a very good question. And the answer is, they don't all speak English. And I don't know the exact mechanics because I'm not a super neuroscientist, although I think it'd be cool to be one. But, um, I know that originally, they do not speak English, some of them do, like Allen -

Jessica: Allen speaks..?

Michelle: Allen speaks English, Kaoru speaks English although his original -- his first language -- is Japanese. Um, a lot of them never have spoken English and I think that the fact that we communicate mostly via thought is the reason why I can understand them. And I'm not sure why they don't start spouting Japanese or German or whatever when they speak through me, or Taieryn, but I think it's mostly due to the limitations of my own mind. I can't..

Jessica: You don't know those things so they can't use your..?

Michelle: Yeah, it's like filtering, okay this is a weird metaphor, it's like filtering mud through fabric. The water comes out but the soil stays on the other side. So, my brain just isn't permeable enough for that to come through, I guess, is what I'm trying to say.

Jessica: Can they do certain things that you can't do, that they can make you do?

Michelle: Um, there has been some scenarios, and I would hesitate to say that it's a definite yes, but I do think so. I have had Kael in control before, and someone who is trained to know how to grapple, like for fun, just grab him. Heh, and I have no idea how to fight. I have like, zero clue, but he definitely reacts like someone -

Jessica: Who has experience like that.

Michelle: Right, and he does have experience. But, it's strange that it would come through. Um, let's see.

Jessica: I guess knowledge is different then controlling your body in a way that it hasn't been controlled before.

Michelle: Well, they both have limitations.

Jessica: Of course.

Michelle: I mean, like -

Jessica: You can't fly just 'cause one of your connections can.

Michelle: Exactly, and I'm not about to jump off the roof and try.

Jessica: Exactly.

Jessica: So, can your connections travel our world like spirits, visiting places and people, or are they bound to minds like yours?

Michelle: I would definitely say it depends on who they are. I have come across some that have this ability to varying degrees, I've met other channelers that say that they have connections that can go anywhere in this world. I know a lot of mine can't, it's more like, if they don't reside here in the first place, it's more like my mind is a window, but outside of that they can't really have as much interaction with this world very easily. Some of them, just because of pure power, can kind of, um, overcome this. I know that Ahkra, to my knowledge, has had a few occasion where he did this. He can't go very far, but he can step out. But at the same time, a lot of others, they can't or they don't know how or they just, just haven't.

Jessica: Alright. Explain the differences between channeling the dead and what you do.

Michelle: Okay, this one is hard to explain but I will definitely try my best. The two, in my opinion, and from my experience, are completely different. And a lot of people have a hard time seeing this. But, for me, it's like grabbing something from two different distinct places, and even though all of my connections come from varying worlds, the distance between their world is so much more minuscule than the difference between any of those worlds and the realm of the dead. So, another way to look at it is that it would be different ways of um, not communicating, but like empathizing with them. It's like finding someone by heat wave or by sound. And I am specialized in one way and not the other, which is not to say that I couldn't do the other, I'm not really sure, but it's a very different process. Um, I was gonna say something else.. Oh, um, the other way I explain, um, connecting to people, is that they each have a signature frequency, and I'm not like a weird machine or anything at least to my knowledge, but each person has their individual energy. It's kinda like it has to go in frequencies -

Jessica: Right.

Michelle: But, to describe the dead, it's like it would be a frequency of a different type of energy which for me is very hard to, um, get close to. Or, you know, um, it's not something I feel as readily.

Jessica: I understand, I think. How about this last one, is there any way that you can give us proof of what you do or something to more easily believe you?

Michelle: The answer to this is probably no, because if I had definitive proof I probably would have given it to you and everyone else about seven years ago..

Jessica: Heh.

Michelle: Um, there have been definite, um, events, that I think were profoundly in favor of proving this, but from a scientific point, it could be called coincidence. I know that one of Raien’s abilities from his homeworld is called empathy, and it's different from just normal empathy, in that he can take someone's ailment, their hurt or sickness into himself, and by doing that they will be rid of it, and I do know that at one point, when he was here with Leora, um, he had taken a fever away from her in just a matter of seconds. And, that, whether you can actually prove this being proof or not, but her temperature went from over 100 to about 98 in a couple of minutes, and his went from about 98 to over 100 in the same time. And I think that that's one of the examples that could definitely, um, go towards proving this, but at the same time I don't know if it stands up to scientific standards. And -

Jessica: We'd have to catch it in a way that we can prove, we can have evidence.

Michelle: Right, and you know, there are all sorts of other explanations I'm sure, the only differences is that these events, events like this which have repeatedly occurred throughout time. Maybe not all the time, but there have been a lot of events like that that have happened, which I tend to think that that's a form of proof.

Jessica: I see.

Michelle: But it's hard to..

Jessica: It's hard to just prove it right here in front of the camera, heh.

Michelle: Exactly. I can't say, "Okay, scan my brain! This section proves it."

Jessica: Yeah, you can't just hold out your hand and just have fire appear.

Michelle: Yeah.

Jessica: Like that. Uh, to you have anything that you want to say?

Michelle: Um, not much.. Sorry for saying um a lot? I'm not used to being on video.

Jessica: Well, this is completely unscripted. The only reason why we have paper is because it has our questions on it.

Michelle: As you can see, I have not written down answers or anything, I wrote down the questions because I will have a brain-idiot moment and probably forget exactly what Jessica asked me. Therefore, it's for me to reference what I'm actually answering and that's all. I just saw these questions for the first time just a couple minutes ago.

Jessica: Right. And also, we're in the dark specifically to keep her at least somewhat anonymous.

Michelle: Yeah. I don't want to be like a nobody that, you know, could be..

Jessica: Making it complete up.

Michelle: Imaginary, yeah. But, my parents are kinda 'eh'..

Jessica: Yeah. Also, if you have any questions, we're gonna have a transcript of this as well as the video up on the website, so just send her an email.

Michelle: Yeah. And if you have any additional questions feel free shoot me an email and we'll try to include them in the next video or the next blog post.

Jessica: Alright. Thank you!

Michelle: Thanks!

Looking back on a lot of the questions, I can think of things I should have said, but I suppose I can comment on them now. As I explained, a lot of my connections do not speak English, or don't speak it as a first language (although there are a couple exceptions, like Allen). Sometimes small things do come through. Usually for Ahkra, whom I would consider the most powerful of the 'spirits' I'm connected to. His and Arc's original language is Taieryn, which itself means "of the Lokoi" or "from the Lokoi". Small things have slipped through, most likely since he easily gets frustrated with the limitations of the English language (and not being able to explain himself quite as well because of it) and I've been trying to keep track. Keseken, he's used in reference to corrupt or evil people, especially who are pawns of more powerful corrupt/evil people. Rehka is a nickname he has always, always used for Arc, which means something like "guiding light" according to him. Hieryn is 'savior', and even his name is a word in his original tongue. "Ahkra" means darkness. Not evil darkness, but all which belongs to natural death, the night, dreams, and pleasure. It certainly is a suiting name for him. Ryn (male) / Eryn (female) is an honorary term which can be used alone or added to a name, referring to someone of extremely high or noble status. Ankyl is an additory term meaning 'angel', but not the literal, biblical sense. An Angel is someone who can strongly channel a certain elemental force through them - such as Darkness (Ahkrankyl).

Raien's story was too long to include in the interview, and is also too long to include a detailed version in this post. In short, Corruption (Evil) held sway over Raien's world at the time that he lived, and had locked away Lea'Eryn (a rough translation of her name is the Virtuous (Good) Goddess). He didn't know anything about himself with a bad case of amnesia when he ran into Raege, and had been poisoned by the toxic and rare rain on Shapeshifter Isle, just off of the coast of Maika Tenei. Sympathizing for Raien and becoming a good friend to him, Raege and Raien traveled to cure him, and along the way learned about the plight of the land where they were guided by Arc, Ahkra, and a few others to the Deinnan, which is a no-man's wasteland in the northern part of Maika Tenei, eventually to find the elusive Aiestes, strongly Lokoi objects, which were then used as the key to unlock Lea'Eryn, and along the way ran into Raien's half-brother, Raeyic.

It was a strongly defining journey for Raien, and he changed dramatically from the beginning. I'm not able to give it much justice in just a paragraph, but that is the general outline of what happened, anyway, so that I don't leave you guys with nothing.

Well, that's about it for this time. Next time it won't be me being interviewed most likely, but one of my connections / daemons. Keep an eye out for that post, and I'll see you guys next time!

Remember, if you have any questions for me, or suggestions for experiments for the blog, go ahead and email me at thedaemonexperiment@gmail.com

Adieu!

Ryntae (Michelle)