Colossus By Design: Entry 0101 - The Circle of Life

[Unknown Date]
[Proto-Earth, orbiting around the Sun]

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The relatively young planet Earth, still new and unfinished, orbits around the system's star, with life yet to evolve but conditions gradually becoming better. The rocky outer shell is still host to many toxic gases and volcanic conditions, but the very beginnings of life begin to take shape.

However, in one dramatic moment, all of this changes.

Another large celestial object, smaller than the Proto-Earth, comes flying out of the dark reaches of the solar system, directly impacting the Proto-Earth and creating an enormous explosion that completely changes the two celestial objects for the rest of history.

A newer, much larger Earth is now being shaped from the impact, with several large chunks splintering off. In particular, one large chunk splinters off but doesn't leave the newly reformed Earth's orbit for reasons unknown.

In wake of this event, several much smaller chunks fly off, nearly escaping the gravity of the two bodies; the majority of them are pulled back towards the main planet. However, one of these chunks flies off course from the others, directly impacting what would eventually become the Earth's Moon, Luna. Others, much smaller ones, fly out into the void.

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[Unknown Date]
[Earth's surface]

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In the primordial sea, life finally begins to surface. Simple, without any semblance of higher purpose other than to extract nutrients and reproduce. However, not all is as it seems in genesis of life.

In the more remote regions of the primordial Earth, certain populations of this simple life display oddities, such as extended lifespans and increased resistance to the elements not seen in their contemporary cousins.

Such behaviour would be attributed by many modern day experts as simple evolution out of necessity. And while this claim has much credence, this simple life displays other odd traits not normally seen.

Specifically, this simple life appears to form colonies with each other much more readily than other varieties. As well, the development of new traits and features not seen in previous generations seems to be accelerated compared to contemporary variations, with organisms nearing multi-cellular level developing many times faster than any other populations.

Indeed, it would seem that there is something particularly special about these lifeforms, something about them that spits in the face of the established norm that we would come to see in the modern day as absolute fact.

That is........ until the discovery of the P.E.M.F.s.

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[Unknown Date]
[Luna, Moon's core]

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While the evolution of life on Earth continues on its way, there is almost no such development occurring on what would be known as Luna, the Earth's moon.

Almost.

Life finds a way, as did this one. Just one. One cell, one tiny unicellular organism.

It alone was all that could be found on the now barren rock visible from its sister planet's surface, deep within its core. It, like the few isolated populations on Earth, develops rapidly and with a much more resilient frame.

Indeed, the little cell's evolution had begun, but it acts as the sole progenitor of its development, aggressively extracting whatever resources it can from the little that remained in its lunar home.

This aggression was unseen in any of Earth's more advanced lifeforms, and indeed, was unnatural even among the most invasive varieties.

While life on Earth lives and dies and slowly reaches more sophisticated forms, the little one that calls Luna its home had never truly allowed itself to die down. Its entire development never ceased to rest, always aggressively continuing towards more and more advanced stages. Despite this, however, the organism never truly spread out and grew into separate colonies.

In fact, the entirety of the organism's evolution centers around a single individual, from a unicellular mass, all the way into a collective multicellular sentient.

This being was king of its domain, and clearly, there was much great potential entrusted into this one.

A human of ancient times might even say it was a god.

But even gods can squander what gifts they've been given.