[quote=@Antarctic Termite]
[@Kho] What does the Fabric think of Heartworm chewing holes through it all day every day? Can entities other than Victors communicate with it, or is it all in their heads? ...what is it, exactly?
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So, from Vowzra's CS, where it is first mentioned:
[indent]'Vowzra...has the ability to slip into the very fabric of existence. He does not move to another plane, but rather becomes part of the very universe. Simply put, if we take the fabric of existence to be a 'wall' separating one plane from another, Vowzra does not slip through the wall and into the other plane, but becomes part of the wall.'[/indent]

I think the Fabric is altogether separate from the Submaterium or whatever Heartworm is chewing holes through. It's something that's heavily linked to Vowzra (to date, other than Juras in this latest post, I think he's the only one whose had any meaningful interaction with it, the implication was that whenever he was not in Chronos or inside the universe, he was [i]one[/i] with the Fabric). Though it was never explicitly stated, I think this is the stuff Belvast passes through when opening his eye of the portcullis. Belvast appears capable of bypassing the Fabric's consciousness altogether (whether he's aware the Fabric is conscious, I don't know. Guess I'll work that out in future Belvast posts). The fact that Vowzra could find Raka (in which he'd never been) through the Fabric of Existence, and the fact that Belvast could enter Raka with his portals despite having never been, also suggests a connection of some sort.

As for its consciousness, I don't believe it's all in people's heads - the consciousness of the Fabric has been long-established.

As for [i]what[/i] it is, beyond the 'wall of the universe' analogy... eh, not sure. In my head, it was always the consciousness of the universe itself, but something related to spacetime, hence the unique relation to Vowzra. I was thinking this as I was writing Juras' interaction with it: people 'melt' into the Fabric - i.e. they lose their physical form and become submerged, one with it; if one is not careful they will merge with it and lose the capacity to leave, their consciousness will be added to the consciousness of the Fabric... so, in many ways, the consciousness is not one, but an unknowable number of consciousness[es] made up of the underlying ['first', 'original'] one and all those that gave in to the siren call afterwards.

Now, perhaps the Fabric is indeed what Heartworm is ripping through, but only Vowzra/Vowzrid beings are capable of hearing it. At the same time, that doesn't entirely make sense to me, as in my headcanon the Fabric would retaliate in some way if attacked (it hit Juras, though not in manner intended to harm, it has held Vowzra before, preventing him from leaving until it released him). The Fabric can feel pain and can attack itself - as suggested in the first IC post where 'the Punisher' causes it scream out in pain.

That's all I have on it. I'll check previous iterations of the RP to see if there was any mention of it that can provide further illuminations.

Edit: Astarte's reaction in Mk.I when Vowzra tore a portal into the Fabric xDD - 
[quote=We love you Astarte]"Wow... I didn't know Vowzra had the ability to summon gaping holes whenever he wanted to." Astarte said to herself with a smirk...[/quote]