Pixel Devices and Digitization

Pixel Devices
Pixel Devices can take any form, but they usually take the form of black or white armbands clipped onto the wrist of non-Pixel characters to grant them the same benefits that all Pixel characters have passively due to “video-game logic”. Temporary Pixel devices (those that can be removed) are usually white, and permanent ones are usually black. When a complete seal is made while a non-Pixel character is wearing a permanent Pixel Device, after at least three hours, Digitization becomes available through it, and certain characters have the ability to initiate it from anywhere. Pixel Devices grant the ability to use certain Pixel Skills (the character who created the Pixel Device must have the ability to use those skills) without the wait, but said powers must be willed through it, like a spellcasting focus.

Digitization
Digitization really starts to occur once a Pixel Device has been sealed. As soon as it is sealed, the wearer's body starts to be subjected to Pixel Power, only a little at first but steadily increasing bit by bit. Once enough tolerance has been built up, the wearer's body starts to change, being turned into the body composition of normal Pixel characters. At this time, their Spirit begins to form. Early Digitization takes at least three hours but can take much longer depending on the wearer.

Finishing Digitization
When the initial Digitization process concludes, any character who is able to do so can activate the final process, requiring the consent of the wearer. Once this final process starts, the wearer's consciousness is merged with their mind as well as other information to become their soul, which accompanies the character’s Spirit as both are taken to Pixel Space. Along the way, the soon-to-be Pixel character is granted the knowledge they will need to function in Pixel Space. This knowledge includes all of the Pixel Skills they now have access to and how to use them, as well as how to use the hologram interface that the Pixel characters use, but can include more if they need it. Once this has finished, they will wake up in their new body, which is usually a version of their prior form except in cases where that character wants to be something else.

Souls
However, there is another way to go about Digitization. If a non-Pixel character dies in close proximity to a Pixel character, a power within the Pixel character allows a more immediate process similar to Digitization that allows them to become Pixel characters and respawn. This is referred to simply as Souls, and it serves to give characters new life that they wouldn't have had before.