Vortextile

Vortextile was also referred to in the series as vortexture, vortex cloth, vortex fabric, trickster cloth, demoncloth, godsheet, nothingweave, allcloth and several dozen other names. The cloth was manufactured from Polyrysdek, itself a fairly commonplace material, but the quadruple-helix microweave of the Polyrysdek strands give the cloth exceptional properties, including the ability to mimic and fold space and "reweave" physical objects (including air and sentient beings) on contact, though without any apparent predictability.

The cloth is believed by some to possess awareness and intention, particularly by a secretive sect of Krooblers known as The Chinese (the name has no relationship to Chinese people of earth), who revere the fabric as sacred. The Chinese spiritual leader, Xi Jinping (no relationship to China's president) is said to spiritually commune with vortextile and speak on its behalf, though there is no evidence to support this claim. A subsect of The Chinese, who reject Xi Jinping's authority as spiritual leader, believe the cloth to be the fundamental "fabric of reality" from which all other physical manifestations emanate, and that any apparent manifestation of new forms via any other means (sexual reproduction being chief among these) is a benevolent illusion perpetrated by the cloth.

Vortextile is identical in appearance and texture to a standard cotton sheet with a moderate threadcount. Colors, patterns and sizes can vary. The cloth is thought to be able to mimic any physical material, becoming indistinguishable from any other material; however vortextile often appears as a twin-sized bedsheet with a "Dukes of Hazzard" logo within the Paradox Meta series.

The weave of vortextile is considered irreproducible, and can only be produced through the reweaving of other materials by the vortextile itself. Despite its awesome power, the cloth's instability makes it highly undesireable.

The prop had so many alternate names that it was rumored that Paradox Meta's writers argued over what to call it, finally agreeing to alternate the name of the cloth every time it was uttered in scripts. In some cases the same character refers to the cloth as demoncloth and godsheet in the same scene, leading to confusion among viewers whether there were actually several sacred textiles. Several writers formed deep allegiances to their own interpretation of the cloth, going so far as to declare "holy" wars on one another for referring to the cloth with names they did not favor. Season 6 of Paradox Meta was delayed in its production for several months due to an outbreak of naming fervor among interns, who conducted elaborate inquisitions among their factions, resulting in the death or disappearance of 27 staff.