The Flow of Arcane: Myths Comes To Life

Foxy History Lessons

Tyrik sat down at one of the booths within The Ebony Garden Café that the Mythological Six-Eared Macaque owned, fiddling with the amulet that his mother had given him. From what he could recall, roughly around his tenth birthday, the amulet was a gift from her. Oddly, Amari made it quite clear to him that he must always wear it at all times. This particular detail had always rang out to him, as if it was important to hide something about himself. From what he is learning about the world, this gemstone may be the reason why the world of myths has been hidden from the young adult. The question was now, what was the Stone's purpose, and what was it hiding? Hiding him from the world or concealing some truth about his origins. Though, his train of thought was immediately shattered by the sound of a very energetic young teen girl shoving herself before him. With a small yelp of shock and nearly falling out of the booth he sat at, Tyrik came to see that the girl before him was a three-tailed Kitsune possessing fur colored a bright teal. However, there were a lot of grease stains within her fur. Her attire was akin to what would be called a gearhead, wearing a tool belt and welding goggles to signify this detail. Her goggles had different settings for an optical option. Being quite flexible for whatever task she may be confronting. Tyrik had a good look at these goggles since they were literally in his face as the Teenage Kitsune was examining him too closely.

"So, you the Humie that is gonna be tagging along with us? Despite being a clear nerd from your Shenon Anime shirt, you oddly have a warrior's body build. Get that naturally, or did you work for this set of muscles?" The Kitsune questioned as Tyrik grew more uncomfortable by the second. Soon, she sat across from him while removing the goggles and placing them on her forehead. "Name's Judy Joyce, by the way. I'm the gal who often works on Esmeralda's technical theatrics for her magic shows." She introduced herself as the girl continued her examination from a more comfortable distance. "Though... To have a standard Humie to have suddenly been thrown into the truth of the surrounding world is quite the anomaly... Sure that you don't have prior connections to Euvis, or the hidden kingdom of Camelot, or any of the Divines?" Judy continued, rambling about with little regard for the Secrets of The World.

"Camelot like the Kingdom of King Arthur Pendragon? Also, what are Euvis and the Divines that you are talking about?" Tyrik questioned as his eyebrow cocked into a confused state, hoping to use this enthusiasm from the girl to pray out more potentially needed information that Macaque didn't quite fully disclose.

Judy smirked as if impressed by Tyrik's quick thinking. "At least you aren't that dumb and are willing to learn, Humie. After all, Human's own ignorance and need to control the world around them are why The Divine took the initiative to create Euvis. Plus concealing leftover Mythics like me and your bud Ricky Santos to protect us." The Gearhead stated, "Let's continue your much-needed crash course about the craziness you are gonna be experiencing. Yes, when I say Camelot, I mean King Pen-jackass' kingdom, which he ruled over before the separation of our kind. The Divine is a universal term we Mythics use for The Akers, Olympians, Asiers, and other important figures from you Humie's Myths and Legends." Judy explained nonchalantly while placing her arm on top of the booth seat, "These myths are mainly the Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Slavic, Norse, Chinese, Japanese, and Hindu groups though. The Abridged Tales regarding Queen Morgan Le Fay, Ego-Merlin, and King Pen-Jackass are basically the last accounts of The Divine and Mythics interacting with Humans." The Three-Tailed Kitsune went on as she then raised a finger, "Hence Euvis. This is the safe haven of most of The Mythics and The Divine themselves. Split into Eight Realms for each Group of The Divine. The Norse Guys take a lot of irritating bragging rights for creating the interdimensional travel between Realms. They are total jackasses by the way, aside from Thor and Loki, though. Nice people, honestly." Judy went on while recalling her memories with The Asgardian Brothers of Myth and Comics.

"Guessing a lot of Myths aren't exactly Lore Accurate from what most modern media has portrayed them to be, huh?" Tyrik joked with a curious smirk as Judy promptly nodded to confirm this suspicion.

"Especially when it comes to The Infamous Lightning Whore, Zeus himself... The prick literally is willing to fuck everyone and everything in sight." Judy remarked with a disgusted chill, hoping to never run into the King of Olympus.

Tyrik was in full agreement with The Kitsune Girl. "Why do people often make Hades the villain for his job as King of The Underworld? Hell, his relationship with Persephone is one of the healthiest among the Greek Myths despite the accidental kidnapping on Hades' behalf from what I can recall." Tyrik asked aloud as Judy simply shrugged in confusion herself about this.

"Anyways, lately humans have been finding ways to reconnect with the Mythic and Divine that bailed on them. Look at the discovery of Arcane Energy by the two major Tech Companies, White Star and Gibbs Industries, for example." The Kitsune ranted on with a minor wave of her hand. "Yet despite all of this! You are still an anomaly! As if you were either handpicked or had a prior connection..." Judy declared as she crossed her arms and glared at Tyrik with a confused expression. "What's your deal, pal? How are you even part of all of this?" The Kitsune pondered as she came to notice the amulet that the human across her was wearing. Judy soon placed her goggles back on while adjusting the lens with a mechanism on the side.

'That Amulet of yours is definitely radiating a lot of Arcane Power, the Rune within the gem seems to be for concealment too if I recall my Nordic Runes correctly...' Judy pondered within her thoughts. With this, The Kitsune Gearhead tried to remove the necklace before a massive surge of energy blasted Judy across the room. Impacting the wall on the other side of the Cafe, cracking it on impact.

"Holy Crap! Since when did it do that!?" Tyrik shouted aloud as he stared at his amulet in shock. Upon hearing the literal explosion, Ricky, Macaque, and Esmeralda came downstairs to investigate the source. Tyrik sheepishly glanced away from the three as their judge and confused stares reached him. "I have no idea what happened besides the fox over there attempting to take off my necklace followed by an explosion..." He explained with a timid tone of voice.

"... Your necklace created an explosion? Since when did it do that?" Ricky questioned as Esmeralda headed over to the gearhead to check on her wellbeing.

Macaque rubbed the bridge of his nose in frustration as he declared, "If any of you cause any form of damage to my Cafe... I will be suing you for repairs..." Though as he said this aloud, The Monkey Sorcerer began to hear something off in the distance. A form of surveillance was being done on them. Thankfully, one of the members of this crew was a person he had come to know. 'Guess things are gonna be turning out fine for my plan to get back at The Monkey King...' The Sorcerer plotted within his thoughts with a devious smile hidden from those around.