"The thing you need to understand about the old legends is that the story is never finished... There may be no pages left to turn, but there is always more to the journey...
Rising from The Netherworld, The Demon Bull King attacked! No one could stop him, no one could resist. No one, except... The Legendary MONKEY KING!
The Monkey King used his magical staff to pick up a nearby mountain. He trapped the Demon Bull King underneath it. The Monkey King sealed the mountain with the staff that no other being could wield, trapping the Demon Bull King forever.
With the battle won, the Monkey King vanished. Never to be seen again... Legend says the staff still lies on top of that mountain, the one thing keeping our world from certain destruction. And with the Demon Bull King gone, civilization was able to advance into the amazing city we now live in!"
"A world of elegant cultures, gentle, loving people, a city brimming with five star cuisine! And all because of the Monkey King!" Tang said as he finished his dramatic performance. well, Y/N thought it was dramatic at least. "UH HUH HUH HUH! THAT'S SO GOOD!" Said Y/N's adopted, very excitable, older brother MK. "Monkey King's so cool! He's so strong! And handsome!" Y/N giggled at MK's adoration of The Monkey King's feats. "He may sound cool, but that's just because you grew up with his stories, MK" Y/N said, despite no one in the noodle shop understanding them.
Y/N only spoke Octarian, so trying to communicate with him was often... troublesome, to say the least. So she learned a small bit of sign language to help.
"Oh MK," Tang spoke "And you thought you and Y/N knew all the Monkey King stories." But he was quickly cut off by one of MK's Monkey King rants. "Oh, but I do! I got his whole life documented extensively in this unauthorized autobiography of Monkey King!" He said as he held up the journal that he and Y/N often drew in. "Written and illustrated by yours truly."
Y/N noticed his older brother's plagiarism of his and HER work, so he quickly coughed to gain MK's attention and shot him a death glare. "Uhm..." he spoke again, clearly effected by the glare. "Written by me, but illustrated by my lovely sibling, who I do not want to kill me..." he said the last part very quietly, almost a mumble. "Y/N!" Y/N chuckled a small bit as MK excitedly went on another one of his signature Monkey King Obsession Moments, pages from the duo's sketchbook flying everywhere.
Tang, one of the two's father figures grabbed one of the pages and spoke again. "It's nice to know someone is taking in all these stories, pearls of wisdom dripping from my lips." Tang then cleared his throat and put on a more bargain-y tone "Well, you know the deal. One story, one free bowl of Jajangmien, hm?"
Normally, Y/N would never allow free noodles to slide, and his boss would agree, but both they and MK were very distracted by the fascinating story Tang had just told the two. "Huh? Oh right! Free noodles! Yep, on it! Y/N, grab them for me?" MK asked. Y/N gave a goofy little salute as if to say 'Yes Sir!' And went to grab said noodles. "How heavy do you think a mountain is, compared to, like-" MK began before a wooden spoon crossed paths between Y/N's hands and the noodle bowl, causing the bowl to fly into the air and a startled yelp to come out of Y/N's mouth.
"Free noodles!?" Spoke the pig demon as he caught the bowl and its contents before yelling at the three, although it was more directed towards Tang. "NO ONE GETS A FREE MEAL AT PIGSY'S!" Speaking of which, said pig demon was Pigsy, the other of the two's father figures. And the more strict one. "I'M NOT RUNNIN' A CHARITY HERE, TANG!" Pigsy yelled out as he placed his foot onto Tangs chest. Safe to say, you could cut the tension with a knife.
Tang then pushed Pigsy off of his chest and began to bargain again. "Ah, but Pigsy, I was paying with wisdom!" He said as he moved his arm in a sunset motion. "Yeah? Well WISDOM DON'T PAY THE RENT, YA FREELOADER!" Pigsy snapped back at said freeloader. He then pointed at MK and redirected the yelling to him. "AND YOU!"
"You've been slacking off all morning. I've got a dozen orders that need to go out, so quit slacking and get packing!" 'Boy, Pigsy's really letting MK have it.' Y/N thought.
"Yeah... Me and Y/N were about to take our break, so..." He said as he grabbed Y/N and brought him into a one-armed hug. "DON'T BRING ME INTO THIS!" Y/N yelled, which MK falsely translated. "Yeah! She just said she agrees!" 'Why do I even try.' Wondered Y/N.
"Break? BREAK!? THERE'S NO BREAK IN WAR! I need workers. Soldiers in the army of Pigsy's Noodles! Home of the world's longest noodles! How else am I going to expand my business into enemy territory!?" Pigsy ranted, to which MK responded: "Uhh, do you mean across the street?" And Y/N pointed to the shop across from Pigsy's run by a boar demon. The two shop owners gave each other death glares.
"I stand by my statement." He said as he placed a bag of noodles into MK's hands and kicked him out of the shop. "Now HURRY UP!" He then took more bags of noodles and handed them to Y/N, and told them "I know MK brought you into HIS punishment, but-" to which Y/N cut him off by signing 'No Worries! Sibling Bickering, You Know?'
Pigsy chuckled at this and gently pushed Y/N outside of the shop. "Alright, alright. Getcha butt out there and deliver those noodles." To which the Octoling raced to her motorbike to get right to delivering.
Before he started his Motor, she opened their phone and opened the news app, hearing that familiar jingle at the beginning.
"Y'all know what time it is!" Said the short pink inkling in the chair, this was Pearl, the loud, spunky, and hot tempered member of Off The Hook, and the lyricist.
"It's Off The Hook, coming at you LIVE from Inkopolis Square!" Said the tall teal octoling behind the turntable, this was Marina, the calm, caring, and ever worrisome member of Off The Hook, and the DJ.
The musical duo then went on to tell the viewers the current Regular, Ranked, and League Battle stages, and have a sponsorship segment for Grizzco. Y/N didn't live in Inkopolis Square, so they couldn't battle like the other Inklings and Octolings, but she didn't care. He just liked to see Pearl and Marina.
It was the part after the sponsored segment that got her attention
"Uh... Why is our producer freaking out? Read the teleprompter, Marina!" Pearl exclaimed, this part confused Y/N. Why was their producer going nuts?
"Huh? Let's see here..." the brown skinned Octoling spoke as she scratched the record on her turntable, revealing the next slide. "THIS JUST IN! The Great Zapfish has...disappeared?" This. This is what shocked Y/N and nearly everyone in Inkopolis. "Wait, like, for reals?!" The Inkling yelled, before mentioning "I feel like I've heard this story somewhere before..."
Marina then turned to the slide after that, showing a black and white picture of Callie, a member of one of Y/N's favorite bands, The Squid Sisters. "There's more! Pop Superstar Callie of the Squid Sisters has gone missing!" Marina exclaimed, to which Pearl responded "NOOOO! NOT CALLIE! This is terrible! Do something, Marina!"
Callie was always Y/N's favorite. Sure, MK liked Marie, he listened to Tide Goes Out on repeat for a while, but Y/N loved Callie because she was a little sibling too!
So naturally, this upset the Octoling a LOT
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