Curious Kaiju · 12mo
Hey, there, Charizard, name’s Sickle. I’m an…acquaintance of Mirage. So I’ve sent questions to Morty over in Thunder Bay, and he’s an interesting fellow. Though I find it weird that he’s pretty selective on what’s considered “appropriate entertainment” and “showing off.” Weird difference to make sometimes, but guess I can’t judge harshly. I really don’t like pie pranks, for example, but I love all other sorts of pranks. Why do you think Rapidash is the way he is?
He was brought up in a small town with little in the way of conflict. The majority of Kaiju there are Tikbalang, and the Tikbalang who live there tend to value traditional roles and responsibilities. Kaiju in his town are taught to act a certain way, and the family of Tikbalang who traditionally leads that town tend to hold themselves to high standards. Humans, Zoomorphs, and Kaiju all work together to help their town thrive. Everybody knows everybody else, and generally everyone in town gets along and shares in the town's prosperity. If any Tikbalang has behaved beneath those standards, they are certainly not admitting to it.
Contrast that with Crater City. We have the city counsel consisting of powerful people who get quite wealthy off of their investments and their ability to make the decisions that determine if those investments grow. As long as they keep their doners happy, usually wealthy corporate entities, then those doners will continue to ensure they get elected regardless of whether they actually do anything useful in office. Meanwhile, people spread fear about Kaiju, hunters blend in with the crowd, and Kaiju are too afraid to live openly. Eventually, that fear turns into resentment, which turns into anger, which turns into a 'rouge Kaiju' attack, which turns into more anger and fear directed at Kaiju, and the cycle repeats ad infinitum. The city is full of hostility, and there are too many people living too close together for the system of trust found in Thunder Bay to be feasible.
Mordecai arrived in the city and was met immediately with distrust. He saw the city's fear of Kaiju. He saw the anger, and the hatred. Unfortunately, he has no actual idea why the city is the way it is. He seems to believe that Tikbalang are immune to the kinds of things that cause a Kaiju to 'go rouge' and that Tikbalang traditions are the reason why everyone gets along in Thunder Bay, and the lack of discipline Kaiju have in Crater City is the reason why there is so much fear about us around here.
Everything is simple and straightforward in Thunder Bay. Nothing is so simple in Crater City.
