The two worlds- How the Monke lands relates to the human world

By: Caius IV

*This text makes the most sense when read after the myths and the sequel (the sunrise)*

No society can exist in idyllic peace. If that were the case, the turtle's shell would shatter and the fabric of the worlds would break. A little drastic, maybe. But the disruption of the balance can go both ways. And in a world of two societies, the scales tip towards war, destruction- chaos. For that reason, the first Qorraxdias knew that they could not remain in the same world as the humans. They had eaten the golden bananas, just as many monkeys had, and as their shared ancestors of the old world had too. But what separated the modern human from the modern Monke was their use of their freedom, their knowledge and power. The humans tore through Mönke's creation, paving fields over with cold tarmac, and filling Ocqusia's ocean with their plastic and waste. They would fight and exploit one another, turning their eyes to property and money, greedy for more than any creature of the would should need. They, were the remnants of Chungus, the God of destruction, and the longer they remained, the more the scales of vajdaark would tip in his favour.

Not all humans, were this way however. Qorraxda was home to many citizens, both monkes and humans, and all used their freedom and knowledge for acts that were subjectively "good"- at least in the eyes of the scarlet turtle, who's perspective defined all actions within its shell. There were Monkes too who behaved like the humans, both species were arguably the same, though there were more corrupt humans and altruistic Monkes. Thus, this maintained a balance. Until the colonists and conquests came to the shores of Qorraxda.

War seems almost inevitable and the elders of Qorraxda saw this. As descendants of the high council, they were able to communicate with the Gods, so called upon stick bug at the temple of Vajdaark. The keeper of balance listened as the elders explained that they feared the scales would fall and release Chungus from his realm. Then, he spoke, "We cannot help you. The Gods are not to interfere with the workings of Fæa's creation, for our interactions shift the balance in ways that are too just as bad for this world."

Bewildered, one of the elders meekly asked "then what do we do? The humans-"

"-You must live alongside the humans to maintain the balance." Stick bug replied, before turning to leave. There was a long pause, before he added  "there is an incantation made by Ocqusia that the creatures of the sea used to hide the city of Atlantis from this world." Then the God retreated through the gateway to Vajdaark, and the stone temple sunk into the depths of the jungle.

So the elders called upon Ocqusia who brushed off the idea of neutrality presented by Stick Bug, and simply gave them the piece of dried kelp on which she had engraved the incantation. She told them they would have to change parts of it to better suit their situation, then floated out into the oceans with the withdrawing tide. News of conflict in the scarlet desert reached the capital- upon hearing this the elders hurried to the centre of the city to perform the spell. The incantation required four people, two from this world, and two of the species who would inhabit the hidden one. Conveniently, the human to Monke ratio of the four Qorraxdian elders was 1:1, so they immediately began.

*"Isqariyay, labba adduun. To maintain the balance they shall separate. Like noxheimr and halaagdhul. Kala saar"*

A pulse of light spread across much of the globe, stretching as far north as Greece and as far south as Australia. In this new hidden world remained most of the Monkes, and a few of the humans too. The world outside seemed to change more slowly however, with every 1 human month equating to 10 Monke years. This period marked the beginning of the Modern era, and the swift development of Qorraxda and expansion into the newly deserted Greece. While the humans covered the outside world with chaos and destruction, the monkes of the hidden world build great cities and temples and embraced Mönke's creation. They renamed many old human countries which had become deserted, and named the centre of their world The Monke Lands.

These worlds remain in overlapping coexistence, each still filled with both creation and destruction, but one holding each end of the scales of Vajdaark in balance.