The NickyBruh Artifact

The **NickyBruh Artifact** is a hypothetical and legendary cultural artifiact of unknown origin or purpose. It's relevance stems largely from being the object of many numerous different oral traditions, appearing mostly as a mythological motif or object of acclaim. Because of this, the artifiact lacks a true, direct descirption, and has thus taken the appearance of a multitude of different things, ranging from a tangible, physical object to even a conceptual and supernatural entity. Because of it's universality, the NickyBruh Artifact has been the target of many different studies within the field of comparative mythology. Despite severely limited by the lack of tangible evidence, the general consensus is that whatever the Artifact may be, it's prevalence within trans-national mythological motifs is simply too large to ignore.

## History and Etymology

The name itself, the "NickyBruh" artifact, is the name given to the phenomena by ethnologist Sr. Baginoff Oberverstairs, one of the first individuals to discover the artifact's universality across cultures and to properly document and publish his findings. Oberverstairs initally assumed the artifact was an object, as according to his work, the most common mention of the artifact was of stories and rumous of it's supposed location; the concept of it being something more conecptual would not enter discussion until much later. In his work, Oberverstairs agrees to name the object "NickyBruh" after stating that the on average, the most common description of it's location was always related to being somewhere around 95 levels deep in the surface, something that he attributed to the famous local rapper "ItzNickyBruh", stating that like him, Nicky would find himself often 'under 95", and felt compelled to compare the two ventures in mythological scale. This under 95 conjecture largely informed Oberverstairs own personal excavations ventures, which would largely bring the artifact to popular academic light. Since then, despite criticism, the general consensus to refer to it as the NickyBruh artifact has stayed, owing to the legendary nature of the artifact.

## Description

Lacking and real singular description, much of the academic discussion around the artifact are split into two broad schools of thought. First, that the artifact is in fact a physical object. The opposing side argues that the artifact is unlikely to be simply an object, because of it's inclusion and importance in oral tradition, the artifact is some kind of personifcation of some abstract psychological concept.

### Physical Object Theory

The main pillar supporting the physical object theory is the number of reported expeditions and excavations sent out to find the artifact. Academics supporting this theory argue that the supposed remains of the various ancient excavation sites and other archaeology that have been found attribute the only and actual tangible evidence supporting the artifact's existence, arguing that for there to be evidence of "physical motivation" to even find the object points to it's existence despite it's legendary status.

### Psychological Concept

Many other academics point to the vehicle of oral tradition itself as the only pointer to uncovering the true nature of the artifact, aruging that because of it's high prevalence within oral traditions and mythos the artifact must either have some kind of larger underlying purpose as a motif, or only has survived through the intense withering processes of oral tradition because of an intentional purpose of conveying some kind of theme or lesson.

## Evidence

Barely any confirmed evidence of the artifact has been found. Many scholars agree that because of it's legendary nature, it has been the motivation for much hysteria, including various dig sites and expeditions that have been uncovered. Evidence found within these sites has largely been unsuccessful in leading to any greater discovery however, leading many within the following to dismiss these sites as credible evidence.

## Appearances

The Nicky Bruh artifact has appeared in numerous oral traditions, simple rumours, urban legends, and even children's stories.

##### Carmauli

Many ethnologists and linguists argue that there is potential evidence of the artifact appearing within old Carmauli oral traditions. Though much of this is still hearsay and urban legend, it was not until various linguists had come across unusual inscriptions found on primitive Carmauli archaeological remains. Though it is still largely hypothetical, an unusual archaic Carmauli glyph"woncitfsvp" has been notoriously yet to be deciphered, mainly because of the ending transliteration of "fsvp". This has since been the subject of much debate because of it's unusual spelling, purported to be alien to conventional Carmauli. Many believe it to be of resulting product of some kind of interaction between old Carmauli and another unknown lingusitic substratum. The entire woncitfsvp glyph itself is also written in the style of an object glyph, leading many to believe it has the potential to be some reference to the NickyBruh artifact.

#### Augerian

The artifact is relatively unknown throughout Augeria, with the only reported mention being from a small radio segment that was heard on Harvey West Reginald's radio station. A small number of dedicated listeners reported the mention of the artifact as it was the the subject of Reginald's Rockitt Rambit Power Hour segments late on the night of December 3rd. The users noticed a unusual departure in subject matter and tone from the power hour segment. The segment was broadcasted much more later into the night than listeners agree the segement usually plays, and many criticized Reginald for slurring his words and rushing the segment altogether. Only a few analogue recordings of the live segement exist, but remain tighly sealed within the localized pirate radio culture of Reginald's program.

##### Interlacustrine Choclopaganism

It is believed that the NickyBruh artifact is a crucial part of the native pagan religion of Chocloville. Though since Augerian colonization efforts and the resulting creolization process has largely erased much of the traditional Choclo religion, it has gotten progressively harder to pinpoint exact evidence or direct mention of it. The surviving and unaffected aboriginal culture and traditions that sill remain within the area are all exclusively situated around the various lakes of Chocloville. Scholars of the area believe that an important emphasis on object worship found throughout these various lake cultures can be traced back to somekind of reference to the artifact.