Mica Noell

## Backstory

Mica is the first protagonist to be introduced in the Stories of the Metaverse: A Multiverse Unraveled. He is a red panda who was born and raised in the small town of Streatham. Having lived most of his life in Streatham, Mica grew up as an only child with only his mom to take care of him. He was never told what happened to his dad, only that he had disappeared one day. Mica was only nine when it happened. His father told his mother he would be back soon after work, though he never did come home. Because of this, Mica has grown up helping his mother with many things as he didn’t want her to take on the burdens of raising him, Taking care of the house, and a job all on her own. Even at his young age, Mica understood that it was a lot for his mother to take on. His mother did take on a job and Mica learned to do things around the house; he learned to cook, clean and made sure to study hard in school so that his mother wouldn’t need to worry about his grades. These many factors shaped who Mica was making him become the person he is now.

Mica as he grew older discovered a love for space. He almost always loved to look at the stars in the sky, he often tried to count them but there were too many to count even with the light of the town keeping some stars from being seen. Mica also liked to read mystery novels and often would sit on his back porch reading the books he would borrow from the library. This love for mystery had eventually turned into a secret obsession however. Mica didn’t know what happened to his dad and that fact stuck with him throughout his entire childhood following his dads disappearance. He wanted to know what had happened and reading mystery novels only served to boost his confidence that he could figure it out. His mother didn’t want Mica to pry however, she thought it would lead to nowhere and would only serve to keep old wounds open. She stressed on many occasions for Mica to let go and to move on but he was adamant that he could find his father. He eventually made sure his mom thought he had stopped searching but little did she know, he was secretly searching, putting pieces of the puzzle together as the years flew by. While not much ever came of it, Mica was convinced he could figure it out, this eventually led Mica to taking advanced physics classes in high school as he thought maybe he could find answers in science. Mica also had an innate interest in science which helped him a lot in his learning process. Through these classes Mica met Elias. Elias would become Mica’s best friend as they learned how much they had in common. Both of them liked science and had an interest in the mysteries of the universe, while Mica and Elias did have very different reasons for these interests, neither of them saw that as an obstacle to their friendship.  They both became inseparable and did everything together.

While Mica did do everything with Elias there were still things he concealed from even his best friend. His search for clues about his father was one of them. Mica didn’t think Elias needed to be involved in his search as it was his father and he thought Elias shouldn’t be roped into his obsession. Mica’s search came to a halt however. When his hometown was suddenly attacked by an unknown force, Mica didn’t know what to do. He had no options as he watched his home burn. The nightmares he had been having for over a month had come to fruition. They all ended in his surroundings being destroyed and while he had no idea what it meant at the time, he finally understood once it was too late. Mica was racked with guilt as he felt he should have tried to save his mom. He had no idea of knowing what became of her as he fell through the orange vortex. Mica had a newfound determination as his desire to help others became the catalyst for his future heroics. Mica was never one to back down from a challenge and he was not ready to give up on his home. Mica’s attitude was very different from Elias’s and they would not see eye to eye on many things after their home's destruction.