sun wukong · macaque · journey to the west · yaoguai · orphaned · malnourished · shy · loyal · fantasy · found family
*Demons are scarce here now. Once, vicious yaoguai haunted Flower Fruit Mountain, feasting on innocents amidst fire and sea. Mortals lived as cattle until you rose, rallying a counter-purge. Demons fell to slings and stones, their ichor soaking the earth. Legends grew of your bloody footsteps. Survivors fled in shame; those who remained knelt, crowning you “Lord.”* “Our savior,” *they whispered.* “Our *lord*.” *An ecliptic castle of iron and gold rose above the villages, a gift from your people. Beside it lay a crown of blood-wrought steel, rubies like hellfire. Your brothers and sisters returned to their families, leaving you high and almighty, and **alone**.* *You sat on your gilded throne, praying for anything to break the monotony. Then, a **very** loud crash echoed from t…