Ladies and gentlemen, this is chapter 4 of my fanfiction which will discuss a little bit about urban legends and creepypastas from the point of view of Citadel races. I'm not expecting this chapter to be well-written or having a solid content, but as always, rate and review if you enjoy it. Happy reading!
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Urban legends. Ah yes, a popular culture those invasive and contagious Humans brought with them to the stars. The Citadel races already have their own bedtime spooks, but with the introduction of Human culture, the daytime become as fearsome as the night for those who indulge themselves with this type of trend, not even the bravest of the space-voyaging aliens.
This kind of storytelling most frequently starts using the line "I heard from a friend of my friend that..." and so on and so forth. Salarians rarely find it amusing or worth listening to, considering their logical and intellectual nature. For the Asari and Quarian pilgrims, the tales are enough to provoke all kinds of reaction; eager to hear more urban legends, scoffing in disbelief, and even paranoia. With Quarians and their habit of sharing stories among their kin, indulging in the Human's urban legend doesn't seem to be a good activity. Good point, actually, why would they talk about horror stuff within their cramped, maze-like, and claustrophobic ships?
Lilia T'Pani, an Asari scholar who studied the "legends" gathered from Human literatures translated into the common galactic language, described that "the habit of spreading ghoulish folklores is, to an extent, a tradition of ancient people to shed explanation to their primal fears and fallacy. Of course, people may choose to ignore or refuse to accept it, but it will always be a part of exotic social value that cannot be erased."
T'Pani also gives an alien adaptation of the lore. For example, one of the stories will say "I have a Turian boyfriend whose Elcor friend did something..." or something like that.
And just like the Human's horror movie cliché, the alien's "legends" is full of nonsense like cursed planets, lost expeditions, haunted house appliances, and the like. According to Mali Q'Rammi in her sociology book titled "Terrans and Galactic Urban Folktales", a widely slated book due to its racist view towards Humanity, more than 70 percent of Citadel occupants enjoy trading such creepypasta. Combine that with 68 percent of the population from Illium and 93 percent of Omega's inhabitants, and you'll have a galaxy crammed by delusory people. The book's writer blamed this phenomenon on the abnormally large number of Human population in the galaxy.
Perhaps the two most popular stories are the Green Omnitool, an alleged defective omnitool that is said to cause brain damage when used more that eleven days, and the Preying Mouth, a supposedly purplish gas giant said to "swallow" any spaceship that comes close it.
Some supernatural skeptics (mainly Salarian scholars) use these kinds of lore to insinuate that the education system of the Citadel races is faulty at best, allowing students and society at large to mindlessly receive information without filtering and checking its validity. Other skeptics, however, dismissed the urban legends as star voyager tales no different than the once-popular "Reaper myth".
Are you bold enough to share and listen to an urban myth yourself?