This is a small post about the main important things you’ll need to know when reading the soon coming series. These terms will not show up immediately, but will make their way into the stories in due time.
Despite how so many of them have human forms and look human they do not like to be referred to as basic humans. Some appropriate terms are para and subpara humans, para stemming from the paranormal. Parahumans are the mythics in Saigon that have the least human characteristics, e.g demons and avatars. Subpara humans are the mythics that are easily mistakable for wholly humans until their magic is presented, e.g witches, warlocks, vampires.
Mythics is a term most commonly used to refer to the people as a whole. E.g “Saigon is a country full of mythics, people who have supernatural abilities.” This term is also used to identify residents of Saigon when they travel outside their country. For instance, if someone saw a random Saigonian in their country and they aren’t familiar with the terms ‘para’ and ‘subpara’ and are also unfamiliar with the different types of people in Saigon, the appropriate way to ask would be “are you a mythic?” or “what kind of mythic are you?”
Species is a term that is only preferred to be used by fellow citizens of Saigon. While race and culture is a big celebratory factor in Saigon, they rely heavily on knowing what species of mythic a person is to help identify each other. Essentially species is like another race for them.
Saigon’s currency is referred to sheets (dollars) and coins (change). Sheets come in 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 20’s, 50’s, 100’s, 200’s, and 500’s. Coins come in 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, and 25’s.
1’s are light green, 2’s are light blue, 5’s are dark hunter green, 10’s are navy blue, 20’s are orange, 50’s are yellow, 100’s are red, 200’s are grey, and 500’s are white.
1’s are brown, 2’s are silver, 5’s, 10’s, and 25’s are red and differ in size.
In Saigon you’re less likely to hear things with religious context like “oh my God” and more likely to hear things like “Heavenly Catriona”, “Goddesses grace”, or “Zoonie help your soul.” This is because the different species all have their own deities that they worship and religion is very present in Saigon.
One of Saigon’s biggest food attractions is Karane (Kah-ron-nee). It’s shredded beef or chicken mixed with kale and a sweet jelly like sauce wrapped in a sugar corn tortilla and can be either fried or baked. (Idk y’all, I thought of this while eating taquitos and thinking ‘what if I put something sweet and leafy in this?’)
