Realistic or Modern CX-431: Main Thread (Private RP)

[Roxirin]

(Setup here)


(Here we go, people. This is not a drill! Let's aim to finish this one ) 


Venom's world was murky and black. It had always been murky and black, and up until now, that hadn't bothered his barely-conscious mind. But something was stirring. Something within him had switched on, like a lightbulb, and it wanted out. Now.


The room was long and had a low ceiling, with dim, off-white light bulbs which flickered occasionally, denied power. The objects denying the light bulbs of power honestly provided more light than the bulbs themselves: Two rows of identical cylindrical tanks, glowing a myriad of different colours. Inside each tank, a figure floated gently, some occasionally twitching, but all relatively still.


All but one. A neon green tank at the far end, on the left. The figure inside raised its head, and lashed out. Once. A spidery crack appeared across the tank's surface. Twice. The crack grew. Three times - and there was a creaking sound, followed by a shatter and a loud whoosh as all 750 gallons of green liquid plus its inhabitant cascaded out onto the floor, shards of glass littering the area and the creature that had once been floating calmly lying in an undignified, unmoving heap. 


Venom suddenly found that that his lungs wanted air and not fluid. He lay there and retched - coughed - and finally panted, spitting out any remnants of liquid that remained. Slowly, very slowly, he opened his eyes, and sat up, taking in his environment. The dim light didn't give him much to work with. Shakily, he attempted to stand, and failed, and tried again, staggering onto his feet, holding on to a nearby storage crate for balance. "Ugh......" He decided he didn't like being soaking wet and shook out his fur in a dog-like fashion, before tentatively walking to look at the other tanks in mute wonder.


"Huh....." 

 

[Kalsagnia]

In a tank filled with neon blue fluid somebody else was stirring.


For a long time Gen had dreamed. And those dreams had typically turned to attractive men and women who were eager to provide him with pleasure. They were nice dreams. Good dreams. And he wasn't best pleased to be suddenly pulled away from them and thrust into a strange reality where everything was glowing blue. Tentatively he raised a hand, fingers splaying out across the surface of the tank.


His brain felt sluggish, but slowly it was waking up. He became aware of the fluid he was floating in and how it felt cool against his fur. Did he always have fur? He wasn't entirely sure and frankly he didn't really care. As his eyes opened further he noticed the strangely coloured timber wolf looking at the tanks. Gen slapped his hand against the sturdy Plexiglas.


"Hey!" He tried to shout, but only a cascade of bubbles escaped his mouth.


Maybe that guy could get him out of here. The tank was starting to feel rather claustrophobic, like he was floating within some kind of high tech coffin. He struck it again, desperate to get the wolf's attention. 

 

[Roxirin]

One of Venom's ears rotated towards the sound and he turned immediately, walking (with more success this time) towards a bright blue tank. Whatever was in the tank was awake. He put a hand on the glass and stared at Gen in amazed curiosity for probably longer than necessary, before realising what the raccoon was trying to tell him. "Oh! Uh..." He paused, thinking about it. The tanks weren't made to withstand pressure from the inside, presumably because whatever they contained wasn't meant to be awake. Venom made a striking motion and mouthed 'kick it' to the other anthro, and then stepped back. He didn't really want to get soaked again. 

 

[Kalsagnia]

Gen tilted his head slightly, watching the wolf make his motions. His eyes widened slightly.

"Oh!" He tried to exclaim, and more bubbles escaped his mouth.


He drew back one leg and struck the Plexiglas as hard as he could. The first strike did nothing, but upon kicking it a second time spidery cracks appeared and Gen grinned. A third kick and fluid began to spray from the growing cracks. It was the fourth kick that finally broke it and Gen let out a startled cry as he tumbled to the floor, fluid spreading everywhere. Shakily he pulled himself up onto his hands and knees and coughed hard as his lungs suddenly cried out for air. 


"H-Holy shit...!" He gasped.


Carefully he sat himself down and took hold of his tail, which was easily as long as his body, and began wringing it out, trying to dry it as much as possible. As he did so he glanced at the wolf, who rather dwarfed him in size, and smiled.


"Hey, thanks man!" He said. "You really helped me out there!"

 

[Roxirin]

Venom crouched down to put a hand on Gen's back, looking at the smaller anthro with a mixture of concern and curiosity. "Are... Are you alright?"


(Short post be short  )


(A couple of important points though: This RP is PG-17, so basically, you can go for a heavy make out session if you feel up to that but if hands start to wander then kindly *fade to black*  Gore... Has less of a limit, but think about whether people really want to read four paragraphs explicitly detailing your character puking their guts onto the pavement before you post it? Thanks ^^ Also, the anthros all have 'animal-level' senses, which are not their power so to speak, but rather just a result of the animal DNA in them. This has been a PSA, thank you and enjoy your flight XD)

 

[Kalsagnia]

Gen coughed again and let his tail flop onto the floor. He brushed his hair from his face and nodded at the wolf.

"Yeah, I'll be alright", he said. "I think".


He glanced around, looking at the other tanks and the various computers and machines dotted around the room. He raised an eyebrow and then looked back at Venom.


"What's going on here?" He asked. "And where the hell even is here?"


(Duly noted, ma'am! *salutes*)

 

[Roxirin]

Venom stood, helping Gen to his feet, offering his arm in case the raccoon needed to steady himself. "I don't know. I feel as though... We've been here a long time. There are others, but...." He lapsed into silence, trying to make out what other animals these tanks could possibly contain.


(Oh wow. I just realised that a Venom is like, 7"4 to Gen's 4"9 XDD smol and tol)

 

[Kalsagnia]

Gen wobbled slightly and placed a hand on Venom's arm for support. The height difference between the two of them was ridiculous and he looked utterly tiny next to the wolf. His brow furrowed slightly as he listened and he nodded slowly.


"Yeah...I get that feeling too", he admitted. "It's so weird".


He looked down at his free hand, taking in the neon blue paw pad and wiggling his fingers slightly. He frowned and then shook his head, looking back at the wolf.


"Hey, what's your name?" He asked.


(pfffft, Venom could throw Gen around like he was nothing xD)

 

[Roxirin]

"Oh!" Venom exclaimed, and then paused. A name. The word came into his head as if he had somehow been using it for years, when in reality he'd truly entered this world not five minutes ago. "Uh, I'm Ve-" He was cut off by a soft 'plunk', and turned to see a bright, orange-gold tank, it's inhabitant with her paws on the glass. The wolf anthro was about to move to tell her how to get out, but she seemed to have the idea already, and within moments she was on the floor, coughing up liquid and pushing wet hair out of her eyes.


The new anthro was slender and leanly muscled, with creamy gold fur. Black spots marked her hide, and two tear-like stains trailed down from amber eyes. Her hair was long, reaching her waist, and she coughed, took a few gasping breaths, and then coughed again. Venom made sure Gen was okay to stand on his own before walking over to her. "It's okay. Deep breaths."

 

[Kalsagnia]

Gen's head whipped around and his eyes widened when he saw the cheetah anthro drop to the floor. His steps were shaky and slow as he made his way over to her, following Venom.


"Oh shit, you alright lady?!" He exclaimed.


How many more of them were going to wake up, he wondered. As if in answer to his silent question, another anthro began to stir. A blue furred husky floating within neon white fluid. His eyes blinked open and at first he was disorientated, brow furrowing in confusion. His hands pressed against the Plexiglas surface of the tank and Gen grinned. This time he would be the one to help!


Except the husky seemed to have figured it out himself, because before Gen could get a single word out he'd begun kicking and there was a crash as his tank shattered, dropping him unceremoniously onto the floor.

 

[Roxirin]

The cheetah anthro appeared to be okay, and after being helped to her feet by Venom, she introduced herself as Kim. Venom smiled and was about to introduce himself for the second time when he noticed the husky anthro. Realizing he wasn't going to get anywhere socially by constantly leaving people, he turned back to Kim. "I'm Venom. Good to meet you."


"How.. how many of us are there?" Kim asked, tail-tip curling as she surveyed the room and the floating figures.


"I don't know. Four so far. But there's way more tanks than that." He pointed out. "Anyway. Stay here for a sec, try to get walking. I'm gonna gonna check on those two." He motioned to Gen and the husky, and walked over.


"Hey. Is he alright?" He asked Gen, tilting his head to one side a little.

 

[Kalsagnia]

Jerry was shaking and coughing as his lungs adjusted to the fresh air. Gen made his way over and knelt down, rubbing the husky's back.


"Hey, you alright?" He asked. 


Jerry spat out a glob of fluid and pulled himself up onto his knees, nodding.


"Yeah, I think so", he gasped.


Gen grinned and glanced at Venom, shooting the wolf a thumbs up.


"He's okay!" He reported cheerfully.

 

[Roxirin]

"Alright, good." Venom affirmed, looking around for anyone else that might be stirring. He didn't know where he was, or what was happening, but what he did know was that he wasn't the only one, and that they were all experiencing the same thing, and eventually they would all wind up wondering where to go next.

 

[Matt Kulex (Alex T.)]

(My turn!)


Alex sat atop a grassy hill under the shade of an oak. He was in the company of a white fox, though they just sat silently, they felt comfortable in each others company, as if they known them for their entire lives. Alex looked over to the white fox who shot him a goofy grin and asked "What's up bro? Do I have something on my face?" But before he could answer, the world around Alex suddenly shattered into pieces and he awoke abruptly and found himself floating in a strange Dark Blue liquid inside some sort of glass capsule. He felt he should be freaking out right, but instead he calmly surveyed all he could see. He spotted several figures standing just outside his capsule but soon found his attention drawn to an Aqua-Green Capsule next to his and then quickly returned his attention to the others in front of him and knocked on his glass to get their attention.

 

[Roxirin]

Venom's attention was currently captured by introducing himself to Jerry, but Kim heard the knock and walked over, staring with wide eyes. Snapping herself out of her trance, she made sure the fox anthro was watching before motioning for him to kick at will. 

 

[Kalsagnia]

Jerry, in turn, introduced himself to the small group and Gen quickly followed suit when he realized he hadn't told anyone his own name.


"It's Genesis", he said, pulling a face. "But please don't call me that. Call me Gen, or Gen-Gen, okay?"


He grinned but was quickly distracted by the tapping on the tank. Another anthro was waking up - a fox this time. Jerry glanced over too and his eyes widened when he saw the room he'd awakened in. He was barely aware of Gen helping him up, or of himself placing a hand on Gen's head to stabilize his wobbly legs (or Gen's unimpressed face when he did that, for that matter).


What kind of reality had he woken up to?!

 

[Matt Kulex (Alex T.)]

Alex's view of the outside of the capsule was slightly skewed due to the liquid and couldn't really make out the face of the figure, but he did pick up on the kicking motion and started kicking the glass. After several kicks, the glass broke and Alex quickly found himself slumped on the ground coughing up liquid and gasping for air. As soon as he felt that his lungs were clear of the liquid and his breathing regulated, he steadied himself onto his hands and knees "Th-thanks..." he said with a cough and looked up to get a look at his savior. When he saw the Cheeta girl's face though, he stared silently, seemingly awe struck...until his eyes started to look lower down in which he immediately looked back to the ground as he felt his face burning up.

 

[Roxirin]

Kim (seemingly oblivious to the situation and being covered in fur mostly anyway) crouched down to the fox's level and put a hand on his back. "Are you okay? What's your name?" 


Venom, meanwhile, was checking to see whether there were any others awake. So far, it seemed that the majority of the other tanks were still mostly lifeless. 

 

[Matt Kulex (Alex T.)]

Alex quickly got a hold of himself and took a deep breath before answering the question "Yeah, I'm pretty girl- PRETTY GOOD!...pretty good..." Alex wanted to face palm at his own blunder there but was still keeping balance with his hands. He looked up again at the cheetah girl with a rather sheepish looking smile "Alex...Alex Turner is my name." the Fox introduced himself as he tried to stand on his two feet, though struggling greatly to do so.

 

[Kalsagnia]

There was, indeed, another anthro stirring in the tanks.


Gen swatted Jerry's hand away from his head and made sure the husky was okay, then both of them approached Kim and Alex to introduce themselves, neither of them noticing slow movements coming from a tank filled with leaf green fluid. Seth blinked owlishly as consciousness returned to him in a steady trickle, pulling away the comforting blackness he'd been slumbering in.


His mouth opened wide as he yawned, bubbles cascading to the top of the tank. Slowly he raised one great paw and pressed his fingers to the Plexiglas, claws scratching against it. The sloth tilted his head slightly, thinking, and then his gaze drifted to Venom. Another yawn and he knocked against the glass, trying to get the wolf's attention.

 

[Roxirin]

Kim giggles and offered her hand. "Hi Alex. I'm Kim." She turned when she saw Jerry and Gen. "Hey there. I'm Kim, this is Alex. Still getting the hang of the whole 'standing' thing." She commented, smiling.


Venom turned and.... Honestly sort of wanted to facepalm. He.... Didn't think a sloth would be able to kick his way out of there. "Uh...... Alright, new plan. Hang in there, buddy." Moving around, he managed to squeeze himself into the gap between the sloth's tank and the next one along and then shuffled behind it. With considerable effort (and practically having to pop a joint out to move in the tight space) the wolf anthro brought both his legs up and planted his feet firmly on the tank, with his back against the wall. He pushed. "HrrrrnnnyyYAAH!" With that, the tank slowly (almost comically) toppled, and hit the floor with a crash, the glass shattering. Venom decided that whoever had built these needed lessons in engineering or SOMETHING. 

 

[Roxirin]

(........If Seth and Kim team up..... Kim might actually kill herself. Just saying XDDD)

 

[Kalsagnia]

Gen waved cheerfully to Kim and Alex and grinned at them both. Jerry offered a meeker wave and nearly jumped out of his skin when Seth's tank suddenly crashed to the floor. Gen whirled around, also startled by the sound, and a look of disbelief crossed his face when he saw the sloth.


"Oh, what the hell?!" He exclaimed. "This guy's a giant too?!"


Seth yawned again and smacked his lips, sloooooowly sitting himself up and brushing glass and fluid from his hair. He turned his head slightly to look at Venom and nodded sleepily at him.


"Thanks, friend", he said, his voice deep and just as slow as his body.


(Bwahahahaha, the super speedster with the slow sloth. Yeah, I can see her wanting to vacate this plane of existence xDD)

 

[Matt Kulex (Alex T.)]

Alex smiled as the Kim introduced herself and took her hand "Thanks again." Alex got himself as steady as he could on his feet but was still wobbly and placed his hand on Kim's shoulder to keep balance,  which only made him feel embarrassed "S-sorry, but may I hold onto your shoulder for a bit. Just until my legs adjust of course." If it wasn't for the fur, one would be able to see just how beet red Alex's face was at that moment. As the others introduced themselves Alex took note of their names but once again found his attention drawn to the tank now next to his empty one


(I can just picture a run away scenario right now with Seth. Everyone's hightailing it to the exit with Seth way behind taking his sweet old time...this needs to happen, it just needs to.)

 

[Roxirin]

"No problem. It's fine." Kim noticed Alex's line of sight and followed it, finding herself looking at a white fox, in a tank of liquid which was seemingly darker than all the others. "Huh......"


Venom smiled and nodded. "No problem, pal." 


(XDDDD This is literally how I imagine Seth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS8dYMVr2cA Don't worry, if they need to move fast Gaia will probably help him.... but knowing her dark sense of humor, she might also leave him behind, so...... I guess we'll see XDDD


Also, Tom is basically Alopex from TMNT  : 

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