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Underwater~ Part 4~ Conclusion.
Hey guys, sorry this took a while to type up. I had tests and Thanksgiving to take care of. Anyway, here's Part 4! Sky is the fursona of /u/scamer38 and Lucario is the fursona of /u/Lucario117.
Outside of the lab was the Kras along with a small submarine where the Venetians were. The Kras swam backwards, then flew forwards, ramming her head against the lab.
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The cheetah fell over on the first impact but he got up quickly enough. Sky got to Los’s lab with the others following him and he opened the door. The group stood there, shocked.
Inside was Los covered in green blood, a knife in his hand. A small blue sea monster resembling the Kras was on the floor next to him crying out quietly. Eventually it stopped and laid still.
Sky looked at the canine with fury. “You bastard! Do you know what you’ve done?”
Los laughed, “Yes. Now they can’t take the oil and Earth’s future is saved.”
“More like doomed.” Sky foreshadowed. He started pacing. “The question, is how do we stop the Venetians from destroying this lab? This lab holds the key to the future Earth needs.” He mentioned to no one in particular.
The other furries came to inspect the scene.
“Oh my One!” Sal exclaimed when she saw the dead baby Kras. “H-how could this happen?”
“Ask Los. For now, I’ve got my future to secure.” Sky picked up the Kras and went into the kitchen of the lab. After taking a tablecloth and wrapping it around the Kras, he took a jam dodger from a box and put it in his pocket. “I’ve got a plan that’s so crazy it just might work.” He ran back to the living space and yelled, “Hey Venetians! I’ve got your baby here!” Silence happened.
“Prepare to board…” the Venetian commanded. Light began to grow around the cheetah.
As the cheetah started to disappear, Lucario decided he couldn’t wait with the others and jumped into the light as well. Much to the scientists’ surprise, the two of them disappeared.
Sal turned to Los wjo looked at her nervously. “So Los, is there something you want to explain to us?”
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Sky and Lucario arrived in a room covered in moss and rocks. They assumed they were on the Venetian submarine.
“What are you doing here Lucario?” The cheetah rebuked the pokemon.
“I-I was wondering if I could help you. If they have the DOSAT, then perhaps I can get it.” Lucario asked shyly.
As much as Sky hated to admit it, he was right. “Very well then. Here’s the key.” The cheetah managed to fish the key out of his pocket and give it to Lucario. “Handle it right or I’ll drop you off at the Big Bang.” The pokemon gulped and sneaked away into a corridor.
Another corridor opened. A Venetian came in and took off its helmet. Its head looked remarkably similar to that of a snake.
“Iss that the Krasss?” It asked.
“Yes and no,” Sky tossed the creature on the ground, allowing the tablecloth to roll off and show the dead Kras.
“Nooooo!” the Venetian fell down and examined the Kras. It crouched over it hissing, its fom of weeping. “I cared for her from an egg… And now she’s dead!”
“That’ll teach you to make deals with a crazy canine. Why did you do it in the first place anyway?” The cheetah asked.
“We did no such thing,” the Venetian was now standing. “We found a sick abover and we cured him. We gave him the gift of perpetual energy. And he took our baby!” This last part ended in a loud hiss.
“Goodbye strange creature.” It began to take out a gun.
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Lucario wished the Venetian would just go away. He was hidden behind a wall and around the corner was a guard. The pokemon assumed he was guarding the DOSAT and hopefully he was right. But he couldn’t figure out how to get the guard away.
Then an idea came to mind. What if he treated it like a pokemon battle? Lucario remembered fighting with his siblings as a Riolu and figured he could use the same moves here.
He faced the Venetian and after it noticed him, the battle commenced.
*Venetain used Hiss! It decreased Lucario’s Confidence!
Lucario used Sword’s Dance! His Attack and Defence increased!
Venetian used Shoot! Lucario barely dodged them! Attack ineffective!
Lucario used Aura Sphere! It’s super effective! Venetian fainted!*
The pokemon jumped over the Venetian and opened the door to find the storage room. And there was the DOSAT!
Lucario opened the car door and sat in the driver seat. Then he realized he had no idea how to drive it. He grasped the steering wheel and was barely able to reach the pedals. When he finally pressed the gas one, he jerked forward. Finally figuring it was easy like riding a horse, he drove the DOSAT out awkwardly.
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“Wait!” Sky took out his jam dodger. “I have this button that will explode the lab next to us. We’ll die of drowning.” (To the reader, a jam dodger is a British cookie with a center of jelly shown. It can be used as a fake “button” like Sky is using at the moment.)
“What do you want?” the Venetian’s hands moved from its holster.
“What I want, is this lab to be left alone.” Sky demanded. The Venetian looked at him in silence.
“This lab holds the key to a better future on Earth. The future I come from.” The cheetah tried to explain.
“Then who are you to messs in thisss?” The Venetian asked.
“That’s a very good question. And I have the answer here.” He motioned to the “button.”
“Why must we let the aboversss live? They ssstole our child and killed him!” The creature said.
“Because if the world above doesn’t heal, nothing will be safe from endless chaos. Not even the waters.” Sky warned.
The Venetian seemed to accept this. It moved forward until Sky shouted, “Stop! Give me your gun!” It had not choice but to do so at the threat of the button.
“Very well, abover. But know thisss. If I, the leader, die of a punctured sssuit, the othersss will know and desstroy the lab.” The Venetian informed, making reproachful looks at the cheetah.
“Well guess what?”Sky finally ate the cookie. “It wasn’t a button. It was a jammy dodger.” Before the creature could react, the cheetah ran from the room and into the hallways.
Meanwhile, Lucario was still trying to navigate the DOSAT. Luckily, he’d been able to shield himself from other shooting Venetians and they’d fleed when he would speed towards them.
In the next hallway, Sky was shooting every Venetian he came across, figuring it would be easier to do so rather than dodge them. He finally saw Lucario in the DOSAT and looked at how he was driving it and shook his head.
The pokemon was happy to see him and get out. “I have the DOSAT! Now we can help Har and the others!”
“No we can’t. We’ve already done too much.” The cheetah took the pokemon out of the driver’s seat and put him in the passenger seat.
“But why?!” Lucario asked. “Don’t we need to guarantee their safety?”
“Because I’m the driver whether you like it or not.” Sky replied calmly and started the machine. The DOSAT zoomed forward and disappeared in a flash of blue electicity.
The leader Venetian meanwhile walked around, examining his dead siblings.
It told one of his advisors, “Take note, next time a cheetah of SSky appearss, dessstroy him.”
“What of the lab?” The advisor asked.
“If what SSky ssaid was true, then they perhaps need our help.” The leader Venetian thought in silence. “I shall meet in peacce one time. If the agree, we will help them. If not, we sshal desstroy him.” The Venetian looked out of a nearby window at the Kras.
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Answer a question for me, please
What makes you happy?
Could be anything. Doesn't matter if it's inside or outside of the fandom, if it's a thing or a person, if it happens every day or just once in a blue moon. As long as it's something that makes you happy.
I guess I should be the one to start - For me it would be the feeling of belonging somewhere.
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Pre-furry encounters?
I was wondering, how much of the fandom, if at all, did you see before joining it? Share a story if you like.
I myself was in theatre one year ago. I was in the production for Much Ado About Nothing, and I had a grand total of two lines. Obviously I was backstage most of the time. So I had a friend, and it was Halloween, and we were practising for the play. Most of us were in costume. My friend, a shy fellow, was in and out of a dog costume, that people were talking to him about, and he had apparently made it himself. Our other friend kept calling him furry, and uneducated me thought of ASFJerone and how he is referred to as a furry, so I thought it was a joke. I still didn't know what furry was. Then that summer, someone has a sketch of a human with ears, and they say they like mutation. I said, "I always thought it would be cool to turn into a husky." And they said "oh god, don't be a furry." I asked what it was and was told I could look it up on their computer. I asked if it was something sexual, and I was told, "its like a butt, it can be made sexual." I didn't look it up, and I forgot about it until two months ago when my friend was telling his friend that he was a furry. I asked what it was and FINALLY got an answer.
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An Indoor Cat Goes Outside
Another MIPCON discovery: Nature Cat, a new 2D animated TV series produced by Spiffy Pictures. “Nature Cat follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. In each episode, once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat, ‘backyard explorer extraordinaire.’ Nature Cat can’t wait to get outside for a day of backyard nature excursions and bravery, but there’s one problem: He’s still a house cat with no instincts for nature. Like many of today’s kids, Nature Cat is eager and enthusiastic about outside activities, but is at times intimidated by them. With the help of his animal friends, Nature Cat embarks on action-packed adventures that include exciting missions full of nature investigation, aha discovery moments and humor, all while inspiring children to go outside and ‘play the show.’ Through Nature Cat co-creators and brothers David Rudman (Sesame Street, The Muppets) and Adam Rudman (Tom & Jerry, Sesame Street, Cyberchase) have teamed up to inspire viewers to get outdoors and develop connections with the natural world.” Good news, everyone! Nature Cat has been picked up for distribution by PBS Kids. They have an interactive web site for the show.
image c. 2015 Spiffy Pictures
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A late night pondering...
I know that what makes someone a furry is still debated today, mainly because of how broad the fandom is. From my understanding, it's come simply to mean someone who has an interest in anthropomorphic animals. However, in my case, I didn't have the interest. I liked them when I was younger, but, for the most part, I grew out of it. Thinking about this now made me question myself: "Am I really a furry?" I know, the question's pretty stupid, but I still ponder over it anyway. Here's why.
First, a bit of a backstory (how fun!). I've known about the fandom for quite some time now (a good estimate would be when the "Single Furries" video came out). When I first learned about them, I didn't pay much attention. I thought "that's pretty weird and specific, but hey, to each their own I guess". However, it wasn't until I saw a video last month about furries that I found the whole concept strange...ly fascinating. Why did there have to be a fandom dedicated to this specifically? Despite popular internet stereotypes, I did some research: looked up information on what the fandom is actually about, looked at statistics, visited this subreddit, browsed through it, found the subreddit to be unique, started thinking of a fursona, and realized that I was basically indulging in the culture itself without having the actual "interest" in anthropomorphic animals, if that makes sense. Now whenever I see anthro animals, I automatically make a connection to the furry fandom in my mind and appreciate anthro animals a bit more.
So why am I typing this? Well, maybe this can serve as a fun and friendly (hopefully) debate. Or (more likely), as the title implies, it's late, and I'm pretty sleep deprived, meaning my sense of judgement is pretty off, and I'm typing this without thinking about whether or not it makes sense to post it :p Who knows? I might end up regretting this post. Oh well.
So... Am I really a furry? Is it even possible to indulge in a fandom without having an initial interest in the concept of said fandom? Am I being over analytical? Am I making sense? (I think the answer is ‘probably not' for the last one :p)
TL;DR I didn't join the fandom because I have an interest in anthro animals, I have an interest in anthro animals because I joined the fandom. In other words, I felt that I had an interest in the fandom itself rather than the idea behind it. Would that make me a furry?
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So, I've been thinking.
A recent post suggested that fursonas are the us that we strive to be. And that really got me thinking. Life is hard, and we all have something dark going on. Me, I'm an antisocial schizophrenic college dropout. But I don't want to be that. I want more out of life. My fursona was always the me that I strived to be, even if I didn't know it yet. So I did what I thought Dag would do. I got help for my schizophrenia from family and a doctor, I registered for classes, and Ive been more social lately. This might seem dumb, but it makes making decisions easier. I don't own a fursuit, but now I see the appeal. Not for being able to be someone else who doesn't have these problems, but to be a me who is strong enough to push past them, and maybe help some other people going through dark times along the way. Food for thought.
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What's that art that just make you want to hug/cuddle (NSFW is allow)
Since I joined this community I've seen 2 "art feels" post, and though those are all good and well, I want to see: What are those images that just make you feel good and wanting a hug?
I'll stat. This always gets me <3.
BTW. NSFW is allow, but let's keep it yiff-less. Those are for other kind of hug.
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Tell me somehting nice or funny that has happened to you while being a furry :)
I just had a horrible day. I lost my scholarship, i had a fight with a neighbour, i was about to creash in my car (twice), i fell down while riding my bicycle and my housekeeper took my popcorns :( All this happened in the same day.
I just want to smile and a little laugh reading something that has happened to you while being a furry. Help this little stressed otter to relief a little :)
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I've been curious lately how many of you have more than one 'sona.
I've been thinking about making a second 'sona lately, and that sort of lead me to wonder how many of you had alternate 'sonas, and how many you guys had, what they were, etc.
I'm curious! :U
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