Under the City, Under the Beast [Part 1]

No-one comes to ground-level anymore.

And why would they, choom? Don't the plaza levels have all the best stuff? The arcades, the edgezones, the chrome-shops, and all the joytoys and back-alley stim dealers you could want in this scum-hive of a city.

Yeah. Why would anyone come to ground-level?

'Cause she does. Every other week. Gettin' more frequent too. I heard her, smirkin', mutterin' to herself as she walzes through the rust-smeared shop fronts of the ol' city.

It's a simple thing. She's after the dogs.

Not the robohounds the lawmen use. Nah. She's after the real thing. Y'might think they're rare these days, but they ain't. Not down here. Not where the nutrient-rich sludge of a doped-up city drips through the shadows 'n gutters, growin' what was once a family pet up to twice its size. Twice its stature. Twice its power...

And she can't stay away. A growl here, a grinnin' face full o' teeth, and she just smiles back. Has a way with 'em. Has her way with 'em...

And thing is, a girl like her, with curves you ain't seen outside've a high-end aerodyne? She could get any ol' guy up top. They'd be fallin' over themselves, but...

But she don't want no human guy, by the sound of it.

She likes 'em with fangs. With claws. She wants them pantin' an' growlin', with forepaws hooked tighter than a weld around her hips and drool hangin' from her mouth. What she wants from a guy is four legs and a four-legged brain, nothin' more.

And hell...

Who am I to judge...?
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Another commission for the ever-wonderful Nhala, whose ideas I can never pass up. I mean, they're things like this - how could I?

I've been lovin' playing with cyberpunk themes lately, and man, there's nothing better than the beasts of the undercity. The dripping oil, the warm air rolling from rumbling generators, the thumping of paws as somethin' wiry and matted stalks you from the shadow of forgotten neon signs. So I feel a kinship with Tadia here, enjoying the monsters that develop in the unseen runoff of humanity's folly...

See this? This is the dystopian future I want.

Enjoy <3
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Want more enjoyment of the big beasts? Well then, see what else I've done for Nhala...
Wild Pleasures
The Joy of Dogsitting
Daily Training

Tadia the bunnygirl edgerunner © Nhala
Inspiration and slang taken from Cyberpunk 2077, © CD Projekt Red