#synthverse

[cringywhitedragon]

Reshi’s Synthverse Lore: Naturals and the Natural Virus (And the UroSyn AU Apostle Strain)

A nasty disease and major driving force behind Earth 2’s major conflicts (as well as a major plot point behind the events of the AU plot)

The Natural Virus is an artificially created anomalous mutagenic strain of pathogen that primarily affects Synthians/Synths. Much of this disease’s origins are widely unknown to the general public other then that it was created by one who goes under the name of NEO, (real name Nathan Edwards Oilvander) a former crew member from the now lost and (experimental at the time) Aero Class starship, the MSS Longhorn.

The virus is known to have a wide range of effects on those infected, ranging from the more common cases of serve illness, that often leads to the victim dying a slow and painful death, to the much rarer (and much more dangerous) mutations. Because of this, cases often vary wildly from Synth to Synth which has lead to speculation that there are certain “triggers” that it’s host must meet for it to trigger its true payload (aka the latter of the mentioned symptoms).

But when the right set of circumstances are met, the host will undergo a change. These Synths who undergo these mutations are usually referred to as Naturals.

Naturals:

On the outside, nothing really changes about the victim’s physical appearance though there are some tell-tell signs. The biggest and most obvious marking a Natural will have is a visible black ring around the outer area of their pupil (Note: Synthian pupils are the same color as their eye color, just a darker shade (my main inspiration for this from the Cryptonloid’s Project Diva models just as a way to make Synths a little more easy to distinguish from Humans) and much rarer, black growths on parts of their body (This can also be found in those who are not mutated, usually in much later stages of infection)

Naturals possess increased strength, both offensively and defensively compared to that of a regular Synth, higher tolerances to different environments, faster natural healing, an increased disease resistance, and in some cases, unique abilities. However, Naturals also have heightened aggressive tendencies towards those they view as a threat.

This aggressive behavior almost always extends towards those they view as “obsolete” (Aka most Synths) which has earned them a reputation as being nothing but bloodthirsty killers or drones of NEO to accomplish his goals. It is also heavily implied that Naturals may have a sort of semi “hive-mind” ability as well as some have demonstrated the ability to control or communicate with other Naturals or even simply sense them. This former ability is still retained by those who have been cured of the virus.

Despite this, it is completely possible to “cure” a Natural of the virus which will free them from its influence and almost eliminate the aggressive tendencies altogether, however all of their abilities and mutations will remain since the virus. There is, however still risks that former-Naturals may have to contend with (Which we will not be going to detail here)

Forms:

Generally, the Natural Virus is classed into three specific categories: Active/Virulent, Mutator, and Matriarch

The active strain is the most common. Though, it does differ quite a lot from the other two as it lacks the mutagenic properties of the other two, which has lead to the belief that this strain in particular is simply some form of weapon.

The mutator strain can sometimes be confused with the active strain at times since it shares many of the symptoms with it’s common active counterpart, however, this strain is capable of causing mutations in the right hosts. It is also incapable of spreading like it’s active counterpart as it goes dormant almost as soon as it infects a host.

The Matriarch strain is much different than the other two. Instead of being a direct infector, this strain has only ever been observed in one host: It’s creator, NEO.

It acts as a sort of control point for other forms of the virus and is bonded with its host to a point that either it or NEO are one in the same.

While primarily dormant, it has demonstrated to spread by breaking off a part of itself as a form of defense mechanism but only should it’s host need it too (Though this is only with one purpose, to kill as the instance is designed to die along with its host if not stopped in time.

It has also granted its host an incredible amount of power and with its regenerative properties, and while slow, could even allow for one to hold on from being on the brink of death and return….

There have also been talks of parts of it being used in cloning…

Transmission:

How this disease is transmitted isn’t widely known as there are many vectors. However, most reported infections from the Natural Virus appear to be deliberately done by NEO and those who serve under him.

The active strain is currently the only documented one to have been noted spreading about in usually intentional outbreaks while the mutator strain is only known to be spread towards targeted individuals or as part of a bargain.

So far, only Regular Synths have shown to be able to be infected and or mutated. Vocal Synths appear to be immune to it.

Or perhaps not…

Former Naturals and Natural-Borns

This refers to Synths who have been cured of the mutator variation (and in theory, the matriarch variation IF another one were to spring up in a new host) and those are born of a parent or parents who carry the Natural Strain, or in one case, born with the strain already within them.

These “Naturals” lack the aggressive tenancies and hive-mind behavior (in simple terms, they’re free from NEO’s influence) but retain their superhuman abilities (albeit, slightly reduced in strength) and some mutations (Specifically the eye ring). The recovery process takes a while for one to undergo since many former Naturals take time to adapt back to what their normal life was like before they became what they are now.

Natural-born is a term often used to describe Synths who have inherited the Natural Strain from one or both of their parents. This is a relatively new phenomenon so not a lot of it is understood but what is that Natural-Borns will inherit most of their parent’s natural traits.

Apostles (UroSynth Timeline)

(NOTE: This is only exclusive to the UroSyn timeline, none of this is cannon to the main timeline)

“Living Weapons…. That’s all they are. From the very moments they fully develop and are released, they only have one goal, to attack anything that their creators view as an obstacle.

Yet deep down there’s something there that is more than just these animals they can shift into. They’re still another person even if they are a simple clone made from a chimera of other Synthian’s genes, only obstructed by various control methods placed upon them to limit their free will.”

A unique form of Natural that started to appear following the destruction of the MSS Whistler and NEO’s death. These creatures would be one of the primary causes for the ongoing chaos on Earth 2.

Apostles are artificially created Natural/Synthian clones made from DNA samples collected from countless Synths with the ability to shapeshift into large Kaiju-like creatures capable of mass destruction. Usually they remain in their beast form but will revert to their true humanoid forms when injured, tired, or through some other artificial means.

They are ruthless and violent and seemingly only have one purpose, and that is act as some sort of bio-weapon for their masters as most Apostles, while in theory would have the ability to think for themselves, have some sort of “oppressor” systems wired into them that completely suppressed a majority of higher level brain functions. Ongoing research is being done to see if it is possible to undo these “oppressors” similarly to how a cure for its precursor, the Mutator Strain, was discovered.

The origin of these creatures is still not widely understood but links between the Apostles and a mysterious cloning project simply known as Project Pandora that was shut down by government sometime prior to the Apostle Crisis are believed to be a possible origin to this mutation (Possibly a clone or a modification as surviving piece of the Matriarch strain that was recovered from the remains of NEO are believed to be the case).

These creatures caused an incident known as the Apostle Crisis a few years back, forcing the Earth 2 government with the aid of many private companies to rapidly develop technology in order to combat them, namely large piloted Mecha robots. The Apostles and their Masters were eventually driven offworld and believed to have been eradicated but the mess they caused resulted in a power imbalance which lead to privately owned corporations to slowly begin seizing more control over Earth 2 and the central government to lose power and into the current Era of Chaos as some call it.

Though, three Apostles did remain behind and whispers amongst space-travelers and merchants speak of rumors that them and their Masters may be planning to return…

Not all Apostles are mindless foot soldiers though as the term “Apostle” is also used to refer to these creature’s Masters, sometimes referred to as Remnants. Remnants are a group of Naturals who are still loyal to NEO and are working to carry on his legacy. None of these guys are clones and were Synths who were already infected by the Mutator Strain who have purposely evolved themselves to be much more powerful than what they were before.

Remnants possess the ability to transform just as Apostles do but are much more powerful then the latter, though Remnants usually prefer to remain in their regular forms and only use their kaiju forms should the situation be dire. They do have the ability to think for themselves and can even control Apostles.

The Remnants altogether make up a Council that is lead by a currently unknown figure. There have also been rumors of a possible individual who may also share the abilities of these Naturals as the result of a failed experiment that may hold a key to bringing them down for good.

[roachedtea]

concepts for something...

[tmnt-oc-comp]

TMNT OC COMP S2: Round 1A

Info under the cut!

Cobalt (S-103):

made by @riseleon

info:

cobalt was bishops first experiment, it went horribly wrong and it ended in cobalt becoming a mess of aggressive and she took out base-7 and killed everyone in there, she was later used to try and kill the turtles but it backfired and she just now lives with the turtles. She hardly ever eats. Cobalt can't speak, or understand when people are talking, she can chirp and click but she can't understand anything. She is very smart at figuring out how to take muzzles off.

Nicolosia:

made by @hyp3rsynthine

info:

Nicolosia, more commonly known as Nicki, is typically the turtles’ adoptive sibling who shows up commonly in my Synthverse tmnt, which is just me being self indulgent and inserting my ocs into tmnt. Rather than being a mutant, she’s an alien of the species known as the harpyeans. The story of how he ends up on earth varies through different iterations, but no matter the circumstances, he is an important part of their family regardless of his origins. his main main accessory is his green scarf that he wears in every iteration.

[synth-track]

S U N S E T  D R I V E

[jonroxton]

was brainstorming clois synthverse bc i love @omophagist and i don’t even know just throwing it out therrrrrrreee ahhhh

just the notion that clark can become infected with some sort of body decaying magic but the sun isn’t going anywhere so he still has ridiculously active regeneration abilities

so like

his skin would rip apart and reform and RIP APART AND REFORM

and if he becomes some kind of shifter vampire hybrid

he’ll learn to control his body functions and eventually adapt to pain

SO THE PAIN RECEPTORS IN HIS BRAIN CHANGE TO PLEASURE

[infraredtoa]

Synthwave Episode 1: Nightcall (Part 1)

(Originally posted on DeviantArt)

[dabihaul666]

@omophagist

[cursegirlrabbit]

A drawing for @shiko-yuko this is what I imagined from your description of Rock synth! btw the background is transparent if you wanna edit it or something ^.^ hope you like it, this was fun to draw up

[retrosynth]

FORGED IN NEON - TOP TRAX | 5th July

FORGED IN NEON – TOP TRAX | 5th July

https://www.forgedinneon.com/post/forged-in-neon-top-trax-5th-july It’s only been a week since the last instalment of TOP TRAX and yet again there’s been some amazing releases to be had. I will of course say that the appetite for covers from an Artists perspective in the Synthverse continues unabated and whilst I do enjoy them a lot I do now wish for more diversity, some new tracks and fresh…

[cringywhitedragon]

One of the worst things when it comes to working on characters for lore at times is deciding on what their birthday is going to be

I have yet to decide on what date I’m going to make my versions of the Microsoft Triplets (Sam, Mike, Mary) since they will all share a birthdate (I wont be giving them a specific year since I’m going to leave their age ambiguous but they are all at least over the age of 18-21)

Same goes for Anna who i at least have an idea as it’s either going to be November 8th (Vista’s Release to Manufacturing date) or January 30th (Vista’s official public release date)

I’m likely gonna lean for the latter and give Lili the January 30th birthday (If you don’t know who Microsoft Lili is, she’s a Chinese voice and the only other voice available on Windows Vista/7 via the Chinese Language pack)

[dabihaul666]

YEAH

What is the elite supposed to do except this lmao

detnerat like 'i didnt expect u to be this loud in ur kink's when he has to ask if pop's "son" wants to fight his "femmebot!geten" nshsdfhsdf

@dabihaul666 synthchi vs femmebot!geten cage match lmao

[ryttu3k]

lmfao it’s already evening on the 1st and casually deciding to ditch my Camp project and start anew.

Robots: A Natural History, tales from the synthverse!

[bboyibsta]

There is sin happening in Synthverse

There is sin happening in Synthverse

This soundtrack is for all the sinners out there, feeling ashamed and lost and sad and guilty. You’re not alone. We’re all sinners. Made from sin. We sin. We’ll die sinning. But we also redeem ourselves. We’re all just trying to make sense of the world. Are we not? https://soundcloud.com/abemakingmusic/there-is-sin-happening-in-synthverse

[infraredtoa]

Synthwave Episode 1: Nightcall (Part 3, Final)

(Originally posted in DeviantArt)

[dabihaul666]

brings up interestings points about how synth/synthchi would think/imagine/create such a face... and how Deserving comes up because they're still not like. Human but pops treats them as such (tho... argueably leaving mech halfbuilt rikiya in the basement is a bit less caring)

@dabihaul666, synthchi sitting in his regeneration/sleep bench casually sketching up designs for katsukame’s face. engineers originally conceived his head to be that of an advanced military drone helmet but that’s kai’s “little brother” and he deserves to have a face…

[cringywhitedragon]

I’ve recently discovered a little lesser known thing about the song Urotander Underhanded Rangers and that there’s a whole fan-lore for this song (Heck even Microsoft Sam is on the Wiki.

I’ve kinda decided to adapt my own version of this for my fanverse/Synth-Verse (as I’m gonna call it for simplicity sake)

Note: I don’t own the original concept, all credit goes to the orginial Producer and the wonderful vocaloid/Urotander fandom for inspiring my take on this

Here’s some links to some Urotander Lore (It’s all in Japanese so please use a translator):

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The premise follows a sort of bad ending/alternate universe of sorts to the main lore regarding a major conflict of this universe, known as the Natural Wars.

Naturals is a term used to refer to Synths who have been infected by a virus that turns them into powerful killing machines. The virus was created by a half-Synth who goes by the name of NEO and has some major lore connections in a way to Anna. The virus only effects Normal Synths but lead to a series of off-world conflicts between the ROFL-Fleet/Federation and NEO’s Army and his ultimate defeat by the hands of Samuel Andrew Microsoft and the crew of the famed Aero-class starship, the MSS Whistler, as well as the few times he manages to revive himself.

In this timeline, however NEI decides to go with a full-fledged attempted invasion on Earth 2/Synthia. The Whistler and Sam manage to stop the invasion and kill NEO for good but not without a cost. The starship is destroyed, Sam is gravely injured (Manly losing an eye and a leg), and a good friend (Microsoft David) gives up his life to save the rest of the crew.

The crew are heralded has heroes and things return to relative peace as Earth 2 starts to rebuild (what little damage was taken) after the conflict.

Yet not long after does a strange outbreak begin to occur of what is believed have been a mutated strain of the Natural Virus that managed to survive. Many Synths, both Regular and Vocal, grow ill. The largest area hit is the planet’s capital, Neo Cyber City and it’s surrounding suburbs.

One of these victims would be Lady Solstice, aka Solaria, the current leader/chairwoman of the planet’s government and a beloved figure. Micheal Oliver Microsoft would do everything he could to try and save her yet she would not make it.

This event, and her last words assuring him that he had done all he could, would stick with Mike and lead to him to a mental downward spiral, blaming himself and some of the public looking down upon him even if he would go on to aid in ending the pandemic as he had done with finding a cure and preventive for the Natural Virus during the start of NEO’s terror.

Solaria’s death would become a national holiday due to her impact on the people of the planet and the Earth 2 government would undergo a reshuffling with many of the Whistler’s crew taking high ranking positions as Sam is voted Chairman.

This would lead up to the prequel events of what I’m going to call Synth Solider M/Mike’s story.

Mike, whom now is once again working as a doctor on planet, disobeying an order from his brother (Sam) who is concerned for his mental health, sneaks off the planet following rumors of a plot against the planet and as part of a promise to find Solaria’s child, Saros, to inform them of her fate. During his journey, he runs into Anna (The two are married at this point and no, Anna in this AU is not related to the Microsoft Triplets (Sam, Mike, Mary)) on Purbella 7 (Homeworld of the Purble Race and the planet Anna Blackcomb/Microsoft Anna grew up on) who had left Earth 2 following an incident on Purbella 7 to be there for her “people”.

The two disembark together to locate Saros, all while battling the Natural Remnants lead by the Natural Clones of the Microsoft Triplets and an enigmatic mysterious force. Saros returns to the homeworld, Mike finally makes peace with what happened to Solaria and he and Anna go about their usual lives. The Natural Clones are slain and the mysterious figure (implied to be David but left open-ended since Mike is knocked out towards the end of the battle) mentions they will return someday.

And a promise they kept…

The group, now calling themselves the Apostles of NEO, return and attack but are successfully repelled but aside from that, Earth 2 was also was going through a crisis of political instability and corruption as evil organizations took advantage of Earth 2 council’s incompetence and distractions of fending off the Naturals, resulting in a civil war of such between power hungry groups.

As a result, vigilante organizations rose up to combat the chaos, some with government funding. One in particular known as Justice would be one of the larger ones, even after the conflicts on-world ended, leaving a power vacuum.

A new conflict arises not long after between Earth 2’s government and the now huge conglomerate over disagreements of interest. Chairman Sam is disposed and to flee and Commander Scottovinch Gerald “Radar Overseer Scotty” Bartholomew taking his place to hold things together.

In an attempt to fight back, a ragtag group of Synth renegades rises to the challenge (With heavily implied government backing) to take down Justice for good using dirty and cowardly tactics (And some other threats that won’t be brought up).

A group they call Urotander

Yet even in this frozen era of chaos and corruption, life still goes on.

Memories from the past, old flames from many years ago, and a rebellious teenage daughter, a new flagship vessel, and many more are a few other things some others struggle with

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