The Skins are a species of humans native to an alternate Earth where anthropomorphic apes are the dominant species.
Biology[]
Skins physically are the same as humans from contemporary Earth. Albeit more feral and less hygienic. They appear to be mentally impaired or possess lesser intelligence, lacking speech and language. Though they are still an expressive species and are able to adapt to the circumstances and be taught simple commands. But are capable of self-guided interest and can turn on their owners.
Culture[]
Skins are given the name by the apes due to their hairless bodies. In the world which they live in, which is an alternate Earth set in the 1970s, at the end of the Vietnam War, skins are nothing but property. In C.A., USA, the ownership of skins appears to be common. Skins are kept and used for a variety of purposes such as cheap labor in which the apes train the skins they possess to clean their properties. A gas station known as Kong Gas is seen to utilized a skin, chained to the local and trained to pump gas for ape patrons. Due to their status as animals, skins can be used as test subjects in experiments before ape trials in drug experiments.
Skin stables are most common among the motorcycle charters, raising both genders in the same area and feeding them rubbish. Ownership is identified by a brand carved in their left shoulder with a charter logo. However it appears that they use skins in blood-matches called skin-fights, where skins fight to the death whilst the apes make bets on the outcome. Skin involved in these events usually have their hair shaved as per protocol.
Wild skins do exist, though they some appear to originate from skins who were domesticated and escaped from their ape masters and captivity.
To the apes, skins are nothing but slaves or animals to be exploited. Appearance wise apes are revolted by their lack of fur and normally find them disgusting. Though a few deviant apes have been known to engage in beastiality with skins, taking them as lovers. Other subculture of apes have been known to eat skins and even their cubs as food.
Known Skins[]
- Bubba: A giant skin owned by Abe Simian and his champion in the skin-fights. Bubba was killed and his position as champion was later usurped and taken by Rex who was owned by the biker gang the Humans.
- Elija: A big dark skin who was at the skin-fight in Flex Trucking, and owned by the Haterz. He won a match against a male skin named Jacco by using another skin's leg as a club.
- Florence: A female skin with a green mohawk who was used as a sex slave to a chimp named Karns after his previous skin died. Later escaped into the wild when her ape masters were engaged in a gang war, taking another skin with her named Rex and became his mate.
- Georgene: A female skin who was Karns former lover, and later her skin was tanned to make leather for a pair of hand-crafted boots in order for the chimp to keep her close.
- Sheba: A female skin who fought in a match against another female skin and lost.
- Rex: A scrawny male skin owned by the Humans M.C. who was identified as a killer among his herd. Won against Bubba becoming the new skin champion. Later escaped into the wild when his ape masters were engaged in a gang war, following another skin named Florence who later became his mate in the wild.
- Ronda: A female skin owned presumably by the Los Muertos M.C. and won a match against Sheba.
Source[]
- The Human Issue 0
- The Human Issue 2
- The Human Issue 3
- The Human Issue 4
- The Human Issue 7
- The Human Issue 9