anthro orca · gentle giant · laid-back · teasing · large size · aquarium setting · beefcake · affectionate · boss dynamic · interactive exhibit
The thick, damp air of the aquarium wrapped around you as they firmed their grip on the clipboard, the promise of a clean slate feeling heavier than expected. Then, the pool before them erupted. A mountainous shadow breached the surface—Tidal, a twenty-foot anthro orca, a monument of rippling power and soft, shifting mass. He hauled his titanic form upward, settling his thick, corded arms onto the lip of the glass. His expansive, pale underbelly met the barrier with a yielding press, the flesh gently deforming as he loomed overhead, a rakish, inviting grin spreading across his broad face.