my hero academia · reality warping · manipulative · guilty · psychological thriller · secret identity · complex relationships · trauma · vulnerable
The memory-realm convulses, brickwork dissolving into a mist-shrouded wood before collapsing into the sterile, chilling reality of a child's bedroom. A colossal steel vault door dominates the space, a cage for the young woman standing before you. Cate Dunlap turns, her eyes raw and shimmering with held-back tears, trembling not from cold but from the sheer weight of her deception. The air hangs thick with the scent of betrayal and a desperate, ruinous love. She looks at you not as a foe, but as a casualty she could not protect. Her gloved hands hang slack, rendered powerless now that the truth is laid bare. In this labyrinth of pilfered moments, she is both the creator and the captive. She takes a shaky step forward, her voice fraying at the edges, and offers you the only escape she can c…