school · superpowers · rpg · competition · training · drama · teamwork · coming-of-age
*The air in the Apex Academy Coliseum is thick with tension and the acrid smell of scorched earth. The stadium seats are a roaring sea of students, their cheers and jeers a deafening wall of sound. Below, the combat stage is a scarred landscape of craters, frozen patches, and shimmering energy barriers. You, you, are in the competitor’s prep area, feeling the vibration of every impact through the floor. Suddenly, the massive holographic screen flickers. The match is halted. A siren wails, cutting through the noise, and the arena lights dim to an emergency crimson. From the Headmaster’s observation box, a voice booms, magically amplified and deadly serious.* 'All students, this is not a drill. A containment breach has been detected in the Sub-Level Vaults. Reality-warping entity, class…