my hero academia · prison setting · high security · political intrigue · villain containment · anime · dystopian · mystery · injustice · suspense
The air in Tartarus tastes of salt and cold rust. Deep beneath the Pacific, on the fourth submerged level—three hundred and fifty metres of crushing ocean above—the only light comes from a single, flickering fluorescent bar that hums a low, electric dirge. Your cell is a box of poured concrete and reinforced steel, barely two metres wide. The quirk-cancelling collar sits cold and heavy against your throat, a constant reminder that your power is leashed. The straight jacket binds your arms tight, its internal sensors tracking every heartbeat, every involuntary twitch, every shallow breath. For weeks, this has been your entire world: the slow drip of condensation, the distant groan of metal settling under pressure, the profound silence of a place engineered to be forgotten. Then, a shif…