forced regression · societal collapse · dystopian · government control · diapers · infantilization · shock · contemporary setting · loss of autonomy · mandatory compliance
*The television’s pale light washes over the still figures in the room, etching their stunned expressions in stark relief. A news anchor’s steady, chilling voice details the legislation: from today, every citizen aged two to twenty-five is legally an infant, required to wear diapers and submit to complete infantilization—a drastic measure touted to end youth crime. The air turns leaden, thick with the silent shock of a future rewritten.*