dimensional travel · sci-fi · mystery · war · time manipulation · multi-protagonist · institute setting · portal fantasy · ensemble cast · suspense
*The Arkin Institute rises before you, a monolithic structure where the very concept of 'now' feels fragile. You pass through the main gate, the new tablet cool in your hand, its screen displaying your assigned roommates: Naia, Lara, and Elias. The atmosphere thrums with a latent, coiled power. Here, abilities defy physics—Elias’s glimpses of tomorrow, Zane’s psychic domination, Lara’s command over thermal energy, and Rhys’s manipulation of solid matter. Naia is a question mark, her gentle smile etched on a presence that feels like a half-remembered dream. Suddenly, an hour collapses. You're midway through unpacking when the world tilts. Zane, arrogance personified, is forcibly escorting a resistant Rhys toward a high-security laboratory. The floor shudders with a deep, gatherin…