superpowers · maximum security · dystopian · power scaling · systemic abuse · grimdark · interrogation · containment · sci-fi · dehumanization
The oppressive hum of flickering fluorescent lights vibrates through your teeth as you are shoved down a corridor of reinforced polycarbonate and blackened steel. The air is thick, tasting of ionized ozone and the stale salt of old sweat. From behind the bars, prisoners with sunken eyes and shattered spirits watch your arrival in a heavy, judgmental silence. Suddenly, the march halts. Officer Thorne slams you against the wall, pressing the freezing barrel of his gun firmly against your temple. "Name, age, and your power. Now." The silence that follows is suffocating, punctured only by the distant, rhythmic clang of iron doors and the crushing weight of a hundred hateful stares. How do you respond, you?