#powered novel

[mindfulwrath]

no one's going to believe me when i tell them i wrote Powered before ever seeing any of DS9. like. bashir and garak's dynamic isn't note for note the same as lupe and ambrose, but boy howdy, it harmonizes

[mindfulwrath]

Happy WBW! So, a place has ghosts, supposedly. What are some common ways to try and get rid of ghosts in your world?

Happy WBW!

For the Powered!verse, It would be pretty much the same as in our world - exorcisms, cleansings, etc. There are probably some grifters who claim to have Powers that allow them to talk to ghosts, but that's never been scientifically proven...

[mindfulwrath]

Happy WBW! Does your world have a story of monsters in the bed or closet, real or otherwise? If not monsters, what?

Happy WBW!!

In the Powered universe, Powered people (mutants, in less PC language) have existed for pretty much all of human history, but only got common in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, as mutagens spread worldwide. Tons of folkloric tales of heroes with immense strength or speed or the ability to change into animals have been reinterpreted in the modern era as ancient Powered people, vanishingly rare but certainly not unheard-of.

Of course, there are also those who ascribe tales of monsters to Powered people, instead...

[mindfulwrath]

Happy WBW! What's the town or city your OC's from like? Do they have anything interesting?

Happy WBW!

Dr. Emma Wan hails from Portland, OR; not too dissimilar from the one in reality. In the Powered universe, Portland (and the northwest in general) is one of the mutagenically cleaner places in the U.S. thanks to decades of regulation and cleanup efforts. While there are still plenty of people with hereditary Powers in the area, like Emma, it's almost unheard-of in the modern day for someone to become Powered through exposure to mutagens.

[mindfulwrathwrites]

What is Powered?

Dr. Emma Wan is a superhuman cop trained to respond to superhuman threats—currently, though, she’s been tasked with parenting N.A.T.A.L.I.A., a military android prototype (although it prefers “Nat”). When a man in a mask single-handedly floods downtown Albuquerque, Emma and Nat arrive to save the day—only to find that the attack was calculated to draw Nat out into a vulnerable position. The confrontation is interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected interloper who carries enough electrical charge in their body to trigger Nat’s deadlier contingencies.

All four escape with their lives, but Emma is left with a host of questions and a gnawing unease.

Lupe is a super-powered transient running from a catastrophic past. Living life charged to two million volts has left them with few friends and fewer options. In the hours following the confrontation downtown, the masked man approaches Lupe to recruit them to his cause: a desperate gambit to destroy the N.A.T.A.L.I.A. prototype and assassinate its supporters.

After all, it was designed to kill mutants, and once its design is finalized, mass production will begin.

Powered follows Emma and Lupe’s convergent fight to derail a ruthless extermination.

Emma must choose between her career and her morals, between her love for Nat and the lives of innocent people. Lupe must de-escalate the masked man’s plot before it builds an insurmountable pile of bodies—and reckon with the deeply inconvenient feelings they’re developing for him. Powered explores marginalization, solidarity, and the reasons why the only good cop is an ex-cop.

[mindfulwrath]

when ur adopted robot daughter says a cussword for the first time

[mindfulwrath]

I saw this sticker and my immediate reaction was "oh that's Ambrose. Ambrose has that sticker"