#song is abbey by mitski

erm some miss power backstory for the au

little blurb to go with the post:

a blank slate, so to speak.

the perfect candidate. the ambition. the hunger for something more.

22012 was what they were looking for. an expendable cadet with an insatiable need to win.

besides, maybe her kind could be useful.

previous research had only aimed to give more power to those who had pre existing abilities. perhaps it would make more sense to experiment on a kind without such abilities. maybe then the participants body wouldn’t be overrun with raw power.

watching the other test subjects writhe in agony had gotten old. they all seemed to lack something.

was it an absence of drive?

maybe they lacked the desire to be something more.

the subjects had all been born with powers already, so it was likely they couldn’t fathom what it meant to struggle. to need that power. that advantage.

yes this time would be different.

this time would be successful.