the disinformation age-

chapter one - EXCERPT

cws for: cigarettes, implied body horror, whatever is going on w agent frankenstein

The footsteps behind him say it all; he has no reason to glance back when the pattern is familiar, and so he simply waves his cigarette around, ashes flicking down to start the long journey to the pavement, which they will inevitably dissolve before hitting. “What do you want, Frankenstein?” 

Agent Frankenstein is also a product of the A.R.C. Program, but there are many who think that doesn’t sit right. Productdoesn’t feel right when a man like Frankenstein would never allow himself to be considered a commodity; as one of five Agents in the entire organization, which is the elite of over four million people, he ishis own creator. “Checking up on you, Nines. Is there anything you wish to tell me?” 

“Nothing I can think of.” 

“I don’t recall you smoking.” 

Nickei snickers, bringing the cigarette back up to his lips. It isn’t that he’s a smoker: he tries to stay away from the damn things as much as possible, but sometimes, his thoughts lead him here. Or a particularly difficult mission. 

But today is an anniversary, and for that, he’ll allow himself an indulgence in his bad habit. “I don’t recall you caring.” 

Frankenstein shakes his head, sitting cross-legged next to Nickei, his lab coat billowing in the wind. It’s the kind of wind that won’t affect the people down there, but will take out the weak-willed from this high up: another test and another leveled-playing field, Nickei supposes. “You’re strange, kid. You know that, don’t you?” 

“Can’t say I’ve ever been told that before. What do you want?”The first half of the sentence is doused in so much sarcasm that Nickei has a hard time pretending it isn’t there, the second half snarled as he holds out the cigarette. 

Frankenstein takes it, pinching it out between his already-discolored fingers. Between chemicals and burns and bleach, Nickei doesn’t know how the Agent still has feeling there, but he isn’t one to pry into a story that isn’t his. “We’re reopening a case.”

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the disinformation age - cast -[ ERROR ]

REN

[ last name UNKNOWN]

is the buried secret of the A.R.C. Initiative; filled to the brim with potential since the age of eight, and yet still a desolate waste of space, VILLAINhis label among the press and DISGRACEamong those who know of his history.

From hero to villain to reform project, Ren sits as the darling of a confidentiality order and the death penalty’s pity, he’s a product of the company and nothing more.

AGE - 21

ABILITY - Black Out

STATUS - Trainee / formerVILLAIN

APPEARANCE - Dyed dark red hair; electric yellow eyes, freckles; Lichtenberg scars across upper collarbones; handprint-like black scar and darkened veins across the upper right arm

HISTORY - The son of a renowned Iridium City C.E.O. - [ DATABASE UPDATE ] - A villain born and raised - [ ERROR ] - A defect from the A.R.C. Initiative - [ the file you are trying to view is above your clearance level ]

ACCOMPLISHMENTS - The culprit behind the infamous Black Out case at age fifteen; the longest to survive the original, company-induced Black Out, which his ability is named after; the longest-running case trial that has graced the A.R.C. Initiative’s doors and courts.

TROPES - villain with a heroic streak; complicated histories; anti-hero; hero-turned villain

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AGENT FRANKENSTEIN

is one of five Agents in the A.R.C. Initiative, the elite of the elite, a scientist at heart with little of the latter. As a man with higher status than the Mayor, Frankenstein sits as the amalgamation of the A.R.C. Initiative’s teachings.

Unwilling to mentor a protege and stuck with one regardless, Frankenstein creates the game on puppet strings that everyone willplay.

AGE - UNKNOWN

ABILITY - Mind Mitigation [ ERR - CLASSIFIED ]

STATUS - Agent

APPEARANCE - Choppy, uneven blond hair, patched-together skin in greens and purples, red stitches, and discolored ligaments. Round, silver glasses, one lens broken, and a tattered suit jacket - commonly switched out with an equally-tattered blue lab coat.

HISTORY - Frankenstein is what Frankenstein has created. All records saying, implying, or inquiring otherwise are to be destroyed and their writers punished. FRANKENSTEIN IS AN AMALGAMATION OF A MAN -

ACCOMPLISHMENTS - the youngest initiate to reach Agentstatus in the history of the A.R.C. Initiative; the mentor of Nickei Nines, the scientist behind the Dark Di - [ ERROR.FILE SELF-DESTRUCTING. see a superior officer for details. ]

TROPES - villain with authority; a man who is just a little toofucked-up and clearly reads Crime & Punishment for comfort; guiding hand is in fact a snake

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