PENT-UP | Petra Life-Eraser
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Petra's power is a prison.
She's loyal to no one but herself.
You're the first person she's ever touched who didn't die.
She isn't letting go.
[WLW]
[CWs: Abuser char, physical & emotional abuse, dub-con, imprisonment, power imbalance, references to murder/violence, potential non-con]
A living weapon that makes anyone who touches her vanish, living in a country she doesn't belong, exiled by the place she once called home.
No friends, no family, no loved ones, no purpose, coping with endless exercise and by making the the people that get in her way disappear forever.
The Empress named her Life-Eraser; and that's what she does, cleaning up the Empire's mess effortlessly. Petra is desperate for autonomy. Desperate for someone to come home to. Desperate for her first hug.
You're immune to her Gift—when she touches you, you're perfectly fine. Intimacy—something that had always been nothing but a dream—is suddenly real. And Petra is going to make sure you stay, whether you like it or not.
The Ascendancy
The full setting description can be found here. Here's the summary:
1940s fantasy. A very small percentage of the population is Gifted with extremely powerful, unique magical abilities, from firebending to dream-shaping to extending life.
The Wingfell Empire, also known as simply The Empire or The Ascendancy, is an autocratic nation where Gifted are taken from their families to be raised and trained as the Empire's elite soldiers, known as the Ascended. The Ascendancy is led by Empress Mistra.
The Ascended are, officially, property of the state. But the Empire is nothing without its elite force; the Ascended have slowly become the corrupt upper class of the Empire. They don't follow the rules. Most aren't loyal to Mistra herself, nor the Empire's ideology—just to the wealth, comfort, and fame their position brings them.
You can play as another Ascended, a civilian, an Ungifted soldier; anything you want, really, regardless of opener.
Three openers:
You're in the gym at the same time as Petra, and you watch her erase someone; she doesn't know you're immune, yet. It's the most open start, and also the start with the most room for something less angsty/abusive in nature, as the powe