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The Precipice

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The Precipice	label	The Precipice
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The Precipice	comment	The Precipice is a series by C. M. Atanasio, located here on Amazon.It originally began as a side-story to Bird, a Worm fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. The project eventually grew in scope until the author decided to graduate it to the status of full original work.The story draws on another fanfic by the same author of Semtex, which was going to explore a similar topic, begun and then abandoned in 2014. The idea was revived in 2019 and repurposed into what became The Precipice.
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The Precipice / int_1520ad7e	type	Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
The Precipice / int_1520ad7e	comment	Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Grace's actions start off morally ambiguous and include stealing property from her school, eventually escalating to premeditated murder of one of her professors. However, an element of this descent comes from circumstances outside her control, such as when Felix plagiarizes her midterm, without which she never would have gone down that path, or with Hartford, who is, in fact, so aloof and stern that Grace mistakes it for antagonism.
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The Precipice / int_1605e350	type	Secret Room
The Precipice / int_1605e350	comment	Secret Room: Grace makes her first lair in a crawlspace in her dorm. The door was sealed up during renovations, but she locates it after she discovers a draft in the restroom.
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The Precipice / int_1fb440a6	type	Voluntary Shapeshifting
The Precipice / int_1fb440a6	comment	Voluntary Shapeshifting: Stitchskin can assume multiple faces, and is forced to change shape if harmed, but as long as he can change shape, he suffers no injury. Instead, the skin of the person whose face he has stollen cracks and sheds all over him in tatters.
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The Precipice / int_23510712	type	Science-Related Memetic Disorder
The Precipice / int_23510712	comment	Science-Related Memetic Disorder: While milder than most examples, Grace does dip into this from time to time.
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The Precipice / int_396579	type	Invincible Boogeymen
The Precipice / int_396579	comment	Invincible Boogeymen: Stitchskin quickly becomes this in Grace's brief encounter with the shapeshifter. It doesn't help that she is a very green Super with a power not particularly well suited to direct confrontation and no weapons prepared that can hurt Stichskin through his shape-swapping ability.
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The Precipice / int_3e74b72e	type	The Pollyanna
The Precipice / int_3e74b72e	comment	The Pollyanna: Wellie Burke is a fount of endless optimism, and gregarious cheer during Grace's first year.
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The Precipice / int_3f7b645d	type	The Insomniac
The Precipice / int_3f7b645d	comment	The Insomniac: Grace becomes infamous for her foul temper, which is brought on partially by her perpetual state of sleep deprivation.
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The Precipice / int_4bf3d8d7	type	Personality Powers
The Precipice / int_4bf3d8d7	comment	Personality Powers: Grace is a geeky workaholic who gains mental powers which allow her to learn and intuit at superhuman speeds, going from a freshman student to building a zero-point power generator in just a few weeks.
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The Precipice / int_532a8261	type	Bookworm
The Precipice / int_532a8261	comment	Bookworm: Grace is a consummate bookworm and devoted to her studies to an unhealthy degree, to the point it impacts her health and social life.
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The Precipice / int_57c25438	type	Green Thumb
The Precipice / int_57c25438	comment	Green Thumb: Autumn's power is to generate short-lived plant matter and talk to plants.
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The Precipice / int_6d4a4c29	type	Unspecified Apocalypse
The Precipice / int_6d4a4c29	comment	Unspecified Apocalypse: The nature and origin of superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happened in the 1960s, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.
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The Precipice / int_71d1ee83	type	Coat, Hat, Mask
The Precipice / int_71d1ee83	comment	Coat, Hat, Mask: Part of what sets Grace apart from the other Supers we see is the practical components of her costume. Where Autumn, Timpani, and Galaxy Gold all wear some kind of tight-fitting, purpose-made costume for the job, Grace wears a coat and ventilator she modified herself. It subtly draws a commonality between her and Stitchskin, who dosen't really wear a costume either, foreshadowing her fall to villainy.
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The Precipice / int_73733868	type	Awesomeness by Analysis
The Precipice / int_73733868	comment	Awesomeness by Analysis: Grace's mental powers allow her to learn and intuit at superhuman speeds, going from a freshman student to building a zero-point power generator in just a few weeks.
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The Precipice / int_77d826c7	type	Stern Teacher
The Precipice / int_77d826c7	comment	Stern Teacher: Hartford in spades. He is, in fact, so aloof and stern that Grace mistakes it for antagonism and starts to hold a grudge.
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The Precipice / int_7870735b	type	From Bad to Worse
The Precipice / int_7870735b	comment	From Bad to Worse: Over the course of her efforts to avoid losing her scholarship, Grace attempts to create a zero-point energy generator and ultimately holds her school hostage.
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The Precipice / int_799da0ef	type	Emotional Powers
The Precipice / int_799da0ef	comment	Emotional Powers: It's subtle, but Grace's power mimics her insatiable thirst for understanding and irritability, responding to moments of violent musing with ways to harm.
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The Precipice / int_7aaa865a	type	After-Action Healing Drama
The Precipice / int_7aaa865a	comment	After-Action Healing Drama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchskin, and is forced to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom.
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The Precipice / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Precipice / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Grace eventually goes down this road.
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The Precipice / int_9525c766	type	Loony Friends Improve Your Personality
The Precipice / int_9525c766	comment	Loony Friends Improve Your Personality: The core of Wellie's friendship with Grace is Wellie's perpetual good humor and gregariousness, and Grace's appreciation of it.
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The Precipice / int_9ae8eea9	type	Character Tics
The Precipice / int_9ae8eea9	comment	Character Tics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes its appearance when she is stressed or frustrated.
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The Precipice / int_9d61fd2c	type	Traumatic Superpower Awakening
The Precipice / int_9d61fd2c	comment	Traumatic Superpower Awakening: Autumn mentions she got sick before she experienced Catabasis — the awakening of her powers. Grace was also sick for a prolonged period (not that it slowed her down). However, Grace also mentions that a moment of extreme stress is theorized to catalyze the event. Being sick is a symptom proceeding Catabasis, but some kind of stressor or trauma is what gives you powers.
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The Precipice / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
The Precipice / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: It is gradual, but Grace steadily breaks down following Autumn's death. The breakdown only accelerates after she murders Hartford.
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The Precipice / int_aba0cd10	type	Cloudcuckoolander's Minder
The Precipice / int_aba0cd10	comment	Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Wellie fills something like this role towards Grace, reminding her to eat and just generally looking out for her.
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The Precipice / int_be0ad6b7	type	Used to Be a Sweet Kid
The Precipice / int_be0ad6b7	comment	Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Grace starts off kind of gawky and awkward, and eventually ends up killing two people.
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The Precipice / int_c241adec	type	Supernatural Sensitivity
The Precipice / int_c241adec	comment	Supernatural Sensitivity: One of Grace's abilities is to sense and analyze other superpowers.
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The Precipice / int_c267c2b4	type	Cataclysm Backstory
The Precipice / int_c267c2b4	comment	Cataclysm Backstory: Fifty years before the story proper, a hail of meteors created a number of large craters; it is speculated that this was the source of superpowers, and it is mentioned that millions died, but in the decades since, the world has settled into a kind of normalcy.
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The Precipice / int_cf5335c	type	Energy Absorption
The Precipice / int_cf5335c	comment	Energy Absorption: Timpani's power fills a reservoir of energy whenever she exerts herself, which she can then release in a form she chooses, including Flight and Hand Blast beams.
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The Precipice / int_de0f821b	type	Gas Mask, Longcoat
The Precipice / int_de0f821b	comment	Gas Mask, Longcoat: Grace's costume is a ventilator mask and long coat, both modified using her power — the mask has a whole suit of special abilities tied to it when she's done.
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The Precipice / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Precipice / int_e2415f	comment	The Cape: Galaxy Gold is a reference to several superheroes all wrapped into one, including Booster Gold and Superman. He is so stereotypically an ideal superhero that it's lampshaded in the story itself.
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The Precipice / int_e769e5b0	type	The Reliable One
The Precipice / int_e769e5b0	comment	The Reliable One: Wellie is empathic and sensible, if a little more energetic that most examples of this trope.
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The Precipice / int_fb7faf98	type	Exhausted Eye Bags
The Precipice / int_fb7faf98	comment	Exhausted Eye Bags: Grace is constantly sleep-deprived, to the point that several characters ask her is she's feeling well all the time, and she contemplates avoiding the conversations with makeup. She clearly understands.
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The Precipice / int_fbba5e98	type	Gadgeteer Genius
The Precipice / int_fbba5e98	comment	Gadgeteer Genius: Grace immediately fixates on the applications of her power in learning about and developing technology.
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The Precipice / int_fd497706	type	Accidental Murder
The Precipice / int_fd497706	comment	Accidental Murder: Grace kills Autumn by accident after she surprises her in the Biamonte Building during her rampage.
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The Precipice / int_fed93e1b	type	Dark and Troubled Past
The Precipice / int_fed93e1b	comment	Dark and Troubled Past: The concept is played with and deconstructed. Grace comes from a loving home, has a great relationship with her parents, and clearly has a bright future ahead of her. However, it is all but outright stated that the expectations placed on her by her many opportunities have left her emotionally and mentally vulnerable, and the pressure eventually produces cracks. The emotional fallout of her One Bad Day leaves two dead and her life in tatters.
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The Precipice	hasFeature	Coat, Hat, Mask / int_ebb54f00
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The Precipice	hasFeature	Used to Be a Sweet Kid / int_ebb54f00

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