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Grace Phillips is a freshman student at Aylesbury, New Hampshire. She is there for a degree in Engineering Management, but what she really wants to do is study the phenominum known as Superhumanity. She is ecstatic when she lands a coveted position as a lab assistant in the Biamonte Center, performing research on superhuman abilities. As time goes on, however, her vision of her future comes crashing down.
->''We are made human by power. We surpass humanity, by power. And by power, we regain our humanity again. Power will rule you. It rules all of us. It is the way of things.\\
Does power define you? Change you? What is power?\\\
Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.\\
In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.\\
A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.\\
Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.\\\
Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.\\
You stand on the Precipice.\\
The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge.''
->''We are made human by power. We surpass humanity, by power. And by power, we regain our humanity again. Power will rule you. It rules all of us. It is the way of things.\\
Does power define you? Change you? What is power?\\\
Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.\\
In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.\\
A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.\\
Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.\\\
Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.\\
You stand on the Precipice.\\
The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge.''
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->''We are made human by power. We surpass humanity, by power. And by power, we regain our humanity again. Power will rule you. It rules all of us. It is the way of things.\\
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-->''What is
Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.\\
In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.\\
A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.\\
Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.\\\
Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.\\
You stand on the Precipice.\\
The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge.''
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It originally begun as a side story to ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'', a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. The project eventually grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full original work.
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It originally begun began as a side story side-story to ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'', a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. The project eventually grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full original work.
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It originally begun as a side story to ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. The project eventually grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full original work.
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It originally begun as a side story to ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'', a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. The project eventually grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full original work.
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The Precipice is a Series by ''[[Creator/CMAtanasio C. M. Atanasio]]''. ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1 Located HERE ]]'' on Amazon.
Origionally begun as a sidestory to ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Bird Bird]]'' a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. Eventually the project grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full origional work.
The story draws on another fanfic by the same author of [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ 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.
The Precipice is a Series by ''[[Creator/CMAtanasio C. M. Atanasio]]''. ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1 Located HERE ]]'' on Amazon.
Origionally begun as a sidestory to ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Bird Bird]]'' a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. Eventually the project grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full origional work.
The story draws on another fanfic by the same author of [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ 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'' is a
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->'' ‘‘We are made human by power. We surpass humanity, by power. And by power, we regain our humanity again. Power will rule you. It rules all of us. It is the way of things.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Does power define you? Change you? What is power?'' ‘‘
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->'' ‘‘Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.'' ‘‘
...
->'' ‘‘Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘You stand on the Precipice. '' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge'' ‘‘ "
->'' ‘‘Does power define you? Change you? What is power?'' ‘‘
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->'' ‘‘Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.'' ‘‘
...
->'' ‘‘Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘You stand on the Precipice. '' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge'' ‘‘ "
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->'' ‘‘A
A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.
->'' ‘‘Her
Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Grace kills Autumn by accident after she surprises her in the Biamonte Building]] during her rampage.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchskin, and is focred to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom..
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchskin, and is focred to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom..
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Grace [[spoiler:Grace kills Autumn by accident after she surprises her in the Biamonte Building]] during her rampage.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchskin, and isfocred forced to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom..bathroom.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchskin, and is
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* {{Bookworm}}: Grace is a consumate bookworm and devoted to her studies to an unhealthy degree, to the point it impacts her health and social life.
* TheCape: Galaxy Gold is a refference to several superheroes all wrapped into one. Including Booster Gold and Superman. He is so stereotypically an ideal superhero that it's lapshaded in the story itself.
* CharacterTics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes its appearence when she is stressed or frustrated.
* TheCape: Galaxy Gold is a refference to several superheroes all wrapped into one. Including Booster Gold and Superman. He is so stereotypically an ideal superhero that it's lapshaded in the story itself.
* CharacterTics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes its appearence when she is stressed or frustrated.
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* {{Bookworm}}: Grace is a consumate consummate bookworm and devoted to her studies to an unhealthy degree, to the point it impacts her health and social life.
* TheCape: Galaxy Gold is arefference reference to several superheroes all wrapped into one. Including Booster Gold one, including ComicBook/BoosterGold and Superman. ComicBook/{{Superman}}. He is so stereotypically an ideal superhero that it's lapshaded lampshaded in the story itself.
* CataclysmBackstory: 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.
* CharacterTics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes itsappearence appearance when she is stressed or frustrated.
* TheCape: Galaxy Gold is a
* CataclysmBackstory: 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.
* CharacterTics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes its
* DarkAndTroubledPast: 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 [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke One Bad Day]] leaves [[spoiler:two dead]] and her life in tatters.
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* EnergyAbsorption: Timpani's power fills a resevior of energy whenever she exerts herself, which she can then release in a form she chooses, includeing {{Flight}} and HandBlast beams.
* TheExecutioner: Stitchskin's mask seems to vaugely evoke this imagery, fitting for a supervillain enforcer.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Grace is constantly sleep deprived, to the point several characters ask her is she'd feeling well all the time and she contemplates avoiding the conversations with makeup. She clearly understands.
* {{Foil}}: Grace and Wellie.
* FromBadToWorse: 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.
* GadgeteerGenius: Grace immeadiately fixates on the applications of her power in learning about and developing technology.
* GasMaskLongcoat: 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.
* TheExecutioner: Stitchskin's mask seems to vaugely evoke this imagery, fitting for a supervillain enforcer.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Grace is constantly sleep deprived, to the point several characters ask her is she'd feeling well all the time and she contemplates avoiding the conversations with makeup. She clearly understands.
* {{Foil}}: Grace and Wellie.
* FromBadToWorse: 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.
* GadgeteerGenius: Grace immeadiately fixates on the applications of her power in learning about and developing technology.
* GasMaskLongcoat: 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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* EnergyAbsorption: Timpani's power fills a resevior reservoir of energy whenever she exerts herself, which she can then release in a form she chooses, includeing including {{Flight}} and HandBlast beams.
* TheExecutioner: Stitchskin's mask seems tovaugely vaguely evoke this imagery, fitting for a supervillain enforcer.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Grace is constantlysleep deprived, sleep-deprived, to the point that several characters ask her is she'd she's feeling well all the time time, and she contemplates avoiding the conversations with makeup. She clearly understands.
* %%* {{Foil}}: Grace and Wellie.
* FromBadToWorse: Over the course of her efforts to avoid losing her scholarship, Grace attempts to create aZero-point zero-point energy generator and ultimately holds her school hostage.
* GadgeteerGenius: Graceimmeadiately immediately fixates on the applications of her power in learning about and developing technology.
* GasMaskLongcoat: Grace's costume is a ventilator mask and long coat, both modified using herpower- The power -- the mask has a whole suit of special abilities tied to it when she's done.
* TheExecutioner: Stitchskin's mask seems to
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Grace is constantly
* FromBadToWorse: Over the course of her efforts to avoid losing her scholarship, Grace attempts to create a
* GadgeteerGenius: Grace
* GasMaskLongcoat: Grace's costume is a ventilator mask and long coat, both modified using her
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* InferredHolocaust: 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 normalicy.
* TheReliableOne: Wellie in spades. She's empathic and sensible, if a little more energetic that most examples of this trope.
* TheReliableOne: Wellie in spades. She's empathic and sensible, if a little more energetic that most examples of this trope.
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* InvincibleBoogeymen: Stitchskin quickly becomes this in Grace's breif encounter with the shapeshifter. It dosen'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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* InvincibleBoogeymen: Stitchskin quickly becomes this in Grace's breif brief encounter with the shapeshifter. It dosen't 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.ability.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Grace's actions start off morally ambiguous and include stealing property from her school, eventually escalating to [[spoiler:premeditated murder of one of her professors]]. However, an element of this descent comes from circumstances outside her control, such as when [[spoiler: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.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Grace's actions start off morally ambiguous and include stealing property from her school, eventually escalating to [[spoiler:premeditated murder of one of her professors]]. However, an element of this descent comes from circumstances outside her control, such as when [[spoiler: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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*OriginsEpisodePersonalityPowers: 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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* TheReliableOne: Wellie is empathic and sensible, if a little more energetic that most examples of this trope.
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* SecretRoom: [[spoiler:Grace makes her first lair in a crawlspace in her dorm]]. The door was sealed up during rennovations, but she locates it after she discovers a draft in the restroom.
* {{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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* {{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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* SecretRoom: [[spoiler:Grace makes her first lair in a crawlspace in her dorm]]. dorm.]] The door was sealed up during rennovations, renovations, but she locates it after she discovers a draft in the restroom.
* {{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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* {{Superhero}}
* SupernaturalSensitivity: One of Grace's abilities is to sense and analyse other Superpowers.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: 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 extream stress is theorized to catalize the event. Being sick is a symptom proceeding Catabasis, but some kind of stressor or trauma is what gives you powers.
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and origion of Superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happen in the sixties, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Grace starts off kind of gawky and awkward, and eventually ends up [[spoiler: killing two people]].
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Grace]] eventually goes down this road.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: One of Grace's abilities is to sense and analyse other Superpowers.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: 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 extream stress is theorized to catalize the event. Being sick is a symptom proceeding Catabasis, but some kind of stressor or trauma is what gives you powers.
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and origion of Superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happen in the sixties, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Grace starts off kind of gawky and awkward, and eventually ends up [[spoiler: killing two people]].
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Grace]] eventually goes down this road.
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* SupernaturalSensitivity: One of Grace's abilities is to sense and
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Autumn mentions she got sick before she experienced
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Grace starts off kind of gawky and awkward, and eventually ends up
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Grace]] eventually goes down this
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: 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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* TheExecutioner: Stitchskin's mask seems to vaugely evoke this imagery, fitting sof a supervillain enforcer.
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* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: While milder than most examples, Grace does dip into this from time to time.
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* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and origion of Superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happen in the sixties, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.
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* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and origion of Superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happen in the sixties, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.dead.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Grace]] eventually goes down this road.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Grace]] eventually goes down this road.
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* SecretRoom: [spoiler:Grace makes her first lair in a crawlspace in her dorm]. The door was sealed up during rennovations, but she locates it after she discovers a draft in the restroom.
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* SecretRoom: [spoiler:Grace [[spoiler:Grace makes her first lair in a crawlspace in her dorm].dorm]]. The door was sealed up during rennovations, but she locates it after she discovers a draft in the restroom.
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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: 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 extream stress is theorized to catalize 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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* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchsking, and is focred to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom..
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* CoatHatMask: 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 [[SuperheroesWearTights 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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* CoatHatMask: 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 [[SuperheroesWearTights 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, Stitchskin, who dosen't really wear a costume either, foreshadowing her fall to villainy.
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* TheCape: Galaxy Gold is a refference to several superheroes all wrapped into one. Including Booster Gold and Superman. He is so stereotypically an ideal superhero that it's lapshaded in the story itself.
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The story draws on another fanfic by the same author [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ Semtex]], which was going to explore a similar topic, begun and then abandoned in 2014. The idea was revived and repurposed into what became The Precipice.
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The story draws on another fanfic by the same author of [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ 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 Grey Hours is a novel by ''[[Creator/CMAtanasio C. M. Atanasio]]''. ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1 Located HERE ]]'' on Amazon.
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The Grey Hours Precipice is a novel Series by ''[[Creator/CMAtanasio C. M. Atanasio]]''. ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1 Located HERE ]]'' on Amazon.
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The Grey Hours is a novel by C. M. Atanasio. ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1 Located HERE ]]'' on Amazon.
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The story draws on another fanfic by the same author [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ Semtex]], which was going to explore a similar topic, begun and then abandoned in 2014.
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The story draws on another fanfic by the same author [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ Semtex]], which was going to explore a similar topic, begun and then abandoned in 2014.
2014. The idea was revived and repurposed into what became The Precipice.
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The Grey Hours is a novel by C. M. Atanasio. ''[[Located HERE https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1]]'' on Amazon.
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The Grey Hours is a novel by C. M. Atanasio. ''[[Located HERE https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1]]'' on Amazon.
Origionally begun as a sidestory to ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Bird Bird]]'' a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. Eventually the project grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full origional work.
The story draws on another fanfic by the same author [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ Semtex]], which was going to explore a similar topic, begun and then abandoned in 2014.
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Grace Phillips is a freshman student at Aylesbury, New Hampshire. She is there for a degree in Engineering Management, but what she really wants to do is study the phenominum known as Superhumanity. She is ecstatic when she lands a coveted position as a lab assistant in the Biamonte Center, performing research on superhuman abilities. As time goes on, however, her vision of her future comes crashing down.
->'' ‘‘We are made human by power. We surpass humanity, by power. And by power, we regain our humanity again. Power will rule you. It rules all of us. It is the way of things.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Does power define you? Change you? What is power?'' ‘‘
...
->'' ‘‘Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.'' ‘‘
...
->'' ‘‘Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘You stand on the Precipice. '' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge'' ‘‘ "
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'''Warning:''' Unmarked spoilers from here on out!
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!! This series provides examples of:
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Grace kills Autumn by accident after she surprises her in the Biamonte Building]] during her rampage.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchsking, and is focred to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom..
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: 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.
* {{Bookworm}}: Grace is a consumate bookworm and devoted to her studies to an unhealthy degree, to the point it impacts her health and social life.
* CharacterTics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes its appearence when she is stressed or frustrated.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Wellie fills something like this role towards Grace, reminding her to eat and just generally looking out for her.
* EmotionalPowers: 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.
* EnergyAbsorption: Timpani's power fills a resevior of energy whenever she exerts herself, which she can then release in a form she chooses, includeing {{Flight}} and HandBlast beams.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Grace is constantly sleep deprived, to the point several characters ask her is she'd feeling well all the time and she contemplates avoiding the conversations with makeup. She clearly understands.
* FromBadToWorse: 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.
* GadgeteerGenius: Grace immeadiately fixates on the applications of her power in learning about and developing technology.
* GasMaskLongcoat: 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.
* GreenThumb: Autumn's power is to generate short-lived plant matter and talk to plants.
* InferredHolocaust: 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 normalicy.
* TheReliableOne: Wellie in spades. She's empathic and sensible, if a little more energetic that most examples of this trope.
* TheInsomniac: Grace becomes infamous for her foul temper, which is brought on partially by her perpetual state of sleep deprivation.
* InvincibleBoogeymen: Stitchskin quickly becomes this in Grace's breif encounter with the shapeshifter. It dosen'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.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: The core of Wellie's friendship with Grace is Wellie's perpetual good humor and gregariousness, and Grace's appreciation of it.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It is gradual, but Grace steadily breaks down following Autumn's death. The breakdown only accelerates after she murders Hartford.
* ThePollyanna: Wellie Burke is a fount of endless optimism, and gregarious cheer during Grace's first year.
* {{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.
*SternTeacher: Hartford in spades. He is, in fact, so aloof and stern that Grace mistakes it for antagonism and starts to hold a grudge.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: One of Grace's abilities is to sense and analyse other Superpowers.
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and origion of Superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happen in the sixties, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.
The Grey Hours is a novel by C. M. Atanasio. ''[[Located HERE https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Gray-Hours-1/dp/B0CCCX8NT1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690420986&sr=1-1]]'' on Amazon.
Origionally begun as a sidestory to ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Bird Bird]]'' a ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic under the author's pseudonyms Racheakt. Eventually the project grew in scope until the author decided to [[PromotedFanboy graduate]] it to the status of full origional work.
The story draws on another fanfic by the same author [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/semtex-worm.292664/ Semtex]], which was going to explore a similar topic, begun and then abandoned in 2014.
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Grace Phillips is a freshman student at Aylesbury, New Hampshire. She is there for a degree in Engineering Management, but what she really wants to do is study the phenominum known as Superhumanity. She is ecstatic when she lands a coveted position as a lab assistant in the Biamonte Center, performing research on superhuman abilities. As time goes on, however, her vision of her future comes crashing down.
->'' ‘‘We are made human by power. We surpass humanity, by power. And by power, we regain our humanity again. Power will rule you. It rules all of us. It is the way of things.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Does power define you? Change you? What is power?'' ‘‘
...
->'' ‘‘Fifty years ago, fantasy became reality, and the world plunged into chaos.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘In present day, a child grew, seeing the impossible and fantastical just out of reach. She envied it, and it enthralled her. That mystery for the ages.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘A thirst for knowledge has driven Grace her whole life, and now, she has found the opportunity to seek. To study the impossible made possible. To understand.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘Her picture would have a place of importance, the one they remembered the school for. Grace was always going to be the one they remembered.'' ‘‘
...
->'' ‘‘Looking down, the fall extends forever, the vertigo takes you and the world spins.'' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘You stand on the Precipice. '' ‘‘
->'' ‘‘The world teeters on the brink of a new age, bracing for the plunge'' ‘‘ "
----
'''Warning:''' Unmarked spoilers from here on out!
----
!! This series provides examples of:
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Grace kills Autumn by accident after she surprises her in the Biamonte Building]] during her rampage.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Grace has some nasty lacerations after her encounter with Stitchsking, and is focred to patch herself up in her dorm bathroom..
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: 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.
* {{Bookworm}}: Grace is a consumate bookworm and devoted to her studies to an unhealthy degree, to the point it impacts her health and social life.
* CharacterTics: Grace has a stress ball that often makes its appearence when she is stressed or frustrated.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Wellie fills something like this role towards Grace, reminding her to eat and just generally looking out for her.
* EmotionalPowers: 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.
* EnergyAbsorption: Timpani's power fills a resevior of energy whenever she exerts herself, which she can then release in a form she chooses, includeing {{Flight}} and HandBlast beams.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Grace is constantly sleep deprived, to the point several characters ask her is she'd feeling well all the time and she contemplates avoiding the conversations with makeup. She clearly understands.
* FromBadToWorse: 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.
* GadgeteerGenius: Grace immeadiately fixates on the applications of her power in learning about and developing technology.
* GasMaskLongcoat: 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.
* GreenThumb: Autumn's power is to generate short-lived plant matter and talk to plants.
* InferredHolocaust: 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 normalicy.
* TheReliableOne: Wellie in spades. She's empathic and sensible, if a little more energetic that most examples of this trope.
* TheInsomniac: Grace becomes infamous for her foul temper, which is brought on partially by her perpetual state of sleep deprivation.
* InvincibleBoogeymen: Stitchskin quickly becomes this in Grace's breif encounter with the shapeshifter. It dosen'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.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: The core of Wellie's friendship with Grace is Wellie's perpetual good humor and gregariousness, and Grace's appreciation of it.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It is gradual, but Grace steadily breaks down following Autumn's death. The breakdown only accelerates after she murders Hartford.
* ThePollyanna: Wellie Burke is a fount of endless optimism, and gregarious cheer during Grace's first year.
* {{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.
*SternTeacher: Hartford in spades. He is, in fact, so aloof and stern that Grace mistakes it for antagonism and starts to hold a grudge.
* SupernaturalSensitivity: One of Grace's abilities is to sense and analyse other Superpowers.
* UnspecifiedApocalypse: The nature and origion of Superpowers is not clear, and the most likely source is a massive meteor storm that happen in the sixties, resulting in a massive worldwide famine and millions dead.
