https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hope-comes-to-brockton-bay-a-worm-fanfic.270714/
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hope-comes-to-brockton-bay-a-worm-fanfic-2.279901/
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hope-comes-to-brockton-bay-a-worm-fanfic-3.301722/
Author's Notes:
Note #1: This story is set within the Worm universe. All significant aspects of that universe are owned by its creator, Wildbow. I'm just using it for a bit.
Note #2: The parahuman known as Hope portrayed in this story is an original character, created by me for a GURPS roleplaying game. She is unfailingly pleasant and optimistic, and is used to being treated with respect and consideration by those around her. Boy, is she in for a shock.
Note #3: Hope was born an ordinary human girl, although albino and rather slender and petite. Her father was abusive, and her mother left them both when Hope was 8. When Hope was 14, she ran away from home too, for various reasons (which will come out in the story). After two years on the streets, Hope underwent a drastic metamorphosis into her new form, at the same time as many other people were manifesting super-powers. She never actually got an explanation for any of this.
Despite being born female, and still having that point of view, her new form is essentially genderless. Utterly androgynous looks; could be an undeveloped girl or a slender boy. She stands about five feet six in height, is extremely slender, and has two pairs of wings, with crystalline feathers, extending from her back. Her skin is a pearlescent silvery-blue and emits a steady glow; she can consciously moderate the level of light, but usually doesn't bother. Her hair is silver-white, while her irises and lips are silver. Her looks are utterly perfect, but it's the perfection of a statue rather than that of a supermodel; she draws the admiration of aesthetic appreciation rather than sexual attraction. Her voice is equally beautiful and equally inhuman; when she speaks, it sounds like crystalline chimes.
She also has other abilities, which will come out in the story.
Note that her powerset was actually established long before this story was ever written.
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Note #4: This story begins after the Leviathan attack on Brockton Bay, but before Shadow Stalker gets taken down by the Undersiders. Any mistakes are mine.
Note #5: In the first few episodes, Hope comes across as rather Mary-Sueish. I apologise for that. I'm still working on striking the balance between 'competent' and 'OMG she can do everything'.
Note #6: I have been apprised of inconsistencies in the earlier sections. I will be fixing them here, but not in the original posts. Sorry about that.
Note #7: With the assistance of Racheakt, the story is being revised for easier readability.
Note #8: Hope's current classification is: Breaker 3, Brute 2, Mover 4, Striker 10, Thinker 4, Master 0.