John is in the medical wing, slightly bruised but alive. A sedative kicks in. Fade to black. Then…
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🌌 "Translucent Mode Activated..."
[INT. COSMIC THEATRE – John's Mindspace]
John floats in a surreal theatre space—part digital cinema, part memory vault. He's seated alone with popcorn. The screen shows his world unfolding, like a movie with narration.
JOHN (voiceover)
> "So… apparently one of my 'latent abilities' is slipping into 'Translucent Mode' when I'm unconscious. Fancy name for… cinematic ghosting? Either way—welcome to my sleep-powered documentary where I can stalk people guilt-free and narrate like I'm David Attenborough but with trauma."
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🌟 CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS (a.k.a. "Meet the Glorified Side Characters I Now Have to Call Teammates")
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🧊 CARA "GLITCH" NAVI
Power Class: Neural Overclocker (Can speed up perception and memory; she's so fast she forgets stuff on purpose).
JOHN (watching her train)
> "Glitch trains like she's on 3x speed. Think caffeine addiction with quantum latency. She pretends to hate everyone, but her browser history says 'how to emotionally connect to damaged people.' I'm damaged people."
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🔥 KAI "TORCHHEART" REN
Power Class: Flamebound Type IV (Fire Manipulation—but with a romantic soul).
JOHN
> "Torchheart writes poetry and sets things on fire when no one claps for him. Bro thinks he's tragic. In reality, he's just a walking scented candle with abs. Also, I'm 70% sure he's into me. And 100% sure I'm into his girlfriend."
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🧬 ZIA "REWRITE" VALE
Power Class: Molecular Composer (Can restructure matter with effort, usually makes cool art or edible coffee).
JOHN
> "She talks to molecules like they're plants. Whispering, coaxing… once tried to give a rock feelings. Zia's calm, kind, and might be the only one here who doesn't want to punch me. So obviously I don't trust her."
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🤖 RAO "9TH PROTOTYPE" YAN
Power Class: Mechanical Phantasm (Part-cyborg with uploaded legacy of eight failed super-soldiers.)
JOHN
> "Rao's trying to prove he's more than metal. Ironically, he's the most human of us all. He still cries at Pixar movies. He also stabbed a vending machine for rejecting his ID once. I respect that energy."
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🦋 ARIA "SPIN" LYNE
Power Class: Probability Weaver (Bends luck, but only when she's relaxed… so basically never.)
JOHN
> "Aria's idea of self-care is doomscrolling conspiracy theories and knitting socks that cancel jinxes. She says I'm 'the statistical anomaly she's been warned about.' Girl, me too."
JOHN (voiceover)
> "Turns out we're all part of a special ops dorm now. Like college, but more 'Hey, today your breakfast might explode.' Everyone pretends we're fine. We're not fine. We're superheroes-in-training. That's code for 'anxiety with capes.'"
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💤 IN TRANSLUCENT MODE
[He watches himself sleeping and mutters:]
> "Wait, this is a power? Narrating my own life while unconscious? Who wrote this script?! I feel like a knock-off Deadpool with trauma flashcards."
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[All the heroes sleep in their quarters, unaware John has mentally drifted into their dreams, watching and narrating.]
JOHN (softly)
> "And here we have the endangered species known as 'heroic twenty-somethings with emotional repression.' Observe how they pretend tomorrow's mission isn't going to wreck their shit."
> "...God, I care about them more than I should."
> "Now if only I knew how to stop caring."
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💬 [The scene fades as John's heartbeat slows… then jolts awake with a scream.]
JOHN (sits up, annoyed)
> "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" ohh i have power go spector mode cool wait It could be use but I guess I can't sleep peacefully anymore