It was a drop to the next rooftop, Flechette noted. She touched the front end of the needle that was mounted in her arbalest, used her power on it.
Capes with the ‘breaker’ classification were generally those who had some ability to ‘break’ the natural laws of the universe as far as those laws applied to them.
Ah, I see. Interesting.
Shadow Stalker was one. Scion was apparently another. There were others who could slow or stop time in relation to themselves, change their effective orientation in respect to gravity or make themselves effectively larger without the exponentially increasing the stresses that the increased size and mass would normally place on their body.
That last thing sounds like Fenja and Menja.
Also, I love the idea of changing which way gravity acts for oneself. It reminds me of a running background gag I did in a project I’m no longer proud of, in which pears, specifically, were
inexplicably affected by gravity depending on how the panel looked. For example, if the panel were to be upside down for some reason, pears would fall upwards from the characters’ perspective.
Almost always, such powers came with some physiological changes that let them manage despite the altered environment they were effectively operating in, allowing them to breathe and walk at the very least.
Nice.
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