Lisa Wilbourn is a runaway who refuses to take responsibility for anything - especially not her brother's death - with a sharp insight into how the world works. Dinah Alcott is a child who wants to take responsibility for the whole world. When Dinah recruits Lisa's help to save as lives as possible, will she be ready for what Lisa will do?

Worm AU, set in New York, to give more breathing room for a slightly more original setting. Brockton characters will be moved to New York, but they will mostly be the same. Lisa is more 'evil' than canon, since I emphasised her negative traits to explore those aspects of her character. The Triumvirate, Cauldron, and Scion exist mostly as justification for superpowers, without the conspiracy aspects.

The first nail in the coffin was finding those photos. The riot in Houston was the second. Him leaving was the third, but the final was the letter he left.

Something was rotten in the PRT, in the entire system, and my parents were at the very core of it.

So I did what any responsible teenager would do. I emptied out my trust fund and left.

🐓 The year is 1986. You are REBECCA COSTA-BROWN, and you are DYING OF CANCER when you receive a TEMPTING OFFER from a MYSTERIOUS LIAR and a CREEPY CHILD!!

🍫 During this quest, you will struggle to achieve a WORK/LIFE BALANCE as you befriend MORALLY REPUGNANT CONSPIRATORS, stave off WICKED HEADACHES while MANAGING PRT BUREAUCRATS, combat DASTARDLY VILLAINS alongside SEXY PROTECTORATE SUPERHEROES, face DIRE STRAITS during HOPELESS ENDBRINGER FIGHTS, and perhaps find TRUE LOVE, all while defeating an ALIEN INVASION!!!

💪 Join EXPERT QUESTMASTERS Pericardium (TALENTED ILLUSTRATOR) and maroon_sweater (FAMOUS AUTHOR) on this DEATHLY SERIOUS journey to acquire MUCHO CRED SAVE EVERYONE (whether they want it OR NOT)!!!!