Licensing Chaos
In a world where power isn’t granted by birth, but by license; order is everything.
Every awakened individual must pass strict evaluations and obtain official authorization before using their abilities.
Healing, combat, elemental control, and even enhanced intelligence. Each power is ranked, regulated, and monitored by the Global Ability Licensing Authority.
Unlicensed use of any ability is flagged as a crime.
Repeat offenses mean life imprisonment… or worse.
Ryker is an anomaly.
On paper, he’s a low-tier civilian with no registered abilities.
In reality, his power evolves every time he violates a rule, and the more severe the violation, the stronger he becomes.
When a routine inspection exposes a discrepancy in his records, Ryker is dragged into a bureaucratic nightmare of audits, trials, and forced missions meant to “correct” him.
But the system is already cracked.
Black-market licenses flood the underground. Corrupt examiners sell rankings. Entire cities run on illegal abilities while pretending to be lawful.
As Licensing Chaos spreads, Ryker finds himself hunted by enforcers, courted by rebels, and watched by those at the top who fear what he represents.
To survive, he must decide:
Submit and be erased…
Or to dismantle the very system that decides who is allowed to be powerful.
When authority becomes a cage, chaos may be the only path to freedom.
