[ WP ] A person gains the power to permanently alter the mass of any object they touch , without affecting any of its other properties . They use this power to drastically change the world .

Hands, especially our thumbs are what allowed our species to be successful. Combined with our large cortexes we were unstoppable at producing powerful technologies even from early on. Both good and bad intentions have contributed to some of the world ’ s most powerful inventions. With my unique gift I set out to help take our species to the technological and moral status that is demanded by our intelligence. To build a thriving planet with a thriving human race. It was a noble dream. I now look one last time at a crippled earth from the window port and then drop my gaze to the gifted hands that rest on my lap. I had used them with the best intentions. 
 
 At a very young age my gift was discovered. The first recorded incident was when my father could not remove the toy car that had somehow become cemented to the kitchen floor. The ability to change an object ’ s mass was not something even comic book writers had imagined. Before I hit puberty I was removed from school and set on an accelerated learning program that focused almost exclusively on the theories of Newton and Einstein. This surprised the pessimists of the world who expected me to disappear in to a black bag and be forced to develop what ignorant people call gravity bombs. But this wasn ’ t a movie or the cold war. The physicists and humanists saw me as a way to solve the energy crisis or even terraform new planets for human colonization. Obviously to the youth and dreamers I was seen as a kind of superhero and with the recent confirmation of the “ God Particle ” I was given the nickname Higgs. Of course there was the fear mongering, but surprisingly it was short lived. The greatest impact I seemed to have on the world in those first few years was an increase in the public ’ s understanding of physics. 
 
 I was studied almost as some kind of alien technology. There were ethical barriers but I consented to any test or procedure if it could further the understanding of my ability. With the efforts of a few brilliant scientists it was quickly determined that I behaved as a conductor for the mass giving particle. In laymen ’ s terms I could supercharge any object with higgs bosons increasing its mass. The question I was always asked by the media was how it felt. I likened it to any other bodily function you had control over. Once I touched the object I wanted to alter, it was as simple as making the conscious choice to relieve oneself in the bathroom. It simultaneously required concentration and relaxation. It ’ s still not known why I can only increase an objects mass and not decrease it. I ’ ve tried to accomplish the reverse but it feels futile as though I ’ m fighting entropy. 
 
 Early on I made it clear that I would use this ability to first remedy our species current problems. We initiated an ambitious project to outsource all of the world ’ s energy production to an earth-moon orbital system called the infinity loop, named with the hope of providing earth with eternal energy but also for the figure eight movement the system created around the earth and moon. Fuel cells containing enough energy to power a small city for a week could be launched from the infinity loop to anywhere on the earth ’ s surface. With the planet ’ s poorest nations receiving as much energy as they needed, agricultural and medical problems were soon eliminated. 
 
 With the energy crisis solved I spent time working with governments on engineering projects to help world trade and development. It was at this time the first event happened. I was working on a bridge for a high-speed train that would connect New Zealand ’ s North Island with Australia. I was using a technique that the engineering community had dubbed “ mass-stabilization ”. Using this technique the bridge required no more than a dozen or so supports. I was out over the ocean when it first happened. Of course you always heard them first. That awful noise that sounded like the atmosphere was being unzipped. When I looked up I saw all the colors. If I were to describe them, you would say that it would have been beautiful, but I assure you it was only terrifying. After a few days of examination the scientific community determined that a solar flare had managed to get by the earth ’ s magnetosphere and attack the atmosphere. We had hoped it had simply been a powerful flare but it was nothing extraordinary and so began a massive analysis of the integrity of earth ’ s magnetosphere. The results devastated me. Since my tampering had begun, the earth ’ s molten alloys were no longer the only influence on the magnetosphere. My large-scale mass manipulations had begun to destabilize the planet ’ s protective magnetic field. Some parts of the atmosphere were now completely exposed and were already eroding from solar winds. Flares only made things worse. For the first time, there was a problem I could not seem to fix. The star that had given life to the earth was now destroying it. Earth ’ s atmosphere would be obliterated in a matter of years. 
 
 In a last ditch effort to save our planet, myself and a handful of the world ’ s greatest physicists are travelling to Mars. There I will attempt my most ambitious mass-altering project yet. I will spend my days increasing the red planet ’ s gravity in an attempt to pull earth away from the sun ’ s deadly winds and flares. I do not know if I am even capable of this feat, but it is our only option. 
 
 I will do everything I can to buy time so we can restore the magnetosphere. I have no choice but to believe I can do this. We must not let this end us. The human race has accomplished much with good intentions and strong hands. 

