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{You don't have to try so hard to hurt me

Who: Cisco + Various; m!Cisco + Various
Where: Physics Lab floor 4/room 052; various
When: Now
Rating: PG-13ish {language, ~~possible vague hints at~~ dark themes, hints/various degrees of humiliation/dehumanization/treating a person as a literal pet, drugs, various shades of violence, pushy sexual advances}
Summary: Science + metahuman powers = ?????? ; AKA: Fitz and Cisco try to break a hole through Wonderland's barriers in their attempts to reach another dimension, but the experiment has gone sideways! Mirror Cisco is on the loose in the mansion and he's determined to wreck his Real's life in the most disastrous ways possible and will be trying to fool people when and where he can. WHO will discover this slippery switch?! How much chaos will M!Cisco leave behind?!
The Story: Headers in comments, links to specific things

♥ The Beginning
If you have any need for pre-science stuff, hit me here!

♣ Honey, I think we science'd too hard [Fitz, Mason twins]
Fitz and Cisco prep for their testing and are interrupted by those meddling Mason twins!

♥ Real!Cisco in Mirror!Wonderland
What it says on the tin. If you have a mirror that's involved in the plans with him mirror side, this is where it'll go down. If you want something with your mirror and him, hmu here or on plurk @ loyalwolf to discuss logistics because things are pretty set here, for pre-planned things!

♣ Sometimes, even God doesn't know where the dice will land [m!Fitz, m!Cait]
Real!Cisco lands mirror side and is greeted by mirror!Fitz, who will take him to mirror!Caitlin. And then the real fun can begin. ;) cw: hints of humiliation/dehumanization/treating a person as a literal pet, violence
♣ And on the fourth day, master makes the puppy beg [m!Fitz]
A little training sesh with Cisco and m!Fitz. Good pets get treats. cw: humiliation/dehumanization/treating a person as a literal pet, violence
♣ Friend or Foe, is there even a difference anymore? [m!Barry/Savitar]
Cisco gets a visit by ~~a transformer~~ Savitar.

♠ Mirror!Cisco in Real!Wonderland
For all your mirror!Cisco needs! I'll be posting things throughout the day as I get starters written.

♣ I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe [Fitz]
Mirror!Cisco arrives in Real!Wonderland, landing in the Physics Lab with Fitz and feigns a lot of confusion/frustration.
♣ Network Post [OTA]
m!Cisco "apologizes" for any disturbances and lets Wonderland at large know that their tests "failed".
♣ All the signs disagree because it's the nature of opposites [Caitin Snow]
Mirror!Cisco decides to pay Caitlin a visit. It doesn't go as he planned and she lands herself in some pretty big trouble. cw: violence
♣ Cause I'm livin' that free life [OTA]
m!Cisco is enjoying his new-found freedom. Please feel free to find him anywhere, including places not listed in the options! cw: various shades of violence
♦ She's just not that into you [Daisy Johnson]
Daisy has a run-in with Cisco-- or is it? She's pretty sure her friend isn't this much of a fuckboy, but he sure is acting weird. cw: pushy sexual advances
♦ How about we cut a deal? [Eobard Thawne]
m!Cisco runs into Eobard Thawne and just can't quite contain his pride. Oops? At least the speedster lets him keep his secret and have his fun~ cw: light violence
♦ Honey, are you okay, you seem a little scattered [Jesse Wells]
Jesse is pretty well convinced that the science has scrambled Cisco a bit.
♦ Can't catch me, if you get too close, I'm gone like a cool breeze [m!Mae, m!Napstablook]
Mirrors Mae and Napstablook try to apprehend m!Cisco.... and unfortunately fail at their task. cw: violence
♦ And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those Nosy News Twins [Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason]
Georgia and Shaun catch up with m!Cisco and reveal The Truth.
♦ You tried and you tried, and still you got caught [Jesse Wells]
Jesse has had her suspicions confirmed-- double confirmed, even, now that she's caught m!Cisco in her lab, trying to tamper with Cisco's gadgets!
♦ Thread title [Jane Foster]
Jane has a rather unfortunate predisposition and she's helping m!Cisco hide out.
♦ Game Over [m!Kay]
Well, the jig is up! m!Cisco has been apprehended, it's time to go home and face the consequences of what he's done.

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Everything about her appearance tells him he's waited too long to get here. He should have been here sooner, should have worked faster. It breaks his heart to see her to battered and bruised.

He pushes forward toward her and drops to his knees next to her. "I'm so sorry." He says, voice soft and tight with emotion as he cradles the back of her head in his hand and he tugs her close for a hug. "I'm sorry I didn't figure it out sooner, that I didn't get here faster."

She's willing to suffer some at Fitz's hands if it means a decent payoff. Messing with the mind of her real's best friend absolutely qualifies. Sure, she has to play at being that simpering, repressed, frigid woman, but any slips could be passed off as being used and abused by mirrors for months.

Caitlin's stiff, resistant, when he initially pulls her close. But after a moment, she melts into the embrace, her hands desperately clutching at his back.

"I'm sorry I couldn't warn you," she mumbles in a hushed voice.

She's well-aware that she's ignoring Fitz's orders. Consider her curious as to how far he's willing to go to sell this. It might even give her a little thrill.

Dr. Fitz's teeth grind together. Is she trying to test this? Does she think he won't treat her the right way while the game is afoot?? Perhaps she hopes he will.

He moves forward and grabs a fistful of Caitlin's hair, yanking her away from the hug.

"Has something damaged your hearing? What do we say when someone gives us a gift??"

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He notices all the little things, the way she resists him, like she's worried of what's to come, but when she sinks into him he knows it'll be okay. One way or another, it'll be fine, they'll get out of here and--

The next thing Cisco knows, she's out of his grip and being jerked away from him. "Hey! What the hell?" His head snaps up to look at Fitz, incredulous. "Leave her alone. You're supposed to be helping me!"

Her disobedience gets the exact reaction she's expecting. She's pulled off-balance by the force of Dr. Fitz's motion, and she hesitates in catching herself just enough that she hangs by her hair a moment. Her breath is a hiss of pain. Normally, she'd be laughing right now. But not this Caitlin. Not his Caitlin.

Instead, she whimpers pathetically.

"Thank you, Sir. I'm sorry, Sir."

He releases her altogether, glowering down at the pair of them.
"Four hours. I want to see progress when I get back."
Four hours should be enough for the first session. She'll lay the ground rules and work on the real thing's perception. Then he'll return for physical reinforcement. By the time they're through with it, Caitlin will have the adorable pet she's wanted for months.

Cisco doesn't even know what to make of what he's seeing, but it's finally starting to sink in that this mirror never intended to help him at all. But he had brought him to Caitlin, that's the most important part, so he'll figure out the rest later.

He just watches Fitz, confused as to what he's talking about all together. He turns back to Caitlin, trying to fuss at her after she was turned loose. "Are you okay?"

It's sweet, the way he fusses. And it's enough to make her nauseated. Ramon would be just... disgusted to see this behavior. These two Reals are overly attached to each other.

"Yes, Sir." He's going to so owe her for all this. His ego is big enough and she's just feeding it with all of this. But four hours. Four hours is a good amount of time to make some headway. She'll try appealing to his sympathy first. See if she can get him to "play along."

"I shouldn't make him angry. The others are worse. I shouldn't make him have to hurt me."

As Fitz leaves, all of Cisco's attention is on Caitlin now. She doesn't need to do anything to sell this to him, the bruises and the marks on her skin...it's more than enough for a heart as soft as his. And the bonus of having his best friend's face? Well, that just adds insult to injury.

"No, look--" His hands go up to cup her face, make her look at him, but not at all in a way like the sheer manhandling she's been dealing with all this time. "you didn't make him, any of them, do anything. They made those choices on their own. This isn't your fault. None of this. It's--" His voice wavers and his eyes sting with unshed tears. "it's my fault. I should have known, Cait... nobody knows you better than me, she shouldn't have been able to fool me like that. Not for this long."

"Cisco..." Lord, but it's painful to act this weak. But it's an act she's willing to keep up if it helps to break him down. She sniffles loudly, her own eyes welling with tears. "It's not your fault. It isn't."

She leans into his touch, a simple and needy gesture that speaks of lack of basic gentle human contact. Her eyes are still downcast, unable to look her "best friend" in the eye. The real Caitlin seems big on shame and guilt, even with things out of her control. "They watch us. Study us. Who knows how long she was watching me to take my place."

He shakes his head. He doesn't agree, it's completely his fault, but he'll deal with that later. Right now, he's going to tug her into another hug as he tries to simultaneously survey the room to see what he can use. They have to get out of here. Most likely, it will have to be later, when Fitz comes back and they can try and make a break for it when the door is open again.

"What can you tell me about what I need to know to get us out of here?" He asks, pulling away just enough to look at her again.

"There isn't... " Caitlin's breath hitches as she sobs. Such a strange feeling, crying. It's a release, but not one she cares for. It's all soft and gentle and disgusting. "There isn't a way out."

She seems reluctant to let him pull back, like he may disappear if he isn't pressed right against her. "I'm sorry, Cisco. We're both trapped now."

"There has to be." There's a conviction in his voice, strong and steady, because he's not ready to admit defeat yet. Logically, all it would take is a mirror, right? They could pass through them from this side, isn't that how it worked? Suddenly, he realizes he should have probably studied them and how everything works on this side of the glass more.

He hadn't had the time, though, so he doesn't focus on it.

"We'll get out, Cait." Hands framing her face, he presses a kiss to her forehead, "I promise." His powers had gotten him into this, certainly he could use them to get out.

Gently, he pulls back from her and pushes himself to his feet, moving a little away from her. He'd gotten more accustomed to opening breaches in all his failed attempts at making his way anywhere. He's almost.... comfortable with it, actually. Which is a far cry from where he had been when he showed up here.

Normally, he would have had some quip to say here, something ridiculous or a movie reference, but...it doesn't feel appropriate. Instead, he just holds his hand out and focuses on opening a breach. It starts, just on the inside of his palm, blue and white swirls of light and--

The glow is gone as he shouts in pain, the sudden, intense shock running down his spine bringing him to his knees. It wasn't an incredibly long jolt, but it was unexpected and sharp, enough to double him over in agony.

Funny how Ramon's Real never has confidence in himself unless it's while keeping a brave face for his friends. For her. If she didn't know any better, she'd say he was in love with her Real. It might as well be, with how disastrously codependent the two of them are. But they'd counted on that, knew that he'd move heaven and Earth to make sure she was safe.

It's touching.

Caitlin knows exactly what's going to happen the minute he fires up his powers. She was there with Dr. Fitz created the collar, when he'd tested the mechanism. All pets, no matter how well-trained, need boundaries. Since they couldn't put up a literal electric fence, they settled for a personal one. She has to bite the corners of her mouth to keep from smiling when he cries out, and there's a slight delay before she scrambles toward him on hands and knees.

"Oh god. Oh god, oh god, oh god..." She slings an arm across his back, pulling him close. "I didn't-- I didn't think he'd make your powers a trigger. He... " She swallows hard. "He had to trigger mine manually, when I made him unhappy. When I disobeyed."

He doesn't fight her at all when she pulls him into her lap, the electricity has stopped, and the pain is subsiding, but the ache of it still lingers. "Okay...m-maybe it won't be so easy." It's the first break in his assurance that everything will be fine.

That's the thing about someone like Cisco, he tries to put up a good front, be the eternally hopeful, the heroically brave, but deep down he's still just a ball of pessimism and insecurities. Sure, being on Team Flash has changed things for him, about him even, but the core of who a person is? That's something they can never escape. Failure is a setback in its own right, but the additional preventative measure here makes it harder to hold on to hope. If he can't use his powers, they have to get out manually somehow. But that means waiting for Fitz's horrendous mirror to come back.

Slowly, he pushes himself back up into a seated position, "We- we have to make a plan, Cait...for when he gets back. We're gonna have to make a break for it." He just isn't confident in that working out well in their favor. Who knows how many of the other mirrors would try to stop them if they could even get away from him.

"I tried." Her voice is pleading, begging. Wouldn't sweet little Caity have tried to escape? But she can't just shoot him down at every turn. The two of them like to collaborate, and this would have to be no exception.

Even as he sits up, she looks him over, like the real Caitlin would. Once a doctor, always a doctor. "But there's two of us now. We could... we could try to overwhelm him? Rush him the minute the door opens."

He smiles, something a little hollow and sad, at the way she checks him over. It's just such a Caitlin thing to do. He nods a little, "Yeah...two against one, increases our odds, right?" Probably not by much, who knows what kind of tech the guy has on him at any time, but it was something.

"Any idea how long he'll be gone?"

In truth, it wouldn't increase their odds at all. Given Cisco's vulnerability while wearing the collar, she might as well be by herself still. He folded so quickly as that first jolt, just think how quickly he'll be down when the electricity is unrelenting and variable. Still, look at him trying. The Little Real That Could.

"He said four hours, but there's no telling really."

"Four...right." He shakes his head a little. He heard him say that, apparently he's more disoriented from the shock than he'd thought.

"Okay. So we bide our time, and we play it by ear." He sounds more sure of things suddenly, glancing around the room for anything that could be fashioned into even the crudest of weapons. "When he gets back, we rush him-- hopefully, that's successful, and we get the hell out of here." There doesn't seem to be anything around at all, as far as he can tell. This is worrisome.

She knows what he's looking for. She and Dr. Fitz had planned this well. The room is bare, save for a threadbare blanket tossed in one corner. The doors to the closet and the bathroom are closed, each bearing padlocks. Maybe it's a bit much, but it's all the best to play on Cisco's soft heart and sympathies. Let his imagination run rampant.

"Maybe..." She hesitates like she's a little scared to suggest this. "Maybe we play along. Maybe we can convince him enough to take off the collar."

His search is futile, there's nothing at all he could use. Not even a stray pencil or something. It's disappointing, but he'll deal with it. He'll--

Wait. What is she saying? "Wh-" He spins back around to look at her, expression puzzled. Feeding into the game he was playing didn't seem like the best plan, if you asked him. Letting him think he really did have the control on him he was going for... ....but if he thought he had it, couldn't they surprise him easier? His guard might lower enough for them to take advantage of an opportunity...

"Do you really think it'd work?" He definitely doesn't sound like he likes the idea, he's uneasy and now he's fidgeting, uncomfortable at even considering it.

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