entrancelogs | {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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

He doesn't seem to notice the confusion from her, or if he does, he certainly isn't showing any signs of being concerned about it.

"Yeah, it has been awhile, huh? Nobody knows me better than you." He chuckles softly and nudges her chair gently with the toe of his shoe.

There's just something unsettling about his behavior ever since he entered the lab. Maybe she's just gotten used to him being skittish around her like Fitz is. For a week, a little more, he'd seemed jumpy and nervous. And now... now he's back to normal. Instantly. No explanation.

Maybe she's just projecting.

"So how long until you get back to work?"

He shrugs a little, "Dunno. I'm sure Fitz won't let me go too long. Said he's gonna have Jemma check me over later and all that jazz. Make sure nothing happened." He reaches up and taps his temple. "Told him I'm fine, but he's insisting."

"Why would he ask Jemma?" Instead of me hangs unspoken. Either way, she isn't going to be caught flatfooted where her best friend's wellbeing is concerned. "Why don't I go ahead check you over? That way, you'll be able to get back to work sooner. And you'll already have a doctor's note."

"He's more familiar with her, I guess?" He shrugs a little. "But okay, works for me." Because there won't be anything wrong and...if it gets him out of her hair for awhile sooner rather than later? He'll take it.

He sits up a little more and slides the chair toward her. "What's up, Doc?" He smirks.

"Ha." The laugh is dry, almost humorless, and accompanied by a smile. The joke and the smirk make her even more unsettled. But it's Cisco. She's known him for years, and they know each other as well as they know themselves. She trusts him with her life.

"Wait. Have you--do you see my penlight?" She glances around, looking for it on the tabletops.

"Umm..." He glances around to help her find the light. When he spots it, he picks it up and holds it out to her. "Here." The action is so small, so minor, so throw away, he doesn't even consider it. But it's his left hand he's holding the light in. Which is rather unfortunate since his mirror is right-handed.

It's such a simple thing, but it makes her blood turn to ice in her veins. She knew it. She knew something was wrong and she doubted herself and now... now she's stuck. The realization has no doubt broadcast across her expression and in the way her eyes track from his hand to his face to the door.

It's a second too late that she reaches out to take the light. "Thank you." She's trying to make her expression blank and failing miserably.

There's an awkwardly long pause between his offer of the penlight and her taking it. Something about it is...weird. Off. But he isn't sure what, so he shakes it off.

"I really, really am fine, Caity. Scout's honor." He even holds a hand up, as if that proves it.

That clinches it. This definitely isn't Cisco, and she feels incredibly stupid for even thinking it could be. "I—I-I know. I just... worry. That's all."

But instead of starting to check him over, she pushes back from him and stands. Caitlin knows she should make a break for the door if he's going to have half a chance at getting away. But maybe there's another way. "Just let me grab a couple things and we'll get this done."

She turns her back on him without waiting for his answer. There are a few things she has pre-prepared in a drawer across the room, one of which is a syringe filled with a fast-acting sedative. As she walks, she very carefully tries to tug off one of her gauntlets.

She's made him and now he's figured out that's why the sudden shift in her. Well, shit. He can't have that, can he? She's turning away from him and fiddling with...

"Oh, that's cute, you wanna freeze me out, Frosty?" Casually as he's waving to an old friend, he gets to his feet and waves his hand in her direction, throwing a powerful blast of vibrations in her direction. He doesn't care where it lands her, as long as she's knocked off her task and in pain. He's already advancing on her while she's still disoriented. "You don't get to ruin my fun."

The blast hits her square between the shoulders. The force of it knocks the breath out of her and sends her stumbling off balance. She hasn't made any progress in getting even one of the gauntlets off, as she has to let go to catch herself against the edge of a table. Her lungs burn as she struggles to breathe, finally gulping down a gasp in what feels like a minute later.

She's still on her feet, so maybe she still has a chance. The cabinet is only a few steps away, and maybe she has a better shot with the syringe than her powers. She keeps moving, her hands outstretched for the drawer.

He's already on her heels and when she reaches for the drawer, she finds herself being yanked back roughly by the back of her shirt. "I don't think so." He throws her, hard, away from the cabinet and another blast sends her back slamming into the nearest desk.

"Look, I like you, I do, you're real sweet an' all, but I just can't have you risking me like this." He doesn't sound sincere or sympathetic at all and looks more like an animal stalking its prey. "I don't think you'll listen, though, you Real Things have a terrible habit of thinking you have free will." He tsks twice and wags a finger at her and his next words are almost song-like. "Shame, shame, Caity." The instant switch to a darker, more sinister tone is almost jarring, "Know your place."

This time, the burst of energy he directs at her is a steady, constant stream at her chest. As such a close range, the damage of the vibrations will probably run pretty deep. He could do a lot worse, really, shatter her insides with the power if he wanted. He's being generous.

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