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The waiter walked by and asked them if they'd like to order.
"We're not ready" Matt replied to the waiter, speaking for both him and the goth.
"Maybe you should pretend to read the menu for me? It brings less suspicion on us. " Using his heightened senses to try and nitpick what they had cooking in the kitchen since they didn't have a braille menu.

"How often do you come here?" he asked the goth of the redhair.

The files on experimentation gave brief details on the nature of the Underground Exhibit's goals, then went into further details about the experimentation's themselves. As much as Cobblepot could collect with such a secretive organization, any way.

The Exhibit had "collected" super powered and gifted heroes and villains from all over the globe. The goal was to pinpoint the source of power or genetic mutation in each captive to determine if their powers were harnessable for duplication or extraction. If the powers were successfully obtained, or some lesser form of it recreated, then the captive was set free or destroyed depending on threat level they possessed after a memory eliminating drug was used.

Methods of containing captives included drugs, the Black Mercy plant, and technology catered to the individual captive as needed. Tests were made on their "clones" in order to find if successful duplication or recreation of the captives powers were made.

These powers, and the knowledge gained from the collection, was then stored for future use.

The file then went on to list names of known captives. All... very high ranking and well known super heroes and villains, as well as some B-listers.




Emily, meanwhile, had opened her file on Vandal Savage. She knew enough about Blackstone that he could be saved for last. Natalia she worked with, and only wanted to know what she might need in case she would need to duke it out with her again in the future. Vandal though... he was an unknown. He was the one that tossed her into the mirror, and had her secret of being a spy at the Lounge in the palm of his hand. He spared her only because he wanted her to install a spy device of his own onto Cobblepots computers so he wouldn't have to pay for information any more. She knew that he was immortal... and she knew that he had the money to make crossing him a very, very bad idea. She wanted to know more about her "new employer" though. Just what exactly she'd be dealing with and if she could better prepare herself for... future situations. Tonight's second run-in with him was... interesting, as her dress was any testimate... but she didn't want to be so easily manipulated again.

She also wanted to know just what information Vandal had come to Cobblepot for in such a hurry. What it was exactly that he was trying to do. THAT, she was going to get to next. The "recently opened files" should give her a good starting point at least.

"Anytime Jason," Angelica's breath almost tickled Jason's face, then the redhead leaned over the hero to grab a salve to help the burn heal. The mutant girl began to carefully rub in an almost pearly white salve into the wound. Almost immediately, Jason could feel a cooling sensation start to work in the wound. Repositioning herself behind Jason, the redhead continued to massage the both shoulders, easing out the knots in the muscles. After a long breath that Jason could feel on his back, Angelica spoke softly, "I should probably wrap that up now. Give that a chance to heal.

"So, what do you want to eat this morning? The sun is finally emerging from the clouds. I know our sleep schedule's completely reversed, but we do need to eat."
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Skuld smirked at the 'blind man', knowing that he was right about keeping up appearances. Opening up the double fold of the menu to view the contents, the redhead took a few moments to scan the contents, "Okay.... Not sure what you're in the mood to eat. They have pancakes or Belgian waffles with a choice of maple sirup or a four fruit sauce. They also have eggs anyway you want prepared with add ons and side choices of hashbrowns, tomatos, bell peppers, onions, bacon, ham, or sausage. They can also make omelettes with those choices. To drink, you can have coffee, tea (hot or iced), milk or orange juice. Any ideas on what you'd like?"

Angelica smiled at Jason's face, which was at most an inch away from her, "I take it you're enjoying the salve and the rub, huh? Judging from your reaction. If you didn't have the burn on your shoulder, I could have walked on your back to get your spine realigned... but that would be tempting fate."

The mutant redhead continued to work on Jason's shoulders and gradually his spine -- mostly with her thumbs. Still smirking practically in the young man's face, Angelica spoke softly again, "And yes, I've had some practice. But... I think getting your shoulder bandaged up may be the last thing form your mind..."

The files titled "Underground Exhibit" gave a brief summary about an organization that had set up underground. It's main base being under Gotham, but with a tunnel system deep underground that led to many other cities. One going to another base under New York City. The information was vague on the list of names in charge of the information, or how it was funded. One account believed that the women in charge of the Organization, a Charlemagne and a woman called Allure, had some lesser diety with incredible powers. One that could build and maintain their bases, tunnels, and laboratory with his power alone. Though, there was no proof that such a being existed, or had been seen in that organization.

There was another account that stated that Charlemagne had worked for a very wealthy man named Richard Blackstone before taking charge of the Underground Exhibit. There's speculation that her previous employer may be footing part of the bill for the organizations expenses.

Another account stated that Allure formerly worked for an organization, MOS, that experimented with humans and super powers. Extracting powers from rare stones and fuzing them to humans. Richard's Blackstone had come up again for the files that could be found for MOS.

Emily was still going through the file for Vandal Savage when Edmond asked her about Blackstone. She blinked, then looked over at him. "I... you need to know about MOS?" she asked, then took a quick glance over at his files. Skimming over it, she frowned some. "I suppose the organization could have taken a different name and approach to their experiments if they made it to this universe. They worked more with soul stones than metahuman powers. The stones, from what I've seen in this world, were unique to our universe. They held power, and once bonded to a human, transfered the power over to the human. MOS was trying to extract the powers or force the powers into humans. They would take in convicts and homeless. And heroes who got in their way and eventually wound up disappearing were assumed to have been captured and taken away by MOS. They had underground bases all over the US. Even some marine bases in the ocean."

She replied. Then, frowned a bit more. "And... I knew... know Richard Blackstone rather well. I was working undercover in his affairs on my world. Became one of his higher up assistants."

The redhead's eyebrows shifted up slightly, while she was regarding Jason -- still gently massaging his muscles , "I think your close to being a baaaad boy. But I really need to bandage that shoulder, so you won't injure yourself."

Angelica then set to the task of putting more salve on the injured shoulder, then placing a large white cloth-like bandage over the affected area. Once placed, Angelica taped the large bandage securing it -- accounting for some movement, "I should make a sling for you, to keep your shoulder stationary. Now let's get some food, and get some rest. And before you get any macho ideas, you're taking the bed."