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Kodako Takabe Report | 07/26/2013 8:32 pm

Her confusion, and panic, was showing on her face. Yes, ice is very cold, but what does that have to- And then it hit her. Cold. Captain Cold. Yes, I will contact him just...hang on. Please, hang on. Taking the mirror from his limp, twitching fingers, Ko silently prayed that it was dialed to the same Rogue channel as Evan seemed to think it was.

Captain Cold? This is Kodako Takabe, requesting assistance from the mirror dimension. Evan is, well, he seems to be quite ill, and he needs you to make ice, if that makes any sense to you. He is very weak, and nearly unconscious, and these mirrors are not in my area of expertise, so if you could kindly make haste with an, an ice wall or something, it would be much obliged. It was on the very fringes of politeness that she made this request, because really. Her brain could handle either panic or proper decorum right now, and it was clearly favoring the first. Please, please hurry. She turned to Evan next, still holding the mirror. Please...do not leave me here alone.

The Last Czarnian Report | 07/26/2013 7:03 pm

That'd be a real shame. So what? You took to mirrors? Got a PH.d in Psyhics or something? Then got an obsession with the Flash?

Kodako Takabe Report | 07/24/2013 9:35 pm

Evan! When you're in a car doing two-hundred an hour on the freeway, and the driver has a heart attack, that's bad. When you're in another dimension, and the only person who knows how to safely move around that dimension collapses, that's worse. Quickly, she knelt down next to him, trying not to think what exactly she might be kneeling on that was solid enough to pass for a floor in this strange place. Are you, oh my. Her first instinct had been to peel back his cowl. Heat escapes the body through the feet and the head, and if he was overheating, she sure and hell wasn't going to attempt to work his boots off. Her instinct had been both good and bad. Evan was pale and sweaty, but when she pulled off one of her gloves to feel his forehead, his skin was cold and clammy. His breathing was fast and shallow as well, as if he'd been running. Can you stand? If not, I am... She hesitated. Her nanites had increased her strength minutely before, but could she carry a grown man, a grown man several heads taller than herself, all the way back to her own mirror? There really wasn't any other answer. If you cannot walk, I can carry you. I will carry you.

The Last Czarnian Report | 07/24/2013 9:24 pm

You should know. Your mom ordered them from some authentic biker shop off the internet. If you catch my drift. wink

The Last Czarnian Report | 07/24/2013 9:14 pm

Nice costume....dweb.

Kodako Takabe Report | 07/17/2013 10:51 am

It took less than a minute to pick out the exact location of the missing tech. Cadmus had bases all over the country, so while its location wasn't completely surprising, it was still mighty inconvenient. They keep all the confiscated villain tech in Gotham, for some reason. I mean really, who thought that was a good idea? They say Waller is supposed to be the smart government agent. From the looks of it, this is the main base, in Metropolis. We can pop by Gotham for a quick search and acquire next, if you think you may need help looping the cameras. Her term was so much better then smash and grab, though they were essentially the same thing. It gave her a little tingly feeling in her gut to know that there were people who liked her enough, needed her skills enough, to not force the team-up issue. It was nice. And then the bottom dropped out of her stomach.

Blue...yes, I have heard tell of such a creature. We have never...interacted, but that is simply because the services it charges for, I can do on my own. I assume you lot use it enough to be minutely familiar? I am done here, by the way. The wriggling probe dropped back in through the compact, curling up in her hand as she pulled its other ends out of her earpiece and eye, replacing her goggles. Without her work to concentrate on, the chill was back full-force, and she suppressed a shiver.

Kodako Takabe Report | 07/16/2013 9:38 pm

Well, that was one for the record books. For the first time in her life, Ko could not think of a single thing to say, for more reasons than one. Captain Cold was a bonafide, classified, type-A supervillain...and he was looking out for her best interests better than anyone else ever had. That is not the first time you have subtly extended that invitation, Evan. Ko murmured, most of her concentration back on the millions of lines of data she was mentally scrolling through. If I did not know better, I would say that this entire exercise has been one big sales pitch. Oh.

Amazing, really, the things Cadmus was working on. They were government-backed, and the secret parts of Uncle Sam's arsenal got all the best toys to play with. Uh, Evan? Not moving away from where she was connected to the computer, Ko waved him forward. When the government made you into their Mirror Master...are you sure you got all of the old one's tech? Because I am seeing a big chunk here in the storage records. It looks like they kept a mirror replicator, some kind of jet pack, and a...laser-powered disco ball?

Kodako Takabe Report | 07/16/2013 7:50 pm

As always, the mirror dimension was frigid and still. Her few exposed bits of skin broke out in goosebumps, and Ko shivered. How Evan was still sane from spending so much time in a place like this, she would never know. Once they'd reached their destination, and her guide made his confession, she grinned. McCulloch, I figured about as much the second you said 'Cadmus'. And trust me, I could never be mad about a handsome gentleman admitting that I am smarter than he is. Ko pushed her goggles up and winced, the cold was already affecting her optics. She'd have minutes at best, before the artificial humors froze solid. You, er, may wish to look away, though. I have been told that linking up looks vile.

Pulling a writhing, three-ended cable out of one of the pouches on her belt, Ko inserted one end into her right pupil, another into her earpiece, and allowed the third to snake out through the compact, forming a USB plug and attaching to the computer. Almost instantly, Ko found herself dropped into Cadmus' central database. Well! We hit gold on the first try, I can see just about everything. Only need to sort through it. You are looking for information regarding gene therapy, y- oh they did not. Going from casual to furious was a mood swing common to her dives into the Cadmus systems. I am going to skin them alive. Your gene therapy is here alright. Metahumans at the drop of a hat, through the use of self-replicating nanites that heal wounds and simulate minor powers such as super-strength and invulnerability. These are my designs. Worse, these are my designs exactly as I made them when Hiro and I were building my eyes in the first place. All the flaws are intact. I am taking these off their grid.

She couldn't leave the information there. Aside from the fact that her former employees had ransacked her work computer to pass off her inventions as their own, they'd made the error of leaving in flaws that could be deadly to a person who didn't know how to fix them. Ko had learned of all the bugs in her system the hard way. The painful way. Evan...I cannot give you these files. For one thing, they are mine. Then there is the fact that this 'gene therapy' is nothing more than techno-organic hoodoo. In the wrong hands, it could be deadly to millions. She bit her lip. However, if you give me a moment, I believe I can find you something even better.

Kodako Takabe Report | 07/16/2013 6:40 pm

When he dropped the subject of Zoom, Ko found it hard not to sigh in relief. Evan and his lot were good people, in their own way. If she let them in, they would make sure she was safe. But that was the bad thing about being stubbornly self-reliant; that little ego-bash whenever someone came to your aid was just a bit too much to take. Still, the thanks was in her smile, and her posture, and in the way she didn't shoot his a** when he reached out and touched her.

Is that what I am now? Oh, father would be so pleased. The teasing sarcasm that dripped from every word was not lost on him, though she dropped it soon enough. Being bad every once in a while was kind of fun, so long as Wally didn't find out. Placing the palm of one gloved hand on her sink and the other on Evan's shoulder, Ko hauled herself up until she rested on her knees on the counter. Looking past him, the mirror dimension was infinitely dark, except in the places where other doorways glinted like stars. She took a deep breath, releasing it slowly as she offered him her other hand. Alright, pull me right on down the rabbit hole.

Kodako Takabe Report | 07/16/2013 3:29 pm

Pushing her bangs off her forehead with a small sigh, Ko shook her head. No, no. I do not want to endanger anyone living here. Aside from myself, there are a dozen apartments occupied by living humans...and half of them have children. I could not bear it if Zoom were to figure out exactly which residents were not created by my own hand, and harmed them. Just the thought that her experiment could become a bloodbath because of an unexpected factor...it disturbed her to the core. His next words, however, merely embarrassed her.

Ohh no, I get enough of that kind of talk from my intern, Mister McCulloch. If I had to worry about bed invaders from the dimension next door...well, I suppose I would have to set up discouraging traps, yes? Pushing away from the wall, she padded back to her bedroom. Let me guess, the game this evening is infiltration, hm? Better dress the part.

She'd learned from her last Cadmus-related adventure, and prepared accordingly. Finally, being obsessive to the point of ridiculousness was working out! Insulated, frictionless clothing in dark colors, shoes with proper tread, yellow-lensed goggles to protect her eyes and shield her identity somewhat...knee pads because being a genius doesn't exclude you from being uncoordinated. And last but not least... You know, I keep forgetting that I own one of these. The gun was real, and she kept it loaded, but she never carried it with her, and was always seeming to go up against opponents faster than her. Still, against humans, normal humans, it would be enough.

Well? Is this ready enough?