Catherine Willows sat on the bench in the CSI locker room on the
tenth floor and tried to muster enough enthusiasm to bother putting on
her coat and going home.  It wasn't easy.  Just sitting on the bench had
an incredible amount of appeal right now, uncomfortably hard as the
industrial seating surface happened to be.  In fact, slumping over and
falling to the floor was not entirely without its charm at this point.
        "You look tired," said a voice from the doorway.  With an
effort, Catherine turned her head to see Skuld Ravenhair, the IPO's
chief technologist, framed there.
        "You're a keen observer of detail," Catherine remarked wryly.
"You should be a criminalist."
        Skuld chuckled and sat down at the end of the bench.  "Long
week?"
        "You could say that," Catherine replied.  "Working one
investigator down, with our trace lab reduced to rubble and the day
shift missing its supervisor... "  She gestured vaguely.  "And of course
every wacko in the city picks this week to get up to weird tricks.  This
is the first night this week I've been able to head home before dawn."
She gave Skuld a look.  "I -am- going to be able to go home... ?"
        Skuld nodded, laughing.  "Don't worry, I won't keep you.  In
fact, this drill should be familiar to you, except you're usually on the
other end of it."  She reached into the pocket of her lab coat and
pulled out a self-containing swab, holding it up with a grin.  "I need a
sample of your DNA."
        Catherine raised an eyebrow.  "I'm already in the IPO database.
Everybody who works here is."
        Skuld's grin widened.  "I don't need it to identify you...
exactly.  But it needs to be fresh."
        "Can you give me a hint?"
        "Nope.  Still classified above your level.  Don't worry, it's
nothing too weird... by this place's standards."
        Catherine gave Skuld a puzzled look, then shrugged.  "What the
hell," she said, "you want to be cryptic, be cryptic."  Then, smiling,
she opened wide.

You've done it again, you've mutated my tenterhooks into eleventerhooks...

Intriguing, to say the least. Nice to see another CSI:NA story bubbling to the top of the pot. I wonder, why would Skuld want a DNA sample that might or might not match the one on file? <thinks> Hmm, the Mysterons didn't work this way when they grabbed Yuri, or maybe...

Could Catherine be about to recieve a certain pretty piece of jewellery? I can't think of any other reason for Skuld needing fresh DNA.

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Unable to save the day: File is read-only.

Forward Momentum?

I hope I;m not reading too much into that title, but I hope it means what I think it does. On the other side of things, I'm definitely looking forwards to a new CSI:NA story.
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>You've done it again, you've mutated my tenterhooks into
>eleventerhooks...
>
Heh. You'd be surprised how easily it mutates into twelvterhooks as well....

What about when they evolve into Triskaidekahooks?

>What about when they evolve into Triskaidekahooks?

Then you sic the Triffids on them!

>Could Catherine be about to recieve a certain pretty piece of
>jewellery? I can't think of any other reason for Skuld needing fresh
>DNA.
>

Possible...but none of the others we've seen has needed to give DNA. What with the title...I'd say that my guess is DDP. Probably VERY wrong, but it's the thing that comes to mind that fits the criteria.

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DDP? I'm assuming you don't mean the wrestler...

EDIT: Never mind, found it.

>DDP? I'm assuming you don't mean the wrestler...
>
S'what popped through my head first too, but apparently my google-fu is weak. What are we talking about?

It's an Eyrie-only term: Dimensionally Displaced Person, a.k.a. the target audience for Derek Bacon's "So You've Just Arrived From A Parallel Dimension". :)

Huh, makes all the sense in the world now. As much as i loved "Eyrie destroys the Marvel Universe" that term must have just gone right through, thanks for clearing that up.

"Hey, the UF General icon is yellow. Hope it's a teaser .... Sweet!"

Definitely looking forward to this one.

- Chad

Hooray, content is forthcoming! I shall eagerly await.