Springlocked Deku

The Clock Ticks Ever Closer to Midnight...

When Katsumi arrived back at her room, she took off the dress carefully and put it back. Scowling at the blood seeped into it, she thought, I'll wash it later. It's still a decent dress. And I usually hate dresses.

Izuku also voiced his opinion, in an attempt to keep her mind off of the bad times of the evening. It looked great on you. The brass tones reminded me of your hair.

She blushed, surprised by the compliment. Thanks! Now, onto your machine!

It was mostly completed, only the two components missing. Carefully, she installed them, then marveled at it.

True to the blueprints, the synthesis chamber stood at a tall 8ft. It would be able to recreate Izuku's digital form perfectly and to scale.

Will this work?

Confident, she thought back, I believe it will. My work has yet to fail. I will run some diagnostics first, then start the process.

What about the design features?

Smirking, Katsumi wasn't going to spoil the surprise she had in store. I'll let you know later.

Meanwhile, the heroes held an emergency meeting yet again. Ochako did not want to be there, but was forced to be. After last night's events, being on another Yaoyorozu property was, frankly, too much. Glaring at the others, she wasted no time. "Why am I here?"
"We're here because of the incident at the party. The hacker had infiltrated the mansion and stole major files from my computer. They also stole the tech it referred to later."
Mina sighed, relieved. "... so using Springtrap was a diversion? Thank god he's not back."
Momo explained her concerns. "What disturbs me is what is stolen: an experimental energy source and a mini-supercomputer."

Jirou, already having a strained relationship with most of the staff due to recent events, sarcastically remarked, "And you just had those lying around?!"
"No! They were in a secure vault within my company... but that didn't seem to matter..."

"Momo..." Jirou started, "You realize this is the third major piece of equipment you've lost in the past two months. First you lost the portal device. Now you lost two valuable items, what... a mini supercomputer and a new type of energy source?"

The ravenette was calm as she explained her findings to the group, "I have personally investigated them, and have found nothing in regards to how it was stolen... but, there are tracking chips embedded in them, for safety purposes... if any of you..."

Ochako took the hint, and threw it into the shredder, where it belonged. "The only way I'll ever help you is if your son is punished properly. What he did to Kat is equivalent to the legal definition assault and illegal quirk usage, if he did what I think he did, and so far he's gotten away with it. Like a villain."

Shoto spoke this time: "He was found knocked out, and he says your daughter did that to him."
And the brunette met his calm gaze with her own determined fury. "...which would fall under self-defense."
Momo, however, agreed that more did need to be done. "We don't know what happened exactly. I'd like to have his side of the story first."

Meanwhile, Ochako knew that there was one, noticably absent hero from this conversation. "If you're going to question him, bring Shinsou."

After a moment, Momo looked down, unable to meet the rescue heroine's eyes as she acquiesced to her request. "Fine, if that will put your mind at ease."

Toko Yaoyorozu waited within the interrogation room. His mother told him that an interrogation was the only way to prove his innocence... as if that was still a question. He smirked, I can lie my way out of this. They'll never find out what really happened. Just then, a man wearing simple black clothes and a metal scarf entered the room. His purple hair flowed naturally upwards, and he looked permanently on the verge of sleep. In the end, he did look somewhat familiar.