Something in a mirror catches her eye...

(chapter originally by faith on writing.com)

Yukiko blinked as she drew closer to the mirror. Her eyes widened as she stared at the glass. Staring back at her was not her face, but the face of Yamano Mayumi! Her skin was pale and her eyes were dark pits, but Yukiko definitely recognized her! She wore the same flimsy gown as she stared at Yukiko.

A celebrity had impersonators. Mayumi was no exception. The studio had been lucky to find an incredibly (eerily so, really) close lookalike. The rest, of course, was just smoke and mirrors. Literally, in this case, as the glass Yukiko was staring at was a two way mirror designed to become a window for the viewer when certain lighting conditions were applied to it.

"Namatame..." The actress whispered. "Namatame...come to bed..."

Yukiko took a few steps back, then fled down the hallway.

"Hit the dissolve." Kanshi said.

"Already?" his technician asked.

"I don't want her to have clothes on for too long, no matter how skimpy."

"H'okay." The techie said, flipping a switch.

Yukiko's heart was racing. What on earth was that? What...what was all this smoke?

Yukiko's garment was equipped with a very special function. The fabric was custom made to dissolve completely into a fine mist-like vapor at the touch of a electrical signal from a tiny chip inside the fabric. Said chip would likewise dissolve as the fabric rapidly and harmlessly disintegrated in a simple chemical reaction to the air. The only effect this would have on a human was...