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Miraculous Ladybug and the Valiant Annuler By: Haphira
31. Lila’s Fall Step 1 – Lila's lies aren’t holding up the way they use to
Luka and Marinette got up from their positions on the floor to move back to the group on the deck. When they reached the deck, they could see everyone gathered around one brown-haired person. Marinette felt her stomach sink again, Luka grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze before letting go, reminding her that she wasn’t alone. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly; she wasn’t fighting alone anymore. Luka had her back.
The boat creaked signifying their entrance, everyone looked at them when they got closer.
“What’s going on?” Marinette asked, trying to swallow the fear in her throat.
The group parted to show a sniffling Lila being comforted by Alya.
“Marinette, did you put him up to this? I know you don’t like me but this is going too far.” Lila simpered. “Put who up to what? I haven’t been near you, Lila, I went to get some air when you came on board then Luka found me, what happened?” Marinette was happy her voice didn’t waver, she volunteered information about her whereabouts and what she did so Lila couldn’t use it against her.
Marinette glanced around noticing that there were angry, confused, and conflicted faces on different people. Normally everyone was just disappointed at her, so this was different, it made Marinette wonder if Nino or Juleka talked to the others.
“Lila said that Luka pushed her down and she twisted her ankle because of that. She was just telling us what Luka said to her.” Alya said, confusion and confliction covered her face. She clutched her phone tight in one hand and patted Lila’s back with the other.
“W-well, he said that I would get what’s coming to me, for messing with Marinette.” Lila lied, glancing at Luka then away as if she were afraid of him.
“Luka wouldn’t do that; he isn’t that kind of person.” Ivan said loudly, he and Mylene were a little off to the side of the group. Mylene looked conflicted and confused. Ivan looked angry. Marinette realized that they believed in Luka, they didn’t take Lila’s word at face value. Marinette felt a pan of hurt but quickly rubbed her chest to make it go away, it was not the time to be feeling betrayed that her friends so quickly believed Luka but not her.
“B-but if Marinette asked-” Lila tried again.
“Marinette isn’t the kind of person to ask that of someone either, she’s kind and would want to work out any problem between people by talking.” Ivan continued, his face showed sorrow and regret. Then he looked directly at Marinette with an apologetic face.
“I know Marinette wouldn’t do that.” Ivan finished, he lightly grabbed Mylene to his side and she looked apologetic too. It dawned on Marinette that people were finally wising up to Lila’s lies. A couple of murmured agreements were heard through the group.
“My brother would never threaten anyone... he is as soft as a marshmallow.” Juleka chimed in, she looked uncomfortable with so many people looking at her but she didn’t back down. “Marinette isn’t the kind of person... to ask that either...” Marinette felt her heart swell with emotion, people believed in her, they were standing up for her!
Rose looked shocked and confused after Juleka said something, Alix and Kim started to look doubtful, Nathaniel still looked confused and Max was typing away on his phone. Kagami narrowed her eyes at Lila, an intense dislike overcame the young fencer about that lying brunette. Nino looked seconds away from shouting but restrained himself, waiting for Marinette to say something first so he could back her up. Lila could feel her control slipping.
“Oh, my tinnitus is acting up again, I thought that was what Luka had said to me.” Lila lied and sniffled again. “Oh, I'm so sorry that my hearing issues are causing problems again!” Lila wailed. The confused and conflicted peoples’ expressions cleared up at Lila’s latest lie, leaving a taste of disappointment in Marinette’s mouth.
“If you have hearing problems you should be leading with that, not making it known last minute to cause drama.” Kagami spoke up. Some people glanced at each other, wondering why Lila was so late to say that her tinnitus was acting up, causing some confusion in the group. Lila’s eye twitched.
“O-oh I didn’t want to bother people with my disabilities, and I am sure that Luka mentioned Marinette-”
“Disabilities are not a bother, if you have conditions, letting other people know is a fact of life. Getting accommodations for disabilities is natural and expected.” Kagami interrupted. Her eyes hardened at Lila, and the Italian girl took a small step back.
Alya kept glancing at Lila and Kagami, not saying a word, which was unusual of the girl now-a-days. Alya was always the first supporter of Lila in very instance. Marinette had to wonder if the talk she had as Ladybug with Alya finally sunk in. Marinette tried not to be bitter about it but a little hurt still crept up that Alya had to talk to someone of authority before trying to see that Lila was wrong in any way. Still didn’t excuse Alya bringing Lila to the Liberty in the first place. Marinette planned to have words with her later.
Lila was sputtering and trying to back track quickly to regain control of the situation, she ended up backing away from the group heading to the edge of the deck. Everyone was starting to talk over each other, discussing what was the truth and what was a misunderstanding.
“I didn’t mention Marinette.” Luka spoke up, gaining the eyes of everyone there.
“I said, that you were in my way, ignored you at your attempts to try and impress me by lying, then called you out by giving undeniable facts that you were lying, and then I gently moved you out of the way and found Marinette.” Luka looked coldly at Lila, she on the other hand looked pale and panicked. She took another unbalanced step back, hitting the edge of the boat then toppled over and into the seine.
A loud splash was heard and everyone rushed over to the side to see Lila’s head bob back up to the surface with a gasp. A muffled snicker was heard before a few people busted out laughing which led to everyone else laughing too. Lila had a flash of anger on her face but quickly changed it to a meek looking one trying to gain sympathy.
“Won’t someone help me out?” Lila asked, trying to reign in her anger. How dare Luka and those other peasants make a fool of her, laughing at her when they should be adoring her. Marinette and that punk should be the ones being laughed at.
“The shore is 5 feet to the port, oh, that means on your left, in case you didn’t know.” Luka called to her. A smirk played on his lips.
Lila scowled for a moment before heading to the dock, pulling herself up out of the water looking like a drowned rat.
“I’m heading home.” Lila pouted, “I don’t want to be made fun of anymore, I don’t know why you are being mean to me, even causing me to fall overboard because of my ankle!” A lot of people looked ashamed, and most of the people on the boat murmured goodbyes and left the boat. Only the members of Kitty Section and Kagami remained.
“Well, that turned into an interesting night,” Kagami commented. She turned to Marinette, who was next to Luka, watching the rest of her class go.
“Are you okay, Marinette?” Kagami asked, concerned for her friend and the events of tonight certainly didn’t help.
“Yeah,” Marinette replied faintly. “I’m okay.”
“You don’t have to put up a front with us, Melody.” Kagami nodded with Luka’s words.
“I will be okay, tonight proved that Lila doesn’t have full control over the class anymore. Hopefully more people will start to question her lies and start to see the truth.”
Ivan, Mylene, and Rose shuffled up to Marinette with their heads bowed and apologies on their lips.
“We are sorry for not believing you, Marinette,” Rose spoke, holding her phone in her hands she pressed a button to lite up the screen to show a conversation with Prince Ali, proving he didn’t know Lila.
“It’s going to take some time for me to trust you again, but I would like to be real friends this time.” Marinette smiled sadly at them, they nodded and expressed gratitude for being forgiven.
“I will be keeping my eyes on you too,” Kagami said sternly. “Marinette forgave you for your betrayal, and I will make sure those who have her trust are worthy of it.” Marinette beamed at Kagami, warmth filled her, at her friends’ defense of her, Marinette relaxed.
“I think it’s time to go home,” Marinette said, Kagami agreed and turned to Luka, “Make sure she gets home safe.”
Luka smiled, “Of course.”
Kagami gave a small smile and left, leaving with Ivan, Mylene and Rose off-boarding the Liberty to go home as well. Luka offered his head to Marinette for their walk back to the bakery. Marinette smiled warmly and held his hand as they set off, they heard a soft, “Gross, but I’m happy for you,” from Juleka.
Smiling widely, the pair headed in the direction of the bakery, warm and happy in their own bubble.
Chapter 32
https://archiveofourown.org/works/34663405/chapters/108973560
#endgame lukanette#Pro Lukamari#lukanette#lukanette endgame#pro lukanette#lila salt#apologies are made#miraculous ladybug#miraculous fandom#good friend kagami#ao3#a03 fic#fanfic#mlb fanfic
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F. Fathom (aka Argos) Headcanons :)
Haha he’s so stupid (affectionate). I honestly think of him as a pathetic little kitten sitting his butt out on the sidewalk in the middle of the pouring rain that is actively being picked up by Adrien and wrung in a towel and tossed a saucer of boiling hot milk when it comes to his social skills. Ok, dumbass speedrun 3, 2, 1, go!!
He likes oranges but not really the color orange.
Also, not a fanatic but he thinks sports cars look cool.
A naturally good swimmer. When around other people, he’ll often dive under the surface and swim around to where he wants to go that way to avoid disturbing anyone.
His kind of humor is watching Jaws for a night time pool party and diving under the water to pinch people’s ankles.
Honestly a big softie for his mother and the sweet blonde women in his life generally. Yes, this includes Rose.
He bites the middle of his lip and scowls when thinking.
He has drawn blood previously; now has a small linear scar.
Looking for it is one of the only ways to tell him and Adrien apart appearance-wise.
He has severe rbf that Adrien somehow avoided.
Really good at drifting. No one has yet unlocked his Backstory on this topic.
Talks rlly formally w/ his hands behind his back; will cuss you out tho.
Too Tired For This.
He gifts people w/ books/coffee when they meet up sometimes.
Rlly likes greco-roman mythology and astronomy.
“an orange warms the stomach.”
Likes classic/heavy rock + hyperpop. He gets his like for Jagged Stone from his mother.
He’s English, Italian, and American.
A committed polyglot by hobby.
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Latin, and German. Don’t ask how.
He watches k-dramas on the living room tv whilst eating chips and calling the characters cusses and cliche/cringy in Korean like that one meme of Leonardo DiCaprio pointing from his seat with a glass in his hand though, so there’s that.
No Shame.
Nearly aroace but not quite. He made an exception for Kagami :).
Also retconning the way they got together in canon bc that was fast and kinda weird idk. Let’s just say they take a lot more time than that talking at Rich Events ok.
He straightens/styles his hair every morning.
He likes ferrets.
He wakes up at nearly 5a every morning/early bird.
Theater kid trash.
Knows how to play basic guitar.
He takes like 1 college class every six months.
Still graduating in 4 years somehow.
Burnout hit him hard though. Now, he can only rlly ever focus on things if they genuinely interest him.
Unhinged. But, like, slightly (12%).
He likes crosswords and word games and stuff.
He’s got a Vibe Check system for talking to people. Don’t pass the Vibe Check? Bye.
So far, only a good nine people have ever really passed the Vibe Check—Adrien, Kagami, Marinette, Luka, Juleka, Rose, Alix, Nathanaël, and (strangely enough) Chloé.
(I guess she’s just persistent like that, idk, but he lets her hang around.)(She’s still an annoying lil whiny brat though.)
Auto Lila DNI. He can’t stand her tbh.
Don’t try to say they’re anything alike. At least he thinks of someone other than himself from time to time. Or has a personality other than being a nasty snake.
Expert gambler.
Firm believer that cream soda is to die for and has a designated spot in the fridge. Nerd.
He started eating a scoop of orange icecream covered in three scoops of mint to keep people *coughcoughchloécoughcough* from stealing it. He now eats it and enjoys it unironically.
He has tyramine sensitivity :(
He has outbursts similar to Adrien. Like Adrien, he too learned it from his father.
This guy is literally the best wingman.
(When he wants to be, that is.)
He does everything with such sleight of hand to make sure his ships sail.
Felix is the resident babygirl. Everyone calls him that, but if anyone new tries to he’ll slit their throat ok.
He’s incredibly good with young children; no one knows how or why he attained the knowledge he has.
Then they hit the age of three and he’s trying to teach them tax evasion. No.
Zero genuine social skills. He has them when he’s being fake and then he tries to do it for real and they go poof.
He’s just that good at magic huh.
Also has a deeply engrained fear of trusting people with knowledge of his interests thanks to trauma from his broken relationship with his father :)
You just have to understand that this man is a pathetic, sopping-wet-cat of a man. That’s, like, the message here.
Ok bye.
#miraculous#miraculous ladybug#mlb#felix fathom#felix graham de vanily#headcanons#felix fathom headcanons#felix graham de vanily headcanons#dumb little corgi boy#probably threw up a lot as a kid too#drinks tea like a true brit#seriously though who’s your dentist i need him#zero social skills dumbahh
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I’ve barely begun on the next chapter😭😭 and thought I would send you a sneak peek. 🤣 a lot will happen both plot wise, but it will be more focused on the vologarian monarchy for this bit. But I just had to send this in solely because I wrote Peter….and I still cannot stand him😭 this chapter will be out quite late I am afraid, but I know you are also equally as busy so I thank you for your patience.
I just love the fact that Alix is so done with Peter in this….
Alix is halfway up to her fathers office when she stops in her tracks, eyes taking in Peter as he sits on the wooden chairs outside their fathers office. Alix first instinct upon seeing her brother is to turn back as swiftly as she can, hoping he hadn’t caught sight of her and leave as fast as she can. she has no intention of speaking to Peter, in fact ever since that argument in the car they hadn’t spoken. Before Alix could make her swift exit Peter’s eyes caught hers, his blue eyes were wide and mouth agape as he took in his sister, he immediately stood, smiling wide at her. Alix inwardly cursed, he had the gall to smile at her. Him. After he had caused her so much grief and pain. After all Alix was sure this meeting was to talk about his recent escapades, and how to clean them up. It made her sick, both physically and emotionally.
It was then that Alix let her eyes really take in Peter. His complexion had changed since she last saw him, his usual paleness and gaunt expression gone; replaced by an almost sun kissed complexion, as if he had been in some remote island of the Pacific. But it wasn’t his complexion that made Alix’s ears burn red, it was his attire. Ever since Infancy Alix and Peter had prided themselves on being grandchildren of the king, and then upon their fathers accession children of the king. That meant when you walked into the kings office, you were smart, your clothes were proper and efficient.
What Peter dawned was the opposite, hair unwashed in an Adidas tracksuit and Birks. With his fucking uncut toenails.
Alix couldn’t help herself as she muttered You’ve got to be kidding.” Peter catches the end of the statement, his wide smile gone, blue eyes paling as he takes in his sister’s judgmental gawks. He looks pained, almost embarrassed. In retaliation he points to her attire.
It is then that Alix realizes she had not changed from her outing with the horses this morning. She had landed after leaving the borbons on a flight that lasted just three short hours. Had made it back for supper, and to her astonishment her father was still on his last engagement. So Alix had sat and ate with the servants, her mother supposedly out. After recalling the servants with her tales, and inquiring about their family, Alix had set of on a ride around the grounds. She supposed she should have changed from her tailcoat riding suit.
Peter balks with a scoff—“Oh, like you look any better, fucking clown suit.”
Before Alix can retaliate with a better comeback the office door opens and their father stands in the doorway. His stature large and looming over them with a gaze akin to fire. Menacingly eyeing Peter with a glare that makes him take a minuscule step back. “What is the meaning of this disrespectful attitudes you harbor for one another?” He barks out, his voice loud enough it makes even Alix shrink back.
Peter remains the stiff boy he always had been, and Alix doesn’t know how it took her so long to view him like so. She had always, always held him high regard, her companion for life, but now as she watches him, watches how he glares at her with such animosity she finds she is the one being blamed.
“Papa you made mention of HER being here in your call yesterday” Peter speaks, and Alix feels her heart break as he says it. So much so that Alix can’t help but let the words ring out. She really should refrain herself.
“Papa, you didn’t mention that Peter would be here, surly he should be out wasting our money and disappointing our people with his spineless childish behavior, perhaps we should give him a bid for fear he will make a bigger mess than he already has”
Alix thinks she can see her father stifle a small smile. But it’s to fast to register.
I will say I have a lot of research for this chapter and I hope it surprises you in a good way….although one can never know what lurks in the shadows🤭🤭….as always, I wish you a wonderful week!!❤️-🇪🇸
That little brat…
Anyway I think we all know what is coming up and this piece is just amazing, Peter sucks as always, someone needs to restrain me before I throw him off the edge of the universe, but yeah this is amazing!
Keep up the great work and sorry this took so long to answer! 🤍
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Miraculous Descendent Chapter 38: After School Job
Previous Chapter
In the middle of the day, standing out front of the hotel run by Nate's father is Miss Bustier's class. In front of them are Samuel, Miss Bustier, Nate, and Marinette, next to a table with a raffle machine full of tickets next to them.
"Welcome to Le Grand Paris, students. My name is Samuel Dupain, brother of Mayor Tom Dupain and owner of the hotel. I'm also the father of this young man that I'm sure you're all acquainted with." Samuel tells the class in a kind and enthusiastic tone while rubbing Nate's hair.
"Dad." Nate groans in frustration as he pushes his dad's hand off, much to the amusement of his peers.
"Hahaha, sorry, Son. It's part of a parent's job description." Samuel laughs before looking towards the students.
"Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Dupain, we're able to have our work experience field trip today at the Grand Paris luxury hotel. Each of you will get hands-on experience with one of the many jobs here at the hotel. What jobs do you have prepared for them, Mr. Dupain?" Miss Bustier asks.
"Well, we have a doorman position, pool boy, cleaner, garbage man, and my personal favorite, the gopher position open for students. Of course, there are more than those that the students will have to do." Samuel explains to the students before motioning toward the raffle machine.
"You'll each be drawing a raffle. Whatever job it says will be the job you'll start with. Every hour or two, we'll have you swap positions with another student so everyone can find a job they might enjoy here." Samuel explains.
"Now, who would like to go first?" Samuel asks the student body.
"Oh, me, I'll go first." Kim excitedly says while waving his hand.
"Alright then, come up and draw one," Samuel tells him while grabbing the raffle machine's lever and spinning it to mix the folded notes inside up.
Kim rushes over, and Samuel stops spinning it to let him pick a card. When Kim unfolds the card, he sees the word doorman on it.
"Oh, perfect, we still haven't found a replacement doorman," Samuel says with a grin, and Kim leaves.
The rest of the class follows Kim's example and grabs their jobs from the machine.
Alix, Ivan, and Sabrina got maid duty and will be helping them clean the guests' rooms.
Nate, Chloe, and Adrien all got front desk duty and would be helping guests to their rooms.
Rose, Nino, and Max have kitchen duty and would learn from the chefs while helping the waiters pass out the food.
Juleka, Mylène, and Nathaniel have pool duty. They'll be helping clean the pool while ensuring people are being safe.
That leaves Alya helping sort out the garbage with the recycling while Marinette is the one to get the gopher job.
"And remember, while this trip was completely voluntary and doesn't affect you in any way school-wise, you're still expected to be on good behavior while helping here. With that said, I also want you to try and have some fun here during your time." Samuel tells everyone before letting them enter the hotel lobby and then leave for their jobs.
As she's leaving, Alya looks incredibly frustrated.
"I can't believe my first job will be working in a trash can. I was hoping to spend time with Mom while here." She groans.
Marinette, on the other hand, looks at her card in confusion.
"Excuse me, Samuel," Marinette calls for her uncle's attention.
"Yes, Marinette," Samuel says, giving her his full attention.
"What's a gopher?" Marinette asks him.
"Oh, a gopher is an employee who goes for anything a customer needs. Some customers here are so busy that they can't go out and get items themselves, so they employ people to do it for them. Your job will be to get those objects they request from around the hotel or near the area." Samuel explains to her.
"Okay, so all I have to do is buy their groceries for them?" Marinette asks for clarification.
"Exactly." Samuel nods.
The two's conversation ends when they hear Kim scream in panic. The two, plus Nate, Adrien, and Chloe turn toward the door to see what the commotion is about.
There they see a tall man with light skin, greenish-light blue eyes covered with dark eyeshadow and eyeliner, wild black hair with purple tips, and a black mustache that isn't connected in the middle but connects to his full black beard.
The man is wearing a sparkly black jacket that gives the impression of the night sky with yellow accents and yellow epaulets over a dark blue V-neck undershirt, black and yellow vertical striped pants, lacy black finger-less gloves, black heeled white sole black boots, and a string necklace with beads and two golden feathers surrounding the upper skull of a bird's head.
Next to the man is a slender, dark-skinned woman with pinkish-purple hair in a pixie cut, light brown eyes, and pink lipstick on her lips.
The woman is wearing a black leather jacket with a silver buckle and zipper over a white V-neck short-sleeve shirt, black pants, and black shoes. Around her neck is a gold chain necklace with a green skull pendant. In her hand is a clipboard.
However, the most shocking thing, and what likely scared Kim, is what the man is holding. In the man's head is a black leash holding a spike-collared crocodile.
Next to the group is a large amount of luggage on a cart that Kim's struggling to push in.
Nate, Chloe, Marinette, and Adrien gape at the person in the lobby while Samuel looks shocked at the crocodile before shaking it off and walking over to the man.
"Welcome to Le Grand Paris, sir. Do you have a reservation?" Samuel asks in a professional tone.
"Jagged Stone has a reservation set up already." The woman answers for the man in an equally professional tone.
Samuel looks toward the three students at the front desk, and Nate immediately types into the computer before giving his father a thumbs up when he sees the reservation.
"I see. We'll take your bags to your room then. Is there any other way I can serve you today?" Samuel asks the man.
"Fang better get a real bathtub, not a tiny water hole like the one in that hotel across the street." The man tells him in a heavy American accent.
Samuel looks toward the woman, then the crocodile, then the woman again in uncertainty. She takes pity on the man and points to the crocodile. With a grateful nod, Samuel turns back toward Jagged Stone.
"No need to worry, Mr. Stone. We have everything your crocodile will need when it comes to the bathrooms. But first, I must ask if your crocodile will cause trouble for anyone at the hotel while you stay here." Samuel tells him, and Jagged Stone waves him off.
"Don't worry, mate. Fang'll be nice while here." Jagged tells him in a slightly offhanded tone.
His dismissive attitude causes Samuel to look towards the man's assistant worriedly.
"Don't worry. Fang is well-trained enough not to cause many problems while Jagged Stone stays here. The worst may be what happens inside Jagged's hotel room." She explains.
Samuel nods but does give a warning look.
"Well, as long as you don't cause too much trouble while here, I suppose it's fine." Samuel nods before looking toward the three teens at the front desk.
However, Nate has already grabbed the room key and heads toward the group.
"Here you go, you're room is on the top floor in the most luxurious suite," Nate tells them while handing the woman the key.
The two adults look at the teen in confusion, probably wondering why someone not even out of high school is working in a high-brand hotel before Samuel cuts in.
"We currently have a work experience field trip going on for students during their break from school. A whole class decided to work in the hotel today." Samuel explains before putting his hands on Nate's shoulders.
"And this one would be my son. So, he has to work here anyway since I have him help around if he wants an allowance." Samuel grins while Nate's expression remains calm.
However, his eyes soon narrow when he sees someone peek out from behind Jagged Stone's luggage cart.
The person peeking out is a young man with light skin, blue eyes, and medium-length combed blond hair with pink tips. They're wearing a white V-neck T-shirt with ripped sleeves and the black outline of Jagged Stone's face, dark blue ripped jeans with a brown belt, black heel boots with skulls on the ankles, black laced fingerless gloves, and a silver necklace with matching skull pendant.
The man has a smirk and a camera in his hands as he peeks out and stares at Jagged Stone.
However, none of the adults noticed, focused on their conversation. When Jagged hears Samuel's words, he grins.
"Rock on. Send the kids to my room, and I'll give them a couple of autographs." Jagged Stone tells him.
"I'll let them know when it's time to switch jobs." Samuel nods with a smile.
At this point, Nate isn't the only one to see the man. As the man tries to sneak off to the side, Fang takes notice of his presence and happily follows after the man while Jagged is distracted.
"Dad." Nate tries to warn his father as he watches the man dive behind a desk, not noticing the crocodile following him.
Unfortunately, Samuel isn't paying attention.
"Great, Penny and I'll be relaxing in our suite then. The plane ride here drove me crazy." Jagged groans in annoyance.
"Well, I'm sure you'll- Samuel starts before Nate elbows his father in the gut.
Samuel glares at his son in anger and says.
"Nathanial, what the heck was that-" He's cut off again when he looks to where Nate is pointing and sees Fang heading towards the desk where the man is hiding.
At the same time, the man peeks above the desk to take a picture when Fang walks next to him and lets out a playful growl, causing the man to turn and see him.
"Ahh, ahh, ahh!" The man screams as he unstably jumps backward from Fang into the middle of the lobby.
Everyone in the room looks at the man. When Jagged Stone and Penny see him, they gain annoyed looks.
"Oh, no. Not him again." Jagged sighs in annoyance.
Seeing his covers blown, the man smiles and waves at Jagged Stone excitedly.
"Do you remember me, Mr. Stone? It's Vincent Aza, your biggest fan. Just one photo so I can show everyone we're best buds, please." Vincent begs while excitedly waving his arm and crossing his fingers at the words best buds.
"I know exactly who you are. You're the man who's been to all of my last thirty-six shows. And we ain't friends." Jagged Stone tells him in annoyance as Penny glares at him.
However, Vincent doesn't listen and gets close to Jagged Stone wrapping an arm around his shoulder before lifting his camera to get a good shot of them.
"There! Look into the lens!" Vincent excitedly shouts as he's about to take the picture while Jagged Stone looks uncomfortable.
However, Penny intercepts by covering the lens of Vincent's camera when he snaps the picture and quickly follows up by ripping it out of his hand.
"Didn't you hear Mr. Stone? You still don't seem to understand, do you?" Penny angrily shouts at him before grabbing Vincent's arm and putting it behind his back to forcefully lead him out of the hotel lobby.
"No photos!" Penny shouts at the man as she tosses him out.
Vincent turns onto his back fast enough to see Penny throw his camera and catches it barely before it hits the ground.
"Good reflexes, but if I see you around Jagged Stone again, you won't get your camera back! This is your last warning!" Penny snaps at him before going inside, leaving behind a seething Vincent.
His anger doesn't go unnoticed, however. Gabriel senses his anger and quickly transforms before heading to his secret base. The base's glass window opens, and Hawkmoth creates another butterfly.
"A nice amount of brewing anger and frustration from a devoted fan. The perfect chance to make a powerful Akuma to take down Ladybug and Cat Noir. We'll see how they handle a more mature host." Hawkmoth says as he releases the butterfly.
Unfortunately, the group isn't aware of the coming danger and doesn't pay much attention to the man after Penny throws him out. They only move on with their day. Jagged Stone and Penny go to their suite while everyone else stays in the hotel lobby.
"So, I'm going to take a guess and say Mr. Stone is an American rockstar," Samuel tells the teens standing around him while he's in front of the hotel's front desk.
"An American rock star. Try the American rockstar!" Chloe shouts at him, emphasizing 'the' in her second sentence.
"He's sold millions of albums and is seen as one of the world's best rockstars. He's super rich too." Chloe tells Samuel with an excited expression on her face.
"And he said we could get his autograph by heading to his suite. This is awesome." Chloe fangirls excitedly.
"Okay, I did not expect to see this today." Nate quietly mutters so only Adrien, who's right next to him, can hear.
Adrien smiles awkwardly as he watches Chloe fangirl. However, Samuel quickly gets everyone back on track by clapping his hands while saying.
"Alright, that's enough. We all have to get back to work. Nate, be sure to help your classmates if they're confused about how to handle any of the guests' requests. Kim, please return to your post at the doors, and don't let that man from earlier back in. Marinette, why don't you go to Mr. Stone's suite and see if he needs anything while getting situated." Samuel begins ordering the students around.
Everyone does as they're told, with Kim heading back out of the hotel and Marinette heading towards the elevators while the other three stay behind the front desk with other employees. Once Marinette gets to Jagged Stone's room and knocks on the door, Penny meets her.
"Oh, are you here for the autograph?" Penny asks her, recognizing the girl from in the lobby.
"Um, yes, no, I'm here to see if you need anything since I'm a gopher right now. But I wouldn't mind an autograph." Marinette tells her.
"Oh, perfect. Mr. Stone needs a new pair of shades for tonight's gig. Red, white, and blue with two large Eiffel Towers on them. Can you see if you can get that for him?" Penny immediately requests.
Marinette blinks before gaining an uncertain look when the design registers with her, and she imagines it.
"I'll try, but I don't know if they make glasses like that," Marinette tells her, and Penny sighs.
"Just try to find something as close to the design if you can't find anything," Penny tells her.
Marinette nods before leaving and heading out of the hotel to see what she can find.
"Maybe I can find something from one of the shops around the Eiffel Tower," Marinette mutters in front of the hotel before heading towards the Eiffel Tower.
When she arrives, she sees a vendor selling sunglasses, trying to catch tourists' attention. Unfortunately, there aren't as many tourists as there used to be in Paris due to Hawkmoth and the Akumas. So, business is more demanding than it used to be. It's not that tourism has completely stopped. People still come to Paris in droves, but it's not as much as before.
Marinette quickly runs toward the vendor with a notepad with Jagged's sunglasses description written down. She grabs one of the sunglasses and looks at it before looking at her notes and sighing in disappointment. She then does this with a few more people and shops before sitting on a bench in exhaustion and frustration as she's unable to find anything remotely resembling Jagged Stone's design.
"This is impossible. I can't find anything resembling what Jagged Stone is after." Marinette groans in annoyance.
"Then why don't you try making them?" Tikki suggests from inside the bag she's been hiding in.
Marinette looks down at Tikki in shock before facepalming.
"Of course. I should have tried doing that from the start." Marinette mutters before quickly buying a pair of glasses and running back towards the hotel.
While running back towards the hotel, she passes by an angry Vincent as he's muttering.
"Why won't he let me take a picture with him? I've done everything to prove how much I'm his fan. I've been to all his concerts, bought all his merchandise, and even sent his crocodile gifts. So, why can't he see that we're best friends?" Vincent shouts in frustration.
Unknown to him, the butterfly Gabriel created is flying above him toward his camera. Once it lands, Hawkmoth's words enter Vincent's mind with the butterfly outline in front of his face.
"Pixelator, I am Hawkmoth. I am here to offer the chance to immortalize your relationship with your hero. All I ask in return is that you claim the Miraculous for me from the ones who will get in your way." Hawkmoth explains to him.
Vincent gains an evil smirk and says.
"Yes, Hawkmoth."
Black smoke covers Vincent, and when it disappears, it reveals Vincent's new form.
Like Fashionista, Vincent's appearance remains mostly the same but with new clothes. He's now wearing a full-body black and blue jumpsuit with a matching helmet with a camera lens eye, and the top left area is uncovered to show his grown-out pink hair that's combed to the side. On Pixelator's chest is a pixel art camera lens design.
"Time to capture my moment." Pixelator laughs before he confidently walks in the direction of the hotel.
Marinette runs through the hotel lobby towards her room and sits at her workstation. She sets the sunglasses she bought down and stares at them intently as she tries to visualize a design that matches what Jagged Stone wants. After a few minutes, the perfect idea comes to mind, and she begins her work. It takes her a while, but she finishes the glasses with a happy expression.
The sunglasses now have Eiffel Towers where the lenses would be. It's colored blue on the right, white in the middle, and red on the left.
"These are perfect. Jagged Stone will love them," Marinette says as she admires her handiwork.
She stands up and heads toward Jagged Stone's suite, unaware of the danger arriving at the hotel.
Next Chapter
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Fanfiction Prompt
Gabriel suggests a theme for a photoshoot for Adrien and he vehemently hates it.
Adrien: Father, why this theme?
Gabriel: This is what teenage girls are interested in, Adrien. It will boost your image.
Adrien, horrified, rushes to school the next day with a sample photo from the shoot and blurts in class:
"TO EVERYONE THAT IDENTIFIES AS A GIRL, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS?”
Marinette: Oh sweet Lord, no. Adrien... What is that?
Alya: WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE, AGRESTE? DEGENERATES?
Chloe: Get that atrocity away from me! Is that neon? And print?!
Juleka: (disgusted muttering)
Rose: That's... so ugly, Adrien, I'm so sorry, even I can't think of a nicer word for it.
Mylene: I... Sweetie, do you need help?
Alix: Who the fuck gave you the idea that anyone sane would like that?
Adrien: ...My father.
The class collectively groans knowingly. Poor sunshine child.
AKA: Years of seclusion has not worked in Gabriel's favor fashion trend-wise. He has no idea what teenage girls, Adrien's target demographic, like.
via @agnes-is-wright
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A Review of Détermination
The episode romance-centred, obviously. And Luka and Kagami are finally re-appearing, as allies. It’s funny how Marinette is looking up at Chat Noir being all suave and cool while Adrien is peering down at Marinette making a fool of herself. Visual storytelling.
Marinette rides the moped to school. To send Kagami to fencing class at least. And her hair is down.
Whoa.
"You’re going to ask Marinette out." "Why?" "You obviously have feelings for her." Kagami’s bluntness is so refreshing. Save the plot a lot of time.
Kitty Section is making an interesting decision trusting Bob Roth again
Luka is so supportive.
So Adrien knows his feelings has changed, but he isn’t immediately jumping onto the 'I’m in love' boat. It’s quite considerate and wise to want to figure things out instead of immediately pushing the romantic angle. Because on the off-chance that Adrien isn’t romantically infatuated, he could’ve strung Marinette along and ended up badly hurting her.
Kagami has an Alliance watch.
"Remember when you mistook me for a statue, Marinette?" What an embarrassing memory to bring up.
Did Kagami and Luka strike up a friendship behind-the-scenes? Because the smooth way they walked off together and started a conversation without small talk speaks of a very easy relationship.
Luka makes an astute observation. As someone who’s always used to being adored and adoring in return, Adrien can’t decipher the truth of his feelings. Are they truly out-of-the-ordinary, or just enhanced for one particular person?
Chloé wants Mayor Bourgeois to take down the heroes and villain exhibit hall because she’s offended by the implications.
Pulling an Alya and Nino in New York. Just lock them in, why don't you?
Superhero-themed villains has been quite popular this season. That and ordinary citizens wanting to be heroes, like Socqueline dressing up as ladybug and Nino erecting a resistance. I’m starting to spy a motif.
I just realised Manipula is the first original Akumatised victim in this season, and she looks really good as well. That appearance could pass a camp on a gala red carpet.
Very Sailor Moon-esque, this scenario.
When did Alix get a statue??
The whole gang’s here.
Those are still wax statue, they don’t have the power of the Miraculous, do they?
The humour of Chloé sitting in André’s seat while he’s consulting her like she’s the mayor. Chloé is in unbreakable charge of everything in his life.
So the wax statues can use Miraculous powers? The power scale is broken.
I made a post sometime ago about how Tigresse Pourpre and Pigella are parallels of Ladybug and Chat Noir. Tigresse Pourpre: also a cat, dark-coloured, armed with a power of incredible destructive force. Pigella: pink-themed, dance-themed, armed with the power to create something. So the two of them being destroyed by their Ladybug and Chat Noir is like watching nature takes its course.
Kagami’s fringe is dishevelled?
I don’t think I’ve ever see her without hair covering her forehead.
She looks good. She should have a formal appearance, or alternate casual appearance, with her fringe brushed away.
"You’re in great shape these days, kitty-cat." "We can’t afford to make anymore mistakes."
Oh, how the turntables.
Ladybug is beginning to have inklings of feelings for Chat Noir.
Faux-Ladybug’s giant sword isn’t purely red-and-black-spots anymore. There’s a silver blade edge. Good design call, it looks much more deadly. The black on the tip of the quills (?) resemble poisonous daggers.
I’m surprised that these signposts in the back actually has readable words on them.
Ooh, I finally get her outfit. I thought she was an ice-cream cone – she’s supposed to be a candelabra. You know, wax figurine.
You know Chat Noir’s not going to be here to stop you from spiralling into despair at every other comment, right?
Neither the Bee Miraculous’ Venin or the Ox Miraculous’ Résistance should be stronger than Chat Noir’s Cataclysm. That's not how the power balance should work.
Nice to see that Chat Noir is actually fighting back for once, instead of letting whatever happens to him happen.
She’s dead.
Ladybug actually managed to communicate her feelings to Chat Noir pretty well. Pity that he misinterpreted.
"Yes. I think I’m in love." Whoa, finally.
The clownery never ends. Finally when mutuality is established, it’s in the wrong direction.
This is a very clean and beautiful scene. The brightness of the Musée Grevin poster, the grey skies and the rain. The animation of Marinette’s tears and the vividness of her emotions.
This episode basically establishes that the emotions are going in the opposite direction now. At this point, it seems that Adrien and Marinette will keep chasing each other in a circle, 'round and 'round.
#miraculous#season 5#détermination#Marinette dupain-cheng#ladybug#adrien agreste#chat noir#luka couffaine#tsurugi kagami#review
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Miraculous One-Shot Collection: Countdown to...(Lukadrien
(3204 words) by Nakira Taisho
Posted on: 2022-08-11
Chapter: 11/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Luka Couffaine
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Alix Kubdel, Chloé Bourgeois
Additional Tags: There are multiple tags for each 'Chapter', y'all just bear with me, Shenanigans, Kwami Swap, Identity Reveal, post identity reveal, Aged Up, alcohol use, Character centric Chapters, One Shot Collection, most of these are old works I'm just doing some cleanup, some are open-ended ship wise, holiday episodes, Some salt, episode rewrite, for two Chapters:, Soulmate-Identifying Timers
Summary: In the world where a timer counts down to meeting your soulmate, those meetings can range from romantic to straight up weird…it can even be a 'kidnapping'…
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Alya and Secrets
So I started making a post about Alya and secrets a little while back, but after Sentibubbler I put it off as I wasn’t sure, however after Rocketear I feel as if it still stands.
Sentibubbler revealed to me that yes Alya can control things by herself, is loyal to Marinette and wouldn’t reveal her secret easily. I never wanted to insinuate that she ever would, but now after Rocketear, I feel as if my belief that Alya will make a mistake with the secrets department. Alya has told Nino about Rena Furtive when Marinette had firmly told her not to, knowing of Marinette’s fears and her position as Ladybug.
Alya decided to tell Nino everything because she doesn’t like keeping secrets from him, her relationship has never been like that. Her role as a journalist is to seek the truth as well. She is not comfortable with keeping secrets, and I don’t blame her for that, I think it’s actually very commendable. What I don’t agree with is that she has gone against Marinette. The repercussions could be dire, like what happened in Optygami, or it could cause a huge rift in their friendship. In Sentibubbler Marinette was afraid that all of her secrets would get out and that she would be betrayed by Alya. I believe that she will still have a “betrayal” by Alya (also by Chat, but that’s a different post). Then in Gang of Secrets she was afraid of telling Alya everything could change and potentially destroy their relationship.
Rocketear also highlighted again why Marinette keeps secrets. We see it breaking her relationships throughout this season; she is making sacrifices to those she cares about because of the role she takes on and the stakes as Ladybug and is breaking her and potentially all of her relationships, whether that be with family or other.
Rest lies below the cut, this is a long post
Her responsibilities are keeping her away from happiness, with her family, from her friends, and has also broken her chances for romance with anyone. I don’t think that is a coincidence that her family was brought forward and the fact of Marinette’s need/want to keep secrets will be tested with Alya. Marinette’s vehemence of keeping her identity a secret is also influenced by the events of Chat Blanc
Speaking of Chat Blanc, within this episode Bunnix explains briefly why she was chosen to be the bearer of the Rabbit miraculous and it was because she knows how to keep a secret. Alya has constantly been surrounded by the challenges of being Trustworthy. Key episodes this season being Sentibubbler, Gang of Secrets, Optygami and now Rocketear.
I feel as if this has much more weight on it now after everything that has happened in this season so far.
Previously Alya has been shown how trustworthy she can or can’t be. In Puppeteer 2, Alya insists she didn't tell Nino about Marinette’s crush on Adrien when she clearly had.
She clearly did tell Nino, or accidentally told him because otherwise there wouldn’t be the narrative of Alya and Nino trying to get Adrien and Marinette alone together etc.
I do trust Alya, but she has a recurring theme where there is too much emphasis on the word trustworthy which insinuates that this is a challenge for her character.
Alya can als be quite pushy. Like in Sapotis when she got too swept up, and Trixx planted the notion of becoming a permanent miraculous holder, but he was also the one to help her realise to prove herself trustworthy. Trixx and Alya can also be very hard to say no to, they have a persuasive attitude, but it can also make people realise things.
Alya can be very pushy when she gets swept up in “helping” Marinette get close to Adrien. Reflekdoll and Gigantitan always have rubbed me the wrong way with Alya’s role. In Gigantitan, Marinette wanted to help that woman up the stairs who had baby August in the stroller, Alya insisted for Marinette to stay, until the woman was really struggling and Marinette just went, and even then Alya was in her ear saying to hurry up as Adrien was coming.
If Alya just let Marinette be everything would have been fine. In all actuality, if Adrien saw Marinette he would probably help and it would start a lovely, genuine conversation considering he also wanted to help, but couldn’t. It’s in their blood to help. Both Marinette and Adrien earnt the miraculous because they were the only ones around who cared enough to help people.
In Reflekdoll it was both the fault of Marinette and Alya that Juleka went in on herself. Marinette didn’t allow Juleka to speak as she bombarded her with questions. Alya was pushing because of the time crunch and pushed Marinette and Adrien together, she had completely overlooked Juleka’s feelings as well. Marinette didn’t completely get blinded as she did try to double check that Juleka was alright.
Alya can just be impulsive sometimes. Most of the time when she is told to stop, like in Sapotis when Marinette tells her to slow down in trying to find out Ladybugs identity, and then when Ladybug tells her she can’t tell anyone, Alya complies.
Being impulsive is what Alya has in common with Chat Noir with his self-sacrificial tendencies and emotions clouding judgement.
She is aware of getting ahead of herself anyways
Alya and Marinette are both making mistakes. Alya made a huge one in Optygami because her judgement is impared due to her emotions towards Nino. Marinette has made and is making a lot of mistakes. The huge ones are those which take time to surface, like what happened with Chloe and what is happening with Chat Noir. Marinette decided to reward Alya by giving her the miraculous permanently. I don't think she should have done that, at least not yet. It's a huge risk on top of another. Marinette knew from the beginning that Hawkmoth knew who the holders were, yet still decided to give them out to the same people, however with Chloe it was totally different. She should have been open with her in the first place.
Marinette has also always been super lenient with Alya as well, first with allowing Nino and Alya knowing their alter egos (although Alya knew of Nino in the first place), but again a huge risk really, as we saw in Catalyst, they got distracted, and their emotions getting themselves turned into scarlet.
Although, I do understand that there was a time crunch.
Marinette often has a double-standard and bias when it comes to Alya. For instance, in Style Queen Marinette was going to give the Bee miraculous to Alya as well.
Why!??? When Alya already had been using the Fox Miraculous. Ladybug’s decision to constantly not tell Chloe is what led to Miracle Queen. It was not fair. Sorry, there is no way I can really excuse that. She was so blind-sided by judgement in that decision.
However that has equally been counteracted by proving she is trustworthy, that she is loyal and also looks for the facts. Alya can also be level-headed like the approach of finding out who was framing Marinette in Ladybug.
She has been a big help for Marinette as well, as we see in Mr. Pigeon 72.
She was a miracle in Sentibubbler as well! As she kept her cool and thought ahead. She still made a couple of mistakes like telling Chat Noir it’s a two person operation etc. Not her fault though. Nothing said in that moment would have helped.
Alya is definitely a huge asset for Marinette to have, by running ideas and taking some of the pressure off of her shoulders and ultimately being able to think for herself.
It all comes back to Bunnix in Chat Blanc as well saying she can keep a secret, so I fear what is to come. Alix has constantly been the one shown to have a rational head. Reverser being the big one, but also the little comments when with the girls like in Gang of Secrets and Gigantitan.
I have a feeling that Marinette’s leniency with Alya may end up being a mistake. I do think it’s good some of her weight has been lifted, but now it seems she is being a little arbitrary. Alya we know has a huge target on her back. She may have saved herself in Sentibubbler, but now she has told Nino everything, against the wishes of Marinette. Although, Marinette says that she does trust Alya when Alya fixes things at the end of Rocketear.
I think Alya makes this decision as she is firm in her belief that secrets shouldn’t be kept when it comes to loved ones, especially those who are meant to be your partner (best friend, boyfriend/girlfriend). I also wonder whether this decision to tell Nino was also influenced because Marinette was easy on her after what happened in Optygami, thinking Marinette wouldn’t mind. Plus she got around it all in Puppeteer 2.
Marinette is actively going against her own beliefs (and what she was told by Master Fu) by utilising the same miraculous holders. I understand that she is the new guardian and she is making her own rules, but she also saw sense in keeping things secret, because of her own identity, and how she refuses to allow Chat Noir to know who the holders are as well. It is way too risky, whatever Marinette is up to. She is not allowing Chat Noir his right to know as much as she does; they are meant to be partners, but it doesn’t feel like that. That is all due to her fear of Chat Blanc and its events. She is now heavily reliant on Alya/ Rena Rouge. That is going to cause a huge rift once Chat becomes wise to their dynamic as we are seeing blatantly now in Rocketear.
What happens if Alya slips up again and it’s huge this time. What is the secret that Bunnix is referring to that makes Ladybug/Marinette realise that she is the one to be trusted with the Rabbit miraculous? When will that be? Will Marinette have a falling out with Alya after finding out that Alya told Nino that she was still working as covert Rena?
I think what Marinette has decided was untimely. These kids shouldn’t be dealing with this, but they are. They are feeling way too much and are still trying to learn about themselves. It is not fair. They are bound to make decisions. I just have this unsettled feeling that there is too much concentration around this topic to overlook. I don’t think that Marinette is going to be best pleased when she finds out that Alya has told Nino everything, especially after all that she has sacrificed with Luka and Adrien and as Rocketear stated about her family again. I think the pressure will get to her again.
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Lila hires some girl to pas herself as civilian!Ladybug but she's exposed when the other heroes (Alya, Nino, Kim, Max, Alix) realize that this girl doesn't know that they are heroes too.
Wrong answer
This isn’t my ideal kind of story prompt but ok. Any ideas how to improve the ending?
Back at Greece, Phoebe was a black-belt karate student and aspiring gymnast. Unfortunately she had a temper and developed a reputation for bullying. (She wasn’t the bullying sort but she did not like people in general and valued solitude)
Phoebe knew Lila was a liar, but didn’t care enough to expose her. Likewise, Lila wisely decided to leave Phoebe alone.
Then Phoebe lost her temper when some students thought to provoke her on a dare. Their broken limbs would have seen her expelled had Lila not intervened on her behalf to frame the victims instead. (Lila wanted them gone too)
Phoebe thanked Lila and said she owed her. Then went back to ignoring everyone.
Phoebe never thought Lila would actually call on her favor after the latter moved to Paris.
It was just Phoebe’s bad luck that her mother wanted to vacation there and Lila had somehow heard about it.
Lila messaged Phoebe, reminding her of the favor she owed. Fine. Whatever can get Phoebe back to her peaceful solitude the fastest.
Apparently Lila wanted Phoebe to pretend to be this hero Ladybug. Phoebe heard about her. While their eyes were both crystal blue, Phoebe’s hair was a lot darker, not that the miraculous doesn’t change hairstyles.
All Phoebe had to do was act responsible and go through her usual acrobatics routine. Then when Lila came in with her classmates, pretend like they were best friends.
Whatever.
Phoebe was in the zone when she heard the door opening. She would have ignored it but for Lila’s grating voice.
“Phoebe! I just wanted to introduce my friends to you.”
Forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace (Lila paused to reflect that she should have checked whether Phoebe could act) and said cheerily, “hi, Lila. Hello, Lila’s friends.”
The Parisians looked at her aerial split, eyes wide with wonder. “Hi.”
Lila: anyway, these are Alya, Nino, Kim, Max and Alix.
Alya: it’s so great to finally see you.
Kim: I knew you were an athlete the moment I saw you swing around with your yo-yo
Phoebe shrugged: I just train hard
Alya: I know you said you’re not dating but the cameras are off. What do you really think about Chat Noir
Phoebe gave a so-so gesture. “He’s not really my type. I would consider Monkey Boy for his agility or even Pegasus for his style.”
Kim: you mean, Monkey King.
Phoebe: he’s still a boy behind the mask
For some reason, Max and Kim were blushing
Alix: enough romance talk. Why didn’t you ever give Lila the fox miraculous
Phoebe: because she was traumatised by Volpina so she decided to pass the power to Foxy
Phoebe doesn’t know the names of the other heroes. Just their animal costumes and nicknamed them on her own.
Alya: Rena Rouge
Phoebe: yeah her.
Ladybug’s nonchalance bothered the heroes. Lila glared at her. Responsible!
Alya: would your ever consider letting the temporary heroes keep their miraculous?
Phoebe: never going to happen. I can’t trust them with that kind of responsibility.
Ouch.
Alix frowned. She still held her watch. Something doesn’t add up. “Hey, what was the name of the bunny heroine again?”
Lila piped up before Phoebe could give the wrong answer. “Bunnyx.”
Phoebe thought the word was accented by French so she just nodded and said, “What Lila said. Is Bunny your favorite heroine?”
The honest curiosity there confirmed it.
Alix narrowed her eyes, “you’re not really Ladybug, are you.”
Phoebe shrugged: you can only believe or not
She wasn’t this invested in the lie. Lila wanted to claw her eyes out.
Just then, Phoebe’s father came in to tell her that they were going to the Eiffel Tower for dinner so say goodbye to her friends.
Phoebe nodded and gathered up her gym bag. “Bye Lila. Bye Lila’s friends.”
Her sheer aloofness did not help Lila’s claim that she was Ladybug.
As one, her classmates turned their accusing glares on her.
Lila: she’s having a bad day
Alix: could have fooled me. Did fool me actually.
Max was going through the tales Lila had spun and buried his face in his hands. “How could I have fallen for that napkin story?”
Nino: there’s no way you’re Ladybug’s best friend
Lila: I am. You just saw her.
Alya: come on guys, dinner at my place.
Kim: that’s it? We’re just going to ignore Lila?
Alya: we’ll get akumatized and she’s not worth it.
Phoebe’s phone was bombarded with angry texts from Lila blaming her and threatening to go back on her lie at Greece.
Phoebe didn’t care. It was old news by now and their principal was getting short-term memory. Thanks to Lila, all records of that incident had been erased to move on. He won’t even realize what Lila is talking about and will instead ask if they ever had an Italian exchange student.
When school resumed the next day, everyone knew the absent Lila was a liar. Not willing to shrug off class duties, Marinette and Alya would double check to make sure Lila had a good reason for skipping.
But apparently she had a super contagious flu and could not leave her house.
Alya called Mrs Rossi to ask for her new address because surely she can’t be allowed to go to work if she is constantly near her sick daughter.
Mrs Rossi was baffled. Her daughter said she just had a common cold.
Anyway, she promised that Lila would go to school before the week was over. The doctor only gave her two days off school.
When Lila was driven to school by her mother, nobody bothered to glare at her, though some whispered in scandalised tones.
Lila was ignored by her class though Chloé had decided to make her revenge personal for that utterly ridiculous dance.
No one bothered to defend Lila from Chloé.
Marinette knew Lila couldn’t be trusted. Adrien felt that Chloé was justified in her humiliation.
So became Lila’s life in Paris. A lonely existence where the only person who paid her attention was a vengeful heiress who loved to humiliate her.
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Just Another Class Trip :) Part 3
You know getting dragged through a multi billion dollar corporations building to try and avoid your illegitimate father, a normal monday for most I’m sure.
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It’s official, I hate Adrien
Marinette groans, having been practically dragged out of bed for breakfast. Adrien was wisely backed up as far as he could in the elevator. She yawns, making it loud as possible and looking Adrien right in the eye.
“Maybe you shouldn’t have stayed out so late,” Tikki giggles, hidden in her scarf.
Yeah it turns out that ‘just need to help out one person’ turned into a it is now 3am and I am halfway across the city beating up a gang.
“At least the box was safe,” Marinette whispers back, she had crashed in Adrien's room, no matter how mad Lila would be, or because of it who knows.
And indeed Lila was mad. The second they step foot into the hotel restaurant the entire class turns to stare at them. Crowded around a smug looking Lila with tears rolling down her cheeks. Marinette just turns a sharp left to the coffee. It isn’t until she has downed half a cup and refilled it that she tries to look for her friends.
Chloe looks just as dead as her, so she sits next to her. Let the morning people talk, they were ready to pass out together.
“Kagami?”
“Yep, Adrien?”
“Yep,”
“Morning people,” They both sneer.
“Were you planning on sleeping all morning?” Kagami asks, eating breakfast like a normal person, what a jerk.
“Were you planning on watching me all morning?” Chloe half heartedly retorts.
“You are adorable when you’re sleeping,”
“Fuck you, I’m adorable all the time,”
“Chlo, language, please,” Marinette implores, nursing her giant cup.
“Shut up Dupain-Cheng,” Chloe snaps, face planting back into the table.
“She’s not that cute actually,” Kagami whispers to Adrien, “Wore a face mask she got green all over the bed,”
“I’ll get green all over you,” Chloe mumbles absentmindedly.
"Marinette,"
"Ah the storm is coming,took them long enough" She takes a gulp of burning coffee, "Yes Alya?"
"You cant just say that to a person," Alya tries to explain, as if talking down to a child, "Lila was up all night crying,"
"She probably just put on a recording and went soundly to sleep," Chloe scoffs, sleepily looking up from the table.
"I was with her all night!" Alya turns to Chloe, seething rage coming to the surface.
"Thats some impressive endurance," Marinette mutters, downing more coffee.
"You think she's been practicing?" Chloe smirks.
"This isn't-"
"Make sure she get's plenty of water," Marinette turns away, hoping the conversation would be over.
"Marinette!" Alya looks down at her the way Marinette often looks at her, the look at a dear friend who changed, "Can't you see you're hurting Lila?"
"Can't you see she's hurting me?" She covers that honestly by gulping down more coffee, she has not had enough for this conversation.
"You used to be so nice Marinette," Alya dodges the question, pointing to Chloe and Kagami instead, "Then you started spending time with these two, and, and you changed!"
"Believe what you want Alya," Marinette motions for her friends to stay calm, "But they stand by me when no one else will, especially you,"
"Thats because!- Marinette if you had just gotten to know Lila instead of being jealous this would have never happened," Alya looks down at her sadly, Marinette was sure Paris would have been up in flames somehow if she had ever trusted Lila, "If you just didn't spend time around these bullies everything could be the same, you wouldn't have become a bully too,"
"So what?" She spits bitterly, looking over at the table watching them, Lila looking disgruntled it wasn't an all out fight, "If I got up and joined that table right now, would everything go back to the way it was?"
"... No,"
Marinette’s pocket buzzes in a familiar sequence. Akuma alert.
"Ok then, not much point in arguing about it, I'm going to stay with my friends, the ones I can actually trust," Marinette quickly shuts down Alya's protest, "Now go get Lila some water,"
Alya walks off back to the table, everyone crowding around her. Marinette waits for the door to be clear, she has to leave before Alya finishes or the whole class will be breathing down her neck.
“Forgot something in my room,” Marinette slings on her back pack, “Be back soon,”
She was not back soon, she was not back soon at all. Luckily she should only be three minutes late for the bus-and nope they left, great. She’ll just have to catch up with the tour later.
Well, I had stuff to do anyways
She talks with the receptionist; her assistant should have sent her a prepared motorcycle to the hotel the day before. It’s a quick drive to the location she had selected specifically to be close to the hotel.
She puts on a simple domino mask before entering the building, she didn’t want anyone to leak her identity after all. Walking in she’s glad to see everything is not in disarray.
“MDC,” Her assistant, Liam walks up to her.
Liam was someone she met through Penny. He’s older than her and also acted as her guardian on most of her trips as MDC. He does know her civilian identity, which she trusted him completely to keep. She likes him because-
“Is that mine?” She snatches the cup of coffee as he passes it to her.
“Figured you needed it,” Liam smiles, wincing as she downs the burning liquid, it's fine she has a strong healing factor, “You said your bag was stolen? This should replace it, it’s most of what you had plus more,”
He rolls forward a pre packed suitcase.
“I would die without,” Marinette says in all seriousness, “So what's the damage?”
“No major problems so far, the security we hired is enough to scare away the smaller thugs,” Liam nods to some security personnel guarding each door, “They won't be enough if any super villains try to attack the actual show,”
“Mm, give them instructions on the night of the show they are only allowed to intercept small time, anything bigger they are not allowed to engage,” Marinette studies the room, there's great places to hide, friend or foe, “If they see anything they are simply to report it directly to me,”
“They can’t engage?” Liam looks around, trying to see what she is.
“They won't be able to stop them anyway, and there is no reason for them to die,”
“If you say so,” Liam leads her through the room where lights are being set up and walls are being painted, “So what's the plan if we do get attacked?”
“I’m sure Batman is going to have his eye on any big events,” Marinette approves of the color of the back wall, it looking even better in person, “Besides I’m planning on trying to intercept before any violence,”
“In other words you're going to make my job a lot more stressful,” Liam sighs, making a note or rather on his tablet.
“Not if I can help it,”
“You can’t,” Liam sighs again at her grin, “Didn’t you have a tour with your class today?”
“They left me,” Liam seems equally unsurprised, “But I should probably head for Wayne tower anyway,”
“Don’t get into trouble,”
“I never get into trouble,” Marinette smirks from the door, “Trouble drags me into it kicking and screaming,”
“More like keen and skipping,” Liam closes the door in her face.
Marinette strolls into the Wayne tower an hour late with Starbucks, she sees is her class, being a nuisance arguing with a tour guide.
“You cannot just leave a student alone in Gotham,” The tour guide all but yells at Madame Bustier.
“Marinette is very responsible, she can handle herself,” Madame Bustier more defends herself than Marinette.
“I don’t care how responsible your student is, that won't stop them from getting shot!” This time he does yell, “You need to go back and pray to god she’s alright and hasn't gotten lost for some murder to find!”
Alright time to break the tension
“Hey, what did I miss?” Marinette asks casually, Already sipping at her straw when all eyes turn to her.
“Marinette! How did you get here?” Madame bustier demands.
“I-”
“I think you mean ‘are you alright, I’m so sorry for leaving you behind,” The tour guide glowers, apparently threatening enough that Madame Bustier actually repeats him.
“I’m fine, I borrowed a bike from my friend in Gotham,”
“You don’t have a licence in Gotham,” Lila sneers triumphantly.
Oh look who actually did some research, how much digging did you do when I learnt how to ride a motorcycle
“I didn’t say it was a motorcycle,” That shut’s Lila up, “But yeah it is a motorcycle,
Worth it for that face
“Also I got my licence approved in America before I came,”
So worth that face
Lila opens her mouth, better than the flood gates, when the tour guide interrupts.
“Now that everyone is here,” He sends a smile to Marinette and a glare to Madame Bustier somehow at the same time, she gets the tinglily feeling of miraculous holder, or maybe its just the caffeine, “We can start, my name is Dick I will be your tour guide today.
They follow Dick through the tour Marinette's group right behind Dick. She scribbled designs and took notes as he talked, asking her own questions. This got her dubbed Dicks favourite, and easy title to gain as the rest of the class lagged behind. Most were listening to Lila, only Max and Alix were straining to hear Dick over the chatter. Marinette would occasionally pick up a mention of the Wayne's and knew it wasn't related to the tour. She'd have to guess Lila was lying about either dating someone or saving their life, or because it's Lila probably both. A gutsy move in the Wayne tower she had to admit. Marinette could tell Dick was listening and would probably have that rumour make it back to the Wayne's themselves. Would the wrath of some of the richest and most powerful people be enough to stop her? not likely.
They split up for lunch at the cafeteria in the building. She saw the coffee machine and was about to make a bee line to it when Kagami pulled her back to eat some 'real food' whatever that is. She makes a break for it after eating the so called 'real food', right before the tour was about to restart. She reaches it as a familiar figure is also waiting.
"Hi Tim," She greets, getting him to actually jump, "You work here?"
"Hi! um-yeah," He looks over to her, "How did you do that?"
"Do what?" She takes the biggest travel cup they have available.
"Sn-nothing," Tim still looks uneasy, then his eyes lock onto the cup, "tired?"
"Was up till three am last night, plus jet lag?" She yawns, "Yeah I'm tired,"
"Then you'll want to put that cup back,"
"Hm why?"
he gets her answer when Tim ducks down, opening a hidden cupboard full of travel cups at least twice the size of her current one,
"Tim I love you," She fills up the giant cup, "You're my favourite person in Gotham as of right now,"
"Not Dick?"
"Eh, his puns are lacklustre," She shrugs, Tim spits out his drink, "You know Dick?"
"Yep, give him a hard time for me!" Tim calls over his shoulder, walking away.
"You got it!" She hurries in the opposite direction, late for the tour once again.
“Did you get another coffee?” Dick asks as they enter the PR department.
“They were serving them at lunch,” Marinette could almost laugh at how quickly he had begun to fret over her during the tour.
“I know, that was my brothers idea, or rather demand,” Dick sighs, someone else approaching the group to direct the tour.
“Your brother works here?”
“Sure does,”
“But you don’t”
This makes Dick pause, looking down at her as she sips at the coffee.
“What?”
“I mean you don’t work this job at least,” She shrugs, it wasn't hard to figure out.
“Why's that?”
“You seem uncomfortable, your charismatic but still lack the smoothness of a rehearsed tour, plus you seem offended that they are in the back chatting,” Marinette nods towards Lila and her posse, “Regular tour guides would be used to that,”
“You found me out,” Dick chuckles, “I’m just taking over for today,”
“Well I think you picked a bad class to do that for,” She looks over at most her class ignoring the speaker trying to get their attention.
“I think I picked the right one,” Dick says cryptically, then walks off to help herd the class.
“Alright you have to give me the recipe,” Marinette overhears from a nearby desk.
Someone is sitting on it eating a cookie, while the other taps away at her computer.
“Sorry no can do,” She shrugs, “I don’t know it,”
“How can you not know it, you baked them right?” He asks, trying to steal another one and getting his hand slapped away.
“Nope, new vigilante came in, beat up someone robbing my house and baked me cookies,”
“This is Gotham so I believe the first two,” He looks between her and the container, “But cookies?”
“They also gave me free therapy,” She shrugs, before tapping on the container,“And do you really believe I could make these?”
“Touche,” He smirks leaning back on the desk, “So who’s the new guy? With the Batclan?”
“No they said they were just passing through,” She doesn't look up from her computer, focusing intently on the screen, “Names Starling,”
“Never heard of them,”
“Neither, and I tried looking them up,” She sighs, pushing back from the computer in defeat, “Found someone, but it’s not them, actually couldn't find anything on them,”
“Weird,” He gets up from the desk, “Can’t imagine Batman is going to take kindly to a new vigilante running around,”
“Unless he adopts them,”
“That… yeah he probably will,”
"Oh no-CLAIRE" The speaker trying to wrangle her class stops, "We have a problem!"
"Sorry to cut this short," Claire doesn't look sorry at all, "Seems we have important matters to tend to,"
She follows Dick out of the department, ushering her class as she goes. Claire looks over at her like she has two heads, a mixture of impressed and pity, and perhaps a bit of jealously.
They get to go further up the building, to the higher floors. They reach a space that is mostly meeting rooms. He class decide to take advantage of Dick declaring they are completely sound proof, or maybe they took it as a challenge. Marinette is walking past a hall when someone leaning against the wall catches her eye.
“Auntie Selina?!”
They look around, only spotting Marinette seconds before they collide into a hug, she feels the tingling buzz of a true holder.
“Mari!” Selina picks her up and spins her around, no different from when she was five, “Oh, my love it’s so good to see you, when did you arrive in Gotham?”
Marinette watches as her smile morphs into horror.
“Wait, what are you doing in Gotham!?”
“It’s a class trip and- hey where are we going?” Her Auntie grabs her arm pulling her down the hall.
“Marinette!” Dick calls, walking around the corner, Selina makes a sharp turn down another corridor, “Wait!”
Selina is two steps away from running as she pulls Marinette through the maze of hallways.
“Auntie where are we going?”
“Down here,” She opens the door leading to a staircase, too narrow to be a fire exit.
“That’s not really what I was asking,”
Selina inputs a key code, the door swinging open as she is pulled into the room.
“Wait!” She gets pulled through another door just as quick “Was that wall full of weapons?”
“Just a picture sweetie,” She says sweetly, “Down these stairs,”
“Aunt Selina what are we running from?” They are running now, floor after floor.
“We’re not running from anything sweetie,” Selina speeds up, “I just wanted to show you a cool spot in Gotham,”
“Right,” Marinette raises an eyebrow, “I was actually with the class so maybe we could go later?”
“It closes in five minutes,”
“Like you wouldn’t just break in if we were going somewhere,”
“I promise I will take you somewhere nice,” She smiles back at Marinette, they reach the end of the stairs, coming to a garage of sorts, “If you promise to hurry up,”
“Sure-” She does a double take, of the room, “Hold up are those costumes?”
“Collectors stuff, you know,” They are surrounded by bat themed... everything, “Rich people,”
“Right and how do you know this?”
“I-” She hesitates, eyes drifting, “Hey look, the exit!”
They all out sprint towards the exit. Selina reaches out to open the door a second after it swings open.
“Selina,” The man smiles at Selina as she runs into him.
“Hey Bruce,” Selina jumps back, trying to hide Marinette behind her.
“Where are you going?” Bruce looks behind her at Marinette, who gives a little wave.
“Out! Got to hurry!” She grabs Marinette's arm again, trying to pull her around Bruce.
“Is something wrong?” Bruce grabs Selina's shoulders to keep her still and looking at him.
“Nope nothings wrong,” She wriggles out of his grasp, trying again to pull Marinette away.
“Ok then,” Bruce still looks worried but turns to Marinette instead, “Hello I’m Bruce Wayne, Selina finance,”
“YOU’RE HER WHAT!?”
“Snitch,” He Auntie spits out venomously.
“Why didn’t you tell me!?” Marinette asks her with the biggest grin.
“Surprise,” Selina gives half heated jazz hands.
“Wait! Whens the wedding? Do You have a dress? I’ll make one!” She deicides, brining out her sketchbook, drawing different designs, “What's the theme? Never mind tell me on the way to the fabric store, I’ll sketch up some designs,”
“Darling, please-” Selina is now getting pulled along.
“Oh! I’ll call Papa! I’m sure he’ll want to make your cake! We have to hurry, come on lets go!” They're already out the door, Marinette waves turning back to Bruce, “Nice meeting you!”
“What just happened?” Bruce asks Dick as he runs up next to him.
“She kidnapped one of the students on tour,”
“Who is now making her wedding dress,” Bruce nods, not understanding anything
“Did I miss something?”
I think we all did
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First off, I adore your work! You’re writing is absolutely lovely!
And also I have a request.
Ted is a the popular theater kid and reader is the punk of the school who keeps to their clique. Ted grows an interest for the reader and constantly tries to flirt with them in front of their friends and in private or get a date with them. Reader brushes him off most of the time but grows to like him.
Shakespeare
Ted Nivison x reader [she/her used]
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” The tall brunette stood at the front of the English classroom, reading from the book in his hand. The teacher sat at her desk a few paces away, taking note of how he talked. y/n watched him lazily, not quite caring for Shakespeare. “Thou art more lovely and temperate.”
y/n didn’t pay attention as Ted continued the presentation. She flicked her mechanical pencil between her fingers, biding time. “Thank you, Theodore, for sonnet 18. Next is 19– y/n?”
“I chose the annotation project.”
“Thank you. Who had 20?”
Ted took the seat next to y/n. “How’d I do?”
“Not bad. I mean, I’m sure you could’ve done better theater kid.”
“I don’t know. Let me practice it for you and we’ll see.” y/n rolled her eyes, resting her flushed cheek against her hand. “What was yours about?”
“Also romance. I mean it’s half of what the guy wrote about.”
“I could teach you some of his other stuff.”
“Yes. Theodore. The theater tutor.”
“Aw. Is it my aesthetic? Is that the problem?” y/n exaimned the difference between the two of them. Ted wore the same blue jeans, sneakers, and graphic tee to school every day. Of course y/n had a few staple pieces; her leather boots and mix-matched pieces of jewelry, but she did most commonly wear dark or patterned pants and faded shirt.
“It’s a thousand percent the aesthetic.”
Ted closed his notebook, playfully muttering the himself. The school bell rang and y/n stood up, shoving belongings into a book bag as the teacher made announcements to the leaving students.
“Hey. Come see the show.”
“What show?” She pushed through the crowd as Ted followed. y/n could spot her friends group in the distance, waiting just outside the doors.
“The show! Midsummer’s Night Dream. I’m starring in it.”
“Yeah sure. Like I can afford it.” Her hand hit the door, but he stepped in front of her, preventing her from leaving the building. “Ted-“
“Please. Tonight. Seven. I’ll set a ticket aside for you.” She felt her face heat up as moved away slightly. “Might wanna say hi to your friends for me y/n.”
The boy walked away and y/n continued out the door to her and her friends’ lunch period.
———
“I mean. What’s the worst that could happen?” y/n’s friend, Alix, peeled away the paper wrapping around his sandwich. “Do you even like the guy?”
“I don’t- I don’t know.”
“So it could be yes.” Alix leaned in the back of his seat as he took a bite of his lunch. y/n and her friends were sitting in Alix’s truck in the school parking lot, all eating something they either brought from home or bought at a fast food place near the school.
“It’s always wise to indulge in the arts.” Jaz, one of y/n’s other friends spoke from the back seat.
“Dude would you shut up? You took a writing class once.” The last one of the group, Ryan, waved away what Jaz said. “If you like the guy you like him. If you don’t you don’t. Or play with him. I don’t care.”
“I’m not going to play with Ted’s feelings.” y/n searched through her French fries mindlessly. “He Is cute. I don’t know guys.”
“Just go to the show. It can’t be that bad.”
———
Lunch passed, as did the next couple classes, until y/n’s last period of the day. Thankfully, it was a TA period, so there wasn’t much to do.
“Dearie would you run these to the theatrics department for me?” The lady behind the front desk has to be at least 80 at this point, but y/n stood to take the stack of papers from her. “Thank you.”
y/n smiled and left, taking leisure in her walk. The sole of her boots slapped against the off-white linoleum, echoing through the hallways and cafeteria as she crossed the entire building. She never really realized how far the performing arts hall was until walking to it.
The door creaked as it opened to an empty black classroom. “Hello?” She stepped in, her words echoing. She could hear some small commotion deeper into the theater. She followed the noise, finding herself in what looked like a workshop. “Hi?”
“y/n!” She whipped her head to the side to see Ted walking through a large doorway. “Always a pleasure to see you. Especially here. How can I help love?”
y/n brushed off his comment the best she could. “I’m looking for the director? I’ve got some papers to deliver.”
She held out the papers, trying to show Ted, but instead he linked one of his pinkies with hers. “I’ll take you.”
She stared at their linked fingers as Ted dragged her from the workshop to the back of the audience. Ted talked to somebody, but she didn’t quite pay attention.
“And who’s this?”
Looking up, she met eyes with a man she hadn’t quite spoken to before. He wasn’t quite as tall as Ted, and he wore a blue blazer and hiking boots. “This is y/n, from the front office.”
“Ah.” He nodded at Ted. “And is this who-“
“Yes.” Ted cut him short, rubbing at the back of his own neck.
“Well thank you.” The man took the papers from her hand. “We hope to see you tonight.”
She watched him walk away before turning back to Ted. “What’s he mean?”
“Well, he’s who I had to talk to about your ticket. You are coming tonight aren’t you?”
“I can swing by.”
“Good.” Ted brought their still conjoined hands up and lightly kissed her knuckles. “I’ll be watching for you.”
———
y/n had been waiting for a while now.
When school had got out, she had hung around with her friends for a while, getting something to eat and doing some homework, but now it was 6:53 and she was stuck in line at the ticket counter. In front of her were five people. She was five people away from whatever was to come out of tonight.
“Next!” The line shuffled forwards as two people walked inside. She bounced on her feet, watching the exchange of cash between the student running the ticket booth and the patrons. “Next!”
“Hi I think I had a ticket reserved for me.” The student looked over their shoulder at something, then back to y/n.
“Who reserved it?”
“Ted Nivison?”
“Oh. Okay then this is for you.” The student handed over a rectangular ticket with a seat number stamped on the bottom. “Enjoy the show.”
y/n walked through the double doors into the audience. Most of the seats were full, and it took her a few minutes to find the seat marked for her. When she did, she set her backpack down in the front of her, noticing something underneath her seat. It was a folded piece of paper with a note from Ted.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
-Ted
She stuck the note in her pocket and traded it for her phone. 6:59 pm. She silenced it and looked back to the stage, anxiously waiting. The lights dimmed and she stared up the stage. The curtains began to open and it revealed Ted standing in Grecian style clothing with minimal armor pieces. He stood with his hand outstretched to a girl wearing similar clothing.
Ted’s eyes surveyed the audience, landing on y/n with a smirk. “Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace…”
y/n sat in awe for the next two hours. She watched as Ted moved across the stage, putting to life the story as if he’d lived it. She watched as the characters came to life, as the set moved, and as the lights changed. And two hours later, the curtain closed and the cast came together to do bows. She clapped furiously, then watched everyone stand from their seats and leave. She stood, trying to grab her things. The theater had been nearly emptied by now, people rushing out to say hi to people they knew in the cast.
y/n looked around. To the side of the curtain, just peeking out, was someone waving. She walked over, realizing it was Ted.
“Hey there! What’d you think?”
“That was amazing, Ted.” The boy smiled, taking her hand in his. He began to pull her backstage with him. “Wait Ted-“
“It’s fine don’t worry. Here.” Ted pulled her to stand near the classroom area. “Give me two minutes.”
She watched Ted enter the dressing room. For a moment, it was quiet, until everyone else started to file in. The room quickly became loud, filling with student’s voices.
“Hey.” Ted tapped y/n on the shoulder. “I know it’s a lot. Come with me.” Ted draped an arm over her shoulders as he pulled her outside into the crisp night air. “Better?”
“Yeah. Better. Ted that was- that was awesome.”
“I’m glad I can impress you.” Ted checked his phone. “It’s nine already. You have plans?”
“No I-“
“Come get dinner with me. My treat.”
“Ted. It sounds like you’re asking me on a date.” She lightly nudged him with her elbow.
“It’s only a date if you say yes.”
y/n paused, taken aback by the sudden forwardness. “If I say yes?”
“You don’t have to! Don’t think you have to!” Ted gestured with his hands in a panicked motion. “I just- I think you’re really cool and pretty with your style and I’ve always liked you for as long as I can remember and I was just wondering-“
“Yes.”
He paused, eyes wide as a blush crept onto his face. “Yes? Yes as in yes a date? Our date?”
y/n stood on her tiptoes, pressing a kiss to his cheek. “Take me on a date theater boy.”
Ted wrapped her in a hug, pressing a kiss to her nose. “Anywhere you want.”
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Part 3 - Basic Concepts of Miraculous Ladybug: Transformations, Potions and Power-Up's
Welcome to my analysis of basic concepts in Miraculous. Let's talk about transformations, potions and power-up's. This one is going to be interesting.
Apparently, only child superheroes have a time limit and can use their power only once. And adults can use their powers many times and maintain their transformation.
I don't take Thomas Astruc's Twitter statements seriously, but he said that adults don't have to detransform because they can feed the kwami with their energy. What happens when energy runs out? Does it mean that holder of the miraculous dies and transformation drops? Or does transformation drops when the kwami grows tired enough? However, according to "Silencer", transformation can't be released until the holder says detransformation words or uses their power (applies to children only). Is that why Master Fu doesn't transform these days? Because he is old and doesn't have enough energy for Wayzz.
At the same time, Bunnix/Bunnyx held her transformation for several thousand years in "Timetagger" and she was still alive. Moreover, not only she was still alive, she hasn't aged a day. Alix still looked around 25 even after spending so much time in stone. Her sanity was also still intact. Does that mean that as long as people are transformed they are immortal and can't die of natural causes, can't get sick or be killed? Does the Miraculous pause all inner processes? Do people stop ageing when they are transformed? Does that mean that prolonged transformations essentially slowed down puberty for Marinette and Adrien because every Akuma attack (their transformation during this attack to be precise) acts as a pause for their growth process? Does that mean that transformed heroes don't need food, sleep or oxygen? And Alix doesn't experience any negative side-effects after prolonged transformation. A lot of questions must be answered here.
But apparently, the "adults can use their power many times without detransforming" rule does not apply to Gabriel. In "Heroes' Day" he turns Nathalie into Catalyst who gives Hawkmoth the power to "release as many akumas as he desires". Does that mean that he can't normally do it? On the other hand, in "Queen Banana" he creates another Akuma right after the fight with akumatized Chloe ended.
Do you remember this? In "Origins" we find out that akumatized butterflies can multiply. That's why Ladybug needs to purify them. So, does that mean that Scarlet Moth and Catalyst weren't necessary?
Hawkmoth's plan in "Heroes' Day" was actually very smart. However, it can fall apart when you remember that butterflies can multiply. How does that work? Why do they multiply? Could Gabriel akumatize Nathalie into Catalyst (akumatized object is something not very valuable, like a piece of paper), then break the akumatized object and release the Akuma into the world? Would that turn people only into copies of Catalyst? I wouldn't call this thing a plothole, exactly. I'm just curious because it's an unclear moment. Perhaps you could explain it as the element of a soft magic system with unclear rules. Because the magic system in Miraculous is a mix between the hard and soft system.
Adults without time-limited power have a serious advantage over children. Why does Master Fu give Ladybug and Black Cat to teenagers then? In the beginning, Fu doesn't know that Butterfly holder is an adult. Isn't it safer to give 2 most powerful Miraculouses to adults just in case? If Butterfly Holder is a child then 2 adults with more powerful Miraculous would win much faster. If Butterfly Holder is an adult as well, then the fight is more even.
We know the out-of-universe reason for doing this. There would be no story then. Miraculous holders have to be kids since it's a kids show. But in-universe it doesn't make sense. In "Furious Fu" Su Han even says that children are not allowed to handle the Miraculous at all according to the rules of the Order. Fu knows that children have a time limit. It looks like he deliberately sets them up for failure. Why?
Is that because children are easier to manipulate as they are most likely to trust Fu's judgement no questions asked? This reasoning doesn't look good for Fu, who is supposed to be a wise and kind mentor. Is that because children won't abuse their powers? Find a trustworthy adult then. Give us some kind of in-universe explanation!
If you can't explain it then do something with the time-limit rule. It's an important plot device, which contributes to tension and raises the stakes during fights. So, removing it is unwise. Consider giving adults a time limit as well then.
Or you can create different rules. Maybe Black Cat and Ladybug can't be wielded by adults, unlike other lower-tier Miraculous? Maybe Miraculous and Kwami can choose the wielder in some capacity, and this magical bond can't be changed? Do Kwamis feel a pull towards several people and Guardian then chooses the final holder? If there's no pull whatsoever, then Kwami won't be able to grant powers to this person? How much weight does the decision of a Guardian have?
I actually like this last idea the most. It makes sense and avoids plotholes at the same time preserving the time-limit rule. I spent less than 20 minutes figuring this out.
This way Fu gave Ladybug and Black Cat to children because he didn't have a choice. Plagg and Tikki gave him suggestions but these people didn't pass his tests. Marinette and Adrien are the last ones and they do pass. It adds some tension and showcases desperation on Master Fu's part. Magical pull doesn't always mean that potential holders are good people. That's why Miraculous sometimes end up in the wrong hands.
Insert a conversation between Marinette and Tikki or Plagg and Adrien about this choosing process, have them wonder about the bond Nooroo and Hawkmoth share.
Then add more information about bonding. The magical connection can be formed just like people form relationships if human and Kwami spend some time together. It nicely adds up with the reason why Master Fu gave Ladybug and Black Cat to teenagers. He could have given both jewels to adults without a bond and waited for the connection to form but alas, there was no time. He needed active holders right now, and waiting for some adult to come around wasn't an option. But here's the catch. Only decent, kind people with good intentions can earn and create a magical bond. And this has the potential for a truly delicious scenario (more on that later).
It's a very tricky situation. But these rules must be stated and figured out in the very beginning. Because it can create plotholes down the line.
Unification
Combining several different Miraculous is an interesting concept and fusion of powers has been used for a long time as a storytelling element. It's important for the plot in several episodes of seasons 3 and 4.
However, there's "Kwamibuster", where the worldbuilding is broken one more time. It is awfully inconsistent within itself just like "Chat Blanc", "Timetagger" and "Furious Fu". (How do writers keep doing this? I have no idea. But then again even "Avengers: Endgame" contradicts itself numerous times. It's truly miraculous how they managed to do this with their budget, I'm impressed).
For a moment let's ignore all absolutely awful priorities that Marinette has in this episode as well as the rule "you can't know the identity of your partner or else you will have to give up your miraculous". This rule is literally never mentioned again before or after this episode. It's just there and it doesn't make sense. I know it's hard to ignore, but one must try. Instead, let's focus on this dialogue below.
Master Fu clearly states that you can't merge the Miraculous. It could make you lose your mind. The only more or less acceptable unification is that of Ladybug and Black Cat.
What happens next? Marinette puts on every Miraculous without any problem just "to free Kwamis" and transforms into Multimouse. The only sign of her discomfort is a moment of dizziness that's gone in a few seconds. Moreover, it never happens again, it's never mentioned. Then she does the exact thing that Fu told her not to do and starts merging Miraculous left and right. She continues to do so in season 4 every other day. What? Of course, how could I forget Shadowmoth? Gabriel merges 2 Miraculous every time in season 4. He doesn't lose his mind.
You can't tell us that merging can make you lose your mind and then in the next scene show us the complete opposite. That's bad writing. If you need the concept of unification to work then cancel the "lose your mind" rule and instead say that the merging process tires you out. There's no lasting harm, just that you will be very tired. If you want to raise the stakes, then say that wielding more than one Miraculous requires a strong will and practice. It's possible, but you can't perform unification just like that.
In this case, you lay the groundwork for the plotline of Marinette and Adrien for season 4 and 5. This plotline is about mastering unification. Show us how our heroes practice with different combinations of Miraculouses outside of Akuma battles. Show how they are improving. Maybe, Ladybug and Chat Noir nearly lose in the season 3 finale because the unification still drains them. However, in season 4 they put more effort into their training and by the time season 5 rolls around they are good at this. They became a stronger team and partners because of that. Their training sessions are also a good set-up for the development of the love square. Nothing like this will happen, but a girl can dream.
Look, I get it. You want Marinette to be special. Unfortunately, you have made her too special. She starts to break the laws of your magic system. We don't see the process. One moment she has 0 knowledge about something and then she is already an accomplished master of the thing in question and often it happens in the same episode. Marinette somehow just knows about the properties of every Miraculous on-screen, but her training happened off-screen. We as the audience are left confused and wondering. Wait, how does she know this? Was there a missing episode? Was this mentioned in some comic? The audience keenly feels the lack of plot-relevant content and explanations.
Potions and Power-Ups
They are a marketing ploy to sell more toys and merch with character transformations. That's it. Are they useful for the story? Yes, they are sometimes. Do power-up's make sense as a worldbuilding element? I'm sorry to tell you this, but no.
Miraculous Grimoire contains lots of potion recipes for Kwamis. I liked that Kwamis can't read the grimoire to avoid giving information to malevolent holders, which implies that they can't lie to their holder about their powers. I talked about this in my previous posts.
Let's start with Ice Transformation. Apparently, in-universe its only useful characteristic and the thing that sets it apart from normal transformation is skates. Maybe, this transformation also has additional protection from the cold. Maybe. Miraculous makes heroes nearly invulnerable and enhances their physical abilities. I find it hard to believe that protection from elements is not included in the package. And that's it. If we remember that Miraculous holders have subconscious control over transformation's appearance, we can also assume that a person can have conscious control as well. The laws of the magic system in Miraculous allow Marinette to ask Tikki to create skates for this particular transformation. Potions aren't necessary for this. This way you can still sell new toy, but in-universe this works better.
Our next stop is Aqua Transformation. It gives heroes the ability to breathe underwater and fins. That's all. In "Syren" it appears that this transformation also makes them more agile and fast in the water. However, Ladybug's yo-yo worked just fine before Aqua form when she tried to drag Kim to the surface. Her movements underwater weren't restricted either with normal transformation. So their fighting ability is not affected by the potion.
Kwami can live without oxygen. I mentioned earlier that Bunnix with normal transformation in "Timetagger" spent several thousand years in stone without oxygen and probably in some kind of stasis. Do transformed heroes need oxygen? No. Then their inability to breathe underwater doesn't make sense. Therefore, a potion isn't necessary for this.
Next, let's talk about fins. They could appear through the conscious desire of the holder just like skates.
Honestly, "Timetagger" and "Chat Blanc" completely destroyed worldbuilding in Miraculous. These episodes just shouldn't exist. They aren't even consistent within themselves, nevermind the rest of the show, which is why I still don't understand why fandom has such a weird hard-on for them and for Bunnix. Oh, wait. On second thought, I get it. They were just fanservice after all.
Cosmo Bug an Astro Chat. Space power-up give heroes the ability to fly and exist without oxygen. Ancient grimoire had the recipe of space potion, apparently. And humans got into space in the second half of the 20-th century. Ok. That totally makes sense.
If ancient people invented a space potion, that could also mean that back in Ancient Egypt Ladybug and Black Cat holders could use advanced technology. But Su Han in "Furious Fu" is surprised to discover that Ladybug can just call Chat Noir. He assumed she would send a bird with a message. That means that unconscious control over transformation extends to the weapons of heroes. For Marinette and Adrien communication means smartphone with navigation, messages, trackers and Bluetooth earbuds. That's why magic gives them smart weapons. Su Han's words prove that the invention of the space potion is not possible. Unless space potion was also subjected to unconscious control over transformation. People couldn't imagine the possibility of space travel in Ancient Egypt, but they could imagine flight. So, perhaps, for heroes back then space potion simply meant wings.
We've established that heroes don't need oxygen. So, a potion isn't necessary for this. The ability to fly also could be achieved through conscious transformation.
That's all for this part of analysis. Let me know what you think. Stay tuned for the next meta. See you!
#miraculous ladybug#ml#miraculous analysis#miraculous meta#ml meta#ml analysis#miraculous transformations#miraculous critical#miraculous ladybug critical#miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir#mt of lb and cn#miraculous potions#astro chat#cosmo bug
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Non-snake Miraculous that would fit Luka? Canonical or yours, either works (or both, but I dunno how busy you are)
Canon wise, my go to is Rabbit. His colors match Rabbit more being white and light blue. And then canon rolled out his helmet (that probably came with his job) and guess what's on it?
In terms of symbolism that matches with him, rabbits are associated with nurture, family, gentleness, and being passive. They're also known to be vigilante and cunning tricksters in some cultures. And for offered growth for Luka, they're symbols of activity, speed, and to always be on the move. And my biggest issue with him is that he's a pretty stagnant character, seen most of the time on that boat and characters have to go to him. Having a gentle animal known to be active could prompt more mobility from him. And if keeping to canon powers, I'd trust mature Luka with time travel than Alix, who from what I've seen and heard, hasn't impressed him as the time traveler. Otherwise, any alternatives people rather would work with him. His strength and flaw is that he's very put together, so he could work with anything for the most part.
He'd be a good Ladybug, probably my recommended go to if Marinette ever needs a break or leaves Paris for a bit as he's shown to think on his feet and to be a planner. He'd also probably handle Tikki better.
He'd be an excellent Butterfly with how empathetic he is and despite his claims of not being good with words, it seems he really knows what to say to help people feel better. By extension he'd also be a good Peafowl, working off that a connection is also made to make a golem but it's not necessary so I don't know why it's a thing in canon (I guess they thought of it too late). Doesn't change that he'd probably do well.
I also see him being a good Fox for he is cunning and observant.
Ox could be a good growth one for him, learn to be stricter and go for his wants, as this is an animal that stands it ground and charges for it's goals. Goat also works for that, though its gentler, more cunning, and more flexible than the Ox.
And last of canon, Dog could also work being very loyal, protective, and loving.
For my OC miraculous:
Owl could be up his alley, setting the user up as a wise and know it all figure.
Songbird is an active but passive role.
Firefly could work but also might be more flashy for his tastes.
Mantis I can see up his alley, meant to be precise but also move and the user's own pace.
Deer has the appeals that places it as a mixture of Rabbit and Ox, known to be gentle and mysterious but quite forward.
Dolphin for similar role of Snake as predictor but has a more creative and active role.
#ask Punchie#luka couffaine#kwami swap#snake has appeal to match him in intuition healing and observation#but its an aggressive animal too#and that's a debatable thing if he needs to learn to be more aggressive#aesthetically I just like Snake more with Alix than him canon wise
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1st of all, amazing chapter cap. I woke up from a nap to see the email telling me it updated and it was amazing.
2nd, fuck you. How dare you not tell us who Grim is, I feel betrayed. But like also great story telling, kagami wouldn't know who the fuck they are because shes not around much. But still, fuck you.
3rd, early congrats on 1k kudos for Panthera, you deserve it. Your writing is amazing and you deserve all the kudos on ao3.
Alright I'm done with the numbers ima start theorizing now.
The identity of Grim
So my first point is that Kagami didn't know who they were, or at least not their name. This eliminates the gang(we sorta knew it wasn't any of them, but I kept them in mind because idk what kinda shit you were gonna pull), and Luka. Obviously it's not Marinete and Adrien because dramatic irony and shit so that leaves a few people.
Namely; Ivan, Mylene, Max, Kim, Nathaniel, Rose, Marc, Mireille, and Lila.
Ima start by eliminating a few of these.
Kagami never had a chance to meet or see Lila, I doubt it's her.
I doubt Kagami wouldn't know Rose's name. With how much the rest of the game makes fun of Juleka and now much Rose would talk about Juleka, Kagami definently would have picked up the girl's name.
Similarly, I think Mylene can be eliminated in a similar fashion. Kagami hangs around Marinette in cat form a lot and, going by Marinette's character, Marinette totally would have told this cat about her little best friend's squad. Kagami also would have seen pictures of Mylene(and Rose) around Marinette's room and probably learned their names. So I think I can safely eliminate Mylene(and rose again)
Reverser happens after queens battle, so nobody except Marinette has met Marc yet, so I think he can be safely eliminated.
The Grim's saying 'spooky spooky ghost realm' makes me think it's not Max, he doesnt talk like that. Also I doubt he would get excited like that when Kagami said that they were friends.
The fact that Grim knows Luka eliminates Mireille. Mireille wouldn't know Luka, or most of the class.
So, my final list of possibilities is Ivan, Kim, and Nathaniel.
I personally cant see it being Ivan. It doesn't make any sense to me, plus it would destroy my theory of Ivan and Mylene having some magical shenanigans going on together. Ima set ivan aside since I personally dont think its him. I have no evidence to back this claim, I simply dont think it makes sense story wise.
Kim is a possibility, but I think his general vibe denies him being 'psychopomp doggo to the Eternal Graveyard'. That's just my opinion though and I have no evidence to support or deny him being Grim.
Nathaniel, out of the final 3, seems like the most likely. Man looks tired and traumatized, maybe from seeing so many dead kids. He would also totally get a little excited at a new friend because the boy's kinda lonely, especially with his bestie Alix constantly hanging out with her totally-not-werewolf-girlfriend Chloe so often. But I still think he's the Haunted so idk.
Ok so none of the final options make sense, so lets go back to the ones I eliminated.
Starting with Max, he is injured I'm the miracuclass artwork you posted and Grim was just injured. Also his personality would totally fit a graveyard psychopomp creature. However, as I said before, the speach patterns dont match up.
Mylene is a possibility because my elimination method for her was full of assumptions and guesses and could be totally wrong. But also shes a sniveling coward and I doubt she could fight an evil spirit while guiding a dead kid to a graveyard without bursting out into tears and running away and Grim seemed supremely chill with the whole dead kid thing. So lets leave Mylene alone for now.
Rose, seemingly the most obvious choice and therefore totally is not Grim. While her irises look white in the miracuclass artwork and the grape ice cream thing in the date chapter happened, I think these are both red herrings. In the new chapter Kagami says the Grim had human eyes after they undoggified(is that the word?). Implying that their eyes looked normal, no supernatural aspects about them. Also the grape ice cream thing must be a total red herring because, its Rose of course she would be distressed by cute doggies dying. Also the rebirth grape thing is probably the better clue for what Rose is, but ima not get into that right now.
That's it, that's all I got. This ask got really long.
So in conclusion; it's not Rose, Max, Marc, Lila, or Mireille. Everyone else is up in the air. I have no idea. Cap is playing jedi mind tricks on us. Someone free our souls from this frog's grasp.
That's it, analysis over.
Let me make this worse for you
Kagami does know the Grim’s name now and who they are, sorry for the confusion for a line that might’ve said other wise, Kagami has met them, Kagami has a name for them now.
Mylene isn’t a coward neither here nor in canon, she’s just socially shy.
And as I quote from my Traits post “Like I don’t think I’d write this in into the fic but when drawing like-” meaning I wouldn’t acknowledge these consistent traits outright in the fic but when drawing they’d be there.
Hope this makes things worse for you! :D
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Prompt Idea: Alix and Luka tries to cook something but fails miserably so they decide to order cake from Dupain-Cheng bakery. The cake was delivered by Marinette and when she comes, both Alix and Luka having heart eyes
Lukalinette my beloved,,
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The second that Alix pried the lid off of the container holding the batter, it immediately exploded. Getting all of her face, shirt and the floor. For a moment, she stood still, dumbstruck at what just happened while her boyfriend laughed hysterically, sounding like a dying animal to the point where she had to smack him on the back so he breathed. “Shut the hell up! Oh my god..and I just took a damn shower too!” Alix muttered in frustration. Luka smirked lightly, kissing some of the batter off the corner of her mouth. “Tastes sweet though.” He chuckled.
Alix gave him a small glare before walking off to go change her clothes and wash off. She may not have had any clothes with her but who says she can’t steal his or Juleka’s? A few minutes later she walked back in, her hair damp and almost all traces of batter gone. One of Luka’s hoodies was over her shoulder with a kitty section T-shirt underneath. She had just stolen one of Juleka’s leggings since Luka’s wouldn’t fit her.
The skater huffed softly at him, her foot tapping against the ground ever so slightly. “Oh hush Symphony. I asked Marinette to come drop off a cake for us. Since your baking skills are..not very good.” Alix seemed happy with Marinette coming, but at the comment she rolled her eyes.
She turned on her heel into the living room, plopping down on the couch and laying onto her side with her head resting on a pillow. Luka followed a few moments later, grabbing a remote and putting a movie on as they waited for the baker to deliver.
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About an hour later, there was a knock on the door leading inside the boathouse. Alix perked up slightly from her resting spot, which had shifted to her head laying on Luka’s lap and hopped up.
When Alix had opened the door, it shouldn’t have been as surprising for Marinette. But seeing Alix outside of her usual school wear of athletic attire was startling. While Marinette would never complain of getting to see the girl s muscles, she was pretty sure seeing Alix wrapped up in soft clothing would be something she’d never get tired of.
Alix gave a light smile that nearly made Marinette pass out right then and there. “I- Uh, here’s your cake!” Marinette quickly handed it to her and turned to leave, only for her wrist to be grabbed and be dragged inside. “Nope! You’re having it with us!” Well, she wasn’t gonna complain. But she had a feeling she would be left out. After all, Luka and Alix were dating now. Marinette still loved them both, and she constantly wished she could be with them as well.
Seeing Luka laid back was another sight. Every since had become Viperion, he had become more sure of himself. Including relationship wise. Not to mention the muscles he had developed as well. He was more upper body strength compared to Alix’s lower body strength. What a way that would be to live. Be able to be tossed around like you were nothing by one partner and have another be able to roundhouse kick you into next week.
Luka’s eyes brightened upon seeing the cake. “Hey look, someone knows how to bake, Alix!” Alix threw a pillow at him in response, eliciting a laugh from the guitarist. “You want some cake Mari?” Alix hummed questioningly. “Or would you rather save it for later and watch the rest of the movie with us?”
Marinette stuttered over her words at the thought of cuddling with them briefly passed her mind. “I- Uh, m-movie!” At that, Alix had playfully shoved her in the direction of the couch, sitting down a few feet apart from Luka and patting the space between them.
Marinette gulped lightly, settling down between them both. The lights were dimmed, casting a soft glow upon both of their faces as the movie started up, about half an hour in.
Nearly twenty minutes later, her attention had drifted from the movie to the two around her once more. “God I love them..” It took a few moments for her to realize that she had said that out loud and panicked, hoping they thought she was talking about the movie.
But both gave her a knowing smile and she received a kiss to both cheeks. A few moments later she was kissed again by each, on the lips after hushed murmurs of them reciprocating the feelings. The first one from Luka had taken her breath away. Then the second from Alix only a moment later, barely enough time to regain her breath had made her body feel like jelly with both having amused looks on their faces.
#Lukalinette#Lukalix#Alixnette#Marialix#Marilix#Lukanette#Luka Couffaine#Marinette Dupain-Cheng#Alix Kubdel#Prompts
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Miraculous One-Shot Collection: Trouble in China
(6728 words) by Nakira Taisho
Posted on: 2021-04-23
Chapter: 10/?
Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Luka Couffaine
Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Alix Kubdel, Chloé Bourgeois
Additional Tags: There are multiple tags for each 'Chapter', y'all just bear with me, Shenanigans, Kwami Swap, Identity Reveal, post identity reveal, Aged Up, alcohol use, Character centric Chapters, One Shot Collection, most of these are old works I'm just doing some cleanup, some are open-ended ship wise, holiday episodes, Some salt, episode rewrite, for two Chapters:, Soulmate-Identifying Timers
Summary: As summer begins, Marinette is about to be off to her family reunion in China, while Adrien has a rare trip with his father...but not everything is as it seems.
#miraculous#miraculous ladybug#fanfiction#miraculous fanfiction#miraculous ladybug fanfiction#my writing#collection: Miraculous one-shot collection#episode rewrite#ml salt#lukadrien mention#kagaminette mention
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