♫ •||• This the ultimate showdown of ultimate history

[sweettalker]

[ Once a week, minimum. That's how many Akuma attacks she's experienced since arriving in Paris, roughly. She must've come right after one that first week because it took a while for the first, but after that it was non-stop. Even SHE'D been Akumatized once. It was almost like some rite of passage among their circle and some sort of twisted mark of status among adults.

Sure, people had a lot of negative emotions on an every day basis that could be exploited, but seriously, how much free time did Hawkmoth have to just sit around making Akumas once a week, meaning he was sitting around at LEAST once a week just waiting for "Bridezilla", who couldn't get her wedding cake on time, to get so cheesed off she was basically already shooting flames.

Or was it more like a bat signal? Spidey senses? Did he get somehow notified when someone was at their breaking point?

She isn't even surprised to learn that Lila has had several go's of it. The girl brings it on herself by being dishonest. It's inevitable that sooner or later she's either going to get called out or her own web of deceit is going to come back to bite her in the butt, yet she persists.

It isn't Lila today, but whoever it is their powers are more potent than anything Cat Noir and Ladybug have faced before, and it shows. Ladybug and Cat Noir seem to be struggling.

Hey Piper, don't worry! This is no sweat for Ladybug and Cat Noir. They'll come out on top just like always, just watch.

Those had been Alix's parting words right before they'd all split up to go home for the mandatory evacuation.

That's another thing: These attacks are so frequent they have DRILLS and EVACUATION PROCEEDURES at school. Piper doesn't mind all of this, but she IS a little amazed her dad hasn't sequestered her inside yet. The topic of superheroes is a bit touchy around their house, though... She just hopes the day never comes when her dad is the victim.

Anyway- she feels pretty worried at the moment, considering. She knows Adrien and Marinette are out there putting themselves, their lives on the line. She likes to think she's not more worried than usual just because she and Adrien are dating now- it's more the fact that this opponent's power set is so overwhelming -but it does feel a little like her nerves have been exposed. She might be keeping an emergency stash of camembert in the house for those surprise visits shut up

For now she's sitting on the couch, watching for updates on the news between texts or calls from their friends. ]

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[catpunned]

[ Trust me on this one. Okay? For once.

I’ve got a good feline.

Such were his parting words to Ladybug, after holding off the akuma all on his own for a solid fifteen minutes while she ran off god-knows-where to exert her super special bug privilege.

Enough of that, though. She wavered long enough by the time he caught her weighing options on who to give her chosen Miraculous to; now it’s her turn to fight and hold her own while he makes the decision regarding their allies.

He was playful about it, winking as he left, but the fact that she’d been so darn reluctant—that fact that he ended up literally grabbing the Miraculous out of her hand—

That injected bitterness and hurt into his words that he can still taste in his mouth as he leapt across Paris’s rooftops.

When Cat Noir finally arrives at the McLean house, he doesn’t bother with the front door. He goes straight for Piper’s window, giving it a few gentle taps while he catches his breath.

He also takes the opportunity to crack open the Miraculous box while he waits. Juuust a smidge, enough that the familiar magic light peeks through, and he can see what he’s working with. ]

...The Snake?

[ That’s right. He had no idea until that moment which one it was. It didn’t matter. He knows Piper is a hero, either way.

He continues, musing to himself despite the hurried footsteps he can hear from inside. ]

Well, at least she didn’t choose the Dog. [ This time. ]

[catpunned]

[ With Amplifier de-evilized, the curtain closed on another one of Hawk Moth’s schemes. Ladybug yo-yoed away, her earrings blinking as always, and Adrien allowed himself to detransform.

Now he walks the backstreets of Paris to avoid any crowds that might recognize him. He has his phone out, ready to call for his ride, but he thinks better of it and decides to take the long way home, just for shits and giggles.

Instead he texts Piper, wondering if she made it home. ]

1 hr later and i realize I should’ve called you a ride lol

[ HE IS GOOD AT THIS BOYFRIEND THING. Clearly. ]