missmaladroite | [Post-Bulltrayal]

[letting himself be dragged with only mild bewilderment because i mean he knows why but this is particularly aggressive??]

Uh. Yes?

[im assuming he made sure dorian was safe before this since #death promise]

[yeah Dorian is safe, Christy went to bed]

We have to stop sitting on our hands. We need to act.

[Once they're in the room, she'll start pacing angrily]

Edited 2016-08-01 06:21 (UTC)

I don't disagree... but exactly what did you have in mind?

[he's being careful with his wording, nearly placating. he does agree, but Ladybug is notoriously not great at making decisions when she's this mad.]

Edited 2016-08-01 06:27 (UTC)

We need to disarm Jack - he's dangerous and he can't keep running around doing whatever he wants. Dorian is also dangerous and he needs to be contained.

And the aliens..... the roles.... we need to figure this out. Things can't keep ending like this.

We need to take care of Jack first. [because he hAS A GUN] I think Dorian will agree to be contained under some conditions, and one of those will definitely be for us to make sure he doesn't become an easy target.

[for the aliens... he sighs and leans on a wall]

What do you want to do for that? Make a list of who might be possessed? [quietly:] That's how Arumat ended up murdered in the first place.

He's been running around unchecked for too long. [So, yeah, she agrees] And we can't let Dorian get killed in revenge, even though he participated in the murder. If he'll agree to go in a cell, we can watch him.

[She stops pacing for a second, to rub at her face] No, we need to find out more about these roles and how they work. There--- There must be a way to stop the possession without them having to be voted for a murder they committed.

How do you want to deal with Jack? [he won't say more on Dorian, since that can wait until they're there.]

According to Bull, even Alice had no clue to give him for how to find the aliens in the first place, or how many of them there even are. We have to identify them and figure out a way to free whoever they're possessing. [there's a bit of a pause before he adds:] We're not going to be able to do it alone.

We need to get his gun away from him, first. Keeping him in the holding cell would be best, but he would have to come out for trials.

[and then getting him back in again]

That's suspicious. Alice claimed she had no knowledge of them, but now it turns out Bull has a special role to root them out and kill them? [But, ugh, he's right]

Yes... we'll need help.

Right. We should've taken that away immediately after Rhys.

[he shakes his head at her explanation; he'd gotten the long of it from Bull for a reason and it is EXACTLY THIS CONVO] Not quite. His role was that he had to kill if she asked. I think she was planning to force his hand if someone decided to not kill one week. Like a hitman or a... designated killer. Once the aliens showed themselves, she amended it to finding and killing them. He was already bound to be her attack dog, so, why not? [a beat] Or attack bull, in this case.

[#not the time agreste. he crosses his arms]

Do you have some people in mind already?

We should have.

[So much had been going on... But now she's kicking herself mentally for not taking action before. Regardless, that's not something she can afford to do anymore. She has to take action. She will take action.]

[She shoots him a glare for the pun, but process everything else] It's not the time for jokes, Adrien!

So, Bull was part of a group to kill..... and Alice instead was using him to kill the aliens. But she doesn't know who they are.

[She massages her temples, sitting down on her bed]

My list of people that can be trusted shrinks every day. [A beat.] But-- Jason. We can trust him.

[he raises his hands up in apology when she calls him out on the pun, staying standing in front of her as she sits down. like some kind of awkward weirdo motherfucker]

I don't know whether he was in a group or not, and I don't think Bull knew either. He got his directives alone. Still, I doubt he was the only one she'd planned to use "in case".

[the choice of person makes him raise an eyebrow because... of all people... Jason Todd? Jason Todd. Okay.]

Why Jason? [and no one Else??]

[Sit down in her lap, kitty.]

[now she's lowering her hands into her head] You're right-- he was probably acting alone. But how many other special roles does Alice have? I'm so tired of waiting for everything to be revealed bit by bit!

[Now she'll peek through her fingers]

Adelina, Elizabeth, Luke, Grell, too.... but this is dangerous. I'd rather not involve anyone but Jason and Grell. Jason... I think he can handle it.

[She seems really reluctant to admit anything positive about Jason, but]

I think.... he's trustworthy. He's a huge pain, but....

[he'll sit next to her at that, putting a hand on her knee and bumping her shoulder with his own to try to comfort her without words.]

We'll figure it out. I'm sure Jason'll be willing to help, too. He's not as awful as he pretends to be.

[She relaxes a little when he does, because she can't help it, and squeezes her eyes shut, leaning against him]

I know. He acts like an idiot, but... deep down, he's.... we can count on him.

[squeezes her knee and kisses the top of her head because #hetero]

Yeah. [a beat] He can help keep an eye out for us.

[AND HE DOES MEAN ONE EYE]

[She makes a halfhearted sigh at the joke, but doesn't have the energy to tell him off, so he's spared. She's still angry, but it's hard to stay angry around Adrien, so now she's finding herself feeling more and more hollow]

[She curls up against him, burrowing her head against his shoulder, absently rooting around for his hand so she can hold it. Being close to Adrien is the only thing that eases the tightness of her chest, right now]

And, after that, we have to deal with Dorian... and figure out what to do about Clover... and maybe Machias...

[he squeezes her hand when she grabs at his, rubbing small circles with his thumb. He leans his head against hers. his tone is quiet when he speaks, aiming for soothing]

We can deal with all of that tomorrow. I don't think either of us is in any state to make plans right now. [reluctantly, he adds:] We might need the distraction, too.

[tomorrow the motive comes up, and Alice had promised everyone's secrets would be revealed then on top of that.]

[She's content to sit like that, comforted by his presence and his warmth. Tikki pops up to nest on her head, because I'm too lay to use a separate account]

The secrets.... Do you think that means everyone back home will know....?

[Because they're fucked, if so.]

[listen Plagg's off somewhere I'm not logging in and out of anything. effort.]

I don't know. Probably. [he hesitates for a bit before adding:] Even if it doesn't, they might've figured it out already. For everyone, there's a good chance both of us went missing, and then Ladybug and Chat Noir did too. That's a big coincidence to ignore.

[he says to the girl who didn't realize he was chat until he told her but sh]

[Life is hard]

[That weighs heavy on her heart, because Papillon could be going after Gabriel again - or Alya, or her parents. She's not there. What will Paris do? But also:]

Everyone must be so worried about us....

[yes... papillon could be going after gabriel, especially. more than anyone. he hums a little]

At least Papillon's got no reason to attack the city if he knows we're not around.

He might, to try to draw us out.

[She takes a deep breath, trying to will herself not to think too negatively. She doesn't want to send herself or Adrien into a stress spiral.]

We... have to figure out a way around the trials. But I don't know....

We'll figure it out. Everything people have learned so far... There's got to be something someone knows that could help us out. Let's just take it one step at a time.

[or they can spend an entire week babysitting the wrong people who knows]

[It's a great plan definitely]

[She lowers her chin onto her knees, but doesn't let go of him]

Okay. We get Jason to help us-- deal with Jack and Dorian. That's two killers down. What next? Do you think there's a way we can turn up any other third party roles?

I don't think anyone with a third party role is going to expose themselves after what's happened to Hancock. Telling anyone of any advantage is a risk not a lot of people here are going to be willing to take.

I know. [That much is obvious] But if we can figure out who they are.... Maybe we can root them out. If they're good roles, we can protect them.

In that case, we need to figure out what roles are left and what they might be. That'll help us figure out who it could be.

[Siiiiighs]

Well, there may be another alien-hunting role. But aside from that....

[he sighs himself]

Aside from that, what roles would be useful in a game like this? Did we ever even learn what the "Trojan" role was?

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