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10:37 pm

Alya Cesaire created the chat Miraculous Holders.

Alya Cesaire added Nino Lahiffe, Max Kante, Lê Chiên Kim, Luka Couffaine, and Kagami Tsurugi to the chat.

Alya: soooo, not sure how you guys are feeling about today's events, but I feel like we should talk about it

Luka: Thanks for making a group chat about the thing I've been trying very hard not to think about for the past 8 hrs

Alya: :( sorry

Luka: No it's fine, that was sarcasm sorry lol

Luka: Although I'd be lyign if I said I wasn't worried about this whole thing

Nino: same dude

Kagami: I have thoughts about this as well. But first can I ask how you got my number?

Alya: from adrien. hope that's okay

Kagami: It is. I appreciate that you made this chat. 

Kim: hell yeah, superhero group chat!!!

Lê Chiên Kim changed the chat name to motherfucking superheroes

Alya: ffs it hasn’t even bee 30 seconds and we’re already changing the chat name???

Alya: *been

Nino: oof what a typo

Luka: I wonder how Chloe’s doing

Alya: hahaha i couldn’t give less of a shit

Alya: this is all her fault

Nino: wrong, it’s all hawk moth’s fault. we’re motherfucking superheroes, we dont blame people for getting akumatized

Alya: ugh i hate it when you get all noble and heroic

Alya: but you right i guess

Kim: ok its time to address the situation

Kagami: Yes, please.

Kim: which one of us has the coolest power

Alya: kim no

Luka: Ngl that would make for a pretty cool discussion 

Alya: it would but i wanna talk about the miracle queen thing first

Alya: max where tf are you

Alya: max

Alya: maaaaaaaaaax

Alya: pegasuuuuuuuus

Kim: second topic of conversation: which one of us has the coolest superhero name

Nino: ok well you lose, because what the fuck kind of name is king monkey

Kim: ok well what about you?? what is carapace like what does that mean

Nino: it’s the word for a turtle’s shell

Kim: it’s dumb is what it is

Luka: I feel like we can get started talking about it without Max, I mean he’ll be able to scroll up and see our conversation once he gets online

Alya: uuuuuuugh yeah you’re right, i just wanted everyone’s thoughts at once

Alya: but five out of six is good enough, so yeah let’s get talkin

Alya: ok: hawk moth knows our identities. what do we expect to happen as a result? should we worry about our families? i know that’s part of the reason ladybug doesnt want her own identity exposed

Luka: Yeah but Ladybug is Ladybug, whereas we’re just… us

Kim: bitch what u mean “just us”?? we’re motherfucking superheroes!!!

Lê Chiên Kim changed the chat name to MOTHERFUCKING SUPERHEROES

Luka: I just meant that since Hawk Moth is after Ladybug and Cat Noir’s miraculouses in particular, he’d be much more inclined to target their families over ours

Kagami: I can say that he hasn't targeted my family, at least not to my knowledge.

Nino: oh true i forgot he already knew your identity

Alya: yeah kagami, what's your take on this as someone whose identity was already known?

Kagami: I think I agree with Luka that Hawk Moth probably doesn't care much about our miraculouses, and therefore our families. I think he's probably satisfied in having scared Ladybug and Cat Noir, for now at least. He also probably knows that Ladybug most likely won't give our miraculouses back to us, or give miraculouses to anyone new lest they get exposed as well.

Alya: do you really think she's not gonna give our miraculouses back? i'm gonna miss trixx :(

Kagami: After my first run as Ryuko she said she couldn't give it back to me for that reason. The only reason she gave it back for Hearthunter was because she needed me in particular for some reason. 

Luka: I was only Viperion twice before today, so it's not as much of a loss for me as it is for you, Alya, but yeah I'm definitely going to miss it

Nino: im gonna miss my little dude wayzz D':

Kim: are we talking about the little animal creatures? mine was a dick lol but i'll miss him too

Kagami: Longg is sweet. It was a nice surprise to see him again after the first time. I'll miss him.

Alya: maybe ladybug will let us say goodbye! she has the miracle box now doesn't she??

Kim: the what what

Nino: she's like the guardian of the miraculous now

Nino: im not entirely sure what that entails

Alya: from what i understand, there's a box full of miraculouses from the same lost tibetan temple that randomly reappeared recently. someone in paris was guarding that box, and he was the person ladybug went to to get our miraculouses for us when she needed us. but now he's gone and ladybug is going to be the one guarding it

Nino: o shit was he the turtle man?? the other one I mean??? 

Kagami: So that's why you and I weren't transformed when we woke up. Ladybug still had my miraculous, and the guardian had yours.

Nino: omg is wayzz ok

Nino: you said the guardian was gone but whAT ABOUT WAYZZ

Alya: he's probably fine?? he's like a million year old demigod or something

Alya: we really should find a way to talk to ladybug and ask her about all this though

Nino: i gotta make sure he's ok

Nino: he's so pure

Nino: but speaking of ladybug can we talk about something else that's been on my mind

Luka: What

Nino: the fact that 4 out of the 6 of us are in the same class???

Nino: and the 2 that arent in our class are still connected to it in some way????

Nino: does ladybug know us irl??

Alya: holy shit

Luka: Wait I just remembered something

Luka: Ladybug gave Adrien Agreste the snake miraculous before she gave it to me

Nino: WHAT

Luka: I hope I'm not breaking any rules by telling you guys that, but yeah, apparently he was using it for quite a while but he had to stop, so Ladybug gave it to me

Kagami: Wow...

Kagami: Adrien was a miraculous holder

Nino: this is LIT

Alya: wait but if he was a miraculous holder then why wasn't he there with us? 

Nino: he was probably in his freaking prison house and didn't get stung by the wasps

Kagami: No, he was outside with me. I pushed him away when I saw the wasps coming. I can only assume he managed to avoid them after that.

Luka: Or maybe he got stung but he wasn't summoned because it didn't recognize him as the owner of the snake miraculous anymore

Kim: regardless

Lê Chiên Kim added Adrien Agreste to the chat

Alya: KIM

Alya: WHAT THE FUCK

Adrien: ?? Haha hi guys!

Kagami: Hello!

Alya: KIM THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET THING WE CANT JUST TELL RANDOM PEOPLE OUR IDENTITIES FFS

Kim: but he's not a random person!!! he's a motherfucking superhero!!!!!

Adrien: Hahaha what

Adrien: Oh yeah the snake miraculous! Forgot about that lol

Nino: bro how tf do you just forget about being a superhero

Alya: kim, adrien was safe from all this. now he knows about all of us and we don't know what kind of position that puts him in

Kim: well excuuuuuuse me for thinking that a chat named MOTHERFUCKING SUPERHEROES should be open to ALL motherfucking superheroes

Adrien: I appreciate being included <3 and I won't tell anyone about this, Alya, I promise

Adrien: Is this why you wanted Kagami’s number?

Alya: dammit. fine. and yes

Alya: go ahead and read our conversation so far to get some context

Luka: Which brings me back to the reason I brought up Adrien in the first place

Luka: That's another miraculous holder in the same class as you all

Nino: shit so do you think this means that ladybug does know us as a civilian? does she go to our fucking school?

Kim: DOES THIS MEAN SHE'S IN OUR FUCKING CLASS

Max: Not necessarily.

Alya: fucking FINALLY MAX WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

Max: Studying. For all this talk about being in the same class, you all seem to be forgetting that the class we're in is getting ready for finals.

Max: But now that I'm done, I can give my input in this situation. While it's entirely possible that Ladybug goes to the same school as us, the circumstances of how she gave us all our miraculouses don't imply such.

Nino: explain pls

Max: Alya, if I'm correct, you were first given your miraculous when your little sisters were akumatized. 

Alya: yes that's correct

Max: Ladybug probably gave you your miraculous because she knew you'd be better at handling the twins than any one of Ladybug's real life friends. 

Alya: i dont think they're called twins if there's thousands of them but i get your point

Max: Nino, you were first given Wayzz when Alya was captured by Anansi, right?

Nino: ye

Max: So the same reasoning probably stands. You'd be more motivated to protect your girlfriend than just anyone.

Max: Kagami, you were given yours after you were captured by your mother, who was akumatized. Same reasoning there.

Max: I became Pegasus when my mother was akumatized as well. Ladybug specifically asked for my help as a civilian to calm down my mom, and only gave me the miraculous when we were about to enter extreme conditions

Max: Side note, I didn't think my identity was that big of a secret in the first place.

Max: "Oh wow who's that new superhero that randomly appeared on this space train, that nobody can get in or out of, after Ladybug and Cat Noir asked Max for help?? And where did Max go???"

Nino: sjkhagdnsbsksz im dying max i love you so much

Max: Love you too, Nino.

Max: But anyways, it seems like Ladybug gave the four of us our miraculouses specifically because the akumatized person was someone close to us. I don't, however, know the details of how she gave Luka, Adrien, and Kim their miraculouses.

Kim: ladybug didnt give me mine 

Alya: what the hell do you mean she didn't give you yours

Adrien: Okay I just caught up with the whole conversation and I also would like to know how you got your miraculous

Luka: Did Cat Noir?

Kim: it just showed up while I was swimming in adriens bathtub lol

Adrien: While you were what now

Kim: when you threw that sick party with all the boys!!

Alya: when you threw the what now?

Nino: ok let's focus on the miraculous

Nino: you're saying it just showed up?

Kim: yeah!! the little box plopped into the water so I opened it and there was a monkey dude who yelled at me and told me to say showtime, so I did and defeated the disco guy lol

Alya: ...i

Nino: what a fucking legend

Kagami: Is that why Ladybug and Cat Noir looked so shocked and confused when they saw you detransform today after Chloe left? Did they even know who King Monkey was before then?

Adrien: They probably didn't

Adrien: And they were probably very baffled

Kagami: Oh yeah, I almost forgot-- Adrien, did you get stung by the wasps today? 

Adrien: Oh, haha no I managed to avoid them

Luka: How? They were everywhere

Adrien: Um

Adrien: I jumped into the Seine

Luka: ...What

Alya: you…?? jumped? into?? the seine???

Nino: JWXVBDBWBWJSBS LEGEND

Alya: you just. saw some wasps. and jumped into a freaking river???

Adrien: They weren't just "some wasps"! And it was effective so you can't make fun of me

Kagami: Were you in the water the whole time?? The fight lasted quite a while!

Adrien: No I swam downstream to my house and went inside

Nino: adrien im crying this is amazing

Nino: you fucking SWAM?? to your HOUSE???

Max: Okay, as hilarious as it is to imagine famous fashion model Adrien Agreste jumping into the Seine to escape a swarm of wasps, we should get back to the Ladybug thing. 

Max: Luka and Adrien, how did Ladybug approach you with the snake miraculous? And did either of you have any connections to the akumatized person she was trying to fight?

Luka: There's a chance the akumatized person was involved in an affair my mom had with Jagged Stone but I don't think that's why Ladybug chose me for the miraculous

Alya: ...what the fuck

Nino: GJXVSNSKSJSBBXJSNSN

Nino: guys im fucking dying please stop

Nino: between kim just casually becoming a superhero, adrien jumping into that dirtyass river, and luka's mom apparently having an affair with jagged stone???? i did not expect a group chat for superheroes to be so chaotic 

Kim: really cause i feel like complete chaos is exactly what id expect from a group chat for superheroes 

Adrien: I wasn't connected to Desperada in any way

Max: And Ladybug was the one who gave both of you your miraculouses, yes?

Adrien: Yes

Luka: Yeah

Max: In that case, this is a bit more confusing than the others. What exactly went down?

Adrien: Ladybug found me and gave me the miraculous, I used it for a while but had some problems, then I suggested Luka use it instead.

Max: So you were the one who suggested Luka?

Kagami: What kind of problems?

Adrien: It was nothing I just wasn't feeling it.

Nino: kim: yeah i just randomly became a superhero and defeated a villain that not even ladybug and cat noir could handle lol

Nino: adrien: yeah nah it was nothing i just wasnt feeling the whole superhero thing lol

Nino: like wtf who are you people

Adrien: Okay it was more than just nothing but to be honest I just don't like thinking about it.

Nino: oh im sorry

Adrien: It's fine.

Max: So now we know that Adrien was Ladybug's first choice for the snake miraculous, despite not being connected to Desperada in any way. 

Alya: unless there was someone else she wanted to give it to first but couldnt for some reason, and adrien was the second choice?

Adrien: No, she said I was the perfect person for it

Kim: bruuuh did she really??

Kim: you are so in there my man xD

Nino: ok but did she actually or are you just confusing your crush on ladybug for reality

Kagami: Crush on Ladybug?

Adrien: She did

Nino: mmkay

Adrien: She did! Listen I want to help Max figure out what he needs to figure out, so I won't lie

Max: Okay Adrien, I'll take your word for it.

Max: With all this information, I've come to the following conclusion:

Max: There's no reason to believe that Ladybug knows me, Alya, Nino, Luka, or Kagami in her civilian life (of course, it's entirely possible that she does). However, given that Adrien was apparently her first choice (the perfect person??) for the snake miraculous despite having no ties to Desperada, it's very likely that she knows him personally.

Kim: brooooooooo

Alya: holy shit do you really think so?????

Alya: adrien give me a list of every person you've ever met please let's narrow it down

Adrien: Max do you actually think she knows me in her civilian life??

Max: There's a 92.5% chance.

Kim: isnt it more like 50/50? i mean she either knows him or she doesnt

Max: Kim I'm not explaining statistics to you again.

Nino: ok wait but if she knows my boy irl, then that means there's like a 99.9999% chance she goes to our school

Max: I won't explain statistics to you either, but I will say that that's not how it works.

Nino: ok i just pulled that number out of my ass but what im getting at is that adrien didnt have friends our age until he started going to school with us

Nino: so there's no way she could know him irl unless she goes to school with us

Kim: BRO YOURE RIGHT

Alya: SHIT

Max: Very true Nino, I didn’t even think to account for that fact. Let me do some more calculations.

Alya: if i find out that ladybug’s been in the same school as me this whole time im gonna scream

Nino: didnt you already theorize that at some point? i mean she literally dropped a textbook from our school that one time, right??

Kagami: How do we know that Ladybug isn't just a fan of his? Perhaps she thought he'd be a good match for the miraculous just from following his work closely.

Max: Very good point, Kagami. Let me do some more calculations.

Luka: Okay, but regarding the fact that Ladybug chose you all because the akumas were people you knew:

Luka: How would she know the akumatized people were your family if she didn't know who you all were in the first place?

Nino: GOOD FUCKING POINT

Nino: max did you get that??

Kagami: I suppose it's not impossible that Ladybug knows who we are without actually being friends with any of us. She's a superhero, she probably makes an effort to know as many people in Paris as possible, and that probably goes double for people her own age.

Kagami: That being said, I don't see all of this being a mere coincidence to be honest.

Max: With all of these variables taken into account, the probability that Ladybug goes to our school is 98.9%. There is, of course, overlap between this possibility and the possibility that she is also a fangirl of Adrien's.

Luka: How exactly do you quantify stuff like this

Alya: im freaking out rn 

Kim: max whats the probability that shes in our class

Nino: everyone in our class has been akumatized so i highly doubt she's any of the girls

Luka: I didn’t know Marinette was akumatized

Nino: what

Nino: ....wait

Alya: OK IM FREAKING OUT MORE NOW

Max: Only two people in our class haven't been akumatized-- Marinette and Adrien

Kim: speaking of adrien where tf are you man?? we established that you probably know ladybug irl and you just disappeared

Kim: i feel like you should have a lot more thoughts on this lol

Adrien: Sorry I was talking to someone

Adrien: And believe me I do have thoughts

Adrien: If Ladybug turns out to be a fan of mine I'm not sure whether I'd laugh hysterically or just scream

Nino: .......i would think you'd be happy if anything, given how big a fan of hers you are

Alya: can we please focus on the suggestion you all have made that my best friend might be ladybug?????

Alya: if i find out that lb has been in front of me this whole time i will shoot mysefl in the face

Adrien: It's not Marinette

Kagami: How do you know?

Alya: i dont know if i want it to be true or not

Alya: on the one hand it would be amazing because i love her and it would be so cool if my best friend was also a badass superhero on the side

Alya: but on the other hand

Alya: i dont even know

Alya: it would just give me a lot of emotions, not all of them positive

Max: Adrien how do you know it's not Marinette?

Adrien: I've seen them in the same room together before

Adrien: To be honest I did suspect at one point that Marinette might be Ladybug, but then I saw the two of them at the same time so I had to rule it out 

Nino: damn my dude is out here theorizing about ladybug's identity on his own, i didnt realize you were so dedicated to this crush 

Adrien: I don't go out of my way to try and find out her identity, I just sometimes get hunches!

Adrien: When I first met Kagami I thought she might be her

Kagami: How sweet, though I suppose my subsequent akumatization ruled me out as well. Lol

Nino: omg kagami just said lol

Kim: when did you even get the chance to see marinette and ladybug in the same room together? homegirl always books it home during akuma attacks

Kim: or maybe she disappears because shES THE ONE FIGHTING THE AKUMAS??????

Kim: no wait we just ruled that out didnt we

Adrien: I can't exactly say how or when I saw them together, just trust me when I say I did

Nino: ok normally i wouldnt pry, but i cant think of any situation in which it would be dangerous to tell us the details of when you saw ladybug and marinette in the same room together

Alya: im not above prying so i'll do it for you nino

Alya: when/how/why/where did you see them together??? what were the circumstances??? why are you so reluctant to tell us???

Adrien: I don't think it's a good idea for me to say.

Alya: adrien please i cant stop thinking about the possibility that my bestie might have been ladybug this whole time, i need proof that she isnt

Luka: I'd like to know as well

Kagami: I have to say I'm pretty intrigued, if not just because you're so unwilling to tell us

Max: Perhaps telling us would help narrow down Ladybug's actual identity?

Adrien: Well I'm against people trying to figure out Ladybug's identity, but I guess there's no harm in telling you guys what I saw, just to calm all your nerves.

Adrien: And considering the whole purpose of this group chat, it might be appropriate.

Nino: stop being cryptic just tell us

Adrien: I saw them in the same room together because Ladybug had temporarily given her a miraculous, but Marinette accidentally took it off before she was supposed to and exposed her identity to me.

Alya: WHAT

Luka: Holy shit!!

Kim: HOLY SHIT ANOTHER MOTHERFUCKING SUPERHERO??!?!???!!!???!

Adrien: Wait no Kim

Nino: MARINETTE WAS A MIRACULOUS HOLDER TOO I CANT BELIEVE IT

Adrien: This was a mistake, Kim please don't do what I know you're about to do!!!

Lê Chiên Kim added Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the chat

Adrien: KIM

Kim: welcome to the superhero house chica

Marinette: hahahahaha superhero house???

Adrien Agreste left the chat

Nino: ????? did he just fucking leave?????

Luka: Okay way too many things are going on right now

Marinette: ...did Adrien leave this chat because you added me?

Alya Cesaire added Adrien Agreste to the chat 


Alya: apologize bitch.

Adrien: Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I didn't mean to be rude I just panicked

Kim: but why tho??? another motherfucking superhero!!!!! it's a party!!!!!

Lê Chiên Kim named the group chat MOTHERFUCKING SUPERHEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim: marinette feel free to read our conversation to get some context for what this is

Adrien: You can skip the last few things I said though it's not important

Alya: why??? this is literally a chat for former miraculous holders, you should've told us this from the get go!!

Max: Well now this begs the same question we asked Adrien: how did Marinette escape the wasps?

Luka: I was with her when they attacked, I sort of shielded myself in front of her so they wouldn't get her

Alya: awwww <3

Kagami: You two were outside, weren't you? I feel like it still would've been hard for her to escape them even after you protected her. After all, you were summoned to Miracle Queen eventually, so if she was still there with you when you left she would've been vulnerable. Like Adrien with me.

Nino: please tell me marinette jumped into the fucking seine too

Nino: yo marinette what hilariously drastic measures did you take to avoid miracle queen

Alya: and what miraculous did ladybug give you??? and what akuma did you help her fight??? i have so many questions

Max: Follow-up question-- Marinette, were you connected to the akuma in any way? We're trying to figure out if Ladybug knows any of us in real life. We think she might know Adrien.

Marinette: should you guys be trying to find out Ladybug's identity?? She keeps it secret for a reason

Marinette: adrien when did you see me with the mouse miraculous?

Alya: THE MOUSE MIRACULOUS AWW 

Alya: i wish I cpuldve seen D:

Adrien: I went to the Tour Montparnasse to see if Mrs. Mendeleev was okay and I saw you, Ladybug, and Cat Noir

Max: So this was when Mrs. Mendeleev was akumatized? I suppose Marinette is connected to her as her student, but it doesn't seem like a strong enough connection to be entrusted with a miraculous.

Kim: dude why were you so worried about mendeleev lol

Nino: is that why you always disappear during akuma attacks? youre always checking up on the victims? how heroic

Adrien: No no I'm not a hero

Adrien: I mean I guess I was with the snake miraculous but that’s it

Marinette: you were on the roof with us? I didn't realize there was anyone else there

Adrien: Yeah haha I had just gotten up there when I saw you detransform, and I just stayed hidden until you and Ladybug left

Marinette: ok, I suppose it's not that bad for you or everybody else here to know, considering everyone else here was also a miraculous holder

Kim: but how did you escape the fucking wasps???

Marinette: oh

Marinette: i just ran home really fast

Luka: Those wasps were really fast, how did you outrun them?

Marinette: I'm really fast too

Alya: but what about when you got inside?? they got nino and me while we were both inside, so you were still vulnerable

Marinette: my room is really high up so they couldn't reach me

Nino: theyre wasps??? they can fly?????

Kagami: I've lost track of what we were originally trying to figure out

Max: Me too, Kagami.

Marinette: I'm trying to read the whole conversation you guys had but a) it's really long, and b) I can't ignore all the new messages, so instead can you guys summarize everything you've talked about so far?

Alya: ok everybody stop talking for a sec and gimme a minute to type everything up

Alya: so, i started this chat as a sort of support group for those of us who had our identities exposed to hawk moth today. then we realized that 4 out of the 6 of us were in the same class (and the other 2 were still connected to that class in some way) so we started thinking that ladybug might know us irl, maybe even go to our school. then max pointed out that most of us were chosen by ladybug when someone close to us was akumatized, so she probably chose us for that reason. but then when we were trying to figure out why she chose luka, he mentioned that she had actually chosen adrien first despite the fact that he (or luka for that matter) wasnt close to the akumatized person. so we added adrien to the chat, and max deduced that ladybug might know adrien in real life, and then we started suspecting it might be you, but then adrien told us that he saw you with her one time. so then kim added you to the chat

Marinette: ok 

Marinette: so all we know right now is that ladybug is not me, right? 

Nino: yes, or any of the other girls here for that matter, or any of the other girls in our class since they've all been akumatized

Marinette: alright sweet

Kim: so now that we've got two new additions to the chat, we can revisit some old topics of conversation: who has the coolest power and superhero name????

Kim: obviously i vote for myself but if I had to choose one of you, it would be viperion for both

Luka: <3

Adrien: Not fair, I had the same power as him!

Nino: what was ur hero name

Adrien: Aspik

Nino: viperion wins

Adrien: D:<

Alya: marinette what was your power and name???

Marinette: my name was Multimouse and I had the power to make copies of myself

Marinette: like tiny copies

Alya: HGFABSHFHS A BUNCH OF TINY MARINETTES SOUNDS ADORABLE

Alya: and my vote goes to ryuko for both

Kagami: Thanks! I was just going to say that my vote goes to you.

Alya: aww thanks!!!

Adrien: Well I don't know about you guys, but I have to get up early tomorrow so I should be heading to bed now

Adrien: It was nice talking to everybody! Thanks for inviting me to the superhero squad

Marinette: good night adrien!

Marinette: and yeah I should go to bed now too!

Nino: nerds

Kagami: I’m leaving now as well. Thank you for making this chat, Alya

Alya: you’re welcome! i hope everything turns out alright with us all :/

Marinette: i’m sure ladybug will do everything in her power to protect you guys. Let her do the worrying for you

Adrien: Nah she probably worries way too much as it is. But still, Marinette’s right. Ladybug and Cat Noir won’t let anything happen to you guys.

Max: I hope you’re right.

Max: I’m heading out now too-- good night everybody!

Nino: ugh what is it withyou people and your healthy sleep schedules

3:12 am

Max: Holy shit

Max: @Marinette Dupain-Cheng @Marinette Dupain-Cheng @Marinette Dupain-Cheng @Marinette Dupain-Cheng @Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Nino: dude its 3 in the morning wtf

Kim: max i have literally never heard you curse before, u good bro???

Max: @Marinette Dupain-Cheng Are you awake???

Kagami: What is going on?

Nino: uh @Marinette Dupain-Cheng i think max wants to talk to ya

Alya: whats with all the racket im trying to sleep ffs

Luka: Imagine actually sleeping at 3am

Nino: same dude

Alya: max what's up?? is marinette ok???

Max: I need to ask her something

Kim: so you decided to wake us all up??

Max: Okay, in hindsight I definitely should have just PMed her, but I was too tired to act rationally.

Marinette: Im here???? Max what's going on

Max: I'll PM you.

Alya: no don't, i'm intrigued

Nino: alya ffs can you stop being a reporter for five seconds 

Marinette: Max I don't care if you pm me or not, I just want to know what's going on

Marinette: you're kind of freaking me out

Max: Okay. You said you helped Ladybug fight Kwamibuster, right?

Marinette: yes?

Max: But from what I saw on the news (though there was admittedly little coverage on this particular akuma), Kwamibuster stole Ladybug and Cat Noir's kwamis

Nino: where are you going with this

Max: You helped them recover their kwamis, yes?

Marinette: yes??

Max: So how did Ladybug approach you with the miraculous? Her kwami was gone. She wouldn't have had her suit and mask. Did you meet Ladybug's civilian self??

Marinette: uh

Alya: UH???

Alya: UH?!?!?!?!?;?!????

Nino: MARINETTE????

Kagami: MARINETTE??

Luka: Holy shit?????? Marinette???????

Kim: MARINETTE ADD LADYBUG TO THE CHAT

Adrien: What's going on, why is my phone dinging so much

Alya: MARINETTE KNOWS WHO LADYBUG IS

Adrien: What???

Marinette: NO I DONT

Marinette: MAX YOU SHOULDVE PMED ME

Marinette: ACTUALLY YOU JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT AT ALL

Max: You said you didn't care if I PMed you or not!!! 

Marinette: I DIDNT EXPECT TO GET AMBUSHED ABOUT LADYBUG'S IDENTITY AT 3 IN THE MORNING

Nino: so you do know her identity?????

Marinette: NO I DONT

Marinette: and even if I did I wouldn't tell you guys!!! She keeps it secret for a reason!!!

Kim: i dont need a name i just need a phone number PLEASE

Marinette Dupain-Cheng left the chat.

Alya: OH NO YOU DONT

Alya Cesaire added Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the chat 

Alya: WHATS HER NAME WHATS SHE LIKE WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES WAS SHE WEARING

Marinette Dupain-Cheng left the chat.

Le Chien Kim added Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the chat.

Kim: I JUST WANNA SEND MEMES TO LADYBUG IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK

Marinette Dupain-Cheng left the chat. 

Alya Cesaire added Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the chat. 

Alya: YOU KNOW YOU'RE ONLY MAKING YOURSELF LOOK MORE SUSPICIOUS RIGHT???

Marinette Dupain-Cheng left the chat.

Max: Alya, don't add her again, I need to theorize something

Alya: ok bitch but it better be good

Luka: Do you guys think she actually met civilian Ladybug??

Kagami: If Ladybug didn't have her kwami, I don't see how else she could have given Marinette the miraculous. 

Max: Adrien, what exactly did you see when you saw Ladybug and Marinette on the roof after Kwamibuster?

Adrien: I just saw Ladybug and Marinette, next to each other?

Adrien: And Cat Noir, he was there too

Max: Marinette said her miraculous gave her the power to multiply. 

Max: Is it possible you saw two copies of the same person? 

Luka: ...Bro

Nino: OH MY GOSH

Kim: wait are you wondering if he saw two marinettes or two ladybugs?? 

Alya: OH MY GOSH

Adrien: I don't think that's how her powers worked

Kagami: How did they, then?

Adrien: Each Multimouse copy was wearing the same costume, and I was clearly looking at an uncostumed Marinette with Ladybug

Adrien: And I saw Marinette take off the miraculous, so all the other copies would've disappeared when she took it off, right? Meaning there'd only be one person in front of me if Marinette was Ladybug

Max: I suppose.

Max: Oh well, it was just a theory. You can add her back now, Alya. 

Alya: perfect timing since i just got a weird ass pm from her, asking me to add her back

Kim: no one wants out of the superhero house for long

Alya Cesaire added Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the chat.

Alya: have you come to your senses, child?

Marinette: I'll tell you guys how I got the mouse miraculous.

Nino: YO REALLY??

Adrien: Marinette, you don't have to do that.

Alya Cesaire removed Adrien Agreste from the chat.

Alya: yes you do 

Le Chien Kim added Adrien Agreste to the chat.

Kim: motherfucking superheroes do NOT remove each other from the chat >:(

Luka: I don't know about you guys but I really want to hear what Marinette has to say

Marinette: I did not get my miraculous from Ladybug-- an old man gave it to me

Marinette: I think it was that guardian guy you guys mentioned earlier in the chat?? 

Nino: oh

Kim: hell yeah, you and me girl, gettin our miraculous straight from the source

Alya: that's it????? that's what you were so adamant about not telling us????? kim told us that no problem AND he admitted to swimming in adrien's bathtub when he got his miraculous!!!!! were you swimming in adrien's bathtub when you got your miraculous too???? is that why you didnt wanna tell us??? 

Marinette: God, I wish

Marinette Dupain-Cheng removed a message. 

Kagami: The Guardian probably told her not to tell anyone about him under any circumstances.

Nino: yeah babe, just bc kim does something doesn't mean it should be done

Kim: aw, thanks nino

Adrien: Did he give you the other miraculouses too? From what little I saw, it seemed like you and Ladybug were using a bunch at the same time.

Marinette: yes, he gave me those as well

Alya: /not convinced

Alya: i love you girl but /NOT CONVINCED

Marinette: well it's the truth! And I'll be going back to sleep now thank you very much! Good night ✌️

Max: Well, that was something. Apologies for waking you all up. 

Kim: hey we should vote on who has the best costume too!! we already did names and powers

Adrien: Do you people sleep? At all?

Kagami: WAIT

Kagami Tsurugi removed Marinette Dupain-Cheng from the chat.

Nino: ?????? kagami???

Kim: what did I just say about removing a fellow motherfucking superhero!!!!

Kagami: I'm sorry. I just thought of something. Don't add her back just yet.

Kagami: Adrien, you said that Marinette had multiple miraculouses? 

Adrien: Yes

Kagami: Including the fox?

Adrien: I assume? 

Alya: hold up, did something happen to trixx? am i gonna have to throw hands with mendeleev??

Kagami: No. Alya, your miraculous lets its wearer create illusions, right? 

Alya: that's correct

Kagami: Adrien, is it possible that when you saw Ladybug and Marinette, one or both of them was just an illusion? That there was a Multimouse copy using the fox miraculous to make it seem like Ladybug and Marinette were standing next to each other? 

Nino: ??!!!?????????!!!!??!?!?!!??!!??!??

Alya: I'M GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST

Max: It's entirely possible-- we know now that people can merge miraculouses, as seen from Dragon Bug and Snake Noir today. She could've merged the mouse miraculous
with the fox.  

Kim: yk i always did get the vibe that ladybug is asian

Alya: ???????? that's all you have to say about this???????????

Nino: how do you just "get the vibe" that someone is asian

Kagami: We can tell.

Luka: Ok is anyone elses head just SPINNING right now? On the one hand it makes complete sense, but on the other, this is such a huge leap. 

Luka: no offense, Kagami.


Alya: well we have to do something because marinette "might be ladybug" dupain cheng is pming me asking why she was removed

Alya: and I am this 👌 close to purposely getting akumatized so I can lady wifi my way into her room through her phone to strangle the truth out of her

Max: Okay, let's go through what we know. 

Max: It's possible to merge two miraculous and use both their powers at the same time. Marinette could have had one of her Multimouse copies use the fox's power. 

Max: But why would she? She didn't know Adrien was on the roof. Now that I think about it, there was no reason for her to pull any such trick, which makes it pretty unlikely that Marinette is Ladybug. 

Adrien: She would've been hiding her identity from Cat Noir. 

Max: Wait, do Ladybug and Cat Noir really not know each other's identities? I always thought they just said that to prevent Hawk Moth from using them against each other.

Adrien: No, they don't

Adrien: Well, now one of them might 

Luka: This still just seems too wild to me 

Luka: Like, who comes up with a plan as convoluted as that?

Adrien: Ladybug

Alya: marinette

Kim: so which one of them do you think came up with that plan? 

Nino: ……??? are you following any of this????

Max: Don't listen to him, he's just doing it to be annoying. 

Alya: guys she's calling me now, WHAT DO 

Lê Chiên Kim added Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the chat.

Nino: kim please you have to give us some WARNING 

Marinette: having a fun conversation without me, are we???

Marinette: oh

Marinette: uh

Alya: reading the conversation we had without you, are we??? 

Marinette: I can explain

Alya: look, marinette

Alya: i know i've been saying stuff like "if ladybugs been in front of me the whole time I'll shoot mysefl in the face" and "i'll purposely get akumatized to come through your phone and strangle you"

Nino: idk where she's going with this but props to her for committing to that typo on the first one 

Alya: but if you really are ladybug, i'll support you no matter what, you know that right???

Adrien: If you really are Ladybug, then first and foremost I'm really sorry your identity was exposed to us through this group chat of all things. But Alya's right-- I think I speak for everyone when I say we'll all be here for you. 

Max: Agreed.

Kagami: Agreed as well. 

Luka: 💙

Kim: a little disappointed that the superhero house wouldnt be getting a new member, but yeah, agreed 

Kim: o shit maybe you can get cat noir to join us tho!!! 

Adrien: You know I feel like he'd rather not

Marinette: guys, youre all very sweet

Marinette: can I just

Marinette: leave the chat right now to clear my head

Marinette: and go to sleep and think about all this in the morning? 

Luka: Of course

Kagami: Sleep well! 

Marinette: thank you guys 

Marinette Dupain-Cheng left the chat. 

Nino: so she's definitely ladybug right?

Max: Oh, absolutely.

Alya: what happens in this chat stays in this chat, guys, we cannot tell ANYBODY about this conversation 

Luka: Dang, if Marinette is Ladybug she's really been through a lot today. Having to fight all of us, then becoming the guardian, then being exposed to all of us

Nino: i cant wait to be there for her so fucking hard

Nino: im gonna support the shit out of her

Kagami: I wonder if she'll tell Cat Noir that we know her identity, or if she'll tell him her identity. 

Adrien: Maybe she won't have to

Nino: ok whatever that means i guess

PM between Adrien Agreste and Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Adrien: Hey, are you asleep yet? 

Marinette: I was just about to go to bed

Adrien: Ok, I'm really sorry, I know you're tired, but do you think you could stay up a little longer? 

Adrien: I have to tell you something

Marinette: sure, is everything ok?

Adrien: Everything's fine. You should go wait on your balcony. 

Marinette: ??

Adrien: Trust me, it'll be better if I show you.