[ Wow he's not having a crisis YET. Thanks guys. Real bro team that he's got here. He's scrunching his nose under his mask, just so you know. That being said, he quiets and stills when McDramatic Silverface moves onto the next thing. For a moment, he's silent.
Fuck... it's a thought that makes him pause, but shake his head slightly. That's way too good to be true for some weird butterfly hallucination to give him.
'...Can you hear this? I don't gotta ask everything out loud, do I?' A quiet thought to himself. He immediately feels a little bit dumb for trying this but the alternative is talking to himself like a madman. Inb4 Britt tells me no he has to argue with him out loud. ]
...Yeah. I'm fine... keep scoping the place, I guess. Think I'll keep looking around the hallways...
[ Rupert you're so nice. Hawkmoth be nice to our twinkboss please. ]
[bradley's vibes remain the same as they were - still kind of bad, but not overwhelmingly so. crow's bad vibes are worsening as he peers into the classroms. hey, one of the classrooms has a familiar face! that's lila! she's bent over a paper and scribbling something. well, they all are. maybe they're taking a test?
when rupert steps towards aikawa, his bad vibes intensify strongly. also, he'll see a blackish-purplish butterfly fluttering toward him.
and unfortunately for aikawa he is, in fact, going to have to talk to himself like a madman because canon leads me to believe that this conversation has to be had out loud. also, his bad vibes intensify strongly as well, so have fun with that.]
Well? What will it be? Don't you just want to be yourself again?
[wow! he hates these vibes! but more importantly...]
—Stop leaving, he's clearly having a situation over here!
[BRADLEY!! But anyways, he's going to actually follow him towards the school to try and get away from this horrible butterfly, though he pauses to look at Aikawa before he does.]
Let's go, okay? Maybe it'll get better if you aren't in the courtyard...
[ Hate that, thank you. He's really glad that he's wearing his mask right now -- but as those bad vibes worsen, something else comes to his mind. No, literally. A piercing pain and then a dull headache, making him clutch his head. Just another reminder to add onto those bad feelings of the things that are being promised away. ]
Ugh -- fuck -- not this...!
[ Sorry Rupert, but Aikawa is -- gonna put some space between himself and you, suddenly taking off deeper into the school. Running off to be alone, the number one way to die in any horror story. While muttering under his breath. ]
Hell -- fine, I'm listening. [ It's not like he has much of a choice right now??? ] But you still have to tell me what the Miracle -- Miraculouses? What those things are... and how the hell we get out of here...!
[exploring the school is just fine and dandy! only, bradley's bad vibes will worsen as he gets deeper into the school, too. there are plenty of closed doors - some with windows nearby that clearly lead into classrooms, which students are learning in, and some with no windows at all. hmm, what could be behind those? there's only one way to find out.
crow will see a bunch of other students in the classroom along with her! they're not doing anything particularly interesting, though. just taking their test. well, the dude in the red hoodie keeps glancing at the clock every couple of seconds as if that's going to make the class end any faster. also, the longer he looks, the more intense his bad vibes will get?
oh, poor rupert. getting further into the school also intensifies the bad vibes. doubly so if he actually runs after aikawa!
all three of them are now having butterflies flutter after them. even rupert, who has dodged the first one; it's just looping around to come after him again.
as for aikawa...]
They're magical jewelry that bestow powers upon the people who use them. The ones I want most are the earrings of the Ladybug and the ring of the Black Cat, which contain the ultimate power of creation and destruction... Ladybug and Chat Noir will be coming after you themselves or sending their allies to fight for them. Once you bring those to me, I'll be able to destroy anything you wish to see gone from this world, and to create anything else in its place. To assist you with that, I can give you a power of your own right now.
[ oof well. that's enough of that. crow's not actually sprinting off in the opposite direction just yet, but he will turn away from the classroom and decidedly not make eye contact with that butterfly, fuck u hawkmoth.
he's just gonna shout in the direction aikawa ran off in. ]
You okay in there? No being taken over by evil beings, or offering up your soul to the demon butterfly?
[AAAAAAA he watches him run off for a second, hesitating, before:]
Bradley, if you don't follow us I'm going to be so mad!
[he has zero trust that bradley is going to follow them. but yeah, he's just sprinting off after aikawa once that's said! despite these Bad Feelings he isn't going to stop. as he runs, despite the party conclusively proving that aikawa is in fact faster:]
How many times do I have to tell you it's not a good idea to run off...?!
Stop following me -- ! [ Hawkmoth is cucked in his deal by the power of people worrying about him, because it's not a true Miraculous episode without Hawkmoth getting cucked for a little bit. He's stumbling a little deeper into the building, anything else interesting to see? Otherwise, he's going to try to pull open one of the doors of the windowless rooms too. His hands are shaking just a little bit. ]
Not funny, Crow... [ For real. But he does glance up at both Crow and Rupert, wary. ] He wants -- he wants some shit, called Miraculous. A bug earring and a cat ring. The guys who have them, some ladybug and 'Chat Noir' or something [ He has misunderstood the assignment. ] are coming after us, apparently...?!
[bradley's door opens into... a supply closet! there is a very surprised janitor there who stares at him for a few seconds before his eyes zero in on his rifle. then he gives a shout.]
SOMEONE CALL THE COPS, HE'S GOT A GUN!
[well. that. that could have gone better. anyway, some of the classroom doors are now opening up so that the teachers can look out and see what the commotion is all about. also, some of the students - lila included - are abandoning their seats to peer out the windows.
a butterfly flutters toward bradley's gun, aiming to land on it.
meanwhile, the butterfly is circling around crow, looking to land on the weapon he's carrying.
and rupert's butterfly flaps its wings frantically to try and catch up to him while he sprints!
the vibes are just getting worse and worse all around. this seems to make the butterflies faster and more attracted to them, unfortunately. ooof. they are relentless.
meanwhile, hawkmoth's voice sounds almost like a growl.]
They're not coming after you yet! You'll need to get their attention so they know to show up! Now, do we have a deal, yes or no?!
[also aikawa's door opens up into a boiler room. there's plenty of space to hide there.]
... I mean. They're not wrong, you are carrying a gun.
[ and then to aikawa: ] Okay, but why are they coming after us? They don't have a reason to, not right now. We've just shown up here out of nowhere, it's not like we put out a sign saying we were coming here?
[ IT SEEMS SUS TO HIM IS ALL HE'S SAYING. TRUSTING DISEMBODIED VOICES SEEMS LIKE A QUESTIONABLE CHOICE, SIR. ]
[ the butterfly gets a serious side eye. he can dance with it for a bit, keeping it away from him. ]
[ WE'RE SUDDENLY SCREWED. Aikawa slaps his hands over his head, though -- around where his ears would be if he was maskless. ]
Ugh -- shut up! Shut up -- are these butterflies yours?! Keep them away! I'm not agreeing so easily to powers, that's how -- that's --
[ Another piercing headache. The bad vibes are so strong, like the feeling of a black hole opening under him. He doesn't want to hurt anyone, please.
(God, why did I cuck myself from playing Caiman on CYOA? He would've been like OK and become a gyoza wizard I'm just saying.)
He tries to focus. Sorry guys he's just causing a weird commotion on his own. ]
You and your damn gun, Bradley...! Should we get out of here? He's saying -- he's saying some stuff about how we need to get their attention. If you're saying he's a villain then it means we're causing trouble...
[ Which seems to be EXACTLY what's happening right now, incidentally. ]
[fuck, indeed! the butterfly lands on bradley's rifle and melts into it. now that mask-shaped light is forming over his face, too! it's his turn to hear a voice! the vibes are so overwhelmingly bad.]
Aha, a wizard, is it...? I am Hawkmoth. I see you would like to... [there's a pause, during which his eye twitches again.] ...tear the moon out of the sky. I can make that happen for you, but in return, I only ask for one thing... For you to bring me the Miraculouses!
[crow's bad vibes just get more and more bad as he dances away from the butterfly. rupert's, too, as he paces. the worse their vibes get, the faster the butterflies get as they pursue them, looking for somewhere to land.
and back in aikawa's head -]
Oh, you wouldn't have to keep them. I'll have you entirely free of powers once your mind is your own again. But you'll need something to defend yourself with once Ladybug and Chat Noir come for you...
[meanwhile, some of the students seem to have spotted the mask-lights on bradley and aikawa, which just freaks them out more! there is much screaming. a girl with glasses ducks out of lila's classroom despite her teacher's protests and starts... filming?]
Hello, friends of the Ladyblog! I'm live on the scene at Collège Françoise Dupont, where we're witnessing the beginning of an akuma attack! Ladybug and Chat Noir haven't arrived yet, but they're sure to any minute now!
[the teacher yells, "Alya, stop livestreaming and call 112!"
We need answers! Or some idea of what the hell to do! [ Back at Rupert. He sounds like he's suffering both comically but also for real. His headache... he just waves Crow and Rupert away, though. ]
You two should get out of here... you haven't been butterflied by this asshole yet, looks like it's a part of why they're freaking out. I don't know, get out, try to find where he is? -- Ugh...
[ God damn it. Well, he's going to ignore Hawkmoth for a bit longer and dredge his feet towards... somewhere. Anywhere. Is there anywhere else in the school that looks particularly interesting other than these windowless doors? He can pull open another one if that's the case I guess. But also just, hello, this girl? ]
We're not attacking anyone, stop starting shit! [ INDIGNANT. ]
[hawkmoth is all too happy to explain to bradley, who is negotiating with a terrorist(?). you go, bradley.]
With the Miraculouses, anything is possible. I will impart you the power to take the Miraculouses from the fools who will come to try and stop you, and in exchange, once I have the ring of the Black Cat, I will use it to grant you the ultimate power of destruction to tear the moon out of the sky!
[bradley and aikawa's Bad Vibes (insert tm symbol here I'm mobile and can't find it) continue to intensify. also, the more aikawa tries to resist taking the deal, he'll start to feel physical pain - starting with a slight headache which will just radiate into intense aching all over. he gets the sense that it will stop if he says "yes".]
Well? Have you made up your mind?
[crow is still moving, so he continues to dodge his butterfly, but since rupert has stopped, his butterfly lands on him and absorbs itself into something he's carrying or an accessory he's wearing.
cue the light mask and the voice in his head.]
Ah, little prince, I can see how badly you want to see your beloved again... Amir, was it? I'll reunite you with him, but you need only do one thing in return... Take the Miraculouses and bring them to me!
[Oh? Is this a villain? Bradley sees a way to get what he wants.]
All of them, or just the one here?
[He's asking about his very specific moon. That one. If this guy is locked into this place then why should he say yes?]
Why're ya keepin' it? Need the full set for somethin'?
[He absolutely does allow himself to get dragged this way and that, but he's busy talking to A Moth, probably. (The name isn't that important, right?)]
[there's maybe 0.5 seconds of pause at that offer before, in the same voice you would use to talk to a very persistent telemarketer:]
Uh, no, absolutely not. That's stupid, why would I believe that you can... Whatever! It doesn't even matter! I'm getting really tired about fake people in these stupid things trying to use him against me, so the answer's no. You can stop creepily talking in my head now.
[anyways, he points at aikawa.]
You stop trying to get us to split up! [he points at bradley.] You say no right now or I'm going to lose it! [he points at crow and then realizes he has nothing to point at crow about.] You... gave me some very valid advice, thank you.
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Fuck... it's a thought that makes him pause, but shake his head slightly. That's way too good to be true for some weird butterfly hallucination to give him.
'...Can you hear this? I don't gotta ask everything out loud, do I?' A quiet thought to himself. He immediately feels a little bit dumb for trying this but the alternative is talking to himself like a madman. Inb4 Britt tells me no he has to argue with him out loud. ]
...Yeah. I'm fine... keep scoping the place, I guess. Think I'll keep looking around the hallways...
[ Rupert you're so nice. Hawkmoth be nice to our twinkboss please. ]
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when rupert steps towards aikawa, his bad vibes intensify strongly. also, he'll see a blackish-purplish butterfly fluttering toward him.
and unfortunately for aikawa he is, in fact, going to have to talk to himself like a madman because canon leads me to believe that this conversation has to be had out loud. also, his bad vibes intensify strongly as well, so have fun with that.]
Well? What will it be? Don't you just want to be yourself again?
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He's going to start walking into the school. Bad vibes be damned, he wants to explore.]
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Lila?
[ caaaan she hear him? well, maybe he shouldn't be interupting a test.... can he see anything interesting in the classroom other than lila herself? ]
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—Stop leaving, he's clearly having a situation over here!
[BRADLEY!! But anyways, he's going to actually follow him towards the school to try and get away from this horrible butterfly, though he pauses to look at Aikawa before he does.]
Let's go, okay? Maybe it'll get better if you aren't in the courtyard...
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Ugh -- fuck -- not this...!
[ Sorry Rupert, but Aikawa is -- gonna put some space between himself and you, suddenly taking off deeper into the school. Running off to be alone, the number one way to die in any horror story. While muttering under his breath. ]
Hell -- fine, I'm listening. [ It's not like he has much of a choice right now??? ] But you still have to tell me what the Miracle -- Miraculouses? What those things are... and how the hell we get out of here...!
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crow will see a bunch of other students in the classroom along with her! they're not doing anything particularly interesting, though. just taking their test. well, the dude in the red hoodie keeps glancing at the clock every couple of seconds as if that's going to make the class end any faster. also, the longer he looks, the more intense his bad vibes will get?
oh, poor rupert. getting further into the school also intensifies the bad vibes. doubly so if he actually runs after aikawa!
all three of them are now having butterflies flutter after them. even rupert, who has dodged the first one; it's just looping around to come after him again.
as for aikawa...]
They're magical jewelry that bestow powers upon the people who use them. The ones I want most are the earrings of the Ladybug and the ring of the Black Cat, which contain the ultimate power of creation and destruction... Ladybug and Chat Noir will be coming after you themselves or sending their allies to fight for them. Once you bring those to me, I'll be able to destroy anything you wish to see gone from this world, and to create anything else in its place. To assist you with that, I can give you a power of your own right now.
So? Do we have a deal?
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The rest of this team: Gonna ignore that advice immediately.
Bradley does just attempt to yank the windowless door open. What's over here?]
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he's just gonna shout in the direction aikawa ran off in. ]
You okay in there? No being taken over by evil beings, or offering up your soul to the demon butterfly?
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Bradley, if you don't follow us I'm going to be so mad!
[he has zero trust that bradley is going to follow them. but yeah, he's just sprinting off after aikawa once that's said! despite these Bad Feelings he isn't going to stop. as he runs, despite the party conclusively proving that aikawa is in fact faster:]
How many times do I have to tell you it's not a good idea to run off...?!
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Stop following me -- ! [ Hawkmoth is cucked in his deal by the power of people worrying about him, because it's not a true Miraculous episode without Hawkmoth getting cucked for a little bit. He's stumbling a little deeper into the building, anything else interesting to see? Otherwise, he's going to try to pull open one of the doors of the windowless rooms too. His hands are shaking just a little bit. ]
Not funny, Crow... [ For real. But he does glance up at both Crow and Rupert, wary. ] He wants -- he wants some shit, called Miraculous. A bug earring and a cat ring. The guys who have them, some ladybug and 'Chat Noir' or something [ He has misunderstood the assignment. ] are coming after us, apparently...?!
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SOMEONE CALL THE COPS, HE'S GOT A GUN!
[well. that. that could have gone better. anyway, some of the classroom doors are now opening up so that the teachers can look out and see what the commotion is all about. also, some of the students - lila included - are abandoning their seats to peer out the windows.
a butterfly flutters toward bradley's gun, aiming to land on it.
meanwhile, the butterfly is circling around crow, looking to land on the weapon he's carrying.
and rupert's butterfly flaps its wings frantically to try and catch up to him while he sprints!
the vibes are just getting worse and worse all around. this seems to make the butterflies faster and more attracted to them, unfortunately. ooof. they are relentless.
meanwhile, hawkmoth's voice sounds almost like a growl.]
They're not coming after you yet! You'll need to get their attention so they know to show up! Now, do we have a deal, yes or no?!
[also aikawa's door opens up into a boiler room. there's plenty of space to hide there.]
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Fuck.
[He misses seeing his butterfly as he runs towards the rest of of them.]
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[ and then to aikawa: ] Okay, but why are they coming after us? They don't have a reason to, not right now. We've just shown up here out of nowhere, it's not like we put out a sign saying we were coming here?
[ IT SEEMS SUS TO HIM IS ALL HE'S SAYING. TRUSTING DISEMBODIED VOICES SEEMS LIKE A QUESTIONABLE CHOICE, SIR. ]
[ the butterfly gets a serious side eye. he can dance with it for a bit, keeping it away from him. ]
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[his exhaustion! but he glances towards aikawa, just kind of. pacing as he goes to avoid this butterfly.]
Aikawa, that guy is, like, a supervillain, Lila told me about him! He wants those Miraculous things because they're powerful. Don't listen to him.
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Ugh -- shut up! Shut up -- are these butterflies yours?! Keep them away! I'm not agreeing so easily to powers, that's how -- that's --
[ Another piercing headache. The bad vibes are so strong, like the feeling of a black hole opening under him. He doesn't want to hurt anyone, please.
(God, why did I cuck myself from playing Caiman on CYOA? He would've been like OK and become a gyoza wizard I'm just saying.)
He tries to focus. Sorry guys he's just causing a weird commotion on his own. ]
You and your damn gun, Bradley...! Should we get out of here? He's saying -- he's saying some stuff about how we need to get their attention. If you're saying he's a villain then it means we're causing trouble...
[ Which seems to be EXACTLY what's happening right now, incidentally. ]
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Aha, a wizard, is it...? I am Hawkmoth. I see you would like to... [there's a pause, during which his eye twitches again.] ...tear the moon out of the sky. I can make that happen for you, but in return, I only ask for one thing... For you to bring me the Miraculouses!
[crow's bad vibes just get more and more bad as he dances away from the butterfly. rupert's, too, as he paces. the worse their vibes get, the faster the butterflies get as they pursue them, looking for somewhere to land.
and back in aikawa's head -]
Oh, you wouldn't have to keep them. I'll have you entirely free of powers once your mind is your own again. But you'll need something to defend yourself with once Ladybug and Chat Noir come for you...
[meanwhile, some of the students seem to have spotted the mask-lights on bradley and aikawa, which just freaks them out more! there is much screaming. a girl with glasses ducks out of lila's classroom despite her teacher's protests and starts... filming?]
Hello, friends of the Ladyblog! I'm live on the scene at Collège Françoise Dupont, where we're witnessing the beginning of an akuma attack! Ladybug and Chat Noir haven't arrived yet, but they're sure to any minute now!
[the teacher yells, "Alya, stop livestreaming and call 112!"
she does not stop livestreaming.]
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He's got his gun in his hands in its usual "at ease" position and scowls.]
Explain.
[Explain how you will do this.]
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This just gets better and better. Stop entertaining the weirdo and move. Before the police or the bug and cat people show up, whichever it is.
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Don't ask him to explain!
[anyways, he's thrown off guard by this girl suddenly showing up and stops pacing, blinking.]
Wait, what? No, we're not attacking! Nobody's attacking! Everything's fine!
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You two should get out of here... you haven't been butterflied by this asshole yet, looks like it's a part of why they're freaking out. I don't know, get out, try to find where he is? -- Ugh...
[ God damn it. Well, he's going to ignore Hawkmoth for a bit longer and dredge his feet towards... somewhere. Anywhere. Is there anywhere else in the school that looks particularly interesting other than these windowless doors? He can pull open another one if that's the case I guess. But also just, hello, this girl? ]
We're not attacking anyone, stop starting shit! [ INDIGNANT. ]
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With the Miraculouses, anything is possible. I will impart you the power to take the Miraculouses from the fools who will come to try and stop you, and in exchange, once I have the ring of the Black Cat, I will use it to grant you the ultimate power of destruction to tear the moon out of the sky!
[bradley and aikawa's Bad Vibes (insert tm symbol here I'm mobile and can't find it) continue to intensify. also, the more aikawa tries to resist taking the deal, he'll start to feel physical pain - starting with a slight headache which will just radiate into intense aching all over. he gets the sense that it will stop if he says "yes".]
Well? Have you made up your mind?
[crow is still moving, so he continues to dodge his butterfly, but since rupert has stopped, his butterfly lands on him and absorbs itself into something he's carrying or an accessory he's wearing.
cue the light mask and the voice in his head.]
Ah, little prince, I can see how badly you want to see your beloved again... Amir, was it? I'll reunite you with him, but you need only do one thing in return... Take the Miraculouses and bring them to me!
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All of them, or just the one here?
[He's asking about his very specific moon. That one. If this guy is locked into this place then why should he say yes?]
Why're ya keepin' it? Need the full set for somethin'?
[He absolutely does allow himself to get dragged this way and that, but he's busy talking to A Moth, probably. (The name isn't that important, right?)]
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Shit.
Time to practice what you're preaching, Rupert. Tell him to get lost.
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Uh, no, absolutely not. That's stupid, why would I believe that you can... Whatever! It doesn't even matter! I'm getting really tired about fake people in these stupid things trying to use him against me, so the answer's no. You can stop creepily talking in my head now.
[anyways, he points at aikawa.]
You stop trying to get us to split up! [he points at bradley.] You say no right now or I'm going to lose it! [he points at crow and then realizes he has nothing to point at crow about.] You... gave me some very valid advice, thank you.
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