TEST DRIVE MEME

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TEST DRIVE MEME



Pick a scenario!


Scenario A: Time for a stakeout! You and your partner have been tasked with staking out a place to catch a crime in progress. Maybe you're stuck somewhere comfy with snacks and a deck of cards. Maybe you're sitting somewhere on top of a building together in the rain, miserable and snapping at each other.

Perhaps you can use this time to get to know a stranger on the team better or maybe it's a time you can bond with someone you're hoping to be better friends with. Whatever the case, you've got to keep a close eye out and the only real entertainment you have is each other.


Scenario B: You're on the run! An evil totalitarian government got angry about the Legion nosing into some of their affairs and you and one of your teammates got captured. To avoid a terrible fate, you escaped and are now on the run on a hostile alien world full of urban areas swarming with agents looking for you, and dangerous wilderness. With your powers dampened by the power dampening collars on your necks, all you have to rely on is each other.

To make thing even worse, throughout it all, you're handcuffed together with nearly unbreakable cuffs. Yaaaaay. Maybe if you get far enough from the cities, you can hide out long enough for the other Legionnaires to find you.


Scenario C: Make up your own!

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[dupaindots]

That was...weird. For a moment, Marinette had no idea what to think of it, because even in the midst of the trouble they were in, of course she was thrilled at the idea of Adrien saying she could hold his hand -- implying it was okay in a flirty way, even.

On the other hand, it didn't sound like something he'd say. It sounded very...Chat. Was Adrien just playing around pretending to be like the real Chat?

(Since when did Adrien goof around like that? He seemed to have a decent enough sense of humor but he wasn't...goofy.)

"Uh...huh." She took his hand regardless and tugged him along, ignoring the fluttery feelings in her chest as she did it. They really, really had to keep running and not get distracted. They were running into the wilderness now and she had no idea what to expect. "That sure is a really good Chat impression."

That was maybe a compliment? Haha, he made a funny?

Then she realized that Perfectly Normal Girl (tm) Marinette Dupain-Cheng wouldn't really know what the real Chat Noir was like.

"Not that I know what the real one is like! Other than seeing him on TV! Annnd meeting him that one time when Nathanaël was akumatized. But I don't really know him know him."

[unfurtunate]

"Uh."

He almost stumbled over a small shrub, and it was enough to distract him from Marinette's babbling denial. Not that babbling was anything new for her. He grips her hand tightly to steady himself, thinking quickly.

"Well, uh, I remember you said Chat Noir was pretty cool back then." Sorta. She'd kind of just babbled at him, but he thought she was trying to say that she thought he was cool. He as Chat Noir, that is. Though she might have said him as himself too? He really had no idea, to be honest. "I figured that meant he was funny."

Girls like funny, right? Most girls, anyway. Ladybug never seemed to appreciate his jokes, but that must have just been her, because his jokes were great.

[dupaindots]

"Yes, he -- kind of -- yes. Uh."

This got harder and harder every day. It felt like the lies kept compounding, piling on top of each other, and sometimes she forgot who she was supposed to be and acted too much like Ladybug. Other times she almost forgot who he was because he reminded her of the real Chat. If only she'd started this whole thing as Ladybug instead of Marinette. Then maybe it wouldn't have been such a minefield.

But then that would've been complicated too, wouldn't it? How could she win over Adrien if she was Ladybug instead of Marinette?

"He was! Pretty great! But you don't really get to know someone after meeting them just one time? Not know them know them, you just know them...you know?"

She was babbling. She needed to stop babbling.

"But what I do know was he was funny and that means I know that your impression is...accurate."

If she hadn't been attached at the hand to Adrien she might have covered her face with both hands in exasperation at her own awkwardness.

"Anyway, we should probably keep a better eye on where we're goi--EEEEE!"

The word drew out into a shriek as they run through some bushes and suddenly found themselves on the edge of a slope. Marinette's momentum carried her right over the edge before she could stop herself and all she could do as they fell was grab Adrien and pull him into a roll with her so they rolled down it in a controlled way instead of in a way where they got hurt.

Fortunately, it wasn't altogether that steep and it was more grass and weeds than rocky scree and they rolled their way to the bottom without getting as banged up as they could have been. When they finally stopped rolling, Marinette was laying on top of Adrien, dazed as she pushed herself up slightly, still straddling him.

"--Going," she finally finished. "We should watch where we're going."

The long-suffering tone to her voice -- along with that slick move to avoid the two of them getting hurt -- well, that was a little Ladybug-ish, wasn't it? Just a little.

[unfurtunate]

He would have landed on his feet, if by for the handcuffs. Instead, he was yanked down suddenly with Marinette and dragged along without a chance to get his paws -- feet -- underneath him properly. If Marinette hadn't pulled him close to roll them safely through it, he'd probably have broken his neck. The thought was enough to ward off surprise at her quick thinking and very Ladybug-esque response.

It wasn't, however, enough to just him up entirely, as he laid on his back for a moment and stared up at Marinette.

"...It appears you've fallen for me."

He couldn't help it. Maybe the jokes were intrinsically tied to the cat and he just couldn't turn them off anymore.

(Or maybe he was just a huge dork.)

[dupaindots]

WHY WAS HE DOING THIS IT WAS SO CONFUSING STOP

Marinette was acutely aware of the fact she was currently straddling Adrien (Adrien) so when he said that, her face turned bright red and she quickly rolled off, accidentally yanking a little on the handcuffs as she did it.

"Sorry! Sorry."

She looked away, checking herself to make sure she wasn't hurt. When she went to unfold her wings, she winced and turned her body around, trying to look over her shoulder at them. One of them was bent, with a clear crease in it, and a few of the little clear membranes were broken.

"Great. I knew I couldn't carry us far, but I was hoping I could fly us short distances if we needed me to."

She tried to reach her hand around to unbend it but it was hard when it was behind her and one of her hands was handcuffed to Adrien's.

[unfurtunate]

It was kinda entertaining getting Marinette all flustered. Ladybug never reacted so strongly to his joking, after all, and while he missed her and all her exasperation acutely, the change of pace was kind of nice.

The amusement quickly faded away, however, when he got a look at her wing.

"Woah, hold on," He was all Adrien now, calm and serious and a little worried, and he caught her hands where she was trying but to twist around to get at her wing. "I'll try, alright? Just...let me know if it hurt or anything."

Even with one of his hands handcuffed to hers and thus limited by her range of motion, it was still easier for him to reach than it was for her. Adrien held her still by the shoulders for a moment before spinning her around as much as the handcuffs allowed and, so very gently, took the thin bent wing in his hand.

"It seems so delicate," he commented without thinking.

[dupaindots]

Marinette turned so Adrien could get a better look at her wings. Now, this she wasn't surprised to see. Sweet, thoughtful Adrien, acting the way he always did when he was being kind to someone in class.

"I haven't hurt them that much but when I do, the broken parts fall off and then they just regrow. But they don't really have much feeling. Mostly just near where they meet my shoulders."

She was lying a tiny bit, especially since Adrien had his gentle voice on right now. She didn't want him to know that it actually a hurt a little bit, him straightening it out.

Just like she didn't want him to know that she could feel his hands on her wing just a tiny bit. A teeny tiny bit. She tried to ignore it.

[unfurtunate]

"Good to know."

Gingerly, like he was still worried about hurting her despite the reassurances, he unbent the wing and tried setting it straight again. The little broken membranes he couldn't do anything about beyond lightly smoothing them into place, but it was better than nothing.

"You think it'd be worth bandaging it or something?" Adrien asked, frowning thoughtfully. "Just to keep it still."

[dupaindots]

"It's fine. Now that it's fixed I can do this."

Now that her wing was straightened out, she bunched her wings up tight against her body, sliding them together so that they were tightly furled against her back, something she hadn't been able to do while the one was bent.

The only reason it'd even been damaged was because of the surprise of rolling down the hill. Her wings had been partly unfurled as they'd run. Now that it was fixed, she could fold them up properly again.

Marinette turned to face him again, relieved that she could stop twisting her cuffed wrist behind her back, and gave him a shy little smile for helping her.

"Thank you."

It was back to shy Marinette, apparently. The more assertive Ladybug of moments before was suddenly gone again.

...And then, just like that, she was back.

"We need to keep moving," she said, getting to her feet and grabbing Adrien's hand -- the one cuffed to hers -- to tug him to his feet. "It's going to be dark soon. We need to put some distance between us and them and find someplace safe to hide for the night."

It was like a million other moments of Ladybug pulling him to his feet after he'd been knocked down. (Just like all the moments he'd done the same for her). The expression on her face was even the same.