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Chapter 35: epilogue

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# the-anti-rossi-club

dinonino
man i kinda miss our spy days
i miss having a project

ladyblogger
do you need me to bring up all thr school projects you haven't started

dinonino
those dont count

underagreste
it waaas kinda nice working on something all together

mariposa
there's always hawkmoth

underagreste
less of a project more of a general life goal

dinonino
lila is gone, adrinette is canon, me & als are going strong, that just leaves...

richgirl
if you say me, lahiffe, im going to make you regret it

dinonino
... nothing, there's nothing to do

ladyblogger
its like you manifested the akuma ,
@everyone

mariposa
see what you did nino

richgirl
nice going lahiffe

dinonino
this is not what i meant!!!!




@ underagreste

mariposa
do you think posible akuma powers have a limit to what they can be?
like, does it solely depend on the person being akumatized or are there powers that are out of bounds?? cause like, we had an akuma with your powers so

underagreste
a) you could have asked tikki that question and b) i thought you were going to do the chemistry hw

mariposa
chemistry sucks

underagreste
what about the chemistry between you and me ;)

mariposa
...
anyway

underagreste
do you need some help bugaboo?

mariposa
yeah sure, i love when you explain convalescent bonds to me

underagreste
;)

underagreste started a call that lasted 2 hours

mariposa
thanks chaton <3
you didn't answer my original question though

underagreste
any time my lady <3
and hmm i dont know
but why do i feel like this is about to spark a debate

mariposa
im texting the group chat right now




# the-extended-best-friend-squad

ladyblogger
alright, i'll bite, what's with the name change?

mariposa
adrien happened

underagreste
weeell since we are no longer plotting to take lila down, it was time to change the club name!

dinonino
what is this, a dictatorship, where's our vote?

richgirl
out of all the corny ass names

mariposa
adrien wanted to call us the superfriends

richgirl
hmm yeah that's worse

underagreste
it is not!!

ladyblogger
at that point just call us the justice league or the avengers

underagreste
well we kind of are!!

dinonino
he has a point

mariposa
all in favor of NOT superfriends?

ladyblogger
I

richgirl
i

mariposa
i
outvoted

underagreste
:(
at least it's shorter than 'the extended best friend squad'

ladyblogger
it iiiis kind of a mouthful

dinonino
but accurate

richgirl
we are not best friends

dinonino
you say that but you know you love us

richgirl
ew

mariposa
ok well until someone can think up a better name, this one stays
a name that is NOT a superhero pun @underagreste

underagreste
:((((




# the-extended-best-friend-squad

dinonino
wow that akuma was a doozy

ladyblogger
it was really fun to have Pegasus with us though
whiiiich

dinonino
here we go

ladyblogger
mari you chose all the temporary heroes right?

mariposa
sure did

ladyblogger
sooo they are all people we know?

mariposa
yuup

ladyblogger
!!!!
so who's pegasus?

mariposa
i could tell you
... or i can wait and see if you figure it out

ladyblogger
girl do NOT do this to me again

mariposa
good luck alya!

ladyblogger
@underagreste sunshine tell me

underagreste
i could tell you
... orrr

ladyblogger
i hate you both

underagreste
:D

ladyblogger
@richgirl what do you think? someone from class right? he gives max vibes

richgirl
oh yeah its kante for sure

mariposa
ok well that was a lot less fun than i thought it was going to be





# general

tomato
good news!!
'Good News, She's Dead!' from Wicked

mylene
what is it nath?

tomato
Lila's gone!! she left school

ACTUALwinner
hell yeah!!
No one mourns the wicked fr

juleka
do we know why she finally left?

tomato
no clue, running theory is her mom got transfered or something and she's not in paris anymore

Ivan
i do not envy whatever school she moves to

ACTUALwinner
we can only hope the exposé follows her wherever she goes

rose<3
or maybe she learned from her mistakes

ACTUALwinner
...

tomato
...

winner
...

ACTUALwinner
HAHAHA good one rose

rose<3
XD

mylene
i'm just happy we don't have to bump into her at all anymore

mariposa
oof same

sabrinaa
it's like the air is already lighter

ladyblogger
absolutely

ACTUALwinner
honestly i'm still surprised she lasted this long

mariposa
right?? like how did they not expel her she missed so much class

ladyblogger
i wonder what excuse she pulled

tomato
like, i want to say Monsieur damocles wouldnt fall for any of her bs but

ACTUALwinner
i guess we'll never know

mariposa
yeah you know, i'm actually okay with that




# the-extended-best-friend-squad

mariposa
i crave death
do you think if i tell mlle bustier im ladybug and havent slept in 2 days she pospones the test

ladyblogger
i definetely dont think you should out your identity just to get out of a test
on the other hand i also dont want to have this stupid test so actually...

dinonino
think about it, we could out ourselves and then pull a chloe and come up with a diferent superhero identity

underagreste
ok who's least attached to their hero name we need a sacrifice

dinonino
fuck it i volunteer as tribute

underagreste
goodspeed carapace

richgirl
this is stupid
adrien put that cup down thats your 4th coffee today chill the fuck out

underagreste
no and you cant make me

mariposa
we're absolutely failing this test huh

ladyblogger
yup




# the-garden

Where's @richgirl? In the server!

@sabrinaa hopped into the server. Kangaroo!!

richgirl
??

sunflower
welcome!

violet
hello!

richgirl
ok what's with the flower names

lotus
they're codenames

richgirl
why??

tigerlily
super secret garden missions obviously

richgirl
aha

lotus
you and sabrina are going to need some
maybe orchid? daisy? peony?

sabrinaa
oooh can I be marigold? those are my favorite

richgirl
i thought lilies were your favorites

sabrinaa
umm not really, i mean i like them!! and i like getting them but they aren't my favorite

richgirl
huh alright

lotus
marigold sounds like a perfect code name!

marigold
yayyy!!!

orchid
i guess i'll accept this one

tulip
perfect!! now the garden is actually complete!

rose
great

orchid
do i even want to know why couffaine is rose instead of lavillant

tigerlily
stop questioning the garden chloe

violet
did you seriously miss out on asking why someone is rose instead of rose just to not use rose's first name?

orchid
i have principles kubdel

violet
right but we are the weird ones

marigold
soo what are the super secret missions?

tigerlily
oh, allow us to tell you some stories

lotus
aaand i regret everything




@ richgirl

mariposa
hey chloe
is everything okay with you and sabrina?

richgirl
why do you ask?

mariposa
i've just noticed you guys are hanging out less
like, a lot less

richgirl
yeah well
me and brina had a very particular friendship
and now its weird

mariposa
because you were used to treating her like a lackey instead of a friend?

richgirl
im trying to be less of a bitch in general okay?

mariposa
i know, chloe
but shouldnt that be good for you and sabrina?

richgirl
we dont know how to be friends

mariposa
huh
that must be tough

richgirl
neither of us are used to having friends or being friends to other people
and with eachother we just go back to how it was before

mariposa
and so you dont hang out anymore
that makes sense
hey, im proud of you

richgirl
??? for what

mariposa
i know you care about sabrina and it must have been hard to distance yourself from her
but it was the right thing to do
you both need room to grow
and your friendship was pretty toxic
so yes, im proud of you

richgirl
and now im down the only friend i had, yeah its great

mariposa
hey you have more friends now!!
we're friends

richgirl
mmhm
the extended best friend squad was it

mariposa
that's right

richgirl
.... thanks marinette

mariposa
you're welcome <3




# takedown-girls

Yay you made it, @mariposa!

It's @ladyblogger! Praise the sun!

Ha! @richgirl has joined! You activated my trap card!

Hey! Listen! @KagamiTsurugi has joined!

mariposa
hiii

KagamiTsurugi
Hello :)

ladyblogger
heyy
what's this about girl?

mariposa
uhhh
im bored
i was thinking icecream?

ladyblogger
oooh andre's?

richgirl
i am not chasing that man through paris
there are normal ice cream parlors

mariposa
but andre's are the beeest

KagamiTsurugi
I have not had Andre's ice creams.

mariposa
kagami hasn't had them chloe we gotta

richgirl
yeah yeah whatever

KagamiTsurugi
Thank you for inviting me on this excursion
:)

mariposa
of course! we're friends!

KagamiTsurugi
Yes.

ladyblogger
i'm glad to get to know you better, kagami

KagamiTsurugi
You as well, Alya and Chloe.

richgirl
i am not changing my name though

KagamiTsurugi
Why would you change your name? Chloe is a lovely name.

mariposa
she means her screen name, gami

KagamiTsurugi
Ah. I suppose I'm also a rich girl.

richgirl
yup, but i am the richgirl

ladyblogger
of course, chloe

mariposa
whatever you say, chloe

richgirl
screw both of you

ladyblogger
meet up at mari's, then?

richgirl
ugh fine




# the-extended-best-friend-squad

ladyblogger
you know what would be fun?

dinonino
for classes to be over?

ladyblogger
yes
but no
if we swapped miraculouses

dinonino
zero shot i give wayzz up

ladyblogger
not forever!! but like, for a patrol or an akuma or smthng

mariposa
and whyy would we do that?

ladyblogger
well, you know, so if either you or adrien cant make it to a fight someone could still be lb or chat
i mean, you guys have had to swap before, stuff happens
this way we could all familiarize ourselves with each other's miraculous in case there's an emergency!

mariposa
mmhmm so this isn't because you want to be ladybug for a bit?

ladyblogger
i just want to see what its liiiikeeee

richgirl
that's ridiculous

ladyblogger
because you don't think we should swap or because you want to be ladybug?

richgirl
shut up cesaire

mariposa
well actually i'd love to not be lb for a bit
sounds like vacation

underagreste
yeeesss but we should make it like a week or something, not just one patrol or fight

dinonino
tired of the cheese?

underagreste
cheese-free vacation? hell yeah
who wants plagg?

ladyblogger
i want tikki!!

richgirl
i want tikki

ladyblogger
ha! i was first

richgirl
were not!

ladyblogger
was too!!

richgirl
hey cesaire remember that favor you owe me

ladyblogger
you CANNOT use that for this!!

mariposa
yeah okay, we're doing this at random
alright, nino you get tikki

richgirl
you're fucking kidding me

mariposa
chloe, you get plagg
alya, wayzz
adrien, pollen
and i get trixx
can everyone live with that?

richgirl
no

ladyblogger
no

mariposa
well too bad!

underagreste
i do bee-lieve this is going to be awesome!!!

dinonino
i can't believe i'm going to be ladybug

underagreste
beelieve

mariposa
please stop

underagreste
does that mean nino is bugaboo now?

ladyblogger
i mean you don't have to call him that

underagreste
i'm gonna

richgirl
this is going to be a fucking disaster




@ richgirl

mariposa
heyy partner

richgirl
how did i get stuck with you again?

mariposa
alya was sick and you love me

richgirl
one of those things sounds right

mariposa
sabrina and mylene huh?
when did that happen?

richgirl
no idea

mariposa
i guess the garden works miracles
good for sabrina, mylene is a good friend, i can see them getting along

richgirl
i guess
i thought haprele was very anti-police though

mariposa
must have found a middle ground
kinda like us!

richgirl
what middle ground was that?

mariposa
our mutual hatred of lila, duh

richgirl
ah yes, a friendhip born out of hate, the best kind

mariposa
awww you admitted we're friends

richgirl
i'm going to block you





# SOS

#
Welcome to #SOS!
This is the start of the #SOS channel


mariposa
help!!

ladyblogger
whats wrong girl?

mariposa
i dont know what to get adrien for our anniversary

richgirl
this is the big crisis?

mariposa
its our one year! i have to get him something special

ladyblogger
girl you know adrien always loves your gifts, you are going to be fine

mariposa
that's not the point!! it has to be PERFECT
what did you get nino for your anniversary??

ladyblogger
oh we agreed on no gifts
we just went out

mariposa
ahhh that doesn't help!!
chloe you've known him for longer what do i get him?

richgirl
dont look at me im shit at gifts
just make him something, that's what you usually do, no?

mariposa
but WHAT??

richgirl
dc you could give him the ugliest thing ever created and he would be estatic

mariposa
again, not the point
his gifts standards are really low, but i want to give him something actually good
i dont want him to like it just because its a gift, i want him to like it because he LIKES it

ladyblogger
look, its the anniversary of your relationship, so what's something meaningful you could give him that has to do with your relationship?

mariposa
hmmm
i gave him a lucky charm once?

richgirl
that thing with beads he always carries around?
kinda simple no?

ladyblogger
unhelpful, chloe

richgirl
it was very helpful

mariposa
ugh you're right
wait i have it

ladyblogger
well what is it??

mariposa
gotta go
thank you!!!

ladyblogger
she's got the design zoomies doesn't she?

richgirl
we'll pester her later

ladyblogger
absolutely



# help

#
Welcome to #help!
This is the start of the #help channel


underagreste
guyyyys
what do i get mari for our anniversary

richgirl
yeah, no

Sad to see you go, @richgirl

underagreste
??
ok well
ninoooo heeeelp

dinonino
oh man




# general

ACTUALwinner
yo, losers, me vs kim, this friday

if(!robots)
Bets taken as per usual

ACTUALwinner
all of you better be there!!

rose<3
of course we'll be there!!

Ivan
absolutely!

mariposa
wouldn't miss it!

underagreste
i'm actually free!!
max, mark me down, 10 on alix

if(!robots)
Noted

sabrinaa
i'll be there!

dinonino
count als and I in!

ACTUALwinner
hey @richgirl you coming or what

richgirl
you want me to come?

ACTUALwinner
well yeah, you're invited
you better bet for me tho

winner
hey no fair!!

richgirl
hmm betting on who adrien is already betting for or having to bet for chien le

winner
hey what's that supposed to mean!!

ladyblogger
i do think the rich kids should spread out

richgirl
you dont stay rich by making bad financial decisions
i'll abstain

ACTUALwinner
but you are coming?

richgirl
yeah, i'll go
this better be good kubdel

mariposa
wait will this be the actual first time everone is going??

ACTUALwinner
guess so!
this will be epic!!




# the-extended-best-friend-squad

underagreste
so umm
guess what i did

mariposa
what happened kitty?

underagreste
i told my father i didn't want to model anymore

mariposa
!!!!!

ladyblogger
holy shit sunshine

dinonino
fuck yeah dude!!

richgirl
well damn, adrikins

mariposa
kitty, i'm so proud of you
what did he say?

underagreste
he said okay?

richgirl
he did??

ladyblogger
just like that?

underagreste
just like that
said i don't have to do it anymore

dinonino
dude that's amazing

underagreste
i'm a little shellshocked to be honest
i thought i was going to be stuck modeling forever

mariposa
well, i think this calls for a celebration

ladyblogger
girl if you say arcade i'm going to lose it

dinonino
cant believe we got arcades banned on this friend group

underagreste
for nowww what do you say to a city-wide game of tag

ladyblogger
hell yeah
ooh we should swap miraculous again

dinonino
omg dont give me the ladybug please i'd never been more stressed

mariposa
hahahahah noted
let's meet up and go from there

underagreste
eiffel tower?

mariposa
let's do this!




@ underagreste

mariposa
hey chaton?

underagreste
yes, my lady?

mariposa
i love you

underagreste
i love you too
what brought this on?

mariposa
nothing, just felt like it

underagreste
you know, this feels like the perfect weather to walk around with the world's most beautiful umbrella a certain someone gave me
fancy a stroll around the park, princess?

mariposa
i can't think of anything better <3

Notes:

and that, my friends, is a wrap

did this take so long because i was procrastinating actually finishing this fic? yes, yes it did. I had an absolute blast writing Brace yourselves, in huge part thanks to all of your wonderful comments. I never expected this level of engagement and I can't thank you guys enough <3<3<3

but seriously, sorry for the wait, i just couldnt bring myself to actually write this stupid epilogue it's been sitting half finished since i posted the last chapter lmao

as a peace offering, i posted a ladynoir blog fic if anyone is interested!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/63515323