WEEK FIVE

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the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (5)

monday - thursday (33) survivors It had been merely a week since the last trial, but you find yourself faced with a new week on The Pygmalion. When you awaken, you will find the handcuff around your wrist gone. The robot in the cafeteria has prepared another breakfast of various foods. (OOC: Please submit your murder proposals by 9 PM EST Tuesday.) taken list profiles private conversations setting rulebook murder proposals ENTER COMMAND_

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[monsieurchatastrophe]

[he throws her an exasperated look at that joke. it. it is a joke, right.]

Maybe. But, uh, maybe it should wait until we're not both drying off next to a pool?

[WHOSE FAULT IS THAT, AGRESTE? AND WHY IS IT EVEN RELEVANT]

[bloodbiter]

...I don't see how that has anything to do with the topic at hand, but if you need to depart to find drier garments, I would understand.

[even though this is all his fault]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[completely innocently:]

What? No, I was simply being a gentleman. I wouldn't want you to catch a cold.

[he was just being a little shit]

[bloodbiter]

I'm hardly going to become ill from something as minor as this, Adrien.

[don't besmirch her honor]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

You are pretty tough.

[it's said with a smile and then he sighs because... alright... fine... he's done trying to escape the subject...]

Honestly, I'm not sure how to start talking about it.

[bloodbiter]

You can start however you think is appropriate.

[TRYING NOT TO SOUND EAGER... she's just a sucker for this kind of thing ok]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Right... [that doesn't HELP but FINE] Well, you've seen me in the-- cat outfit, right?

[gonna start by trying to explain superheroes and secret identities to adelina who most probably has no concept of this]

[bloodbiter]

Cat outfit?

[short answer: no

long answer: what the hell adrien]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[oh my god he spent so much time in trials in it how did she not see!!]

Okay, this is going to be a bit more complicated than I thought. [he'd leave to go "put it on", but he's pretty sure Plagg is mad at him right now. for some reason.] Um... That bad guy who's after my power and Marinette's is something called a supervillain in my world. No one knows his identity. To fight him, Marinette and I use our powers and... put on costumes, to hide our identities.

[bloodbiter]

A villain who has extraordinary powers... Am I correct?

[it seems plausible enough, given that her world has magic.]

If he is a supervillain, then the two of you wield exceptional powers to combat him? Powers that... somehow involve your clothing.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[DON'T REALIZE SO CASUALLY THAT THE COSTUMES ARE MAGIC ADRIEN IS GOING TO DIE]

Um. Sort of? But that's not the important part. [really trying to change the subject there!!!] We kept our identities hidden from everyone... including each other. For safety reasons.

["because my magic cat said so" also but]

[bloodbiter]

[LOOK HE BROUGHT UP POWERS AND THEN COSTUMES WHAT DO THOSE THINGS HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER]

I don't understand. Safety reasons?

...Is it because your father would be quite upset?

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[HE WAS EXPLAINING THE CAT OUTFIT SMH and that actually makes him wince]

I-- yeah. He would be. [an underestimation, there.] But more than that, if Papillon--the bad guy-- if he knew our identities, then he could go after our friends, our family, even just us directly... Since we're his target already, it was just safer for no one to know who we were under the masks.

[bloodbiter]

And you worry that you would not be able to adequately protect someone you care for were he to threaten them.

[a frown. she understands that worry.]

And these costumes are convincing enough that you expect he won't discover who you are?

[monsieurchatastrophe]

["yes, because they are magic". no he's not saying that.]

There's over two million people in Paris. We put on masks and call each other by different names... we could be literally anyone. No one knows who we are back home.