The Salt Files (MLB)

Exposé

A new akuma by the name of Exposé appears and wants to take down the Lila problem. That's literally all it is

Class Salt and a little bit of Bustier Salt

This is mainly in the focus of the akumatized victim, I wanted to try something new

Emily Smith was annoyed. She wasn't one to enjoy being lied to, even if it wasn't personal.

Let's explain, shall we?

Emily follows the Ladyblog, a channel created to follow the heroes and record their actions in battle and interviews throughout the city. But something was weird, it wasn't about Ladybug anymore. It was about some girl named Lila, and she isn't as great at the blogger makes her seem.

For one, Jagged Stone was allergic to cats, so it makes no sense for him to have one. There could also be more damage to hearing if it got blown out by a jet engine, not just tinnitus in one ear. There were other faults in the lies, and some were just common sense and could have been looked up with a simple search. 

Then she got to thinking about the bigger picture: There was a girl who was being shamed publicly on her blog. She was featured in old videos, and appeared to be friends before. Her name was Marinette.

Emily was confused. First Marinette and Alya were practically besties, and now it seems like Lila replaced her in the friendship. So if they were friends now, what happened to Marinette?

Emily decided to investigate. If the blogger wasn't going to do it, she was going to do it herself.

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Emily knew the baker's daughter, their bakery was the best in the city after all! She often goes there for desserts and breakfast croissants. She saw the girl once, head in a sketchbook and a croissant in her mouth. Everyone seemed to love her, never having any problems with her. The girl is betting everything she owns that Marinette knew about the lies too and lost her friend in the process. The blogger wasn't worth keeping around anyways if she was so quickly to abandon others.

The investigating teen was able to ask some of the members of the class about Lila, including Chloe. All of the various perspectives on the liar was dizzying. It was a mixture of praises and curses, depending on how much the girl lied to them.

She found out that the ones who know she's lying were shunned by sheep. They were immediately shut down, without any proof that she wasn't lying. Even the teacher was wrapped around her little finger!

Now here Emily sat in the park, going over all of her evidence in her head. She was determined to confront Marinette with all the evidence and ask for her side of the incidents. 

Another thing the blogger failed to do, get both sides of every story. All sides deserve to be heard, no matter if they are right or not.

There was a light flapping sound that broke Emily out of her trace. She glances up to see an akuma two inches from her face. She tries to jump away, but the akuma was faster. The butterfly went into her notebook with all the evidence, turning it from a light peach color to purple. The butterfly mask appeared on her face, and Hawkmoth was trying to negotiate with her.

"We can help each other," He said. "I can help you expose the liar, and in return you will give me Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculouses. Do we have a deal?" Emily was starting to see how people could easily get akumatized. Your emotions take control of what you do, and the power the terrorist has over you is overcoming your body. You don't realize you have already lost being akumatized until he starts speaking.