Alya was pissed.
'God damn Lie-la is at it again!' She groaned internally and her head landed with a thump on the table.
The reporter growled with frustration, but earned little attention for the display of exasperation due to the chaos which was ensuing in the room around them. The plan had been going so well too.
"Can everyone please calm down."
No one paid any attention to Miss Bustier either, who was looking fed up to the teeth with the squabbles which had broken into full blown slinging matches in class. Somehow, Lila had managed to make a huge deal of Markov's accusation, which had led to most in the class acting on the doubt that Nino and Adrien had planted.
"He's just a robot, it's no big deal-"
"He accused me of lying, which means Max must think I'm lying-"
"He has his own independent thought process-"
"Maybe you are lying Lila-"
"Why? Because a stupid robot couldn't find a particular name-"
"Jagged never had a kitten!"
"Yes he did, before he realised he was allergic-"
"Where did you read that?"
"It's a well known fact-"
Alya: Mari you need to get here, cancel Ladybug, it's all kicking off without having to bring her in.
"Which Jagged has never ever said-"
"He's never written a song about Lila either-"
"Of course he has! It would just look bad if he admitted writing about a teenager!"
"How is your tinnitus Lila? Surely all this shouting is not good for you-"
"Ladybug fixed it when she-"
"Lucky charms only fix the Akuma damage! How do you not know that if you're apparently her best friend!"
Alya blew out a long breath, catching both Nino and Adrien's gaze. They exchanged guilty grimaces as they sat and watched their classmates angrily question more or less every lie Lila had told.
Although their plan had gained the required effect, it had drastically flipped their peers into full blown rants at the girl. Adrien, Nino and Alya were starting to actually feel guilty, the latter struggling with herself internally.
'Why do I feel guilty about this?' Alya pondered amongst the chaos, 'there has to be a reason why she's told so many lies...I know she took it too far, but we're better than that!' Her brow furrowed, 'we should have spoken to her…or at least been honest with Bustier.'
Marinette had just picked up the poster off her bedroom floor, after it had fallen down for the umpteenth time. Using blue tack, the teenage heroine attempted to put it back up.
"Tikki," she huffed out with exasperation, "I can't do this video call if the flipping poster won't stay up!"
The tiny Kwami watched in amusement as the corners of the paper started to curl, once again, against Adrien's schedule she had in her room. "Why don't you try rolling it back on itself."
The blue eyed girl looked thoughtful at Tikki, "why didn't I think of that?" She smiled and scratched the small being's head, "thank you Tikki."
As Marinette started to roll the poster back on itself, her mobile vibrated and dinged quietly on her desk, signalling that she had received a message. In preparation for the chat with her class under her Ladybug guise, she called on her transformation while grabbing her phone with her unoccupied hand. The poster still rolled up in her other.
