[OPEN LOG]

[de_evilise]

who: Ladybug (Marinette) and YOU
what: Ladybug's putzing around in the Perimeter Guard building! Join her~!
when: 10/20
where: The.. the Perimeter Guard Building
warnings: nnnnnnnnnoooooooooooone....?


It's funny how Marinette, rather, Ladybug will fuss at other people to get rest and relax a while, but rarely takes her own advice. She's not put that many hours in with the Perimeter Guard since she only works with the search and rescue team part time, but it wouldn't hurt to pop in during her free time now and then. So the lady superhero makes her appearance, all red and black spots, complete with mask -naturally. Usually she goes out exploring around this time since she needs to see if she can find something interesting to spark her thoughts, but this time she's hanging around the guard station, either chatting with those present or idly training. Right now? It's training. She's been lucky enough to not have her memories leaked out or peeked in on - thank god(s). Or goddess. She's not picky. Swing by, chat her up or engage her in a friendly spar? ... be gentle.

Comments

[scoutsniper]

Look. If you're fighting crime at night, you should not look like a girl in a ladybug halloween costume. It's a shit cover.

"Red." Shit, did he say that out loud? "Guy I knew back home. Like you, he though the could just punch bad guys and they'd, I don't know, get saved or some shit."

[de_evilise]

Or should you, in fact, because it'll make people underestimate you! ... or they'll be laughing too hard to fight back.

"Oh." Well that's how it worked back home. Although in this case it was because they were possessed and she was purifying them of the evil influence. "Well it would take more than just punching them. There's rehabilitation, and therapy, and that's not even counting having to do community service or pay time for their crimes.. if they even get bail..."

[scoutsniper]

That's...not a strategy Frank is going to try himself. He'll leave that level of costume experimentation to her.

"Therapy? You think people do bad shit because they're, what? They've got mommy issues?" Frank can't figure out if he should throttle some sense into her or wrap her in bubble wrap. Possibly both?

[de_evilise]

Probably for the best, he has that whole grizzly teddy bear rep to keep after all! ... please don't throttle her, and if you're gonna wrap her in bubble wrap, poke some holes in it first so she can breathe.

"Well... I wouldn't say 'mother issues' but people don't do wrong for no reason." At least that's what she believes. "You aren't born bad. People do bad because... well, they're influenced that way." .. aren't they? Even Papillion... well she doesn't know why he does what he does but she has her doubts that it's because he woke up one morning and went, 'I feel like being evil now'.

[scoutsniper]

Fine. Holes in the bubble wrap, first. No throttling. You drive a hard bargain, Buggy.

"Nah. it's easy to do the wrong thing. Selfish shit, you know? What takes effort is doing the right thing."

I can't handle how adorable their CR is. XD

[de_evilise]

Yes, yes she does. NOw about that nickname...

"Okay yeah, it is hard to do the right thing - but I still think that that's related to someone's environment. Whether they're raised properly, or if they're surrounded by negative influences or.." she pauses to think. "Well, don't you think if someone gets to them when they're a first or second time offender, it's easier to pull them back onto the straight and narrow?"

I knoooooooow

[scoutsniper]

Buggy girl? Is that better?

"Maybe. But can you seriously tell by looking at someone that it's their first offense?" If so, that's a hell of a trick.

Re: I knoooooooow

[de_evilise]

No way! Gosh what's wrong with Ladybug, really~! *(Sniff)*

She paused, considering that, "Ummm....... no, I guess not. I... well, wouldn't first offenders be nervous or have some kind of tell? How do you handle them? You just assume everyone is a repeat offender..?"

Re: I knoooooooow

[scoutsniper]

Because she wants to be called Ladybug, obviously. The whole point of a nickname is that it's not something you pick for yourself. Duh.

"The people who get on my radar? Yeah, they're not going to be damn shoplifters."

[de_evilise]

Dangit, that's why Cat Noir's always calling her 'bugaboo' and stuff. . .okay he does that for a totally different reason but still.

"... what kind of people do you deal with?" Mari honey you may regret asking that.

[scoutsniper]

Something like that. Besides, Buggy isn't such a bad nickname. It's even kid-friendly.

"Murderers. Drug runners. People who molest little girls." He could continue, but those are the big three.

[de_evilise]

But then she sounds like a carriage~!

"People who... yuou mean pedophiles? That's..." Heavy. Sick. That's ... it's like she's fought diet crime, or zero calorie crime even. She's never had to deal with murderers, drug runners or...anything else. ...

We need to do something fun together this month, do you think?

[scoutsniper]

He could go with 'Spots'? Red is already taken, though, sorry.

"Yeah. Like I said, Bug. Bad people out there. You handle what you handle, but there's stuff out there that's dangerous. Especially for someone like you."

YES. YES TO THIS. :D ideas?

[de_evilise]

Hmph! Well fine, Spots will do. She'll still remind him of her name though, because she's a persistent thing!

"... yeah that's... I know you can't really pick and choose a crime when it happens right in front of you but... still." If she could pick and choose, she.. isn't sure she'd want to deal with pedophiles or murderers. But she knows THAT is a naïve outlook. "How do you deal with them?" Does he just... y'know... kill 'em?

*chinscratch* We could pick an open mission?

[scoutsniper]

"Depends. But they don't hurt anyone after I'm done with them." Sometimes he shoots them, but he doesn't always have a gun. He can get creative.

"That's why you shouldn't go out on your own." Dadvoice again.

YES :D Go for it! :3

[de_evilise]

She... yeah no don't tell her how creative he can get. She likes being able to sleep at night. Ladybug heaved the sigh that all teenage girls use when 'dads are being uncool or embarrassing them. "Okay Okay, I'll send you a message when I go out on patrols." She'll probably remember, she's good at keeping promises.

[scoutsniper]

He won't tell her, then. Though, rumor has it, at least at one point in his life, he was pretty good at bedtime stories.

And he was also a teenager once, so don't even try that voice with him. "See, now that was easy, right?" He wins. As usual.

[de_evilise]

She was too old for bedtime stories anyway. And! She'll use that voice anytime she wants he's not the boss of her! HE'S NOT HER REAL DAD. Ahem. She giggles a bit at how smug he was about that response - oh boy. How about some humility Frank? "As pie." She answered with a grin. Even thoughs he still thought it wasn't necessary, at least it only applied to if she went out alone, and not if she went out on patrol with someone else right?

"I guess it at least is better than being lost out there with no one having an idea of where I went anyway." MAYBE.

[scoutsniper]

She can use teenager voice all she wants. He is so ready.

"You guess? Try that again." It's definitely better than being lost with no one having a clue where you were. "Am I going to have to put a damn tracking device on you?" Don't make him do it. The choice is yours, Buggy.

[de_evilise]

Don't you do it Mr. Man! Don't you do it! That's a blatant invasion of privacy! BAD NOT!DAD. "WHAT?" Fun how her voice just shoots up several octaves at that too. "You CANNOT be serious!" TEENAGER TONE, 100%. Like he just told her she was grounded and couldn't go to the latest concert.

"All right all right! It's better!" Keep your tracking stuff away from her ;.;

[scoutsniper]

"Good." Spoiler, Buggy: Frank's not a good man. Not really. Exhibit A, the smile of victory he gives when she gives in.

"I don't actually have any tracking devices, though." For the record. But if he did, he'd totally have stuck one on one of those silly dots on her costume.

[de_evilise]

RASSINfrassin grumple smug son of a -AHEMcough.

"Oh sure, NOW you tell me." She SIGHED, making an extra show of the dramatics. Though she grins. "You win THIS round." And probably the others too since it just wasn't worth legitimately fussing over.

[scoutsniper]

Don't get mad at him--he doesn't get many laughs in his life. He'll take them where he can find them. "I tend to do that." Because when he loses, it goes really, really bad.

[de_evilise]

SO mad. SUPER MAD.

ONly not. She grinned in spite of herself, facepalming and shaking her head. "All right, I'd better get out of here for the time being." Not out on patrol though, she only came in to do a little training, and chatting with new people, and succeeded that.