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[pundemic]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Each of those words has a separate amount of emphasis. Ellie is holding her hands up and gesturing like she's trying to make an invisible margarita or something. Anyone who's ever been around teens should recognize the fact it's teenagerese for some form of frustration.]

I'm bored out of my fucking mind. Anybody want to go exploring? Monster hunting?

[Basically: her AU was that she never lost Riley, that it was the two of them that went across America in search of the Fireflies. She never met Joel at all, and her feelings about that whole mess are so mixed she's even willing to go shopping just to take her mind off it.]

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Video / UN: JaggedFan

[de_evilise]

Ohh, Exploring sounds good - I need to get out and stretch my legs [ As normal Marinette ] once in a while. I've been cooped up all day. Sure, I'll come along.

Video / UN: JaggedFan

[pundemic]

[Normal-seeming girl roughly her own age? Check? Maybe? Ellie's learned not to take anything at face value these days. She gives the other girl a sort of once-over.]

So don't take this the wrong way or anything, but can you look after yourself? I can teach you how if you don't, it's not a big deal, I'd just rather know in advance.

Video / UN: JaggedFan

[de_evilise]

[ Ohhh, yeah that's a *thing* she needs to be careful of. ]

Kiiind of. I mean.. I guess it would really depend on what I'm dealing with. I'd appreciate any tips or tricks though - I wouldn't want to be a burden to you.

[pundemic]

[Whoo boy. Okay.]

Let's start with the basics. How long have you been here?

[de_evilise]

I just arrived earlier this month. How about you?

[pundemic]

Uh.

[Give her a second.]

Four months, give or take I guess?

[A beat.]

Name's Ellie. Like it says on the tin. You?

[de_evilise]

Time kind of gets away from you, huh? [ She smiles a little. ]

Marinette. Nice to meet you, Ellie.

[pundemic]

[This girl is so friendly it's sort of weirding her out. Sorry, Marinette, she doesn't have a lot of experience around Normal Girls (or at least girls pretending very hard to be normal and not ladybug themed superheroes!)]

Marinette? What, like those puppets?

[No, Ellie, not like the puppets.]

[de_evilise]

[ It's okay Ellie, Marinette will teach you about being a normal-girl-pretending-not-to-be-a-ladybug-themed-superheroine! It'll be fun. Nondystopian, not-kindalikebutnotreallyzombie related, non-shoot-you-in-the-face kinda fun. She does giggle a little at the question. She's never gotten that one before. ]

No no, you're thinking of marionette's. Though I guess the two are close enough sounding.

[pundemic]

Oh.

[Yes, that perfectly enunciated and eloquent response is definitely her having no idea how to do this whole. Conversation thing. She clears her throat after a second.]

So, uh. What's it like where you're from?

[de_evilise]

Well.. it's probably not that different from where you're from. [ s..she could not be MORE wrong. ]

I live in Paris, France - it's one of the most beautiful cities in the country. [ Bias, bias, bias. ]

I go to school and hang out with my friends, my parents run a bakery... ah, it's... actually pretty normal. ...mostly. [ Disregarding the whole akumatizing and supervillainy stuff. Which she doesn't mention quite yet. ]

[pundemic]

[Oh man, Paris. She perks up considerably at that.]

Holy shit, no way. I've always wanted to go to Paris! That's where the Eiffel Tower is, right? Have you seen it?

[Ellie's knowledge of the rest of the world is mostly on postcards, travel pamphlets she finds in old, run-down malls. There's no way to keep up with how the rest of the world survived the Infection, so as far as she knows Europe is all a smoking crater, but it seemed like a cool place to go.]

[de_evilise]

Yes! Oh if you ever got to visit, you would not regret it, believe me. [ Another nod to the question. ]

Yeah, I actually visit the Eiffel Tower a lot - it's not far from my home, and it's a great place to go when I'm running dry on inspiration. Paris at night is even more enchanting though. [ So is Paris in the day though.. and Paris in general. ]