History Fanfic / PowersOfInvisibility

!! ''Powers of Invsibility'' contains examples of:

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Juleka only accepts the Turtle Miraculous just before the climax of the story, when Marinette and Adrien are both incapacitated by an attack. Though that's only in terms of ''this'' story, since the fight against Hawk Moth is far from over.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:The story ends right when Juleka is about to reveal to Rose that she is Tortue. Follow-up stories have been announced, but it remains to be seen if we will see the reveal first hand.]] There is, however, a piece of RecursiveFanfiction that unofficially continues from that point which can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12869418 here.]]

** In chapter 24, [[spoiler:Rose comes out as bisexual to her family after accidentally referring to Juleka as her girlfriend. Reactions vary: Her brother Lucas is overjoyed, ready to start planning a double wedding for Rose, Juleka, himself and his girlfriend Amelie. Her mother is shocked but ultimately accepting, happy that Juleka makes Rose happy. Her father is outright furious, accusing Juleka of corrupting her, and causing Rose to flee the house in tears.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: During the Evillustrator attack, both Marinette and Adrien failed to see Juleka in the corner of the library when they hid behind a bookshelf to transform, which is how she finds out their secret. Also, during the Puppeteer attack, Adrien transformed in the conductor's booth of a subway train and neglected to check if anyone was on the platform.

* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: The morning after Rose runs away from home, she tries to convince Juleka she's okay. Juleka replies, "You don't have to be. You don't have to be okay," essentially giving her permission to break down. Rose says this back to her soon after when Juleka is trying to downplay how strung out she's been since before the Christmas break. Marinette later says the same thing when reminding her that she can turn to her and Adrien to talk to (though this one's more of an IronicEcho, since she wasn't there when Juleka said it).]]

** Played straight in a later chapter, during the aforementioned "schmooze party", shortly after [[spoiler: Juleka's argument with her parents over going to China with them]]. She storms out of the party and runs into [[spoiler: her cousin]] Chloe.

'''Juleka''': [[SuddenlyShouting Like they’ve done to both of us]]. (''long {{beat}}'') [[CallBack This…this isn’t the Crappy Life Olympics,]] Chloe.

* NightmareRetardant: InUniverse, Juleka is fairly unimpressed with Frosty. "It was pretty large as far as akumas go and probably should have been scarier than it was what with the roaring and everything. The sharp icicles poking out of its gaping mouth were pretty intimidating, but it also had a carrot nose, an old top hat, twig arms and two eyes made out of coal. And it didn't have legs, so it was ''hopping'' into view, which was simply ridiculous." The fact that its name is Frosty also gets an eyeroll from her. However, it's still enough to cause a stampede of panicked civilians, and Juleka notes that it's a lot more terrifying up close.

-->'''Rose''': This girl… Well, you already know that she’s one of my best friends. She’s really sweet. Not a whole lot of people know her like I do. But once she lets you in, there is nothing she won’t do for you. She always protects me and I kinda just wish I could do the same for her. She’s an amazing artist. She’s a genius with a makeup brush. And she’s also, like, the cutest. Goodness her hair is so wonderful. I want to run my fingers through it all the time. So soft. And black. And long. (''It's around here that Juleka starts to realise she's not talking about Marinette.'') And she has these beautifully angled eyes. They’re this gorgeous redish color. And she has these awesome purple highlights that just scream how amazing she is. (''And the penny drops.'')

* OriginalCharacter: Because this fanfic came long before the canon episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E12CaptainHardrock Captain Hardrock]]", Angelique Couffaine is in many ways different to her canon counterpart Anarka. Whereas Anarka is supportive of individuality and is a [[GoodParents Good Parent]] to Juleka and Luka, Angelique is neglectful and apathetic to the emotional needs of her daughter, even trying to take her to China with them for their own personal needs and ignoring her own.

* {{OTP}}: Namechecked InUniverse by Rose, first used when she gushes about how good Ivan and Mylene are together. She also states that last year's OTP were Aurora and Mirielle, which [[NoodleIncident somehow]] ended badly (no doubt contributing to their rivalry in "Stormy Weather"). [[spoiler:It later comes up again after Rose says that Adrien and Marinette are moving up the list, and Juleka asks if the two of them are in the running.]]
* OverlyLongGag: [[spoiler:After Adrien tells Nino his secret, he starts dropping what should be fairly obvious hints at Ladybug's secret identity. Thanks to the glamour (probably), Nino keeps missing the point until Adrien tell him straight out.]]

* ParentalNeglect: Bordering on ParentalAbandonment. Christophe and Angelique Couffaine are completely content to live halfway round the world from their underage daughter for most of the year, apparently believing that putting a roof over her head and giving her money to feed herself was enough. In a way, the fact that she's capable of taking care of herself as well as she does makes it even ''more'' disturbing, since it implies that they started training her to do so from an early age fully intending to leave her alone if a good enough job became available overseas.
* ParentalSubstitute: The Lavillants are depicted as a rather reluctant example. While they like Juleka and are happy to invite her for dinner frequently, she's never comfortable joining in on their family game nights and, despite knowing as much as they do about her situation, they're not willing to invite her on their Christmas holidays. [[spoiler:This reluctance turns into outright hostility on Mr. Lavillant's part after he learns that Rose is bisexual - he dismisses her feelings for Juleka, orders Juleka to stay out of his family's business and accuses her of corrupting his daughter.]] In contrast, the Dupain-Chengs have been a lot more affectionate and welcoming, even despite Juleka and Marinette having only been close friends for a few weeks. Sabine gives her a hug when she's leaving after her first visit to Marinette's room (Juleka notes that it took Mrs. Lavillant over a year to reach that point), and both she and Tom have borderline MamaBear and PapaWolf reactions when they realise just how badly she's been neglected, and they invite her to spend Christmas with them without a moment's hesitation or discussion. [[spoiler:It gets to the point that Marinette declares that they can be parental substitutes for Rose and Adrien as well, "since nobody else's parents seem to be able to get it together," (though Rose does stand up for her mother at this point).]] Elsewhere, Juleka also names Master Fu the closest thing she has to real family.

* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler:Juleka is offered the Turtle Miraculous and the role of Guardian but refuses, in part because she's seen how Adrien and Marinette's double lives are tearing them apart. When pushed, she later acknowledges to herself that the reason is that she's afraid of failing, of letting down her friends with disastrous consequences. But by this point, with Adrien, Marinette and Rose incapacitated by Madusa, she knows that she is their best hope, and she accepts the role.]]
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Juleka and Chloe are cousins]]. Both of them have agreed long ago to keep this is a secret because [[spoiler:Chloe does not want people to associate her with the middle-class Juleka, while Juleka does not want to be associated with Chloe because she is an AlphaBitch.]]

'''Lucas''': But Juleka's my partner. That's not allowed is it?\\

** SecretKeeper: Adrien finds out that she knows during Chapter 11, when she pulls him into her hiding space right before he's forced to change back during an Akuma battle. Marinette finds out during Chapter 15, when she makes the mistake of returning to school through a bathroom window and transforming, without checking if anyone's there. Both times Juleka is greatly amused to tell them she figured them out months earlier.
** KeepingSecretsSucks: Once both heroes befriend Juleka, she begins to find it fairly stressful to hang out with both of them, as none of the three can bring up why they're suddenly so close: Juleka knows that neither Ladybug nor Chat Noir know the other's secret identity, as Marinette in particular isn't ready to tell Chat nor let him do the same - and because Chat had told Ladybug that someone from his school had figured him out, Marinette immediately realises that this was Juleka, and that therefore she and Chat go to the same school. Things only get worse when Juleka finds out that Nino and Alya are dating and hiding it from Marinette and Adrien, mainly because they don't want it to get back to their parents. The awkwardness of all this is mostly played for laughs, in particular when she has lunch with the four of them and ends up being bombarded with text messages in response to innocuous comments, assumed to be connected to the secrets she's keeping, until she finally walks out without explanation. Despite this, it's noted that Juleka is happier with them in her life than she ever was before.

* ShipperOnDeck: Rose, to the point of giving her classmates {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s. It's mostly directed at Mylene/Ivan and Adrien/Marinette (and she's not alone in the latter case, being joined by Nino, Alya, Tom, Sabine, Juleka and [[spoiler:Master Fu]]). It also turns out most of the class ships Rose/Juleka, as does Rose's brother Lucas even before either of them knew the other liked girls.

* SupernaturalSensitivity: Tikki and Plagg explains that the fact that [[spoiler:Juleka was unaffected by the {{Glamour}} protecting Marinette and Adrien's secret identities and the fact that she wound up associated with them and Master Fu]] was because [[spoiler:she is a candidate to take on the role of the Guardian and wielder of the Turtle Miraculous]]. She then sarcastically refers to this as her "turtle sense."

*** And again from [[spoiler:Wayzz, who tells Juleka that, despite what Plagg told her, her Turtle potential has nothing to do with her friends wanting to be around her. "Your Turtle potential made you immune to the glamour, but you were the one who put it together that they were superheroes and you were the one who stepped up to help them and win their trust. Kwamis may give you the benefit of the doubt on first meeting because of your potential, but most humans can’t feel that. They’re friends with you now because they like you, not because of some subconscious pull." Master Fu confirms this when she asks if he first invited her in because of hier potential. "You don’t seem to grasp that you are important to the people around you. When I looked at you all those years ago, I saw your potential, that is true. I see potential in everybody, all the time. But that wasn’t what made me start talking to you. I started talking to you because I saw a deep sadness in you. And later, I kept talking to you because you proved to be smart and witty and interesting and still very sad, but a little less so every time you left. I offered you the Miraculous because I thought you’d be a good fit, no more, no less. It had nothing to do with our friendship."]]

* YouFightLikeACow: [[spoiler:Defied by Turtle!Juleka, who tells Madusa that she's not going to engage in a back and forth dialogue with her. "I'd rather just beat you and go home."]]

* NotSoDire: One chapter opens with the following, in reference to [[spoiler:a game of tic tac toe]]:

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Both Ladybug and Chat Noir praise the outfit that Marinette and Adrien picked out for Juleka's date. The narration describes this as "two smug, ridiculous, idiotic, ''oblivious'' teenaged superheroes both puffed up like roosters during mating season at the compliment they were unwittingly paying one another whilst secretly paying it to themselves whilst pretending to pay it to Juleka."
** When Juleka brings up this encounter with Marinette later, she jokingly asks what Ladybug and Chat Noir were like: "I bet they were ''amazing''." Juleka deflates her by reminding her that they left her stranded on a rooftop.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Juleka only accepts the Turtle Miraculous just before the climax of the story, when Marinette and Adrien are both incapacitated by an attack. Though that's only in terms of ''this'' story, since the fight against Hawk Moth is far from over.]]

** StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: [[spoiler:Once Juleka restores Marinette and Adrien, her cover is blown, but she manages to survive for the minute it takes for Ladybug and Chat to return, and she works well with Chat when he joins the battle.]]

* RecurringDreams: [[spoiler:After Juleka's rejection of Master Fu's offer, she starts suffering regular {{bad dreams}} in which her loved ones accuse her of failing to save them. May overlap with AnxietyDreams, since it appears the dreams have stopped after she accepts the Turtle Miraculous in the climax.]]

* BiTheWay: Rose identifies as such, though it is briefly suggested that she may be a case of IfItsYouItsOkay.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, Juleka refuses to let Adrien or Marinette live down how many times she caught them transforming.

* BruceWayneHeldHostage: [[spoiler:Both Marinette and Adrien are turned to stone at the start of the Madusa attack, forcing Turtle!Juleka to infiltrate the Louvre and restore them.]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:The story ends right when Juleka is about to reveal to Rose that she is Tortue. Follow-up stories have been announced, but it remains to be seen if we will see the reveal first hand.]]
** There is however a piece of [[spoiler:RecursiveFanfiction that unofficially continues from that point]]. You can find the fic Powers of Visibility [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12869418 Here.]]

* TakeOffYourClothes: After helping Marinette pick out a date outfit for Juleka, Adrien excitedly tells her to try it on. It takes a raised eyebrow from Juleka and a comment from Marinette to remind him she might want some privacy for this. [[FridgeBrilliance Given that Adrien is a model, it makes sense he wouldn't think much of trying on clothes around people.]]

* TakeOffYourClothes: After helping Marinette pick out a date outfit for Juleka, Adrien excitedly tells her to try it on. It takes a raised eyebrow from Juleka and a comment from Marinette to remind him she might want some privacy for this.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Juleka only accepts the Turtle Miraculous just before the climax of the story, when Marinette and Adrien are both incapacitated by an attack. Though that's only in terms of ''this'' story, since the fight against Hawkmoth is far from over.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the Reflekta incident, Juleka panics that she may have given Hawkmoth access to her memories and the knowledge of Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities. However, she's assured by the footage of the attack, as well as subsequent attacks, that he still doesn't know.

* SupernaturalSensitivity: Tikki and Plagg explains that the fact that [[spoler:Juleka was unaffected by the {{Glamour}} protecting Marinette and Adrien's secret identities and the fact that she wound up associated with them and Master Fu]] was because [[spoiler:she is a candidate to take on the role of the Guardian and wielder of the Turtle Miraculous]]. She then sarcastically refers to this as her "turtle sense."

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:The morning after Marinette reveals her secret to Alya, Alya pulls Juleka aside and expresses her anger at Marinette for not trusting her earlier. Juleka calls her out for the recklessness of her goal of unmasking Ladybug, pointing out that she'd be giving Hawkmoth a target. Alya admits that she never even considered that. Juleka then points out that in the end, Marinette chose to trust Alya when she could have left in the dark forever, and she also trusted Alya to accept her. Alya realises that her reaction must have been Marinette's worst nightmare.]]

* RecursiveFanfiction: ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/12869418 Powers of Visibility]]'' by Raptra, which picks up just as [[spooiler:Juleka is about to let Rose in on her secrets.]]

-->'''Rose''': I- is that okay? Everyone else was calling you that so I thought-
-->'''Juleka''': You’re not everyone else. You’re so much more important.
-->'''Rose''': Really? Then why…
-->'''Juleka''': I like the way you say my name. (''Like I’m something wonderful. Like I’m your favorite thing in the world. Like I matter.'') Like you always do.

-->'''Juleka''': You know the drawbacks of the Miraculous better than anyone. The lying, the danger, the long hours, all of it. Is it so crazy to believe that I don’t want that?
-->'''Marinette''': No, no. It’s not crazy; I get it. It’s just… It seems to me that you’ve already got all of that.
-->'''Juleka''': I know you guys keep saying that I’m already doing the job but-
-->'''Marinette''': That’s not what I meant. I just meant that you’re already experiencing most of the sucky parts of this job. You’re already lying to the one person you care about. You’re already doing the weird hours to help me and Adrien and you’re sort of in danger because of how close to us you are in both civilian and superhero forms. You have a lot of the bad parts and not as many of the good. So - and again, just curious, not pressuring - why didn’t you take the Miraculous?
-->Marinette spoke almost quietly, matter-of-factly, just stating her observations as mercifully as she could. It really wasn’t her fault that her words still hit like a freight train.
-->After all, Marinette couldn’t know that Juleka had been avoiding that question since the day Master Fu had offered her the Miraculous And she couldn’t know about the dreams that had been following her every night following. And there was no way she could see the careful way Juleka had tiptoed around her own thoughts for weeks and weeks and weeks. Because in the end, that was the question, wasn’t it?
-->Why wouldn’t Juleka take the Miraculous?
-->Everyone was right; Juleka was practically doing the job, Juleka was taking on the risks, Juleka was suffering the consequences, so it only made since for her to put on a suit to go with it. Right?
-->Except it wasn’t that simple, it didn’t ''feel'' that simple, not when everything in Juleka flinched away from the idea of taking the Miraculous. Not when a voice in her head told her that she couldn’t take it, a voice that sometimes sounded an awful lot like ''the error of that decision''. It was easy to talk of jobs and to weigh pros and cons and to search out reason and rhyme, but it was infinitely harder to parse out ''error'' and ''failure'' and ''save me, save me, save me''. It felt like so much more than believing she wasn’t good enough and slipping a pair of earrings into someone else’s bag.

-->'''Marinette''': Oh no, Jules! I’m so sorry. I didn’t think- Did you get down okay?
-->'''Juleka''': No, I’m still up there, waiting for you to rescue me.

-->'''Juleka''': He doesn’t like me, Rose.
-->'''Rose''': But what if he does?
-->'''Juleka''': Doesn’t matter.
-->'''Rose''': Why not?
-->'''Juleka''': He’s not my type.
-->(''{{beat}}'')
-->'''Rose''': Wh-what is your type?
-->'''Juleka''': (''You. Short golden hair. Big blue eyes. Small soft hands and a smile that somehow lights up my whole world. My type is you.'') Female.

-->'''Nino''': Yo, Adrien, where you goin’?
-->'''Adrien''': I left Officer Jones’ jacket back there. Should probably wear it in all the scenes.
-->'''Juleka''': (''Oh yes, we just heard screaming and no fewer than three classmates have already gone missing, so what should I do? Go and get a jacket so that I’m in costume when we go looking for a possibly hostile monster. Don’t even worry about the fact that '''I don’t even have a costume'''. Seriously?'')

-->'''Adrien''': Plagg, did you steal cheese from Juleka?
-->'''Plagg''': You guys were taking forever and I was hungry. It was only one cube. (''Adrien and Juleka look at Plagg.'') Okay, okay. It was two. (''Adrien raises an eyebrow'') Three? (''Juleka tilts her head.'') You might need more cheese.

-->'''Angelique''': Our decision to bring you to China was a logical one, intended to... But we see the error of that decision now. You showed tonight that you aren’t mature enough to go. You wouldn’t be very helpful in our work, emotional as you’ve proven to be. So you may stay here and continue as you have. (''stands and walks to the doorway'')
-->'''Juleka''': Wait. Are you going to meet Rose?
-->'''Angelique''': When?
-->'''Juleka''': She gets back Christmas Eve, three days from now.
-->'''Angelique''': Our plane leaves tomorrow afternoon. Sorry. (''leaves'')

-->'''Serge''': You’re too young,.
-->'''Rose''': W-what, Papa?
-->'''Serge''': You’re too young to be in love.
-->'''Sylvie''': Serge-
-->'''Serge''': She is. The girl’s too young to know what she wants.
-->'''Rose''': Papa, I-
-->'''Serge''': No.
-->'''Juleka''': Mr. Lavillant, {{with all due respect}}-
-->'''Serge''': Enough, Juleka. You are not a part of this family, so I would thank you to stay out of our business.
-->'''Sylvie''': (''staring at him in disbelief'') Serge.
-->'''Serge''': She’s corrupted our daughter, Sylvie, the least she could do is stay out of this.

-->'''Adrien''': And I thought I had it bad. I don’t get to spend a lot of time with my dad and when I do, he’s pretty distant, so I get it. But I guess I don’t really have any room to complain.
-->'''Juleka''': What?
-->'''Adrien''': You have it worse than I do.
-->'''Juleka''': How?
-->'''Adrien''': My parent is usually in the same city as me.
-->'''Juleka''': Yeah, but weren’t you, like, forbidden to go to school until this year?
-->'''Adrien''': Sure, but that means my dad’s protective. Your parents literally don’t tell you where they are.
-->'''Juleka''': Absent parents means I can basically do what I want. Overprotective ice sculpture pretending to be a parent is way worse.
-->'''Adrien''': But at least I know he cares. And even if I have to spend Christmas at a dumb company schmooze party, at least I know I’ll be spending it in the same ''room'' as my dad.
-->'''Juleka''': But even if my parents aren’t home, I still have to go to a schmooze party with my mother’s family. (''realises that she's now arguing against her point'')
-->'''Adrien''': See? You have it worse than I do.
-->'''Juleka''': Adrien, this isn’t the Crappy Life Olympics.
-->'''Adrien''': Oh. Right. Sorry.
-->'''Juleka''': Besides, even if you don’t win the gold in Crappy Parents, [[ConfusingMultipleNegatives which I’m not convinced you don’t]], everyone has the right to complain. Our lives ''both'' suck and we both get to complain about it.

-->'''Chloe''': How do you do it?
-->'''Juleka''': Do what?
-->'''Chloe''': ''You'' know.
-->'''Juleka''': I don’t.
-->'''Chloe''': How do you get them to let you near them?
-->'''Juleka''': Who?
-->'''Chloe''': ''Everyone''. Your parents, my mother, everyone at school, ''Adrien''. How do you do it? You’re not pretty, you’re not rich, you’re not interesting, not like ''me''. So how do you get them to ''like'' you? How?
-->'''Juleka''': Our parents don’t like me.
-->'''Chloe''': Oh, ''really''? Then why do they let you stay?
-->'''Juleka''': They can’t make you leave if they don’t notice you’re there. If I stay quiet and still, they tolerate me. Doesn’t mean they like me. Doesn’t mean they actually talk to me more than they talk to you.
-->'''Chloe''': Boo hoo. Poor Juleka doesn’t get as much attention as she wants.
-->'''Juleka''': I wouldn’t call standing within five feet of them ''attention''.
-->'''Chloe''': Oh, ''please''. It’s a hell of a lot more than I get.
-->'''Juleka''': What ''you'' get? You mean a parent that actually pays attention to you?
-->'''Chloe''': When he isn’t busy paying attention to all of Paris.
-->'''Juleka''': At least he’s ''in'' Paris.
-->'''Chloe''': My ''mother’s'' in Paris and ''you'' talk to her more than ''I'' do.
-->'''Juleka''': No, I ''don’t''. I nod and stand there and hope they won’t send me away.
-->'''Chloe''': Yeah, just like they do to me ''every year''.
-->'''Juleka''': [[SuddenlyShouting Like they’ve done to both of us]]. (''long {{beat}}'') [[CallBack This…this isn’t the Crappy Life Olympics,]] Chloe.

-->'''Nino''': Why didn’t you just tell her (''Alya'') at the same time? Would have been so much more convenient.
-->'''Adrien''': (''exchanging a glance with Juleka'') Oh, Marinette wanted to be the one to tell her.
-->'''Nino''': Marinette knows too? Aw, come on, man. Why am I the ''last one''?
-->'''Adrien''': Well, I had to ask Ladybug before I told anyone else.
-->'''Nino''': Yeah, I get that. But I’m better bros with you than Marinette.
-->'''Adrien''': (''blinks, then looks at Juleka, who shrugs, before looking back at Nino'') I had to ask ''Ladybug''.
-->'''Nino''': Yeah, dude, you said. And then you told Marinette before telling me.
-->'''Adrien''': No, I told ''Ladybug''.
-->'''Nino''': Dude, I heard you the first time. Ladybug, then Marinette, then me.
-->'''Adrien''': No, ''Nino''- (''{{facepalm}}s, then turns to Juleka'') I apologize for every conversation you’ve ever had with me.
-->'''Juleka''': Apology accepted.
-->'''Nino''': What am I missing here?
-->'''Adrien''': I didn’t tell Marinette my identity ''after'' telling Ladybug my identity.
-->'''Nino''': Wait, you told her first? That’s messed up.
-->'''Adrien''': Oh my- I didn’t tell her ''after'', because Marinette found out when Ladybug did.
-->'''Nino''': (''blinks, then narrows his eyes'') Like… a joint reveal?
-->'''Adrien''': Nino, Marinette ''is'' Ladybug.

-->'''Ladybug''': Is everything okay?
-->'''Juleka''': (''Yes, Ladybug. We're stuck inside of a school building with a monster with a penchant for kidnapping children and a massive grudge. We're just dandy.'')

-->'''Lucas''': What do you want for the blue card?
-->'''Rose''': (''after making a show of deliberating'') I want Juleka.
-->'''Lucas''': You want Juleka? in exchange for the blue card?
-->'''Rose''': Yup.
-->'''Lucas''': But Juleka's my partner. That's not allowed is it?
-->'''Serge''': There’s nothing in the rules about trading partners. What do you think, Maman?
-->'''Sylvie''': Hmmm. I say it’s okay. If Lucas is willing to part with her, then Juleka is an acceptable trade.
-->'''Lucas''': Awww. What else do you want for the blue card?
-->'''Rose''': Nothing else. I only want Juleka.
-->'''Lucas''': But Rooooose. It’s for ''Amelie''.
-->'''Rose''': Nope. [[spoiler:If you’re doing it for ''your'' girlfriend, then I want ''mine''.]]

-->First of all, they didn’t know where the monster was, so moving into the clusters of capsules shouting at the top of their lungs was just begging for an ambush. Second of all, they couldn’t check to see if everyone was there because they couldn’t know who all was missing. Third of all, it was mostly an exercise in futility because if they just focused on purifying the akuma, all of these people would be safe anyways. ''Fourth'' of all, it was kind of dangerous for them because-
-->'''Ladybug''': Adrien? Adrien!
-->They were both supposed to have been kidnapped by the monster. Juleka shook her head as she watched Chat flinch and duck behind a capsule.
-->'''Chat Noir''': (''as Adrien, not sounding remotely different than he had a moment before'') Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. What about Marinette?
-->'''Ladybug''': Yeah, we’ve got everyone.

-->'''Juleka''': It was during the akuma attack the other day, right?
-->'''Adrien''': What?
-->'''Juleka''': A lot of innocent bystanders end up with bruises.
-->'''Adrien''': Yeah. Yeah, that's how I got it. Bystander. Totally.

-->'''Marinette''': I’m not like Ladybug is. He goes to our school; he probably knows what Marinette is like. What if he’s disappointed?
-->'''Juleka''': But… that’s ridiculous. No, it’s just that you are Ladybug.
-->'''Marinette''': Technically, yeah, but I’m better as Ladybug. I act differently.
-->'''Juleka''': No, you don’t.
-->'''Marinette''': Yes, I-
-->'''Juleka''': No. You are Ladybug, Marinette, with or without a mask. It’s so obvious. You’re both strong. You’re both independent. You’re both smart. In fact, it’s one of the things that convinced me it was you. The way you acted. You basically go full superhero any time you have to deal with Chloe.
-->'''Marinette''': Really?
-->'''Juleka''': (''nods, along with Tikki'') Chat won’t be disappointed. It’s pretty much impossible.

-->'''Juleka''': This is how I see you. As both. You are stronger than you think you are.
-->'''Marinette''': (''Hugging her'') Thank you. It’s beautiful. Thank you so much.
-->'''Juleka''': I can’t really tell you what to do. But you’ll figure it out. I know you will.

-->'''Master Fu''': Juleka. You don’t need to carry the world on your shoulders.
-->'''Juleka''': If I don’t, who will?
-->'''Master Fu''': You’re not alone, Juleka. Maybe you were once, but you have people who will hold up the world with you. [[IronicEcho You don’t have to be okay]].

-->'''Marinette''': I don’t suppose there’s any way you didn’t just see that?
-->'''Juleka''': See what?
-->'''Marinette''': (''perking up a little'') Wait, really?
-->'''Juleka''': No. (''snorts as Marinette deflates again'') We can talk about this later.