the only downside to getting an internship at a rather high end location is that now I feel no small amount of pressure to Make A Good Impression at all times because lord I haven't had imposter syndrome like this since I started doing therapy
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You'll Survive Chapter 4
Miraculous Ladybug | 2018 | 556 | Ao3 | Masterlist | Prev | Next
Chloe knocked the cupboard door closed with her head, and moved to set the five human-sized plates on the table, their Kwami-sized counterparts beside them.
The rest of the Miraculous Team, -the rest meaning Nino and Adrien,- were coming over for dinner and an overnighter, so the three girls had split up duties to prepare. Alya and the Kwamis were cooking, Marinette was setting up for an after dinner strategy meetup, movie night and sleeping arrangements, and Chloe had settled on setting the table. In reality, it didn’t take much prep work. Cooking was the only thing that actually took very long, as the table took a couple of minutes, the extra bedding was always at the ready for way-too-late-at-night Akuma attacks, movies took five minutes to set up, and a strategy meetup only really required all of Marinette’s notes from the Miraculous Grimoire, so Chloe was pretty sure Marinette was just trying to keep busy.
“Do you think they’ll come in through the balcony or the front door?”
“Front door. I hope. I don’t know. I’m so glad we don’t have cameras here! That’s half of why we even got this apartment. Alya, where’d you put those papers on the Pied piper?”
“Check under my bed. Or maybe by Trixx’s? I might’ve been doing five things at once?”
Chloe rolled her eyes, and didn’t even have to turn to tell that Marinette’s was doing a I’ve-known-you-long-enough-I-should’ve-known facepalm/eyeroll combo.
“Okay. I’ll check.” Marinette’s footsteps retreated as Chloe stood back to admire her handiwork. Okay, setting a table was not something she was practiced on, but living in a five star hotel most of her life and having only the best did leave an impression. She knew how to set a table completely and correctly by heart.
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“No way bro!” Nino’s exclamation echoed slightly in the small dining room, muffling the sound of silverware for a split second.
“Yes way bro! It was our first kiss,” Adrien put a hand to his heart, as though even the memory got it racing.
“Not technically,” Alya interrupted, pointing her fork at Marinette. “Right LB?”
“We agreed to not talk about that,” Marinette grumbled, shooting a glare at the brunette.
“I never did,” Chloe volunteered.
“I’m not sure I did either. If that wasn’t our first kiss, what was?”
Marinette groaned. “Fine. Dark Cupid. And then Glaciator, but that was on the cheek so I’m not sure it counts.”
“I forgot you kissed me during Dark Cupid!”
“You forgot everything from Dark Cupid Adrien, of course the kiss was erased too. Besides, I don’t want to count an Akuma-induced kiss.”
“Hold up-” Chloe waved her hands, a much more ‘Marinette’ gesture than would be seen in her school days, to halt the conversation. “-Wasn’t Dark Cupid Kim?”
Alya nodded vigorously. “Yep! When you got him Akumatized.” Chloe wasn’t sure if the lilt in her tone was accusatory or teasing, but she switched to defensive either way.
“I already apologized for that!”
“No fighting at the dinner table,” Marinette cut in firmly.
“But-” both girls started, but Marinette cut them off again.
“We fight Akuma, not each other.”
“Geez Dudette, trying to rival Master Fu or something?” Nino’s question worked as a diversion, and the five immediately jumped into a discussion about the most ‘Master Fu’ things they’d ever heard.
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I've been seeing people send messages about why they follow you? anyway lol I have no idea but it's been since forever. Probably since 2015 or 2016. So now you are of course a dashboard fixture. I kinda want to scroll back through my blog searching your url to see if I can figure out why I followed you to begin with.
Like I told the other anon, it was probably Homestuck, cause that was my personality in like 2014/15
But if you figure out why let me know! Cause I'm curious why people from that long ago started and still follow me :D
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So leave a light on, I’m coming home
It’s getting dark out but I’ll carry on
The sun don't shine, but it never did
And when it rains, it fucking pours, but I think I like it
And you know that I'm in love with the mess
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I'm reading about how Israel, in the immediate aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, deliberately replaced olive trees and other indigenous flora with European plants. This ecological disaster, which is now proudly hailed under the banner of 'making the desert bloom,' was done to 'de-Arabize' the landscape, and to cover up - often with fast-growing European pine trees -the ruins of Palestinian villages that were destroyed by Zionists forces.
And I just need everyone to read this passage from Pappé, because the symbolism of what happened to those European pine trees in the desert speaks for itself:
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 227-228.)
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