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Marc couldn't sleep. The last session with Marinette unsettled him. He knew something was wrong with Marinette, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact reason. Staying in the same room with Nathaniel, Max and Kim, they looked into Alya's blog to know more about Marinette.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng - A thirteen-year-old girl was kidnapped in Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie on the night of her birthday. Thirteen days later, Sabine Cheng got into a car accident and unfortunately died before reaching the hospital. This was shortly followed with the suicide of Tom Dupain, leaving a letter written in his blood stating:
M̝̟͈̰̹͖y̭̜ ͕̘̣̘̗̖d͖̻a͉͇̣̥u̖̩g̰̞̫̲h̹̬̱̳t̮er͚̗̗̹̫̦̬ ̪͍̝͈ne̼͚̟̤e̻̩͚d̪̝̲͚͈͚̤s͉ ͈̲m̮̝̤̤̳e̥̣̗̟̰.͖̲̤̠̹͕̲
A month later, Gina and Rolland Dupain decided to stay in the bakery. They opened the bakery for a week before closing down once more. This was due to the reports of clients regarding the chilling atmosphere and the flickering of the lights. Two months later, Gina Dupain filed a divorce and restraining order. Despite not establishing sufficient evidence, the petition was granted. The timeline ends with Alya finding the earrings after several months.
There is no more information about Gina Dupain. The woman is either dead or staying low.
Marinette isn't a demon, but she's not an innocent soul either.
There's also the issue of Alya being extremely attached to the accessory. Nathaniel told him Alya never removes them, which explains Alya's disturbing nightmares/dreams that has miraculously predicted some of the gruesome deaths in Paris. Marc also witnessed Marinette affecting the environment with or without a request.
A primary reason why Alya sees Marinette as a harmless spirit is the lack of malicious intent. A poltergeist at best. That is what Alya sees Marinette until tonight. Tonight is the day Adrien, Alya, Kim, Nathaniel, Max, Marc and Juleka learned Marinette can grant wishes.
Now Marc doesn't know what Alya asked from the spirit, but having a wish-granting dead kid is a very bad idea. Now that he thought about it, what if this is the reason why Marinette's grandparents broke up? What if that's the reason why Gina Dupain left the note to Alya?
Just imagine what one can do with a wish-granting cursed object?
Tomorrow, he'll need to convince the group to let Alya cooperate with the priests/exorcist. (Exorcists and priests ratio is akin to white blood cell and red blood cell. He wouldn't be surprised if the exorcist won't be here yet.) Nathaniel already talked with his father about the special circumstance, showing Alya's latest livestream. Now they have to wait and try to get some sleep. Hopefully, Marinette's activity would be able to convince the most skeptical of clergy. They'll also need to keep an eye on Alya, in case the brunette hides the object.
The lights flicker.
'How is her influence so wide?' Marc thought to himself, borrowing Max's laptop to type down his idea. Everyone in his room wanted to huddle together so they ended up on the sofa. For some reason, the current trend of horror movies had the protagonists getting murdered on a bed. Thanks a lot movies!
Max hogging the left side of the couch, Kim resting on the floor near his legs and Nathaniel resting his head on his shoulder at the right. Marc couldn't sleep so the least he can do is type down the ideas popping in his head. It was 4:44 when it began to rain outside.
'I wonder why?'
[Adrien didn't mean to steal her,]
but
...when he saw Alya's friend walk inside their room...
...with bluebell eyes and midnight hair...
[Adrien swore it was love at first sight the female tempted him.]
...when Marinette greeted him as she sat beside Alya...
...with her dazzling smile and forsaken question...
"̦̩͚̪̔͊͆ͨ̈C͍̫̻ͪͧ̑͌̅a͙̭͙̮̒n͓ ̦̮̣̙̖̞͈̓̄̓I͖̖ ̹̻̥͔̀̚m̝̬̬͖̟̦̠ͫ̾̊̐ȇ͖͍̜̰̰̳͋͛e̚t͖̠̺͕͚̲̫͊͑̍ͭ̃̄͛ ̠̽y͔̩͓̰o̳̬̱͈̱͈͕͒̈u͕̩̞̓̓͋̇͐ͥͅr̳̦̮̄ͪ͊̎̇̓ ̂͊m̠͛̒̌ͪͭ̋̂o͍͔̟̫͈̍̅t͍̹͕̖̪̻̅̽ͦͦ̃͂ͪh̯͚͈̬̮̠̆̃̿ͯė̱̠͕̲̭͗͂r̠̻ͦͩ,̯̬̀̍̓ A̠̬̗̔͗̿̉̾͑̐ḓ̟̒̓̀r̼̘̓͒̋̔ͫ͌i͕̯e̋̐́n̥͎̞̮͙̝ͯ̎̋?̺͕̳̘̜͓͓̊̋͐̄"̠̳͑͂ͥ͆ͯ͆̑
Adrien took her.