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2020-08-18
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2020-09-24
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The Asset Ordeal

Summary:

totallychatnoir: Radiant
totallychatnoir: Carefree
totallychatnoir: Dreamy
totallychatnoir: Adrien's Asset
marinettedesigned: Please stop.

In which Chat Noir discovers Marinette is a fan of his derrière. She just doesn't know it yet.

(Told solely through Instagram screenshots.)

29th August 2025: Still plan to finish this when the stars align and I finally get my life together (so... never?). Also hunting for a new fake texting app that looks as authentic as the now-retired Prankgram did. If you have any suggestions, hit me up! I’d rather not be that sad sap Instagram-messaging myself and then doing heavy, super time-consuming edits in the background just to keep the screenshots looking legit. I'll do it if I have to. I just don't want to, LOL. Work smarter; not harder, y'know? Anywho, thanks heaps for the support - can't believe this fic still gets so much attention 🤯

Notes:

Welcome to The Asset Ordeal!

For those of you who might not know, there are official Instagram accounts for Marinette (marinettedesigned), Adrien (adrienagrestebrand) and a few other characters from the show - and on Adrien's Instagram story, there's a conversation between him and Mari. A friend and I noticed he didn't use ANY emojis in it, so our headcanon is that he's a closet emoji whore and that inspired this fic.

Each chapter is one in-world day and since Mari will text more people on some days than others, chapter lengths will vary. This is just a fun, easy-going side project for me; a change of pace from the more ambitious fics I'm working on. Hope you enjoy! :D

(Note: I upload the DM pictures onto Imgur, then put them onto AO3 from there. You might need to use a VPN to read this fic if your country doesn't support Imgur.)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Wed 27 Jan

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Chapter 2: Thu 28 Jan

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Chapter 3: Fri 29 Jan

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Chapter 4: Sat 30 Jan

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Chapter 5: Sun 31 Jan

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(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

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Notes:

Thanks for the support so far with this little side project! Also, I sincerely apologise for the terrible jokes and puns in this fic, especially in this chapter. I wish I could say this'll be the worst it's gonna get, but alas, I would be lying. XD

Chapter 6: Mon 1 Feb

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Chapter 7: Tue 2 Feb

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Chapter 8: Wed 3 Feb

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Chapter 9: Thu 4 Feb

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Chapter 10: Fri 5 Feb

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adrienagrestebrand
Dated: Today, 5 February

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Chapter 11: Sat 6 Feb

Notes:

This chapter took a while, but it's a long one and their first date. I reaaally wanted to make sure it was purrrrfect. :3

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Fear not - you will learn more about the date in the next chapter! :D

Chapter 12: Sun 7 Feb

Notes:

In addition to the usual clawful cat puns, this chapter features bad pick up lines and I sincerely apawlogise.

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Chapter 13: Mon 8 Feb

Notes:

Sorry for the delay with this chapter! I wrote it, wasn't happy with it, scrapped it, then decided to take a step back for a little bit, hoping to come back to it a few days later with fresh eyes for the rewrite.

Buuuuut, then an old spine condition flared up from prolonged standing and lifting at my job. It's this thing called spondylolisthesis - try saying that ONE time, let alone THREE. My GP's now said I need a sedentary job that plays nicely with my back. Thanks to you-know-what, unemployment is high (I lost my travel agent job back in March for this reason, ahhhh) and everyone's job hunting. So, I had a "how am I gonna afford to pay for rent and physio and bla bla bla" crisis and of course my anxiety was just like HEY HI HELLO LET ME SOOTHE YOU WITH THE SOUND OF CONSTANT HEAD CHATTER!

Anyway, my back's still sore and I don't have a new job yet, but now I've kinda got a game plan, my anxiety's settled and I've put a tighter budget together. I can't promise quick updates since sadly, life stuff must come first, but hey, here's a chapter at least!

Also, for anyone who hasn't noticed, I've changed the total chapter count of this fic to 20! ;)

Alrighty, I've prattled on long enough. Enjoy this installment of TAO! :D

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