Title : Sixty Minutes [T+] Chapter 1 of 3 | NEXT ( AO3 LINK ) Fandom : Miraculous Ladybug Pairings : LadyNoir (?) , Alya / Nino Authors : @peonydee and @lilmikomiko Summary : Alya Césaire, award-winning pursuer of truth, is honored with an intimate interview with Ladybug and Chat Noir. However, she doesn’t count on finding out certain things that are making her regret asking in the first place. Notes : Yes, a collaboration fic! The entire story is also done, but we’re going to post the next installment every week. Hope you enjoy reading! * Thank you to @nikitahawkeye for her question!
“I’m really sorry I can’t be there tonight,” Marinette repeats as Alya is saying goodbye to her on the phone. “But you know how Father gets. Catch you at the afterparty, all right?”
“Marinette, please,” Alya says. “As if I haven’t gotten used to your fickle luck all these years. Maybe they’ll stick around for the party and you’ll finally meet Ladybug.”
“Fingers crossed.”
Alya takes a calming breath and one last look at the mirror. Finally satisfied, she heads for the set, the set from where the tenth anniversary special of her web series is about to stream worldwide.
Alya’s Take started as a segment of the Ladyblog, the receptacle of research, pictures, videos, analyses, and even theories she had collected and developed involving Paris’s very own superhero duo, Ladybug and Chat Noir. What started as 15-30 minute analysis of akuma fights developed into more of a bi-weekly talk show that covered other issues relevant to the greater Metro Paris. Both the show and blog served as the perfect portfolio for her admission to prestigious journalism schools, internships, and her eventual hire in a national news agency. For the past two years, Alya’s Take has also been a ten-minute segment of a daily morning show on a major local channel. The bi-weekly web series, meanwhile, expands on some particular topic, featuring expert opinions and first-hand accounts from invited guests. They are pre-recorded and admittedly in part subject to her agency’s influences, but it is well-respected for pursuing tough questions, while showcasing balanced and opposing viewpoints.
But in the anniversary special Alya’s Take is returning to its roots, informally formatted and non-scripted, streaming live from the Le Grand Paris. Admittedly, Alya’s first instinct was to turn down Chloé Bourgeois’s offer to shoot the episode in her father’s hotel, but the nostalgia factor is too important to dismiss. Many akumas have been fought and defeated in and on the luxurious building (which probably has to do with Chloé’s singular talent in enraging people), so Alya set aside her personal feelings and accepted. After all, she wants only the best for her special guests, the superhero duo themselves, the cornerstone of her very career, Ladybug and Chat Noir.