Chat Noir slipped into his room, dropping his transformation once he his feet touched the floor. Plagg didn't even waste a moment before diving through the walls of the mini fridge for his reward.
Adrien shook his head, peeking around the room carefully. He could have sworn for a moment that he'd spotted a flash of light.
That was troubling. What if his Father had taken to putting up cameras in his room, too? Plagg himself wouldn't be captured on film… but his secret exits into the night would for sure.
His time at school had already been threatened more than once...and he just couldn't go back to being tutored from home.
And no matter what, he wasn't about to let Ladybug down…
This Akuma had taken a long time—far longer than he expected. He rushed back as quickly as could, though he was loathe to leave his Lady's side.
His audio player only ran for so long, and he was cutting it close as it was…
As Adrien lingered beside the piano, puzzling over his escape arrangements, Plagg gleefully forced the fridge door open, emerging with a mountain of Camembert stacked upon his paws.
He dumped his haul out onto the desk, taking stock of the choicest bit to devour first. Teeth noshing noisily, he curled up on the desk with a well deserved laze in the last of the day's sunlight.
It was only when he was nearly through his third chunk that Plagg noticed the corner of the picture sticking out from beneath the desk, where the wood didn't sit evenly on the ground.
Adrien had picked up the audio player from the piano standing, puzzling over it as the music was nowhere close to ending yet. He glanced over to the alarm clock on his bedside table.
"It should have finished by now…" The kid raked his hand along on the nape of his neck. "I mean… I'm really glad it didn't. But it doesn't make sense."
Blinking slowly, Plagg pushed his Camembert aside for the moment. Flitting down to the floor, he tugged the picture loose. His jaw gaped... stunned at the sight.
He recovered before Adrien could notice anything was amiss..
"Oh, I dunno…" Plagg sneered gleefully, dropping the picture on top of the baby grand piano. "I think it might make a good deal more sense than you think." He immediately returned to his mini mountain of cheese on the desk.
Adrien blanched, peering down at the mostly familiar—yet clearly older—faces of his classmates...
In fact, it seemed that everyone in the photo was from his current class, with a couple of exceptions… himself… and Marinette.
And Lila Rossi...
Plagg peered back over from the desk, pleased enough that he wasn't the only one so shocked.
Adrien continued studying the image with stunned curiosity, before asking no one in particular...
"Where exactly did this come from, and what does this mean…?"