Liv Alic has loved being Dame Luck from day one. Protecting everyone from danger, doing what she can to help civilians. Really the only downside to being Lady Luck is how less sleep Liv was receiving. And while she couldn't tell anyone the reason why she now forever has bags under her eyes, Liv has always known that at least one person would understand her, and her eye bags. He understands the reasons behind the eye bags, of course, he also knows who she under the mask and Liv knew who Malchance is. Although that doesn't help each other keep the eye bags away, especially this last week.

Leaping from the rooftop she sat on, Dame Luck looked around for anything out of the ordinary. About a week ago Tikki, her kwami, stated that she felt someone fall to an Akuma, but neither her or her partner, Malchance, have been able to find the blasted thing. And they've been patrolling every night for the past week, not skipping a single alley or dark corner. Of course, every time either of them feels unsafe while checking an area they instantly call up the other, so they may have some backup in case they have found the Akuma.

Sighing Dame Luck stood up from where she just landed and looked around at her city, New York City. She and Mal were like real life Spider-Men. The reality however quickly crashed into her, in the first 3 minutes Liv was ecstatic, she had an escape from her boring life. Well, it really wasn't that boring; pianist, volleyball captain, school musical female lead, students body president, and all at a private school. But now there was an escape to be who she really wanted to be, of course, she still has the responsibility of defeating the Akuma and saving the city, but she loves it so much more than what Liv does. Dame Luck loves her life, is in love with her partner, can't get enough of swinging around skyscrapers, and saying hello to little children is her absolute favorite thing to do. But Liv can't enjoy these pleasantries as much as Dame Luck can.

Taking a deep breath as she looked around once more and decided to it a night, she had an early morning student council meeting and then the usual early morning volleyball practice right after, which then lead straight into school and then a five-hour rehearsal afterward. Liv wonders if her eye bag could get any darker as she contemplated her schedule while looking into the reflective mirror of her yo-yo waiting for Mal to pick up his staff. Instead of her call being picked up, Liv was picked up from behind by a pair of strong arms, ones that have caught her multiple times after having fallen off of a building.

Shrieking from the sudden lift, Liv still laughed with Malchance as he spun her around. The two continued to smile as Mal gently set her down on the roof once more, he spun Liv around so she could see the blond's masked face. It may be masked, but Liv still knew it well. Clay Westbay grinned at her before pulling her into a hug.
"Do you have any idea how badly I want to kiss you?" His warm breath brushed right against her ear. Holding herself from giving into his want Liv hugged him back.

"Romantic out of costume, platonic in costume," Liv whispered right back.

"Most messed up thing we've done yet." Clay pulled back from the hug letting it last only the usual amount that any sibling hug would last.

"Excuse you, but have you forgotten about how in the eighth grade you killed my father just to get me to marry you?" Liv brought up the play they starred in their final year of middle school, he does everything with her, always have, always will. They were just lucky that they were friends before the miraculous got in the way, and it wasn't long before they revealed their identities to each other. Dame Luck popped a hip and folded her arms.

"You wouldn't even give me the time of day." Malchance dramatically slapped the back of his hand to his forehead as he looked away from her. Rolling her eyes Liv stepped up to the roof's ledge and sat down taking her hair out of her ponytail giving Clay the go-ahead to play with her hair, and probably braid it.

"So, you haven't seen anything either, huh?" Liv asked as she pointed her chin skyward as Clay started to run his clawed fingers through her dark raven locks. "We've been going at this for a week now, we're cutting into every other reserve that we have. Dame, what do we do?" All Liv could do was just shrug her shoulders. Liv is at the point of wondering if Tikki was just so old that the Kwami was just imagining things.

Finishing off the braid Malchance took the ribbon back and tied it on the end of Dame Luck's braid. Pulling it over her shoulder Dame Luck ran her fingers over it, "You're getting better at this braiding thing."

"Gee, thanks for the confidence." Malchance sat next to her with one foot on the ledge and an arm on the knee of the leg. "Think we're running in circles?"

Dame Luck covered up her grimace of that question by looking at the horizon and changing the topic. "I have always wondered what the sky looked like if it were covered in stars instead of this hazy gray."

Scoffing Malchance looked forward as well, mostly looking at the empire state building in front of them. "That wasn't an answer to my question."

"Well, I don't have one." Dame Luck breathed in as she stood up and let out the breath as she stretched. "I have to go Mal." All she saw was a quick nod as she turned towards where her home was. "Please get home too, you need sleep just as much as I do, basketball and volleyball season is coming up."

"I will." A beat of silence lasted between them, in Dame's opinion, a tense silence. "Go home I mean." Closing her eyes Dame wished that he would just go home.

Letting out a sigh Dame Luck turned around to find their Akuma in between them filing their nails as if they had been waiting to be noticed. Taking a sharp breath of air Dame Luck took her yo-yo from the cropped jacket of her suit. Malchance shot up and spun around at her sharp intake of breath, he was not that far behind her in taking his weapon out and taking his own battle stance on the other side of the Akuma. "Look, Akuma, this doesn't have to get ugly." Malchance took the lead and started the negotiations with the Akuma.

"Okay, first of all. You two are rude. Not even asking for my name before you start insisting on a battle." It's obvious that this one is someone sassy.

"Well to be fair most usually yell out their name and start causing mayhem." Dame Luck tried to reason with them.

"You may have a point, but I name matters not because all I need to do with you two is to, well you'll find out." The Akuma gave the two heroes an evil smile as she lunged at Dame Luck, barely grabbing onto the top of her thigh high boot effectively tripping Dame Luck up. Dame kept herself from falling too hard backward onto her butt, looking up to get the Akuma off of her Dame only had time to register the fact that the Akuma was somehow able to grab onto Mal's collar before shouting, "TIME LEAP!"