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Who: Bernadetta and YOU
When: First couple of weeks in the month
Where: Various locations
What: Bernadetta is having to adjust to some new changes. It's a lot to take in! For someone who is getting smaller every day...
Warnings: Hopefully just her usual anxieties. But I'll throw up a warning for potential mentions of child abuse (she had a rough childhood) just in case. Other than that it's just body transformation things!

A. Home is where the heart is (Closed to the people she lives with at the Lions or Eagles houses)

[Those who live with Bernie may not see her that often. Which, honestly, is pretty normal! She loves to spend time in her room and keep to herself. With that said there's always food for either household and she makes sure it's well suited to individual needs. Of course she makes sure that she doesn't make a mess either. After all she doesn't want to be a rude housemate!

With that said, her housemates might notice something rather...odd. Or maybe even a few things.

For one, she's definitely been getting smaller. She'd started out at around 5'5" but now those around might notice that she's got to have shrunk...several inches. Why, she's shorter than Edelgard now!

But there's more than that. Thin, almost hairlike things are starting to stick up from her hair. She's a little self conscious about how weird they might look so she's been dodging people. That and the fact that the window in the back of her clothes is definitely showing off very noticeable nubs that indicate her incoming wings. And are her ears...pointier?

Well she can't dodge people forever. Eventually one of them will find her! Especially if she thinks she's alone and has a space to do some sewing or reading in another part of the house.]

B. Sometimes she has to get outside

[It's rare for her to go outside right now with her odd looking changes but she knows she can't hide forever. Besides, she really wants to do some painting or sewing outside! Which means that she tries to find a private but pretty location to do just that. It helps that there's a lot of gardening things going on right now which happens to be one of her favorite things in the universe.

A nice vase of flowers arranged on the ground before her as she hums to herself while she either paints it or embroiders the design of it onto fabric. She seems lost in her own little world so she's not likely to notice she has company right away.

Don't let that stop you though. She might be jumpy but friendship is good for her!]

Wildcard

[If we have other plans feel free to use this one here! Otherwise feel free to plot with me and we'll figure something else out!]

[ooc: Just a heads up that tags will be slow on weekdays because of school for this month! Still I will do my best to not keep you waiting too long! Thank you for your patience in advance!]

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[Not seeing Bernie often is honestly kind of nostalgic. It's like being back at Garreg Mach - she'd either be in the library, the greenhouse, or her room (with very quick jaunts to the kitchens) - so when Sylvain doesn't see her for several days on end, he just assumes that their schedules haven't matched up. Maybe she's in her room there. Maybe she's at the other house. Maybe when she is around, he's out and about doing odd jobs or going to a class or studying outside of the house.

Whatever the case, he hasn't seen her for a bit, so when he does see her in the kitchen, when he's going to make himself some tea, it's a bit of a pleasant surprise!

What is less of one, though, is the fact that there are two odd... bumps? Clearly visible on her back, that make his eyebrows knit together in concern.]

Bernadetta? Did you hurt yourself?

[The perfect thing to go with sketching? Tea. So of course she's in there making some when Sylvain walks in. Sketch book wide open to a rather compromising image...

Squeaking, she spins and slams it shut, keeping her hands on it. It looks like he didn't see it though. He's busy being worried about...her?

Bernie blinks.]

No?

[The little strands of what look like hair sticking straight up wiggle a little.]

[He didn't see all of the image, but he saw enough to pique his interest, at least... so he'll have to bother her about getting a look at it later, once his concerns are put to rest.

Speaking of, though: he does step a little closer to her and moves to place a hand on her back, running fingers over those little nubbins that have started to poke through.]

What are these, then? Bernadetta...

[Just ignoring her wiggly hairs for the moment, because this seems like a more pressing issue.]

[The feel of his hand startles her enough into jumping back and releasing the sketchbook to flail about and try to hide something just out of reach on her back.]

They're...they're nothing! Don't look! I know they're really weird! I don't know what they are!

[Actually she thinks with the positioning that they might be wings but...

Oh Goddess and he touched her. A boy touched her bare skin like that! She's going to explode for sure.]

[Oh. Right. Whoops. Obviously that would startle her... so he pulls his hand back quickly and bends down to pick up her sketchbook while she's flailing and trying to hide them.]

You're sure you're not hurt? That's more important than whether or not they're weird...

No I'm not hu...

[Emergency! He has the book!]

Don't look!

[Forget about her back. Her only goal in life is diving for the book. Literally diving. Like she'll belly flop to the floor in a moment to go for it.]

Woah, hey!

[Arm around her waist! Catching her before she can flop!

...Also has the book in his other hand, still.]

I'm glad you're not hurt, but... you know this is just making me want to look more, right?

Oof!

[Even with archer muscle she's not that heavy. In fact she's even lighter note that she's getting smaller.]

No! Don't look! It's awful! You'd hate it!

[More like it's really embarrassing and she doesn't want him to get the wrong idea of her drawing him shirtless and sweaty from what looks like training. He'd probably hate that. Definitely hate that!

Oh Goddess strike get down now!

Twisting, she tries to reach for it again.]

[Yeah, she would have been no trouble before, so now that she's getting smaller? It's like she weighs nothing, to someone used to wearing heavy armor - and carrying heavier horse armor.

But while he'd like to keep teasing her, he can tell that she's actually pretty distressed about this, so he hands the book back before she can twist away and faceplant on the floor.]

I don't think it's awful or that I'd hate it, so I'd like to see, if you'd be willing to let me look.

[The book back in her hands, she breathes a sigh of relief. He hasn't seen it. This totally embarrassing picture.

But then he says that. Her face somehow gets redder as she stares down at the floor.]

I don't... I don't want you to hate me.

[First things first - setting her back down on the ground, and making sure she is once again steady on her feet.]

Why would I hate you over a drawing, Bernadetta?

[...Okay, there are a small handful of subjects that would make him upset, but. Not hate her.]

Because...

[Her book comes up to cover her face.]

Because it's you!

[And his expression still doesn't really change from... mild confusion. No anger or upset, here.]

But that's... flattering? Why would I be mad you wanted to draw me?

Because...

[Face on fire, she finally shows him the picture. It's honestly very good! Her recreation of him shirtless and sweating. A pretty smile is on his face as he pushes fingers through his hair.

It's just a sketch but it's clear she put effort into it.]

Woah--! It looks so good...

[He's surprised! He knew she was good, but not to what extent - mostly because she tended to run away with her sketches. And instead of being upset about the subject matter, he just... grins down at her, pushes his hair back like he is in the sketch.]

You know I'd hold still for you if you wanted, right?

[She's about to lose a friend. He's going to hate her for being inappropriate. It's not that she's trying to be! But she needed a reference for her story and if she wants it to be him then...well...

Wait.

Slowly, Bernie looks up at him. He's doing the thing with his hair like in her picture. She can feel he's not mad and likes the picture but...]

You're...not mad?

Of course not!

[He can absolutely feel her worry, so he does his level best to... well, ignore it. Act like everything is fine, and normal. Because... well, it is.

No losing a friend over a drawing. He doesn't even think it was all that inappropriate... though his metric for that is, admittedly, somewhat skewed.]

[Her face is still red but the relief she feels is instantaneous. Letting out a breath, Bernie relaxes. Turning her picture back to her, she looks at it again before looking back up at him.]

I know I should have asked if it was okay first. I'm sorry. I just... I needed a reference.

Hm? I don't mind. You didn't need to ask if it was okay, Bernadetta.

[It's the 'worrying he'd hate her for it' that's the problem, not the drawing itself...]

If you need a reference from now on, just let me know, though, alright? No sense in trying to draw me from memory when I'm right here, unless you really want to.

I couldn't! It's bad enough I drew you like this. Asking you to model for me...

[Bernie's face somehow ends up redder.]

It... It would be inappropriate!

[...no wonder she unmarriageable.]

Bad enough...? It's not bad at all, though.

[But if she's uncomfortable with the idea, then, well... she's uncomfortable with the idea, and he's not going to press the issue. It's still left open, though.]

And I don't think it's inappropriate.

[Don't mind him reaching up to ruffle her hair, too... but wait, something feels odd, there.

...Probably nothing, right? Something weird getting in her hair she hasn't washed out yet, or the like.]

It is! Because I'm not supposed to be looking right at real men without clothes unless it's like training! Or eat! Or...

[But then he's rubbing her head. And the hyper sensitive new antennae get rubbed too. It's like a jolt goes through her and all her senses get jumbled.

Bernie sways and grabs his hand to still it on her head. Making the motion stop helps.

Give her a second. She's regaining her senses.]

[He could argue all that, but... well, it is a little inappropriate, just not as much as she thought it was, and besides - there are bigger issues at the moment, anyway, as soon as he ruffles her hair.

Because even he feels a little dizzy through the Bond.

So as soon as she stops his hand, and as soon as he starts feeling slightly less dizzy, he removes it.]

...What was that?

[More thinking out loud than asking her outright, but... well, if she has an answer, all the better.]

[Pulling her hair to the side to that it falls away from one of the antennae, she blinks up at him.]

I think they're really, really sensitive. Everything went all weird when they were moved a lot.

Yeah, that... sounds right? Sorry about that...

[He didn't even realize she had them... but speaking of changes, since they'd gotten distracted with the sketchbook fiasco-]

So if you have antenna... those bumps on your back are probably the start of wings, right?

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