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middaeg2020-03-06 07:57 pm
bravelyathome) wrote in middaeg2020-03-06 07:57 pm
[Open] Catch all!
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!]
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[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!]
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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[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.]
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[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?
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[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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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[Her book comes up to cover her face.]
Because it's you!
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But that's... flattering? Why would I be mad you wanted to draw me?
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[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.]
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[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?
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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?
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[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.]
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I know I should have asked if it was okay first. I'm sorry. I just... I needed a reference.
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[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.
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[Bernie's face somehow ends up redder.]
It... It would be inappropriate!
[...no wonder she unmarriageable.]
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[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.]
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[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.]
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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.]
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I think they're really, really sensitive. Everything went all weird when they were moved a lot.
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[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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[It's why she's been hiding. So people don't have to see how weird they look. She doesn't want to make people uncomfortable.]
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[Because, honestly? They were concerning, but if they're just her body changing to accommodate incoming wings? They make sense. Still are a little weird, but... less so.]
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[Maybe she could see if there's a book that says. Because antennae are bug things right? At least she thinks so?]
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[With all the studying he's been doing, he has come across some basic monster information... and it seems to fit, somewhat. At least it's the first one that comes to mind.]
Want to look through the library and see if there's anything about Fae in there?
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[Oh. That was maybe too enthusiastic. She tempers herself.]
Yes please. I want to see what we should know.
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