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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!]

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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!]

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[She doesn't notice at all that she's being stared at. Nope. Bernie is just having fun painting and humming to herself. It's relaxing and lets her feel like she's not so far from home. Or that she's not going through these weird changes.

A voice startles her from her work and she squeaks a little before spinning around a bit.

Oh! Just someone asking her a question. She breathes out a sigh and laughs a little.]

Ahahaha... Yes. Sorry. You surprised me. But yes! I'm painting them.

[Bernie looks back to her canvas.]

The colors are pretty.

[Kaede held still when the girl squeaked, even stopping the swish of her tail. She knew that kind of reaction, and...ostensibly, how not to make it worse.

But the moment the girl spoke, that faint hope crumbled. That wasn't Aiko's face, and it definitely wasn't her voice.

Despite that, though, Kaede couldn't entirely shake that protective feeling that had started up in the back of her mind and wouldn't leave.

The Chimera hummed an affirmative, and sat herself down on the wall instead of crouching. Her tail started to wave about again; the eye spots on her longest feathers were far more distinct this time around, glittering points of red.]

They are.

[What else was pretty was Kaede's feathers, look at them. All shiny and iridescent in the sunlight, and--

Kaede blinked, shaking her head a little. That was an odd thought to have.]

How long were you out here?

[She has no idea what kind of monster this one is but she's really...so pretty! She's got such neat details to her. And those wings even have designs like eyes!

Suddenly she remembers they're talking about her painting and...

Oh. She looks up at the sky.]

I'm not sure... I kind of lost track of time.

[It actually happens to her a lot.]

[The disaster kind of Monst--no that's just Kaede normally.

The Chimera's tail began moving again, lazily flicking its long back and forth. Her head inclined slightly; if it weren't for her antlers, the motion would have been harder to see.]

You don't seem worried.

[Now, at least. About the rain or surprise trespassers.]

Worried? You mean the rain?

[She looks up at the sky.]

I guess it doesn't really bother me.

Really?

[It wasn't a disparaging or mocking question, but a genuinely curious one.]

Rain just makes my feathers all drenched.

[Like a sad soaked parrot, not a duck.]

Oh no. Um...maybe we could figure out a way to protect them.

[She's forgotten all about her painting in favor of looking around to see what she can use to make a covering. The feathers are so pretty that she'd hate to see them get drenched!]

[Kaede pauses, her calm, collected demeanor included. Kind gestures from strangers was not part of the script.

Most strangers. A few were different, and the thoughts Kaede had tried to chase off wriggled back in.]

Uh.

[Gone was her steady voice, replaced with something almost...flustered. The Chimera mumbled something, her tail flicking sharply to the side like an uncertain cat.]

You don't--need to do that.

[Aiko, she almost said.]

You seemed like you'd be uncomfortable if your feathers got wet though. And they're really pretty...

[She looks back to her. Did she maybe say the wrong thing? She hopes not. But maybe she did.

She's so nervous she messed this up now.]

[Bernie's found a rare encounter of Kaede's impassive armor slipping. And...Kaede wasn't keeping as strong a hold on it as she should have, disarmed by the impossible familiarity despite herself.]

No, it does, but—and—

[Flattery was what her Monster brain wanted and made the still-human part all squishy and soft. But oh no someone saw her—

The Chimera sighed through her nose, ruffled her feathers out as if dislodging some dust, and smoothed it all away as if the last few minutes hadn't happened.]

...sorry. [A real person apology??] I'm not good at talking to people.

[Initial appearances besides. At least Kaede's developed enough to say that much, instead of ghosting.]

[The apology and admittance makes her blink in surprise. Then she smiles gently at her.]

It's okay. I'm...really bad at it too. Honestly I'm really bad at a lot of things because I spend so much time alone.

[She looks over at the flowers.]

I was always better at talking to plants than people.

[Kaede's ears flicked up. The girl wasn't...laughing at her, even out of pity, or taking a dig at her. Some of the fretting tension wound up in Kaede's shoulders relaxed.]

You too, huh.

[The Chimera said, quietly repeating the words and confirming her own situation in the same motion. Her tail swished again before she continued.]

It's animals, for me. They don't care who you are, or lie to you, even when they bite you. [A pause, and a soft snort.] Or howl about wanting a second breakfast.

[They just really wanted that second breakfast, and pestering people to get one sometimes worked, so they continued. It seemed perfectly sensible to Kaede.]

I never really got to spend time with a lot of animals. But there were sometimes I got to watch bugs. And I would tell them stories or leave them food if I could.

[That's almost the same thing right? She thinks so? It's so hard for her to tell sometimes.]

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