(closed)

[usurpers]

Who: eren + people
When: february
Where: aefenglom, dorchacht, respective wildes
What: a catch-all for closed starters! hmu on discord @owlie#3609, liberos or eren’s plotting comment if you’re interest in doing something!
Warnings: n/a, will updated where needed.

“eren let me see what you have” “a knife” “no!!!!!!!!!!”

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[bravelyathome]

[She hasn't noticed at all that there's someone behind her. Largely because she's so amazed by how yummy the food looks. So Bernadetta is startled when she's suddenly handed two crepes. They look good but why two?

Wait. Wait what?

She blinks in confusion before slowly turning.

And then looking up. And up. And up.

And she squeaks when she finally finds the face. He's huge! Like Dedue big but bigger! And he... Is that his tongue? She can't help but stare, not at all sure what is going on anymore and trying to process what to do next.]

[usurpers]

[ they are dessert crepes, you see. beautiful banana, honey almond and chocolate, from the looks of it. and from the looks of the dragon man, he doesn’t seem to budge, not even casting his slit pupil eyes away to attend to the vendor still holding out their food. after a moment, and another tongue flick: ]

. . . It’s for you. [ he lifts his hand and gestures with the smallest point of a long, crystal-blue talon from the outer folds of his poncho, and. hmm. just kind of stands there and stares and realizes only after a handful of moments more that she smells of fear and anxiety. ] —I don’t want it.

[ she could have both how friendly was that!!!!!! unless she thought he was going to eat her then it was a wrong choice of words. ]

[bravelyathome]

[What's with people looming over her here? Is she some kind of looming target? Bernadetta very slowly looks over her shoulder and sees the crepes. They do look good. So, so good.]]

You...you want to eat me then. That's it right? You want to eat me?

[She's sure she's the right size for it. And he hasn't left despite not wanting one of the crepes!]

[usurpers]

—?

[ . . . he really, really hates the fact that part of him thinks doubly on this question. did he want to eat her? immediately, he hates it, even if he considers mere precautions due to what happened with the true fae, in a dream— but it happened. these thoughts bloom and spin into each other in a matter of seconds, and then: ]

No. I don’t. [ he swallows dry, and comes out with a truth. a partial truth. ] I just, [ what, he just what— ] wanted your name.

[ it sounded more reasonable than “be with you” when he didn’t know a thing about her to begin with. ]

[bravelyathome]

Eh?

[Wait. Her name? That's what he wants? Bernie blinks up at him a few times. More than a few times really. That's..

Oh.]

Bernadetta.

[usurpers]

[ eren hesitates at his own name, but eventually when he opens his mouth again— he closes it right back up again. the vendor is sighing rather thickly now and losing patience, so eren reaches over the fae to take them. ]

Your . . . Food is getting cold. [ maybe they should . . . move out of the way, and after a few steps and out of the crowded line, eren offers them. ] I’m, [ uhhh fuck lmao. he supposes, ] you can use Kruger.

[ there is a faint smell of berry that he’d rather not take his chances with yet. at least for the time being. ]

[bravelyathome]

Kruger...

[She's still watching him for a moment then she looks at the food she's holding before looking up at him again. A little nervous swallow and she takes a bite.

Then blinks in surprise. It's so good!

One second. She's distracted from her fear.]

[usurpers]

[ wide eyes can mean way too many things. bad? good? wouldn’t she spit it out if it were bad? then again, there’s the spit or swallow question he once stumbled upon on a blind date. eren himself just downs it, nowadays.

keeping his claws at his sides and gripping at the ends of his poncho in some sort of subtle fidget: ]

Something wrong?

[ maybe it’s you, eren. ]

[bravelyathome]

Eh?

[Fear remembered!

She steps back and then suddenly holds the food up. Honestly it's meant to be a shield but really it looks like she's offering him a bite instead.]

[usurpers]

[ oh my god she’s like paranoid parrot. ]

I said I didn’t want any. Uh, [ he’d almost want to say she was trying to be nice but he could literally smell the fear off her. maybe if he . . . leaned down more? eye level? he has to almost crouch and ends up simply curved into a half bow. ] thanks.

[ . . . ]

I’m not going to hurt you.

[bravelyathome]

[The fact that he actually crouches catches her attention. She blinks as she looks at him, still nervous as she watches him.]

But you keep looming over me. It's scary, you know.

[usurpers]

[ okay. this is his chance. something is just telling him to go for it and god forbid he mess this up! looming? jeez, it’s the last thing he wanted to do. ]

I’ve— grown, a lot. I don’t realize it. [ it’s even awkward to stay crouched like this. his legs are long and bend like he still needs more space. a few black scales on his face, cheeks especially, begin to shimmer into different colors: a bright red-orange. ] Sorry.

[bravelyathome]

[Oh. She doesn't expect him to actually come down to her level and to apologize! He's...weird. Still a bit scary. But she does relax as she looks at him.

...His scales are really pretty though. She really likes how the shimmer.]

You are really big. Are you...a lizard?

[She doesn't know what all the monsters are yet?]

[usurpers]

[ it’s fine! it’s fine, now. getting down lower means his tail starts to loosely coil. ]

Yeah. [ look, to him! there isn’t much difference between them, but he does add: ] A dragon.

[ lifting his poncho around one of his arms, a wingspan is revealed. much like bat wings rather than having a new set on his back. his tongue flicks, his pupils grow, and he considers, instead of full out commenting: ]

Do you know what you are?

[bravelyathome]

[ooc: Timelinewise she finds out later so I'm going to make sure to interrupt them before he reveals to her!]


[Just before she can answer they're suddenly told to move out of the line. She blushes bright and quickly moves away so she won't block people.]

Sorry! We'll move!

[usurpers]

[ oh— dear. yes, they'll definitely move. and the question mysteriously vanishes, replaced with a new, more proper one! anyway, after a beat and of following her to away from the line: ]

Do you know your way back?

[ to wherever it was she was staying— ]

[bravelyathome]

I...I think so?

[She's still figuring her way around her. It's all a little...

Okay no. It's a lot confusing. Because she doesn't know it.]

[usurpers]

[ he really doesn't feel confidence in that, starting with using the dreaded i think. if you think, you probably don't know. guesses are made and miscalculations are banes. eren won't accept that, much less leaving her out here alone at this hour when she jumps at shadows, so— ]

I'll take you.

[ he could only gesture, awkwardly to try and get her to follow at least by his side, where, he could see her. and kindly intimidate anyone else to make way. he protec. ]

[bravelyathome]

[She looks up at him in surprise. That's so much nicer than she was expecting. Maybe she really misjudged him.]

You will? Thank you.

[At least she remembers her manners!]