[center][h3][i][color=ed145b]Nadia Parnel[/color][/i][/h3][sub]Bride of [color=808000]Exon[/color] ([@Ellion]) and sister-bride to [color=33d6c2]Saisri[/color] ([@RomanAria])[/sub][/center]

Nadia didn't notice Saisri was standing beside her until the taller gem spoke, smiling to hide her surprise as she was pulled from her thoughts. A good thing, she supposed, as all her thoughts were leading her down a line that she'd probably be best not thinking about for now. Exon had already said earlier that he'd treat them well so long as they behaved, but if something so simple as clapping could be misbehaivior...

Saisri had asked her a question, she realized as the sudden appearance of a ball of water over the fire reeled her back into the moment once again. [color=ed145b]"Oh, tea sounds great."[/color] She spoke quietly, raising her voice to continue, hopefully sounding less shaken than she was. [color=ed145b]"You have quite a bit of skill yourself, I'm not that good with my element. I'm just, careful."[/color] Thankfully she didn't continue that thought with the reason, as she was distracted by the apperance of the new Gem.

She wasn't sure what she should have expected, she knew that Drakkens did mark their brides in some way, though all the stories she ever heard described horible rituals and bloodshed. Something as simple as a tattoo seemed like a blessing compared to what could have been. [color=ed145b][i]Just like being chosen by Honey-bear, rather than one of the more brutish Drakken.[/i][/color] She smiled at the thought. Perhaps the gods were watching out for her now, she'd have to find a way to thank them later. 

Nadia watched as Saisri did as Exon had asked of them, looking away when she realized that Saisri wasn't shy about this at all. She started doing the same herself, turned away from the other people in the room because she was indeed shy, before realizing something. The one flaw of this dress. She and her mother had never made buttons for the back or any other way of putting on or taking off the dress other than sliding it over your head. She would have to take the dress off completely in order to uncover her back.

She slowly untied the strings that cinched up the waist of the dress, and sighed before resigning herself to this. It would have happened eventually, she thought as she pulled the fabric off over her head, her husband seeing her naked. What she wasn't comfortable with were the other two girls in the room seeing her like this. She stayed facing away from everybody, and held the dress close to herself, covering her front entirely. [color=ed145b][i]I hope this will be quick...[/i][/color]


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 Nadia has worries, and tries to push them aside. There's a reason for things. Also, she had to take her dress off and is really uncomfortable with that.
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