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Kamilah is the femslash ship between Kamille Bernaud and Rainah from the Marionetta fandom.

Canon
Kamille falls in love with Rainah at first sight when she bumps into Rainah and Sahed in Episode 1. As they walk away and Rainah passes by Kamille, Kamille heavily blushes and thinks to herself how she has just met the love of her life. As Rainah and Sahed are leaving, Kamille decides to follow them to their tent where the two are getting ready for their show.

In Episode 13, when Rainah was found out to be an ah’kon, Kamille stands in front of Rainah with her arms out to defend Rainah in front of multiple people. She tells the officer to leave Rainah alone and that she has done nothing wrong. An officer tells her to just let them do their job but Kamille does not budge, Rainah is surprised and stares at Kamille, and Kamille continues shouting at them and saying that they don’t have any right to take Rainah away. The officer gets angry and threatens to take Kamille away too but Rainah immediately puts her hand in front of Kamille protectively, and finally says something, she shouts at the officer asking what he thinks he’s doing. Later when things get resolved, Rainah goes back into her tent looking down, and Kamille is seen worryingly looking at her.

In Episode 15, Rainah catches Kamille and Julia spying on Sahed and Tonny, Kamille apologizes while blushing, but Rainah drags the two to Sahed and Tonny. Rainah goes to make tea but drops the teapot, Kamille rushes to her and Rainah doesn’t look very well. Kamille offers to help clean up since she doesn’t want Rainah to cut herself but Rainah tells everyone to go away while covering her face, Kamille is hesitant but leaves with the rest.

When Tonny is talking about the ah’kon, Kamille says she thinks their three eyes are beautiful. Later at night, Kamille and Julia are talking about how Sahed turned into a “huge, beefy guy” and Julia wonders if Rainah could also turn buff which makes Kamille completely flustered. After Julia mentions that, Kamille ends up leaving to go find Rainah.

In Episode 16, Kamille asks Dotty if she’s seen Rainah, but she unfortunately has not. Kamille is disappointed as she wanted to ask Rainah if she could turn buff (but she admits realistically, she probably wouldn’t have been brave enough to ask). Kamille goes out and sits down in a field of white flowers and thinks to herself. While lost in thought, Rainah suddenly appears which completely surprises Kamille and she blushes intensely while asking Rainah what she’s doing here. Rainah says that because of the spiritual string, this was the furthest she could go, and she liked it. Rainah sits down with Kamille and tells her she likes her clothes and flower crown. Kamille immediately takes off her flower crown and offers it to Rainah. Rainah is surprised but says there’s no need since it’s Kamille’s. Rainah says that the flower crown also doesn’t go with her dress, and adds on that Sahed insists they always have to match.

Rainah tells Kamille she should come see her and Sahed’s joint illusion show sometimes and Kamille blushes, saying she would love to. Rainah then thanks Kamille for defending her, especially since she has never heard of a Kalgratti citizen like her do so without hesitation. Kamille then admits to only joining the circus so that she could get to know Rainah and Sahed better and that she wants to be their assistant, and she’ll do anything they want. Rainah is amazed and lets Kamille design some outfits for her and Sahed. If Rainah ends up liking the drawings, Kamille can become their costume designer. Kamille agrees, and Rainah tells her she can’t wait to see what Kamille comes up with.

Kamille works hard on the outfits to the point of exhausting herself. When she finally finishes, she goes to give the outfits to Rainah and Kamille. When Kamille finds Rainah, Rainah asks Kamille if she would like to stay and have breakfast with her and Sahed. At breakfast, Kamille shows them the costumes and a 20 page essay on her creative process on the designs.

Rainah tries on her outfit with Kamille in the room which causes Kamille to blush intensely. She looks down in embarrassment and covers her face, thinking about how this is the best day of her life. In the middle of her thoughts, Rainah asks Kamille if she could give her a hand which breaks Kamille out of her thoughts and makes her even more flustered. Rainah then says she doesn’t need help anymore and tells Kamille she’s ready. The outfit ends up fitting perfectly and Rainah asks Kamille how she got her size so exact. Rainah stutters and says she’s got them all figured out while thinking about how pretty Rainah looks. Rainah is very happy with the dress and thanks Kamille while placing her hand on top of Kamille’s. Kamile ends up being accepted as their costume designer.

In Episode 23, Kamille comes to Rainah telling her that she’s already designed the makeup to go with the outfit and wanted to get Rainah’s opinion. Rainah says it sounds good and sits down with her eyes closed. Kamille blushes and asks what she’s doing and Rainah tells her it’s best if they do a makeup test so she can see if she likes it. Kamille asks Rainah if she can really do it and Sahed says it seems so, although “it’s unheard of for Rainah to let someone touch her face”. Kamille then starts applying the makeup and Rainah tells her she can’t wait to see what Kamille has created. Kamille tries to concentrate so she won’t let Kamille down. She keeps telling herself that it’s not that hard and it’s just like painting puppets but once she applies Rainah’s lipstick she gets distracted. Kamille gets flustered and thinks about how nice it is to look at Rainah so closely and how lucky she is.

In Episode 29, Kamille comes into Rainah’s tent with a bag of drinks and food. She tells Rainah that she’s been working a lot of hours and maybe she should take a break and eat something but then interrupts herself when she sees what Rainah looks like. Kamille blushes and asks Rainah what’s up with her clothes. Rainah asks Kamille if she looks plain and boring enough and Kamille replies telling her she’s the least boring person in the world. Rainah tells her she’s trying to blend in and Kamille gets excited, saying that they could take walks around the circus together without raising suspicion but Rainah tells her it’ll have to be another day because she has to do something. While Rainah is leaving, she tells Kamille she should head to the circus and stay there for the night. Kamille is confused but agrees and says bye to Rainah.

Fanon
Kamilah is the most popular femslash ship in the Marionetta fandom. Most people are supportive of this ship considering Kamille's canon crush on Rainah, although some dislike it because they think the ship is one-sided, or that it's weird because they believe Kamille has only just turned 18 while Rainah is chronologically 50+ years old. However, it was confirmed earlier on in the story that Kamille is around 20 years old and physically, Rainah seems to be in her 20s also.

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