Reggie continued to smoke his cancer stick little by little, only giving slight nods and affirmative noises to the gems. He would read the paper later, cause right now, he felt incredibly drained. Man, what time is it anyway? Sleep doesn't sound like that bad of an idea, come to think about it, especially after a day like today. Reggie gave a low yawn when he Eve suddenly stopped talking, which drew some confusion from the young man. Her question brought slight confusion until he felt the wetness on his cheeks.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just remembering one of those mistakes I've made is all, nothing for you to worry about." Reggie got back up with a stretch and another yawn, scratching his head a little as he took final rag of his cigarette, before throwing it on the floor and putting it out under his heel. "That being said, I've got to some sleep, and so do you. It's been a really long day, even more so for you." He picked up the paper and cigarette that had been dropped on the floor, pocketing them before motioning for Chromite to lead the way. He'd make a quick detour to the equipment room to get his bag before they were led to their quarters.

If Eve wanted to, his bag would be available for her to sleep in, while Reggie would take off his Gun and Sword and lay them next to his bad, before crashing on it and falling to sleep almost immediately.

@21308
@Loony

As soon as Sodalite returned to the ground, the gem stepped off and curled up into a ball. So much had happened in so little time. She didn't know how to respond to it all. She met new friends, found things of interest, fought robots, tried to rescue a friend, lost the aforementioned friend, and so much more in between. She said nothing and did nothing, allowing her mind and body to relax for just a moment, as she didn't know when then next turn of events would happen.

Aquamarine was relieved when the other two headed out to the temple and waited by herself in the vast eerie darkness of the Kindergarten at the point where the last wrap had been. She hated this place even more so at night but she would wait here as long as she could and would keep coming back until she could find a way to the others on Blood's ship. In all honesty, she didn't want to have to tell Spinel that the warp was locked and that unless they found the exact base and went there in person, there would be no way to retrieve the others. She didn't know what to do plus she was sure that Spinel wouldn't stay away for long. She needed to think...
The beam of light made her jump back and lose her train of thought as the warp pad activated once more and she moved into defense, not sure who or what would pop out. She relaxed at seeing Sodalite's familiar form before stiffing, watching the young gem curl into a ball causing panic to rise as she rushed to the other. Aqua knelt down on her knees in front of Soda, looking at the blue gem and felt her heart pain at the sight before her. This was not physical pain...this was how she looked and felt the day Blood had chosen Gem kind and she had walked down another path. This was the pain of loss and the numbing overwhelming that came with it. She wrapped her arms around Sodalite, hugging her tightly as a small tear slipped down her cheek. She had hope this would never happen to them and for now she didn't need to know what happened on that ship even though she could guess a few things.
Evenkite had needed space and Sodalite hadn't given it too her so so many possibilities could have happened but that didn't mean the blue gem deserved what had happened.
"Don't give up on her Sodalite...Sometimes we do and say things we regret when everything is too much. I am not saying that it is right but try to forgive...if it has nothing to do with things said..if she chose Bloodstone than you must respect that chioce even if it hurts..." Aqua said softly, the only words she spoke as she scooped up the gem, holding her close as she carried the other back to the temple.

Emerald lay there, flat on his face at the top of the staircase, wondering what had happened. It might've been the shock of going from ecstatic to flying through the air at a speed that could be described as "way too fast" in about a tenth of a second. Speaking of which, his face hurt. A lot more than it should've. Physical pain was really only something he had experienced once before, when he got shot by a laser eye. He pushed himself off of his face after a few seconds of collecting himself, and saw Zircon's hand reaching out towards him. He grabbed onto it with one hand, reserving the other for covering the left side of his face, where he had landed. He pulled himself up and stumbled a bit before facing Zircon. "Th-thanks, Zircon. I guess I wasn't-" He fumbled around with the words for a second, still a bit dazed. "Wasn't looking where I was going." The scratches burned a little, possibly because the old floor wasn't the cleanest thing in the world. He stood up on his own after wobbling a bit and walked over to the wall, slumping against it and coughing a bit. The long day had taken it's toll, especially what with all the excitement. Emerald had a feeling that this had happened at a bad time.

@Akayaofthemoon@21308
Melanite looked back at Aqua as she walked off, she worried for her safty and well-being but...she could tell she was strong! Melanite turned her attention to spinel now, "Hello, i am melanite, i heard you're name as spinel correct?"

The month had flown by fast as the gems grew accustomed to daily life with each other while helping to rebuild the town to its former glory as well as having Aquamarine teach them more about how to fight. The falling of the brightly colored leaves signaled that it was nearing the end of October, Mohs Town citizens already had started setting up Halloween decorations leaving the town littered with skeletons, spiders, and other terrifying monsters of the like but with the gems now knowing how to use their weapons, who knows how long those will be standing. It seemed as though life had returned to almost a normal state for the town, the people accepting the gems into their world with relative ease and coming to terms faster with it probably because of their help fixing the place and the fact that the weirdness or damage had been pretty low. Life could almost be counted as peaceful.

Aquamarine's door started to etch in a glowing design, signaling that she was leaving her room which she had deemed the starlight grotto. It had been so different to the other rooms she has had in the past but then again she was now different herself. No more were the clouds but now she looked at the wall of almost stars from her watery river below, everything a glow. She found that it was soothing to looking at the night sky's of Earth and gaze at the world she knew was out there. Her room wasn't the only thing that was different though, she thought while stepping out into the main area where the other gems were most likely to be hanging out. The once horrid and broken down temple had been fixed in multiple areas to make it a little more homey for everyone but it still had much more that needed to be done as the further reaches of the temple were still left in their original messy state. Today the young gems and her had planned a field trip of sorts to another Kindergarten location, one that would have injector's and different gem relics that the one near them did not. It wasn't the main reason of the trip but would be beneficial to the young gems none the less. The true reason for the trip was to teach them how to use the warp pads themselves.
"Is everyone ready? Who wants to give it a try first?"

Howlite jumped up excitedly, a hand waving in the air like a small human child in a classroom. She quickly rushed over to warp pad, hopping onto it with a large grin as the little gray lizard sped after the gem and trying its best to keep up. The gray gem bent down, letting her tiny friend move onto her hand before placing the creature in her hair. She covered her head, planning on holding her friend down so it wouldn't float off as she waited for the others, happy that she could try warping.
A small chuckle left Aqua at the young ones antics and she stepped carefully onto the warp pad. "Come on everyone!" Howlite called, bouncing slightly.

Meanwhile on the ship, Blood has managed to teach Reggie about the basic functions of the monitors. He had decided to leave Eve to her own devices but made sure that Chromite kept an eye on her. The ship was eerily quiet as Blood left the temple in his ship and went to find Reggie and Eve.

Blood went up to the two, he had made plans to let the two leave for the time being to
re-accustom themselves with Earth. "Hey you two, good news. Reggie, since it is around a holiday for your race, I'm allowing you to return to Mohs town to celebrate and as for you Eve, the newborn gems and Aqua have warped to a different Kindergarten for whatever reason, I'm allowing you to warp to them and hopefully make amends. You both can return whenever you want or even deny this offer, but I think it would be best for you to get off this ship every now and then." Blood walked over to the warp pad at the center of the room and activated it before looking at the two, "So, what will it be?"

In the kindergarten, we're canyon walls dotted with the imprintments of gems who were"born"a very very long time ago.But there was a gemstone embedded into the canyon wall, yet to form.This gemstone resembled the geometric shape of an emerald, but was smoother and more roundish and it also had a very deep Indigo color, this gemstone was on the verge of becoming the physical third eye of a gem with a strange weapon, this gem was Azurite

Emerald ran after the others, wiping sleep from his eyes. "Wait up guys! Don't leave without me!" He ran up to the warp pad and stepped on. He had wanted to return to this place, he found the various machines interesting. He found it amazing how you could fit a ton of tiny bits together to make things from a van, to a robot, to just an everyday tool. "I hope the spider robot wrecks are still there, I'd like to scavenge what's left and see how they work. Maybe I could mess around with the components and make something else entirely!" He wondered if anything had changed, or if---wait a second... "Um, Aquamarine, what if there are other Gems there? New ones like us?"

Reggie didn't respond to Kirk at first, currently using the monitors to map out a design he had for adding som Gem Tech customizations to his DE, as well as binge watching the last few episodes of Game of Thrones. Given the lightyears difference in technology, it was easy to hack into HBO to stream the videos to the ship.

George, you're a fucking monster. Why do you do this to mr, dp you enjoy seeing yoyr fans in pain? Reggie thought as he wiped his tears from the last episode, turning around to continue his work, only to finally register that the Captain was on deck. Playing back what he had announced, Reggie decided that it would be best for his health yo take a break, he'd been stuck in this room messing with the monitors ever eince Kirk had taught him how they operated.

"I guess a bit of fresh air wouldn't be so bad, and it's, what, Halloween or something. I guess my new clothes could help me fit in better around this time of year." Reggie's old clothes had been tossed a while ago in favor of some new lightweight gem armor. It was form fitting with some cool plates covering his vital areas. He'd had Kirk do some redisgn to seperated it into a shirt, pants, and boots, as well as having a jacket to go over it. He'd had the yellow diamond insignia replaced with a crossed gun and sword, his own little crest if you will.

Standing up, Reggie reached into his pocket to pull out his lighter, lighting up his last cigarette to take a few puffs before he continued talking.

"Eve, I'll be coming back up here more likely than not, but if yiy want to stay back on the ground, don't feel obligated to come back up just for me, okay?"

@Loony

@Kronshi

The month had gone by painfully slow for Sodalite. Since she had reached the temple was was shown how to enter her door, she spent almost all of her free time in her room. If she wasn't there, she was about the town, quietly finding lost and old items that she would collect and add to her room. She also had a surprising amount of books in her room as well, but the story of how she accumulated them all was for another time.

She had constantly reminded herself that she should have at least tried to get Evenkite back from Bloodstone, but her lack of conversation that particular moment made her believe that it was the reason she was on this path. They could have Evenkite and Reggie with them, but due to Sodalite walking out when she should have tried to mend the situation, that wasn't how it turned out. To keep herself busy, she spent as much time as possible in a book, fiction or otherwise. The Art of War, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Lord of the Rings series, the Illiad and the Oddesy, and many more were ones she loved. Some of them she still had yet to acquire for her collection, but she had indeed read them.

A few minutes before Aquamarine had made her entrance, Sodalite left her room, the large clock inside said room telling her that it was almost time for them to be going. Angular patterns and gears appeared on the door. The central gear began to spin, causing all other connected to it to spin as well as open the door. Sodalite walked out slowly and wordlessly, and waited patiently for Aquamarine.

When the older gem did get there, she nodded, following Howlite and standing on the warp pad. From what she could gather, the warp pad woul essentially start up when gemkind got into close enough proximity of it. Once they were ready, they would let out what she could only assume to be something similar to the biometric readings that humans had, and the warp pad would take notice of these specific readings and warp accordingly. Though, she had no idea if it was true or not. So much about their race was shrouded in mystery, and she had a burning desire to learn more. however, it was not the time, and she simply followed Aquamarine's instructions.

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Meanwhile, Mayor Coss was taking a stroll along Agate Road, taking in the changing atmosphere of the town. He quite enjoyed Halloween, and misse the days when he and his father would spend weeks at a time working on new, fancy, and scary Halloween creations so that only the bravest of souls could pass through to get delicious candy. Of course, he wanted to do something similar with his own son. Unfortunately, he wasn't as handy as his father was, and since his father was a carpenter, he also lacked the tool required for making the things that he made as a child. It was a little sad, but Chuck still found ways in the season to bond with his son.

Spinel

Spinel walked to the warp pad as Aquamarine had instructed and stood on it. "Will this take long? I want to learn more about this Halloween event the humans have been preparing for!"

Chromite

After Reggie and Evenkite had departed, or at least as soon as they were both out of earshot, Chromite approached Bloodstone. "Commander, might I have a brief word with you? I know it may not be my place, but I've done my best to accommodate Reggie the human and the as of yet unaffiliated Evenkite for a month now and I feel as though..." she thought for a moment on the best way to word this. She felt like she deserved more of an explanation than she'd been given, but she wasn't going to say that. "I feel like I'd be able to perform my duties better if you would tell me more about where you expect this to go. Reggie seems harmless enough, but Evenkite very clearly doesn't trust us, nor does she seem to consider us allies. Trust not given mutually is trust given foolishly Commander, and I fear that allowing this Evenkite to do as she will for any longer without choosing a side will do more harm than any potential good."

It had been a month and things seemed to have quieted down again. However, Candice's work was never done. She kept herself well hidden in plain sight as a normal citizen, as she spied upon the strangers as they helped rebuild the town and the citizens grew accustomed to their presence. But as her father had always told her, nothing is as it seems. Why did these strangers want to help? ...They must have some sort of insidious plan for the citizens. For now, she can't assume anything though. She had learned of where they were living and how to get there. She wanted to place bugs and cameras in there, but there was always at least one of those strangers in there, so she didn't have a chance. The best she could do was spy on them through the drone.

Today started like any other day for Candice. She wore her comfortable attire which consisted of jeans, running shoes, shirt, and a sweatshirt (for the cold early morning breeze) and with her weapons stowed, hidden, and ready for use should she need to fight, along with her cell phone and wallet, she headed out of her motorhome to go and investigate the Kindergarten area.

The trek was long but as she trekked she was able to answer a phone call from one of her associates while it only seemed as though she was the only person in the barren area, "Ghoste, here," She listened to the caller on the other end of the line, before she pinched the bridge of her nose and she sighed "Dammit Powers! I'm busy with my own mission right now! I can't fly over to Gravity Falls and help you! Just call for some reinforcements! You know the code word. Now don't let Stan Pines get away again! Understand?!" After speaking, Powers answered her and hung up. She sighed as she finally reached the Kindergarten. She looked over the Kindergarten before venturing into the area.

She couldn't help but mentally shake her head at some of her co-workers. How did Powers and Trigger even get hired in the first place? She looked around Kindergarten for at least the tenth time. All of her previous investigations of this place led to nothing except for some small clues and nobody here. She kept on looking until a glint of sunlight bouncing off of a nearby object caught her sight from the corner of her eyes. She looked towards the object and she saw that there was something giving off light from some distance above her in the wall; It wasn't the sunlight! She looked at it in curiosity. It looked a lot like what happened in the footage yesterday...

At first, there was only darkness, an endless void that bore no beginning, nor end. Aimless was my drifting, barely comprehending anything around me. The silence was deafening, drowning out and suffocating every thought with it's heavy embrace. But sometime later, however, images began to flash in the darkness. Flashes of faces and places that held an echo of familiarity, yet no memory to accompany it, sughts of towering cities and the vast expanse of the cosmos. These were happy images, joyful feelings abounding in everyone, but this euphoria would soin be followed by despair.

Flames raced across the void, painting a scene of chaos and destruction, figures clashing all around in heated struggles, and the sounds of earth-shattering explosions like the booming if drums to this orchestra of sorrow and violence. In hand, two golden daggers set ablaze by an inner light, in heart, the hollow memories of those they've slain weighing me down into an ocean of regret. I look up, eyes burning with unshed tears aa I harden my heart and charge into the fray, adding the clang of my blades to the never ending sounds of war.

Then, as suddenly as they came, the images left me, once again enshrouded by darkness. I'm left wondering at what I saw, left to ponder if it was a memory, if the feelings felt truly were mine to feel. I feel pain, and more than that, I feel hatred for this void. It shall trap me no longer. I push against it with all my being, with all the strength I possess, until finally, cracks break acrossthe blackness, blinding me with their radiant light, and in such divinity, I grin with euphoria flowing through my body.

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In the KinderGarten, near the height of the tallest cliffs, a golden light was shining from the rock face. It would shine like that for a while, visible to all who may be in the valkey below, u til it suddenly intensified. The rock gave way to reveal a glowing figure, basic at first, but it soon would gain the details to identify a young youth with wild hair like a mane hanging from the edge of the cliff. His eyes would open to survey the valley below, before he simply let go, falling forward towards the ground at an astounding rate.

Seconds before making contact, he'd twist his body around so that he'd make contact feet first, causing a rather loud 'boom' to resound through the area, as well as raising a rather large cloud of dust around the figure. Crouching low, he'd soon stand at his full height, which was well over 6 feet. His golden eyes, flecked with bits of reds, blues, and blacks, looked down at himself, investigating the form he'd been given. He'd slowly raise his arm up, inspecting the odd object attached to the underside of his wrist. When faced with such a thing, there was only one course of action necessary to investigate it.

He opened up and tries to pull at it with his teeth.

This action was very soon aborted, however, as the pain and general weirdness the actiin shot through his body instantly told him that it was a bad idea. After that mishap, he quickly turned his attention to his surroundings, soon looking over to see a figure of similar shape to his, but with obvious differences.

Hmmmm, what the hell is that thing? I wonder if it talks . . . wait, can I even talk? How do I even know what that is? The tall figure puzzled over it for a little whi.e longer, before shrugging his shoulders and turning his atrention back to the figure. His eyes narrowed slightly before he bolted forward at very high speed, tackling the figure to the ground before they could react. Looking down at the figure, he gave a innocent smile before reaching forward to swipe the glasses from their head, looking them over before trying them on, then deciding he didn't like them and putting them back on the figure.

"Well then, What the hell, are you, do you know what I am, and what's with your chest? It's all weird and squishy? Is it supposed to be like that?" As he spoke, the new gem woukd poke the figure's chest with a look of child-like curiosity in his eyes, wonderong why this figure was so much different in appearance then himself.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

A month. That's the amount of time of how long has passed, already. This month had felt like it had gone by so fast. At the same time it felt like it even felt like it had been longer than a month, but Zircon wouldn't know what longer than a month feels like, would she? Although, this 'Halloween' thing was coming up soon. Whether Zircon was interested in it or not, she didn't know yet. Well it does sound nice, but it's still something to debate about to herself. Although she should probably learn more about it before she even decides to like it or not.

Before getting up from the ground--for some reason Zircon likes to lie on the ground no matter how hard it may be or feel--where she was lying on around wherever everyone is, she rolls on the ground towards the warp pad for about the third of the way before actually getting up and walking over there. Zircon followed the others' actions and stepped on the warp pad. Zircon thought to herself for a few seconds and followed up on Spinel's question, "And if it does take long, how long are we thinking?" Zircon merely asked out of curiosity. Zircon remembered back to the feeling of impatience when it occurred a couple more times throughout the month. Only over little things though, no big deal or commotion. Luckily she tries to keep it all in her head. She wasn't feeling impatient, she thinks so at least. The only reason she thinks of it now is because she really hates it when she, herself, gets all testy like that. Zircon also became slightly cautious-slash-concerned if her question came off as impatient. Right now, Zircon just doesn't want it to get in the way or let alone, don't jinx it, let it let her comrades down because of her. Easy, Zircon. Easy.

Candice watched as the light seemed to take shape into a figure and the details appeared as the light faded. She gasped lightly as the figure fell, adjusting his body so he would land on his feet. She watched as he studied himself, as though he was confused. As he tried to use his teeth to take out the gem, she recalled the footage she saw last month and how it seemed as though the gems were really important physiologically to the strangers, and it was apparent that the same fact applied to this person. This person was the same as those strangers.

Her body instinctively and immediately tensed when the man turned to look at her, and before she even knew it, he ran forwards and tackled her to the ground, causing her to let out a yelp as she was knocked to the ground and she looked up at him. Normally, if someone tackled to the ground it was so they could try and kill her. But with this youth, she didn't see malice or fear in his eyes, but childish curiosity and he wore an innocent grin, so she didn't move to strike back. When he took off her glasses she blinked rapidly as her vision became blurred. As he looked at her glasses and tried them on, she said to him politely "Could you please give me back my glasses?"

Soon enough he did and she gave a "Thank you," in response. She at first wondered if he was able to speak, but the question in her mind was answered as he asked her his questions. She opened her mouth to answer, but before a word could even escape, her mouth slammed shut, her eyes widened and, possibly for the first time in her entire life, her face rose into a violent, deep red blush. She lightly swatted his hand away from her small chest as she somewhat pleaded with her embarrassment and discomfort with this situation showing in her voice, "Stop that! Yes, my chest is supposed to be like that!"

She then cleared her throat, trying to regain her composure (this honestly was the first time she ever lost her cool while she was on a mission), before she said to the figure above her, "To answer your questions, I know vaguely as to what you are, but I do not know who you are. I am a human, but my name is Candice Ghoste,"
She then requested "Could you please let me stand? It is difficult to hold a conversation like this..."

"I could . . ." The gem said, though he made no effort to move from his current position, spacing out at the word 'name'. It plucked a curious chord in his mind, causing him to scratch his chin as he spoke his thoughts aloud."Do I have a name . . . I think it's . . .Marra Mamba? I don't like that . . . too long . . . I'll go by . . . Mar, no, Mars, yes, perfect. My name is Mars" The gem, now dubbed Mars, looked down at Candice, his eyes still holding the same curiosity as before, though this time followed by a hint of smugness as he realized he was in the position of power.

"More questions. One, why did you smack my hand, two, what is a human and are there more of them, three, how did you get your face to change like that and why? Answer me those questions, and I may be inclined to get off of you, but not a moment before. Heck, while we're at it, tell me what is the purpose of your weird chest, anyway?" While waiting for Candice to answer, he gave a quick glance around the area, feeling a sense of foreboding about this place. "What is with this place, cause I really don't like it."

A whole month of helping rebuild the town, getting gawked at for his size, and falling on his face more times than he wanted to admit went by mind boggling fast, or at least for Amber anyways. The month also contained a lot of training from Aqua and honestly Amber was starting to feel more and more of the fighting to come naturally to him, as if he was built for it. He didn't just rely on throwing the nearest rock anymore, he actually thought about what he should do to resolve the situation, though like Aqua always reminded him Amber still had a lot to learn. All that aside Amber was really excited about this little trip Aqua had planned, he had been wondering about that weird warp pad thing for a while now and was pretty happy that he will finally get to use it. So with a large grin on his face Amber fallowed after the others. "Don't forget 'bout me lads and lasses!" He said with a hearty laugh.

Candice groaned silently as the stranger answered her question but didn't make any move to let her stand up. She listened to him when he seemed to be recalling his name and decided to be called Mars instead. She wasn't surprised that he asked more questions, but she was still somewhat blushing (even though it lessened from red to pink at this point). She was lucky that this guy wasn't even considering hurting her at this point, so there was no reason to try and shove him off.

She answered him to the best of her abilities (even though it was hard to answer some of those questions without having the discussion become awkward), "OK, um...Humans, or Homo Sapiens, are a species from the primate family and they are the dominant species on Earth. With that said, there are more humans like me. What happened with my face was not in my control, so I can't really explain that very well except that my face changed because blood rushed to my face," She then quickly answered his other two questions to get it over with, "I smacked your hand away because I didn't like being touched there. The purpose...is a little complicated to explain," She hoped that he would take the complicated answer.

She wasn't sure if he listened to her answers or not, but she looked around as well, and she answered him, "I'm not sure myself, but I do know that this place is dangerous. Last month there was an attack on some strangers who were like you, and it led to an attack on the town nearby,"

Mars nodded at everything that Candice said, stroking his chin as she spoke before lowering himself down until they were looking each other in the eyes. "I'm getting off, but I understood almost none of what you just said. I want you to explain this whole 'species' thing is, as well as what ever this 'blood' substance you speak of is, and you will do so as we march to this 'town' place."

After getting her conformation that she would indeed do all of those things, Mars placed his hands down on either side of her head, than quickly lifted himself via a hand stand using only his upper body. He'd stay like that for awhile before completing the motion by forming a table with his body bent over backwards, than lifting himself up again, this time with just his lower body. He'd stand there for a few seconds, contemplating how he just did that, before shrugging it off and going over to pick up one of the weird objects lying on the ground.

Picking one up by the handle, he examined the it for a little bit. It was moderately sized with a nice curve and a dual-edge, but even though it felt familiar in his hand, it just didn't feel right, so he let it drop to the ground with a clang before walking back over to Candice. "I'm bored if this place, so let's hurry up and get out of here already."

@Akayaofthemoon
Melanite was waiting in the group of gems, she was excited to learn something new, since until now she had been mainly just practicing her combat skills and her currently new favorite thing: Sleeping. She watched Aqua, smiling in response to the question of if they were all ready, then when asked to get on she lit up and quickly got onto it, smiling real big with the thrill of curiosity.