[OOC] Steven Universe: Second Gem War

[Stern Algorithm]

@Pietra, name your price. And since Amber's weapon changed to cleats, if it's not too late to make changes, if you could make her a bit 'sporty' that would be great. If it's too much of a setback, then don't worry about adding it.

Also, Buck Dewey is Mayor Dewey's son, right? Did your Pearl become friends with both of them?

The following is my CS for review:

Name
Amber

Appearance


Gender
Female

Personality
Amber is curious, bubbly and optimistic. She is a bit shy at times, and has difficulty making decisions due to inexperience and lack of confidence. Although she has a hard time articulating it, she has a strong desire for order and safety in her life. As a result, she tends to like Pearl.

Bio
Amber was created towards the end of the Crystal Wars in a kindergarten on Earth. While the Crystal Gems attacked the kindergarten where Amber was created to shut it down, the caretaker ramped up production in an effort to save herself. The caretaker took the newly made gems including Amber, who were too young and inexperienced to fight as an efficient army, and broke or flawed their gems, turning them into gem monsters, hoping to escape in the ensuing chaos. The plan backfired; Amber, in her monstrous rage slew the caretaker. Rose's army was forced to put down all the gem monsters, Amber being among them.

Amber stayed imprisoned in the Crystal Temple until adult Steven healed her. She has little to no recollection of her time as a monster, and has a very innocent and naive outlook in life, having been 'alive' for a long time but aware for almost none of that time.

Association
Crystal Gems

Gem
Amber (tear-shaped, polished, entrapped insect inside)

Weapon
Cleats

Gem Location
Ankle

Gem Unique Ability
Electrostasis - Amber has the ability to build up and store an electric charge, and manipulate electrostatic repulsion. This usually means that she tends to run or run in place during battle to build up charge that she can release in a weak, short range lightning spark, or with her devestating finisher, Lightning Kick, and leap into the air followed by a charged, downward strike to the head. She can also statically cling to surfaces.

Other
Her favorite movie is Jurassic Park.

[Pietra]

She became close with his son as well, yeah. Buck likes her, and calls her "Pointy Mom". As I said in her character sheet, 'Buck Dewey took to Pearl quite easily; she was kind to him, albeit rather awkward.' When she broke up with his dad, though, Buck started avoiding her. She doesn't really understand human relationships, so she doesn't understand how much she hurt him. :)

I'll post what I've done so far in a bit, I've nearly finished coloring her... whoops.

[Xenonia]

Citrine (THANKS KING KAI)

Name:
Citrine

Appearance:


Gender:
Female

Personality:
Citrine is very shy, but also very eager to help in dangerous situations. She tries her hardest to keep all parties happy at all times, in an attempt to keep the peace. Citrine is, above all, a pacifist and a caretaker. This was... Problematic, during the first war, and Citrine was decommissioned early by a strong blow to her gem. Now that she is back, she intends to be far safer, acting more cautious than ever.

Bio:
Citrine was made in a kindergarten somewhere in the far reaches of space. She was meant as a healer and support gem, first and foremost, and combat gem second. At the beginning of the first gem war, Citrine was used to heal homeworld gems and keep them in fighting condition, but when things began to get serious, she was sent to the frontlines. Once there, Citrine saw... Horrors. Horrors she had never imagined, and it affected her deeply: Almost immediately, she defected to the Crystal Gems.

Once she had defected, Citrine kept healing, but she began receiving combat orders as well: Difficult missions, perilous fighting, it began routine for her. She became reckless at times, eager to show her new comrades her skills. Unfortunately, this ended in an early decommission: a crack in her gem put her out of the fight for good, and being bubbled away was the only thing that kept her in a still living state. Only recently, when released and healed by Steven, did Citrine begin to exercise caution in the field.

Association:
Rose Quartz/Crystal Gems

Gem:
Citrine

Weapon:
Mace

Gem Location:
Chest

Gem Unique Ability:
Citrine is capable of emitting soothing blasts energy, meant to calm both animal and gem alike, as well as a slightly weaker version of the healing powers exhibited by Rose Quartz.

Other:
NONE

[Pietra]

Do you need me to change anything about it? I tried to make her boyish while still having feminine qualities (hence her smallish figure and the ascot thingy, with the skirt and bob cut hair). As far as pay goes, I don't know how much to charge... so just... um... pay whatever you think it's worth, I guess? $20? $25? $.01? I dunno.

[LokiLeo789]

Yeah, I guess a character based on fighting wouldn't really fit, since this is more of a romance and shipping rp from the looks of things. Sorry to trouble you.

@clanjos

This is defiantly a fighting RP, it is based around fighting a WAR! You caused no trouble, I just don't want to incorporate a whole another can of beans in something that is centered around Gems.

@Pietra, name your price. And since Amber's weapon changed to cleats, if it's not too late to make changes, if you could make her a bit 'sporty' that would be great. If it's too much of a setback, then don't worry about adding it.

Also, Buck Dewey is Mayor Dewey's son, right? Did your Pearl become friends with both of them?

The following is my CS for review:

Name
Amber

Appearance


Gender
Female

Personality
Amber is curious, bubbly and optimistic. She is a bit shy at times, and has difficulty making decisions due to inexperience and lack of confidence. Although she has a hard time articulating it, she has a strong desire for order and safety in her life. As a result, she tends to like Pearl.

Bio
Amber was created towards the end of the Crystal Wars in a kindergarten on Earth. While the Crystal Gems attacked the kindergarten where Amber was created to shut it down, the caretaker ramped up production in an effort to save herself. The caretaker took the newly made gems including Amber, who were too young and inexperienced to fight as an efficient army, and broke or flawed their gems, turning them into gem monsters, hoping to escape in the ensuing chaos. The plan backfired; Amber, in her monstrous rage slew the caretaker. Rose's army was forced to put down all the gem monsters, Amber being among them.

Amber stayed imprisoned in the Crystal Temple until adult Steven healed her. She has little to no recollection of her time as a monster, and has a very innocent and naive outlook in life, having been 'alive' for a long time but aware for almost none of that time.

Association
Crystal Gems

Gem
Amber (tear-shaped, polished, entrapped insect inside)

Weapon
Cleats

Gem Location
Ankle

Gem Unique Ability
Electrostasis - Amber has the ability to build up and store an electric charge, and manipulate electrostatic repulsion. This usually means that she tends to run or run in place during battle to build up charge that she can release in a weak, short range lightning spark, or with her devestating finisher, Lightning Kick, and leap into the air followed by a charged, downward strike to the head. She can also statically cling to surfaces.

Other
Her favorite movie is Jurassic Park.

@Stern Algorithm

Citrine (THANKS KING KAI)

Name:
Citrine

Appearance:


Gender:
Female

Personality:
Citrine is very shy, but also very eager to help in dangerous situations. She tries her hardest to keep all parties happy at all times, in an attempt to keep the peace. Citrine is, above all, a pacifist and a caretaker. This was... Problematic, during the first war, and Citrine was decommissioned early by a strong blow to her gem. Now that she is back, she intends to be far safer, acting more cautious than ever.

Bio:
Citrine was made in a kindergarten somewhere in the far reaches of space. She was meant as a healer and support gem, first and foremost, and combat gem second. At the beginning of the first gem war, Citrine was used to heal homeworld gems and keep them in fighting condition, but when things began to get serious, she was sent to the frontlines. Once there, Citrine saw... Horrors. Horrors she had never imagined, and it affected her deeply: Almost immediately, she defected to the Crystal Gems.

Once she had defected, Citrine kept healing, but she began receiving combat orders as well: Difficult missions, perilous fighting, it began routine for her. She became reckless at times, eager to show her new comrades her skills. Unfortunately, this ended in an early decommission: a crack in her gem put her out of the fight for good, and being bubbled away was the only thing that kept her in a still living state. Only recently, when released and healed by Steven, did Citrine begin to exercise caution in the field.

Association:
Rose Quartz/Crystal Gems

Gem:
Citrine

Weapon:
Mace

Gem Location:
Chest

Gem Unique Ability:
Citrine is capable of emitting soothing blasts energy, meant to calm both animal and gem alike, as well as a slightly weaker version of the healing powers exhibited by Rose Quartz.

Other:
NONE

@Xenonia

Both are accepted.

[Pietra]

Do you need me to change anything about it? I tried to make her boyish while still having feminine qualities (hence her smallish figure and the ascot thingy, with the skirt and bob cut hair). As far as pay goes, I don't know how much to charge... so just... um... pay whatever you think it's worth, I guess? $20? $25? $.01? I dunno.

@Pietra

@Stern Algorithm, in case you didn't see it. Also, @Kafka Komedy, I finished Sard as well. I took a few liberties with his design- you said in his bio he's a fighter, so I changed his outfit to sort of a boxer-esque thing, but kept the overall appearance and color scheme. IDK.

[clanjos]

Honestly, he's got the motivation to come to Earth (kill gems), he's got the skills (fighting style based around hurting Gems), and he's got the backstory (gave up his homeworld, family, and friends to go around space killing gems for years) to make for a villain building off of the Gems' warmongering and lack of respect for the sanctity of non-gem life. Heck, even their lack of respect for gem-based life. Remember Lapis and all the other neat toys they have that are powered by enslaved gems?

[Kafka Komedy]

Holy crap Pie, that looks freaking awesome! Sorry I can't pay, I don't exactly have any expendable income. At least, not right now, I'll see what I can do. Still though, it's a really cool take on him, and I love it.

[Stern Algorithm]

@Pietra It's really awesome, and you got it done so quickly too. Thank you so much. Let me know if you didn't get the payment. Thank you for bearing with my vague criteria.

@Kafka Komedy Sorry, I didn't mean to put you on the spot by bringing up the whole payment thing.

[Kafka Komedy]

It's alright, SA. Anyways, I'll slap that sick new art on my CS once I get done with school. If Sard ever poofs, he'll definitely look like that.

[LokiLeo789]

Hmm, probably get started on Thursday or Friday.

Honestly, he's got the motivation to come to Earth (kill gems), he's got the skills (fighting style based around hurting Gems), and he's got the backstory (gave up his homeworld, family, and friends to go around space killing gems for years) to make for a villain building off of the Gems' warmongering and lack of respect for the sanctity of non-gem life. Heck, even their lack of respect for gem-based life. Remember Lapis and all the other neat toys they have that are powered by enslaved gems?

@clanjos

I understand that, and I can see the prospect of other alien races in the story. Heck, I can imagine a whole ship of them coming to earth after the war or something. But this is a Gem Vs Gem based RP, I can't accept a non Gen character, unless they are human, I'll probably accept that, if they are well made. But I can't accept lizard man, sorry. Your welcome to create a Gem!

[KiltmanBagz]

Name
Balas Ruby

Appearance:

Gender:
Female

Personality:
Some see her as a 'mother bear' type, and it is easy to see why. She enjoys being active and productive, it is rare to find Balas simply 'doing nothing' when she can be doing something useful or giving aid to another. She has a hands-on nature that make her seems to have a bit of an 'warrior of old' kind of persona. Often laughing and smiling, even in the heat of battle, and does not shy from combat. But when the going gets rough and the danger truly significant, Balas's energetic smile will fade away and she will demonstrate a very focused, deadly serious nature, revealing a much more no-nonsense side of her more similar to a battle commander. She does not tolerate serious threats to her allies lightly and will be the last willing to leave a fight to ensure other have a full chance to retreat.

Bio:
Balas Ruby is a very old 'foot soldier' gem, even by many gem standards. So much so that those of the same type as her are no longer called balas rose but 'Rose Spinel'. Long and faithfully she had been a warrior of the home world, for countless millennia she lived on the Gem's front lines until the stood as a dominate and rarely challenged force in their part of the universe. From there she had been reassigned to security detail on Kindergarten projects. She didn't only think that working as a guard was a waste of her abilities but she didn't like the results of the Kindergarten program. She always had half a mind to do something about it but she was but a single warrior, not a leader or strategist, and didn't believe she was able to convince others to follower her lead. But lucky for her, someone else came along. Rose Quarts.

She gladly joined the crystal gems in defense of this planet, and fought fiercely on their behalf of the crystal gems until, and she can't quite remember how, she was corrupted and became a horrible worm monster, as adult steven explained to her after she had been restored. She was pleased to once more give her skills in service to the earth and the crystal gems.

Association:
Homeword EX
Crytal Gems Current

Gem
'Balas Ruby', more commonly known these days as 'Rose Spinel

Weapon
A bearded ax. Normally appearing as a massive, pinkish-red, two-handed bearded Axe. The pole nearly longer as she is. The full length of the blade of her ax head is foot and a half. She can shrink it down to a smaller, single handed bearded ax when speed is more important than power.

Gem Location
Shoulder

Gem Unique Ability
Sonic wave generation: Balas demonstrates the ability to produce powerful sonic waves. Allowing her to release powerful short range bursts of sonic energy from her hands or ax, or much more powerful, larger bursts from her mouth as a roar like blast.

Other
She really enjoys shiny things, especially red shiny things, and her personal space is often filled with various trinkets of the sort

----EDIT----

@Pietra Oh wow those are Fantastic, I would also gladly commission your take on Balas!

[LokiLeo789]

@KiltmanBagz

I really enjoy your character, can see her as leader, or taking the lead in some bad situations.

Accepted!

[Pietra]

Balas Ruby

Name
Balas Ruby

Appearance:
Her entire body, and her eyes, is a pinkish-red, kind of like the color of a rose-wine. Save for her raven hair. It is pulled back into a long braid that reaches past her knees. She stand about 5'4'', and while is not very impressively tall, she is broad shouldered and well toned. She dresses in red jean-shorts, and tends to favorer a simple-red tank-tops that have big 'R' on the center in white. Heavy, leather, combat boots and leather fore-arm-armor. Her gem is a square cut on her right shoulder.
Gender:
Female

Personality:
Some see her as a 'mother bear' type, and it is easy to see why. She enjoys being active and productive, it is rare to find Balas simply 'doing nothing' when she can be doing something useful or giving aid to another. She has a hands-on nature that make her seems to have a bit of an 'warrior of old' kind of persona. Often laughing and smiling, even in the heat of battle, and does not shy from combat. But when the going gets rough and the danger truly significant, Balas's energetic smile will fade away and she will demonstrate a very focused, deadly serious nature, revealing a much more no-nonsense side of her more similar to a battle commander. She does not tolerate serious threats to her allies lightly and will be the last willing to leave a fight to ensure other have a full chance to retreat.

Bio:
Balas Ruby is a very old 'foot soldier' gem, even by many gem standards. So much so that those of the same type as her are no longer called balas rose but 'Rose Spinel'. Long and faithfully she had been a warrior of the home world, for countless millennia she lived on the Gem's front lines until the stood as a dominate and rarely challenged force in their part of the universe. From there she had been reassigned to security detail on Kindergarten projects. She didn't only think that working as a guard was a waste of her abilities but she didn't like the results of the Kindergarten program. She always had half a mind to do something about it but she was but a single warrior, not a leader or strategist, and didn't believe she was able to convince others to follower her lead. But lucky for her, someone else came along. Rose Quarts.

She gladly joined the crystal gems in defense of this planet, and fought fiercely on their behalf of the crystal gems until, and she can't quite remember how, she was corrupted and became a horrible worm monster, as adult steven explained to her after she had been restored. She was pleased to once more give her skills in service to the earth and the crystal gems.

Association:
Homeword EX
Crytal Gems Current

Gem
'Balas Ruby', more commonly known these days as 'Rose Spinel

Weapon
A bearded ax. Normally appearing as a massive, pinkish-red, two-handed bearded Axe. The pole nearly longer as she is. The full length of the blade of her ax head is foot and a half. She can shrink it down to a smaller, single handed bearded ax when speed is more important than power.

Gem Location
Shoulder

Gem Unique Ability
Sonic wave generation: Balas demonstrates the ability to produce powerful sonic waves. Allowing her to release powerful short range bursts of sonic energy from her hands or ax, or much more powerful, larger bursts from her mouth as a roar like blast.

Other
She really enjoys shiny things, especially red shiny things, and her personal space is often filled with various trinkets of the sort

----EDIT----

@Pietra Oh wow those are Fantastic, I would also gladly commission your take on Balas!

@KiltmanBagz

I'll work on her today, and see what I can do with her! Apparently the cost for a commission like this is $20 to $25, according to my more accomplished friends. But really, pay whatever you think it is worth.

[clanjos]

Halite

Name
Halite, The Berserker

Appearance:
Halite is... big. Nearly as tall as some fusions, nearly as wide from muscle mass. His face is constantly twisted in rage due to the carefully placed imperfections in his gem affecting his ability to feel other emotions. His skin SHOULD be a ghostly white, but becomes reddish-pink due to the sheer amount of anger he feels at all times. He usually shows up wearing a simple jumpsuit.

Gender:
Male

Personality:
Halite is constantly seething with rage. Nobody knows if he has some traumatic event in his past, if he's been hit hard by the betrayal of Homeworld, or if he's just belligerent. While option three IS definitely true, there's a much simpler explanation: His gem was purposely flawed in order to make sure he was constantly angry in an attempt to make a more powerful soldier. He actually can't feel any other emotions without also experiencing anger. Because he's so angry, other Gems tend avoid him. They treat him like a machine or some kind of monster. And that makes him furious. It makes him miserable. It means his one joy in life is making the Gems as angry and miserable as he is.

In spite of this, he's found that the rage grants him a twisted clarity. He refuses to take part in the gem war now- seeing all that death, and watching all those humans using what little life they had defending their home has made him realize just how spectacular non-gem life can be... and just how terrible Gem society and psychology is as a whole. Where his former comrades and the earthbound gems see life as a thing that happens, he sees it differently- each and every thing, human, animal, or otherwise, is a miracle. Gems, on the other hand, are a race of psychotic warmongers who care nothing for the thoughts or dreams of others.

Bio:
Halite was born and bred as a warrior. Though a low-end gem, it's amazing what sheer belligerence can accomplish for a warrior. Many of the earthbound gems preach the value of love and friendship for the strength of a warrior, but Halite's incredible service record was powered by hatred and vitriol. As a low-class warrior, he was always treated like crap, and made sure to repay it in kind. He was just as unpleasant, belligerent, and hateful as you'd expect of someone viewed as a meatshield and possible weapon. He ended up getting left behind and corrupted during the Gem War, spreading his gem's influence to a site that would be host to many bloody battles over the centuries.

Then Steven went and healed him. Steven didn't freak out, didn't immediately start barking orders. He wanted to get to know Halite and actually asked him if he wanted to help fight. Halite shrugged and said "Nah," deciding that the Gems' problems were no longer his problems. The rest is history.

Association:
Formerly Homeworld, now neutral.

Gem
Halite- the crystal form of Salt.

Weapon
Sledgehammer

Gem Location
Back of his mouth. Why put a vulnerable spot where enemies can get at it?

Gem Unique Ability
Rage. He's constantly angry, and knows exactly how to make others angry.

[LokiLeo789]

@clanjos
A neutral entity. Hmm. How does he fit into the RP if he is neutral when it comes to...everything in this RP. In assuming you have a plan, so I'll just go with it. The only problem is the ability, make it, about more like a special ability. Everyone knows how to irritate another person. Once you fix that he is accepted. Oh and do some tweaking to the bio, created with no emotions, then is ee flaw in his gem.

[Kafka Komedy]

Hey, Loki, how much control do most Gems have over their weapons? Could Sard shrink down his shuriken at will?

[LokiLeo789]

Hey, Loki, how much control do most Gems have over their weapons? Could Sard shrink down his shuriken at will?

@Kafka Komedy

Depends on the Gem. Garnet was able to enlarge her Gautlets in that one episode when Steven thinks about what Garnet did that day. So, it you want your Gen to be able to do it you can. It just had to make sense with your weapon. A spear should not be able to grow larger, but you weapon can.

[clanjos]

@clanjos
A neutral entity. Hmm. How does he fit into the RP if he is neutral when it comes to...everything in this RP. In assuming you have a plan, so I'll just go with it. The only problem is the ability, make it, about more like a special ability. Everyone knows how to irritate another person. Once you fix that he is accepted. Oh and do some tweaking to the bio, created with no emotions, then is ee flaw in his gem.

@LokiLeo789

@LokiLeo789
I'm going to be honest, I can't make heads or tails of that last sentence.

As for a special ability, how does controlling the direction of gravity around him sound?

[KiltmanBagz]

Garnet also does it in during the very beging of Warp Tour for further evidence that isn't steven making shit up lol