[IC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[pyroman]

Sodalite moved her eyes to the new humans. One of them seemed a bit worse for ware, and while she said nothing, she did want to help them. A large part of her was curious as to how the one had gotten as roughed up as he did. Maybe they were victims of the Redeye as well, and hadn't been moving for long. She wasn't sure, but she was be sure to help them if they accepted Amber's offer. A small smile made its way to her face as she stood there. Helping them seemed like a good idea.

[21308]

Spinel raised an eyebrow at this situation. One of the humans looked like he'd just been beaten up, and did she hear one of them say that the other had been looking for them? These two had 'iffy' written all over them, and she was fairly certain that she couldn't offer them any help they might need. She didn't have healing abilities like Aquamarine did, after all.

Speaking of Aquamarine, she had said that Spinel's suspicion that some of the townspeople might know that gems had caused this wasn't completely unfounded. Spinel was sure that she wouldn't be too happy to see gems if she was in their position, and she had evidence enough to believe that they might be violent. She opened her mouth to raise this concern to her allies, but it quickly hit her that that would probably be a bad idea. Instead she curtly said "Hmmm. Nope, I'm out." and began to walk away.

[LizLegend]

Zircon nodded in agreement on the plan for the group to split up and nodded once more when told to follow Aquamarine. As she helped out when she needed to she also kept an eye out for Johnny, for it seemed like to be part of the priority. After all it would be nice to see if he was alright. After the exhale of relief was released from finding Johnny and saving him from near death, they met the guy who was with Johnny named Mayor Charles Coss. Mayor Charles Coss. Longest name yet. At least it sounded long. He seemed to have some authority of some kind so Zircon decided to lay quiet to let Aquamarine do the talking. Not only should Zircon let them do the talking but she either didn't know what to say or didn't have anything to say. If she did have something to say it has probably already been said so she didn't want to sound too redundant. Then, all of a sudden, Emerald came back and reformed. Didn't seem to be glitchy like last time, he seemed fine too. "Hi," Zircon responded simply to him, "Welcome back."

[Akayaofthemoon]

Aquamarine looked at the man's hand feeling a bit bad and confused that she had no idea what to do with it as he introduced himself as the Mayor. At least she had met the person with the most authority here and the very person that had all the answers to the questions she wanted to ask. Charles would ultimately decide if he would allow them to stay there.She opened her mouth to reply but was stopped short when Emerald's gem started to glow, breaking the protective ice globe before reforming.Welcome back Emerald. You gave us quite a scare before. Emerald this is Mayor Charles Coss, he runs the town and Mister Mayor this is Emerald. Speaking of names, the other two gems with me are Zircon and Howlite." she spoke, trying to make sure that the Mayor knew everyone or at least the ones with her. "We have others in our group here but we all split up to cover more ground though I guess that was not needed. I do have a lot of questions about this town and about the status of the people. If I can heal any of them that are too far for human care than I would like too with yours and their permission. The real question I want to ask though, is if we can stay here? If there is a peaceful place nearby where we can stay and people with the rebuilding of the town?"

[Kronshi]

"No we're fine, he just ate some bad beef jerky. Do you need anything, you look like you've gotten radiation poisoning or something," Bloodstone shouted from the bench. His cover was safe unless the human ruined it and he had now found four of the eight gems that he had seen on his scanners earlier. All of them seemed relatively new, not seeming to have any confidence.

Hmmm, nope I'm out

Except for that one. She seems to know what she wants and humans is not on that list. If she isn't an old survivor, like he was certain at least one was, then maybe he could win her over to the Home-World side by offering her a paradise away from humans. The giant seemed like a follower more than a leader and the little one was clearly going wherever the giant went. So if I win over the rebel then there is a good chance I'll get win them over as well. As for the blue one, she seemed to frightened to want to be left behind, so all he needed was to win over the clear gem and the rest are his.

[Raijinslayer]

Reggie was confused by Blake's actions until it dawned on him that the man might not want to be known as a non-human. Why else would he keep on his disguise. He looked over as the white, ghostly one seemed to wander off, wanting nothing to do with them so it seemed. Reggie then turned his sights to the others, realizing that he'd yet to do anything but stare at these . . .people(?). A major breach in the etiquette that had been beaten into his head endlessly as a child.

He'd do his best to tiddy up his appearance a little before walking over to them, taking the sheath to his sword back from Blake(politely of course) and allowing it slide in with the melodious ring of metal on metal. He'd look around a bit until he saw what he was looking for, his gun laying on the floor where he'd left it early, whuch is rather close to where the now smiliing blue girl was. He'd give a smile back before walking up to her, bending down to pick it up himself, unless she had noticed it by then and picked it up herself.

"Hello there, my named Reginald Alexander Dorvain, but I'd much prefer if you'd call me Reggie. A pleasure to meet you all, and may I ask yo have the pleasure of knowing the names of such interesting people like yourselves?" Reggie's voice took a much different tone, a bit deeper and more smooth than it had been before, like red wine. This was his sophisticated voice, which he only used when trying to be polite and give good first impression. He didn't speak like this to Blake because he'd already been caught stalking the guy, which makes trying to leave a good impression or appear polite next to impossible.

@pyroman

[pyroman]

Sodalite's eyes narrowed just slightly at the one who introduced himself as Reggie. His voice of sophistication and allure did not fit with his current appearance. A small smile graced her features, her hands clasping one another behind her. She shook her head, a soft laugh escaping her lips as she spoke. "Nope." She said to Reggie. "We were told to help people, and giving out our identities is an option I'm not taking just yet." She chirped, though if she had spoken normally it would have sounded much more rude than it did.

Her head turned to the other, looking at him wide-eyed and curiously. "And who are you?" She asked him.

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Chuck nodded at the green gem who had just formed. He had not ever heard of them doing anything like that, but he assumed that with magical space gem things, anything was possible. He smiled at Emerald, greeting him silently as he moved his attention back to Aquamarine. "Of course you have my permission to do so." He answered her first question. Though, some form of some sort would still need to be filled out to prove that the people getting healed by Aqua were injured. It was just a record so he knew who was injured, when, and by what. He hummed to himself, thinking of a place for them to stay. He had to go back quite far in his memory to remember the strange ruins not to far away.

"There's a temple of some sort I suppose you could stay in. It's all strange and upside down, but I'm sure something like that won't be a problem for you all."

[Akayaofthemoon]

Aquamarine smiled brightly, barely able to contain her excitement and hopped lightly on her on her heels."Thank you so much! The others will be happy to here the good news."she exclaimed. She had noticed that he had not yet agreed to her healing other people or rebuilding but humans had strange customs and rules. Hopefully, he would know to call on her if the town or even he needed anything. Aqua noticed that he was thinking by the look on his face and the light hum of his voice and waited patiently for him to speak. He talked about an old temple they could stay in that had a weird structure but as he stated, that wouldn't be a problem and would probably be a blessing if it kept people out of the area that were unwelcome. "That doesn't sound like a problem at all. Do you know the direction it is in?" Aquamarine questioned, nodding once she had the answer she needed.
"Thank you, Charles Coss. I apologize for meeting you and then having to run but I want to find the rest of the group to tell them the good news, unless you would like to come with us?" she said softly before turning to look at the rest of her group and Johnny. "Are you well enough to come with us Johnny? Or would you like to meet up with the other towns people?" she asked, again waiting for an answering before continuing to speak(to anyone who was going0,"Alright, let's head out and find the others."

[Loony]

There were a great number of things that Evenkite didn't like. Spinel was one of them. So when she simply left the group without any given reason, it would be strange to note that Evenkite turned around to watch her go, fidgeting for a few moments as if trying to escape Amber's grasp to follow suit. However, she seemed to think better of it and stopped, an odd smile on her face. Was it joy from being free of Spinel's company? No.

It was a smile of pride, of all things.

Registering what was being said as she watched Spinel go, Evenkite's smile twitched before becoming a frown. No, she didn't particularily trust these guys at first, not with one of them being surprisingly unhurt while the other was fine and not doing anything to help the other, which ruled out the likelihood of them being victims of the Red Eye. Perhaps Spinel's sudden departure was making her more paranoid, or maybe her judgement helped feed her own, but either way, that didn't help either. No, there was definitely something suspicious about it as Spinel had sensed, but of course, leave it to Amber to approach them of all people. She let out a small 'tch' and shook her head. Perhaps she'd have made a better leader. Or, though she wouldn't admit this to herself, nevermind the others, Spinel. At least she seemed to be able to think things through, though if ever given the chance Evenkite would not at all support the idea of her being leader.

The strange way the hurt one talk also rubbed her the wrong way, and the other's excuse? Food? Seriously? Evenkite was no expert, but somehow that seemed implausible. No, she didn't like this one bit. Thank the skies Sodalite refused to tell them their names; it was good to know she had some sort of common sense despite her apparent lack earlier when it came to handling weapons. She just hoped Amber wouldn't blow it.

No, he won't do that. This, of course, was nonsense, because Evenkite had no way of knowing whether or not Amber would reveal their identities, but despite logic telling her that having such faith in Amber was ridiculous, she still held it nonetheless. Despite this, she still dug her nails slightly into Amber's hands. It wasn't enough to actually hurt him -doing so would only give the wrong message, not to mention that it'd be more obvious to the two humans before her- but just enough to get his attention without making any noise, and then clambered up onto his shoulders, standing up to her full height, so that she could look them down.

"Good day, Reggie, sir." It was very clear in her voice that she did not mean this at all.
"However, I must apologize on our behalf and excuse the question of my blue friend here. It is of no matter to us who he is, just as who we are is no matter to the two of you. Thus we shan't reveal our names, nor do we expect you to do the same. As previously stated, we were asked to help others caught up in the incident, and as you two seem to be faring quite well -with the exception of this beef jerky incident- I'm afraid that there's nothing for us to do here, for there are others who are in more need." Her voice was awfully cold and sharp, perhaps even harsh, and she spoke of the beef jerky with great exagerration in her voice, making it quite clear that she was calling bullshit on the statement. None of this, however, compared to the look in her eyes. Though she didn't outright say it, she was letting them know very well that she did not like them, she did not trust them, and that she would have no more business with them. The three words that followed these were possibly the harshest of them all, each being more intense than the last.

"We're leaving. Now."

[Kronshi]

"My apologies, I know it doesn't sound believable but I didn't want to reveal the truth. I was in the woods when the laser hit, as I came into town and saw all the destruction, I simply hoped a restaurant was open, I can get extremely hungry. Then, this stalker guy sneaked up on me and attacked, I managed to beat him due to the fact that he has no clue how to wield that sword of his, besides do you really think I would attack an armed man while having no weapon myself. I didn't want to leave a bad impression and wanted to give this guy a chance of redeeming his reputation but seeing how that is simply going to ruin my own, that is the true story." Bloodstone walked up to the group but kept his distance to show he meant no harm, "My name is Bloodstone, I am a gem like yourselves," Bloodstone's disguise faded away as he smiled, trying to seem as genuine as possible, "but you are new gems aren't you? I could teach you about yourselves and your powers, if you give me a chance to show my worth." Bloodstone took another step forward while slowly raising his hands in the air, "I mean you no harm."

[21308]

Spinel was already a short distance away from the group by the time Bloodstone had shown himself, but she would have needed some serious hearing issues in order to not hear and take note of what he just said. Spinel had a decision to make, trust this guy or keep moving? Learning about herself and her powers piqued her interest slightly... didn't it? Up until this point she'd basically just been going where she was led, she'd given no real thought to her future or what she actually wanted. She slowed down a little and thought some more. She needed more evidence, but was it worth it to ask him herself?

Spinel scanned the area and noticed a rather nice dumpster that had been flipped on its side. It would provide next to no cover but would get her out of sight long enough for her to turn invisible and listen in on whatever was being said. She'd have her information and get it from relative safety, assuming the others asked the questions she assumed they would. She realized she'd be accomplishing basically nothing by doing this if they finished talking and she still had questions of her own, but she'd cross that bridge when she came to it.

Spinel casually walked behind the flipped-over dumpster and didn't walk back out. At least, not as far as anyone who may have been watching was concerned. In reality, she was now standing about 20 feet away from it. Just close enough to still be in earshot, far enough away that she could hide behind it again before her invisibility ran out, so as not to give away her ace in the hole to this gem and human she'd never met. ...It occurred to her that she probably should have used it far more sparingly around her current companions, but there was no use in dwelling on the past.

[Raijinslayer]

Reggie wasn't too bothered by the responses he got, it was what most people would, and had, done when he introduced himself like that. Before he could reply, however, Blake decided to speak up. He spouted a fountain of bullshit mixed with truths, and while Reggie didn't like how he was being slandered, he wasn't overly bothered by it. What did bother him quite a lot, however, was Blake's, or Bloodstone's(as he revealed himself to be) comment on his sword skills. It wasn't a matter of honor that drew his ire as it was that it was one of the only things he had to remember his family by, and to have this Star Trek reject dismiss them like that really pissed him off.

If he had been a normal person, then Reggie would've socked him in the mouth right then and there, but since he was a 'Gem' as he called himself and the tri-color trio, then he'd just bare with it. He couldn't beat the guy with his fists or a sword, and he wasn't about to shoot a guy because of this. His displeasure did show in his face and in his body language, his hands tightening into fists. With his gun hokstered and his ssord sheathed, Reghie sat down and placed his head on his palm, elbow on his knee, looking rather unimpressed by Bloodstone's tall tale.

_{"They'll definitely believe that load of horse crap . . .if they were born yesterday."} Reggie mumbled to himself, settling for giving the older gem a barrage of death stare glances, which was all he could do in this situation.

[pyroman]

Sodalite's brows narrowed even further, but she said nothing. The spiteful glares that Reggie was giving Bloodstone told her a lot about what the newly revealed gem. She took a small step away, and calmed her features. "Why?" She asked bloodstone. Why did he want to tell them about themselves? Why did he feel the need to tell that that he'd prove himself to them before actually doing it? She believed that he was trying to keep them away from something, and took once more step away from him.

[Pathfinder]

A lot was happening in such a little amount of time, it was surprising how much Johnny had actually been able to absorb. However Johnny himself was able to move by himself and it felt great, a stretch here and another there, in no time at all Johnny felt like a million bucks. His shredded clothes was a bummer but he could mend that with some help. When Emerald reformed Johnny couldn't help the smile that broke out on his face, he was honestly one of his favorites. "Yeah, I'm good enough. I'll need to find a place to park the Van anyway, what better place than at this temple?"

[Saarebas]

"Well w-" Was all Amber was able to get out before he noticed the slight squeezing in his hand, well more pinching really. He shot a slight glance down to his palm and spotted the less than pleased expression on Eve's face. Amber may not have been the sharpest tool in the shed, but even he could tell that Eve didn't want him to tell these humans who they were. Why he had no idea, but he felt like if she had a reason to become so paranoid all of a sudden it must of been a good one. Turning his attention back to the humans, who were now trying to explain who they are and what they were doing. "Well that is all well and good, but we are here to help some people. I wish you two a good day." He said just before one of the humans decided to come clean and reveal himself as, surprise surprise, another Gem. "Bloody H-" He cut himself off given that he didn't want to come off as rude. "How many of us are there?" He asked out loud. "Well it is nice to meet you Bloodstone." He said, giving his fellow Gem a slight smile. "I suppose we should- Wait why were you in the woods?" A few questions suddenly appeared to Amber's usually questionless mind. "And why were you looking for food now? Aren't Gems suppose to you know help people? Not stuff our faces after half their town got turn to ash?"

[Kronshi]

"The reason I was in the woods is because that is where the closest warp pad is, I'll explain that later. I'm not helping people because this isn't my town, I live elsewhere but come here to eat. Good food in these parts. And no, not all gems save people, like humans we have our own personalities and lives, we can chose to be whomever we want, and I'm not one for heroics." Blood tried his best to explain himself to the tall one when he heard the blue one ask why, "Why what, Help you? Because we are both gems, and I believe you all deserve to know where you came from and the history of your people. I am a commanding officer of our kind and have strong connections with our Home-World, it is my job to watch over this place and supervise the KinderGardens, the place where you were born. If not for me and my team; of which none remain, at least not on Earth, but once again I shall explain later; none of you would exist." Blood took yet another step closer and extended his hand to the giant, "This is what humans call a handshake, it is a polite greeting as well as a way to show agreement of a deal, but in this case it is me just being polite."

[21308]

Spinel could stay like this for maybe two more minutes. She waited to see Amber's reaction before making her decision. She was starting to become marginally more interested in what Bloodstone had to say, but not quite enough to show herself. A warp pad? Huh. I guess there's a lot I don't know about our technology. Spinel was still ignorant about a lot of things, apparently. Time would tell whether or not she'd be able to ask Bloodstone about any of it.

[pyroman]

"I think I'll stay here." Charles replied to Aquamarine. "I'm not fit for slaying monsters like that eye-beast, and if there are any more around, I should continue doing what I can for the town." He might have been athletic and fit, but he was not capable of fighting monsters. Even if he did, he himself had too much on the line. He had a family, he had a town, and he wasn't going to take chances every single time more and more dangerous monsters appeared to fight the gems.

"I'll do what I can and call the chief of police once I know that they town is safe again." He said to them, beginning to pick up a few things and try his best to make it just a little better.

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That sounded strange to her. Why wouldn't he help the people that obviously needed it? Was it because they were out of his town or area, or because they weren't gems? Sodalite only had more and more questions as Bloodstone continued to speak. The prospect of a warp pad seemed interesting though. She didn't know what such device could do, but she had to keep focused on what he was telling the group of four, or three as Sodalite didn't know where Spinel was at the moment.

If it was his job to watch the planet, then why wouldn't he help? It didn't make sense. "Why won't you help them?" She asked him, her mind slowly coming to a realization which hadn't taken full effect yet.

"What about the Redeye?"

[Loony]

"Hogwash."

A while ago, Aquamarine had told Evenkite that she was only as small as she felt. And right now, she definitely didn't feel small.

With her frown now replaced with a grin, the little gem jumped off from her perch, apparently unfazed by the fact that she jumping from a height over three times her own. A little more than halfway down the jump, her eyes began to glow and her descend slowed, her jump becoming little more than a gentle float down. It wasn't quite the lift she had been able to pull off on that rock a week ago, but considering she hadn't been able to pull it off since and considering she didn't even know if it was something she could preform on herself, she was more than happy. Maybe a bit shocked. But she only revealed the former feeling as she walked up towards Bloodstone, running a hand through her still messy hair, picking out a dried leaf, and crunching it to bits in her hand before tossing the fragments to the side as she did so.

"I'm very curious as to what you have to say, Bloodstone, sir, but I doubt your words greatly. It is not wise to lie to those you wish to gain trust from, and it is downright idiotic to continue to lie right after your lies are seen through. Whatever makes you think that I wouldn't catch your lies a second time around? Your stalker's reaction tells me a lot more about you than your flimsy words do. And besides your more blatant lies, things aren't adding up. If you really were in charge of keeping an eye on Kindergaten, then you haven't been doing a very good job at it. Otherwise I wouldn't have been stuck in this mess. I'd be there instead, and I'd love to still be there, but that's not exactly an option anymore. And if you don't care for humans, then why do other gems? What's your reasoning, and what's theirs?"

By now, Evenkite was only a few steps away from being toe-to-toe with Bloodstone, her arms crossed over her chest and her head tilted slightly to the side, her eyebrows raised. She let out a small snicker before continuing.

"In all honesty though, I am curious to know what you have to say, but you better cut the crap if you expect me to stick around and listen. I appreciate that you're telling us anything at all,"

Unlike some other questionable gems.

"But if you're going to continue to insult my intelligence by expecting me to buy your words, then forget it. They might not leave, but I certainly will."

[Kronshi]

"Look, everything I have said after coming clean the first time has been true, the human is simply upset that I insulted his sword-play. We kind of made nice after our... encounter. As to my capabilities to bring back the KinderGardens, well, your here aren't you? I wasn't sure when any new gems would awaken until it happened, so I set out to find you as soon as you awoke. The reason that I don't help humans is because I was sent here for one job and that job is you, what happens to the humans is none of my concern as for why others choose to help is a question you should be asking someone else," Blood started to become angry at the imp's disrespect, "And you had better learn who you are talking to before you make a Big MISTAKE!!" At this Bloodstone summoned his weapon and slammed it down beside Eve, so close that it cut off some strands of hair. Blood fixed himself and un-summoned his weapon, "I apologize, my anger sometimes gets the better of me, it being my powered emotion and all. Look, if you want more answers, I'll provide them." Bloodstone noticed figures walking this way, "But at a later point, I'm not one for large crowds and there seems to be more people arriving, so I shall be on my way." At this Bloodstone dashed off, not leaving the others any chance to ask more questions.