[IC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[Akayaofthemoon]

"Emerald, if we wanted to go to the Kindergarten near us we would just walk. This will be one of the other Kindergartens placed on Earth. It should not take long at all since the primary reason for this trip is so you all can get use to the warp pad and maybe have some of you guys try out warping everyone instead of me.Once we return, we shall inquire what this Halloween is suppose to be. It would be fun to try a human celebration, no..I think the Mayor called it a Holiday.Aquamarine answered before continuing, "I'll warp everyone there and we will take turns warping back. The warp pad will activate when everyone is ready and read our gems, humans can warp but only if a gem is with them. The most important thing is that you need to know is where you are going or the pad can't bridge you there. This is why I will have you all learn to wrap back once we arrive at the other Kindergarten since you know where the Temple is and what it looks like. Now hold on and prepare yourself for when you land, it might be a little hard to get the first time well at least for the smaller or light ones anyway."
That being said, the warp pad lit up, surrounding them in a beam of light before the warp zipped them up and the beam of light closing behind them.
A new light shown, the gems deposited onto the new warp as the Temple was gone and the new Kindergarten was their view.

[Kronshi]

"Chromite, trust given that is not mutual is the best trust to give. When you first got here you had no trust in me and was simply doing you're job but I trusted you with everything even my life. Now, you are the most loyal soldier I've ever had and the mutual trust is at its highest. Someone has to give first or it will never be returned, besides I owe someone a favor." Blood walked over to Chromite and looked her dead in the eyes, "Or do you not trust my methods anymore?" At this, Bloodstone walked over to the scanners and saw that one gem has appeared in the kindergarten at Moss town. He walked over to the warp pad and activated it, "Either way, I have work to do. I don't think I'll need you this time though but feel free to come I'd you wish." Blood then warped to the Kindergarten and saw the gem straddling a human. This should be interesting. "Hello, am I interrupting something?"

[Loony]

The first half of Eve's life, roughly a month, had gone by much quicker than the second half. Which was saying quite a lot, since that first half was also incredibly long. The first week or so on Bloodston'e ship in particular were impossibly long, and Eve couldn't help but feel tense with every waking moment, half expecting Bloodstone to pull off something behind her back. Indeed, every moment of that week was a waking moment for that very reason, and as tired as she felt, especially on the first day, she could not bring herself to sleep. But to her surprise, confusion, and appreciation, Bloodstone did keep to his word. Not only that, but he had given her the space she felt she so needed. With time, the little gem became more and more comfortable around the commander. Trusting? Not so much; she felt trusting enough to finally give out her name and genuinely consider his offers, but otherwise she was virtually as doubtful of him as before. But she did begin to warm up to him, even if just by a little. Chromite, on the other hand...She was even more hard to read than Bloodstone, and though she also kept her distance, Eve wasn't quite as friendly with her.

Though she hadn't taken up Bloodstone's offer, Eve did commit to her own sort of training. She wasn't able to summon a weapon, but she did practice her levitation religiously, eerily quiet and concentrated while doing so, slowly building up her endurance. For reasons she could not explain, it was always easier when Reggie -whom she had grown quite close to- was around. When she wasn't keeping Reggie company, she, in the same eerily quiet manner as when she was practicing her levitation, was usually found doing one of three things: working on one of her many revisions of her apology letter to Sodalite, doodling on whatever scrap paper she could with Bloodstone's pens, or simply exploring whatever she could of the ship. She was doing the former of the three when Bloodstone had arrived, standing up and flipping the paper over onto its blank side as soon as she was aware of his presence, listening to what he had to say.

She could scarcely believe it.

"Leave," she repeated, thinking for a moment and letting the fact that Bloodstone was actually telling her this sink in. She had no idea what 'Halloween' was, but being around Reggie had made her a lot more interested in the behavior and habits of humans. She also wanted to try and make it up to Sodalite, even if it meant having to be around the company of Emerald, Spinel and Aquamarine, assuming all the gems that chose her side still remained on her side. Plus, she also missed Amber, even if he was a loudmouth. But more than anything, she wanted to be back on the ground, away from the confines of the ship, the only reason she hadn't left already was because of Reggie. The opportunity to do all of this and be able to return if she pleased was more than enough reason to, for the first time in her life, take one of Bloodstone's offers. A small smile spread across her face.

"Thank you, Bloodstone sir, I would very much appreciate the chance to return to the ground," she said, giving a slight dip of her head.

Turning her attention back to her paper and pen, she folded the former carefully and capped the latter while her eyes began to glow, Reggie's bag -more like hers at this point, she really did settle for sleeping in it as it was the closest feeling she had to sleeping in her hole, and it also held all her scrap paper- floating towards her as she did so. It dropped to the ground gently and she fumbled with the zipper of one of the smaller pockets.

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

Why wouldn't I come back up just for you?

Eve froze. The zipper was left open half way, the paper and pen still in hand. She had been caught completely off guard, not by Reggie's words, but her own inner reaction to them. Stifling a chuckle, she unzipped the rest of the bag pocket, gingerly put the paper and pen in, picked up the back and floated up to his level, looking him in the eye.

"As much as I'd love to leave here, I don't want to leave you, Reg. For your sake and my own. If you're returning, in all likelihood, so will I. Now come on, you doof," she grinned, dropping the bag into his hands and making her way towards the warp pad, "Let's go already, before Bloodstone changes his mind."

[pyroman]

Her eyes turned to Amber. He was one of the two he had really ever spoken to in the past month, but she had only talked to him about plans to get Evenkite off of Bloodstone's ship. If she wasn't in her room silently scolding herself for making the wrong decision or thinking of a way to get Evenkite and Reggie out, she was busy making battle strategies. Contingencies upon contingencies, she worked without sleep to create every possible outcome based off of what she saw on Bloodstone's ship and what she had seen of his current team.

She said nothing to him. She had long assured herself that he was tired of hearing her go on about freeing the little gem and human, and instead looked down at the ground just as the blue light enveloped them.

As they reached the new kindergarten, Sodalite crouched down low, doing her best to stay upright. It was strange, using the warp pad, but she'd get used to it in time. Still, she said nothing, and instead began to wander to take in the sights.

[21308]

Spinel

"Ah, that was something." Spinel said half-heartedly. Per her normal way of reacting to things, her feelings on this whole situation were pretty vague. "So then, are we going to try to accomplish anything while we're actually here, or just take turns going home?" Spinel's words might have implied that she was interested in rushing things, but seeing the Kindergarten again was a rather pleasant experience for her. She thought back to her first memories of being in such an empty, lifeless place and how peaceful, even content she felt. She half-subconsciously walked off of the warp pad and away from the group. She just felt natural being alone, and even though she was now inextricably bound to her new group of friends, she already started to have difficulty imagining being anywhere but here.

Chromite

C-commander, I didn't mean to imply- Chromite did not have time to finish what she was going to say however, as Bloodsotne had already left. Bloodstone said that he probably wouldn't need her, and she believed him. She paced through the ship, considering what she should do next and how she might be able to apologize. Perhaps it simply wouldn't come up again. Chromite happened upon Eve and Reggie. "Ah, hello there... you two. It sounds as though you're going to be leaving soon, correct? To observe some type of celebration the humans are planning? Perhaps you could use an escort, I'm not exactly busy right now. Chromite secretly wanted to keep an eye on Eve, but maybe that wasn't such a secret. She did feel somewhat responsible for her and, to a lesser extent Reggie as well, and really did want them to be safe, if mostly because failing to protect them would mean failing her orders.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Candice tensed at first when Mars leaned closer and stared at her in the eyes, but she relaxed a little in relief when he said that he was going to let her up but on the condition that she explained more of her answers to him. Well...at least he wasn't asking further about the subjects that made her blush. However, just before Mars moved, she heard a strange noise nearby and a familiar voice from a month ago. She looked and saw that it was the stranger that opposed the blue woman...the one who was responsible for firing at Mohs Town and endangering so many lives.

When he asked his question, she regained her cold and stoic attitude (the blush was thankfully gone), just as Mars used an interesting method to stand up. While Mars was studying the blade, she quickly stood up and she looked to the stranger and she answered clearing her throat with a fist in front of her mouth, "No, you were not interrupting anything," Deep down she felt embarrassed that someone else had seen Mars straddling her. She resisted the urge to face palm.

She crossed her arms and she discreetly studied the stranger in front of her for the gem that she could strike at if he tried to attack her. She asked, knowing it would be unwise to show that she knew who this person was, "Who are you?"

@Raijinslayer@Kronshi

[Akayaofthemoon]

Howlite giggled as she flopped onto the ground, her little gray friend popping out of her hair just seconds before she hopped up, following after Spinel happily before rushing off in another direction in child like wonder.

Aquamarine felt the familiar floating, levitating weightless just a moment before she softly touching down on the warp pad with ease. She was glad that almost everyone was able to get a pretty good hang of the landing instead of all of them falling flat on the ground like she had seen others do many times before. She had been a bit startled fell, about to offer her a hand up when the gray gem dashed off after Spinel how she listened to most. "They don't have any fully intact injectors around the Kindergarten at home so I thought I would show you all one here. They are, of course, deactivated but at least I can give you more of a visual to explain and show you a bit of how you all came to be." Aqua answered Spinel before stepping of the warp pad to walk with the others. She let them wonder around, ask questions as well as answered them but made sure they didn't split up too much so they didn't get lost.

Once they had stumbled upon and injector, she had been about to stop and show them the different parts when the ground began to quake. The Earth splitting and cracking from the ground up through the walls, the holes allowing the cracks to spread out. Boulders tumbled from the canyon walls crushing on down below making the Gems have to dodge out of the way from the rubble or it would have surely landed on top of them. Dust kicked up as the quaking got worse by the second and Aquamarine quickly pulled out her harpoon, not trusting that this was a natural occurrence. "Everyone, get on guard!" she yelled, just as a large creature shoved out of the a hole in the ground and crawled, its gaze locked onto the Gems. The Corrupted Gem pointed its stinger at them as sharpened crystals shot out in rapid speed, the group quickly split up from one another. Aqua quickly yanked out the chain at the bottom of her staff as the Corrupted gem went for on of the younglings with its pincers. She narrowed her eyes, putting all her strength into a sharp toss, slamming it into the side of its body and pulled to much it just enough off balance so the pincher would miss the other gems. In a swift motion it spun around, trying to slam it's tail into the them as it jerked against Aqua and twitched in pain. She had to force away the hurt she felt at seeing the Corrupted Gem this way but it needed to be done or someone could get hurt.

Aquamarine quickly yanked her weapon back, getting into a defensive position as it continued to thrash about. Its focus turned off her for a moment while it tried to catch it's barrings, looking to the closest which happened to be Spinel (There is reason I had to put Spinel) and it moved to attack with its pincers, stinger at the ready. Howlite's eyes widened, glaring as she jumped into action, bringing her battle axe down on the the tail and cutting it slightly. It screeched, knocking Howlite backwards hard into the wall and she felt herself freeze as its blood eyes stared into her. Fear rose at lightening speed in Howlite as the creature turned on her, her weapon disappearing and failing her the moment she needed it most. She threw her hands up in a natural reaction a human might to protect their face as the pincher went to stabbed her.

Aqua moved fast, running as quickly as she could manage and praying she made it in time to be Howlite's shield and defense. She slid in front of Howlite, knowing that she would not be able to block the creature with her weapon in time. She felt the pincher impale her body as she brought the weapon down on its arm. Her hands shook as she let go of her harpoon, her throat catching in a silent scream as she couldn't breath or move...it was if time had slowed down but she didn't focus on herself, she couldn't. She twitched in pain, turning as much as she could her eyes widening in horror as her hands went to her mouth as she looked into Howlite's terrified eyes that were gazing through her gray fingers.The sharpened pincher buried into Howlite's gem causing the others body to look as if it was cracking. "HOWLITE!!!" Aquamarine screamed in complete heartbreaking agony, tears flowing down her cheeks as she struggled. Her voice now found, she cried out in pain as the other completely fell apart and she wanted to collapse. The pain in her body and emotions was almost unbearable...she had been stabbed before but this time it was like nothing she ever had felt in this moment. She faced forward one more, shakily looking down at her body as the pincher pulled away from her, leaving her to slam onto the ground since her legs couldn't hold her. Aquamarine slowly rolled over, knowing she didn't have long before her body would fall apart and she would be in her gem. She shakily reached her hand out to Howlite's remains with blurry vision as the tears wouldn't stop falling but just as she was about to touch a piece of it, she poofed into smoke. The cracked blue tear drop gem falling to the dirt next to Howlite's shattered gem shards.

[Pathfinder]

Time flies when idle hands are turned to work, something Johnny was finding himself enjoying as he went on. As the Gems helped so did Johnny, becoming synonymous with them as the reconstruction came to a close. With his blood, sweat, and tears Johnny planted a seed in the town which tethered him to the spot. The one time he tried to leave had him driving back on the third day. The town, its people, and the Gems had sunk their claws into Johnny's heart and he was here to stay for the long haul.

With giving up his nomadic lifestyle brought unforeseen consequences, like how he was going to fill his time. Being stationary meant he could no longer fill long stretches of the day with driving across the country, which proved a problem for the restless soul. He tried playing his guitars for hours then switched to hiking when he feared carpel tunnel was about to come knocking. Eventually he had to give up hiking as well as he was burning through his clothes faster than he could clean. One after another he tried different things, each having its own issue that forced Johnny to give it up. That is until he found a job.

As it turns out, giant laser beams are enough to cause people to leave forever. Because of this fact, the "Bee and Bard" diner was understaffed and in need of a waiter. Johnny coincidently fit the bill for a good waiter, friendly, attentive, and a good enough multi-tasker to not accidentally put mustard in your coffee. It didn't pay all that much but it allowed Johnny to fill the time and to learn about a bit about the people of Mohs town.

Punching out for the day, Johnny hung up his apron and left for some wandering. Halloween was coming up, a day of magic and monsters to most but to Johnny it held a more personal meaning. The day prior would be his birthday which meant he would have been on this wonderful planet for a full twenty two years, God he never felt as young or as old when his birthday came around. Must be the weather.

Walking through the town, Johnny's thoughts turned to his newfound friends. He worried about all of them, the danger they were in for just existing had kept him up some nights at the unfairness of it all. Sodalite was watched more carefully than most, Eves' abandonment had affected the poor thing something fierce. Aquamarine was more or less the same, always the matronly glue holding the chromatic bunch of misfits together. Amber and Emerald were both odd in their own ways, but they were friendly enough. The others, Zircon and Spinel, were less well known known by Johnny but he cared nonetheless.

Soon enough Johnny found himself at The Van and with nothing better to do decided it was as good a time as any to bust out the guitar. "Today is an acoustic kind of day." he thought to himself as he tuned the old girl down a bit before beginning a soft tune, something like a lullaby in intensity. A smile graced his lips as the sound flowed through the air, today was a good day.

[Kronshi]

"Oh me, that's not important. I'm here for that one." Blood said, motioning towards Mars.

"HOWLITE!!!"

It came from the warp pad, Aqua's voice. Blood quickly rushed back towards the warp pad and ported to the Kindergarten he knew they were going to. It was terrible, a large corrupted gem threatening the newborns. "Like hell I'm letting some beast hurt these gems!!!" Blood rushed forward in a blind rage, no weapon in hand. The corrupted gem went to strike Blood with its pincers but before they could hit him, a bolt of lightning struck the beast destroying its claws.

"Get Back!!!" His voice resonated like thunder, blasting the beast back into the wall. Blood charged the corrupted gem and grabbed it by its tail, lifted it up, and began to slam the beast multiple times into the ground. Bloodstone then ripped the gem stinger off of the beast forcing it to poof.

Blood stood there with the Gem in his hand, seething with rage in silence for the longest time. He bubbled it and sent it to his temple before walking over to Aqua's gem. "You idiot. How are you supposed to protect the gems of you get yourself injured? Howlite could have survived if you hadn't done something so foolish. What were you thinking? What if I hadn't shown up? You're such an idiot!" He turned towards the newborns, and brought Aqua's gem and Howlite's gem shards to them, leaving them with Spinel. "Go Home... Now."

[21308]

If Spinel had ever had a nightmare to know what one was, she could honestly say seeing Bloodstone stand there with Aquamarine's gem, immediately after another one had just been destroyed, was her worst. She was shocked when Bloodstone handed her Aquamrine's gem with no explanation as to why, just orders to go home. "Th-thank you..." she managed to stammer out. It was unsatisfying, but that was all she could think of to say. "I'll pay you back for this, I'm sure you'll need me to someday." Feeling like she didn't owe Bloodstone- or at least that she wouldn't owe him forever- was important right now, as Spinel needed as few things on her mind as possible.

She fought hard to maintain her composure and not get emotional, not now. She found something like a pouch in her clothing and carefully tucked Howlite's shards away, but she kept Aquamarine in her hand. The constant confirmation that Aqua was still there helped keep Spinel together. She walked back to the warp pad, which she had only moved so many paces away from and stood there.

[Loony]

"Well? Hurry up then!"

Eve was more than ready to leave at this point, the idea of simply being on the ground (even if she wouldn't actually be on the ground too much thanks to the beast she knew as the wind) once again was enough to make her feel much giddier than she had felt in a rather long time. Chromite's comment had definitely taken her by surprise, and she couldn't help but feel that something was off.

"Oh, um...No offense, Chromite, ma'am, but why the sudden interest? Is it because Bloodstone ordered to keep an eye on us? Because I don't think that statement still stands once we return to ground. And I hope I don't sound rude, but I'd rather you not join us, as I just wanted to...You know...Nevermind. Pretend I said nothing, words are failing me right now. They've been doing so for a while," she said with a small, humourless chuckle, thinking of all her scrapped letters to Sodalite. Yes indeed, words were troublesome things, and she knew that they had their own sort of power. She had seen so with her own eyes with Sodalite, and knew she had to choose hers more carefully. She wasn't particularly concerned with her words to Chromite; as long as she didn't anger or insult her she would be fine, but nonetheless. Her eyes were fixed on her toes for a few moments, silent, before she eventually lifted her gaze back up.

"Anyways, my previous statement still stands, but if you insist, you can come along with us, as long as Reggie's okay with it. Though again, and with all due respect, I'd rather you not. If you do come I just want to ask that you -and you too, Reg- give me some distance when I go to see Sodalite. She'll most likely be wary of you," she said, looking to Chromite, and then to Reggie, "And possibly even you, with your new getup and whatnot...And...Well, she's probably going to be wary, upset, and angry around me enough as is since I've spent so much time with Bloodstone, and I don't want to put her on edge any more than need be. That, and I want to...I want to talk to her alone. Fair enough, ma'am?"

[HaltingBlooper]

Emerald had just touched down on the warp pad, as Aquamarine had called it, when the shaking knocked him onto the floor. He quickly looked up, and then..everything seemed to slow down. There was...some kind of monster! He couldn't see what was happening, but then he heard Aquamarine yell out "HOWLITE!" Emerald froze for a second, spacing out with his mouth agape. It...it sounded like Howlite had been...whatever it was called. He then stopped. Hey, it's alright! Amber came back, and I came back, so everything's gonna be fine!" He had started to run over towards them when...Bloodstone walked towards them? No, he was holding something. There was Aqua's Gem, which meant...that monster must've hit her or something. Well, at least she would be back in a few....hours, hopefully? Maybe? He looked at what else there was...a bunch of pieces of...Howlite's Gem? Wait...WHAT? "Wha-I mean, whahappentoHowl-" Then he remembered. Aqua had said something about....what happened to Gems when they were healing? He then froze. She had said something like Thank goodness it wasn't cracked, otherwise that would be really bad. But cracked is one thing....shattered? Emerald's flashlight-eyes came on, making sure it wasn't just some piece of rock....no. That meant...Howlite is gone? Everything else blurred out, and Emerald passed out, falling onto the somehow dustier Kindergarten floor.

[pyroman]

Sodalite has started to wander, but the very moment the corrupted gem made itself known, she rushed back to rejoin the group for combat. Her arms encased themselves in light before her gauntlets appeared. It was much too big for her to fight, so she stayed on the defensive side. Hoever, all of that stopped when a tragedy happened. She froze. Howlite's gem was no more, and Aquamarine was called back into her gem. They now had no leader, nobody to guide them.

Then Bloodstone appeared, a gem she had a somewhat antagonistic opinion of. However, his actions had made her question her view of him. She said nothing and did nothing, only watching the events in front of her unfold. She didn't know what to think of him yet. She continued to stay quiet, but the mental image of the word 'Villain' floating around his head didn't seems fitting anymore.

[Saarebas]

Amber had just landed on the warp pad, less than gracefully but at least he didn't fall over. It seemed already everyone had started to spread out and do their own thing, Amber himself decided he should just fallow Aqua and listen to what she had to say. The goofy grin that formed on his face quickly faded when the ground began to shake and rocks fell from up above, Amber himself just narrowly avoided turned into a pancake though he did have to knock aside a few of the other rocks that were falling do to him not being the quickest on his feet. What happened next was just too horrid and fast that Amber could hardly comprehend what just happen. First a giant monster appeared and began attacking, not just attacking but winning, then the creature cornered Howlite only for Aqua to jump in and... they were gone. If all that wasn't enough out of no where Bloodstone appeared and completely destroyed the monster, ripping it apart as if it was nothing. Amber stood there in shock, he didn't know what to say, he didn't know what to do. Then Bloodstone gave the simple order to leave and it clicked with Amber, almost like a instinct, to do just that. Amber walked up to the others, his expression a mixture of sorrow and a odd seriousness for Amber. "Lets get out of 'here..." He said to a low tone as he looked down to the others. He then looked to Bloodstone and merely starred at the Gem for a few moments. "Thank you si-" Amber began before cutting himself off. "Thank you." He corrected himself before he gave a slight nod to Bloodstone and turned on his heels and started to head back to the warp pad, taking up the rear of the group.

[LizLegend]

Upon arrival at the Kindergarten Zircon landed on the warp pad, almost losing her balance for a second. By the looks of it seems like people were already starting to wander their own ways, so Zircon started to slowly pace around herself while looking at the new scenery. She didn't go too far from anyone. But it was real soon--literally, real, soon--when something fast and unwanted started to happen. As Zircon felt the ground beneath her shake it's only natural for her by now to react by putting her right foot in front of her and bending her knees into a fighting-like stance while bringing her right hand beside her gem on her left hip, ready to 'draw' her weapon when or if needed. Everything happened way too fast though. With the appearance of some giant monster thing some blows were exchanged, but the biggest blows of all was the poofing of Aquamarine and the shattering of Howlite's gem. If Zircon had a heart she would feel it sink like a fast-dropping elevator, and it would weigh a ton. There was no hiding Zircon's shock; wide eyes, half-open mouth and everything. Zircon cussed under her breath at the situation before gritting her teeth slightly. Zircon wanted to move. She just wanted to move and do something. Especially put up a fight of some sort to this...thing...monster...whatever it is. But someone else just took up the job of putting up a fight. Bloodstone. What? Bloodstone? The supposed bad guy Bloodstone? Why? When? While watching Bloodstone beat down the creature, the shock on Zircon's face was still visible. Except her jaw isn't as dropped, widened eyes still active though. And with that the beast goes down by the hands of Bloodstone. Quite the performance. When he gave Aquamarine's gem and Howlite's gem shards to Spinel, Zircon slowly stood up straight to cease her stance and putting her hand down as well. Zircon slightly narrows her eyes when Bloodstone gives orders to go home; her suspicions rose. But this was not the time to be picking quarrels. That, and there's no reason to. Glancing at the others back and forth, Zircon remained silent. She slowly walked backwards heading toward the warp pad keeping her eyes on Bloodstone; her head was facing down but her eyes were on him only for a brief while. Zircon spoke under her breath very softly, a 'thanks' towards Bloodstone since he did save them, but it was so softly spoken it was probably audible only to herself and no one else. So as far anyone else knew, Zircon was silent.

[21308]

Spinel

Oh lovely As if everything else that had happened wasn't enough to deal with, it looked as if Emerald had passed out again. Spinel tucked Aquamarine's gem away and darted over to him, wary of any more danger that may be present. She grabbed one of his legs with both arms and slowly but surely dragged him onto the pad. Well, at least he doesn't seem like the sort who would mind a little dirt... she quipped to herself. "Is everyone ready?" Spinel asked sheepishly as everyone now seemed to be on the warp pad. She paused, did her best to make her mind totally blank, and closed her eyes. She diverted all of her attention and focus to the temple. The warp pad began to glow and within moments, they were there.

Spinel very nearly collapsed as soon as they arrived home. She ran off of the warp pad and into the living area. Her eyes had already begun to sting as soon as she saw what had happened, but she'd ignored it until now. Spinel fell to her knees and flickered. She was doing her best not to be seen but she was so distraught that it was difficult to use her most basic ability, as much as she'd practiced it in the past month. It was as if she was trying to sob and hold her breath at the same time. She became completely still and it finally began to work. Howlite's shards and Aquamarine's gem now appeared to be floating in air. For the first time ever, small streams of tears ran down Spinel's face. It was all she could do to stay invisible, and while being emotional didn't help at all, crying provided her a bit of release that made not glowing a little easier. She reached into her pocket and clutched Aquamarine and Howlite. "I-I'm suh- I'm so... I'm so sorry!" she sobbed as she became visible once more.

Chromite

"Yeah... um, I mean, message received. I don't intend to be on your back the whole time, but I'd like to be within earshot of you if need be. Rest assured you'll get your private time if you want it, but the fact that you're meeting up with a group of rebel gems only makes me more concerned that you'll need protection." Chromite said. She still couldn't completely get her head around how positively blunt Evenkite could be, but she wasn't offended.

@Loony

[Kronshi]

Blood was utterly defeated, with no idea what to do next he simply warped to the temple himself. The other gem could wait until he was more emotionally stable for him to suade the gem to his side. Blood walked into the temple that he had investigated a few times, he could warp in and take out the gems while they slept but that would have no sportsmanship to it. Without saying anything, he walked past the other gems and laid on the ground. Bloodstone just laid there with tears in his eyes before standing, wiping them away, and facing the newborns. "Ok, so how about some history lessons since I'm here? Any questions?"

[Raijinslayer]

Reggie

Reggie simply sighed at Eve rude behavior towards the armored gem, wishing that she'd be a little less blunt and forward with her honesty. But it seemed that Joan didn't mind, so he decided not to make too much of a fuss about it, though he did give the small gem a light rap on her head. "Don't worry, you'll get your alone time. I'll just take to studying all the things around the kindergaten until you're ready to go." Reggie then made a gesture with his fingers as he walked towards the warp area of the ship. Activating the monitor with a swing of his hands, he quickly typed in the activation code for the thing, stepping on board and waiting for the other two to get on. While he could turn the machine on, it seemed that it would only work when gems were on board, which was more than a little annoying at times.

Once the two were in board, the warp pad would activate in a flash of light, sending them to the coordinates of the last warp pad to be activated before Kirk had left. They’d arrive in a flash of light, Reggie stepping off with a slight sway in his step(he doubted he’d ever get used to warping), but as soon as he took a look at his surroundings, he could feel the grimness in the air. Something had happened here, something bad. Studying closely, he could see the signs of some sort of struggle, with cracked boulders everywhere. The Gems had been here, but they here gone, back to their temple he guessed.

"Well, looks like we missed a tussle for sure. I'm thinking they went back to the temple, so if Joan could takes us to the Mohs ton warp,w e could probably walk over there or you to give your apology." Reggie could only activate he warp if he had a monitor, which his armor did not come with, unfortunately, so it was up to Joan to transport them back to the ship or to the other warp.
@Loony

@21308

Mars

Mars had been ignoring the sounds he'd heard at first, focusing more on exploring things, until he started really listening to it. He felt a odd feeling of familiarity and strangeness, similar to hat he had felt when he picked up the daggers. However, by the time he turned around, all he good see was the outline of a figure disappearing in a flash of light. When the light stopped shining, the figure was gone, and while Mars was curious about the object, something about that voice made him back away.

The voice had brought up feelings in him he didn't quite understand, feelings of despair, hopelessness, hatred, and self-loathing caused by that hatred. And not only were these emotions dark, but they were intense and powerful, wracking Mar's head with enough pain to bring him to his knees. He'd stay like that for awhile, twitching violently as images played in his head, moving by too fast for him to get a clear idea of what he was being shown. After a few minutes, however, the emotion began to gradually die down, the images fading into the oblivion of his mind. Soon, Mars was able regain control of himself, standing up rather shakily and holding on to a nearby rock to support himself. He felt exhausted, the torrent of unfamiliar emotions hitting him like a sledgehammer and leaving him just as dazed and confused.

"What . . what just happened? I . . . I . . .you know what, forget it. I don't care who was just talking, let's just get to this town and away from here. This place . . . . only death lingers in this cradle of life, for one cannot come into being without the other. Mars froze for a second, but moved on, not acknowledging whatever it was he just said, or why his voice sounded somewhat different as he said it. It had been . . . older, tired, and much too world-weary for someone who had only just been given life.

What is wrong with me? Is this normal, is this what’s supposed to be happening to me? These feelings, these images . . . why do they keep coming back? Why do i feel like I'm not even in control of myself anymore? What . . .what am I?

@Guardian Angel Haruki

[HaltingBlooper]

Emerald woke up with a start, awakened by all the noises from around him. He sat up quickly and noticed....everyone was sad. He had almost forgotten what had happened. He stood up and realized...Bloodstone was here? And he was crying? Why? Well, they did seem to know each other, I guess. It was so odd, seeing someone so powerful, who could do anything now that Aqua was gone, doing...nothing. He heard Bloodstone's question. "Ok, so how about some history lessons since I'm here? Any questions?" He was a bit frightened by him being here, but he did have a question. A few questions. "Um..uh...is....is Howlite going to be okay? She's gonna come back, right? He sounded a little hopeful, which almost covered up the fact that his voice was cracking and he had a lump in his throat. He was hopeful, but he knew that this...this situation was terrible. Everything was terrible. No leader, no direction, nothing....and then there was Howlite. All he could think, the one thing repeating in his mind. All I could've done was watch. Useless.

[21308]

Chromite

"Very well then. Try and stay still, it works best when you don't move." Chromite effortlessly teleported them to the Mohs Town forest warp pad and led them into town. "Alright, so I assume you'll both want to head towards the place where your old friends apparently are? I trust you don't think they'll be hostile towards us, or at least not towards you."

Spinel

Spinel was already too emotional for her own good. She planned on asking Bloodstone the same question, but she honestly didn't want the answer. She was pretty sure of what it would be, and she couldn't take any more emotional distress. That, and she was far from confident about this situation. Spinel used the opportunity of Bloodstone being emotional and indisposed to dart off to her room and lock herself in, hoping that this would keep Aqua's gemstone safely away from Bloodstone.