[IC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[pyroman]

"I will, I will!" Sodalite whispered back to Evenkite. She felt the need to be secretive, despite the glaring fact that Aquamarine could most likely hear them through the walls of the vehicle. She began to pick up her weapons, and nodded in appreciation as Spinel began to pick them up as well. She was right, everyone inside was sure to hear thr ruckus outside, and would be out to investigate soon.

Sodalite did her best to re-conceal her weapons, but the task was much more difficult as she had her gauntlets on. She had attempted to wiggle her arms out of them, but to no avail. There were no straps or anything that held it together, so she simply had to work with hiding her weapons again with the giant weapons attached to her hands.

[Akayaofthemoon]

Aquamarine let her mind drift through the past as she listened to the music,not even moving as the car pulled to a stop. She wished to let the others exit first so she wouldn't be in the way and could help unload Emerald from the inside if needed. She felt the car jostle a bit as people began to unload, trying to count out the movements so she knew when to get out herself. Aqua's brows furrowed a bit as she started to here ruckus from the outside of the van which made her dark eye open, only to realize that she had not been as alert as she had thought, now practically alone in the vechile.

She moved carefully to the door only to have it slam shut on her which made her slightly more confused. Instead, she crawled over the seat to the front now that Howlite was no longer there before taking the same path out the window. "What is going on out here?"

[LizLegend]

Zircon blinked a couple times before straightening up and taking a deep breath, followed by a soft but quiet exhale of relief. Well then, that was quite the reaction wasn't it? Zircon collected herself slowly but quick enough. She thought back to what just happened, and lightly chuckled a bit. Hey, come on, that was kind of funny. Well, Zircon was laughing more at her own reaction. Only becasue it was unexpected. That and Spinel's spook itself of course. Zircon cleared her throat and picked up a couple weapons near her to help out. Out of reaction Zircon slightly jumped while quickly hiding the weapons along behind her back facing towards Aquamarine when she heard her voice. Zircon doesn't say anything and instead glances at Sodalite and Spinel with just her eyes. "Uhh.." she says almost under her breath. She couldn't think of what to say, at least not fast enough. So she kept silent for a short while.

[21308]

Spinel walked up next to Zircon. "What she means is... we had a training exercise! I mean, we have to stay sharp if we're going to protect each other from more of those awful spiders, right? So I got the idea to see how prepared our team is for a ghost attack!" Spinel normally wasn't this cheerful but she was still happy from her successful spook.

[Akayaofthemoon]

Aquamarine raised an eyebrow and a small smile on her lips before questioning,"Ah I see, so this all has nothing to do with having a little fun with the others? Maybe by scaring them? Or maybe it has to do with the fact of keeping me in the van so that I don't see concealed weapons? You all do realize I've been alive for a very long time, right? I am glad though that you all are having a good time and getting along." She was actually happily amused with the situation and the look on their faces. She laughed happily, not feeling this good in a long time and it felt good to laugh like this. She hadn't spoken before about the weapons, letting them have their security and hoping they wouldn't use them since she didn't want to hurt them by accident if defending herself.

[The ghost in black]

The way everyone was scrambling to pick up the weapons that had been scattered about in a confusion of some sort confused Howlite as she saw them attempting to hide them from the nice blue lady who had taken howlite's special way out of the van. Howlite picked up a small dagger and threw it at a rock but ran to pick it up when it bounced off and imbedded itself blade first into the ground, "I think I should stick with big weapons for now" she said to herself as she picked the dagger up before walked over to sodalite and placing it in her hands before walking off smiling brightly as she felt like she did a good thing and also because of her lizard friend crawling down onto her shoulder that wasn't occupied by the large axe. The way she saw their predicament currently was that there were mean people on their way to hurt them and that the group could protect themselves pretty well he but something was nagging her and she didn't know what is was but she dismissed the feeling as Howlite took a few swings of her axe and forgot what was troubling he mind.

[pyroman]

Though she should have been fearful of knowing that Aquamarine was fully aware of her concealed weapons, Sodalite simply smiled as she picked up the last of her weapons. The older and taller blue Gem was amused by the recent happenings. They weren't getting along, per se, Sodalite almost mentioned, but she did acknowledge the fact that they were having a good time during the shenanigans. She was sharper than Sodalite had initially thought, and the thought of hiding the weapons from her was escaping her mind.

[HaltingBlooper]

Emerald walked back to the others, just being glad that he wasn't encased in stone anymore. He saw the sort of....mess, and wanted to know what was going on. "Uh..........what's all this?" "Why are there so many weapons?" He said, picking up a small sword from the ground. (One of the bigger weapons, considering the size of the Gems that were hiding them) "You do know we can summon our own weapons, right?"

[21308]

Spinel had calmed down a little and said "Well, it was rather fun, for me at least. If it helps justify it, I have determined that our group could defend themselves from a ghost attack, but our teamwork leaves a good deal to be desired." she said to Aquamarine. She then turned to the others and said "Level-headed Evenkite, Weapon-savvy Sodalite, Sturdy Emerald, Unassuming Black, I apologize for not warning you first. I promise to not try to spook you specifically again unless you give me permission to or if it's irresistibly funny." she approached Sodalite and attempted to hand her the weapons she'd managed to gather.

[Saarebas]

The chuck of amber that was safely tucked in the grasp of the small Gem began to glow before a near blinding light engulfed the stone. The light began to grow and eventually started to take a familiar humanoid shape, though quite the large one. After a few moments the light faded away and standing there was the giant of a Gem Amber, a dazed look on his face. "Uh... What just happened?" He said as he looked around as if he was lost. "Where did those metal things go?" He said, still expecting to see the spider robots from before. He then looked down at himself and noticed that he had grown since before he was forced inside of his gem, now standing at seven feet tall. "And why did I go through a growth spurt?"

[HaltingBlooper]

Emerald turned towards the Gem as it began glowing, and as Amber appeared, Emerald stared at him for a second. "You got electrocuted by one of the spiderbots. Apparently it forced you into your Gem, and then we finished off the spiderbots. And then we ran away, and now we're here." Emerald had been preparing a brief explanation, he hadn't much to do after finishing the odd cube puzzle. "As for the growing....." Emerald shrugged. "I guess we change when we regenerate. Ask Aquamarine, she would know more about this than I do. Welcome back."

[LizLegend]

Zircon slightly widened her eyes kind of somewhat surprised at Aquamarine's reaction. She slowly took the weapons away from behind her back and held them at her side before laughing lightly along for a couple seconds. Now that it was mentioned, it kind of does feel like a good time. Zircon looked to Spinel and then shrugged before responding, "It's all good," she accepted the apology easily. Her attention then turned to the glowing, legitimate gem as Amber had finally reformed. And holy crap, he got taller. "Eyyy welcome back," she said to Amber, just before Emerald explained what happened. "She did actually say earlier that you could come back a little different when you reformed..." Zircon slightly shrugged "Or something like that. That's just what I recall."

[Loony]

First there had been Spinel's prank. Then there was the weapons everywhere. Not to forget the axe thrown out the window. After that, Aquamarine was out. And now Amber was back, dazed, taller and somehow quieter than before.

By all means, she should be stunned. Overwhelmed. Maybe even slightly panicked. And yet, if Evenkite felt any of these things, they'dve passed quickly.

Instead, of all things, she laughed.

It had started off as a choked giggle, hardly audible to even the most sensitive of ears. She herself wasn't quite sure as to what caused it. Was it the result of Spinel's prank from earlier finally taking over? Relief that Amber was back? Or maybe Amber's confusion? The absurdity of the situation finally setting in? How casually they've begun to react to these things? A mixture of all the above? Whatever it was, it had caused her to laugh, a sound and sensation so alien to Evenkite that for a moment, she was stunned -scared even- of the sound of her own voice. Which, of course, realising how silly it was to think that way, noticing how strange it sounded to hear herself laugh, only caused her giggles to become laughs. Then she realised how the fact that she was laughing at all was strange, and her laughter grew into a full-out fit, causing her to double over.

She laughed as she moved away from the door. She laughed as she began to pick up what was left of the weapons on the ground. She laughed as she held them out to Sodalite. She laughed as she tried to think of what to add to Spinel's story. She laughed as she tried to speak to Amber, and laughed even more when she found herself unable to form proper sentences due to her fit. In the end, all she could manage was, "Every-" she broke off into yet more laughter, an uncharacteristically goofy grin on her face, "Everything happened...!" And then her fit drowned out whatever was left of her words.

Oh god, she was losing it, wasn't she?

Time out, Eve. Time out. What's even wrong with you?

[21308]

Spinel either left the weapons she'd gathered in Sodalite's hands or dropped them at her feet, whichever came first. She looked extremely proud of herself. This was probably the second happiest Spinel had ever been, the first being a few moments ago when she was rolling on the ground laughing. "Wooooooo, I spooked Grumpy Evenkite so badly she's been driven mad!" She then walked over to where Howlite was and said "Did you see the show, Obedient Gray? Aren't I a good spook?"

[pyroman]

Before Sodalite had a chance to say anything, even though it was unlikely that she actually would, Evenkite began to laugh quite hysterically. It startled Sodalite again, causing her to flinch and back away from the gem who had told her to bring the weapons in the first place. It scared her. Evenkite seemed a little paranoid from the start, but now she just seemed mad to Sodalite. Still, she kept quiet, the nice and peaceful moment broken by the gem's laughter.

[Kronshi]

-Back on Bloodstone' s ship-
"Now what are they doing? If they think they'll be safe amongst the humans then they have another thing coming. Send down a red eye." Bloodstone pulled the lever that released the large destructive force. "It may be my last one but I doubt these new gems have a Plasma Cannon like old Rose Quartz."

[HaltingBlooper]

Emerald was laughing a little bit, then stopped short, his mouth hanging open as he looked up at the sky. "Guys.....we have a problem. A very literally big problem." His pupils slowly vanished from his eyes as an incredibly bright, long beam of light shot up from his eyes, alerting anyone who saw it to the giant....thing. "I think we have a bit of a situation."

[21308]

Spinel stopped her attempted conversation with Howlite and looked up. She immediately stopped laughing and went from being chipper to her regular, lucid self. "I... don't think my arrows will do much to that." she said. "IS this something you've seen before?" she asked, turning to Aquamarine.

[Akayaofthemoon]

Aquamarine had been trying to quiet her laughing and holding a hand to her mouth so she could welcome Amber back but with Evenlite laughing which was making her laugh more it was impossible. It only took Emerald's words to make her feel like she had been dowsed in cold water, her face relaxing into a more serious one as she looked to where the long light beam was pointing. She squinted for a second before a frown appeared on her lips. So that is what Home World was planning to do.
"Unfortunately, yes. It won't go down or break easily that is for sure. They are trying to make sure we can't hide by scanning for us. Home World wants to know exactly where we are."

[Saarebas]

"Retreating into my gem, reforming, what?" Amber said as he tried to figure out what exactly happened to him. He could recall fighting those spider robots, even crushing one with a rock. He remembered being grabbed by another pair of those spider bots. He even remembered being knocked free by one of the other Gems, or was that a rock, but then everything gets fuzzy. Now he was out of the valley surrounded by the other Gems and... wait WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT! As Amber looked up he couldn't help but spot the massive eye hurtling towards the group. "Oi today is just not my day..." He groaned aloud.