[OOC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[Loony]

@21308 Oh, it's priceless. XD
I've honestly never seen a camel spider in all my time in Kurdistan. Scorpions? Yes. Rattle snakes? Yes. But never a camel spider. I'm guessing they live further down south of Iraq, because Kurdistan's in the northern region. :P

Ido and Rupine are the original dork squad of Eve's old crew, Kornerupine being my cousin's gem and Idocrase (also known as Vesuvianite) being mine. They were included in the old pictures I outline and coloured, I'll go dig them up. Hell, I should probably draw more Idocrase because her hair is floof. > v <

I originally was thinking of having Ido as my gem here instead of Eve, but it wouldn't be the same without Rupine. Maybe I should bring them into the Altiverse one day, and we can meet Original Eve as well. XD

[Loony]

@21308
Peppy, prideful, pudgy gem and silly, shy, skinny blue gem for original dork duo.

My Hider

[21308]

@Loony Hm yeah I thought for a second that maybe I should ask if camel spiders even are where you're from. I just sort of included them in animals that would probably like my shadow but I'm not sure how I'd feel having them close to me for very long. I mean, I know they wouldn't bite for no reason but I'd be slightly concerned that one would find my leg a good resting spot and get startled if I started to move. Also random fun fact, one of the characters I had for my RP which shall never be made was an incredulous camel spider who lived far enough out that they had no idea a gem invasion had taken place.

And wow I love all of your drawings, they're really cute.

[Loony]

@21308 I don't know if we have them up north, but if we do, I've never seen them. Pretty sure they prefer the desert to the mountains. :P
Well, they usually don't try to get too close to people and only their shadows since, you know, people, and none of the spiders there are deadly, unlike Canada (jackpot being Quebec and Ontario which have 3 of the 7 deadly spiders in the world). Scorpions, on the other hand..

My brother was actually wondering what happened to that RP because no one posted after he did in the OOC XD
I myself had an idea for a stag beetle and a jumping spider but that never came to be so ye.

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You guys seriously give me way more credit than I deserve not to mention old outdated drawing style

[Loony]

@pyroman So in other words, if Sodalite does join Bloodstone, he'll have to thank Eve for it.

Goddamnit Eve.

@Loony

I love how this post, which was made 29 days ago, is still relevant now IC. XD

[21308]

@Loony The only deadly spider where I live is the brown recluse, though thankfully I've never seen one. I'v always been kind of fearful that one could show up in my house though, since spiders routinely get into my room.

And yeah, sorry about the other RP. I didn't really have anything to say to your brother in the OOC thread besides 'Cool, you do that' or something which is why I never posted there again. You can tell him that basically nobody was interested, which is kind of sad but I don't blame anyone at all because I'm well aware that it was a crazy, hard-to-approach idea that maybe could have worked but was framed in a way that appealed to no one. It's not all bad though, that RP technically gave us Spinel and Chromite since they were originally going to be in it.

You don't need to be so modest, your artwork is really pretty good. I guess you should take what I have to say with a grain of salt though, because I really can't do art at all and know nothing about it despite really wanting to, so anyone who can draw at all will automatically be impressive by my standards.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

Your an amazing artist Loony. Don't sell yourself short

[Kronshi]

*tries best to keep track of OOC since shit internet is shit while traveling* Wish I could draw better, then I would show you all what Blood really looks like, and maybe even his past version where he wore armor instead of a hoodie.

[HaltingBlooper]

I wrote a practice song by Emerald just for fun, and it turns out that it helped me to see his viewpoint better. Odd how writing a song that a character would sing helps you to see your own character better.

[Loony]

@21308 I've had a brown recluse in my bathroom once. The only time I ever purposefully killed a spider -or any other creepy crawly- in my house. I was still pretty upset about doing it, but those things are dangerous, so it sort of had to be done.

And yeah, that's what I figured and told my brother. Sorry that it never took off.

@Akayaofthemoon Here's the thing though is that I'm not being modest or selling myself short. When I think I'm good at something (which granted doesn't happen often, but it does upon occasion), I'll say it. I know I'm a good ocarinaist because I actually a) know a decent amount about music unlike knowing nothing about art other than colour theory and b) have been playing it for about six or seven years, while I haven't drawn anything until grade 6 and only began to aim towards improvement around grade 8/9. I know I'm good at improv because I actually a) know a lot about it, and b) though I haven't been doing it nearly as long I have grades that show that my improv is my forte in theatre, as well as the improv-group teacher asking me if I could join rather than vice-versa. I know nothing about art and I've literally only been doing it for four years, and only about two of those four years were actually dedicated towards improving, and prior to that I hated drawing with a burning passion. I've got very little experience under my belt, and experience is the only thing that's going for my art, because I am void of both instructors, knowledge, or any natural talent. I'm not saying I can't improve, but as it stands my artwork is below mediocre. :P

@Kronshi I'd really like to see Bloodstone in armour, for some reason. Probably so that he and Chromite would look more like a duo XD

@HaltingBlooper Oh my gosh another song yes please. I'd love to see it, but if you're uncomfortable with sharing that's cool.

I should really write a song for Talc. Sorry Eve, Gilles, but Talc. And if I had a decent mic I would record myself singing it in her voice because my singing is alright I think, but I don't have anything.

[HaltingBlooper]

@Loony I would like to, but it is for a possible near-future situation or multiple other ones that just fit less well.

[Loony]

@HaltingBlooper Alrighty, that's cool then. ' v '

[Akayaofthemoon]

Okay, I got a post up. It probably sucks but now it can move two other characters forward

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon
Silly goose, your post doesn't suck. ' w '

Anyways, should probably work on Eve. Gilles is coming along nicely, but I'm just as torn as Eve is on how to respond. XD

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

I'm glad it didn't suck. It was hard to write and my phone was being a pain on top of that

[21308]

@Loony I can't blame you and if that's the only time you've killed one then you're better than me. I usually avoid killing them as much as I can but sometimes I'm forced to kill spiders if they become legion in my home, especially if I start waking up with bites. Yeah it's too bad my thing didn't work out but there's no use in crying over spilled milk, it just frees up my time to work on other stuff.

@Akayaofthemoon AQUA POST YAY!

[pyroman]

@AkayaofthemoonYour post looks fine! Don't worry about it too much, we all have those posts where it's just hard to write.

I'm actually silently hoping that Chromite and Bloodstone will push Soda and Eve into a corner to force them to fuse to get out

[Loony]

@pyroman

I'm not sure Eve would be able to, to be honest. Right now she's more confused than ever as to who's worthy of trust, and overestimating herself has crushed some of the trust in herself that was beginning to develop. She'd be making a huge leap of faith by trying to fuse with Sodalite and I'm not sure she could pull that off unless she was incredibly desperate. Though to be fair, if Eve is going to fuse with anyone at this point, it's probably Sodalite, as she's probably the one gem she trusts most. Amber's a little closer to her, yes, but she's seen Sodalite as someone more dependable thus far.

Secretly hoping that whatever does happen though, Eve, Reggie, and Sodalite stick together.

[Loony]

@21308 Honestly, I love spiders, and it was pretty hard for me to kill the brown recluse at all. And honestly, though I'm not fond of people who kill bugs that aren't dangerous, as long as you're not one of those assholes who grins as they rip apart a creepy crawly limb by limb and laughing in my face in response to me asking if I can take it outside instead of killing it because I care about them, you're cool in my book.

[pyroman]

little something, not much, but something.

Been dying to post since my personal RP isn't chatty in the least, and character creation and development is quite slow there as well.