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 Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 3:50 pm
Pyrope upon entering the Kindergarten noted the number of fresh gems milling about. Production was going well, hoards of new gems emerged from the earth every day. "Today's batch looks good, no obvious flaws or visible defects," she mused, "The Diamonds will be pleased with this harvest."
She marched to the center of the kindergarten with and with an authority, whacked the end of her sheathed cane sword on a boulder to demand the attention of nearby gems.
"Alright all of you, line up. My name is Pyrope, I am a soldier in Yellow Diamond's Regime. I am here for two reasons: quality control, and making sure all you freshlings make it back to base without poofing or shattering yourselves.
Her voice echoed through the crater, bouncing back off the walls twice as loud. As the gems formed an orderly line, she paced back and forth, occasionally stopping to inspect someone's gem if it looked damaged in any way.
"Now starting with you, the green one, I want you all to tell me your names, and any powers you may have. This information will be used to determine your assignment at base."
Unoderi I think Pyrope will be a no-nonsense, I've got a job and nothing is gonna prevent me from doing it sort of gem. :U
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 4:00 pm
Maw-Sit-Sit was only positive of a few things: She had a nose, there probably something up it, and nothing was going to stop her from going on a great excavation. She was horribly distracted as the red gem, whatever her name was, spoke. To be frank, Maw-Sit-Sit was more interested in how her voice just echoed across the Kindergarten, how there were so many holes, and the weird machinery that plunged the elements for birthing her kind into the ground. All of those were much more exciting than, well, whatever the red gem expected of her.
When she was addressed, Maw-Sit-Sit took a lengthy moment to respond. She was entranced with how tall the walls of the Kindergarten were. Piquing up, she flexed a finger at her chest while the other remain deeply stuck in her nose.
"Oh, uh, me?" she said. "I'm... Uhhh... Hmm... Mmm... Urrr... Uhh... OH, RIGHT. I'm Maw-Sit-Sit! And I can, uhhh, like, move the trees. Make 'em bend and stuff. Pretty cool, right?" She beamed a toothy grin at Pyrope. "Right, right?"
Pumpkin Kings oh god mss is the exact opposite. i'm sorry pyrope she's gonna be a handful.
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 4:46 pm
"Right ... 'cool'. Not the word I would use, but it may prove to be a valuable asset for the exploration team." Pyrope narrowed her eyes, watching as the gem dug around in her nose. She took a digital notepad from a pouch attached to her hip, and typed a quick memo for her superior to keep and eye on this one. "You'd be far more useful with your fingers out of your nose though."
She continued down the line, interrogating each gem and making notes on their powers and her first impressions. After inspections, she returned to the head of the line and looked out over all the gems.
You've all passed initial inspections, and we'll now be heading to the colony, where you will be further interviewed and sorted into your assignments. Stay close and don't wander off, and my superiors will have my head if a single one of you gets poofed or lost along the way."
She looked to Maw Sit Sit again with a stern look. "I'd like you to stay up front with me. The warp pad may be down again, and if it is I don't have a ship to get all of you back at once. So you might have a chance to use your power and prove your worth on the trek to the temple.
Unoderi Lmaoo, they'll have some interesting interactions. Also I apologize in advance, I take a really long time to type responses because Im always multitasking and get distracted. OTL
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 5:40 pm
Maw-Sit-Sit puffed out her bottom lip as she fixed both of her hands at her side. She jut her tongue out at Pyrope when she continued down the line interrogating the other gems of her batch, and when the gem returned to the beginning of the line and addressed her, she slipped it back into her mouth and straightened up.
"Aw, maaan, do I gotta?" the green gem groaned. "Fine, fine. I'll tag along, gawsh..."
As she trailed after the other gem, her head kept swiveling about to look at the Kindergarten. "Say, what were you called again? Pyrope, right? Are you, like, the head honcho here or something? And where're we going again? And why might I be useful? Hey, can we explore? This place looks like a great place for hide-and-seek."
xPumpkin Kings It's quite all right! Though I want to extend the same apologies from my end; I am between several websites and RPs, ahaha;;;
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 9:12 pm
Question after question after question ... Pyrope grimaced, resisting the urge to roll her eyes and . So it's going to be one of THOSE days again.
"To answer your questions starting from the beginning: I'm Pyrope, I'm a member of Yellow Diamond's Regime. I am not considered the so called "head honcho", despite being fairly high ranking in Her Yellow Majesty's service. Blue Diamond is in charge of the Earth Project and my Diamond is merely offering support,"
She paused, hearing a few gems in the back causing a ruckus. A quick warning glare silenced them fast.
"We're going to the gem base - which will only take a few minutes if the warp pad is up and running, so let's all pray it is.
You in particular might be deemed incredibly useful on earth because while there is no vegetation around Kindergarten, the rest of earth is covered in it.
And no, my assignment is to get this batch back to base as quickly as possible -- no time for exploring or silly games."
Her speech was fairly well rehearsed, as she was tasked to escort freshlings to base fairly often (both a blessing and a curse in her opinion) and there was always at least one who was just overflowing with questions. It was important for one of the first gems newbies met outside their Kindergarten group to be a strong authority figure --- it showed them what to expect at base, and to a degree, what they were expected to become --- it was an honor to be deemed worthy of making first contact, but honestly the immaturity of some new gems is almost too much to handle.
A few more minutes passed, and Pyrope led the group to the warp pad.
Naturally, it was down for maintenance again. She cursed her bad luck, and sighed in exasperation before turning to address the group at large.
"Alright you lot, the warp pad is down so it looks like we're taking the long way around. The walk to base is 2 days, and we'll be passing towards human territory so you might get to test your combat skills. I hope you've all figured out how to summon your weapons on your own!
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 9:35 pm
Maw-Sit-Sit only half-listened; one ear taking in her questions' answers in fragmented words, while the other concentrated on the echoes of the Kindergarten. Curving her hands about her mouth, she gave a short yelp, and seemed pleased to have it return back to her in several echoes.
"Hah!" Maw-Sit-Sit chuckled, elbowing the gem behind her as if she thought up the funniest thing in the cosmos. They looked at her, eyeballs wide as saucers, while rubbing their arm sheepishly. "Get a load of this gem," she said, barely muttering behind her hand while flexing a thumb at Pyrope with the other. "She ain't in charge, but she sure knows how to keep 'em in order, huh? Those guys"—she indicated the scolded roughhousers—"look like their gems'll crack if they get glared at again! Hah!"
Still, Pyrope's answers were satisfactory, and Maw-Sit-Sit felt inclined to halt her questions there. For the moment, at least. "I see, I see, so that's the kinda place we were born on," Maw-Sit-Sit said, shifting arms over her head and behind the her bushel of green hair. "What a pity. This huge hunk of rock seems like it'd be fun if everyone cooled it a little with duties this, duties that." She harrumphed. "But if there's to be no fun and games, there's to be no fun and games."
Yet, it seemed her wishes were somewhat answered with the fate of the warp pad. "Wha-? Seriously?" Maw-Sit-Sit said, elated. "That's awesome! So this is an adventure! Like... L-like a field trip! Aw yea, now this is really gonna be fun!" The gem rocked back and forth on her heels with hands clamped to her cheeks. Stars even seemed to glitter in her eyes. "You hear that guys? Adventure!" No one seemed to share her enthusiasm. "Make sure you take the longest way, Pyrope!"
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:38 pm
Pyrope pretended not to see or hear the green gem goofing off behind her. Thankfully, her training had taught her great patience ... and Diamonds' Willing it would be enough to get through two days of this.
"Oh yeah, I definitely plan to take the absolute longest route possible because I live for adventure. I just love wasting time with long detours. Pyrope muttered, pulling her tablet again to send a message to base to alert them of delays.
Because the river to the west was much too wide and the current too strong to cross, the ideal route to base would take them north, over the shallower runoff water and through the woods near the human settlement before crossing the river where it was more narrow.
"Well here's your adventure, feel free to just venture on after any interesting thing you see. If you get poofed, you'll serve as a good example of what not to do, and as an added bonus you'll give of some and quiet while you reform." she sneered sarcastically as she began shepherding the pack onto the path north.
Unoderi I totally missed the notification, whooooooops OTL
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:51 pm
"Eh? Ehhhh?!"
Maw-Sit-Sit could only stand there, dumbfounded, as Pyrope began to herd the rest of her batch along the path ahead. The green gem found herself at a crossroads; the pull of adventure awaiting while the desire to share it with others pointing her in the direction of the group. When she finally came to, the distance between her and the group had increased significantly. Suddenly, Maw-Sit-Sit broke off into a run, hustling to catch up with Pyrope likely leading the group.
"Heeey, wait, wait, wait!" she cried out. "You said I was gonna be useful, right? How can you just abandon me? Ugh, you're so stubborn!"
Folding her arms across her chest, she jut out her chin childishly, and harrumphed while adding, "I-I'm only here to protect them, okay? I mean, I may be new as well, but these little pebbles don't look like they can handle anything. Especially you. Gotta protect them eeespecially from you and your glares."
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