(semi-open!)

[usurpers]

Who: eren, four, lagertha and others!
When: throughout october!
Where: various!
What: quests, other plans and possibly event prompts! all in one post for less log cluttering.
Warnings: drinking in the open prompt!



plotting comment here, for each character! if you’d like a custom top level or tag into open ones, feel free to do so, or hmu for planning!!

Comments

[mirrortide]

I'm not surprised.

[Also it's, Kind of fun? The next one she tries to use is pink, and when it inevitbaly bursts? It naturally splatters all over herr. Which has the effect of turning splotches of her a nice mauve colour!]

He's probably better at it though.

[Also she can only assume that the point is? To cover yourself in paint. As well as the wall.]

[usurpers]

[ well, considering the grand mess eren is— he stretches his wings out to reveal a multicolored show. ]

He did this to me. [ fondly, obviously! and there way be some splatters along. other walls. that weren’t the painting one. ] You’re a rock, like Peridot?

[ listen

her words (eren’s words, peridot’s approval) ]

[mirrortide]

[Lapis, surprisingly, doesn't step back when his wings are stretched out, revealing the multicoloured mess.]

Oof. He got you good, huh?

[... Maybe she can paintball Steven if she keeps some of these pellets aside. To his question, Lapis does give a small nod, bursting and orange coloured paint ball all up in her hand. She'll be leaving a bright orange smear against the wall with it as she talks.]

Technically I'm more of a rock than they are, but you should really just call us Gems.

[usurpers]

[ gems. gems as a nicer touch to it than rocks. bringing himself over to the kitchen counter, he takes a cloth, dampens it, and begins rubbing himself down to get the paint off of his arms, at the very least. the tattooed runes he has begin to glow as water rolls down his limbs in drips. ]

Where did you come from? [ or just where gems come from, in general. he’s a curious man. ]

[mirrortide]

[The glowing reminds her of the animals she saw at the bottom of the sea. It's weird. It's... kind of unpleasant, and she rubs her arm as a way to sort of press the emotion out of her body physically.

Bad memories.]

You're going to have to be a little more specific than that.

[usurpers]

[ be still, for eren will not vore. rubbing the next limb down with the soaked side still, eren migrated to his chest. ]

I don’t know how much more specific I can be.

[ help a dude out? ]

[mirrortide]

I mean, are you asking where I'm from originally? Or where I was before I ended up here? Or even I guess where Gems are from to begin with.

[There's a lot of possibilities! They aren't endless, but they are many. ]

[usurpers]

Where you’re from. Where you were born.

[ that sounds like two birds getting hit with one stone, he figures!! ]

[mirrortide]

Gems aren't born. We're made by injecting chemicals into the ground. But I was made in one of Homeworlds Colonies, a long, long way from Earth. Pretty far from Homeworld too, actually. You'd probably need a ship to get that far. [Unless you were a Lazuli like... Lazuli.]

[usurpers]

I’d say the second you’re alive— you’re born.

[ it didn’t matter if she was made. she still had life. she was still free. his lips purse as he tries to imagine it, then flatten with a tongue flick once he’s done cleaning his limbs, and goes for his neck. ]

Like an airship?

[mirrortide]

I guess? I more meant we're not born like... organic things? [It's weird.]

I meant a space ship. To travel between the different planets out there. It'd still take a few days even if I were to fly between where I was created and Earth or Homeworld. It's just that far.

[usurpers]

[ as long as she considers herself alive— he nods along in understanding then. augh, he has so many questions! what’s a space ship like? what about space? how long does it take, have you touched a star? but none of them pull through. ]

It must be a hell of a sight. [ that’s the only word he could think of, really. ] To think there’s so much beyond the skies.

[mirrortide]

I guess it would be a sight if you've never seen it before. It's pretty... pretty.

[And Lapis misses it so much :(

But it's kind of nice, talking about it like this.]

There's a lot of really interesting galaxies and stars out there. And a bunch of neat planets. [Ones that she might not have considered "neat" back then, but looking back, weren't all of them interesting in their own way?]

[usurpers]

Sounds like it even for those who’ve seen it.

[ he can see her appreciating her memories. he’s finally (mostly) cleaned off, and hands her a clean towel to do the same if she so wished— although you can’t really see blue on blue, can you! ]

You’ve had ice cream, haven’t you? [ or is she a flavor virgin? ]

[mirrortide]

[She'll take that towel. But it's mostly for show, because while she does wipe herself down, she misses a few splotches here and there, because of how blue she just is over all.

Also his question gives her pause.]

What's ice cream?

[usurpers]

[ he saw this once, and his friends— they were dorks when they tried ice cream for the first time, too.

he wished he could go back to seeing that, but a huge blockade stood in the way. he’d never be able to go back. when he thought of it, strictly, he didn’t want to, either. it didn’t mean that it didn’t twist his gut, though. ]

Like frozen milk. Creamy. [ if he could try and explain it to past him, anyway. ] I’ve got some you can mix.

[mirrortide]

Uh... I guess I should probably preface this with saying I've only ever eaten like, three things total in my entire existence? I have no idea what "milk" or "creamy" is.

[But also it's mixed? This gets weirder and weirder, and she definitely looks a little bit unsure about this whole ice cream thing.]

[usurpers]

[ oh— then change of plans!!!! eren goes over to open the box he had left on the kitchen counter, enchanted to stay cool in there for up to 12 hours. it just says “wisk”, and with everything already in a bowl, he just has to . . . mm, he’s getting two forks, beating the creamy liquid in the bowl rapidly. ]

You’ll find out. [ he supposes it’s fair, considering she’s a gem, but— ] You don’t have to eat anything?

[mirrortide]

[She watches him curiously! But cautiously. Mostly because she has no idea what it is he's doing here.]

No, I don't. I can if I want to, but I just... Don't, normally.

[usurpers]

[ mm he says, or grunts, most, if not all of his attention and energy going into whisking the contents in the bowl (it’s a little noisy as well, clickclickclickclickclick that doesn’t seem to let down.

it’s hard to cramp up when you’re in prime shape. soon enough, the cream’s gone thick, checking suck with a spoon that scoops and sticks to the curve even when flipped upright. for you, my lady. it’s vanilla. ]

[mirrortide]

[It's fine. Lapis will just watch. And watch. And... watch more.

Until a few uncomfortable seconds pass with the spoon being held out to her that she finally speaks.]

Oh. I... I'm not really interested.

[usurpers]

[ that's!!! that's okay!!! especially with her lack of necessity to actually eat— eren doesn't push further after that either, but does allow himself to indulge in the one spoon he'll take before placing the bowl back into the freezer box. ]

More for Steven. [ or . . . ] Unless he tries to feed you instead.

[mirrortide]

[At least with that she does relax a bit, shoulders sagging just slightly.]

I don't think he would. He's pretty great about not pushing things onto other people.

[He's a good human! One of Lapis' favorites, absolutely.]

Does he like it, though?

[usurpers]

[ he didn’t even think of it in that way, only that the child would try, but! a good kid— and he’s actually glad to hear that. ]

Yeah, a lot. [ in fact, ] You see less people who don’t like it than do.

[mirrortide]

I mean, it's not like I dislike it either. I haven't tried it? I just don't feel like eating, that's all. [Pause.] What makes people like it so much anyway?