Video | UN: oceangem, it's an AMA

[riptidequeen]

Okay so... I've been thinking of doing this for a bit now.

[Hi, it's Lapis again. And what has she been thinking about? You'll see.]

But anytime I mention that I'm a Gem I usually have to explain things to people so I thought "Why not make a network thing that anyone can come and ask me things"? So, yeah.

I'm a Gem, like the stones, ask me things?

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[wantsnudes]

What manner of gem are you? A sapphire, perhaps?

[But then again, given her screenname, maybe not.]

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[riptidequeen]

[Like, in reality, a lapis lazuli is mistaken for a sapphire. Also, Lapis can't help but laugh a bit.]

No, I'm not anything that fancy. I'm Lapis Lazuli

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[wantsnudes]

I must disagree! Lapis lazuli is extremely "fancy", as you put it.

In the Renaissance era, it was highly coveted by painters, who would have it ground into ultramarine pigment to create the richest and most vivid of blue hues.

[He says this like it's a compliment and not at all threatening...]

[riptidequeen]

That sounds... Barbaric.

[SERIOUSLY YUSUKE, it sounds like a worst form of shattering.]

[wantsnudes]

Not at all. Ultramarine depicts holiness, humility, chastity... It has been used to bring magnificent colour to the robes of Virgin Mary in countless altarpieces, or to great classical figures such as Ariadne in Titian's "Bacchus and Ariadne".

[He fails to see the problem here! These are all good things!]

Of course, nowadays ultramarine can be created through synthetic means, so it is no longer so coveted or expensive.

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[teaserving]

can gems get drunk

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[riptidequeen]

I... have no idea what you mean, Abbacchio. We can drink things, not that we need to.

[teaserving]

no i mean
get intoxicated
is there a gem equivalent to that?

[riptidequeen]

Oh, hm...

I don't think so? We can get sick from somethings, but it can't kill us so... I guess we can't get drunk? I've never tried it.

[teaserving]

huh
well you're probably better for it i guess anyway

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[chainlinks]

[So while Lapis is speaking with Yusuke, Ren sends her a small message.]

That's my friend who I was talking about, by the way. I'm sorry if he ends up coming up as...rude, he really doesn't mean any harm.

He's been raised as an artist all of his life and sometimes what we would consider common sense is an alien concept to him. But his heart is in the right place, I promise.

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[riptidequeen]

It's not rude more like... Disturbing?

But I'm guessing your world doesn't have Gem-gems and just has not alive gems so, I'm not mad at him.

[She'll just be WARY]

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[chainlinks]

We don't, it's true.

Even other humans can find him bizarre sometimes. I'm glad you aren't...despite of how he might act, he's an amazing artist. Or maybe that's why he's an artist.

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[riptidequeen]

Well, maybe it's a little of both as to why he's so uh... Unique.

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[chainlinks]

I like to think that sometimes he's an old man stuck in the body of a teenager, and I mean that in the best of ways. I think it's partly because of how he was raised...he didn't get to interact with others quite the same and his mind was mostly dedicated to art.

He's one of my best friends.

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[baitless]

Are you used to spending time around humans, or is this your first time encountering them? I'm always interested in outside perspectives.

[............because he also has one but he can't just SAY that]

[riptidequeen]

This isn't my first time around humans, actually! I live on Earth so it's kind of hard to avoid them, and one of my good friends back home is half-human.

[baitless]

I see! I have found that I should not assume, since I have encountered several people who have never met humans before arriving here. It fascinates me, to a certain extent, and... well, I always find myself wondering about people's experiences with them.

[riptidequeen]

Huh, never met humans before here? That's certainly a thing, don't you think?

[And, because she can see him and such... He looks human but talks about humans like they're different from him?]

You're not human, are you?

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[baitless]

[......aaaaaAaaaaaaAAAAAA HE THOUGHT HE WAS BEING SUBTLE]

N-no, I am. I am simply curious, that is all.

[he leaves that comment, looks at it for a few seconds, then responds again with a private filter....]

...honestly, I find myself too excited to meet others who are not human that I find myself being... incautious about it, I suppose. It’s far riskier to be honest about what I really am back home, so even here, I find myself wanting to keep it private.

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[circumitus]

Is that supposed to mean you're physically made out of stone or something...?

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[riptidequeen]

Oh no, nothing like that. My form is a... Hm, projection of light with mass. And then there is my Gem which is kind of like a core, in that if it's damaged then I'd be in big trouble.

[circumitus]

Light projection...? Like a hologram, then -- and your Gem being something of an emitter. That right?

[riptidequeen]

Basically, yeah that. It also means that our forms can be easily changed or adapted to different worlds.

[circumitus]

[squiiint. Rey is too familiar with the concept, but the important question is:]

Does that make you a type of AI or something?