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]

Are you sure? I suppose if you know her well, I will trust your opinion.

[riptidequeen]

[The question gets a look from Lapis, because really?]

Like a machine? No, no I'm not.

[riptidequeen]

[Hoo boy. Here goes.]

Yes, because new colonies need to exist so that more Gems can be created.

[loungelizard]

Don't take it too personally. It seems like he was just really excited to share his trivia knowledge about paint.

[If it seems like he's being flippant, it's because he's been guilty of the same kind of thing in the past.]

[circumitus]

[A LIKELY STORY. SOUNDS JUST LIKE WHAT A ROBOT WOULD SAY.

[But no, Rey eases up a little bit.]

...

Okay, good. Don't really care about you being anything else, useful as it might sound.

[loungelizard]

Oh, sure.

I mean, the apology will help.

[riptidequeen]

As long as he doesn't try to make me into paint? We're good.

[Lucky for Larry he hasn't hit that point with Lapis, yet.]

[riptidequeen]

O... Okay?

[Rey is giving Lapis weirdo vibes.]

Uhm, any other questions you might have then miss?

[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?

[circumitus]

[Fair, she's a tad bit of a weirdo.]

Other questions...? [She pauses, and then:] What was your function -- or job, or whatever it is you did?

Public->Private

[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.

[riptidequeen]

Job is... Probably the best word for it.

[She clears her throat.]

Lapis Lazulis were used to terraform planets for colonization.

Private

[riptidequeen]

[She's just going to switch right to private, considering his conflicting public statement.]

I see, well if you want to be more careful about it? Try to not talk about humans as if they're different from yourself, that kind of gives you away, sir.

[She says this as a fellow non-human, really some of his phrasing made her feel the need to question him.]

[circumitus]

[And that's by far more impressive than most things Rey knows people can do.]

Shit, seriously? You can modify whole planets for habitation?

[riptidequeen]

[A nervous chuckle from her, because really it's the opposite.]

More like... Destroyed planets then modified them.

[circumitus]

Oh.

[There's no judgement or disappointment in her tone. Lapis might as well have just told her that her favorite color was puce.]

Seems a little ass backwards, but all right. You mentioned colonization, so just assumed...

[riptidequeen]

Well, Gem Colonies are made more for the creation of more Gems. At least how I remember it, it's been a good long while since I did any of it.

[May as well explain it as best as she can, right?]

[circumitus]

Lost the taste for destroying planets now, have you?

[Again, no judgement. Rey's done plenty of destruction to the world, herself. While she has no qualms killing if she ever feels she has to, she'd rather put the joy a couple of her past selves had in it behind her. Gone but not forgotten.]

[riptidequeen]

That's... one way of putting it.

[It's certainly the short answer.]

[circumitus]

[She has an idea on what the long answer would be.]

So what do you do now, instead of your original f-- job?

[riptidequeen]

You can say function.

[Her tone has shifted to a lot more happier sounding now, at least.]

Well, I was a farmer for a bit but now I guess I'm an artist?

[circumitus]

...Right.

[Moving on though, since clearly that's a sore topic that even Rey catches the hint.]

Artist? For real? Like, with paint and shit?

[riptidequeen]

[Eh, it's not a touchy subject, just a subject. And Lapis would rather people just be straightforward with it then beat around the bush.]

Mostly I just use stuff that's laying around, but yeah. I haven't made anything great though.

[circumitus]

Have tries making some things as well, but nothing Michaelangelo-worthy. Mostly boredom-induced doodles and the like. Have heard art can be therapeutic or something.