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.

[riptidequeen]

No, I mean the whole... [SIGHS.]

That's interesting to know, even if I find the whole thing a bit disturbing.

[wantsnudes]

I see... You're so in awe of the prestigious history of your stone that your very mind is shaken. Such are the wonders of art.

What more can you tell me of yourself? I'm afraid I've never conversed with a gem before.

[riptidequeen]

[Flatly;] Yes, that exactly.

[Oh Yusuke, now she can see why he didn't think posting nudie art was a bad idea.]

Well, what would you like to know? Because there is a lot to talk about but being specific will help a lot.

[wantsnudes]

[He doesn't get it and probably never will unless it's explained to him, sorry...]

Are you unique in your world, or are there many more like yourself?

[riptidequeen]

[It's fine, he's fine. As long as Yusuke doesn't try to make Lapis into paint we're fine.]

Oh, no I'm not unique. Lapis Lazulis are, or were, needed to terraform planets so there are a good number of us around.

[wantsnudes]

Do you still possess that power? That is something I would like to see!

[riptidequeen]

[WHY.]

I still can use water as a weapon, yes. But I don't do the terraforming thing anymore.

[wantsnudes]

[For Artistic Inspiration™.]

Oh... That's a pity. I can only imagine what it would be like to see a planet be shaped before one's very eyes.

[riptidequeen]

... It wasn't anything like that, it was preparing conquered worlds for Gem colonies.

[loungelizard]

[Larry giggles.]

You're telling her that we ground up her kind just to make paint.

[wantsnudes]

I was merely outlining the value of lapis lazuli! I was not trying to insinuate that--

[Then he thinks about it for a second, and something finally seems to click.]

...Oh.

[loungelizard]

Oh, don't worry. She knows that's probably not the case -- but that doesn't make it any less upsetting to imagine.

It invokes a reaction. Not that unlike art!

[wantsnudes]

Indeed. Art's mission is to be provocative, but careless words ought not to be so. I owe her an apology...

[loungelizard]

[Aw, kid.]

Don't be too hard on yourself. This isn't the kind of thing she'd hold a grudge about.

[He only says this because he assumes that he's said plenty of things that would cause someone to develop a grudge, but she still talks to him.]

[wantsnudes]

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

[riptidequeen]

[Just mouthing the words "Thank you" to Larry.]

[loungelizard]

[Larry winks, points "at her" through the camera, and clicks his tongue twice. He got u.]

[riptidequeen]

[Lapis was going to smile, until the pointing and tongue clicking. He may got her, but she's still going to shake her head with a slight laugh and then sigh.]

I thought saying it was barbaric would have got the point across.

[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.]

[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.]