Video | UN: oceangem

[riptidequeen]

[Somebody is looking, well she's still blue but! Her features seem softer, or at least more feminine than before.

Or it's just cause she's been away for a good while, who knows but she's in a good mood all things considered.]

So, hey. I was, I guess busy is the best way to put it? [Because she's not going to explain that she maybe kind of poofed and took a while coming back.] Yeah, busy. But things are cleared up and I feel like I... Missed somethings?

[She's out of the loop like whoa.]

So what interesting things have happened with the lot of you?

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video; un: kingjj

[kingfuckboy]

Personally? Not much. But I did see a lot more kids around. What happened to keep you so busy?

[riptidequeen]

Kids? That seems weird, even for here.

[... don't mind the awkward cough.] I was kind of, indisposed.

[kingfuckboy]

[ leans into the camera, considers, skeptical ]

Yeah, it was really weird. Really cute, though. [ blinks ]

Indisposed? Ah, well, good to see your face again.

[riptidequeen]

[She'll avoid answering/beat around the bush forever.]

Huh.

And it's a Gem thing, JJ. And um, thanks.

[kingfuckboy]

Oh... Alright, then.

[ Accepts ]

But you're good now, then?

[riptidequeen]

[Phew, that is a sigh of relief on her end.]

Yup, all good and in one piece. So really nothing other then more children around?

[kingfuckboy]

[ He's sure he wouldn't get it anyway. ]

Man, I wish, but at least nothing too crazy was happening, right? I know how wild this place can get. I know you know, too.

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[peacewithouttyranny]

Nothing interesting. [Sure, Soundwave. The stars going out or losing an arm wasn't interesting.] What happened to you? You look... different.

[He's not really sure how to put it, but he noticed her features being a bit different.]

[riptidequeen]

[Good thing Lapis missed out on the stars thing, she'd have some words for that.]

Oh, um. Nothing happened. Just a Gem thing, it took longer then I thought it would is all. [And then muttered;] And way more Chroma then I expected.

[peacewithouttyranny]

Gem thing...

[He would ask her to explain, but then he caught her muttering about Chroma.]

Are you short on Chroma, Lapis? Do you need help?

[riptidequeen]

[Whoopsie, he heard that.]

I'm good! Just things will be a bit tight, good thing I don't need to eat or anything like that.

[Ha ha ha.]

[peacewithouttyranny]

[Thanks his super hearing for that, her muttering might as well just be her whispering into his ear.]

Lapis, that does not exactly ease my worries. It is dangerous to be low on Chroma. [And boy does he know that.] And what do you mean exactly by a 'Gem thing'? What did you do that used up a lot of Chroma?

[riptidequeen]

I'm not that low. [She thinks.] I can always hold hands and such to make it up.

[And not answering the questions.]

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[sleepinglotus]

Lapis!

[Wow, is that an actual happy smile on Ren's face?]

[riptidequeen]

Ren! ... Why are we shouting?

[She can't help but smile back at him.]

[sleepinglotus]

[Whoops, his face is going red.]

Ah... sorry. I missed you...

[Which is not something he'll admit to just anyone.]

[riptidequeen]

[She can't help but laugh a little.]

I wasn't gone that long, well... I'm not sure how long a month is for humans.

[sleepinglotus]

It's a while. I definitely noticed your absence.

[riptidequeen]

A few people have, I'm sorry about that.

I don't usually take so long to reform.

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[circumitus]

Guess one could consider reattaching an arm and being impaled interesting...

[It's been a rough past couple months. Blood spilt, Chroma spent. Business as usual.]

You sound like you've been, ah. Gone awhile.

[riptidequeen]

[What.]

I didn't know humans could reattach parts, and yeah... About a month or so.

[circumitus]

Not being human probably helps. Though replantation procedures can reattach severed limbs for humans, it's... risky and has to be done almost immediately. Might as well just get a bionic replacement at that point.

[She's seen some pretty advanced cybernetics to get people by. So much so that it's starting to become a voluntary practice in her world.]

A month? What, were you out or-- [ah shit, she might have peeked at one of Lapis' previous conversations] --in... capacitated?

[riptidequeen]

[Bionic? That whole first part goes right over her head, so she's not going to comment on it.]

I see... And incapacitated is probably the best word for it, it was a Gem thing.

[circumitus]

Does that happen often? Losing time like that?

[riptidequeen]

No, not normally. Regeneration can take some time, but I haven't taken that long before.

I think it might have been because it requires Chroma now? Or something like that.