Video | UN: oceangem (dated right after triple moon)

[riptidequeen]

[She was going to try and do this anonymous, and voice to text, but instead she accidentally hit the video option.

So everyone gets a scene of a flustered looking Lapis Lazuli.]

Is it normal for the moon stuff to be so extreme? Not that I'm complaining just...

[A sigh.]

It's unexpected how bad it got.

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[sleepinglotus]

[He gives a 'so-so' motion with his hand.]

Semblance requires Aura anyway, so I'm used to there being a tradeoff. It's just... a three-way trade off now. [Chroma -> Aura -> Semblance.]

I can't say the way I unlocked my Semblance was pleasant, though.

[riptidequeen]

It just seems... Strange to me. Everything a Gem can do they can just, do. No need for chroma or aura or anything other then a Gem being whole.

[She exhales a sigh now.]

I don't even think I could guess at how you unlocked it, Ren.

[sleepinglotus]

That's just how Remnant is.

[He suspects it has something to do with the brother gods taking magic away from humans due to Salem's transgressions, but that's only speculation.]

Trauma, mainly. Grimm attacked my village. Since Grimm are attracted to negative emotions, it wound up being what saved Nora and I.

[riptidequeen]

That's... That's awful.

[Seriously that sounds kinda fucked up, even if it did save his life.]

[sleepinglotus]

That is, unfortunately, how Remnant is. Places without any protection from Grimm will inevitably fall to them.

[riptidequeen]

Ugh. At least you came out okay.

[And because it just hits her...]

And it almost explains why the Mercury fellow is how he is.

[sleepinglotus]

I don't entirely know Mercury's history but I certainly can't imagine it was any better than Emerald's, or a lot of people who lived outside of the main kingdoms.

[But "almost" is probably correct.]

Not everyone is as lucky as Nora and I.

[riptidequeen]

Only he knows, and I doubt he'd share it.

[This is a kind of depressing subject!]

Well, I think everyone is lucky that you and your friend turned out okay after such a thing.

[sleepinglotus]

[Agreed.

Though really, Ren isn't entirely sure he wants to know.

It's almost easier to deal with him not knowing what his Tragic Backstory (tm) is.]

There is a lot I still need to get better at.

[Ren that was supposed to be a positive comment...]

[riptidequeen]

... That can apply to everyone, Ren.

[Pobody's Nerfect after all.]

[sleepinglotus]

[But if he's not perfect people die.]

That doesn't mean I can't continue to improve.

[riptidequeen]

[Everybody dies, eventually.]

Well, of course. But don't beat yourself up over it either.

[sleepinglotus]

[There's a big difference between dying from old age and being murdered because of another person's negligence.]

I'm not.

[riptidequeen]

[Not really, both are dying.]

If you say so...