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(Why do I have a feeling that behind all her calm regal persona white is the gem equivalent of a massive romantic and good number of her books are actually steamy gem romance novels which she'll NEVER admit to having 😏)

White: HA- sorry, *clears throat* hah, no, romance does not interest me. If I am putting my precious spare time into reading anything, it is old diaries and journals, the occasional playbook, and my personal favorite, simulation reports.

Yellow: The ones where you blow things up in increasingly strange and unrealistic ways?

White: I have to know what throwing a small ball into a planetoid at ten thousand times the speed of light will do to it. And since somebody legally deemed that sort of experiment "morally objectionable", I have to sate my curiosity in the digital realm.

Yellow: As for my reading habits. *long pause as she stirs her tea* Those are not anyone's business.

Blue: I'll read anything that holds my attention for more than six chapters.

Yellow: Which is near impossible.

Nacre must have some insane security or protection i imagine given how precious she is and how valuable she is

[[OOC: Nacre was not INTENDED to be a one-of-a-kind gem, but something went wrong during her incubation and they've never been able to replicate it! They instead made Navy pearls, which are basically secondary Pearl Managers. Nacre just runs the kindergarten.

Hows the weather down there shorty 😆

(I do love the fact that blue is slightly shorter then the rest of them and so utterly different to her regal and dignified canon counterpart, i legit wouldnt be surpised if yellow likes to tease her on her height every now and again when she annoys her 😆)

Whats the rarest kind of gem out there? Is there any other one off/unique gems out there that would give hematites a run for there money in rarity

You keep mentioning Nacre when someone brings up pearls but you make it sound like there is only ONE nacre gem am I wrong?

[[OOC: We couldn't find a way that the diamonds would canonically answer this, as they refuse to talk about it.

SO: Nacre is indeed one-of-a-kind!

As for your other question about rarity: Sunstones aren't as rare as Hematites, but are still up there in scarcity.

So if you wanna keep the details of how your pearls classified can you tell us how regular pearls are made and how someone qualifies for one?

Yellow: Blue has stepped out of the office for now, but. *looks over her shoulder, frown* Rest assured she did not think you were threatening her Pearl. *pause, sighs and shakes her head* Anyways. The qualifications for receiving a Pearl used to be very lenient. However, nowadays instead of them being passed off as a gift or, stars forbid, a 'belonging', we consider the process of Pearl distribution as 'hiring help'. Pearls are service gems, after all. We're still working on the laws surrounding their ability to terminate these arrangements, but, we will get there in time.

White: As for how they are MADE, that is my department.~ *pulls down a chart* You see, there are these little things called 'residue crystals', which form on the inside of kindergarten walls some time after a gem emerges from their incubation site. These are mostly useless dross, but certain crystals can be turned into a weaker form of the gem type it came from! It is how we got era 2 Peridots from era 1, and how we got Sphalerites from Citrines.

White: Nacre, otherwise known as "Mother of Pearl" had a fascinating effect on the sea floor where she was incubated. After she emerged and we settled her in at the Reef, tiny blue crystalline pods that looked like clamshells formed along the sea bed near the kindergarten. When I busted one open, we found a liquid that eventually became "Pearl Blood". Stuck it back in the ground at various depths and under certain conditions, and Yellow wound up with all the service gems she desired.

Yellow: As deeply as I love Pearls, I only wish we had folded them more carefully into gem society. They're one of my most treasured projects, but.

White: ... Ah. Forgive me, Yellow, got carried away. I forgot that's still a tender subject. *touches her shoulder*

[[OOC: Since 'mentally stable' is a bit hard to parse objectively, we'll change that to 'which fusion is the most in-sync'!]]

Hema: The Diamonds are out of the office at the moment and this may be the only time they'll let me answer this without bickering between themselves so, here goes-

Hema: Serpentine was really stable our entire first mission, but she's not very strong. Her specialty is stealth and ambushing, not fighting.

Hema: Dioptase is SO stable that her independent personality is REALLY strong, enough that sometimes she gets out of control. So, she's probably the top for synchronization! She's also definitely 'stronger' than Serpentine. Though, that doesn't mean she'd win a fight, necessarily.

Come on you gotta have a favourite and I doubt there be offend and dont feel obligated to chose white just because your her hema by the way id like to believe she'd wanna be your favourite fusion partner because you genuinely enjoyed it not because you were obligated to chose her

(Hehe I love the idea of putting hema in the hot seat and making him pick a favourite)

Hema: Stars you're MAKING ME pick? Uh... I guess if I really had to choose, Blue. She was there for me from day one- well, more or less -and she's never averted her eyes from what I am. A Hematite. And... I guess over time, that meant a lot more to me than I thought. Dioptase is fun, powerful, and fills me with this confidence that I don't think I'd ever have experienced if it weren't for her guidance.

Is it as simple as like having a bigger office or do you have special items/equipment that represent gem status

For instance if hema never had a pearl would there be something else that could have been given to him that would have made him stand out as an important gem or had your favour

Yellow: Generally speaking-

Hema: Heheh-

Yellow: Airlock. Anyways generally speaking, gems of higher status receive special travel signatures that allow them clearance to restricted zones, bigger living spaces, specialized work, or the status of a General Advisor or General Councilor gem. They're different than your Earth 'generals', which seem to be purely military related.

White: Hematite would never receive such a status due to his work as a privatized harvester and high-level gem typing, to put it in simple terms. We can not give high level clearance to a gem like a Hematite or, say, a Sunstone.

Blue: Oh man promoting a Sunstone is just ASKING for trouble.

Yellow: Indeed. There is also one other signifier for a protected, high ranking gem, but we have been informed by the 'higher ups' that we cannot disclose that information.

Blue: Why do you call 'em that?

Yellow: It's gotten 'worse.'

[[OOC: We're not certain if this was a meta question to the mods or an ask for the diamonds, but we're assuming it's the former!

To the diamonds and hema can you tell any stories about any interesting or unique fusion fights youve had during the whole big fusion event?

Not interesting in regards to difficulty but that could also be a factor but based on other things like unique weapons/powers the fusion had or perhaps they were interesting in regards to what gem combination they were

[[OOC: Oh PERISH THE THOUGHT that we'd get rid of one of our favorite parts of Legacy! Fusion events are largely unchanged at their core! The only thing that's changed is that they'll be bigger, better, and more detailed/thought-out! We've taken inspiration from a FUTURE fusion event chapter that hasn't been released yet in Legacy, which was a special Nocturn Fusion Event... but with a points system.~ BUT, can't spoil that- so just know that fusion events are still here, and they're here to stay!]

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Hema: *perks up* Oh! BLUE, can we tell them- Blue: About Dio? They already know, rookie.~ Hema: No no, the NEW Dioptase! Blue: OHHHH *loud laugh* Oh man you wanna spoil the surprise? [[OOC: "How about each of you shares one detail about your fusion with Hema?"]] Blue: Arright arright, well. *claps hand on knee* We traded that cool-ass mace-and-chain for a pair of sick gauntlets.~ Dio doesn't have a whole lot in her arsenal for abilities, but for what she lacks in powers- Hema: -he makes up for in versatility! I never thought there'd be so many ways you could use mist and ice!