#gemsofchaldea

Another gem from my “replace all the canon gems with ocs” au; Petalite!

Petalite was not meant to be made. Pink Diamond was trying to impress White Diamond with her concepts for gems, so she could gain her first colony. 

Before going before White, Pink Diamond told Blue Diamond all her ideas. Blue... was scared for Pink. All these gem ideas didn’t have much use to the empire. She feared Pink getting in more major trouble for these ideas than the tower, the worst case scenarios popping in her head. 

So, Blue did the unthinkable. She “borrowed” Pink’s essence and crafted a more sensible gem that still seemed like something Pink would concept. A gem who would experiment upon organics to try to find a use for them for the empire. Petalite was born of this as the first test gem, and presented to Pink secretly before she could go to White with her ideas. 

Pink was furious at Blue for this back handed slight, and threw a bit of a tantrum. Both gems were thrown into the tower to calm down and connect. Petalite feared her shattering at the hands of Pink for just being born.... But Pink did not blame Petalite for something out of her hands. Rather, she was furious at Blue for thinking her ideas were so bad and going behind her back. Stealing her first crafted gem type - a very personal and loving experience for a Diamond. 

Pink was forced to present Petalite before White. White did enjoy Pink’s more serious idea, saying she feared Pink would only give silly ideas that would not help the empire at large. However. White did not think this gem concept should be mass produced, as Pink was the only one with interest in organics. No no, if anything.... This should be Pink’s right hand!

Not only did Pink loose her chance at crafting her first gem herself, she lost the chance to choose her own right hand. Pink was furious, bitter, and pulled away from Petalite as a result. It didn’t help Pink was privately horrified at Petalite’s dissection and study of  organics that she just wanted to play with. And, found it hard to connect with such an outwardly flat affected gem.

Petalite tried her hardest to please, Pink, but..... Pink just kept pulling further and further away. Especially when she was finally given Earth. Where was she all the time? 

On that faithful day, Pink instructed Petalite to do something on Homeworld for her. She needed to give a speech on Earth she said. 

Petalite was not there the moment Pink Diamond was shattered.

Petalite was devastated, so much so she went into her own head and lost her color- something that can happen to a gem only in extreme situations. Petalite desperately buried herself in research in study, turning down Blue’s offer to become her own right hand and resulting in Bitch Crystal being selected for the position instead. She didn’t want to fail another Diamond. 

No, Petalite threw herself at the shard of her Diamond, desperately trying to repair her with all kindergarten techniques known to gem kind. But nothing helped. She grew colder, more distant, and only really showed anger at those who bothered her studies now. 

When Steven arrives at homeworld as “Rose”, she demands they shatter him, so she may use his naturally healing shards to try to fix Pink.. But, when he’s thought to be “Pink”... She’s relived. Happy. So glad her diamond is truly okay..... Confused. Hurt. Why didn’t she know? How could she not know? Why didn’t Pink tell her? She knew Pink didn’t like her too much but, to be left behind like that.... 

❝ ▂▂▃▃▂▂... ❞ He was drawn to her. He could tell long before he laid his eyes on her. The stench of rust and iron, the unmistakable scent of blood. She bathed in countless body of her enemies, crushing the desires of others to forge ahead. Someone whose the essence of violence was etched to her being, like scars on the flesh of warriors – live by the sword, die by the sword. Destroy innocents and perpetuate evil. Picking up speed, the Berserker strode as the chains flailed behind him eroding parts of the trees it touched and marring the plant life before launching into the air and jumping down a cliff – monstrous sword in hand, misshapen and blunt, straight against his opponent!

“Don’t worry, Bedivere. I’m fine.” 

The statement and smile were sweet, but the sight certainly was not. Being summoned back to discover your Master confined to a wheelchair, with medical staff flanking them on either side could only give way to the entirely opposite realization. Whatever had happened on the island had surely taken a toll on Atori’s body which hasn’t fully healed. Still, Atori knew that the knight would blame himself, and that simply wasn’t the case.

“You did everything as I instructed. I just should have been more careful...” 

Atori gazed at the summoning systems, brows knit in contemplation. She had already summoned her Servant back, yet she did feel a touch better than she had before... Her gaze locked to one of the staff manning the systems, smile returning.

“I am sure you are dying of heat stroke in that lovely dress. So I am glad to give you a glass of something cold. It is a pleasure to meet you. My full name is Margaret Joanna Adelha Mathilde. One of the many esteemed members of the Currier clan from Germany. Director Marisbury Animusphere hired me to oversee Chaldea’s Arboretum Project. But feel free to call me Adelha.”

Kay sighed exasperatedly, he couldn’t believe what was going on right now.  Basically at her sister basically acting like rowdy siblings with Mordred essentially, he’s going to admonish her for that at a later time.  The tall sharp tongued knight would raise an arm to hold Yuuki from pursuing Mordred further. 

“Hm! You know, Chacha thinks you should be in charge of the next tea party!”

Part of it is done out of her sheer generosity to share her right to power, of course....but maybe an other half is due to the fact that she doesn’t feel like getting everything and everyone together at the moment.