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A long time ago, in a Kindergarden here on Earth at the time of its creation, there were more then a few gems be far that were working on its construction. Among the dozens of gems working happen to be a Blue Bismuth, she herself wasn't doing much of the 'building' as much of the 'clearing' of the planet.... doing so with very large explosions. A lot of time has passed since its construction had begun, it was almost in its finished state. Closing in on a location close to the entrance to the valley, there is the Bismuth, walking away from another gem, this gem was a bit larger, seeming to be another Bismuth, a darker hued blue then her, much more of a'strong' build. Short hair and pretty basic Homeworld uniform but missing the sleeves and a bit more worn then a normal uniform.
"Come on, time to get moving we are pretty much done here." She spoke out with some gruff, pointing at a ship in the distance behind her.
"I'm almost done! Just gotta clear out a bit of rubble around the side here! One last bang before we go!"  Turning away from the other Bismuth, one could notice that Bizzy was thinner then the darker hued Bismuth.  Her uniform was barley anything like the normal uniform of any kind of builder, short of her knee guards and the bit of armor strapped to her left shoulder. Seeming to be a bit more feminine of a curve to her body, some would later even say that of a 'bombshell'. Her boots seemed uniform enough, shorts that showed off more of her hardlight and... some cracks in her form as well. Her top seemed more like something a native of the planet would wear, very simple, a single strap clung to her arm just below her shoulder.
The darker Bismuth sighed and just waved her off, "Leaving with or without you Biz! Stop messing around, will ya?!" turning towards the ship and walking away mumbling something about always messing something up.
Bizzy had found her target, there was some more of the valley almost bulging out from the side of the wall, a small cave was under this obstruction and was an easy detonation location for her. After some time of struggling to fit though the small entrance only to find that it opened out into a cave hall way leading though part of the Kindergarden. Standing up and dusting herself off, dust flying about, "Ok then! Just got plant a few things here and there... should be enough to close all this off!" She smiled as she held her hands together and light started to build within her palms, clearly coming from her gem located in her right palm.
The glowing turned into an orb, growing larger... this took her a bit of time... maybe ramping up the explosion more then she should have. Sadly for her... she began to hear the rumbling of the ship outside the cave, "THEY ARE NOT!" and dropped the glowing orb she had been charging... it began to flicker and crackle as it hit the ground where she stood. Bis was already trying to crouch down under the narrow entrance... only for there to be that bang she had been wanting to hear... at the worst moment. The explosion caused a cave in, trapping Bizzy under a large pile of rubble and instantly poofing her gem, but leaving it perfectly trapped under the stone... unable to reform and most gem crew have left.
Who knows how long she had been trapped there until one day...
Cherry had.. Basically no idea where she was. She had wandered off from the beach and somehow ended up in a ravine. Eventually she started seeing gem-shaped holes in the wall and broken injectors- Must've been a Kindergarten at one point. The area seemed empty to say the least. Cherry Opal spoke quietly, "How long has this place been abandoned..?" she said, moving through the Kindergarten warily. Something felt off about this place. It was a feeling of 'you're not supposed to be here', yet here she was taking a stroll through the place. Her gem glowed, because she anticipated that she'd need to summon her weapon. It wasn't really useful as a light, however, because it was on the top of her shoulder. Kinda awkward to use it as a flashlight.
Carbide peered down from her vantage point higher upon a bluff, looking down into one of the many crevices and valleys that made up the derelict Prime Kindergarten of Facet 5. To be fail the bright red tinge was fairly difficult to miss, bobbing along through the passages of dead rock and soil and corroded dusty injectors. The heavy scout noticed that this gem seemed to be wandering rather lost looking, and that was rather impressive in and of itself, since Carbide had not noticed any incoming warp pad beams or any such thing, which meant that this tall reddish gem had indeed managed to get herself so displaced from civilization as to stumble across the kindergarten several leagues away.
Her words inched and wiggled up along the rock walls to the Heavy Scout's ears, making her scratch her head slightly. If this gem was that unfamiliar with the site, then perhaps she had only recently arrived on Earth at all. Made sense.. that Yellow Diamond insignia on her chest marked her as a Home World gem, but so far Carbide had managed to pull a bit of a 'Man with No-Name' stunt and succeeded in remaining on.. peaceful.. terms with the larger Loyalist and Crystal Gem factions, although she had her fair share of scuffles along the way... *sigh* it was never easy, was it?
She figured she should go down there and greet the tourists, lest they.. fall in a hole or something. She pauses for a moment, pondering just her sometimes colleague Mr. O would greet the gem down there.. but she quickly shooed that out of her head.. as the probable outcome of a proud Yellow court gem coming as close to peeing their pants, as gems can, when a figure slender and tall appearing right in front of them saying something to the tune of... "Hey Kid! You wanna see a shattered gem?! >:3 ".... probably wouldn't be the best way to make introductions. Actually she knew Opalite was classier than that, but it was funny to imagine!
Instead, she decides to give the other gem the courtesy of knowing she was here, and with the toe of her boot, kicks a walnut sized pebble off the edge of the embankment and lets it tumble and bump down the rocky wall, breaking the relative silence of the kindergarten, and roll to a stop some 6 ft ahead of the crimson gem..
"A few good years now at least, quiet as a human bone-yard most days" She speaks, crouching down on one knee and looking at the gem some 30 feet below...
Cherry jolted a bit, her gem glowing a bit brighter. She summoned her kanabo quickly, and turned around, looking up at the source of the voices. She had been a bit startled to say the least. "W-Who are you? State your name- No, state your.. names!" She said loudly as she noticed a second shape up there. She held her kanabo ready in both hands ready for a fight. Cherry probably seemed paranoid, and aggressive to the other gems, but it was just her natural instincts as a soldier kicking in when she saw strangers. What if they were going to try and poof her? Cherry just couldn't be sure. Her visor masked her eyes to the gems from the top of the cliff making that area of her face just seem like a blank, dark red slate.
Carbide slid down the rock wall, not bothering to do any fancy flips or what not, it was a bit of a lazy day. Arriving at the bottom she grabbed Octy about the shoulders and neck and proceeds to ruffle their hair a moment before letting them go.
"Well Octy, at least this one didnt ask for facet or cut like most others, in fact, asking our names is a down right sociable thing to do, hehe... ooh! shes got her beater!"
Carbide takes a few steps forward, closing the distance with the reddish gem, until she stands about one body length away, hands held up and open, parallel to her shoulders, in a show of non aggression although her demeanor remained polite but rather non-serious..
"Easy now Big Red..You can call me Carbide, and this over here is Octy, a Bloodstone." She notices the Diamond insignia on her chest.. "So what brings one of Yellow Diamond's 'presumably' finest, to this dead kindergarten? Its been down for a while now, havent seen a single gem emerge in a couple standard years by my reckoning.. er.. given how often I actually get to check in on this site..."
"Yeah that's true..they're at least being nice. That's better than most of the gems nowadays"
Octi stayed behind Carbide, chains out purely for safety reasons in case Cherry decided to try to attack the two of them.