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intjcanbelieveit · 8 months

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Quartz

The thoughts I had that day were overwhelming. What if I could do this? What if I tried it and succeeded? Would it change the whole course of my life?

What if I failed? Of course, failing doesn’t make me a failure, but it definitely hinder my interest in trying new things again.

“Just do it already!” Smokey screeched from the bottom of the half-pipe.

I observe that, while it is just my imagination, the bottom of the ramp feels super SUPER far away. “I’m not sure I can do it guys…”

“What’s the worst that could happen?” Smokey added. “You crack your knee and Azurite has to glue you back together?”

Carnelian elbowed Smokey who gave an eye roll. “You can always come down if you don’t want to do it,” she called up reassuringly.

“But I do!” I cried – trying to convince myself that I did. “You guys spent so much time carving and smoothing this out and I’ve never even given it a chance.”

“Well maybe we didn’t build it for you,” Pyrite chimed in. “Not everything has to be for everyone.”

That stung. Just because the 3 of them skateboarded on this ramp doesn’t mean I should be excluded from it. I had half a mind to tell them so when suddenly I felt a gentle push from behind. I lost my balance and screamed as I careened down the ramp and full speed on the board. The force of speed made me shrink down as I panickily grabbed at the edge of the board.

A chorus a voices shouted random bits of utterly useless advice to me as I crested the other half of the ramp, flailing. I scrabbled for the board as I felt myself falling away from it. I landed with a thud on my stomach as the board slipped through my fingers and rolled back down the ramp. It rolled back and forth in the basin until Smokey kick-flipped it into his hand.

Carnelian climbed the slope to inspect the damage to my mangled body. I slowly sat up and caught my breath and she took a look at my hands. “A few scrapes, but sandstone is nothing compared to raw quartz. Let’s see your stomach.” I gingerly lifted up my shirt and let her take a look then flinched as she swept off the particles of sand that had tried to embed themselves. “Yep, right as rain.” Her smile reassured me a little.

“Q that was a sweet ride!” Smokey laughed waving the board around. “Gotta show me how you get air like that!”

“She’s right, you know. You had some serious hang time,” Carnelian added as she helped me down the slope. I braced myself against her muscular arm. Maybe if I was as strong as Carnelian or and relaxed as Smokey I wouldn’t have been nearly as intimidated. But I did feel a little proud of myself that I did it…but then again, I didn’t choose it…someone pushed me. I looked around and noticed that Pyrite wasn’t anywhere to be seen, even the other side of the ramp. Did he push me?

Later that afternoon I ran into Pyrite in the training hall practicing stances with his double-handed scythe. Rather than ‘ran into’, I suppose I knew he was there. He always was at this time of day. I wiped my feet with the cloth at the edge of the floor then stepped up on the slate surface and tried to walk quietly and surprise him.

I watched as he gracefully yet firmly placed his feet and drew the pair of blades in and out away from his core in controlled sweeping motions. I apparently was the one not paying attention because he suddenly came upon me and aimed the curved blades at either side of my neck. I froze, by some strange instinct, even though I knew those blades couldn’t cut thought me.

“If you’re wondering if I pushed you this morning, the answer is ‘yes’,” he said without even looking me in the eye. “You need to step out of your comfort zone more or you’ll be a weak link.”

That was mean and rather harsh. I had intended to tell him so but he continued, lowering her scythes with a deep breath out – his eyes were closed. “You need to learn that taking risks is how you grow. You can’t learn to deal with everything by studying every aspect of it.”

Ugh. I hated how he got right to the heart of my problems. It was annoying how he could see through me like that. “Well, I can gather most of the information so I don’t make stupid mistakes.”

“Mistakes are the best teachers,” he connected the two ends of the scythes into a large single staff and held it in front of his middle

“Not in the middle of a fight,” I explained. “Or when it could cost you a limb!”

“We were made to be fixable. Plus, you’re in a safe environment, you can make mistakes here.”

Not in front of the likes you of, Pyrite-Garessen! A born natural at swinging sharp objects, punching, kicking, and all things active. I let out a snort.

“You can be mad all you want, but that won’t change the fact that you need to get better at fighting.”

“Why? Who is there even to fight? We live in the middle of freaking nowhere and any enemy we see we could have seen coming for miles!”

Pyrite slammed the tip of staff into the ground and turned to look at me. His squarish golden eyes drilled into mine for a moment as he moved toward me. “Do you want to know a secret?”

I felt suddenly uncomfortable and took a step back as he approached. His body shifted as he drew near, shortening his stature, but extending the length of his hair so that he could wrap his arm around my shoulders and bring me in close. He forced me into a kneeling position then folded his legs under his body likewise. “Azurite said that secrets are best kept to oneself…”

“I bet Azurite doesn’t even know this,” his voice dropped to a whisper. “Ironwood-garessen, Azurite’s teacher and our creator? Yeah, he built us to be weapons for a nation of plants.”

I blinked in disbelief. “No that can’t be. Azurite always said he was lonely and wanted company.”

“That’s only partially true. I found some of his old journals and read through the entries.”

“That’s rude!”

“Shh! Don’t interrupt! I read that he had been trying for years to build sentient rock forms to arm and protect the Etretian treetians. A group that was said to be protected by God but has essentially turned their back on him when he left them to die in the desert and be captured and torched by their enemies in the area. Because they thought he had abandoned them it was decided by the elders and the judges that they should build their own ‘rock of promise’ and started a program to build us.” I could feel his nervous excitement as he spoke, he tightened his grip on my shoulders.

“That seems a little far-drawn, Pyrite, I mean really.” I tried to shrug off his arm and straighten back up. “Azurite always taught us that God is near and never abandons those who are his. And what even is a ‘rock of promise’?”

“I’m not entirely sure,” he admitted letting off my shoulders finally. “I need to do more digging, and I was hoping you could help me with it.”

So, he was just getting under my skin so he could ask me to help him?

“And I wasn’t just saying that you need to be more outgoing to be mean.”

There’s that mind-reading again.

“I need you to be brave and help me research about this more. And you also need to be ready to fight, because if that’s what we were made for, then I’m sure there’s something or someone out there that we were supposed to fight!”

Why would we need to fight someone we don’t even know for some group we’ve never met? Would there even need to be a fight if we never ran into the enemy?

“Please, Q, you’re the best researcher I know. I need to have you by my side to solve this puzzle. And I have a plan I think you’ll like.” I raised my brows in expectation. “I want you to go to the school so that you can get into the Floating Library at Nosse and dig up those records. If anything about this project would be anywhere, it would be there!”

“The Library at Nosse!” I exclaimed. Pyrite quickly shushed me again. “The library as Nosse?” I repeated, mostly to myself. “It’s always been my dream to go there!”

He nodded. “And I think if you can convince Azurite to let you study with the scholars in the city, they might take you to the library as an extracurricular activity. If you can somehow convince them to bring me or somehow, you’re able to sneak me into the library, I don’t even ask you to look for me, I’ll find it myself.”

My mind whirled with possibilities. The most beautiful structure made by the hand of the treetians to be placed in the sky, protected so that nothing on earth could destroy the sacred knowledge held within. Very little was known by current treetian scholars about how they past societies managed to make such a large building float with the use of magnetics and pullies. The sacred building was only drawn back to earth once a year so that the top scholars in the world to access it works. What a dream come true it would be to be amongst them!

“So, are you in?”

I was brought back into reality by those expectant golden eyes looking up at my from under bangs of the same color.

“I’m in…”I hesitated, “so long as this research doesn’t hurt anyone. So long as it doesn’t change what we already have.”

“I can’t promise that,” Pyrite responded with an edge creeping into his words. “This could change everything for us, it could also give us the meaning of our lives! Tell us why we’re here and what our purpose is!”

Those questions bothered Pyrite? Questions of purpose and meaning outside of existing for its own sake? I wanted to reach deeper and pull out those questions when he stood up quickly and looked toward the door.

“Hey you two!” Carnelian called as she walked into the room. “You giving some secrete training advice or something?” she hung her jacket on a hanger on the wall and wiped her feet off before stepping on to the slate floor with them.

“Nah,” Pyrite said. “I was just giving her advice about skateboarding and how to build her confidence.” He patted my shoulder and smiled down at me.

Suddenly my insides tightened. I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone about this, was I? It was a secret between the two of us.

I stood up slowly, feeling the weight of this new knowledge settle into the place on my shoulders where Pyrite had removed his arm just before. How long has he carried this knowledge by himself? When did he decide to find Ironwood-garessen’s notes?

With new questions swirling in my head, Pyrite patted my back and sent me on my way announcing:

“Think about what I said, Q. If you ever need a confidence boost let me know. I am your biggest cheerleader, after all.”

#original story #story #writing #Gem story #gem dump #story dump

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artistakai · 2 months

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Song inspired drawing

This is soo Teal coded

#my art #steven universe #su peridot #peridot #steven universe peridot #gem oc #peridot oc #backgrounds are not my strongest lol #music dump

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sjcarter17lve · 2 months

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Are they Nefarious or Innocent? /Pos

Snail Lore:

Thanks to @caramelcoatednightmares for the collaboration :D

Experiment: Could u send a🌻if you've seen this post before and also seen the update. Could u send a🐌if you haven't seen this post before, thank you.

Updates:

Welcome

Ladypink /little Gem (Gem's Snail)

Snail /Little G (Grian's Snail)

Larry Jr (Scar's)

Larry Jr split into tons of little snails

Scar made little G and Ladypink roast the snails on a fire to make eSCARgo \Sun 2332024\

Comment if you want to join in for fun, or just comment anyways :D 🌻

Lore:

HC! Snail is a family of gastropods from the planet Exraterra. Snails are born in terrarium nests surrounded by their parents and their escargotiore (clan);

When Snails are old enough some choose to leave in little meteorite space ships to find humanoids to become their adopters, these escargotiores are called walks (Grian lore and my interpretation); They grow strong mutual bonds by imprinting (like Pokémon & Trainer "friendship");

Snails love annoying their adopter's friends, I believe this is because they can get attached to people really easily, but they use it as a form of reconn for the safety of their siblings (Grian's lore and also who wouldn't get attached to the hermits);

It has been documented that little G likes to eat buildings, materials include: rock types. They eat their meteorites (Gem's lighthouse);

Snails have the power to make duplicate illusions. But evidence is insufficient, documented once (little G seen at Gem's lighthouse and Doc's swamp at the same time);

Snail can teleport instantly if broken (When Grian broke them free from Gem's raft);

Little G is sometimes referred to as a fish, but we don't know if this is due to an unreliable narrator, or some hidden meaning (Grian called little G a fish when he noticed them on Gem's raft);

Snails can build very rudimentary things (Grian, Gem and Scar's stories)

Larry Jr is a Mega Giant snail, built by Ladypink and little G to prank scar.

Snails can be moved, we haven't been able to determine if this can be done by luring as well from picking them up, we believe it's mostly by picking them up due to the lack of a trail (Gem moving little G from her lighthouse to her raft and when gem rescued Ladypink Grian has also picked up little G multiple times);

Past updates:

Ladypink and little G were annoying Scar and got caught and caged, thankfully they were both rescued by their adopters (Gem, Grian and Scar's Stories) \Mon 432024\

Snail and Ladypink built Larry Jr on Scar's Train. Larry Jr is a Mega Giant Snail :D \Sat 932024\

#saffs info lore dumps #writings of saff #saffs brianrot #hermitcraft x #hermitcraft #hermitcraft 10 #hermitcraft smp #hermitcraft 10 spoilers #Hermit snail #hermitcraft gem #hermitcraft grian #hermitcraft doc #saffs long posts #hc! means headcanon #snails are hermaphroditic so they them she her he him #hc! snails like the definite article like the doctor #doctor who #like the doctor

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d4isywhims · 1 year

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500 followers gift! 🎉

hellooooooo lovelies!! <3 thank you for 500 followers that's insane 🥹 i appreciate each and every one of you gorgeous beings 💛

this sim dump is inspired by the it-girls audio on tiktok BUT i genderbent them hehe 🙈 see if you can guess which song these boys were based on without clicking on their names :D

[download links and more info below!]

🥀 carmine salvatori [gdrive]

rough past, this one. but he’ll do whatever it takes to be the biggest star in del sol valley.

🌉 dylan brooks [gdrive]

as sung beautifully by the naked brothers band, long distance relationships will kill you. but dylan makes it soooo easy.

🌻 heath andrews [gdrive]

the nicest guy you’ve ever met. why do you dislike him so much? oh yeah. he’s dating your crush :/

🎸mason hendrix [gdrive]

mason’s the guy that every girl wants. too bad his heart belongs to jessie 🤷🏻‍♀️

defaults: whisper eyes

only ONE outfit for each sim

please note that i have all the packs :)

cc included

i do not claim any of the cc used in this sim dump

thank you to all the talented and amazing cc creators! <3

#sim dl #follower's gift #gem's sims #sim dump

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bewizarding · 5 months

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Here's Garnet WIP from today! I'm sure you can tell which skills I'm focusing on and which I'm kind of ignoring atm.

To keep myself creating and improving, I've been following wherever inspiration strikes so I want to do a couple small series of SU illustrations. Sketch dump under the cut. Hope to get a decent Amethyst done in the next few days.

#focusing on the “og” crystal gems for now but id like to do a version with the later. ore crew later #i did some rough bismuth sketches at some point but i don't know where they are #su fanart #sketch dump #crystal gems #su garnet #steven universe fanart #i'll create finish works eventually i promise I'm practing hands and stuff with studies lmao #steven universe

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gemwolfz · 3 months

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froggy flags COMPLETE SET!!!! flag ids under cut :)

keroro: pansexual, multiflux, polyamorous giroro: bisexual flag :) dororo: unlabeled tamama: bisexual, transgender kululu: apagender, aroace

#sgt frog #keroro gunso #gem art #brain: dumped

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ratxklng · 6 months

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hello, i am the creator of verdelites, coals, hemimorphites, and richterites from gem galaxies

and recently, you may have heard that my gems have been pulled out of the game; this is my decision

due to recent events that have made me uncomfortable to keep sticking with the game, i’ve since then decided to disassociate from gem galaxies. this includes my own gem type designs for the sake of my comfortability and moving on. i’d also have to address angelite 5 as a character, as the angelite gem type is from gem galaxies. i will still be posting it and it will still be an angelite. its lore will not be changing, but it will not be associated with the gem galaxies au. i will still continue to credit gem galaxies for the angelite gem type out of respect. this goes for all of the gem ocs i use that are gem types from gem galaxies

there may be a time where i redesign 5 as a character to separate it from the angelite gem type and my other characters from their respective gem types, but currently i’m too attached to their current designs to think about that atm

i deeply apologize to those who are attached to my gem types having to see them go from the game, but i will not disallow usage of my gem types outside of it. if you want to continue to use my gem types, please credit or refer to me instead of gem galaxies. thank you

if you have any questions regarding these gem types and their departure, i will answer them to the best of my ability so dont be afraid to contact me

#>dev disposables #gem galaxies #steven universe #sorry to dump this on ya #i wouldnt want to see dumb roblox game mess drama poopfuck on my dash either #but i thought to be vocal about this

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ryuusea · 1 year

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case files of jeweler richard sketch

plops smol seigi into richard’s teacup

#I watched it after sakuracon and have been wanting to draw his hair #can’t believe they traded trauma gems and got married #case files of jeweler richard #sketch #sketch dump #richard ranasinghe de vulpian #nakata seigi #jeweler Richard

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monaathena · 5 days

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I recently created this doodle

#character art #drawing #my art #digital art #digital illustration #clip studio paint #gem oc #steven unvierse au #steven universe #gem galaxies #sketch #small artist #doodles #sketches #my artwork #art dump

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finchers-ipad · 5 months

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photographer: okay guys we are going to get some good shots of the Propaganda Film Founders, so if you could just all stand against the wall and face the camera *click* okay great! now let’s do a silly one where you all put your hands on the wall to look like you are bing arrested, but no one do a cunty pose okay?

Fincher: haha okayyy (lying)

#WHY IS HE DOING ALL THAT #i just found this gem of a picture today holy shit #if you don’t know propaganda films was a film and music video production company that was co founded by Fincher and this group of guys #they mainly produced music videos but also produced ‘being john malkovitch’#and ‘full frontal’ and ‘the game’ and ‘adaptation’ etc #but the company dissolved in 2002 in pretty sure #random info dump sorry #on the hunt for a Propaganda Films Crew jacket but they were all sold years ago on sketchy websites #so i’m not holding out much hope 😔#david fincher #propaganda films company

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cjbolan · 5 months

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More mixed media from me. Enjoy!

Art by me.

#my artwork #mixed media #gemstones #gem #gems #diamond #diamonds #pearls #sketch dump

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intjcanbelieveit · 8 months

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Smokey Quartz

Just another Gem dump.

It was nice outside and so why everyone was hanging around inside was beyond me.

“You’re stupid if you consider 35 fret ‘nice’,” Quartz snorted. “It’s hotter than lava out there and you know it.”

I rolled my eyes. “Our sap runs hotter than that.”

“Yes and that why we don’t need to be out in it making it boil! Now quick pestering me and go ask Carnelian or Pyrite or whatever.”

With a sigh I walked away. I had already asked them. Carnelian was reading and meditating, Pyrite was with Azurite in the lab and now Quartz shooed me away because I was disturbing her ‘studies’. She’s gotten so pretentious since she started going to the scholar’s fellowship. The name even sounds pretentious.

I ran a hand through my hair and scratched my scalp with frustration. I know we aren’t supposed to go out beyond the village without another gem, but maybe this once I could…it’s not like anyone in the nearby boscage would be out now in the middle of the day. They would dry up like a tumbleweed.

I tiptoed through the buildings and peeked in at each gem to make sure then grabbed my machete and a knife – just in case- then ran out of the house. I leapt over the rock and ran down the narrow foot-worn path that wound around the stone guardians and down toward the boscage.

I flipped my smaller knife around in my hand rolling it off my palm then the back of my hand in the way I had taught myself when I was bored. I launched it into a nearby saguaro cactus and a stick with a quiet thunk. Very satisfying. Good thing cacti didn’t have host spirits, because that could make someone real…

“OW!”

I jolted and bolted behind a cactus when I heard the scream. Loud sobs suddenly started happening down the road and I peered around to see a figure kneeling beside the road holding her left leg. I could hear her swearing through her sobs as she tried to stand back up.

My whole body felt like I was going to turn inside out on myself. I messed up…really bad. I didn’t know…ugh I have to help her.

I slid out from my hiding place and walked over to her. She sucked in a quick breath when she heard my approach. “Get back! I’m warning you!”

“Hey! Hey! I’m here to help! Looks like you got…uh, hurt…” I stuttered feeling embarrassed and guilty.

“I’m fine. This is fine. I can fix it. It’s not a problem.” She said – I think it was mostly to herself. She wobbled to an upright position balancing on one leg. “See, I’m upright. That’s the point. If the sun won’t kill me, nothing else will either!”

“So…you’re a Saguaro…I’ve never met one before.”

She looked at me as if she suddenly recognized that I was there. “Yes I am. But what are you? You don’t look like a Treetian.”

“That’s because I’m not.”

She cocked her head and pursed her lips waiting for me to explain.

“It’s uh, complicated, but I’m made of quartz.”

“You’re not, like, the spirit of a quartz rock?”

“Right, like, my body is quartz.”

“Then how do you move? Since rock is rigid and hard and stuff.”

“That’s not the kind of question I can answer.”

“Don’t you know about yourself?”

“That’s not my job.”

“Then what’s your job if not to know about yourself?”

“That’s a very existential question.”

“But are you going to answer it?”

My brow furrowed in concentration. “I’m…not sure what my job is or why I was made. I kinda just do my own thing.”

“And you’re okay with not having a point or a reason?”

“It’s not like I don’t have a point, I just…don’t know what it is.”

“You say you have a reason for being here, why are you here then?”

I was tired of the conversation, so I tried a different strategy. “Look,” I said, “You’re hobbling around on one leg, do you need some help?”

Apparently, the conversation had distracted her from the immediate issue of the deep wound and had stopped her crying. She sniffed and tentatively put her leg back down. “It’ll callous over in a day or so…I think. What even hit my sourme…oh geez!” she saw my knife sticking out of the cactus. “Some bozo threw a knife at my sourme?! That’s so rude!”

I laughed awkwardly, “So rude! Looks like it needs to be pulled out, I can do it for you.”

She heaved a deep sigh and nodded. “On 3.”

With a count to 3 I yanked the knife out and a fresh ooze of sap came out of the trunk. I heard her yelp in response and duck back down.

“Are you going to be okay?” I asked with a bit of hesitation.

“Yeah I guess, so long as it doesn’t get infected or have any bugs crawl into it…”

I shuddered at the thought. “Do you want me to get some help?”

She eyed me suspiciously. “Are you going to chop my sourme up and feed me to some tortoise?”

“What would I do that?” She shrugged and looked away. “I’ll bring back my grovemate and he’ll get you fixed up. Can you wait here?”

Without waiting for an answer, I took off back towards the dwelling, leaping over stones and rocks until I burst in the door of Azurite’s lab. Azurite and Pyrite both jumped in sync and Azurite dropped the smoker that was in his mouth onto the floor.

“Azurite can you help fix a cactus?”

“Um yes,” he blinked in surprise, “But why would you need to ‘fix’ a cactus? And what are we fixing about it?”

“It’s…a story, but it doesn’t matter, can you please come with me now?”

Azurite nodded and made sure to stomp out the smoker that had fallen and was now smoldering on the floor. He tried his long blue bangs back into a topknot and threw on his jacket. Pyrite stood and followed quietly.

I led them back down the path and looked around for the cactus I had thrown the knife into. I was easier to find when I saw the figure nearby. She sat on a rock nearby overlooking the boscage across the plain.

“Hey, uh, I’m back!” I called as I walked up with Azurite and Pyrite.

She turned and nodded but said nothing as we approached.

Azurite made a deep swooping gesture to greet the cactus-person. “Fair weather to you, my name is Azurite and these are my grovemates Pyrite and Smokey Quartz. I’ve heard that you’ve been injured. I am a scientist who studies all lifeforms and I might be able to help.”

A quick smile passed over her lips in a general friendly way. “Yeah uh, someone launched a knife into my sourme and there’s a gapping hole in my leg now.”

Pyrite flashed a look at me. He was so quick about putting the pieces of the story together. I ducked my head a little and didn’t make eye-contact.

“I see.” Azurite approached the saguaro sourme and investigated it. “It appears that the wound is deep, but narrow and should heal easily. From the deep folds of his pants, he pulled a bottle of water and sprayed the gap with it. Just keep it clean and let it callous over.

“See,” the Cactus-person said . “I told you I was fine!”

I rolled my eyes.

“I apologize that there isn’t more that I can do – but you plants do really heal in an amazing way.” He smiled in the gentle way he always did when he taught and encouraged others. “If there is anything I can do to assist you please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are just up the hill.” He gestured with a nod of his head.

He then turned to me. “Smokey Quartz is there something you need to say?”

My hands suddenly felt hot and I rubbed them against my pants. “Uh…uh…no?”

Pyrite shot me the look again.

“Uh…I guess…I’m sorry I threw the knife at your sourme. I didn’t intend harm but…”

“Don’t try to make an excuse,” Azurite said with a firm hand on my shoulder.

I lowered my gaze and breathed in, “I’m sorry for throwing the knife at your sourme. It was rude even if I didn’t think someone was linked to it. Will you forgive me?”

The cactus-person wandered over to me, already able to put some weight on her damaged leg. “Yes, I forgive you.” She bowed and I bowed in response. And we smiled at each other. “Don’t do it again though.”

I laughed awkwardly and nodded. “I promise I won’t.”

And that's how we met Su the Suguaro.

#original story #story #writing #Gem story #Gem dump #story dump

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