Land of the Lustrous x Metroid role assignments
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Mother Brain -> Kongou-sensei. Mysterous nun with immense powers.
Samus -> Phosphophyllite, she starts off with the short ponytail she has Other M. Mother Brain’s favorite, but she is too squishy to fight until she gets the Suit.
The Space Pirates/The Moon Raiders -> The Lunarians. Mysterious beings from the moon, clad in Buddhist attire. Constantly trying to kidnap Mother Brain’s students. Their bodies dissolve into smoke when sufficiently wounded.
Gandrayda -> Morganite. Purple and naughty, teases Samus about her inability to be particularly good at anything.
Ghor -> Goshenite. Fuzzy spider creature with bioluminescent spots. Has prosthetics from wounds sustained fighting the Moon Raiders.
Sylux -> Bort. Obsessed with fighting. The very best at it. The one to bail out the others at the nick of time.
Spire -> Diamond. Sylux’s older partner. They want to be good at fighting, but their body fractures much more easily than Sylux’s.
Kanden -> Yellow Diamond. Eldest pupil with electric powers. Despite their natural gifts, they’ve lost multiple partners in their long life.
Noxus -> Euclase. Elder pupil. Wise and kind. In charge of secretary and strategy duty. Sometimes patrols.
Metallic green creature -> Jade. Noxus’ partner. In charge of waking up Mother Brain when she falls asleep.
Blue phage creature -> Benitoite
Two-tailed tentacle creature -> Neptunite
Fuzzy centipede creature -> Zircon. Kanden’s current partner and the second youngest of Mother Brain’s pupils.
Metroid Prime -> Cinnabar. The poisons that spew from her body are the reason she lives apart from the other pupils. She patrols the Phazon Wastes, but the Moon Raiders do not approach. Starts imitating Samus after Samus promises to find her a better job.
Unnamed Alimbic -> Rutile. The team medic.
Green and pink nudibranch -> Watermelon Tourmaline. Has corrosive spit. Pilots a robot body because their main body is too soft.
Blue mineral ooze creature -> Hemimorphite
Petrol the Craftsman -> Obsidian. Part of the fabrication department. Despite her small size, specializes in weapons creation.
Trace -> Red Beryl. Part of the fabrication department. Ambitious being who in charge of clothing.
Braided snake creature -> Sphene. Part of the fabrication department. Builds stuff.
Palm tree creature -> Peridot. Part of the fabrication department. In charge of textiles and paper.
Unnamed Ki-hunter -> Alexandrite. Obsessed with documenting the Moon Raiders. When she sees one she turns red and angry.
Pink Luminoth -> Ventricosus, leader of the Luminoth who made a deal with the Moon Raiders to return to Zebes.
Black/Green Luminoth -> Aculeatus, brother of the leader.
Unnamed Reptilicus Twins -> Amethysts
Rundas -> Antarcticite. A cold-weather being who is in charge of gathering supplies in the wastes surrounding the monastery when it is cold outside. Samus is consumed by grief when he is taken away by the Moon Raiders and she is unable to save him.
Queen Metroid -> Shiro. A special Moon Raider. She turns into ghostly versions of the various Metroid stages when cut up. She recognizes Samus somehow...
Gorea -> Padparascha. Ancient being. Fell to Zebes in a meteorite. Was born with missing parts and spends most of their time in hibernation. The unnamed Alimbic was inspired to become a medic through treating Gorea’s condition. Still they have trouble finding the perfect material to complete them.
Adam -> Ghost Quartz. Pupil in charge of the library and objects retrieved from the Moon Raiders. Agrees to help Samus investigate the Moon Raiders. He sacrifices himself to save Samus when her suit malfunctions trying to communicate with them.
Adam AI -> Cairngorm. An android with Adam’s memories. Despite this he is ruder and cruder than his creator. Adam made him promise to protect Samus, a role he resents.
Anthony -> Lapis Lazuli. Adam’s partner who was taken away trying to investigate the Moon Raiders. He kept detailed notes of his findings.
Silver Wing -> The Professor. Ancient Chozo. Mother Brain’s creator. The Moon Raiders try to replicate her in order to motivate Mother Brain into using her special powers.
Ridley -> Aechmea. Leader of the Moon Raiders. A ghost, his one wish is to become nothingness - something only Mother Brain can help him do. Takes a special interest in Samus, and later, the robotic Adam.
Kraid -> Cicada. A large and friendly Moon Raider who adores Ridley.
False Kraid -> Appe. One of Ridley’s many assistants.
Phantoon -> Barbata. A Moon Raider researcher.
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Steven Universe: Marooned Together - Chapter Forty-Five
(special thanks as always to @real-fakedoors for proof-reading!)
“Okay, we’re through. Twins, take us out of warp.”
The Sun Incinerator exited warp speed, emerging over a planet. Lars furrowed his brow as he took in the green orb.
It wasn’t especially unusual - mostly earth-like, but with a single enormous continent bisected by rivers, lit by a yellow sun. There were no deserts - it seemed to be largely forest and grassland with the occasional mountain range.
“Huh, just looks like a normal planet,” he muttered. “It’s like finding out that some kind of prophesied secret is in Ohio or something.”
“What’s an Ohio?” asked Left-Rutile.
“Sounds like a greeting,” mused Right-Rutile.
Lars chuckled, pressing a button next to his seat.
“Landing team to the bridge,” he began, “if you’re not up in five, I’ll get Jasper to hunt you down.”
“I’m not your attack dog, Lars,” Jasper snapped from her chair.
“No, but if people think you are, they’ll do what I say.”
“Then I’ll just tell them I’m not.”
“Touche.”
Lars sighed, sitting back in his chair. His smile vanished as he thought about the mission - about his friend, trapped in her own body, perhaps somewhere down below. He reached into his pocket and pulled out an old, dog-eared photo - Sadie on stage, an eternity ago.
“I’ll free you, Sadie,” he whispered. “Mark my words, I’ll-”
“Ohio is an Earth state,” blurted Padparadscha.
Lars exhaled through his nose.
“Thanks, Padparadscha.”
The Sun Incinerator was equipped with two spherical landing pods for the mission. They had been ‘borrowed’ from the Home Guard (Lenny assumed they wouldn’t notice they were missing) and were painted red and blue respectively. Lars commanded the red one - serial number K13-TH - while C piloted the blue - serial number L8-NC3. Both were hurtling through a pink dawn sky, heading to a specific point on the planet.
“So the scans say there’s a building?” asked Bismuth, staring through the screens that allowed Lars to see where he was going, “This just looks like mountains and grass.”
“I-I’m sure of it,” replied Lenny. “There-there’s an intricate s-s-system of t-tunnels under one of these hills. They can’t… they can’t be naturally o-occuring.”
“So it could be a lab,” mused Lars, “where they keep Sadie between missions.”
“Or it could just be a weapons dump.”
All eyes fell on Lapis, who looked back with a practiced degree of indifference.
“We used to have to help the Bismuths carve them out,” shrugged Lapis.
Slowly, Stevonnie put a hand on her shoulder.
“Let’s try to stay positive here, hon,” they said.
“I’m not saying she’s not there!” replied Lapis. “I’m just saying she might live in a dump!”
“You mean like you do?” asked Lars, smirking.
“It’s not a dump, it’s a barn.”
“It can be two things,” Bismuth shrugged.
“Don’t help him, Bismuth,” snapped Lapis.
“Blue calling Red.” C’s voice crackled through on the comms. “I’d hate to interrupt this incredibly mature argument, but I’m picking up something on scan.”
“What is it, C?” asked Stevonnie.
“I, uh… well, see for yourself.”
The pod passed over a rise, and Stevonnie gasped.
At first glance, it appeared to be a mountain, covered in grass, shrubs, rocks and occasional clumps of trees - but the shape was wrong, and there were patches of stark white that had been stained by time and erosion. Cracked pyramids lined the top, and the shapes of broken limbs without hands protruded along the sides. Two enormous, eye-shaped crevices, dotted with bushes and soil, broke the shape of the steep mountainside, and above them was carved the unmistakable shape of a diamond.
This wasn’t a mountain - this was a temple, indescribably ancient, and clearly dedicated to White Diamond.
“Well, someone’s got an ego,” muttered Lars. “Where’s the closest we can land?”
“There’s a flat area in front of the temple,” replied X over the comms. “I think we can go through the temple itself from there.”
“So we’re goin’ in,” Bismuth nodded, her expression grave.
“Yep,” replied Stevonnie, emphasising the ‘p’ sound.
“Y-yeah.” Lenny swallowed hard. “It’s… it’s, uh, g-gonna be an ex-experience, yeah…”
She laughed very, very nervously.
They travelled inside in something of a circle. Around the outside were Stevonnie, Garnet, Bismuth, Lapis, Jenny and Lars, weapons ready - inside were Lenny, C, X, the Rutiles and Padparadscha. Fluorite, too big for the pods, was watching the Sun Incinerator, and Jasper was guarding the little craft.
The entrance to the temple was so overgrown and weatherbeaten that it appeared more like the mouth of a cave. As Stevonnie stepped into the darkness, they noticed strange lizards on the walls - small, blue and six-legged, with two tails. At first they were everywhere, but as they went deeper and deeper they thinned out, as if they knew there was something terrible deep within this ancient structure. They shivered - it was growing colder as they went along.
Presently they reached an open, circular chamber.
“Yep,” said Lars. “Definitely an ego.”
They were surrounded by four enormous statues of White Diamond, each about thirty feet tall, their arms extended out to their sides, arms bent and hands level with their shoulders. At the end of the chamber was what looked like an elevator shaft, stretching high up to the darkness, and the walls were decorated with elaborate murals of the supreme Diamond and her court - ornately-dressed Sapphires, Rubies and Quartzes, all in perfect formation, Bismuths building great structures and Lapis Lazulis shaping the very world around them. It was a monument to imperial splendour.
“Look at the rock colouration,” mused X, “This is hundreds of thousands of years old…”
“You can tell how old it is by looking at it?” asked Jenny.
“Sure, can’t you?” shrugged C, “It’s, like, beginner Kindergartener stuff.”
“Jenny isn’t a Kindergartener, C,” grunted X.
“She can learn!” replied C. “It’ll take a hundred years, tops!”
“Yeah, I’m really gonna be able to use that stuff when I’m, what, a hundred and sixty?” said Jenny bluntly.
“So what was this used for?” asked Stevonnie.
“It’s a t-temple,” replied Lenny. “I-it has no purpose but… but to venerate. It-it’s a propaganda piece, i-i-it’s a…”
She took a deep breath.
“...a monument.”
“So why would Sadie be here?” asked Lars.
Lenny shrugged.
“P-perhaps it’s b-been converted into a l-lab, or a c-command centre,” she replied.
“But if so, why isn’t it guarded?” asked Lapis.
“It is guarded,” replied X, “By ships. Guess they never thought we’d slipped past.”
“No, there’ll be something,” said Lars. “Something up there.”
He pointed up into the darkness.
“So… in the head.” nodded C, “Definitely some symbolism there.”
Garnet crossed her arms.
“Bismuth, Jenny, keep watch here,” she instructed. “The rest of us will climb the shaft - Stevonnie and I can jump, and Lapis can fly, so we’ll be able to get up pretty quickly.”
“And what about me?” asked Lars.
“You’ll ride on my back.”
“Yeah, not unless you buy me dinner first.”
Garnet frowned, and Lars chuckled.
“Lars has a point, though,” said Stevonnie. “We can only carry one person each, maybe two, and we need to bring Lenny at least…”
“You take Lenny,” said Garnet. “Lapis can carry C or X…”
“Me,” snapped X. “If you’ve gotta pick, take someone who’s sensible.”
“X, that’s rude,” scoffed C.
“True, though,” said X.
“Yeah, probably.”
“Definitely.” X strolled over to Lapis, nodding back at C one more time. “Try not to blow yourself up, huh?”
“Eat silt, X.”
“Eat silt? Really? You’re an idiot, C…”
“Okay, okay!” Bismuth held out her arms, shaking her head. “Let’s just get moving, alright?”
High above and far away, Peridot 4DT gazed at a screen.
She frowned as she looked up at her companions in the darkened security centre. It wasn’t much more than a small boxy room that had been hastily equipped with computers and scanning equipment, but, as far as the Peridot was concerned, it was enough.
“Aquamarine,” she said, “Scans detect intruders in the foyer. What do we do?”
“What do you mean, what do we do?!” Aquamarine threw out her arms, “We send somebody to deal with them! Topaz!”
She turned to her bodyguard, ever-vigilant, silent and still as a statue.
“Topaz! Get down there and deal with them!”
Topaz nodded and marched away.
“Hold on,” 4DT held out a hand, “They’ve split up - some of them are coming up the elevator shaft. You might need to get Topaz to split up…”
“No need.”
The two jumped and turned around (Topaz, for her part, remained still.) At the other side of the lab, obscured in a dark doorway, was a silhouette with two glowing white eyes.
“We’ll send Chrysalis to deal with them,” the figure instructed, “It will be a good test.”
“For Chrysalis?” asked Aquamarine.
“No.”
A ghost of a smile could be seen on the figure’s darkened face.
“For Rose Quartz.”
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