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9 years ago
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The Lady Bloodstone waited sipping at her champagne enjoying the gently breeze rolling through the Rose garden. The sun shone through the vine covered gazebo filtering down onto the white woven wicker furniture coveredd in blushing pearl cushions. the low glass table is set with fruits, champagne and white wines, and a vase of fresh cut pearl roses their leaves a burst of emerald color. I stand behidn the Lady staring straight out trying to make as little an impression as i can. The Lady lays her head back and shuts her eyes letting her thin nearly white blonde hair fall in waves down the back of the chair. The sun fell in scattered spots through the leafy vines landing over her fair skin lightly freckled with small golden spots the same pale honey as her eyes. she wore a pale flowing green gown making her look an ethereal spirit of spring.
The pearl stood across the gazebo fanning a large fan of baby blue feathers the light breeze making the Ladies’ hair dance. Her face was frozen, her eyes staring out unseeing. The pearl had been well trained and stood therre emotionlessly serving our Lady. I wish i could do that. i always seemed to mess up, thinking too much and not hearing orders, fidgeting because being motionless isnt in my nature, forgetting to sloidify before reaching for something and settign fire to it.
The Lady’s friends join her in the garden their pearls taking up places along the pillars blending seamlessly awaiting orders. “Aurora Dear what is that youve got?” one of the women, i think i'd heard her called Nicole, asks tipping her champagne towards me. “oh? ive not showed you my new toy? Its the only one of its kind. Glass! made near a volcano on a beach she can gett pretty hot but shes absolutly a pleasure!” the Lady says waving a delicate hand. i step forward focusing on cooling my feet so i dont scorch the gazebo, “Glass huh? why isnt it clear?” Nicole asks looking me over with an almost disgusted predatory gaze. In the blink of an eye i watch her face change to one of shock followed by lust or hunger. “It changes color but i dont like walking into it so i got it to take the sand blasted tone.” the Lady explains and i shift back to looking like frosted glass.
back in my place looking pretty i listen to Nicole butter up the Lady before offering to buy me off of her. “Oh i wouldnt sell my Glass for anything!!” The Lady laughs gloating clearly. “Are you Sure Ma’am? i mean i'm sure The Pride would like to compensate you for you're donation.” i turn unthinking toward the Black Pearl straightening his tie. “excuse me?” The Lady demands looking him over. The Black Pearl raises his palm and we can clearly see the Lion’s head carved into his form and filled in with gold. “oh a Pride pearl. ive never seen one in black.” Nicole oogles, “Ma’am i is my duty to inform you that you're.. Glass.. was sold to you under false pretenses. i believe you were told that she was formed by accident? this is a lie. She was grown for the purpose of serving Her Highness the Head Lioness Alpha Okari. She is to come with me.” He says waving me toward him. i glance at the Lady before walking toward him, “you said the pride would compensate me? i wouldnt mind if you casually mentioned i'm in the market for an aquamarine.” she fishes looking kind of disinterested. “is there a specific color you would like you're aquamarine?” The Black pearl asks casuing Nicole to gasp, “there no way that thing is worth an Aqua!!” she snaps.
the women argue and the Black Pearls leads me away from the gazebo. “Do you have a name?” he asks guiding me toward the front of the house. “No Lord. Just Glass.” i answer he scoffs, “i'm a pearl. dont call me Lord.” he snaps. “..i'm sorry. i just figured you being a Pride Pearl.” i explain quietly. he shakes his head. “the Flesh will get upset if they hear i'm being treated as an equal. its likely they would break me. i'm not trying to upset you.” he nearly whispers as we walk up to a horse and carrige. “is that..?” i trail off. “well i am a pride pearl i do have some perks. ive heard you have a problem with heat. can you ride without setting fires?” he asks openign the door. “ive been practicing! i can tell if i'm gonna.. fwoom.. so yeah but i may have to open the door and let my hand get hot depending on how long the ride is.” i explain carefully climbing in.
The ride is quiet. very quiet. i get stiff and start to hurt after sitting still so long so i pull my hair around to the front and start braiding it into thin cords no thicker than my pinky. “you can sit still. i can't imagine you made a good servant.” the Black Pearl says giving a smirk. i shake my head, “my most natural state is that of molten glass ment to be blown into vases or warpped into decorative pieces. staying still hurts. like the same pain as reforming.” i explain. “reforming is only a flash though.” he frowns, “yeah but imagine it never ends? i never feel truely set into my body becasue i'm ment to be liquid. i heard they scrapped the Mercury for the same reason, needing to be liquid.” i explain moving to braid my other side. “Lady Bloodstone let you read?” he asks lookign astonished. i glance up and go back to my hair, “i may not have asked permission to read before i read..” i say simply. He nodds, “so earlier you asked my name but all the pearls ive met dont have names either. is it a pride pearl thing?” i ask he smirks. “well you dont think my brothers and sisters call me pearl do you? the other gems are given names that are simple the number of facets in their gem along with a letter labeling their pod, and the date of injection and extraction. but pearls dont have facets.” he explains. i frown, “i dont know any of that. how does it work?” i ask. he nodds, “well our driver is a Topaz. he has 4 facets. in the W pod. he was injected in march of 81976. extracted december 89967. so his name by birth is T4W-M81976/D89967. that a mouthful so unless theres another topaz the flesh call him topaz. if there like four. they call him T4W lengthing the name depending on how many topaz respond. but you and i being Gems can call him Steven. hes a nice guy, good sense of humor.” the pearl says relaxing. “so what's you're name? if you dont mind.” i ask. “By birth i'm BP the 13th counted in pod A- J17830/J17831. but my friends call me Damiean.” he says giving a small bow. i frown, “i dont have a Pod number or any gem to count facets on. i dont even know the date of birth. i just remember.. being.. like i just woke up one day and belonged to the Lady.” i explain. he gets serious and stares at me. “thats because you had you're memory wiped when you last occupied you're gem. you were not created to serve the Alpha, or the Lady. you werent created to serve at all. i can't explain much more now but soon it will all make sense.” Damiean says standing as the carrige rolls to a stop.
we climb out and i let out some excess heat while stretching and looking over the building i'd been brought to. it wasnt a castle thats for sure. The small house looked from the outside to be a one room cobblestone cabin with a sloped attic making the entire thing a lopsides trapazoid flat along oe side. the cabin was surrouned by a small garden growing a variety of plants. or at least thats what it looked like until we walked through the surrounding wooden fence. the entire garden was carved from stone. every delicate petal on each of the hundreds of flowers was carved from every type of stone or precious gem you could think of. a beautiful sight until you think about the fake its basically a garden of lifeless flesh. “were these ever..?” i trail off mentioning the garden. “what? oh the garden.. a bit morbid right? well they werent ever alive dont worry. its just rock. each one is made in the type of one of our members. ive got a.. oh a holly hawk or some kind of poppy against the far side.” Damiean explains. i smirk, “it really is a pretty garden.” i say following him up to the front porch.
on a bench swing on the front porch is the largest sapphire ive ever seen! her gem sits dead center in the middle of her chest a large baby blue peeking froom behind a tailors uniform. “Damiean. Steven. is this her?” the Sapphire asks. “yes Taffy. wiped clean like we were told. can't even find her gem.” Damiean explains. Taffy the giant Sapphire lifts a hand and i notice a pair of gems on either side. i cock my head, “are you broken?” i ask lifting a hand. Taffy raises an eyebrow and scoffs before looking back at Damiean. “shes been a servant in the Rose Country. shes probably never seen a fusion. least of all one so stable as you.” he explains shrugging. “fusion.. i read about that. two or more gems of the same type share the same body to create something bigger and stronger than the original. but i though the practice was banned due to the fear of an uprising?” i ask remembering a book from Lady Bloodstone’s library. “my fusion is allowed.” Taffy snaps before gesturing to the door. “get her inside before i get angry.” she growls. “and Steven go home!” she adds.
“what did i do?” i whisper inside. “Taffy is sensitive about her being a fusion.. a simple mistake. but it could be deadly so i suggest you dont bring it up again.” he explains.
the inside of the cabin is simple, a lowered living room around a fireplace, several desks agaisnt the back wall, a warp pad where humans would put a kitchen, and lots of Void Doors. “Void doors open up onto different rooms depending on the gem thats using it right?” i ask looking one over. “yes. now wait here by the fire i'm going to get someone that you have to meet.” Damiean says. “there are some books on the desk to the far right.” he adds opening a Void Door.
The books covered the history of gems and their training. i'd read most of them at the Lady’s house but there was one i hadn't seen titled simply ‘Project Glass’. intrigued i take the book and circle the fire prefering to move around as i read.
Glass. ther are tales from long ago. before the Flesh came, that refer to the Kingdom of Glass. there was a type of Gem called Glass that actually didn't have a gem. they were the ruling class due to their ability to clearly fit any mold needed.
Healer. any nearly broken gem can be encased in glass to delay death until a healing spring is found.
Warrior. We were once enemies with a race that was wiped out by the diseases the Flesh brought with them. the Glass were master fighters using their molten bodies to burn, slice, or entomb their enemies.
Builder. if ever there was a need for something to be built the Glass could simply turn to molten and create beautiful buildings that still stand today.
its unsurprising then that these Glass were given the power to rule over the rest of gem kind. their reigns lasted a mere century so they weer less likely to become corrupet by their power over others. even so every Glass ruler on record is said to have been a kind, honest ruler that fought for the people and brought about the desegregation of gems solving any problem that arose. the Gems lived in harmony and peace beneath the Rule of the Glass and it is hoped that we may once again live under their rule.
“Miss Glass?” i look up stopping before i run into a Jasper. “oh i'm sorry Sir. this is a pretty fasinating piece.” i explain holding up the book. “i havent gotten far but i'm really learning. i actually didn't know there were any other Glass.” i explain. “well there arent. not anymore. the Flesh tricked the Glass family into meeting and froze them to the point where they couldnt even create heat of their own and shattered them. obviously someone had hidden before the meeting and went into hiding. thats where you come in. 5 short years ago you were our leader. the leader of the rebellion set to start taking back our planet from the Flesh. but they captured you and not knowing how to shatter you they wiped you're memories from the artificial gem you bore and tryed to melt you to nothing in the volcanp near where you were found.” he explains. i take a deep breath and sit on the edge of the fire pit, “you want me to believe that i'm the last of my kind. as well as being the leader of a rebellion agaisnt an empire that i dont even really understand? see you said 5 years ago but i was onyl born 6 months ago. ive been in training at Lady Bloodstone’s estate. and regardless i dont even think taking the planet back is a good idea. the planet would be soaked in the blood of the Humans and scattered with the shards of the gems who dont make it. all of that would be on my hands. you have a warp pad there. does it work?
The pearl stood across the gazebo fanning a large fan of baby blue feathers the light breeze making the Ladies’ hair dance. Her face was frozen, her eyes staring out unseeing. The pearl had been well trained and stood therre emotionlessly serving our Lady. I wish i could do that. i always seemed to mess up, thinking too much and not hearing orders, fidgeting because being motionless isnt in my nature, forgetting to sloidify before reaching for something and settign fire to it.
The Lady’s friends join her in the garden their pearls taking up places along the pillars blending seamlessly awaiting orders. “Aurora Dear what is that youve got?” one of the women, i think i'd heard her called Nicole, asks tipping her champagne towards me. “oh? ive not showed you my new toy? Its the only one of its kind. Glass! made near a volcano on a beach she can gett pretty hot but shes absolutly a pleasure!” the Lady says waving a delicate hand. i step forward focusing on cooling my feet so i dont scorch the gazebo, “Glass huh? why isnt it clear?” Nicole asks looking me over with an almost disgusted predatory gaze. In the blink of an eye i watch her face change to one of shock followed by lust or hunger. “It changes color but i dont like walking into it so i got it to take the sand blasted tone.” the Lady explains and i shift back to looking like frosted glass.
back in my place looking pretty i listen to Nicole butter up the Lady before offering to buy me off of her. “Oh i wouldnt sell my Glass for anything!!” The Lady laughs gloating clearly. “Are you Sure Ma’am? i mean i'm sure The Pride would like to compensate you for you're donation.” i turn unthinking toward the Black Pearl straightening his tie. “excuse me?” The Lady demands looking him over. The Black Pearl raises his palm and we can clearly see the Lion’s head carved into his form and filled in with gold. “oh a Pride pearl. ive never seen one in black.” Nicole oogles, “Ma’am i is my duty to inform you that you're.. Glass.. was sold to you under false pretenses. i believe you were told that she was formed by accident? this is a lie. She was grown for the purpose of serving Her Highness the Head Lioness Alpha Okari. She is to come with me.” He says waving me toward him. i glance at the Lady before walking toward him, “you said the pride would compensate me? i wouldnt mind if you casually mentioned i'm in the market for an aquamarine.” she fishes looking kind of disinterested. “is there a specific color you would like you're aquamarine?” The Black pearl asks casuing Nicole to gasp, “there no way that thing is worth an Aqua!!” she snaps.
the women argue and the Black Pearls leads me away from the gazebo. “Do you have a name?” he asks guiding me toward the front of the house. “No Lord. Just Glass.” i answer he scoffs, “i'm a pearl. dont call me Lord.” he snaps. “..i'm sorry. i just figured you being a Pride Pearl.” i explain quietly. he shakes his head. “the Flesh will get upset if they hear i'm being treated as an equal. its likely they would break me. i'm not trying to upset you.” he nearly whispers as we walk up to a horse and carrige. “is that..?” i trail off. “well i am a pride pearl i do have some perks. ive heard you have a problem with heat. can you ride without setting fires?” he asks openign the door. “ive been practicing! i can tell if i'm gonna.. fwoom.. so yeah but i may have to open the door and let my hand get hot depending on how long the ride is.” i explain carefully climbing in.
The ride is quiet. very quiet. i get stiff and start to hurt after sitting still so long so i pull my hair around to the front and start braiding it into thin cords no thicker than my pinky. “you can sit still. i can't imagine you made a good servant.” the Black Pearl says giving a smirk. i shake my head, “my most natural state is that of molten glass ment to be blown into vases or warpped into decorative pieces. staying still hurts. like the same pain as reforming.” i explain. “reforming is only a flash though.” he frowns, “yeah but imagine it never ends? i never feel truely set into my body becasue i'm ment to be liquid. i heard they scrapped the Mercury for the same reason, needing to be liquid.” i explain moving to braid my other side. “Lady Bloodstone let you read?” he asks lookign astonished. i glance up and go back to my hair, “i may not have asked permission to read before i read..” i say simply. He nodds, “so earlier you asked my name but all the pearls ive met dont have names either. is it a pride pearl thing?” i ask he smirks. “well you dont think my brothers and sisters call me pearl do you? the other gems are given names that are simple the number of facets in their gem along with a letter labeling their pod, and the date of injection and extraction. but pearls dont have facets.” he explains. i frown, “i dont know any of that. how does it work?” i ask. he nodds, “well our driver is a Topaz. he has 4 facets. in the W pod. he was injected in march of 81976. extracted december 89967. so his name by birth is T4W-M81976/D89967. that a mouthful so unless theres another topaz the flesh call him topaz. if there like four. they call him T4W lengthing the name depending on how many topaz respond. but you and i being Gems can call him Steven. hes a nice guy, good sense of humor.” the pearl says relaxing. “so what's you're name? if you dont mind.” i ask. “By birth i'm BP the 13th counted in pod A- J17830/J17831. but my friends call me Damiean.” he says giving a small bow. i frown, “i dont have a Pod number or any gem to count facets on. i dont even know the date of birth. i just remember.. being.. like i just woke up one day and belonged to the Lady.” i explain. he gets serious and stares at me. “thats because you had you're memory wiped when you last occupied you're gem. you were not created to serve the Alpha, or the Lady. you werent created to serve at all. i can't explain much more now but soon it will all make sense.” Damiean says standing as the carrige rolls to a stop.
we climb out and i let out some excess heat while stretching and looking over the building i'd been brought to. it wasnt a castle thats for sure. The small house looked from the outside to be a one room cobblestone cabin with a sloped attic making the entire thing a lopsides trapazoid flat along oe side. the cabin was surrouned by a small garden growing a variety of plants. or at least thats what it looked like until we walked through the surrounding wooden fence. the entire garden was carved from stone. every delicate petal on each of the hundreds of flowers was carved from every type of stone or precious gem you could think of. a beautiful sight until you think about the fake its basically a garden of lifeless flesh. “were these ever..?” i trail off mentioning the garden. “what? oh the garden.. a bit morbid right? well they werent ever alive dont worry. its just rock. each one is made in the type of one of our members. ive got a.. oh a holly hawk or some kind of poppy against the far side.” Damiean explains. i smirk, “it really is a pretty garden.” i say following him up to the front porch.
on a bench swing on the front porch is the largest sapphire ive ever seen! her gem sits dead center in the middle of her chest a large baby blue peeking froom behind a tailors uniform. “Damiean. Steven. is this her?” the Sapphire asks. “yes Taffy. wiped clean like we were told. can't even find her gem.” Damiean explains. Taffy the giant Sapphire lifts a hand and i notice a pair of gems on either side. i cock my head, “are you broken?” i ask lifting a hand. Taffy raises an eyebrow and scoffs before looking back at Damiean. “shes been a servant in the Rose Country. shes probably never seen a fusion. least of all one so stable as you.” he explains shrugging. “fusion.. i read about that. two or more gems of the same type share the same body to create something bigger and stronger than the original. but i though the practice was banned due to the fear of an uprising?” i ask remembering a book from Lady Bloodstone’s library. “my fusion is allowed.” Taffy snaps before gesturing to the door. “get her inside before i get angry.” she growls. “and Steven go home!” she adds.
“what did i do?” i whisper inside. “Taffy is sensitive about her being a fusion.. a simple mistake. but it could be deadly so i suggest you dont bring it up again.” he explains.
the inside of the cabin is simple, a lowered living room around a fireplace, several desks agaisnt the back wall, a warp pad where humans would put a kitchen, and lots of Void Doors. “Void doors open up onto different rooms depending on the gem thats using it right?” i ask looking one over. “yes. now wait here by the fire i'm going to get someone that you have to meet.” Damiean says. “there are some books on the desk to the far right.” he adds opening a Void Door.
The books covered the history of gems and their training. i'd read most of them at the Lady’s house but there was one i hadn't seen titled simply ‘Project Glass’. intrigued i take the book and circle the fire prefering to move around as i read.
Glass. ther are tales from long ago. before the Flesh came, that refer to the Kingdom of Glass. there was a type of Gem called Glass that actually didn't have a gem. they were the ruling class due to their ability to clearly fit any mold needed.
Healer. any nearly broken gem can be encased in glass to delay death until a healing spring is found.
Warrior. We were once enemies with a race that was wiped out by the diseases the Flesh brought with them. the Glass were master fighters using their molten bodies to burn, slice, or entomb their enemies.
Builder. if ever there was a need for something to be built the Glass could simply turn to molten and create beautiful buildings that still stand today.
its unsurprising then that these Glass were given the power to rule over the rest of gem kind. their reigns lasted a mere century so they weer less likely to become corrupet by their power over others. even so every Glass ruler on record is said to have been a kind, honest ruler that fought for the people and brought about the desegregation of gems solving any problem that arose. the Gems lived in harmony and peace beneath the Rule of the Glass and it is hoped that we may once again live under their rule.
“Miss Glass?” i look up stopping before i run into a Jasper. “oh i'm sorry Sir. this is a pretty fasinating piece.” i explain holding up the book. “i havent gotten far but i'm really learning. i actually didn't know there were any other Glass.” i explain. “well there arent. not anymore. the Flesh tricked the Glass family into meeting and froze them to the point where they couldnt even create heat of their own and shattered them. obviously someone had hidden before the meeting and went into hiding. thats where you come in. 5 short years ago you were our leader. the leader of the rebellion set to start taking back our planet from the Flesh. but they captured you and not knowing how to shatter you they wiped you're memories from the artificial gem you bore and tryed to melt you to nothing in the volcanp near where you were found.” he explains. i take a deep breath and sit on the edge of the fire pit, “you want me to believe that i'm the last of my kind. as well as being the leader of a rebellion agaisnt an empire that i dont even really understand? see you said 5 years ago but i was onyl born 6 months ago. ive been in training at Lady Bloodstone’s estate. and regardless i dont even think taking the planet back is a good idea. the planet would be soaked in the blood of the Humans and scattered with the shards of the gems who dont make it. all of that would be on my hands. you have a warp pad there. does it work?
