Friends here, f(r)iends there (FINISHED - Obsidian & Morion)

[Morion]

Empire City
Dressed in night
The Smoky Quartz stalked the night in the form of a the big, black (alien) feline ( closer to a Thanator than an Earth panther, but close enough) ; hindig in the shadows, leaped from tree to tree, runing on all six
His strong paws, sharp claws helped him on his way
Monstorous from climbed on the side of the buildings, warped in smoke and darkness, shadows and silence



Silver eyes watched the streets from time to time, while Morion rested on a roof, or a balcony, or simply diging his claws deep in the glass and steel, on the side of a building
After a few puwerfull jumps the Smoky Quartz perched like a gargoyle on the top of a roof, watched the streets below



Lights
Streets
Cars
Humans....
Empire City was HIS domain! Well not officially, but the Smoky Quartz considered the City as his, like Lady Chyrsocolla was the Lady of the Lunar Sea Spire and that morderous vigilante, the Crystal Gem Hero protected Beach City and its surrounding area as her fiefdom
The Smoky Quartz was the Gem Lord of Empire City... and so far nobody contested his claim
The big black alien panther let out a mighty roar
It was his domain, and he was its protector
From building to building, balcony to roof, the feline jumped and crawled, rested and watched the City from above, or from the darkness of the alley and the shadows
Morion was on a patrol, the Assassin protected his city from the Monsters
...and more importantly, from the Rebels, the Crystal Gems.
The Smoky Quartz watched the City, looking for Gems. Most of them were easy to spot... some of them used human clothes to hide, they tried to blend in... but the unusal color of their projected body's skin sometimes betrayed them
So the Quartz Knight watched from the shadows... wacthed and waited to spot something ^^
Or somebody...

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Obsidian had been failed again by her favorite Ramen stand. Trent was always running out of her favorite Wasabi flavor. There was only one place she could buy some replacement ingredients...Empire City! It was rare that Obsidian made metro trips to empire city, and always for this same reason. She walked through the crowds looking for a Japanese store. There she could buy and make her own wasabi ramen for at least a month. That should give Trent time to act.

She then heard blaring music. The song was familiar to her, but yet it was a song she had never heard.. It was Disco Music! She decided that she could wait a bit, She loved disco music. In her excitement she forgot her coat and hopped onto the dance floor. She started doing her favorite move called 'the bus stop' when she realized that her purple, alien skin was completely visible to the other human.

She was ready to trigger her invisibility powers when she was greeted by cheers. The Humans must have though her skin was artificial, they took no notice to it. She smiled and waved, occasionally posing with a peace sign.
After a bit more dancing she got exhausted and walked over to the snack table. She sat down and started eating some popcorn. Suddenly, she heard a sound come from behind her.

[Morion]

Tall skyscraper, a bit similar to the Spires of the Gems back at home, statues and fountains, parks and lights.
The city that never slept
Morion watched the girl from his hiding spot.
Followed her like a shadow
He knew the disco... some times he visited it too; it wasn't a problem to sneak in, after a little shapeshift, az a common smoke grey cat^^
A Gem, that loved to dance... it was a nice change after the insane experiments, Fusions, hunters, killers and warriors!
The only other Gem was Melody, who loved to sing and dance...
Then the purple girl walked to the snack bar
This was a perfect opportunity to Morion. As the cat walked, shapeshifted back to his humanoid form; a cloaked, hooded tall ('Quartz tall but not bulky like a Jasper or an Amethyst, his kind was slender) humanoid, with long grey hair and silver eyes, in a mask; dressed in black, with his gem, a dark smoky quartz, a Morion in the middle of his chest.
It was better for a first contact than a feline form, or wearing human clothes. His skin tone was a bit grey...ish, like the smoke, but he could pass as a caucasian man.
By now, most of the Humans in the City recognised him... and quickly receded
He greeted her on the language of their own species, not the one of the Human's many as he aproached Obsidian slowly, with a Diamond salute

"Welcome to Empire City little Gem..."

His voice was cold, like the space between the stars

"I'm afraid we haven't had the pleasure to meet before... let me intorduce myself! I am a Smoky Quartz, from the Morion variant - Facet-7F2R Cut-8YQ; Her Majesty's Blue Diamond's loyal servant, I AM her eye... I am her Wrath! Currently lended for a few missions to Her Majesty, White Diamond... you can say, I'm a licensed hunter, assassin of our Matriarchs"

Morion bowed his head a little; tried to be friendly

"...and I am now the Gem Lord and protector of Empire City. Welcome to my Domain little one"

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Obsidian saw a strange man who was at least a head taller than most of the people on the dance floor. He walked up to her and she noticed that he had a gem. He also addressed her with a diamond salute. It was then that he introduced himself and told her that he was currently working under white diamond. Obsidian's eyes widened.
"You mean...you know White diamond!? I mean...My Diamond!" She seemed shocked. "...uh excuse me..I'm Obsidian. I Used to work under White Diamond, but she abandoned me here because I couldn't use my abilities.. Can I speak to her? It's true that I'm not all that great at stealth missions anymore, but I've been trying to learn to fight! I want to show My Diamond my fighting skill! Maybe she`ll want me back! Sir. You've got to help me talk to her!

[Morion]

The Smoky Quartz slowly nodded

"You are the second Obsidian whom I encountered here on Earth. The other one is an eccentric, self centered scientist, and possibly traitor..."

But this Obsidian looked normal to Morion

"White Diamon's Court is for the elite of the elite Gems Obsidian! But she is not a cruel Matriarch... I doubt she abandoned you. It is maybe a test for you, a last chance to prove yourself! Or... a chance to become worthy... To be honest I don't really know."

He shook his head with a sigh

"Uhm... Obsidian? You were bubbled or in stasis? Or just arrived to Earth? Sorry for the question, but... It seems to me, you are not really aware of the current situation on Earth...."

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"Well, I only got here about a month ago..." She said. She clenched her fists. "I'm sure that my Diamond abandoned me. You see, I was part of an elite Stealth force, I was one of the elites before I could even summon my weapon. Then, all of my teammates summoned their weapons, which were concealable and small weapons like knives. So when I summoned mine for the first time in my life, it was a shovel... This means that, I can't fight while hiding, so...I'm useless to my diamond. That's why she sent me here... Because she had nowhere else to put me... It's the right thing for her to do.."
She looked back up at the quartz soldier.
"And what do you mean Earth's current situation? The corruption? If that's what you mean I've seen my fair share of that.."

[Morion]

"Heh... your commander was never have been hit with a shovel before then... The "aristocrats" tend to underestimate the effectiveness of the "peasants' weapons, like the shovel, the sai, the pichfork or the scythe..."

The smoky quartz murmured

"A month ago you say... strange... Let me guess, your team's ship crashed too? Or just left you behind?"

Then Moiron shook his head with a sigh, for a sentence, he changed back to a human langue, but then continued on the Gem's

"Oh boy... Bartender, two whisky... make it a triple! You will need it Obsidian!"

He sat down next to the other Gem

"It is a long and... sad story. The is a War on Earth. A four sided war, but most of the Gems don't really want to admit it... Rose Quartz started a Rebellion here and her ilk, the Crystal Gem killers sabotaged and destroyed most of what our Home accomplished here. Thank to them now the Lunar Sea Spire is in ruins, dangerous monsters are all around, and we have lost contact with the Gem Empire. The Gems are without leader, and order... Chaos rules Earth. When the Diamonds arrive and trust me, one day they WILL arrive, what will they see? A planet lost in anarchy! Monsters and rebles... Personally I think, knowing Yellow Diamond's methods, her response will be to subject the planet to an orbital bombardment that will "glass" - that is, fuse the silica in the soil into glass - the planet and boil its oceans away. And I can't blame her!"

Morion shook his head

"The "rebellion" started a bit more than a three Earth's years ago. Give or take a few Earth months. Rose Quartz and her rebels sabotaged and destroyed several Homeworld facilities, temples and most importantly, the Kindergartens, the Communication Hub and the Galaxy Warp. So we are stranded here without the hope to communicate with our Empire. Still... Rose Quartz found a way to send a message to Earth. Or a rallying cry. She explained in her message her reasons, one of them was the destructive nature of the Kindergartens and the Colonzation, and asked the Gems on Earth to join her, to protect Earth and Humanity."

The Assassin frowned

"So there are us, the Loyals, The Rebels, called Crystal Gems... and surprisingly a second group of "rebels", the Independents. They are not Crystal Gems... but they are no longer loyal to the Gem Empire... But I think they are just confused. They are traitors but not without the hope of redemption... The best would be to shatter them naturally, not risk another betrayal, but now we don't really have the manpower to hunt them down. Most of them afraid to join the Rebelion, deep in their heart they know on which side they should be... Maybe the isolation the problem. We are cut from the Empire, the Communication Hub is offline, we can't reach our superiors, our friends... our people. So we need to adapt. Gems are naturally adaptable race. We are conquerors . Instruments of War. But without order, we are just wandering aimlessly. A few of us strong enough to take maters to our own hands, the rest of us? Useless and lost.
And there is a fourth side. The Monsters. You know when Rose Quartz sabotaged the Kindergartens... and other Homeworld facilities something was released! Something terrible. I don't know for sure, what is it, actually. Something from beyond the stars? An Experiment or even a malevolent entity that escaped from imprisonment, we don't have enough information to be sure. Something that the Gems found on Earth then studied? It was an artifical creation? A biological weapon? Hard to say. But this thing is like a disease! We are callig it: "Corruption". Who knows, maybe an unfinished biological weapon... as far as we know it, it could be Alien in origin, like us, or maybe the Human's secret weapon against US... I have noticed the Corruption only affects Gems. Not Humans. Or plants. Or anything from Earth...!

He sighed

"My best theory is, it was Yellow Diamond's pet project, a weapon or modification. The Corruption is transforming the Gems... in to Monsters. Slowly, consuming both the mind, the soul, if we even have one, and the projected body. Transforming them. As far as we know, there are stages of this Corruption, but nothing certain. We even don't know how its spread! Airborn? By touch? With liquid light fluids? Kissing an infected could doom you? We. Do. Not. Know."

The Assassin shook his head

"And on the top of it, not every monster have claws and fangs, spikes and tallons... Earth have several insane experiments here. Experimental Gems... so... in nutshell this is the situation. Tho' it is not that grim. Pink Diamond sent her Herald... and she bring good news. The Matriarch will arrive soon! So we were lucky... But the possibility is still there, Yellow Diamond will come too and Earth must face retribution.

The Smoky Quartz sipped from his drink

"About your wish to talk with your Diamond... We have the second best thing on Earth stranded with us on Earth. Her Majesty's, White Diamond's Grand Inquisitor, his excellency, the exalted Opalite! I am sure he will understand your problem.

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"Opalite...Sounds familiar...We should go find him! He might be able help me rejoin the squad!" Obsidian Said hopefully. "And... the Crystal gems.. why are they against the Diamonds? The earth isn't even our home!" Then Obsidian thought about the humans that she had known. They would all be destroyed, but she would much rather them lose their lives than her lose her Diamond. "Well I do know a bit about corrupted gems, I actually collect them, I don't know what else to do with them. The only cases of infection I've seen is when gems fuse with them. So, they still might have minds, because they can fuse, but when they do they corrupt the other gem!"
Obsidian sniffed the whiskey and pushed it away.
"I've got to get off of this horrible planet! Let's go find Opalite!"

[Morion]

"Rebels... don't expect reason from them! They are fools! Our technologicaly superior Empire against the primitive Earth and a handfull of traitors? The Rebellion is doomed from the start!"

The Smoky Quartz shook his head
Then looked curiously

"The Corrupted Gems, the Monsters? You collected them? But.. why if may I ask?"

Moiron sipped again from his drink

"I am not surprised tho'. Pink Diamond Herald was sent here too to collect Corrupted Gems for her Diamond. Pink Diamond will find a cure, I'm sure...."

Then he smirked

"Opalite... good luck with that! Let me explain! Her Majesty's, White Diamond's Grand Inquisitor, his excellency, the exalted Opalite is possibly the highest ranking Gem on this Planet; thus, its de facto Governor! Technically we are all of his subjects, and should be his loyal supporters in these dark times... but He is just... disappeared. But I think in his case this is just a self exile... He didn't... well... didn't seemed like he wants the responsibility of all this. And without a strong ruler, a Planetary Governor, the Gems started to divide Earth among ourselves. Gem Lords and Ladies claimed Cities, like I did with Empire City, or Starlight Swan, a Crystal Gem "Hero" claimed Beach City... anyhow, I know a possible way to reach Her Majesty's, White Diamond's Grand Inquisitor, his excellency, the exalted Opalite... his friend and companion, an experimental scout, Carbide.

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"Well uh, I caught the corrupted gems in bubbles after I er..poofed them?" She realized how ridiculous this sounded. She decided an explanation was in order. "The first time I beat one of them I picked it up and a bubble just appeared around it. I tapped the top and it vanished, but when I came home it was in my house! I've got like, dozens now. it's a thing I do."
She decided that it would be hard to reach Opalite if we was that Important. Starting with Carbide might be the best option.
"Alright, now where's Carbide? Uh...We can reach her right? Or is there a totally different person?" Obsidian said, hoping that Carbide would be accessible.

[Morion]

"Ahh... I see"

Morion nodded

"I collect them too... I have my reasons. first to examine them, then to use them as shards or possible power sources... but now, to help Pink Diamond's Herald's Mission. When her Diamond arrives, we will present the bubbled Gems to her. As a welcome Gift. Like the captured Rebels"

The Smoky Quartz smiled

"Well.. Carbide. She is a wanderer. It is a bit hard to find her to be honest. But she is mostly around Beach City, watching the Crystal Temple and the Rebels... tho' I offered her a home in my skyscraper... but she is rarely there. Always working..."

Morion sipped from his drink

"But she is the friend of a... a would be Court member of Pink Diamond, a Bloodstone. Maybe he knows where to find her. I can give you Bloodstone's number... if you are familiar with the human communication devices.

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"You mean cell phones? I got one!" Obsidian pulled out an IPhone. "So, all I have to do is call this guy? We could also go to beach city right? And...well...I don't know if Pink Diamond will be all that impressed with the Corrupted gems I have... It's not like I have an army of them... If you think that this will help us reach Opalite then I`ll definitely do that!" Obsidian's face suddenly displayed a look of shock.
"Actually, yeah, I`ll give her most of them, but I need to keep a few." She smiled. "Heh, Y'Know I've got some personal reasons. So what's this guy, Bloodstone's number?"
Obsidian pulled a paper and pencil out of her gem that she had been storing

[Morion]

"Yes, the cell phones..."

The smoky quartz nodded

"Most of the Gems even after three long years in this cursed planet neglected to learn about humans, their customs, their technology... basically anything that not Gem-related. The fools..."

Moiron emptied his glass

"Yes, yes we could go to Beach City... but as I said, that area is under the "protection" of the Crystal Gem Hero, Starlight Swan, she is a Quartz... I think. Not to mention, the Crystal Temple is there too. The Rebels stole the Temple from us, and now that is their main base! So better not to go there."

He suggested

"Well, Pink diamond wants to find a way to heal them, and more speciments to experiment on the merrier! It is never hurt to score a few good points with a Diamond..."

Morion gave Bloodstone's number to Obsidian^^

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Obsidian jotted down the number hastily on her piece of paper. The Party music blared in her ears, she could barely hear herself think. This phone call would not go well if all of that music was in the background. She grabbed a handful of Popcorn and walked toward the exit. Obsidian proceeded to walk about a block down the road. She wouldn't be able to hear him when she called if she were too close. She started putting in the number, she put her coat on, it was cold. Instantly she warmed up as she wore the coat. As she finished Inputting the number her phone began to ring. She waited for them to pick up as a motorcycle drove by her.

[Bloodstone]

Bloodstone had been working around the house, going as Octavia for the time being. The berserker had been cleaning up when she felt a call coming in on her phone. Admittedly she hadn't been using it as much as she could have but it helped when communicating with any gems who were experienced with it. The number was one that they didn't recognize but that was fairly common at this point. Apparently various humans and gems ended up calling the wrong number so that was entirely possible. "This is the residence of Bloodstone, Octavia or Octavian, whatever you want to call me. Who am I speaking with?" She sounded calm and nice, like someone who could easily be trusted no matter what