Post by Enine on Jul 6, 2015 2:34:22 GMT
Name: Diamond Gray (Or Gray Diamond)
Apparent Gender: Male
Apparent Age: 20's
Gemstone: Diamond
Gemstone Location: Outside of right hand
Corrupted: No
Appearance: Physically, he is 6'0 even, and with a body that is not too intimidating but suggests that he works with his hands, shoulders and back (Slightly toned and bigger than would be normal and callous) his hair is completely white and in a slight wave to the side with a lock of his bangs being curled inwards. His eye color is a solid gray, with white colored and sharp bill-hook style eyebrows, he appears to be constantly frownin.Clothing wise, he seems to have an understanding of basic gem fashion, wearing a full body-suit that is cut diagonally between white and black from the waist over the shoulder.He wears a white forever open vest. The collar of the one-piece is turtle-neck.
(The diagonal cut of color also carries over the vest but with a gray cut, instead of black-to-white his body-suit has)
he also wears a pair of black cuffed shorts that end just above his knees. As for shoes, he has on a pair of what appears to be black chuck-Taylor style shoes with the "Converse All-Star" logo on each shoe being replaced by a diamond along with the words "Diamond All-Star" Because of the cut of his body-suit the one arm of his suit is black, the other white, each ending at his wrists. His skin is also a grayish color (Almost as gray as ash from a volcano) Diamond has been known to wear a black Kamina-style glasses more often than not, though he changes out of either due to his own whims, regardless of if he needs them or not.
Personality: Diamond has the appearance of someone who is either mean, or arrogant, and he is known to be both of those things but for the most part he is rather stable. However, He is extremely dense and hard headed, refusing to budge for even the simplest of things, should the other party ask or tell him in a way that he finds unfair to himself or those he might care for. He is extremely quick to judge others based on how they treat him first. Like a diamond, he will not be shoved or moved with any perceived sign of insult or unfairness. However, even despite his difficult seeming personality, he is quite easy to get along with, should the other party show any sign of possible kindness or other quality he deems complementary to himself.
Diamond is a gem completely and utterly obsessed with information, and experiences, and he often uses his experience as ammo against any argument and as a base for his stubborn behavior. Despite being arrogant in nature, he often parrots that he will never be done learning even going so far as to remind himself, out loud that he knows nothing. Due to his upbringing, he treats both humans and gems equally, although he shows slight kindness towards humans finding them more likely to recognize his knowledge and power than his own gem-kind. Diamond finds himself at odds with other gems in his line of thinking and feels superior to other gems in that he thinks he has more in common with Earth and carbon based life, being that he is completely made out of carbon himself. He often will use this as a way of holding his superiority over other gems he finds insulting. He harbors a slight distaste of homeworld gems as a result, but he has no issue with speaking to other gems, or even making friends and relationships or partnerships with them. Even with his arrogance, Diamond is quite humorous and witty, as well as an avid conversationalist. He has an opinion about everything and anything, and about anyone and everyone, human, gem, plant, or animal. He feels he has a special connection to all of the Earth and its creatures (Being that he views Earth as his true home) though he understands that there are other carbon-based life on other planets.
He is polite upon meeting strangers, gem or human, and often resorts to the more human act of humor to get closer to them. He only becomes cross and vain when shown any sign of vanity, and once his mind is made up, further arguing or discussion only leads to him refusing to budge on an issue. Because of this, he often gets into arguments with others, and has no drive to stop arguing until either the other party gives up, or they change their minds. He is a young gem, and because of his kindergarten birth, and human upbringing, he flipflops from selfish and stubborn, to calm and foolish. He is also prone to paranoia, jumping and latching onto any idea that he is being tricked.
Essentially, Diamond is so arrogant that he views himself as blessing to carbon-based life and a sort of icon for Earth-based life. He thinks Because he was born on Earth, everything on Earth itself is blessed.
“This planet was lucky enough to make me, so I will be lucky enough to care for it and everything like me in it!”
Likes: Science, Biology, Information, Earth-born gems, attention, carbon-based life, himself
Dislikes: Ignorance, Homeworld-gems, An ego bigger than his own, vanity, hypocrisy, being ignored
Fears: That he may be played for a fool by those close to him, Death (More so than simple survival, it would mean an end to his pursuit of knowledge) Being closely scrutinized, heat, fire
Weapon: A pickaxe, with a gray handle and a black head, no other special markings or designs.
Abilities:
Kinetic Resistance: Diamonds major ability is his extreme resistance to force and blunt damage. When in human form, punches, kicks, any form of kinetic damage is shrugged off (although he can still be sent flying). He is, however, vulnerable to cutting weapons, as well as precise damage (Lasers, high pressures of any sort) and explosions. His resistance to damage increases markedly when in his gem form, making him immune to almost all forms of damage, cutting, and blunt force; as a diamond he takes on most of the physical properties of a diamond, although he is still vulnerable to magical or ethereal based attacks even in this form. His diamond is still vulnerable to chipping, although if he is chipped due to physical force, only slivers of his gem chip off, as well as smaller cracks. As a result of his resistance to damage and hardness, punches and kicks from him carry more bite than normal. His human form is not hard as diamond, however he is able to maintain his form well, even when roughed with so long as he is not cut.
Pulse fire: Using his weapon, Diamond can fire blasts of energy at his targets. The head of his pickaxe will turn translucent and briefly carry the same shine as a diamond, before glowing white and firing a V shaped wave of energy, that often drags against the ground, throwing up dust when aimed forward, expanding briefly to twice the size of the normal sized pickaxe head. He has not, however, mastered this ability completely, and does not yet know how to charge this attack or use it in any other fashion, he still shows signs of being inept when using this ability.
History: Diamond was born to a volcanic island out on the edge of the ring of fire (One of the pacific island locations closer to the Asian continent) within a kindergarten, at the time the garten was seen as nothing more than a nursery and held no threat to earth's environment, especially given how the volcanic location seemed to be devoid of life at its conception already. Life on the island, was not incredibly difficult for a Diamond, he was given more attention and special care compared to other gems as well as a slightly better education. Being that he was a diamond, it was assumed that he would make a fine leader, as such he was groomed to be one. Diamond had the appearance of a usual female gem at this time, and for the most part seemed to find that everything he was told fit the idea the homeworld gems gave him, as well as harsher lessons in leadership that he did not fully understand, often asking hard questions, early signs of the vast curiosity Diamond showed, the lack of correct answers and just non-answers he received from his teachers started the seed of distrust. It was not until Diamond had a chance encounter with early human explorers, did his suspicion become reality. Through them he was able to learn most of the logical hows and whys of the physical world he lived in, a question that had often been dismissed by gems who did not yet want to fully educate Diamond, for the very exact reason they were losing him. Early education would lead to rebellion, so most gems, even gems set in line to be leaders, were given barebones lessons over Earth, most of their knowledge comming out of homeworld.
But this only served to foster his distrust of all home-world based gems, though he made it his objective to keep quiet about his findings for a time, simply because his desire to see what the scientists and explorers was far greater than destroying his social stability. And so despite being born to a new and sparse island, Diamond closely kept his eye on his environment, watching in awe as the knowledge those scientists had bestowed onto him turned out to very much be true as he watched parts of the island turn from arid and dead lands, to thriving jungles even despite how most parts of the island seemed dead. His problem with homeworlds gems did not turn into hatred itself, until a project was put in forth for the gems located in the garten, to root up and destroy all forms of life on the island. As a test, Diamond was ordered along with a small group of other "gifted" gems to destroy all life as part of a so called battle and training exercise.
Naturally, Diamond was watched for proof of his natural leading ability, elder-Gems making sure he would lead as efficiently as any homeworld gem. Diamond himself, chose to follow the orders he had been given, knowing it was the most logical thing to do Even with all this, due to his young and reckless nature, Diamond was not afraid to voice his distaste over his superiors, and as a result soon landed him at odds with most of his compatriot Earth gems. He seemed cool and calculated through the exercise, and this was seen as a sign of his natural leading ability, however he'd simply been so irked and tired by how events had turned out and having the only other source of knowledge destroyed, that he glowered in silent fury for most of the day and days after. This only reached a zenith whenever Diamond decided to adopt the form of a male, supposedly honoring his first contact with a human, and as a result, he was ostracized further. Eventually, Diamond could not stand to hear the ignorance as he did often in the island, and eventually this caused to enact a brash, foolish, yet simple plan. He could not just walk off, into the ocean, as easy an idea as that sounded, there were far too many water-using gems for a water based escape to be full proof. And so, he came up with a plan that only he himself was either stupid enough, or crazy enough to enact, given how it was his life that was involved. Diamond instructed one of the more easily coercible Diamonds into an experiment, his "experiment" would be a heat-test, all of it disguised as his effort to escape. Diamond had no idea whether he'd live through his escape, but as he saw it, he would be forever trapped on the island unless he either stayed for longer- or escaped, however Diamond's insatiable curiosity over the world weighed over all else. And so, he'd asked one of his more easily coercible compatriots to drop him into a lava pit that bored on the ocean. His method of thinking had been that if he was able to withstand the heat for a short time, he might be spat out into the waters, where a protective layer of rock would hide his gem. Once he actually found himself, surrounded by lava, even in his gem-form he'd remembered why heat and Diamonds did not mix, given how he' could feel his essence itself being destroyed for every moment in the magma. The few seconds he'd spent in the pool seemed like hours, as the lava flow quickly dropped the now encased gem, spitting him out into the ocean depths. The pain of his ordeal, as well as the damage, caused Diamond to stay in his gem-form for quite some time, as he nursed himself from his escape, his gem being subjected to all the world's currents, sending what appeared to be a rock off across the ocean floors. Eventually, Diamond broke free from his rock haven, surfacing upon the continent-where he began his conquest over the world's knowledge as well as to learn as much as he could about the only other sentient life on the planet.
((If there's anything I missed, I'd be happy to go back and fix it. That or, questions and concerns!))
Apparent Gender: Male
Apparent Age: 20's
Gemstone: Diamond
Gemstone Location: Outside of right hand
Corrupted: No
Appearance: Physically, he is 6'0 even, and with a body that is not too intimidating but suggests that he works with his hands, shoulders and back (Slightly toned and bigger than would be normal and callous) his hair is completely white and in a slight wave to the side with a lock of his bangs being curled inwards. His eye color is a solid gray, with white colored and sharp bill-hook style eyebrows, he appears to be constantly frownin.Clothing wise, he seems to have an understanding of basic gem fashion, wearing a full body-suit that is cut diagonally between white and black from the waist over the shoulder.He wears a white forever open vest. The collar of the one-piece is turtle-neck.
(The diagonal cut of color also carries over the vest but with a gray cut, instead of black-to-white his body-suit has)
he also wears a pair of black cuffed shorts that end just above his knees. As for shoes, he has on a pair of what appears to be black chuck-Taylor style shoes with the "Converse All-Star" logo on each shoe being replaced by a diamond along with the words "Diamond All-Star" Because of the cut of his body-suit the one arm of his suit is black, the other white, each ending at his wrists. His skin is also a grayish color (Almost as gray as ash from a volcano) Diamond has been known to wear a black Kamina-style glasses more often than not, though he changes out of either due to his own whims, regardless of if he needs them or not.
Personality: Diamond has the appearance of someone who is either mean, or arrogant, and he is known to be both of those things but for the most part he is rather stable. However, He is extremely dense and hard headed, refusing to budge for even the simplest of things, should the other party ask or tell him in a way that he finds unfair to himself or those he might care for. He is extremely quick to judge others based on how they treat him first. Like a diamond, he will not be shoved or moved with any perceived sign of insult or unfairness. However, even despite his difficult seeming personality, he is quite easy to get along with, should the other party show any sign of possible kindness or other quality he deems complementary to himself.
Diamond is a gem completely and utterly obsessed with information, and experiences, and he often uses his experience as ammo against any argument and as a base for his stubborn behavior. Despite being arrogant in nature, he often parrots that he will never be done learning even going so far as to remind himself, out loud that he knows nothing. Due to his upbringing, he treats both humans and gems equally, although he shows slight kindness towards humans finding them more likely to recognize his knowledge and power than his own gem-kind. Diamond finds himself at odds with other gems in his line of thinking and feels superior to other gems in that he thinks he has more in common with Earth and carbon based life, being that he is completely made out of carbon himself. He often will use this as a way of holding his superiority over other gems he finds insulting. He harbors a slight distaste of homeworld gems as a result, but he has no issue with speaking to other gems, or even making friends and relationships or partnerships with them. Even with his arrogance, Diamond is quite humorous and witty, as well as an avid conversationalist. He has an opinion about everything and anything, and about anyone and everyone, human, gem, plant, or animal. He feels he has a special connection to all of the Earth and its creatures (Being that he views Earth as his true home) though he understands that there are other carbon-based life on other planets.
He is polite upon meeting strangers, gem or human, and often resorts to the more human act of humor to get closer to them. He only becomes cross and vain when shown any sign of vanity, and once his mind is made up, further arguing or discussion only leads to him refusing to budge on an issue. Because of this, he often gets into arguments with others, and has no drive to stop arguing until either the other party gives up, or they change their minds. He is a young gem, and because of his kindergarten birth, and human upbringing, he flipflops from selfish and stubborn, to calm and foolish. He is also prone to paranoia, jumping and latching onto any idea that he is being tricked.
Essentially, Diamond is so arrogant that he views himself as blessing to carbon-based life and a sort of icon for Earth-based life. He thinks Because he was born on Earth, everything on Earth itself is blessed.
“This planet was lucky enough to make me, so I will be lucky enough to care for it and everything like me in it!”
Likes: Science, Biology, Information, Earth-born gems, attention, carbon-based life, himself
Dislikes: Ignorance, Homeworld-gems, An ego bigger than his own, vanity, hypocrisy, being ignored
Fears: That he may be played for a fool by those close to him, Death (More so than simple survival, it would mean an end to his pursuit of knowledge) Being closely scrutinized, heat, fire
Weapon: A pickaxe, with a gray handle and a black head, no other special markings or designs.
Abilities:
Kinetic Resistance: Diamonds major ability is his extreme resistance to force and blunt damage. When in human form, punches, kicks, any form of kinetic damage is shrugged off (although he can still be sent flying). He is, however, vulnerable to cutting weapons, as well as precise damage (Lasers, high pressures of any sort) and explosions. His resistance to damage increases markedly when in his gem form, making him immune to almost all forms of damage, cutting, and blunt force; as a diamond he takes on most of the physical properties of a diamond, although he is still vulnerable to magical or ethereal based attacks even in this form. His diamond is still vulnerable to chipping, although if he is chipped due to physical force, only slivers of his gem chip off, as well as smaller cracks. As a result of his resistance to damage and hardness, punches and kicks from him carry more bite than normal. His human form is not hard as diamond, however he is able to maintain his form well, even when roughed with so long as he is not cut.
Pulse fire: Using his weapon, Diamond can fire blasts of energy at his targets. The head of his pickaxe will turn translucent and briefly carry the same shine as a diamond, before glowing white and firing a V shaped wave of energy, that often drags against the ground, throwing up dust when aimed forward, expanding briefly to twice the size of the normal sized pickaxe head. He has not, however, mastered this ability completely, and does not yet know how to charge this attack or use it in any other fashion, he still shows signs of being inept when using this ability.
History: Diamond was born to a volcanic island out on the edge of the ring of fire (One of the pacific island locations closer to the Asian continent) within a kindergarten, at the time the garten was seen as nothing more than a nursery and held no threat to earth's environment, especially given how the volcanic location seemed to be devoid of life at its conception already. Life on the island, was not incredibly difficult for a Diamond, he was given more attention and special care compared to other gems as well as a slightly better education. Being that he was a diamond, it was assumed that he would make a fine leader, as such he was groomed to be one. Diamond had the appearance of a usual female gem at this time, and for the most part seemed to find that everything he was told fit the idea the homeworld gems gave him, as well as harsher lessons in leadership that he did not fully understand, often asking hard questions, early signs of the vast curiosity Diamond showed, the lack of correct answers and just non-answers he received from his teachers started the seed of distrust. It was not until Diamond had a chance encounter with early human explorers, did his suspicion become reality. Through them he was able to learn most of the logical hows and whys of the physical world he lived in, a question that had often been dismissed by gems who did not yet want to fully educate Diamond, for the very exact reason they were losing him. Early education would lead to rebellion, so most gems, even gems set in line to be leaders, were given barebones lessons over Earth, most of their knowledge comming out of homeworld.
But this only served to foster his distrust of all home-world based gems, though he made it his objective to keep quiet about his findings for a time, simply because his desire to see what the scientists and explorers was far greater than destroying his social stability. And so despite being born to a new and sparse island, Diamond closely kept his eye on his environment, watching in awe as the knowledge those scientists had bestowed onto him turned out to very much be true as he watched parts of the island turn from arid and dead lands, to thriving jungles even despite how most parts of the island seemed dead. His problem with homeworlds gems did not turn into hatred itself, until a project was put in forth for the gems located in the garten, to root up and destroy all forms of life on the island. As a test, Diamond was ordered along with a small group of other "gifted" gems to destroy all life as part of a so called battle and training exercise.
Naturally, Diamond was watched for proof of his natural leading ability, elder-Gems making sure he would lead as efficiently as any homeworld gem. Diamond himself, chose to follow the orders he had been given, knowing it was the most logical thing to do Even with all this, due to his young and reckless nature, Diamond was not afraid to voice his distaste over his superiors, and as a result soon landed him at odds with most of his compatriot Earth gems. He seemed cool and calculated through the exercise, and this was seen as a sign of his natural leading ability, however he'd simply been so irked and tired by how events had turned out and having the only other source of knowledge destroyed, that he glowered in silent fury for most of the day and days after. This only reached a zenith whenever Diamond decided to adopt the form of a male, supposedly honoring his first contact with a human, and as a result, he was ostracized further. Eventually, Diamond could not stand to hear the ignorance as he did often in the island, and eventually this caused to enact a brash, foolish, yet simple plan. He could not just walk off, into the ocean, as easy an idea as that sounded, there were far too many water-using gems for a water based escape to be full proof. And so, he came up with a plan that only he himself was either stupid enough, or crazy enough to enact, given how it was his life that was involved. Diamond instructed one of the more easily coercible Diamonds into an experiment, his "experiment" would be a heat-test, all of it disguised as his effort to escape. Diamond had no idea whether he'd live through his escape, but as he saw it, he would be forever trapped on the island unless he either stayed for longer- or escaped, however Diamond's insatiable curiosity over the world weighed over all else. And so, he'd asked one of his more easily coercible compatriots to drop him into a lava pit that bored on the ocean. His method of thinking had been that if he was able to withstand the heat for a short time, he might be spat out into the waters, where a protective layer of rock would hide his gem. Once he actually found himself, surrounded by lava, even in his gem-form he'd remembered why heat and Diamonds did not mix, given how he' could feel his essence itself being destroyed for every moment in the magma. The few seconds he'd spent in the pool seemed like hours, as the lava flow quickly dropped the now encased gem, spitting him out into the ocean depths. The pain of his ordeal, as well as the damage, caused Diamond to stay in his gem-form for quite some time, as he nursed himself from his escape, his gem being subjected to all the world's currents, sending what appeared to be a rock off across the ocean floors. Eventually, Diamond broke free from his rock haven, surfacing upon the continent-where he began his conquest over the world's knowledge as well as to learn as much as he could about the only other sentient life on the planet.
((If there's anything I missed, I'd be happy to go back and fix it. That or, questions and concerns!))