Post by Chal on Feb 6, 2016 1:43:22 GMT
Name: Chalcedony (Chal) [#84b9f5]
Appeared Gender: Female
Appeared Age: Young adult, perhaps in her teens
Gemstone: Blue Chalcedony
Cut into a smooth ovoid shape, with a small yellowed imperfection formed into a jagged streak on one side.
Gemstone Location: Throat
Corrupted: No
(If Corrupted) Monster Form:
(Image credit goes to Ninido)
Appearance:
Art is mine!
Chal is relatively short, standing only at around 5'1”.
The sclera of her eyes actually aren't white, they're a pale yellow color.
Personality: Chal is very shy, much preferring to listen to others than actually join in them. Getting lots of attention makes her noticeably uncomfortable. Despite her upbringing as a messenger gem, she very much dislikes talking out loud due to an imperfection in her gem growing while she was being formed. This small blemish has damaged her vocal cords, resulting in her natural voice sounding soft and raspy, as if she is hoarse from a bad cold. This is why she almost always communicates using her word projection ability (see below).
Despite these shortcomings, once you get her out of her shell Chal is a very sweet, caring, and loyal person. She often puts her friends’ needs before her own and secretly prides herself on her naturally calming demeanor. Having such, she is rather good at conflict resolution and tries her best to break up fights if she’s around. Ironically enough, however, she dislikes engaging in physical combat herself. Her weapon is used chiefly for self-defense.
Because she is physically unable to scream for help if she needed to, she has developed some paranoia while living on Earth due to its unfamiliarity and wildness. As a result, being outside at nighttime, as well as sudden and unfamiliar loud noises, makes her nervous and jumpy.
Likes/Dislikes:
+Music
+Blue skies
+Peaceful days
+Light rain showers
+Sunsets
+Being understood
-Conflicts
-Sudden loud noises
-Her imperfect gem
-Getting mocked because of her voice
-Getting ignored
Fears: Nyctophobia (fear of the dark) due to paranoia, mild xenophobia (fear of the unknown), glossophobia (fear of talking), astraphobia (fear of thunder)
Weapon: Large colorful boomerang, see appearance picture.
Ability 1: Word Projection
Although a somewhat common ability for messenger gems such as herself, she uses it much more than other Gems of her type because of her speech impediment. While it would normally be used to convey a speech or important message to a large crowd, she uses it for everyday use. The word projection ability appears as if someone had written words into the air above her head; instead of verbally communicating, she can visually communicate. The size of the words can be changed at will, however the neatness of the writing will decline if Chal gets agitated.
The words are projected from her gem.
Ability 2: Mild Wind Control
This ability usually only comes out when Chal is upset or experiencing strong emotions. It is almost never done on purpose and happens without her trying; because of its rarity she never learned how to actually control this ability, which is why it's so weak. The worst that could happen would be a strong gust of wind and nothing more.
Fusions: None
History: Chal was formed on Homeworld, one of many of her kind. She and the other Chalcedonies were relatively common gems, created to do only one purpose: spreading the word. From the moment they emerged they were trained in the art of giving speeches, storytelling, announcing, and anything else related to conveying news to the higher-ups. Although communication gems were around, a trend of having your own personal Gem to publicly speak for you or give you the news was gaining popularity.
Because of Chal's imperfection and subsequent impediment, she was designated as a lowly projector. Her one and only job was to stand next to whichever high-ranked Gem was making a speech and to use her word projection ability to form the words in the air as they were being said, large enough for the crowd to be able to read just in case they weren’t able to hear. As you can imagine, it was a sad lifestyle, one that the open-minded, compassionate Gem didn't agree with.
Everything changed when the topics of the speeches she was projecting got worse and worse, topics about having to wipe out all life on Earth. Chal just couldn't wrap her head around it; why did all these creatures have to die? Things called "humans" were mentioned a lot. Even though she didn't know what those were, she didn't believe in the slightest that they all needed to be exterminated. She believed in life for everyone, that it was a gift that she (or anyone else for that matter) had the right to take away. So she rebelled in her own way, the most spontaneous and impulsive move she'd ever made in her life.
She stopped projecting. The speaker kept speaking, not noticing until the crowd started yelling at the small Gem. This was an act of rebellion, how dare she stop just because she didn't want to do it anymore?
Chal was immediately hauled off to get her gem smashed, since rebellious Gems simply were not tolerated, especially the lower-class Gems. This was an absolutely disgusting practice to her, which was why she rebelled again, slipping away from the smashing compound under the cover of night and using her small stature as an advantage. She hitched a ride on a ship designated for bringing a scout to Earth, claiming that she had been ordered to be a speaker for the scouting Gem.
Just as the ship was making it through Earth's clouds, something malfunctioned in the controls and the ship crash landed into the ocean, poofing Chal almost immediately. She was underwater for many years, crawling out of the sea and onto the beach shortly after Rose Quartz's message had been delivered to all the Gems on Earth and the warps were destroyed.
Character Arcs:
Appeared Gender: Female
Appeared Age: Young adult, perhaps in her teens
Gemstone: Blue Chalcedony
Cut into a smooth ovoid shape, with a small yellowed imperfection formed into a jagged streak on one side.
Gemstone Location: Throat
Corrupted: No
(If Corrupted) Monster Form:
(Image credit goes to Ninido)
Appearance:
Art is mine!
Chal is relatively short, standing only at around 5'1”.
The sclera of her eyes actually aren't white, they're a pale yellow color.
Personality: Chal is very shy, much preferring to listen to others than actually join in them. Getting lots of attention makes her noticeably uncomfortable. Despite her upbringing as a messenger gem, she very much dislikes talking out loud due to an imperfection in her gem growing while she was being formed. This small blemish has damaged her vocal cords, resulting in her natural voice sounding soft and raspy, as if she is hoarse from a bad cold. This is why she almost always communicates using her word projection ability (see below).
Despite these shortcomings, once you get her out of her shell Chal is a very sweet, caring, and loyal person. She often puts her friends’ needs before her own and secretly prides herself on her naturally calming demeanor. Having such, she is rather good at conflict resolution and tries her best to break up fights if she’s around. Ironically enough, however, she dislikes engaging in physical combat herself. Her weapon is used chiefly for self-defense.
Because she is physically unable to scream for help if she needed to, she has developed some paranoia while living on Earth due to its unfamiliarity and wildness. As a result, being outside at nighttime, as well as sudden and unfamiliar loud noises, makes her nervous and jumpy.
Likes/Dislikes:
+Music
+Blue skies
+Peaceful days
+Light rain showers
+Sunsets
+Being understood
-Conflicts
-Sudden loud noises
-Her imperfect gem
-Getting mocked because of her voice
-Getting ignored
Fears: Nyctophobia (fear of the dark) due to paranoia, mild xenophobia (fear of the unknown), glossophobia (fear of talking), astraphobia (fear of thunder)
Weapon: Large colorful boomerang, see appearance picture.
Ability 1: Word Projection
Although a somewhat common ability for messenger gems such as herself, she uses it much more than other Gems of her type because of her speech impediment. While it would normally be used to convey a speech or important message to a large crowd, she uses it for everyday use. The word projection ability appears as if someone had written words into the air above her head; instead of verbally communicating, she can visually communicate. The size of the words can be changed at will, however the neatness of the writing will decline if Chal gets agitated.
The words are projected from her gem.
Ability 2: Mild Wind Control
This ability usually only comes out when Chal is upset or experiencing strong emotions. It is almost never done on purpose and happens without her trying; because of its rarity she never learned how to actually control this ability, which is why it's so weak. The worst that could happen would be a strong gust of wind and nothing more.
Fusions: None
History: Chal was formed on Homeworld, one of many of her kind. She and the other Chalcedonies were relatively common gems, created to do only one purpose: spreading the word. From the moment they emerged they were trained in the art of giving speeches, storytelling, announcing, and anything else related to conveying news to the higher-ups. Although communication gems were around, a trend of having your own personal Gem to publicly speak for you or give you the news was gaining popularity.
Because of Chal's imperfection and subsequent impediment, she was designated as a lowly projector. Her one and only job was to stand next to whichever high-ranked Gem was making a speech and to use her word projection ability to form the words in the air as they were being said, large enough for the crowd to be able to read just in case they weren’t able to hear. As you can imagine, it was a sad lifestyle, one that the open-minded, compassionate Gem didn't agree with.
Everything changed when the topics of the speeches she was projecting got worse and worse, topics about having to wipe out all life on Earth. Chal just couldn't wrap her head around it; why did all these creatures have to die? Things called "humans" were mentioned a lot. Even though she didn't know what those were, she didn't believe in the slightest that they all needed to be exterminated. She believed in life for everyone, that it was a gift that she (or anyone else for that matter) had the right to take away. So she rebelled in her own way, the most spontaneous and impulsive move she'd ever made in her life.
She stopped projecting. The speaker kept speaking, not noticing until the crowd started yelling at the small Gem. This was an act of rebellion, how dare she stop just because she didn't want to do it anymore?
Chal was immediately hauled off to get her gem smashed, since rebellious Gems simply were not tolerated, especially the lower-class Gems. This was an absolutely disgusting practice to her, which was why she rebelled again, slipping away from the smashing compound under the cover of night and using her small stature as an advantage. She hitched a ride on a ship designated for bringing a scout to Earth, claiming that she had been ordered to be a speaker for the scouting Gem.
Just as the ship was making it through Earth's clouds, something malfunctioned in the controls and the ship crash landed into the ocean, poofing Chal almost immediately. She was underwater for many years, crawling out of the sea and onto the beach shortly after Rose Quartz's message had been delivered to all the Gems on Earth and the warps were destroyed.
Character Arcs:
- Chal finds herself on the beach.
- She wanders into the Temple and meets somebody, revealing her insecurities.
- She walks around Beach City, exploring.
- Chal perhaps witnesses a fight or two and exploits her skills at conflict resolution.
- She gets up close and personal with Gem corruption.