Some messes are 2 big 2 handle alone ~ Plum&Titanite ~FIN~
Mar 12, 2017 6:04:44 GMT
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Post by Plum Pearl on Mar 12, 2017 6:04:44 GMT
It was Vista Park, a large open area of trees, shrubs, paths, ponds and....pigeons.. Fuck yeah, Alliteration! The night previous there had been a concert so to speak in the park. An event of entertainment, ultimately doomed to failure by the negative perception of the Crystal Gem faction by the citizens of the city, due in no small part to the propaganda efforts of the city's unofficial governing body, a particular Smokey Quartz and his associates.
The resulting unease by the citizenry, and subsequent police response and a dozen other factors had left the area in rather poor shape following the erm... dramatic and speedy exit of the Crystal Gem members Flurry and Light Mocha Pearl. Unfortunately Plum Pearl knew relatively little about what had gone on, as for the most part, she had been.. advised.. to remain in and around the tower and its grounds since she had arrived there a little over a week or so ago, after being released from her imprisonment, as a human made gem relic, an alchemy spell book in particular.
Since arriving at M tower with her liberators Chip and Gaspeite, Plum had received a rundown on the tower itself, and met a few different gems and even some of the Human employees.. or human 'Pearls'.. so they were called. That part actually kinda left a foul taste in her mouth, since she knew she was exponentially better at serving and support than any human knock-off could hope to be. None the less while she had explored some of the city, usually with either Chip or Gaspeite, she had not traveled very far afield. However, last night, she watched the helicopters fly towards the park area a few miles away in the direction of the setting sun, and knew that something serious had to be going on. So the next day, she resolved to push her boundaries a bit, and explore, and the first place she felt she should check out was the site of last night's disturbance.
With a bit of Pearly cunning, she had snuck her way down to the ground level unnoticed and then out a side door on the sky scraper, avoiding the lobby and main entrance which was teeming with surveillance.
Once outside the sights and scents of the city al hit her senses at once, and she found herself pausing a moment to let it all register. She had been informed that humanity had since developed umm.. advanced-ly-crude high velocity ballistic weapons that were capable of harming the projections of all but the most resilient of gems... a particular Roguish Heavy Scout prototype had been mentioned to her in that regard, as being relatively resilient to the streams of withering projectile fire from human made weapons..
None the less, she had her wits and aptitude for adaptability, and soon Plum had vaulted up on top of a dumpster, then onto a flag pole extending out from the side of the M Tower building and hanging over the street, just in time to drop deftly onto the roof of a passing bus without so much as a ripple in its sheet aluminum roof, and was soon cruising in style, sitting cross legged with her small cape flapping behind her shoulders, and drawing the attention of Humans from time to time who seemed to point small black glass rectangles her way as she passed.
Eventually she saw through a gap in the buildings the green space of the park, beyond, and with a flip the Pearl was off the bus and on her feet, weaving, hopping and gliding through the foot traffic until she arrived at the park and made her way in through the 20 ft tall wrought iron gates, and into the greenspace beyond. She didn't have to go far until she found the site she was looking for.. a disheveled stage with drooping banners stood, and all about were the evidence of human activity.. boot prints, broken plants, scores of concert leaflets dampened by the nights dew, and general litter all about. Now this.. this was something that made her ingrained Pearl-Ness edgy.. manifesting in a breif twitch of her lower left eyelid.
"Well!.. It seems that Humans still have not learned a single thing about respecting places of beauty and serenity.. whether natural or constructed.."
Her body straightens and her fist form into frustrated little balls of 'Well I guess its up to me-Ness' and into the center of the open area she stomps and closes her eyes to focus for a moment...
The resulting unease by the citizenry, and subsequent police response and a dozen other factors had left the area in rather poor shape following the erm... dramatic and speedy exit of the Crystal Gem members Flurry and Light Mocha Pearl. Unfortunately Plum Pearl knew relatively little about what had gone on, as for the most part, she had been.. advised.. to remain in and around the tower and its grounds since she had arrived there a little over a week or so ago, after being released from her imprisonment, as a human made gem relic, an alchemy spell book in particular.
Since arriving at M tower with her liberators Chip and Gaspeite, Plum had received a rundown on the tower itself, and met a few different gems and even some of the Human employees.. or human 'Pearls'.. so they were called. That part actually kinda left a foul taste in her mouth, since she knew she was exponentially better at serving and support than any human knock-off could hope to be. None the less while she had explored some of the city, usually with either Chip or Gaspeite, she had not traveled very far afield. However, last night, she watched the helicopters fly towards the park area a few miles away in the direction of the setting sun, and knew that something serious had to be going on. So the next day, she resolved to push her boundaries a bit, and explore, and the first place she felt she should check out was the site of last night's disturbance.
With a bit of Pearly cunning, she had snuck her way down to the ground level unnoticed and then out a side door on the sky scraper, avoiding the lobby and main entrance which was teeming with surveillance.
Once outside the sights and scents of the city al hit her senses at once, and she found herself pausing a moment to let it all register. She had been informed that humanity had since developed umm.. advanced-ly-crude high velocity ballistic weapons that were capable of harming the projections of all but the most resilient of gems... a particular Roguish Heavy Scout prototype had been mentioned to her in that regard, as being relatively resilient to the streams of withering projectile fire from human made weapons..
None the less, she had her wits and aptitude for adaptability, and soon Plum had vaulted up on top of a dumpster, then onto a flag pole extending out from the side of the M Tower building and hanging over the street, just in time to drop deftly onto the roof of a passing bus without so much as a ripple in its sheet aluminum roof, and was soon cruising in style, sitting cross legged with her small cape flapping behind her shoulders, and drawing the attention of Humans from time to time who seemed to point small black glass rectangles her way as she passed.
Eventually she saw through a gap in the buildings the green space of the park, beyond, and with a flip the Pearl was off the bus and on her feet, weaving, hopping and gliding through the foot traffic until she arrived at the park and made her way in through the 20 ft tall wrought iron gates, and into the greenspace beyond. She didn't have to go far until she found the site she was looking for.. a disheveled stage with drooping banners stood, and all about were the evidence of human activity.. boot prints, broken plants, scores of concert leaflets dampened by the nights dew, and general litter all about. Now this.. this was something that made her ingrained Pearl-Ness edgy.. manifesting in a breif twitch of her lower left eyelid.
"Well!.. It seems that Humans still have not learned a single thing about respecting places of beauty and serenity.. whether natural or constructed.."
Her body straightens and her fist form into frustrated little balls of 'Well I guess its up to me-Ness' and into the center of the open area she stomps and closes her eyes to focus for a moment...