House Call 2 (Closed, Clear Quartz)

[Euclase]

With things calming somewhat Euclase's form was finally able to inform of how much it didn't like being thrown around like that, it would probaly be easier for her to list of the places that don't hurt, then it would be to list off every bit of sore tissue,bruised form and stinging lacerations. Through this though what thought surfaced back into her mind, the vines, the gem forsaken vines, not as a natural growth, but as something that was placed there intentionally, something that would guard the fountain in a way that would make sure Homeworld gems could not pull from it.

"DAMMIT!" balled into a fist her good hand slammed roughly into the side of the ship, the entire interior rattled slightly, showing there was a surprising amount of force and strength that came from the old Medic's impact. There was a legitimate anger and fury on her face, her normally soft eyes had harden more then ever before,spurred on by a combination of frustration and pain, the old kind medic seemed to be gone, replaced with a harshness to her expression that would make even the most Surly of Agate's hesitate to cross her. It was of course not directed at the Clear Gem, the target of her fury was much further away and far more untouchable "You Would THINK Out of ALL gems that defective Rock Crystal would Understand the rules of Engagement, How you DON'T target Medical Facilities on EITHER Side unless completely required. SHE KNEW How fragile and Important if was to US." She fumed, Her head snapped,gazing out the window,looking at something far beyond her view "How many more will be shattered because of this MISGUIDED Cause, How Much will your Force us back when we were THIS close to truly harnessing that healing essence. YOU WERE A MEDIC LIKE US, HOW can you stop us from using it, from saving OUR kind with it."She let out a long sigh, as the anger drained away from her face "You cant Stop Progress Rose Quartz, you should know that" She Whispered.

Euclase dragged herself upwards leaning against the wall "My Diamond needs to kn-" She tried taking a step forward, to move towards the console of the ship, but her injuries caught up with her, with the deep tear on the back of her heal her left leg gave out almost instantly, She fell roughly onto her knees, the only thing saving her for falling face first onto the ground was her knees and her only working arm. The other arm while patched up slightly, still had equally deep gashes across the shoulder, causing it to fall mostly limp.

[7XB]

7XB had hardly enough time to scrap themselves off the hull, after that final impact as they pushed through the clouds, before the former medic gem's sudden outburst, turning to face her rather suddenly. The quartz, as durable as they were, was no worse for wear after the altercation, not only because they were, at their basest nature, a gem designed for combat, but because healing of their fractured gem had given them a sudden spurt of vitality that 7XB may have otherwise sorely lacked.

Unable to stop her from rising they rushed forward to catch her midfall. "Easy there, easy." They said, guiding her towards the Captain's chair slowly. "You don't wanna get any more battered then you already are." It was odd for 7XB to be the least battered gem of a pair- they weren't sure how to feel about it. Even though they agreed with her words silently, it wasn't their place to really have an opinion, was it?

[Euclase]

"Ill survive" She reassured as the Clear Gem had caught her "That last vine strike did more damage to my heel then I initially thought" she noted as she was guided over slowly to the Captains Chair saying a quiet 'thank you', resting roughly she continued to speak "normally" she began, taking a breath "it would be fine, but between sustaining those bubbled,healing your injuries and continuously summoning my own weapon, i've ended up chewing through my power faster then im charging, so to speak."

"Us older non-soldiers models don't do so great under the stress," she seemed to reach her good hand out and tap away at the computer "My model isn't even meant to be able to summon a weapon in the first place, but those Quartzs under me were persistent and forced me to learn after a few cycles of nagging" she added as a afterthought "either way this has been on very long mission, i think a reform may be in order after all these events" She let out a warm smile "I suppose you have a interesting story to tell now, and another tick of a excellent track record on missions" Her expression shifted though as she got back on topic "as i mentioned Pink Diamond needs to know about this, how many more locations are a booby trapped like the Fountain" She seemed to mutter "And the corruption, just when we thought we were getting some foothold on it..." she trailed off.

[7XB]

Felt a greater weariness overtake their body as Euclase eased herself into the chair, their own hard-wired instincts giving 7XB’s tired body the signal that they could finally relax; They seemed, for the time being at least, to be out of danger, and the quartz gem felt no shame as they slumped over, lowering their great bulk down onto the floor, the force of the sudden drop enough to cause a minor dent- They'd let one of the Peridots fret over that once they returned to the base.

7XB couldnt help but hope that they would, baring any more trouble, arrive upon the moon base soon.

Taking a moment to look themselves up and down, again noting their hair- the ends burnt to a crisp by the corruption’s acid. They had nearly forgotten about it. “I might be right there with you, Ma’am” the idea of doing a reform, as she had just said, was looking more appealing to them now. After all,they could just come back the same, sans the burns.

Dare they risk calling the mission a success just yet?

[Euclase]

With the ship breaking out of the Atmosphere the threats to the two gems lowered exponentially,a wayward asteroid or space debris being the only true inconvenience if it managed to cross there path. Either way in most aspects the mission succeeded as planned,although the lack of being able to get into the secondary Kindergarten control room would prove to be a minor set back. Besides there was more concerning aspects that had come out of the mission, with areas allegedly being booby trapped it would present a significant risk to Homeworld Gems trying to get a foothold on Earth. In all likelihood more scouts will have to be sent out to determine what areas would be safe zones, along with Euclase having to inform Her Diamond of the prospect of defences being set up by the resistance. Along with this the damage to her own form will likely throw her out of commission for at least a few cycles depending on how long she took to reform.


There was also the issues of combat, it would appear that Euclase's own skills were rusty,normally this would be fine,she had seldom reason to fight for the last thousand years hardly being on the frontline of any engagement anymore, but with skirmishes on Earth seemingly coming with no warning she could not guarantee that future expeditions would not pose a combat risk to herself and those around her if she returned to the planet. The Quartzs under her had nagged her plenty of times about combat training but she had brushed them off,perhaps now it was the time to take on their offer, to dust herself off and become the Combat Medic she once was.


"It seems like I may need to become a little more practised in combat" She mused "If the current performance is anything to go off 4000 years of management work has dulled my old Frontline Medic edge" She stated, pausing for a moment before adding "Although I suppose at The Fountain we never much had any 'true' engagements, apart from the occasional Spat with Local Wildlife and 'Human Natives' that stumbled across us"

[7XB]

“Well, if you don't mind me saying so,” the Quartz chipped in wearily, lifting their head up from where it had relaxed against their chest, “I think you kept up pretty well.. for being a bit out of practice, that is.” They had achieved, for the most part anyway, their objective, and the quartz was of a mind that the ends justified the means- though their inability to reach the Kindergarten control room rubbed sorely upon their pride.

Eyes cut for a moment to their gem, steely orbs tracing the flawless line that had taken the place of the well-memorized crack in their worn gem. It was odd, of course, to imagine a gem being so..fresh again, but a relief. “We got the water, right? I'm sure there are more than a few battered gems who would consider our mission success on that note alone.” They were one to talk about battered gems, “But a little retuning of your combat skills could only help.”