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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 21:31:35 GMT
The sky was tinted red as the sun dwelt somewhere below the horizon, but the indigo haze of the large planet's thick atmosphere reminded Yellow Diamond of her impending meeting with Blue. In light of the things she had heard from White in the last meeting she'd held in this room, Yellow knew that Blue would have her own opinion about the Zeno 22 hand-off. However, Yellow also knew that White had very conspicuously held the meeting between just the two of them. Yellow liked to think she knew why; because White knew how sentimental Blue could be over their youngest, Pink.
Yellow had her suspicions about that meeting, and hoped that Blue would too see eye-to-eye with her. Her eyes fluttered as she looked out of the view pane of the golden palace she resided within, before her gaze trailed down to the documents she had been monitoring before she'd allowed herself a quick moment of respite. However, she soon began her work once again.
Something was happening. Patterns showing in the text, in each report handed up to her from those Yellow Court retainers who had been scoping out her range of conquest. Her sharp brows angled down across her uncannily focused eyes, information scrolling over her vision. Something indeed was happening; equipment gone missing, along with entire teams of gems. Her teeth clenched, as there was only one real explanation-- rebellion. Those ragged off colors were still trying, despite the overwhelming supremacy and undeniable superiority of Homeworld's Authority across the galaxies.
Along with that was the recent report she'd gotten from a torbernite; a morganite and her cruiser suddenly disappearing somewhere in the asteroid fields, left at large with stolen Homeworld technology. A twinge of irritation smacked Yellow, teeth clenched as pressure built. She leaned back, closed her eyes, and pinched the bridge of her nose. With a huff of exasperation, she pushed the documents out of her face.
"My Diamond?" Yellow Pearl asked, tilting her head slightly. The Diamond's bright yellow eyes flicked down, and she pursed her lips for a moment.
"Blue will be arriving shortly," She spoke curtly, attempting to shake off her residual annoyance before the meeting-- she would need a clear head before this talk,"Prepare the room for our meeting, alert the citrines that they will accompany Blue after her disembark," As soon as she finished speaking, the pearl whisked off to do her Diamond's bidding; first her hands glided over the room controls, allowing two opposite thrones-- one blue and one yellow-- to rise from the floor, along with a holotech desk that emerged between them. Then, the pearl's feet could be heard tapping away to the enormous golden door before she disappeared through it.
Yellow took another moment of silence to gaze down onto the Upsilon 8 mega city, shimmering with the movement of millions of gems, but somewhere hidden beneath was the shadowy world of off-color rebels, lurking and laying in wait for their moment to strike. Her hands curled into fists.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 22:10:24 GMT
Blue was getting close to Upsilon 8, her ship was only moments from entering the atmosphere. Her arm straightened with her dress and hood fully donned. The emptiness of space surrounding her, she was thankful to be able to land on the planet soon. She knew that this meeting was important in terms of Zeno 22, but was somewhat concerned about Yellows reaction to it all. She also had some other topics she knew she's need to speak with her about, namely the reasoning behind White having had the meeting set up between the two of them, and not all three of them. Equally, why Pink is exempt from the meetings altogether. She was a diamond and needed to start being versed in the knowledge of one. She couldn't help but let out a light sigh at the thought.
She shook her head as she started to enter the atmosphere, it was going to be a long day. She felt the slight jolt of the gravity catching her ship, she then set it on an automatic course the rest of the way to the landing area. Shifting over a few steps to a nearby seat, looking at the crew helping with the ships operation. Diamond saluting, chatting about the rotation of the planet and planning the easiest decent. Such good gems, all working very hard. Suddenly she spotted her pearl out of the corner of her eye and looked over at her. "Pearl, would you be so kind as to inform Yellow of our immanent arrival?"
"Yes, my diamond", blue pearl said with an elegant curtsy as she turned to her digital console and headed up communications to the landing base, contacting yellow pearl instead of the diamond directly - out of respect.
As she waited she couldn't help but think about the scattered report she left before her departure, a moon base in the outer quadrants had an issue with supplies going missing, mostly minerals that were to help with the construction of a space station. Perhaps she would need to make a visit there on her way back? It's quite out of the way but if all of this troubling news continues to accumulate it could be catastrophic in the long run. It is, of course, her duty to keep these things in check. She let out a shallow sigh as the ship made a connection with the landing pad. Snapping herself out of her thoughts and standing, getting ready to head into the facility - exiting her ship onto the landing platform.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 20:00:19 GMT
Yellow Pearl phased down into the reception hall with her eyes glued onto the holoscreen floating a comfortable length from her, then looked up, and her features twisted into a confused scowl as her eyes fixed onto the empty post where two citrines should've been. She glanced around frantically, until her gaze snagged onto the two shuffling there way back,"Get back into position! What are you doing! The Diamond's meeting is now!" The pearl's shrill voice echoed over the hall. Her eyes flicked back down to her holoscreen, and she nearly jumped when she realized Blue Pearl had contacted her. In the meantime, the two missing citrines scampered back to their post with more haste, both of their orange faces flushed with a deeper apricot shade. The hall was otherwise lined with statuesque citrine gems, standing so still that they might have been a part of the decor. Yellow Pearl ignored them completely as she marched around the soldiers who had been caught out of their post,"Hmph! I'm truly baffled, you're suppose to be elite gems! I'm going to have to report this Yellow Diamond herself-- prepare to be replaced!"
With that the pearl clapped her hands, and every citrine in the room snapped into their at-attention stance,"Squad One, you are to join Blue Diamond's entourage and escort her to the palace," Yellow Pearl finished her work, and turned to rejoin her Diamond in the control room. As she did, squad one of the citrine unit stepped away from the wall, turned on a dime, then began their quick-stepped, perfectly coordinated march out to the the landing pad.
Meanwhile, Yellow Diamond gazed down from her control room; she could see from here, the parade of citrines as they made their way out to Blue's vessel. It was a small gesture, but in these trying times, a Diamond couldn't be too safe. The Diamond rested her chin in her knuckles, and allowed her attention to flick away again, now focused on the holodesk between the two thrones. She prepared a diorama of Zeno 22, so that Blue Diamond would know-- if she hadn't already guessed-- what this meeting would be mostly about. However, there were some other things that Yellow felt she needed to discuss, equal to equal, with her fellow Diamond.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 23:00:03 GMT
Blue stood on the landing platform, seeing all of the Citrines at attention. "Oh, how pleasant. Very orderly and fashioned." Her entourage stepped out of the ship with her. A few about five ruby guards and three amethyst guards squaring around her feet. Joined by the Citrines that were assigned to join her entourage, she started walking her way over to the meeting place. As she walked through the complex, she eyed her surroundings, the yellow infrastructure, the gems hurriedly working and saluting as she past by. "I am very proud of Yellow and her ability to keep everything in such nice order." Her monologue heard by some of the passing gems, who only worked harder thereafter.
She was trying to stay upbeat, she knows how her powers can effect the world around her. She didn't need to make a problem of herself during the meeting. They entered the palace door, opened by Blue Pearl who hurriedly rushed ahead. She was almost to the chamber where Yellow was waiting for her, and Yellow pearl was standing outside the door. Standing patiently with a diamond salute at the ready. Blue Pearl was there as well. She smiled as they opened the door for her and revealed Yellow in the room. The gems that escorted her their hurried off to partake in their other duties. And Blues gems turned-face and stood guard at the door. "Yellow, hello. It is fantastic to see you again." She was doing rather well in keeping herself from letting her emotions seep out.
She noticed the seat that was prepared for her and moved herself over to in front of it, not quite sitting yet. "The palace is in very good order. And thank you for the accompaniment. They were in perfect position the moment I arrived. I'm supposing we are here to talk about Zeno 22?" She was very direct and to the point in bringing up the topic at hand before talking about, attempting to confirm her suspicions about the meaning behind the meeting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 16:48:13 GMT
As Blue Diamond arrived in the room, Yellow's eyes trailed up from what she was reading to regard the fellow Diamond. She leaned back in her seat, straightening her shoulders,"Ah, Blue, I'm glad you've had a safe trip," She attempted to match Blue's upbeat tone, but there was a heft to her voice. Her eyes then swiveled around to take note of the other gems, the servants in the room,"Yes, this is about Zeno 22..." Her gaze would flick to the side, before she pursed her lips. The other matter that she would need to discuss was highly sensitive, and she didn't even know if she wanted their pearls in the room for that part of the discussion. "Among other things," She said, training her intense gaze onto the other Diamond in the room, knowing that Blue would get the hint. Yellow pearl herself picked up immediately that her Diamond would talk of classified materials, and went into action independently to make sure the room was cleared of any extraneous guardians, and that the sound-proofing technology that sealed the room was active.
The Military Commander gestured over the holotech, waiting for Blue to take her seat and for Yellow Pearl to finish her work. Soon, the planet Zeno 22 was compared with the Upsilon system. She wanted to get right to business, so began speaking,"As you can see, the planet White intends to gift to Pink is as large as Upsilon 8, perhaps even larger, and lacks development," She paused for a moment, knowing what she would mention next may have an impact on Blue. She cleared her throat,"Recently, White visited me, to speak of this matter-- but there was...something else, Blue, that I believe White was attempting to say. At the time, I had been under the impression that there would be a summit between the Diamonds to talk of the hand-off. After all, this is important. Pink will be receiving her next major colony," Her head canted forward a bit,"Yet, it had been only White who arrived that day," Yellow hoped that Blue would start to see what she was getting at. Even though they were on Upsilon 8-- the veritable seat of Yellow Diamond's power-- she knew that White Diamond's abilities made her a terrifying force to be reckoned with. The two of them, the three of them really, would have to watch their backs. "But before I go on, I'm sure White has informed you that all three of us will accompany Pink during the celebration. Each of us is to bring an entourage to gift to her,"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 23:47:50 GMT
"I was definitely informed about the entourage gift... but that doesn't make any sense, Yellow. Why would White have been the only one at the meeting and why weren't Pink and I informed? That doesn't bode well at all" She looked at Yellow confused, her face twisting between confusion and concern. "Is there some sort of underlying message about this colony that I don't know about?" Her concern only grew, and it started to slightly leak through her ability - before she snapped herself out of it to keep it in check. Why would White have only invited Yellow to this meeting, and what was the Summits details about? Of all people, shouldn't Pink have been there at least? She was the one who was going to inherit the colony after all. It was such a huge responsibility to put on her, especially considering the... complications, with the last one. "N-... Nevermind. Lets get to the finer details, in this summit that coincidentally only had you and White present, were there any details that you believe need to be shared? Alongside this, i'd like to point out that while the first colony we put into the care of Pink didn't quite go according to plan... by any means, it wasn't a complete catastrophe! They got some much needed insight into the development and start of a colony and how to space kindergartens and planetary planning". Blue nodded to confirm her statement.
Blue was attempting to find out different details to this meeting, while keeping it somewhat vague enough that it wouldn't be so deliberate to her intentions and where her focus lied right then. She was definitely concerned with Whites actions. She was already unpredictable as it was, let alone having her own agenda in such a big turning point in Pinks life!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 21:59:44 GMT
The inner corners of Yellow's brows lifted as her lips tugged downward; the sight of Blue's distress, even if it were masked, was itself a bit distressing. The discomfort of knowing that her fellow Diamond's distress could only go up from here in the conversation kept Yellow from saying anything for a moment; she stared for a moment, before her eyes fluttered closed and she leaned back in her seat, letting out a sigh.
"Well, that's just it," Yellow's intense eyes snapped back open and she focused her searing gaze onto the fellow gemkind leader,"Blue, I have reason to believe that White was alluding to something when she and I had our discussion. It has to do with Pink herself..." She paused, shifting forward and leaning onto her knuckles, trying to cast away the unease that had built as she spoke. It had made her incredibly uncomfortable to learn that White had arranged such an important meeting between only two of the four Diamonds; now that Pink had proven herself worthy of the title, she should've been included in the debate, and there was no question that Blue's presence would have been ideal. However, after Yellow had analyzed that conversation in her head so many times, she realized that White's goal had been far, far different from what was overt. Still, Yellow felt she had to step carefully, so as to not disturb Blue, and to not lose the air of secrecy that White had entrusted her with,"...all I can say is that, if rebellion pervades itself within Pink's new colony, if she can't keep her sphere of influence under control...the consequences will be grave." She looked straight into Blue's eyes, her voice striking with the finality of a gavel in court,"I-- I couldn't go on being the only one to know, Blue. Pink is a Diamond, she's one of us," Her brows furrowed and the corner of her lip tugged, her fists curled,"We must do everything we can to make sure she is successful in this endeavor. She cannot fail, we cannot fail her,"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 0:05:07 GMT
It was at this point that Blue finally caught on to everything that was trickling down, in it's full, albeit confusing and terrifying, splendor. She couldn't help but press her back to the seat she was in, and let out a slow - somewhat shaken, breath. She looked at Yellow with a nod of finality. "You're right Yellow. We don't exactly have much choice in the matter either. If we don't keep track of Pink considering... prior events, this could cause White to become - rather..." she kept the end of the statement open ended, thinking Yellow would know full well what she meant. She calmed herself down and looked at Yellow, her posture becoming even more professional than it was before as she looked into the other diamonds eyes. "Did White, or yourself, have any recommendations as to the course of actions we should take in this situation? While I do understand the importance, Pink is still a Diamond and has earned that title. If we were to do anything out of the ordinary regarding our interactions with her and her court, we could be stepping right into another... event."
She then shook her head and addressed something that's an even larger concern when it comes to the situation, "The secrecy of your and Whites conversation must be absolute. I will disregard everything in this conversation unless otherwise addressed by you, as not to draw the ire of White. So I understand you needing to set up this private meeting. That being said, under normal circumstances - security /is/ left up to you for these types of things. And while I do understand the nature of the concern, wouldn't keeping things in line so as not have another insurgency fall under your jurisdiction? What exactly has everything so... stressful, for you, Yellow?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 17:17:23 GMT
She stared at the other Diamond for a moment, before her eyes fell, and she shifted her eyes toward the observation bay. The wide window, taller than a Diamond, was a divider between Yellow and the vast golden expanse of the world that housed her soldiers. This world, one of the first she had conquered, was sometimes more of a home than Homeworld itself. Still, the idea of Homeworld that billions of gems worked to uphold was something the Commander in Chief had always sworn to protect, to be a symbol of strength for the creations of Homeworld to look to. They had been failed once.
Her head tipped back, and she turned her eyes away from the window allowing her gaze to wander,"Blue," She uttered, then finally allowed her eyes to trail back over to the other Diamond,"Pink won Earth, but she didn't win over the rebellion," Her eyes coursed forward as her hard, angular expression remained steadfast,"We are dealing with civil war; its waged right under our noses, as we speak, and it goes much deeper than we had ever known before. When you close your hand around one rebel ring, two more appear. With insurgencies popping up across Homeworld's galactic hold, the armada is...divided. To prevent it from becoming even more split apart, I have decided it best that every court contribute to Pink's security and her invasion of Zeno 22," A famously weak position to be in, something frightening to admit to her fellow Diamonds, but for the time being they were they only ones to know. Aside from their pearls, of course.
Hands folding together, she continued in her firm tone,"I will do everything I can to protect our way of life, our home, our gems. But I must also recognize where my limitations are. Dealing with rebellion may need a new approach...but under no circumstances may we panic, or lose sight of what we stand for," Something she had often contemplated, but something else told her that she would have to consult the other Diamonds, perhaps even gems of other courts, to decide how best to approach the growing revolution.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 16:39:46 GMT
She nodded, this was pivotal. If there /was/ another uprising of some kind, this could not just be harmful to the Diamond Authority, but to all of gemkind. If this rebellion grew out of control to have influence on Pinks new colony, it would inevitably fall on all of the diamonds to fix the issues that arise. Blue took two short breaths before speaking, "I understand, Yellow. When it comes to the invasion of Zeno 22, what kind of support should we supply? Military, scientific? I can likely send a scouting party to the planets surface to collect map-data prior to the goings-on." She spoke as close to the point as she could. Her rising anxiety somewhat getting to her.
If things went wrong here, what /would/ happen to Pink? White wasn't necessarily known for her patience, let alone her communication skills. She closed her eyes and took two deep breaths. "Regardless of what we need to do, I think of the utmost importance is preparing Pink herself. Not just in the sense of having her prepared for having the colony, but being able to rule it without losing control. Not just of the colony, but of herself."
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