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Post by Torbernite on Apr 23, 2018 18:52:42 GMT
Tobernite Facet-3, Cut-2AH, was always as calm and collected as was expected of her rank. They could hold a stone-cold interrogation with an Emerald if need be, or infiltrate a highly secured enemy base without even breaking a sweat. Still, an audience with a Diamond....her Diamond...that was something that made Tobernite reconsider when she gained the Intel that she received just recently. One of Yellow Diamonds preferred Morganites has gone missing, leaving the outpost that she commanded without even leaving a note. This would not have been enough to address her Diamond directly... had it not been that it was discovered that this same Morganite has been misappropriating military equipment. If it was one star ship or the odd ruby for what ever personal projects might be going on, it would not have been anything out of the ordinary. But when a Morganite goes AWOL after having amassed a small personal fleet and the crew to operate it effectively over the last 200 years, it is hard to call it anything but an informal declaration of secession. Enough reason to send a gem over to bring the news to Yellow Diamond with a report, she was told by her direct superior. What Tobernite hadn't been told at the moment was that she needed to give this report of bad news! She discovered this trail of stolen material after she was send to investigate the missing Morganite, but this was the first time that her own superior ordered her to report her findings to Yellow Diamond. All of her thoughts and troubles were enough to have Torbernite speaking her doubts out loud. "Would my Diamond praise me for my good work on this assignment...shatter me for bringing bad news...praise and then shatter?!"
Tobernite caught herself speaking her thoughts to the room around her. It had the same militaristic simplicity as the rest of Upsilon 8 but that was to be expected from a rational and utilitarian thinker like Yellow Diamond. There were two other gems in the same hallway, but considering that they were on guard duty they did not even blink an eye when Tobernite spoke. She was standing in front of that massive door that lead towards the room where Yellow Diamond received her audiences. She was told earlier to wait by the two large gems beside the door, and that she would be summoned when Yellow Diamond was ready to hear the report. So wait she did, till her Diamond wished to hear from her...and hopefully not shatter the messenger.
@yellowdiamond
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 22:13:48 GMT
The Diamond sat cross-legged in her throne, glaring down at the sapphire below who had just finished presenting her case to the court. The omens were dour, or at least, the effect on the Diamond's mood was. "I see, dismissed," She uttered, her voice bouncing from the bare walls as she gave a wave of her hand to shoo the tiny aristocrat from her courtroom. the golden noble gave a deep curtsy to her leader, before turning to leave, followed by her entourage of rubies and a single pearl. Yellow watched them go, pursing her lips as she stewed over the implications of the sapphire's predictions; for the recent expansion of the empire, for Pink's reign over a new world, and for the fate of the worlds already firmly in the Diamond Authority's grasp.
Yellow Diamond's own servant stood at the door, her shrewd eyes cast onto the gems who had made to leave the room. Then, she swiveled on her heels and her fingers glided over the controls, allowing the grand, shimmering yellow doors to part, and allow the sapphire passage. The aristocrat offered a small curtsy to the gem lingering just outside the door, before hurrying down the hall without waiting for any sort of response from Torbernite. Within seconds, Yellow Pearl stepped into the path of the assassin,"My Diamond will see you now," The pearl gestured down the long walkway, beneath a gold-tinted glass ceiling that revealed two moons hanging like celestial baubles above the Yellow Court. The Diamond herself remained seated, staring up at the sky as if deep in thought, seeming to be unaware of the assassin for a moment.
Then, her harsh gaze flicked down from the ceiling, honing in on the Torbernite. The Diamond didn't yet speak, but her pearl did,"For the record, state your facet and cut, and your purpose here," She hinted in a hushed tone. It had been quite some time since she had seen a Torbernite, so it was hard to say how accustomed this gem would be to courtly affairs. Yellow Diamond leaned back in her throne as she anticipated the assassin's report; she remembered sending for it, but couldn't allow herself to feel uplifted, especially after she had already been given such terrible news by her last court visitor.
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Post by Torbernite on Apr 25, 2018 10:14:18 GMT
The opening of the door was sudden, so sudden that Tobernite had only moments to get out of the way of the Saphire and her entourage. The assasin gave the standard salute towards the small aristocrat but otherwise didn't expected a response. Both of their time was too valuable to waste it with meaningless pleasantries. After the calirvoyant has left, Torbernite considered the thought that she might have told Yellow DIamond already something about her specific report. The assassin quickly banished the thought. There must be more important matters on the minds of Saphires, she thought. After banishing the idea out of her mind completely, Torbernite was summoned by the Pearl. A pretty one at that, but then again, Torbernite was not designed to be pretty in the slightest. Her form, outfit, abilities and mindset were practical. Still, that did not mean that she was completely out of touch. The gem shapeshifted her hood away before entering, revealing her rather simply styled black hair, as it would not be proper to keep her head covered in this situation.
Torbernite followed the Pearl inside the chamber, politely awaiting when her DIamond would turn her gaze down upon her. Torbernite would have began immediately when her DIamond's eyes were focused upon her, but the pearl needed to request the obvious. Which self respecting soldier would not give her identification before giving a report? Perhaps the pearl was required by protocol to say that line before anything was said during an audience. Was this not the pearl of Yellow Diamond, she would have commented on it. Torbernite crossed her arms to make the diamond salute to Yellow Diamond before she began, looking up at her Diamond while she gave the report. Her natural diction made Torbernite overarticulate while she spoke without much notice on her doing so, giving more clue to the fact that one of her designs was to unsettle other gems in interrogation.
"Torbernite, Facet-3, Cut-2AH, reporting about the missing Morganite, Facet-2A, Cut-5RH, commander of the outer Delta System Military Outpost. While the proliminary suspicions about her absence was an unrecorded patrol in her personal ship, all the evidence indicates that she has willingly deserted her position. It was discovered by my personal investigation that she has been misappropriating military gems and ships over an extended duration, which allowed her to remain undetected till this point. The exact extend of her amassed forces are unknown, as our data is incomplete at the moment, but they could be considerable. Other torbernites have already been send to the outpost to interrogate any possible accomplices still at the outpost about the possible whereabouts of either the Morganite or her fleet. End of report."
After Torbernite had said her well-practised piece, she awaited any response. While Torbernite wished for nothing more than to hunt this Morganite down, it was not her place to request that of her Diamond at this moment. In her endless wisdom and rationality, she would surely respond with the tactical level-headedness that was to be expected of one of the perfect leaders.
@yellowdiamond
(PS: If anything about the report needs to change, just give a notice and I will make the changes.)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2018 19:43:33 GMT
As Torbernite approached, the pearl marched off to stand under the massive armrest of her leader's throne. The Diamond peered down at the messenger, silently assessing her demeanor, but waited patiently for the information that would be relayed. Yellow braced herself for whatever news Torbernite would share, especially after what the yellow sapphire had said. No level of bracing could've prepared her for what the assassin's words revealed; as the gem spoke, Yellow Diamond's eyebrow quirked, her eyes widened more with each word, she canted forward in her throne as if entirely captivated by what was said. After the assassin finished speaking, there was a beat of silence; the insulated walls of the court allowed no sound to get through, giving the air an eerie stillness as the towering ruler gave a stunned stare to the messenger below.
"What?" The Diamond's voice rung out over the hollow court, her keen, austere gaze dug into Torbernite. She snapped up straight as she spoke, the fury she'd kept locked under her courtly guise surged into her tone,"You mean to tell me this Morganite has gathered the resources to entertain an entire insurgency and the gem is still at large?" Her fingers clamped down on the armrests, teeth clenched. This information was troubling, especially in light of the omens she had just received. The potential for another rebellion couldn't come at a worse moment; what was left of the Crystal Gems was still being scraped off of Earth, and Pink Diamond was soon to receive an enormous new colony. There were many strategic disadvantages to keep in mind going forward, but Yellow Diamond had enough with these rebels taking off with her property. She had enough with her qualms between the other Diamonds, these ill omens, and this terrible news. Her pearl could see that the Diamond she served had become increasingly irritable throughout the day, and now her ire seemed to be culminating.
"Unacceptable," She scoffed,"This cannot be allowed to go on. 5RH, you are to gather a special operations task force and hunt down this gem, all of her co-conspirators, and purge these defective gems at all costs, before their leader has a chance to corrupt anything further. After the other Torbernite's return with their data, waste no time," The thought of yet another insurgency coming from Pink Court gems was absolutely infuriating; and the others wanted to give the young Diamond a new planet to govern! It seemed like madness to her, as did allowing this Morganite to go a single nanosecond longer unchallenged. As her commander spoke, Yellow Pearl began to put together a mission statement and assignment to apply to Torbernite's file, as had already been declared and decided by her Diamond,"You are not to return until this assignment has been completed. Do I make myself clear?"
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