“WHAT THE HECK DUDE!” Enide snapped, shaking her glitching hand until it stabilized, glowering at Radiquose. “You said they were safe to touch- I almost got poofed here!”
Mouth agape, shoulders taut, Rad’s abruptly relaxed, rolling his shoulders easily.
“Yeah I thought you mean like- uh- emotionally touch- like tell it a sad story or somethin’.” Shrugging, he pointed vaguely at the sparking gloop. “Yeah, don’t touch those with your hands.”
Enide’s eye twitched as Kaio glanced uncertainly between them, each hand holding his gem nervously.
-//-
Behold the Backroom incident referenced here.
Summary:
Blue Agate (Mr.Gar) needs them to grab something from the Bodega’s Temple Guardian- Plazamo, but that requires going through the trials to get there.
Radiquoise should have the most experience going through temples from his previous work with the Diamond counsel, thus Blue Agate designated him as leader for this mission.
But, Rad, having never really needed to venture farther than the basic rooms for supplies and his previous training with the Diamond Counsel’s turquoises been interrupted when he bailed to join the Bodega gems, has NO idea what he’s doing.
Enide (suspecting such) wants to go back to go grab the map, but Rad (not wanting to lose face or worse, seem useless) is insistent he knows what he’s doing.
This is way back when Kaio was still Laffy Taffy Kaio (ie Baby Kaio), so he’s just going along. Both Blue Agate and Radiquoise said Rad knows what to do, and so he’s trusting Rad here.
