#iridescencediamond

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Muscatite AKA Purple beryl (not irl name!)

Muscatite, aka Telekinetic enforcers! They can become briefly intangible to dodge attacks, their hair often floats and is often prehensile, and this one is Yellow's! In the Crystalline empire with white+yellow+pink+blue, theyre part of specialized teams used to hunt down fugitives. and pry gemstones out of people, their needle-like fingers make plucking the stone easy. In the Bedrock Federation, Theyre part of crisis response teams, often teaming with titaniums to help subdue gems whose powers and emotions are too much to keep down without help- Theyre security guards where titaniums are therapists. Together they can absorb and suppress gems until they can calm down and be treated/talked to.

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Let there be Hue.

Iridescent Diamond, the seemingly oldest by appearance and wisest overall by far. Firework is her son, and by far her closest connection. Her abilities mirror her son but work in other ways. He has gravity manipulation from birth, she has wings, either one can fly. She however by far has the most "prehensile" powers of any diamond- even her son by a smaller but still wide margin. Her and Her son were born of a star that was seeded by the sun and moon goddesses of gem religion (statues of both exist in canon Steven Universe) and split upon emergence. Her and her son emerged and immediately spent their time observing and learning how life on planets cared for eachother.

Iridescence's affinity for caring for others and managing details landed her as lead of "colonization", which begins and ends with welfare of the effected species. It's with her lead and her son's research that they create and continuously improve on an extension of gem-room technology they call The Biodomes. Negotiation and appraisal of needs is often necessary, but most species will simply find themselves in a better place overall under their watch and interaction. Their first foray into such was a bust, however. The species was coddled and upon trying to teach responsibility back into the culture, the culture chose to die. They strive deeply to make sure species under their protection dont become stagnant or rest on their laurels for development in any one place. Iridescence is not liked by white diamond upon first meeting, and her son was not liked either- But their power was recognized (They're both eons years older than the main 4 diamonds, there was obviously time to expand). Theyre kept around for their power, but Homeworld era 1 started near the end of Homestead's era 1- White might be a *tad jealous*. This gets worse when you actually look at her and realize her animalistic traits all concentrated into something rather vividly non-animal. White doesnt like Iridescence or Fireworks. Iridescence makes her sense of perfection break because of how much she redefines hitting such criteria, And she thinks fireworks existence is offensive for how much it contrasts hers and every other gem shes every made or known. Mom is powerful and moral, the kid is too- You can't manipulate this... Can you? Maybe not white specifically... But we'll have to wait for another era before we talk about that. (Char owned by @star-garnet)

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shout out to sammythestorm for drawing iridescence kicking diamond ass

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"Self memo entry 2563: The True Cost. 13-12-54471-24999"

"Mother says I shouldve said something sooner." "Pink was thrown in the tower for something she did- Something I never thought a crime. I get away with it quite a bit but I suppose thats white's respect for my mother and I...Or maybe something akin to fear. If it was fear, then it was overridden by her momentary outrage, regardless of my involvement. Yellow, white, and Blue refused to let me stop them putting Pink in the tower, instead throwing me in alongside her. I refused to let them starve her of light, She'll be stunted in her growth if she doesn't get enough light to her gem... So I asked her to help me do something that no one can do by themselves, and we shared a form in the tower so that I could donate my light to her gem." [Addendum: Post "Medley AKA Meadow Diamond"] "Uh... I'm.. I-I'm making my first report as me and not... them. I'm Meadow, I think? Meadow diamond-- Yeah, sure. Uh... Tower isn't a problem anymore, Ever since Iridescence kind of... Smashed it. After I told iridescence about what he had to do, there was.. a lot of craziness. Iridescence got violent in a way Im not sure how to parse, neither does Firework or Pink... Yellow got smacked so hard that half of her face looks like an amazonite costume half-removed from how deep teal it is. I'm just sitting in the leftovers of the tower, about half a floor and no walls while I.. just calm down, I guess. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts... Oh! Uh... Happy little accident, Yellow and blue are too shaken up to try and tear me apart, so if I gotta come out again, ive got leverage to make sure the kids get out safe-- I-I mean I am the kids but like.. ...This... Isn't normal. This isnt normal and Im not sure how to tackle that. I-I think im staying together for a while until it cools down.."

"I'm... so happy that iridescence likes me-- I mean Firework and Pink... We need that support with these dummies like yellow and blue around to punish every personality trait..."

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Serpent's Tongue

Spitblossom family(Phegmosa Serpentina)

Serpents tongue is an old folk remedy from homestead, for organics it helps with headaches and rashes as either tea or part of ointment, and for gems it can be made into a weak healing agent for gems with minor etchings or miniscule fractures. It's universally agreed to be sweet, but organics think real sugar tastes better than spitblossom. The whole plant can be ground down at any lifestage for a small amount of nephrite, jadeite, zoistite, and trace amounts of ruby.

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Does your AU have any Lavender Moon Quartz? Made they can be Guards made by Iridescent and Firework for Pink when she visits Homestead?

lavender mo- *shot through skull with arrow, note taped to it: "unspoiled"* c-can't... say... sorries.. *dies dramatically, respawns elsewhere*

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What are some of the favorite drinks of our diamonds

We know iridescent loves her wine, even though it could shatter even fireworks with how potent it can get, but it has a relatively no to little effect on her

But what is firework’s favorite drink

Using this as an excuse to drop a plant from Homestead: Crackwhip flavored anything. The berries are his favorite fruit, and he's liable to spike anything with it. He regularly makes wine with it, mild stuff meant more for drinking all night without getting too drunk. The petals are nice to fry I hear, plus anything you make with it is gonna be hot fuckin pink. For flavor reference, imagine a mango and a strawberry and a ginger mixed together- its also a little metallic, but I think he likes it. The vine is technically parasitic, and it'll eat at people's gems if it roots under it, but you can also mix the berries with spitblossom mucilage (another flower i'll post later) And it makes healing minor chips and scratches even faster.

His spouses are subject to millions of kisses after he eats the berries straight, using the opportunity to stain them with hot pink kisses cuz hes a goofy goddamned goober that loves his polizardamourous spouses and likes being extra.

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FANART! FANARTFANARTFANARTFANARTFANARTFANARTFANARTFANAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

MOM!!!! IM FUCKING FAMOUS!!! STARTED AT THE BOTTOM nNOW WE--

we, Uh..

*Pulls out phone* siri, where the hell am i?

"Atkinson, ohio"

ah, fuck.