#m!a gem

[the-perfect-scientist]

"Well this is a new one, hermano. What's the shiny thing on your back? Why are you so small?"

"I... I don't know," Carlos said. He frowned up at his sister. "My beard's gone too.... I don't get it. Of all the things -- my BEARD??"

[the-perfect-scientist]

I JUST REALIZED I’M NOT BREATHING.

I’MA GO JUMP IN A LAKE.

[amestrian-rain]

"Really? Oh, thank you!" Spinel was beaming, absolutely overjoyed over the idea. She hugged Greed, wrapping her arms around his neck. The moment she did, both of their forms turned into one, and where the two were standing before was now one gem.

The fusion looked down at their own hands, amazed. "Woah.."

Inside their mind, Spinel was absolutely ecstatic, looking at Greed with pure joy on her face

"We fused!! I can't believe it! I never thought this would happen! I guess the grey beings' magic can be good sometimes."

(m!a asks 4/10)

He'd never seen her this happy before, and though he was still tentative about the process, for the pure joy on her face, it was worth stepping out of his comfort zone. He would only be in this form for a short period of time, so now was the only time that he would be able to give her something that clearly meant the world to her. Following her lead, he wrapped his arms around her tightly and allowed their forms to merge.

They were speaking and moving. His body - no, their body was acting on presumably Spinel's will. In some ways it felt natural to his Gem body, but the part in his mind that remained how he'd always been recoiled from the lack of control violently. How did Gems balance their shared control and get used to someone else acting and speaking for both of them? Reaching for some semblance of autonomy, he raised their left hand as if to ensure the obsidian stone was still there. It looked like he still had some ability to control them, as well. Good.

But the excitement in his girlfriend's tone and the happiness shining in her eyes eased the tension in his shoulders enough that he could keep it from being too visible. Greed just put on a grin for her sake and shrugged his shoulders in their mind. "Looks like even they can't try to put us through hell all the time, right? It's about time they did something to put a smile on your face. You deserve that much."

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[amestrian-rain]

"You know... while you're a Gem we could fuse."

(m!a ask 3/10)

"Fuse?" It wasn't something he'd considered for himself before, but Spinel had mentioned before that Gems could fuse together into one. Greed rolled the thought over in his mind for a moment, weighing the possibilities of what that could mean for them before nodding. He wasn't sure what to think of it himself, but it'd make her happy, so he'd give it a try. "Alright. How do we do it."

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[amestrian-rain]

"Woah!!! Papa is like me and mama!!!" She's bouncing in place excitedly as she looks at his gem.

(m!a asks 2/10)

Greed leaned down and extended his hand so that she could see better. "Sure looks like it. You wanna see?" The obsidian shone brightly despite the dim light. "Looks like we'll be the same for a while."

[amestrian-rain]

Spinel is just staring at her boyfriend, speechless for a moment "Grey beings magic, I assume? You still look good like that. How do you feel?"

(m!a asks: 1/10)

Greed lifted his new gem toward his face for careful inspection. It looked valuable, and was definitely the real deal. "Hmm...it's strange," he admitted with a slight frown. "You know, I never really paid much attention to the souls in my stone, but I can feel that they're missing. And I can't use my shield like this. At least I'm not mortal like last time," voicing the thought was still bitter on his tongue, "but it'll take some getting used to."

It was hard to explain. A mix of vulnerability, a strange sense of being alone in his body, and a new form of power he'd never experienced before. He could still heal this body, though in a different way, and he'd be able to manipulate his form beyond just shifting his skin to his shield. But there were little things, too, like not needing to breathe, that he'd barely given any real thought to before now.

[amestrian-rain]

M!A Greed is a Gem for 10 asks

"A Gem?" Greed stared at them with a furrowed brow at the implication of becoming anything other than a homunculus, but his skin was already shifting to the color of his shield, and the ouroboros on his hand was replaced by a shiny obsidian stone.

(art by @fcrgottn)

[the-perfect-scientist]

((Carlos’ Gold Calcite gemsona from that Gem M!A. Includes what his gem’s weapon might look like -- heavily inspired by Nikola Tesla’s work. It looks like a crappy lego stick and gear though. XD

I’m still interested in playing this M!A out some more... maybe another day :) I just love the idea of a smol, golden Carlo XD