If you're still open for asks and drawing suggestions, I've only seen one drawing of what a full body Cluster could look like since the episodes aired, that could be something to consider if you feel up to it.
Well ain’t you just the most polite Anon?
Don’t y’all worry I”m ALWAYS up for asks and the like and I’ll always answer them (tho they may take a while sometimes)
I would love to see a full formed cluster! tho it’s doubtful it will look like that I can dream lol.
Watched the zoo episode of SU. When the zoo inhabitants feel hurt for the first time they reach out alot like the cluster. Since there is a reflection of the real world even in the most far out situations i had a notion.
I wonder if the cluster represents that unhealthy aspect of the internet, the shattered souls reaching out, grasping to fuse with something.
...i also wonder if the idea that the cluster would destroy the world is the creator/writers joke about the internet dismantling or ruining the fun of the show.
Chapter 5, The Insertion part 3 (Includes drawn artwork for reference while reading)
A giant olive green bubble was zipping around the sandy beta kindergarten, following its route to the main ship, and in that bubble was a crystal gem. Coral, still cuffed and getting tired from all the banging at the bubble but with no avail. The glowing handcuffs are like super pasted glue, she can barely move her fingers in the orb, much less summon her trusty lance.
‘I had ONE job,’ she thought to herself, ‘And I couldn’t even get that right…’
The surrounding gems paid little to no attention to the bubble transport, all they knew was they would not like the end of that bubble.
Anger, fear, tears and frustration all came in together, complicating Coral’s emotions and what to feel first. Angry at herself getting caught, terrified of what the so-called “Leader” was capable of. Uncontrollable tears swelling and leaking out from her tear ducts, tears filling the bottom of the bubble into a mini pool of water.
The pink gem began to recall her adventures with the gems, her first mission with Rose and Pearl, their meeting with a cross-gem fusion, her first visit to the forge and meeting the amazing Bismuth and receiving her first weapon, her trusty lance...
But then, unpleasant memories unconsciously slipped in to her recollection: her heart break when she found Bismuth’s no return, her daydreams during practice and being defeated by many newly recruited gems, her being easily distracted during a battle and causing a fellow comrade’s gem crack, and the most painful of all, her being abandoned by Garnet and Pearl, her two closest friends, complaining about her dragging them down, and the leader agreeing with it....
‘At least with me gone,’ she started to think, ‘No one would need to ever look out for me ever again…’
Her hands, still cuffed, tried to place themselves on the right side of her face, maybe trying to wipe off the tears streaming down her face. ‘Well Coral, you tried your best, and it’s time to let the fates decide…’
She calmed herself down, her body lied along the bubble, her hands cuffed and placed on her chest, right above her gem, and attempt to relax, for one last time…
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Inside the spaceship, Eyeball peridot was at the receptionist, checking on the latest intel by her fellow technicians, but an urgent notification suddenly appeared on the screen, ‘URGENT! INCOMING CONTAINMENT WITH AN UNKNOWN GEM, PLEASE NOTIFY THE HEAD SCIENTIST, GREAT ANGLESITE OF IT’S ARRIVAL!’
The peridot read the message again, but carefully…
‘Hmm…A unknown gem? Possibly an anomaly.’ She minimized the notification and tapped on an “Eye” icon at the end of the screen. The screen portrays the inside of the containment bubble, its…
‘A pearl?’ She questioned aloud, ‘Why would a pearl be present on an abandoned colony unharmed? The recent files showcased a very persuasive announcement from the higher authorities, maybe she’s lost from her owner?’
She forwarded the notification and brief findings to her manager, attaching the countdown and the exact time based on the distance and the speed until the bubble’s arrival.
Peridot stood and left her station to notify the ingenious one, even with the additional forwarded message, the chance of her being occupied and quickly dismissing something without even a glance from her own personal peridot was still rather high. She just needs to check in and make sure she got the intel.
Before she got her gem scanned for access, the door opened in light speed with the ingenious one levitating her platform and stuffed her face up to the peridot, showing off her unusual grin and eyes with more crazy than normal.
‘PERIDOT!’ She spoke with such high frequency and pacing, ‘I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME AND WELCOME THIS NEW GEM WITH ME!’
‘Whaa-’ the peridot was rather starstruck of the response and order, ‘B-b-but my Anglesite, we have very little intel on her history, her capability, or anything that could be of use to us, why “welcome” this gem like she’s someone worth your valuable time?’
The yellow gem adjusted her glasses, grinning from ear to ear, with her laugh sounding between a giggle and whispers.
‘Oh Peridot, the earliest gem to emerge from that flaming core of planet 9OG?’ she said, ‘Have you ever heard of the legacy of White Diamond?’
Since her first emergence, Eyeball peridot accumulated bags under her eye, due to the restless work given, if she went beyond that, the possibility of tired bags under her gem would be inevitable. Therefore instead of doing a quick research for that inquiry, she decided a quick gloating from her superior would be less painful.
She sighed, ‘Why no my Anglesite, I have not.’
Anglesite made a squeal so high it was unrecognizable, and as the sound persisted the board hovering her body made quadruple twists and blasted off as high as the ship allows, while in great speed, her hoverboard was having its own rave party as the lights around the perimeter glowed bright from flashing white to pumpkin orange.
The single person party went about for a few more minutes until Anglesite regained her posture and settled down. ‘Right, the story, legends has it that the brightest diamond of all has the capability of mind control, forcing unruly gems to do her bidding, making them her personal gems, and have them seek the most precious and one of a kind gem in each court, in each mission of the other diamonds. My impeccable theory is that the gem in THAT bubble is the gem sent by White Diamond herself! To locate the gem in charge and congratulate me on a mission well done!’
Eyeball peridot doubted such luck of a diamond representative to “Check up” on her gems, but an absurd rumour like this? White Diamond being able to have full control of another gem, denying any form of free will, was rather a lot. But denying her superior would lead to catastrophic results, so she didn’t respond much.
On the hovering platform, a small projector arose, showing a yellow screen, ‘Imagine peridot, what would it be like to be adored by the greatest diamond in the galaxies…’ the screen showcased a simulation of what appeared to be White Diamond. No one from this era had ever seen the diamond, the simulation of the diamond was based on the only references available, the murals.
‘White diamond will praise and present me as the greatest gem ever created, and together,’ the screen zoomed back until the entire solar system fitted the screen, ‘we will rule the galaxies! Hoo~hohohohohohoho!’
Eyeball peridot could do nothing but agree and praise, ‘Of course my Anglesite!’, but with little hints of doubt and disbelief in her tone, without the notice of her superior due to her prolonged laughter.
‘BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!’ the station glowed bright with the sound echoing in the room, she swiped the alarm and found that the containment was just outside the doorway.
She quickly turned to her superior, who is still predicting the complements by White Diamond, ‘MY ANGLESITE! The intruder is at your doorstep! What are your orders?!’
If Eyeball peridot could do an eye roll without her superior’s notice, she would.
‘Ahem’, the yellow gem glanced around the room, ‘Super-intelligent, commence welcoming party sequence!’
The room responded, ‘Party sequence, initiated.’
Instead of a dark green and mystic interior, the room was suddenly filled with party supplies, and right above them was a banner that said, “Welcome your radiance!” in a good old fashion yellow and white colour combination. The yellow floating gem recalibrated her altitude and went for detail-level inspections.
‘Ah,’ Peridot realized as she tried to touch a bright chrome balloon, it glitched and made static noise, ‘Of course, holograms projectiles.’
‘It’s perfect! Magnificent job as always super-intelligent!’ She smiled with glee, hovering all around the interior for one last review.
‘Now it's time to impress…the best.’ She clapped her hands, and the door slid open with the expected guest.
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Coral has been outside the door for a while, ‘What’s taking this door so long?’ She could vaguely hear people talking and discussing, but it then turned to...party music? Not what she expected, as she expected way less of a…cheery atmosphere.
Her hands were still cuffed, wrists in shackles, her tears stopped streaming long ago, the tiny pool of water had evaporated before she reached the ship, only little stains of water were the only proof of the liquid’s existence.
Just then, the music was gone, and so were the whispers. Coral heard a small but audible “ding” from the top of the doorway, and the door finally slid open with the bubble moving again.
Coal shut her eyes, getting ready for whatever’s next for her.
What she didn’t expect, was a peridot with a glitchy party hat holding a banner that said, “Welcome!”. The peridot looked like she was not having it.
‘Greetings, welcome to the ship of the ingenious one, of course it should not be something unknown,” She took a glance and sighed, with a few taps of some commands, the bubble dissipated, along with the cuffs and shackles.
Coral was wide-eyed, surprised to say the least, with her arms still up mid-air. ‘Wha?’
‘My Anglesite awaits you and she requested something less…hostile for your arrival.’ The pink gem looked around the room and noticed various….party supplies, from bright coloured balloons to streamers to confetti floating around like water?
‘Is…is this a party…for me?’ she questioned. No one has ever thrown her a surprise party before, mainly because there wasn’t time but also not really popular with the crystal gems. Reminding them of the great balls thrown somewhere from the past.
‘What is all this?’ Coral was slightly freaked out and flailed her arms around the room. The green gem does not look like she would be interested in responding, just shrugged as in “I don’t know kid I’m just as confused as you are.”
Eyeball Peridot typed in more codes, and with a swipe upwards, the conveyor belt below Coral was up and carrying the gem towards the door with a giant banner that said, “Welcome, you radiance!” in a tone so bright it hurts just to read.
The door shut behind, Coral adjusted her sight to see she’s in another room, with a giant orb slowly getting brighter in the midst of the platform. A spotlight shone bright at the end of the circular room, and a yellow gem rose, her hair was the shape of a diamond, a yellow triangular gem on the cheek with huge thick galsses above, she was wearing a lab coat with two diamonds under her collar, the outer diamond was yellow while the inner diamond was white. And from the hips she’s….a hovering platform, with lights going on and off on the sides of the circular board and a faint humming from the contraption.
‘Hello there and welcome!’ Anglesite greeted and continued, ‘Please please, sit down and get comfortable!’ She snapped her fingers.
A chair materialized from the floor and tripped Coral into sitting.
‘Uhh, okay?’ Coral was more confused than ever.
‘Comfy?! Good good, so sorry about the previous hostility, those peridots didn’t know what they were doing, so let me tell you about all our progress for the Earth’s development so far!’
Earth's.... Development? Coral thought, Maybe this is a good thing? The Crystal gem started to relax just a bit.
The scientist typed in a series of codes on the pad on the right side of the hover board, and a huge holographic screen appeared in front of the giant glowing orb. The screen displayed blueprints of the earth and the kindergartens, showcasing the lists of technicians and other commanding officers.
The yellow gem turned to Coral, looking a little bit nervous, but shook her head and turned to the screen, with a brief presentation on the current project.
‘Throughout the history of gemkind, gems created were designed to be perfect, those with flaws are not to be taken lightly, and depending on the severity of the error, the ultimate punishment for not living up to the standard is, of course, shattered by the diamonds. As ordered by our radiant Yellow Diamond, experiments are to be conducted before the actual components insertion, ergo-’ the screen displayed the past images of the technicians in the undergound control room of the prime kindergarten, showcasing hundreds of successful combinations of the components. The scientist continued, ‘As you can see from this list of indubitably accurate data from the highly trained group of technicians, 98.95% of the experiments’ injections have been deemed flawless with the prediction of high emergence possibility.’
After showcasing the experiments, the scientist went big.
The screen displayed the earth and its internal structure, pinpointing the location of the main attributions.
‘With the additional spoils from the more recent gem war, Yellow Diamond was confident of the amount of gem shards obtained, therefore the idea of creating something new with the little "fusion" technique was initiated.’
If Coral was sipping on anything it would have been a good time to be spitting it out and scream “WHAT!?” due to the first time hearing the terms “gem war”, “Yellow Diamond” and “shards”
But the closest expression in that situation for her was the “widen her eyes and wanted to interrupt but was too star-trucked to do so” look.
The ingenious one continued, ‘This location here is the perfect location for the emergence of the geo-weapon, with the technicians implementing the shards piece by piece, accumulating to what I’d like to call…The Cluster.’
‘Hmph!’ Coral covered her mouth before she could “Eep!”, not wanting to draw the attention of the yellow scientist.
‘And according to Yellow Diamond,’ Anglesite retrieved a note from her Diamond, ‘She requested for the planet to “Die”, estimate the growth and duration of the cluster, have it tear apart the earth, as it would give her immense satisfaction to wipe the hideous rock out of our star maps!’
The pink gem became speechless, she turned to the side and fell on the floor, her strength has yet returned, so all she could do was crawl towards to the door.
Anglesite was doing her last calculations on the duration of the cluster’s emergence, ‘Let’s see here, the total volume and diameter, Earth’s rotation, the distance to the Earth’s core…it should take no more than…5 millennium for the cluster’s emerge.
‘Huh?’ She turned and noticed the pink gem’s struggle to get up, ‘Oh dear, what did those peridots do to you? I will have a word with the commander on how they handle outsiders.”
Anglesite hovered over to Coral, she slowly approached, and noticed a little star insignia around her gem.
She spoke her question out loud, ‘You know, it’s rather peculiar for a representative to be having an insignia different from the diamond’s.’
She helped the pink gem up, slowly but steady, and dusted the dirt off her.
‘Maybe it’s a disguise,’ she thought, ‘to distinguish from the other gems? Yes, that’s probably it.’ Anglesite turned and floated a few feet away from Coral, and immediately turned back and faced her yet again, ‘So! What do you think? Good? Bad? Anything in between?’
Coral, still trying to keep steady, shook her head in fear.
‘No commentary? At all? Well, that’s probably the most I would get from such a high authority.’
The floating gem adjusted her glasses, dusted off her hands, and formed the diamond salute.
‘Maybe one day after this is all done, I can finally meet you in person…
My Diamond.’
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What she said was so surprising Coral’s stance weakened, and she fell back to the floor, still no weapon, and no plan!
‘Ar-do you think I’m White Diamond?’ Coral spoke, and got the scientist’s attention.
Anglesite realized her mistake and whispered to herself, ‘Oh dear.’
She shouted a command to the room, ‘Super-intelligent! Restraint the intruder!’
Robotic arms stretched out from the walls and took hold of Coral’s limbs, she could feel little bursts of electricity from the contact of the robotic arms. Coral struggled but to no avail, her weak state got her no where, and thus her body went limp, unconcious.
Eyeball peridot came into the room and questioned her superior, ‘My Anglesite, is there something wrong?’
‘I’ll tell you what's wrong!’ She was so freaked out that her hover board glowed bright red, then blue, like the lights of an ambulance.
‘Highly Confidential information has been taken by this…this intruder!’
‘My Anglesite, you said she could be a representative from White Diamond, what made you change your mind?’
‘It’s not her voice!’ She bellowed.
The peridot did a slight massage on her template, ‘Excuse me?’
‘I was told that, when a gem gets controlled, they have no voice but hers, White Diamond’s. But this...this thing sounded nothing like her!’
The peridot looked at her superior, her tone was filled with anger and...embarrassment? She then turned to the pink intruder, who looked in a worse state than when she came in.
‘My Anglesite, may i propose an idea to fix...the problem?’ Peridot said.
The scientist was doing a quick search, but seemed to have no avail to their situation.
‘And, HOW, do you propose that?’ Anglesite was so frustrated her face turned into the colour orange.
‘My Anglesite, you need to calm down, remember your previous experiment? The one that’s held secret even to the diamonds?’
‘Experiment FAI? How does that has to do with- oh.’ Her expression turned blank for less than 3 seconds, and returned back to her grinning self.
‘Peridot, please go to the back of the ship and retrieve experiment FAI, it would be only a moment, and remember to refill it this time!’
‘Yes My Anglesite.’ And she ran off.
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As Coral began to gain conscious, the mechanical arms relocated her to a seat and strapped her tight, so the attempt of struggling would be no help.
She was facing the wall as her back was facing the scientist, she could hear the peridot returning and handing over something to the yellow gem.
She overheard their conversation, ‘Remember peridot, no one can ever know, not the commander, not your comrades, and don’t even record this at the receptionist!’
‘Understood, but what about the diamonds?’
‘Well,’ she sighed, ‘If this mission resulted in dissatisfaction to our diamonds, we will have something they would be interested in, so better safe than sorry.’
‘Hmmmph!Hmmph!?’ Her mouth was tied up so questions were not understood, but they got the gist of it.
The two gems walked/floated towards the helpless pink gem, something was pointed to the back of her head along with the sound of buzzing electricity, with the final words from the ingenious one,
‘You. Know. Nothing.’
And one fire was all it took.
For darkness to consume her once more...
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The sun was setting at the beach, with orange hue lacing with the backdrop of red, various sea critters were loafing around the sand, and on the sand were the footsteps of the crystal gems, Garnet, Rose Quartz and Pearl, all searching for their missing member.
‘CORAL!’ the gems cupped their mouths for a bigger range, shouting for their dear friend who had been missing for hours.
The large pink gem approached Garnet, the fusion. ‘Are you certain this is where you saw her?’
‘This is the only sandy area of this amount of ocean and breeze, she has to be here!’ She responded, ‘CORALLL’
The thin white gem was getting worried, ‘Oh Rose, this is all my fault, if we never tried to leave her behind the temple, she would have been with us. Even if she can’t protect herself as well, at least we would have known where she is.’
‘Pearl it’s not your fault,’ Garnet said, ‘I should have seen something like this coming, if i was focused on her, i could’ve prevented her from leaving on her own.’
‘Both of you,’ Rose ordered, ‘That’s enough!’
Both gems fell silent.
Rose regretted the decision she made, her soft eyes are filled with tremendous worries, but she continued, ‘If what you’re saying is true, if what you’re saying is sincere, then you need to know that, no one is perfect, not you, not her, and not even...me. I knew it wasn’t such a good idea to leave someone behind, even if it’s out of love, even if it’s for their own good, but it’s never okay to abandon someone just because they might cause more harm than good.’
The leader of the Crystal Gem sighed, ‘Once this is over, we will all apologize for trying to leave Coral behind, now let’s keep looking.’
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After sometime, the gems finally found their long lost companion, she was washed up shore, lying on her back, but she was ok.
Her first response to the trio was, ‘Wha, who, how did i get here?’ in a very sleepy tone, barely awake.
While Pearl and Garnet were carrying her by the shoulder, slowly walking back to base, talking and trying to figure out where she was, Rose noticed something, new on the back of Coral’s head.
There was the pink hair, and the hair buns, but under her right bun, there was something faint looking, three dots? In the shape of a triangle?
The symbol completely faded away before Rose could take a closer look, "Huh, we've been out searching for so long i must be seeing things." she thought to herself.
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End of Chapter 5.
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(A/N: Hey guys, so this is the end of the chapter, and i would like to start off by saying writing something kinda original is pretty fun! I got to explore the possibilities, fill in the missing gaps from canon series, and develop a character to be multi-dimensional than the usual evil doings for no relatable reason.
Even though the scientific details may not be accurate and stuff, i tried my best and imagined how it might look like, but if i found better terms for them, they should be edited in the post!
There's gonna be another post thats about the references of the artwork above, and yes the Anglesite turned out very different, it'll be explained in the post.
And finally, as you can see theres a string of words at the end of the chapter, if you can decipher it you would have the confirmed idea on what happened to the character, if you want you can also DM me your answer so i can give a confirmation! Try it!
And finally, it seems that you have read to the bottom, which means you respect to what i have to say, so let me just say, thank you for reading and have a nice day!)
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