beryl shouldn’t be here. it’s dangerous for any gem, let alone one attempting to evade capture. truthfully, beryl hadn’t even known about the human zoo ( a surprise considering his intel. perhaps it never needed to come up ) until word spread that there was an amethyst there looking to escape and join their defective group. beryl had been against going to help her ( all defectives know the danger of leaving the kindergarten, even if to help a fellow gem ), but, all the same, when they were voted down they were the one who volunteered to go on the mission. even if they don’t agree with the idea, they aren’t allowing any of their charges to put themselves in harm’s way.
they’ve never liked shape shifting. they can do it, sure, but not for very long, and not convincingly well. hence what they are doing now: simply sneaking along, back against the wall as they quietly step forward. they have a general idea of where the amethyst room is, and of the amethyst who contacted them. short, darker-orange, almost red; beryl is sure they won’t miss her. but what they can’t be sure of is that they won’t be caught.
diamond sign is thrown up reflexively, beryl standing incredibly still as they look up at the amethyst. she’s tall -- certainly not the one beryl had been contacted to retrieve -- yet beryl had been caught off guard by her presence. now that they’ve been seen, they have one of two options.
they’ll start with the less violent one.
“ i’ve been sent by holly blue agate to inspect the amethysts. ” a certain confidence takes over beryl’s voice; any initial surprise at seeing the tall amethyst is immediately off features. “ beryl, facet 1 cut 3C. ”
@jcspr / starter call