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one ☂ rain, rain, go away...

Who: Lapis Lazuli & YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: S.S. Huntress
When: 1/10

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[ The very second she wakes, the immediacy of how wrong this is crashes over her like a wave.

Lapis curls upright on a cot on the Marsiva, blinking and coughing - like she's been underwater for too long. Frantically, she reaches out for something that isn't there - a shackle. A connection she had been holding on to with all the strength she had, just moments ago -

She had lost it. She hadn't been strong enough.

She stumbles off the cot like she's still getting her land legs, and slowly moves out of the room, quickly casting glances around every corner as she moves down hallways. This doesn't look like a Homeworld ship, but...it has to be. She wasn't strong enough to stay fused with Jasper, and so she must have gotten free. She was probably hurting Steven right now, and Lapis had been taken prisoner again -

What's the point?

In front of a large window, she slumps down, arms winding around her knees. She her forehead against them until she can't see the harsh lights of the ship anymore. With that blocked out, there's just her, and the tumultuous ocean roiling inside of her. ]

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[ Soon enough, Lapis is shuttled off to the S.S. Huntress, and she enters the ship with all the reluctance in the world. She is not happy to be here. She barely minds the fact that she's been assigned to a Security position - rather, she avoids the armory entirely. She didn't ask for this. She didn't ask to come here, to be taken prisoner yet again by an organization she knew nothing about, but who would inevitably find some way to use her to their ends.

She doesn't want any of this.

And so as Lapis makes her way to the bunks, she starts pulling - only partly deliberately - on any liquids she passes. Someone using the toilet or shower may suddenly find the water fleeing upwards and out towards the Gem calling it to her. Water, tea, or any other drink may jump out of a cup or drink dispenser as she passes. She does this until she builds a small river down the hallway, barely glancing at anyone she passes unless - unless, they get a bit too close for comfort. ]

No! Just - just stay away from me!

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Hey!

[Greed, dressed in nothing more than a bath towel, marches out into the hallway looking less than pleased. He only had to find the trail of water to find out who was behind this latest insurrection.]

Give me back the water, lady. I won't ask twice.

[ She's already poised defensively upon her tiny river, but at those threatening words, the murky water starts to ripple. She certainly doesn't return it to him - if anything, it draws closer to her feet. ]

I said, stay away! I'm getting off this ship, and you can't keep me here!

[ Because naturally, that's what he wants to do. That's all the ever want to do. Keep her prisoner. Bend her will. Not again. Not ever again.

She doesn't really like the idea of hurting a human - what if he was a friend of Steven's? But she'll do what she has to to protect herself. ]

Is that right? Well how about I just show you the way off? It's right this way.

[He twirls his hand in the air to the direction of the nearest airlock, sinks his hands into his pockets, and starts in that direction.]

[ A little voice tells her not to trust this approach, and she doesn't, but she's so desperate to find a way out that it's all that matters right now. So she follows him, cautiously and quietly, water rolling after her in waves. ]

Everyone has been telling me I can't leave.

Did they? Well, they aren't always the most agreeable sort.

[At the airlock, he unlatches the first door. He gestures that she can step inside. Just beyond that is a small port window showing the stars.]

Of course... it is open space out there. Hope that won't be a problem for you. Lots of people are really attached to being able to breathe.

[ She doesn't respond to that, instead stepping into the airlock and turning to face him. She could survive in space, so if he were expecting to trick her that way, he'd be sorely mistaken.

A pair of water-based wings sprouts on her back. ]

Open it. [ A beat. ] Please.

[... well, shit. He really didn't expect her to call his bluff. Maybe she's just really stupid.]

Listen darling, I know you'd like me to do that, but I'd just as soon not see you pop out there.

[ Her brow furrows, breaking the look of determination on her face. ]

Pop? What are you talking about? [ Their captors, they must be...but it doesn't matter. ] I have to try. Even if they attack me. Open the door, please.

[Greed pinches the bridge of his nose.]

It's outer space out there. Not something you're built to survive. You go out there, you're going to just be a pretty floating blue corpse.

[ Her eyes narrow. Why was he stalling? She wanted to get off this ship as much as he seemed to want her off it. ]

I'm a Gem. I can survive space just fine.

... you don't look anything like a gem.

[He should know. He is after all the personification of greed.]

[ A moment's hesitation before she quarter-turns, revealing a tear-shaped gemstone inlaid on the small of her back. ]

I'm Lapis Lazuli. This...is my gem.

[Well well well. So there was a gem after all.]

Now isn't that a beauty. I got something like that inside me as well, though I don't really feel like ripping open my chest just now.

[ What? ] You're...not a human?

[ But he couldn't be a Gem. He wouldn't have questioned her powers, then. ]

[He raised up his right hand even as it darkened into an indestructible carbon. The process left his fingers in the shape of razor sharp claws.]

That's right. I'm a Homunculus and you really don't know what my 'gem' is made out of.

[ She doesn't like the look of that. He's some sort of Gem she knows nothing about, and that makes her nervous.

Or...more nervous, anyway. ]

Will you open the door now?

Alright. It's your funeral.

[He closes the first airlock door, leaving her trapped in the depressurization chamber. He flips the controls to have the air sucked out of the room. Assuming she doesn't collapse and start gasping for breath - then he'll release the outer door to let her into space.]

[ Lapis barely even notices the change when the door is opened, and she only hesitates for a moment. She...has no idea where she is. How far away could Earth be? How long would it take her to get there, if she could even find it?

But the temptation of freedom is too much for her to resist, so she flaps her wings, shooting out of the bay and into cold black space.

If Greed is watching her from a window, he might notice her abruptly stop flying once she reaches a certain point. ]

[Well. That's certainly happening then. Personally Greed isn't sure how he'd fare in space. His invulnerable skin would protect him from space itself, but he wasn't entirely sure if he actually needed to breathe.

Still, she wasn't going anywhere. That was boring. Forgetting that sound didn't travel through space, he started knocking on the window.]

Well? You gonna beat it or not?

[ The thing is? She's trying to beat it. She is - but something unseen blocks her way. Some sort of...invisible barrier.

It figures.

It had been a doomed attempt from the start, anyway. Where was she planning to go? And what about Steven? She couldn't just leave him here.

After hovering there for a few moments longer, Lapis turns back towards the ship, flying back to the hatch, defeated. ]

[Well, so much for that. Once she's inside, he closes the outer hatch, pumps air back into the airlock, and then opens the inner hatch. It's impossible for him not to look smug.]

Well you didn't manage to get that far. Don't tell me you missed me already.

[ Well at least she didn't explode like he thought she would!!!

When the hatch opens, Lapis just stands there, hands balled at her sides, with a resigned grimace on her face. ]

I couldn't go any further. Ther's some kind barrier keeping me from going any further.

[ She had to come back, anyway. She couldn't leave Steven here. ]

Is that right? Well how about that, we both learned something. [He shrugs and makes his way back to the door.] Well since you're staying, I guess we'll need our introductions. My name is Greed and I'll be your captain.

[ Greed...she wonders how apt the name is for him. ]

You're the captain? [ Said somewhat skeptically. ] What's the point of a captain on a ship that can't control its own path?

[ She's not trying to be rude, really. Just honest. ]

Beats me. We've got two pilots for a ship that does little more than drift. But somebody has to keep the crew in line - that would be me. So - your name?

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