And we are far, far from home,

[mirrortide]

» WHO? Lapis Lazuli, Alucard, Kira, Connor & their stalker, Apollo.
» WHEN? From the 22nd to the 28th
» WHERE? Starting at the station and eventually planet side.
» WHAT? A bunch of idiots go planetside
» WARNINGS? None as of yet other than Lapis' likely space racism.

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[mirrortide]

["Almost useful.

Wow, she'd be offended if she could read minds. Thankfully for him, she can't, but she does give him a look as she hauls out more stone into the water below.]

I'm a little rusty after 6,000 years. Also it's not like kindergartens are this complicated. Most of the time, anyway. Besides, if this collapses on people's heads they're gonna complain if they live.

[solarcharged]

Six thousand years? Okay.

[ That's... more than Apollo realised. He falls silent again as he watches her work and realises with dawning horror that Lapis is really good at this shit. ]

Sorry, did you say kindergartens? You make kindergartens?

[mirrortide]

Yeah? Or, rather the canyons and stuff that hold them. It's more like I just do the landscaping for them, since it's not like I know how to make Gems. But like I said, it's been six thousand years since I've done stuff like this.

[She makes a motion with her hand, and water flows into the rock, only to cut out a large, flat rectangle, something she drops into the ocean below with an extremely large splash.]

That and I'm kiiiiind of winging it? With how humans like their living spaces. [She's only seen Camp Pining Hearts, okay? Bunkbeds of stone for everyone.]

[solarcharged]

[ Apollo lapses in to silence as he watches her work; the strength it must take to hollow out those chambers is more than he would ever assume Lapis would have. Let's face it, she doesn't exactly look like she could take apart a cliff face with this much ease. ]

No-one is going to judge you on your interior design skills, don't worry.

[ Stone bunk beds are better than screaming walls and wires embedded under your skin. ]

What have you been doing for six thousand years then?

[mirrortide]

[It's true, no one expects a 5'5 blue noodle to be able to be able to cart around literal tonnes of stone with the ease that Lapis does it.

But also, as Apollo has already figured out, Lapis is Awful, and she pauses for a moment, fixing him with a look that is probably uncomfortable to be looked at with.

There's silence for a few seconds, and then:]

I was trapped in a mirror. [She says, completely nonchalantly and continues working like she didn't just drop a bombshell.]

[solarcharged]

[ Apollo doesn't flinch under that look but he definitely frowns; he doesn't know what that Look is meant to be but a mirror is hardly the answer he was expecting. In fact, it's a million miles from what he was expecting.

And yet... it's beginning to also feel like a standard for Lapis. Something weird and unexpected. The usual. ]

How did you get yourself inside a mirror?

[mirrortide]

I was a prisoner of war. A rebel group ended up dissipating my form, and then my own group ended up picking me up and putting me inside a mirror, because they thought I was a rebel. And then when they ordered a retreat, the mirror I was in was left on earth, and picked back up by the rebel group.

[She... seems nonchalant about that, but judging by the force with which she flings a huge swath of stone into the ocean... She's probably not really over it yet.]

And then their Pearl stuffed me inside her Gem and only occasionally brought me out to ask me to show things from Homeworld.

[solarcharged]

[ Apollo just stares at her bleakly as the stone smashes in to the ocean with a terrific splash. ]

Ask a stupid question... [ The words are murmured under his breath, mostly to himself. Since when did he expect anything normal from Lapis?

Then, to her, he adds: ]

Six thousand years for a big misunderstanding like that... that sounds pretty rough. What did you do inside the mirror? Could you see things? Think? Talk?

[mirrortide]

I could think, and I could see things. I couldn't do anything other than what I was asked though. And before you ask, they weren't even the ones who let me out.

[It was STEVEN. Lapis' VERY IMPORTANT BEACH SUMMER FUN BUDDY.]

[solarcharged]

[ Well what do you think is going to be his next question huh ]

Who let you out then?

[ There are other questions he has - like what kind of things people are able to even DO in a mirror - but those can wait. For a bit. ]

[mirrortide]

Steven did.

[Lapis says with a tone of OBVIOUSLY, even though Apollo has no way of knowing!]

We're Beach Summer Fun Buddies.

[solarcharged]

[ So confused right now. ]

Steven's a beach?

[mirrortide]

Nah. He's a human. Or half-human? He's half Gem too. It's weird. [And Lapis has no problems saying that outright. But also, Lapis has no idea how that's even possible so hopefully he doesn't ask her how that's possible!]