IC Contact

[mirrortide]

[There's a long drawn out sound as if someone's blowing a raspberry....]

Comments

[unyieldingmarch]

Yes.

And there are those of us that prefer the company of the same sex. Men that like Men, and Women that like Women. It requires a man and a woman to make a child.

Some people just don't have children.

[mirrortide]

youre joking

[unyieldingmarch]

No?

Why would I?

[mirrortide]

youre telling me you need ONE OF EACH to make children

that is horribly inefficient

[unyieldingmarch]

Humankind is terrible at efficiency.

Do you not know how this works?

[mirrortide]

you do know im a rock right

[unyieldingmarch]

Point taken.

Very well. I will explain.

[And true to her word. Edelgard will deliver a very basic, very clinical explanation of human reproduction. But because that would take forever, we're just going to gloss over the how.]

[mirrortide]

i guess that explains how steven exists now

[unyieldingmarch]

Steven?

[mirrortide]

his mom was pink diamond and his father was a human

[unyieldingmarch]

You can interbreed with humans?

[mirrortide]

well steven is the first but holding a shapeshift that long is probably only something a diamond could do

i guess if we like reformed with the necessary parts it might be doable but i cant see why any gem would want to stop existing like pink diamond did

[unyieldingmarch]

Hard to say.

But he must be a special person.

[mirrortide]

he has diamond powers of course hes special not only that as far as i know hes the only one out there like him

not only that he also fixed me when i was cracked so like special is kind of an understatement

[unyieldingmarch]

He's a friend then. Good to know. I'll keep an eye out for him when the month turns over and a new cycle starts.

[mirrortide]

he was already here and he left

same with peridot

wouldnt worry too much about looking for either of them honestly im sort of used to being left behind and they probably arent coming back

[unyieldingmarch]

They don't have much choice, as I understand it.

I can't imagine they'd want to leave you behind.

[mirrortide]

i know that thanks

doesnt make it suck any less

[unyieldingmarch]

Yes. It does.

One of my generals departed not long ago.

It's hard. But they're home, and maybe they'll find a way to contact us, too.

[mirrortide]

doubt it if gems cant figure it out i doubt humans would be able to

besides time doesnt pass back home while were here when i got here apparently steven and peridot had been here for months and i didnt know

[unyieldingmarch]

Don't discount humanity so readily.

[That's the first thing Lapis has said that makes Edelgard even remotely annoyed.]

We'll see, on that front.

For now, we must endure, and make the best of the situation.

[mirrortide]

youre weak and die fast whats there to not discount

[unyieldingmarch]

Ingenuity. Will. Determination to overcome the limits of our bodies.

Our lives may seem short, but some of us shine brightly.

I've killed an immortal dragon with my own two hands. And there are many more humans more exceptional than me.

Also, numbers.

[mirrortide]

we have gems specifically for those things not that theres gems that dont get overcooked occasionally but its pretty rare

that dragon doesnt sound very immortal if they it died sorry

the gem empire spans countless galaxies and your humans are on one planet

sorry if i dont seem like i really believe in you to master cross universal communication before gems do when you havent even colonized your moon yet

which is fine we colonized that too

[unyieldingmarch]

I feel compelled to point out that I'm not from Earth.

And there are other humans not from the same world either. Many of them don't even appear to have access to magic, which is common on other worlds, including my own.