Everything fades away, come turning of the tide | Day 332 [OPEN]

[grandiflora]

Who: Rose Quartz, OPEN
Open: Open
When: Evening of 332
Where: Monument -> Rose's house
What: Most of the Bastion is grieving, angry, or trying to deal with said emotions. Rose? She's just trying to settle in to this strange new life of hers.
Format: Action
Warnings: Possible spoilers for Steven Universe? Also possible talk of war and the like

[Not everyone was affected by events recently passed in the Bastion. As much as Rose would have liked to say she had a feeling regarding it one way or another, she really couldn't. This place was still new to her. It's people were still new to her. The passing of one whom she had never spoken to was sad and she was more than understanding at the sorrow the others around her felt...

It was just not an emotion she herself could dredge up properly.

There were always going to be casualties, and for as peaceful as the Bastion itself was their situation was hardly peaceful at all. Time would pass as it always did, regardless of how any of them dealt with it.

In the quiet that had settled on the Bastion in more current days, Rose had spent time on the Skyway as she always did, hoping for some hint of her Gems out there in the haze. There was none, but she returned with a good haul of shards in the meantime.

Today, however, she wasn't out there like she normally had been. Instead she could be seen, barefoot as always, taking trips from the house with the observatory room to the Monument and back again. Three times she went, carrying a wooden flat of some sort of strange plant. A fourth time she returned not with a plant but a shimmering pink weapon at her side.

Though she'll hardly expect to be approached given how busy everyone must be, she'll certainly respond if anyone does.]

Comments

[freedom_engineer]

[On the first couple of trips, Colin isn't there. On the fourth, there's Colin, crouched by the monument and the holo-display he set up near it. He's busily working at making connections to the smaller machine and studying... something.]

[He looks up at her as she comes back, and he nods at her.]

Miss.

[His eyes drop slightly and linger on the weapon, but after a moment he returns to his work.]

I don't believe we've met before.

[grandiflora]

[Ohh. Holographic displays. It's been a while since she's seen one, and it gets her attention long before the person that is actually messing with it.

A voice speaking to her does pull her dark gaze away from it, though, offering a warm smile at the greeting.]

I don't believe so, no.

[freedom_engineer]

Colin Starfury, engineer. It's nice to meet you.

[He gives her a small smile, though it's pretty easy to see that it's a little forced.]

Hopefully I'm not in your way. I'm setting up some connections here, it's gonna be a little while before I'm done.

[grandiflora]

Rose Quartz. It's nice to meet you as well, Mr. Starfury.

[She can respect that.]

No, not at all. I just finished getting what I needed, in fact.

[freedom_engineer]

Anything worth bragging about?

[He gives the monument a quick look, but the thing still eludes him. Some day he'll be able to tell when this thing has been used.]

[darkshooter]

[excuse me, did you say shimmering weapon. you're darn right we're curious and interested.]

[and she's not going to be terribly subtle about coming by to gawk, either. still learnin' some social graces, this one...]

[grandiflora]

[Indeed.

Not that Rose is ever bothered by a lack of social graces. She does live-- or lived, rather -- with Amethyst. It's not like Gems are entirely up on "normal" human customs after all.

The staring does get her attention after a time, though, and she offers a very warm smile with a wave. Hello stranger!]

[darkshooter]

[o-oh]

[busted]

[darn]

[well come on, Ikuri, we established you weren't being subtle]


[h-have a sheepish wave back]

[grandiflora]

[Yeah. Not really.

But that's okay, Rose will just smile more. It's okay, you can talk to her.]

[countingthunder]

[After her second run to fetch the moss back to her house, Rose picks up a silent follower. River won't say anything to a simple hello, she just trails after Rose as she goes to the Monument for the third time, and follows her back to her house, where she will attempt to go inside after her. What do you mean that's rude?]

[grandiflora]

[That seems to be a theme today.

Of course Ikuri didn't try following her inside, so that is a bit... odd. The following, she didn't mind so much. That on the other hand...

Well, she won't be rude or angry about it. More confused, and offering an uncertain wave along with a confused:]

Hello... ?

[countingthunder]

You're not finished.

[This isn't the time for hellos, just let her follow you into your house.]

[grandiflora]

[Well you're kind of already... there. There's no more need to follow, the house isn't that big.

But now Rose is just. Confused.]

Finished?

[headphoneactor]

[ To be frank, Takane wasn't really feeling the way most people were about the casualties either. She barely knew anyone here. As long as one of the few people she knew didn't kick the bucket, she wasn't going to really feel anything.

She caught Rose on one of her wanderings, with the strange plant. Huh. Large woman with a strange plant. Should she approach?

... No, instead she's just gonna stare awkwardly. Because what are people skills. ]

[grandiflora]

[She seems to be getting a lot of that lately.

Unfortunately, Takane, if you're ever going to get to know this lovely giant lady, you'll have to get over that little hiccup and approach.]

[headphoneactor]

[ BUT WHAT ARE PEOPLE SKILLS ....

Takane finally does pipe up, though she doesn't move from where she is. ]

What's that you've got?

[grandiflora]

[YOU GOT THIS, TAKANE. ITS ALL GOOD.]

Moss.

[What, you wanted more details?]

[blueveins]

[Sayaka didn't know Crona, really, but the weight of mourning bears down strong on the Bastion, and though it doesn't crush her, she still feels its burden.

But she holds it better than others, she thinks—she has to, anyway; she's a magical girl. In the wake of all this, she has to find a way to be useful. So, okay, even though the giant pink lady does get some staring, she has the social skills to hustle over and approach while Rose makes her way between home and the monument.]

Hey! 'scuse me, ma'am, do you need help carrying that?

[grandiflora]

[That much is hard to ignore, even for Rose. She feels it, too, but she also knows there's very little she can do about it.

It's not like she truly understood grief, anyway...

But she had expected to be rather alone with all of that going on, so hearing a voice call out to her directly was surprising.]

O-oh. Hello! I think I'm doing alright on my own, but I wouldn't mind help.

[blueveins]

[Sayaka grins and holds her arms out.]

Anything to lighten the load a little, right? Just tell me what goes where!

[grandiflora]

Of course! I'm taking these back to my house.

[She pointed in the direction of the place she had chosen as her own. One of the flats was already sitting just outside the door, making it obvious where things were supposed to go.]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[Rob notices Rose as she's leaving the Monument with one of the flats and, somewhat curious, makes his way over.

So have a long-haired man in a tank top, cargo shorts, and mammoth-hide sandals, with a battered leather satchel slung across his chest. He's broad-shouldered and looks like he could do some damage in a fight, the glowing-eyed rabbit skull-and-bones necklace he's wearing and the ragged, ugly scars on his left cheek and left shoulder not making him look any less like a tough guy. When he speaks though his voice is rather low and would be hard to hear if there were too much background noise.]

Hey, uh, what kinda plant is that, if, uh, you don't mind me asking?

[Starting up a conversation with a stranger is hard.]

[grandiflora]

[Especially with tall mysterious lady strangers. Not that Rose minds any level of awkwardness. She's used to it, really.

Holding the flat carefully, Rose turns with a smile and answers:]

Moss.

[... so descriptive.]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[So very descriptive. Also making this even more awkward than it already was.]

I'm, uh, I'm assuming it's not just regular moss? Otherwise you probably wouldn't have had the Monument make it.

[grandiflora]

[Rose is good at that! What is human normalcy?]

Well, that would depend on your definition of "normal". Where I'm from, this is a common flora. If we were on Earth, that would be another story entirely.