Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26892768-20190509204551/@comment-26892768-20190510020756

(SFVM, Metta, your characters are accepted)

(6f, Puppet is not, as I cannot see why he would be a White Lantern.)

(And now, we shall begin)

All across the omniverse, portals open in the skies for a brief moment and close just as quickly, allowing for a few small things to pass through - those things being rings of some kind. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet...all can be seen soaring through many different skies.

Two of these rings in particular, one blue, and one indigo, both end up in the same universe, and both are headed for targets in close proximity...

But that'll come in a moment. Perhaps it would be best to get to know those two first.

In that universe's American continent, a lone barn sits in a solitary field, the wind blowing through the grass as the sun sets in the distance.

There are a few things off with this otherwise ideal picture, however. For one, there's the crystalline, disc-like structure off in the distance, seeming rather out-of-place compared to a normal barn. That being said, the barn itself is not normal, either. For one thing, the back-end of a pickup truck is sticking right out of the front of the barn, with a TV placed on the very end of the truck. There's also the water tower sticking out of the side of the barn, with a few pipes connecting to it from the barn's ceiling and the ground. There also seems to be a general sense of...patchwork; there seems to be a good deal of wood that clearly was not originally part of the barn, as if it's had to be repaired recently due to some kind of disaster striking...

Which is rather close to what happened, but a disaster didn't strike it - rather, it struck someone, that someone being a giant blue woman who served as a rather intimidating alien overlord, but that's a story for another day.

Let's focus on the two inhabitants of the barn, currently lying down on their backs and relaxing - one right on the floor, the other a bit higher up.

The one on the floor lets out a satisfied sigh. She's rather small in stature, and is wearing a jumpsuit colored in varying green tones and pale yellow - of note is the two stars on her knees and the single pale yellow star on her chest. Her hair, as pale yellow as the star on her jumpsuit, is styled to look like a triangle of some kind, and she has a pair of transparent pointed shades over her eyes. Perhaps most noticeable, however, is the woman's green skin, and the green, triangular gem in her forehead, seeming to be a part of her somehow.

"Sure is nice to be able to relax in the barn again..." The woman, Peridot, idly comments, looking over to her friend afterwards. "Did we thank Bismuth for repairing it already?"

Her friend nods. She's a good deal taller than Peridot, and unlike her, is not wearing a single piece of clothing, but rather, a pair of baggy dark blue pants with a golden ribbon, and a small blue and dark blue top with a pattern like the top of a star. Much like her friend, she also has unusual skin in that its blue, and her hair is blue as well, albeit a darker shade. And, although not a lot could see it from a first glance, she has a blue gem embedded in her back.

"We did." The friend in question, Lapis Lazuli, looks down at Peridot with a small grin as she holds up one hand with all five fingers extended. "Five times. I counted."

"Oh." Peridot seems to take this in for a moment, and then looks back at Lapis. "Should we do it again?"

"Nah, I think she gets the idea by now." Lapis replies with a light chuckle.

"Well, it couldn't hurt, could it?" Peridot rolls over as she goes on. "I mean, it's really nice to have a place of our own again, especially after...you know..."

"I threw the place at a Diamond?" Lapis finishes. She takes a moment to lean back. "...I know that Blue Diamond's on friendly terms right now, but I have to be honest: that was probably the most cathartic thing I've ever done in my entire life."

"Oh, I totally get where you're coming from! I mean, yelling back at Yellow Diamond, and calling her a clod? That really felt good! ...after I was done being terrified." Peridot admits, rubbing the back of her head.

Both of them have a laugh after that.

After a moment, when the laughter dies down, Lapis casually gets up, pulling out her water wings as she gets into the air, flapping them slowly as she heads for the "deck" of sorts. "You know, it really is nice to be able to look up at night and not have the looming threat of Homeworld hanging over our heads."

Peridot nods, getting up herself and ascending to the deck via a pully system powered by her own ferrokinesis.

Lapis cracks a smile. "Makes this place feel more...safe. More like a home than another place to hide. You know what I mean?"

"Yup! Really is nice to know that the earth is completely safe and won't be in danger any time soon..." Peridot grins. "But if anyone out there gets any ideas - invaders beware! The wrath of Peridot shall rain from the skies!"

The two both share a hearty laugh after that, Lapis wiping a tear from her eye as she looks at the stars just beginning to show...and then pauses. "...what is that?"

"Hm?" Peridot looks where Lapis is looking. There's a glint of blue and a glint of indigo in the distance, right up there with the stars. Peridot considers this for a moment. "I'm not sure...buuuuuuut it's probably nothing important! Hey, while we're up here, want to keep watching the stars?"

"Sure." And with that, the two stand together, looking up as the night sky begins to light up, completely unaware of how much significance those two lights hold...