4466/Lurking Beneath The Waves

Lurking Beneath The Waves
Date of Scene:	26 August 2016
Location:	Great Ocean - Western Loop
Synopsis:	Jasper meets with Ferham somewhere undah dah seeeaaa o/`
Cast of Characters:	1027, 516

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Jasper (1027) has posed:
     She's back. Jasper, the most headstrong and belligerent of the so-called Homeworld Gems. She's suffered a few setbacks, sure, but that's all they are - temporary setbacks. Beneath the waves, she plans and plots and while no one would accuse Jasper of being bright, there's a certain level of planning one can accomplish while just bulldozing yourself through problems.

     Jasper laughs to herself, her voice somehow carrying through the dark depths. "There you are," she murmurs, snatching up a Gem. "One more..."

Ferham (516) has posed:
     It had taken Ferham quite a while to locate her gem friends--she'd had to go pound the pavement in some corner of the Straits of America, and that had been particularly daunting. Course she'd been glad to see Peridot, even if she was a half-pint now. Right now she was trying to find someone who was an altogether different animal: Jasper. The orange Amazon with her angular nose, she'd been trying to track them down for a bit, and as she ventured into those undersea caverns, well, she apparently was trying to play for keeps in finding her.

     "Anyone there?" she called out every once in a while, met with just more background noises of dripping and water in the distance. She held a commercial grade motion detector in one gloved hand, continuing on.

Jasper (1027) has posed:
     Jasper's broad shoulders fill most of the cavern as she comes face to face with Ferham, giving her the not-unsurprising look of mild disgust that Jasper reserves for whatever it is she might find in her day-to-day activities. "Oh," she remarks. "You. Ferham. What do you want?"

Ferham (516) has posed:
     Ferham stops and her green eyes go wide as she realizes what she's looking at isn't a rock face--no, it's the broad manly chest of none other than Jasper! She nearly took up the entire tunnel, so it wasn't hard to be confused and think you were staring at a dead end!

     "Oh, Jasper! been looking for you, you went AWOL, not that I can fault you for that--but why? What happened? didn't see you after Peridot got bubbled," Ferham shook her head, not understanding.

Jasper (1027) has posed:
     "Peridot hit me with a destabiliser," Jasper explains. "She's forgotten what she's supposed to be, but I still remember." She holds up the Gems she has in each hand, like that explains everything. "I'm building an army, Ferham. An army to challenge Rose Quartz, no matter what she calls herself now."

Ferham (516) has posed:
     "Ah, she left too, I remember," Ferham nodded. "You both defected, it appears, oh well, I'm not here to bust you, if that's what you think, but I did want to know what happened--I guess I got the answer now," Ferham shook her head again. "And you need an army to fight this person?" she nodded a little, looking down at the water-streaked floor and sandy puddles. "I'm not going to stop you, if that's what you're worried about," Fer didn't seem especially intimidated by the amazon gem, though she was careful with what she said.

Jasper (1027) has posed:
     "You? Bust me? Stop me?" Jasper asks. She laughs. It's a harsh nose - evidently, she finds the concept ridiculous. "I never defected. My loyalty has always been to Homeworld, to Yellow Dimaond, before anything else. Of course I need an army! Rose has her lackeys, and so, I need mine!"

Ferham (516) has posed:
     "Like I said, it's not my concern, I never saw you, it's not my concern to be hunting people like that down, anyway. We got more important matters, like preparing for the future," Ferham nodded. "Things have been in a downturn lately, something going to come to a head soon, personally I think we should all hole up somewhere, and prepare, but," she shrugs.

     "Besides, knowing the rules around here, I could probably get in trouble if I assisted you with building a group of insurgents. My main concern would be if these gems wanted to actually follow you, that you're planning on making? is that it?" She seemed like she might not understand what Jasper was doing down here.

Jasper (1027) has posed:
     "I'm just going to remind them of their place," Jasper states, glancing down at the gems in her hand. "They've been ruined by this planet, same as Peridot and the others. I'll help them remember what it means to be a Gem! Hmph. I'm not surprised you won't follow me. The only thing that matters is making Rose Quartz pay." She punctuates this point by slamming a fist against the cavern wall.

Ferham (516) has posed:
     "I am worried about your species going extinct if it helps," Ferham sighed a little and pursed her lips, looking at the gems Jasper was carrying. "Well I didn't say I wouldn't help you at all, I just mean I'm not great on causes of making war and destruction, that's all," Ferham smirked. "If you want me to be your subordinate again you'll have to earn it, or beat me," she grins a little, shrugging. "What is it you'd have me do, anyway?" she asks, seemingly curious.

Jasper (1027) has posed:
     "Why?" Jasper barks, "Why do you care about whether another species goes extinct? You're like me - built for a purpose, but whatever it is you're supposed to be doing, you've forgotten it too, haven't you? Jaspers - we don't stop, we don't give up. Ever. We don't 'earn' things - we get exactly what we deserve. If you can't make war, then you're of no use to me," Jasper sneers. "I'll do everything myself if I have to!"

Ferham (516) has posed:
     "Because I do, organic or not, gems deserve to exist, they're sentient," Ferham shakes her head. "I don't know what happened between your faction and theirs, but," she tilted her head. "I was an experiment, a new gen Reploid, no one is alive just for one reason, I don't think, we're all here by chance," Ferham looked up at Jasper with more of a sassy look. "I never said I 'can't', I meant I don't like senseless destruction for no reason, that's all, there's a difference," she held up a finger.

     "So let me ask, what do you need to do?" she looked up at the amazon.

Jasper (1027) has posed:
     "I was made for a reason. /All/ Gems are made for a reason - to ensure the authority and power and order of the Diamonds. To change your purpose... it's a disgrace!" Jasper stalks left and right like a caged animal, jabbing a finger at Ferham. "I'm going to bring Rose Quartz to justice in the name of the Diamonds and make her pay for her crimes against Homeworld."

Ferham (516) has posed:
     "Alright, you still haven't told me what you'd need me to do though, besides 'make war', maybe we can talk about this somewhere else...?" Ferham looked around to the undersea caverns they were standing in, they probably weren't the safest place to be, atm. Who knew what was down here? to be honest, Ferham wasn't even sure if they were under an area Jasper was familiar with, or not. This was like going into the labyrinthian honeycomb underneath the superplanet.

     "Do you wanna trust me to tell me about it, or do you want to try and coerce me again?" she smirked a little.