genessia | [Video/Action] Yelling!

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[The video feed starts up to show a blurry green tube of a finger with more shades of green to either side. Peridot's voice is muffled by her clumsy grip on the videophone but she is clearly yelling.]

Stupid, stupid communicator... thing! Rargh! Why can't I be somewhere that makes sense?! Ugh, fine! Here-

[The video feed turns even more green and zooms a few feet away from scowling Gem, held up by a beam coming out of her stumpy 'palm.' Somehow she already looks worse for wear, missing one foot of her limb enhancers, a smudge of dirt on her visor, and triangular hair a mess.]

Grrr, okay! This thing works right? Not well enough to contact Yellow Diamond- [grumble] -but someone can hear me right?! Ugh, I hate this cruddy old tech. I need to find a way to contact Homeworld! I am not getting stuck on another backwater planet! This one better not be about to explode.

There has to be another Gem here, a warp pad, something! If you Crystal Clods are here you better leave me alone! I'll- I'll blast you to dust if you don't! Urgggh, that would be my luck. I bet those- those idiotic clods are behind this. First they stranded me on Earth and now I'm stranded here! None of this makes sense, what's currency? What's a child?!

Rargh!

[Peridot's agitated flailing breaks the beam holding the videophone and it lands on the grass, face down. The screen is dark for several seconds while Peridot can be heard ranting above. When she picks the phone back up, she's realized how to hold it without obscuring the camera and looks more sullen than enraged.]

Ahem. I am Peridot and I demand someone tell me how to get off this horrible- er, uh, whatever! This planet, I want to get out of here!

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Peridot can be found limping around, alternating between yelling at harmless objects, hiding from things like rain and loud noises, and pouting. Often she has a floating green screen up to rant at. It appears she is having a very drawn out and very mobile temper tantrum. Her attempts to find a way off Genessia or figure out things like street signs and organic life are not going well.

Beware flailing metal limbs and hurled objects when she's ranting and stomping about.

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"Eep!" Peridot wasn't sure being in a bubble was any better! What was going on? She clutched her forearms and looked between Koishi and Mewtwo, confused.

"Ahem, I am, er, grateful that you removed that thing," she said with a nervous look at Mewtwo. "And I, uh, I would like to be going now. Before it touches me again."

Short of flying, however, she was going nowhere fast and wasn't even sure she could leave this bubble-shield thing.

Once Koishi's tendrils began to retreat, Mewtwo lowered the shield while keeping an eye on Koishi to make sure she didn't latch on to the newcomer again.

"I apologize for that. Koishi means well but has little concept of personal space."

He floats down from where he was hovering to be a bit more polite, as it occurred to him belatedly it was rude to make people look up at him. ...For some reason.

"You may call me Mewtwo, and this - as she said - is Koishi Komeiji."

Of course as soon as the bubble went down Koishi drifted forward again getting very much in Peridot's space. She didn't cling though. "You're really nice, Miss. I like your hands. Having fingers like that must be really useful. And how do you get your hair at such perfect angles like that. It's like a square balanced on its edge if drawing from the tips down to your shoulders and chest. I really like it Miss!"

Why wouldn't she stop talking?

"And where would you be going? I can help you. You're such a wonderful shade of green and have such great angles. I can show you all the best places around here. There's so many different places to see and things to do and-"

Why wouldn't she stop talking?!

Peridot leaned back farther the closer Koishi got, her floating fingers curled up to her chest. There would be no stealing of her fingers!

"Ehhh?" She was a true master with words. "I'm not going anywhere I'm just here! Ah! What do you want and what is a Koishi?"

She gave Mewtwo a pleading look. Why won't it stop talking?

Mewtwo sighs, reaching out and attempting to get a grip on the back of Koishi's shirt with his poor excuse for fingers and tries to tug her back away from the scared newcomer.

"Koishi, focus. Calm down and focus. You're scaring her."

"I'm a Koishi! And I'm so happy to meet you! And I'm jade tumbled with grit and kicked across sandstone! I-"

She stopped. The word "focus" seemed to strike a chord with the little youkai, even if Mewtwo's grabbing did little to restrain her. She does stop her squirming, tilting her head back in the air and reaching forward, poking his nose with one finger.

"Beep"

Making full use of the cunning and flawless distraction, Koishi slipped free, darting forward again and leaning into Peridot's space. She didn't touch this time though.

"You're not a human though like most of the others. You have a unique presence and mind. It's wooly but soft and sharp and jagged with facets. I really like it!"

Peridot groaned, she really wasn't getting away from this was she? She still kept her fingers away from the floating thing. She was already down a foot, she's been even more tired and angry if she was down some fingers too.

"Facets...? Do you know what a Gem is?" There was still the nasally haughtiness in Peridot's voice but she was actually curious. "I don't know what either of you are. I know what humans are, I know what a Steven is, but you're both different."

Mewtwo scrunched his nose at the poking, but that wasn't why she was able to get free. An immunity to his psychic abilities, and finger balls made it very hard to hold on to the wiggly youkai.

"You will have to excuse Koishi's rather... odd manner of speech. She speaks in metaphors most of the time. To answer your question, I am what is known as a Pokemon. I have powers and abilities that far surpass those of humans. Koishi is a youkai, but I will let her explain what that means."

"I'm a youkai!" Not helpful, Koishi. "We're spirit monster things created by the collective emotions and belief of sentient beings, mostly humans, to act out our purpose!" Slightly more helpful...

"And I know what gems are! A precious or semiprecious mineral, generally with a crystalline structure that is often cut and polished and valued for its beauty." Before Peridot could respond she pointed to the three diamond-shaped buttons on her shirt. "These are blue moonstones. I really really like them."

"A monster?" Peridot squeaked in dismay. Koishi didn't look that much like a monster to her. Mewtwo looked more like a corrupted Gem than the small menance did but... Hopefully monster meant something different to these people.

"Ahem. So, one of your is a 'Pokemon', something superior to humans, and the other is a 'youkai', maaade by humans? That's confusing." How could humans made anything important? And why were there so many? "It's really confusing that you're wearing those... Those aren't shards are they? If they are I'm backing away now."

Mewtwo simply sighs, giving up on restraining Koishi for the moment. So long as the little youkai didn't make contact...

"The relationship between humans and Pokemon is more complex than one being superior than the other based solely on powers. I do not what you mean by 'shards' in this context but I assure you, her buttons are simply decorations that hold no power in themselves."

"Yes! Decorations! There's nothing special about my buttons. They're just pretty." Koishi was WAY too happy.

"And we aren't MADE by humans really. Moreso we manifest in response to human presence and thought. We're stronger than humans usually too. And we live to oppose them. And we fade if there are no humans. It's a push and pull."

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