Oh yes, it's one of those kinds of weekends! Goodness, it's been a busy few months...
[It feels like it was just prom time, and all the excitement that had brought.
Then she blinks, unsure of what she's being asked. What had she said...oh! Oh, her healing powers, probably. Rose laughs, throwing back her head in a great wave of bouncing curls.]
There's nothing to worry about, I can heal. At least right now. If you were hurt, I could fix you.
[She's not sure what else 'Fix you' would be referring to, IT JUST SOUNDED KIND OF THREATENING IN THE MOMENT.]
Ohhh.
Uh, yeah, no uh... healing necessary.
[She lets out a feeble laugh along with Rose's much heartier one, and finally tries to take in exactly what she's seeing. She definitely remembers those pink curls from a conversation or two on the network (kind of hard to forget), but she's definitely never seen this woman in person before. She'd remember.]
So-- so are you like... a... fairy, or something? One of the good witches of the east?
[Rose's head cocks to the side curiously. She's never been identified as either of those things before! But it's a very fair question, and one that's often asked. Not very many people here have ever heard of Gems.]
No, I'm a Gem! Rose Quartz. To you I guess I'd be an alien. Oh, but I lived on Earth for millennium before I came here, I know all kinds of things about humans.
[And so much more since being one for years now. More than she'd ever imagined, despite living so closely alongside humans for so very long.]
And normally I'm human here, too. It's been so much fun! Oh, I've been to jail and I tried being drunk and I got married....
[She's having the full human experience, clearly.]
[Heather is definitely one of those people who has not heard of gems! Although, really, she should have guessed from the hair that this was not someone from Earth.]
[Fortunately, it's easier to not be flustered now that this is a Conversation (and now that she's not literally being held). So she untenses her shoulders, and even cracks a non-frantic smile!]
[An alien, huh... you're definitely not like any of the aliens I've met, but I guess the universe is a big place.]
Wow... I mean, I guess those are some of the big highlights.
And I've done so much more! Humanity's wonderful! I never knew how many different kinds of food there were before!
[Rose takes a seat on a nearby log, a few Pokemon settling down at her feet. She seems perfectly happy to just chat with a near-stranger in the middle of the woods. It isn't as though she has any pressing commitments looming, or demands on her time.]
And there've been so many helpful people, ever since I first woke up here. Have you been here very long?
[It's... actually kinda refreshing, to see someone so excited about being human. Not that she could really blame anyone for feeling the opposite, after all she'd be pretty upset if she woke up one day and just wasn't human-- but the cheer is a change from the norm.]
[After a second or two debating, she slowly lowers herself into a sitting position as well-- onto a rock that, had she not been caught five minutes ago, might have spelled her doom.]
I've been here awhile, yeah.
I think this is... jeez. My tenth year? Shit... did I miss my ten-year kidnapped-into-another-dimension anniversary...?
[SHE'S NOT EVEN SURE. It doesn't really help that her sense of time is... always somewhat muddled, on these weekends.]
... Long enough for this to be more of a home than my own world ever was, that's for sure.
[Rose still isn't very solid on finite concepts of time, but she has a much better understanding than she used to. A decade, while nothing to her, was a significant part of a human's life.]
Do you like it here? I think it's a very nice world to be stuck in, if we're going to be stuck somewhere. There's so much to see and do, and so many wonderful people and Pokemon...
[It's been some of the best times she can remember, just wandering this strange new planet with Greg in their brightly covered caravan, with their Pokemon friends.]
[She knows she's no more immune to being yanked back out of here than anyone else, but... god, she hopes it never happens.]
Even if everyone else I knew did, my Pokemon alone are just... I can't imagine life without them anymore, you know?
[EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OUT WITH HER RIGHT THIS SECOND... she'd set out with the intention of time to herself, even if it hadn't wound up that way.]
I do! I don't want to leave, either. I get to be human, I get to be with my most important person, I get to meet all of these new people and friends, experience so many new things...
[For someone as old as Rose, new experiences were something she'd thought long gone. Now almost everything is new in some way. This world has given her more than another chance, it's given her an entirely new life.]
I think we're very lucky, those of us who get to come here and live in this world.
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[It feels like it was just prom time, and all the excitement that had brought.
Then she blinks, unsure of what she's being asked. What had she said...oh! Oh, her healing powers, probably. Rose laughs, throwing back her head in a great wave of bouncing curls.]
There's nothing to worry about, I can heal. At least right now. If you were hurt, I could fix you.
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[OKAY.]
[She's not sure what else 'Fix you' would be referring to, IT JUST SOUNDED KIND OF THREATENING IN THE MOMENT.]
Ohhh.
Uh, yeah, no uh... healing necessary.
[She lets out a feeble laugh along with Rose's much heartier one, and finally tries to take in exactly what she's seeing. She definitely remembers those pink curls from a conversation or two on the network (kind of hard to forget), but she's definitely never seen this woman in person before. She'd remember.]
So-- so are you like... a... fairy, or something? One of the good witches of the east?
[Was that a rude question to ask?]
[SHE JUST CAN'T HELP BUT BE CURIOUS.]
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No, I'm a Gem! Rose Quartz. To you I guess I'd be an alien. Oh, but I lived on Earth for millennium before I came here, I know all kinds of things about humans.
[And so much more since being one for years now. More than she'd ever imagined, despite living so closely alongside humans for so very long.]
And normally I'm human here, too. It's been so much fun! Oh, I've been to jail and I tried being drunk and I got married....
[She's having the full human experience, clearly.]
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[Fortunately, it's easier to not be flustered now that this is a Conversation (and now that she's not literally being held). So she untenses her shoulders, and even cracks a non-frantic smile!]
[An alien, huh... you're definitely not like any of the aliens I've met, but I guess the universe is a big place.]
Wow... I mean, I guess those are some of the big highlights.
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[Rose takes a seat on a nearby log, a few Pokemon settling down at her feet. She seems perfectly happy to just chat with a near-stranger in the middle of the woods. It isn't as though she has any pressing commitments looming, or demands on her time.]
And there've been so many helpful people, ever since I first woke up here. Have you been here very long?
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[After a second or two debating, she slowly lowers herself into a sitting position as well-- onto a rock that, had she not been caught five minutes ago, might have spelled her doom.]
I've been here awhile, yeah.
I think this is... jeez. My tenth year? Shit... did I miss my ten-year kidnapped-into-another-dimension anniversary...?
[SHE'S NOT EVEN SURE. It doesn't really help that her sense of time is... always somewhat muddled, on these weekends.]
... Long enough for this to be more of a home than my own world ever was, that's for sure.
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[Rose still isn't very solid on finite concepts of time, but she has a much better understanding than she used to. A decade, while nothing to her, was a significant part of a human's life.]
Do you like it here? I think it's a very nice world to be stuck in, if we're going to be stuck somewhere. There's so much to see and do, and so many wonderful people and Pokemon...
[It's been some of the best times she can remember, just wandering this strange new planet with Greg in their brightly covered caravan, with their Pokemon friends.]
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[A very long time.]
Yeah, like I said, it's... home.
I never wanna leave.
[She knows she's no more immune to being yanked back out of here than anyone else, but... god, she hopes it never happens.]
Even if everyone else I knew did, my Pokemon alone are just... I can't imagine life without them anymore, you know?
[EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY OUT WITH HER RIGHT THIS SECOND... she'd set out with the intention of time to herself, even if it hadn't wound up that way.]
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[For someone as old as Rose, new experiences were something she'd thought long gone. Now almost everything is new in some way. This world has given her more than another chance, it's given her an entirely new life.]
I think we're very lucky, those of us who get to come here and live in this world.