Lapis Lazuli

  Lapis "Lapin" Lazuli lived a rather uneventful, but productive, life. She's neither precious nor common, treated poorly nor with reverance, happy nor unhappy. She simply does her job to the best of her ability like hundreds of other gems. She hadn't even seen a pearl before she met Lilac. When she finally did, however, that was catalyst for the water gem to finally question what had been her simple existance.

 

   It was a simple, common mission. Homeworld was seizing new planets and expanding further out into the galaxy. Lapin was part of the initial team along with several other Lazulis. Homeworld had tasked them with terraforming the new planets to code. Sea Glass was accompanying the expansion team to set up trade routes as they went in a new attempt at efficiency. The other Lazulis gossiped about the accomplished Captain, but Lapin didn't join in. Lapin had no opinion on Sea Glass besides the vague respect for a higher standing gem. Lapin was barely paying attention to them at all when she heard something interesting.

  Lapin is very quiet and demure. However, this isn't for the reasons you may expect. What her superiors take as politeness and proper respect is, in actuality, just plain apathy. She doesn't care enough to disobey so she does what's easiest and does what she's told. She'd just as easily calmly walk by while they were being shattered than follow orders. She's empty, bored, and not much else.

  But she doesn't want to be. She wants to improve, to be better, to reach new heights. She wants to recapture the first time she flew after being created. That joy, that euphoria, that freedom. Unfortunately, there's only so far she can ascend in a caste system like the Diamonds have. She's just a Lapis Lazuli. That is, until she met Lilac. The promise of a better world, of change, was enough to have Lapin follow her to the ends of the universe. It's not like Lilac didn't prove herself; not often did a servant raise herself into a smuggler.

  After meeting Lilac, Lapin has been more emotive. Not only happiness, but anger and sadness and everything else. Her eyes are opened to how they must change the world to make a place for themselves. She's even started undermining her Agate supervisor, under the guise of 'pranks', to the amusement of the other Lazulis. She found something she never thought she would; satisfaction. A cause. A way to shrug off the apathy. She's still devolping her personality and opinions, but she's well on her way.

 

 [Likes] not much, these days. water + flying lapis standard. architecture. longs for luxury. 

[Dislikes] repetition + routine. tight spaces. group punishments/being interchangeable in the eyes of superiors. Her superiors themselves.

[Strengths] Especially fast. Well-trusted (formerly obedient). Working knowledge of several important gem building layouts.

[Weaknesses] Generally unmotivated. Prone to ennui/restlessness. Easily distracted. Snarky.

  Lapis got her nickname 'Lapin' shortly after being created. She stuttered out her gem type while meeting her Agate supervisor for the first time. This was both out of fear and wonder since the Agate was the prettiest gem she'd seen at that point. This made her a favorite right off the bat; that particular Agate was extremely vain. (Out of universe, her nickname is because her water wings resemble bunny ears.)