Early Post-war: Era 2
After millennia of stagnation, the White court officially welcomed a new garnet to their ranks, Melanite. It was a rare occurrence, since White's aristocrats are notoriously known for being born few and far between. Before Melanite, the youngest member was already 5500 years old.
Even though it was an event worth celebrating, the prime court counselors as well as Melanite herself arranged an agreement she won't be joining politics right away. Instead, Garnet studied the basics of first era's history, how other aristocrats did their job and combat. Even though Melanite's body was weakened by era 2 defectiveness, she still managed to unleash her own weapon along with other abilities. After 80 years, Melanite decided it was about time to introduce other courts to her existence, marking the beginning of her aristocratic life.
As an early era 2 gem, she quickly gained a great reputation with both sides of Homeworld's political spectrum. The younger, more technologically oriented garnets, happily granted her access to their weaponry, while the older ones still willingly accepted her into their ancient traditions. Being the newest addition under White Diamond also made her a desired ally for the vast majority of aristocrats that lacked any other inside into her reserved court. Overall, Melanite presented herself very confidently in public, thinking she'll be popular like this with everyone.
But as years went by, she learned the harsh truth about her fellow white nobles. Until she reaches 5000 years of age, she'll be nothing but a lesser garnet in her own court, regardless of how famous she's with everyone else. No matter how many meetings Garnet attended, they never gave her a colony or space outpost to run, no special missions, prism, nor political power. More often than not, her voice was entirely ignored, as if she was a nonexistent thing. Because of this, she spent even more time surrounded by Yellow's and Blue's aristocrats, only dreaming of the day she'll be finally taken seriously.
Post-promotion
To every white garnet's surprise, Melanite was provided the opportunity to work on an upcoming project for a remote White's facility. Full of excitement and honor, she accepted the job without a question and obeyed every given rule. Although the place itself could be described as weird at best, the desire to be useful for her court made her ignorant to any potential red flags. By working for this underground complex, Garnet was introduced to her new colleague, Onyx. They were the first white gem Melanite ever get along with, encouraging her to stay in her new job as well as spent a decent amount of time casually socializing with them. Even though Onyx isn't allowed to ever leave the facility, Garnet is till this very day determined to include them into her life outside of work. She often livestreams Onyx the places she visits across the empire, brings gifts and personally sees them on a regular basis.
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