Steven Universe: The Roleplay

"Yeah..." Morganite shivered. "I'm gonna draw my bow now, just to be safe." She stepped back, glancing over her shoulder again before summoning the crossbow. The pink gem fumbled with the clamps, quickly strapping it to her wrist and adjusting the quiver of arrows that had materialized on her back. "I'd bet that if we found a monster it would be some kind of serpent or something. Nothing we haven't handled before, but still.... Creepy."

Morganite sucked in a breath, her eyes becoming distant for a fleeting second. I can't afford to think about that. New subject! New subject! "So, uh, do you think Coral and Tanzanite will be able to hear us screaming if we get attacked?" She asked abruptly. Nice.

"Hmmm. I guess that's right. Coral and I are usually together, so there's no need to scream otherwise. Let's just hope if there's going to be a monster that we got it."

Morganite nodded, more to reassure herself than to acknowledge anything. "So, while we wander through this creepy old quarry awaiting a huge-and-possibly-aiming-to-kill-us monster's appearance, why don't you tell me about yourself? What kind of stuff do you like? What's your aesthetic?"

"Oooh, neat! Do you play? What kind of music do you like? I'm usually drawn to classical myself."

"Hmm, neat! I'll have to give that a listen!" Morganite opened her mouth as if to say something else, but not before there was a loud rumble in the distance. She gulped. "Do you want to bet on rockslide, monster, or both?"

Morganite nocked an arrow, pointing the crossbow towards the ground and looking up to the source of the sound. "Okay, how do you want to do this? We could do one of us distracting and the other attacking, or try to lure whatever it is down the cliffs and hope it gets crushed. Do you have any specific strategies you like to use?"

Morganite's eyes widened. Fun? Adrenaline does weird things to some people. "O-Okay!" She squeaked. "Who knows? Maybe the no-strategy strategy is a good one afterall-" The gem gasped suddenly, as a huge, dark blob came tumbling down the cliffside, a tangle of appendages reaching out to anchor itself to a rock. "A Spider! That's a new one!"

"Uh, okay!" Morganite shouted over the ruckus, attempting to gain a vantage point and clear shot towards the body through the ensuing chaos. She maneuvered around the spider, pushing up against the rocky wall of the cliff. This touch-and-go method was new to her, and she was struggling to devise a plan for herself. She shot a few stray arrows into the abdomen of the spider, trying desperately to avoid flying legs.