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Who: Blue Diamond, Open
What: Getting down locations, meeting new 'coworkers'
When: 1-2 days before Event
Where: All over the Carnival
Warnings: None currently

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[The only thing keeping Blue complacent is knowing she made the choice to be here herself. The indignity of being reduced to a mere aid for others when she was a diamond for stars' sake would be intolerable even for her. But the prize is worth it.. and it's only a year.

A year is still long enough to need to know who her coworkers are and more importantly who those who outrank her are. Not all of them would be telling her what to do, but keeping things working smoothly in case she did need to go to them for something - or them to her for some requisition or other - is simple common sense. A little asking around gets Blue pointed in the right direction..

Which means visiting supervisor's grove. She has a mental list of descriptions and names of those she's supposed to be looking for, and once she spots one (and presuming they don't look otherwise occupied at some other task - Blue is mindful, and she knows what work looks like in its many forms), it's just a matter of saying hello.]

Pardon me. Do you have a few moments?

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[Peoplewatching follows. There's a lot of people in the carnival, some human, some ... mixed? Some don't seem as if they were ever human to begin with but there's plenty of locations for Blue Diamond to settle down in a somewhat out of the way place and do nothing at all but watch the others go about their duties, sitting or standing depending on location.

The diamond - in this case the Ringmaster - of course set the tone of a location, but it's the lower class gems that always lived and breathed it, and if she was going to blend into this place, she needed to better understand how they behaved, what they did ... and why.

Perhaps you're the person Blue's chosen to watch right now, a silent seven and a half foot tall azure shadow keeping tabs on what you're doing, what you're wearing, everything you're saying.. it might be a little uncomfortable but for the air of benign benevolence she manages to cultivate.]

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[With a better idea of what this place expects by way of appearance, it's time to familiarize herself with locations. If a new arrival can get there, Blue's going to be there sooner or later, looking around with interest and attempting to at least become familiar with various locations and what they're for.

Roping her into lending a hand with this small task or that one shouldn't take much effort at all, Blue seems interested in learning and being of what assistance she can be. Got a task? Make use of the strange blue lady hanging around.]

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[There are times when Blue simply leaves the main carnival and heads into the woods for a little bit of quiet to allow herself some time to acclimate to new information and the general headache and effort of pretending to be this entire place's newest Pearl.

The forest prevents anyone from leaving, but Blue isn't trying to leave and perhaps something of the entangling, confusing place understands that. It's easier to find little quiet out of the way spots amongst the trees to loiter a while, even if she's not terribly comfortable with being surrounded by so much organic mass. She'll be here well into the evening, a dark blue wraith between the trunks, seemingly looking for something. She's not lost .. not yet, but that could change at any time with this place.]

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[Wildcard; bring it on]

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Eh?

[Carly's had both a hectic few days, and a 'chill' few days. On the one hand, promotion! On the other hand, figuring out all the responsibilities that came with said promotion....on the Other other hand, she was no longer a scout, so those responsibilities were gone!

On the other other OTHER hand... ...Well the list went on, so as she floats down from her own trailer to see a very tall, very blue woman, she blinks.] Me?

[...Yes her, duh. She shakes herself, and nods.] Mnnn, I guess so...I haven't really settled in just yet though, so I might not be able to answer everything...

[Based on description, she can check wardrobe off her list. No-one else was likely to match Carly's specific appearance. As Carly drifts from her trailer, Blue smiles; the colors at least are vivid and interesting unlike humanity's endless sea of browns and tans.]

The questions I have are .. fairly specific to your duties I believe. It should be reasonably simple.

[She tucks her hands up her voluminous sleeves simply to give them somewhere to be.]

I am only recently contracted to work here, and it seems I'll be assisting Treasury and Acquisitions, and so I am seeking out those I may be working with in the future who have supervisory roles, to better understand what they do and how I may be of use.

[It was going to take some getting used to to try to remember to act like a servile pearl and not her proper station.]

Wow, both departments..? Though, I guess since the Acquisitioner is gone again, that makes sense...you're probably filling the workload for them then, like how I was keeping the wardrobe department going until now... [She doesn't sound especially haughty about it-it's just a fact that this is how things happened after all, so there's no reason to hide it. She crosses her arms, and nods.] But, if that's the case, then shoot! The first thing I can think of as something I might end up running by those departments right now would be fabric collection, though, we do get a lot of things to embroider into that...gemstones, gold-thread, certain tassles...

[She's rattling off a bit of a list, but she hurriedly shakes her head.] AHH-!! Th-Though, we don't normally get that going until we know WHERE we're going!!

The audience could be totally different depending on after all...you have to know who the performances are for before you can dress them up!

[Someone with experience handling things without necessarily the position to go with it, fantastic. A note is made to trouble this particular Supervisor in the future should confusion or need arise.]

I'm afraid I haven't been able to attempt anything at all like an inventory yet, I am uncertain it's within my new purview. If it is, I'll certainly do my best.

[Step one: find out what there even is to begin with, and then keep a list of what's going in and out. Having access to both the income and the products meant at least she should be able to keep a very accurate tally..]

.. Ah. Speaking of performances and being dressed up, I was not given a uniform, is there a particular way servants are expected to be dressed?

[Not that she plans on wearing clothing but she could alter her form as needed.. if she had an idea of what WAS required..]

Hmm!! That's the spirit!! If we all do our best, we'll definitely do at least something right~! A-

[She chokes, the sound coming out a bit like broken laughter.] S-Servants sounds a little strange...we're employees, right? I think the closest to servants here would be the cinder spirits...

...Ah, but we don't really have a uniform! The closest exception would be anyone performing, or cleaning...you don't want to wear what you normally would for those jobs, right? So for performances, it's a costume-for cleaning positions, it's clothes you don't mind getting dirty, and so on...

If you're doing more administrative things though, what you have now should be just fine actually. It's best to wear what's comfortable for you!

Aheh...a, as for an inventory, I'll have to send you what I have right now... ...I was sort of going into my pocket to get that stuff together, since the official budget wasn't really mine to control... [Oops.]

Employees are paid, from what I understand of human economics. Contracts of this sort or paying off a debt suggests... [Blue makes a small gesture ALMOST like a shrug.] Something different.

[ARE they being paid? Nobody said anything to her about income to her, so she's going to assume all 'payment' comes in the form of room, board, and not being thrown the hell out when everyone might want something very precious from here.

Besides, in truth Blue doesn't see a whole lot of difference between those smoke and fire people behind the games, and everyone else here.

On the bright side it seemed she didn't have to change anything at all! Though perhaps she should modify it a little bit simply to fit better with the aesthetic of the place.. Everything was comfortable, but explaining hard light might take longer than either of them had time for!]

Hm, I do not believe my position requires much ... getting dirty but it may be inevitable. I'll keep it in mind, thank you.

[So far so good. If Elsa, her immediate current boss, had different ideas she would of course have to conform but for now.. for now there might actually be some information on inventory! That'd definitely get her started, when she could finally get her hands on the things she wanted! Blue's smile definitely looks pleased more than polite at that.]

Wonderful news! Though I do not think there is a need for it right this moment if you have other duties to attend to. Do you need to control budget in order to do your tasks properly?

Well, we do get paid though...how else would we be able to buy things from each of the locations if we wanted? [Did the Ringmaster not tell you this she might not have told you this-

She waves a hand though.] Mmnn, I guess Elsa might explain that though...if you don't need certain things, the pay might change after all. [Like. Not sleeping. Or eating. Or needing clothes. HMMMM.]

I don't know! I'd assume as much now...before, I just needed to make sure I had enough supplies for costumes-since the Carnival had its own store of supply, I'd just have to top this off with extras; so fabric unique to each world, or certain decorations...

...The budget probably covers that, plus make-up, but it might leave room to better stock up on these things as well...which would really help if we ever went somewhere like Atlantis again! We needed whole new closets of clothing back then..!!!

And I was the only tailor................. [Everything was Horrible also she used all of her vacation money-]

I was not informed of such things, and I don't recall it being in the contract.

[Which didn't mean it wasn't there, though Blue's memory is fairly flawless, there were just more important things to be discussing at the time than whether or not she gets pocket change as well.

Another thing to find out later. There were always things to be done with currency. On the bright side she'd have access to those inventories and likely the bookkeeping soon, and could figure out what was needed. Likely she could only make recommendations to Elsa and hope that this individual was capable of taking the likely superior advice of a diamond.]

How many worlds are regularly visited? There must be far more storage space than is readily obvious to hold enough for more than a handful. Do you have no assistants of your own?

Eh, seriously!? ....Ah. [she pauses, as if something just now occurred to her.] ...Come to think, if someone didn't have use for it, she might not mention it then...And food and board are provided, so...

Ahh!! But then that would imply you don't want to get anything from other worlds?! This is just confusing...

[...Realistically It was probably just that Blue doesn't need to buy clothes and toiletries.]

Mmm, in any case, it's typically a new location every two or so weeks. One week of performances, following a week of settling, with a few days travel in between! ...Actually, I've been here for a while, so if you really wanted, I could cover the last three and a half years of locations if you really wanted~

...Especially since I used to be one of the scouts! ...ah, back to my job though...

[She feels she may have gotten distracted there...] ...Hmm. we have wardrobe assistants, but I til recently, when I was working as Tailor, I had them focused on filling the vacancies in positions...I have to do a role call to be sure, but we might have an even enough load that they can move away from that though...

Th..there wasn't a supervisor for the division for a few months though, so I have some backlog to deal with I think...

[it's like Atlantis with paperwork, and she dreads it-]

...What would I want from another world?

[Her puzzlement seems genuine; while Blue did have a solid grasp on the idea of economics they simply didn't actually apply to her, and if she wanted something she would have it. It was after all an honor to have a diamond wish for something you created!

...After a moment she visibly dismisses the concern of payment and what she might do with it with a small gesture. There are far more important things to be concerned with right now.]

That's certainly an active schedule, especially if costumes can't simply be reused in some form. If it's not too much trouble I would like that information, it may help with some idea of what to expect in the future.

[It's pretty obvious Blue's still thinking strictly in terms of her new job and NOT say ... all the mayhem that might come with new worlds.]

A good way to not get overwhelmed is to find yourself a good assistant and rely on her aid, then take it a little bit at a time starting with the oldest things. If there is a considerable backlog, you'll get through it in time.

[Did anyone in this place even have a concept of having a pearl or three around?]

That's the mystery of it, really. [Carly's answer is not very helpful.] We go to places that can exist beyond our wildest dreams..! Actually, one place we went to WAS made of dreams... There have been places where everyone breaks into song all the time, places where we were only visiting one 'being' that just knew everything...

...When you find a place that's really different, really special though, sometimes you want to bring a little something from that place back with you.

[As it is.] Sometimes you can reuse them! But since a lot of workers experience new changes every now and then, things have to be refitted, or adjusted...

...W..Well, there are two assistants for the department... [...It looks as if she might break into a sweat just considering this next bit.] But, but I need to be careful..! If anything goes out of place, we'd end up with people without costumes, or clothes, or both, and I can't let that happen..!!

[Be Calm, Carly...]

...What are 'dreams'?

[That sounded interesting, whatever they were! And apparently they were very good things by context. A place full of song sounded rather nice though.

Blue only ever really brought back things that reminded her of Pink though, the idea of doing it for whim instead had never really occurred to her. This idea is digested slowly, along with the idea of a world full of music. It was a nice counterpoint to the revelation that either Carly has no competent assistance or she micromanages in the extreme.

The organization of a different supervisor's minions really wasn't part of her task. She needs to resist the impulse to make ... corrections.]

I am certain you will not allow such a thing to happen, especially with competent assistants. Have you considered speaking with the outriders to get an idea of the worlds they're investigating in order to get a bit of a head start on possible collection of designs?

Heh..? [She blinks rather owlishly, for a moment.] Dreams are... ....You mean you don't dream? [she asks, before hurriedly trying to explain.] It's like...a mix of memories that come through your head when you sleep...! Except because they're scattered thoughts and things, they create entirely different images in your mind, things that you might not have even considered possible!

Dreams are... ...well, I guess one way to see it is, they're something that help to reveal important things while you're resting...whether it's something you needed to remember, or something you needed to feel better.

[.....Or it could be a nightmare. She won't go into that though. Instead, she stares at the...comment on the outriders.] You mean...

...The nightriders? AH... Ahah-A- Actually, before the promotion, I rode with them~ S-So, that would have been my other job until a few days ago... [....]

...it's weird to think about it like that actually...

[Ah, there's the problem. Blue smiles then, a touch pityingly. It might not be necessary, dreams sounded interesting, but..]

My kind don't sleep. I do fantasize a bit when at rest, but I don't believe it to be the same thing..

[What sort of gem even had TIME for things like 'sleep'? Humanity needed it and quite a lot of it or they broke down, but gems weren't as fragile.

The revelation that Carly had that job until recently draws a few moments of patient silence, waiting to see if the girl will connect it to her question. When this doesn't seem to occur (the poor thing looked like she could use some rest..), Blue holds up a hand again.]

Whether you were riding with them before now or not isn't particularly important unless you know the worlds they've picked for visiting. If you do not, then my question remains.

[Although there is the barest hint of reproof, Blue's tone is still gentle. Focus, Carly!]

S-Seriously, no sleep at all...? ...Well, fantasizing is sort of like 'day-dreaming', so that's close I guess...

[Ah. She coughs.] W-Well, that's just the thing...

...

We didn't pick them.

...The Ringmaster did.

[In other words, None of the scouts or even the Nightrider will know until perhaps a day or so away from the location.]

[The look Carly's given is nothing short of astonished.]

Of course, such decisions should never be left in the hands of an underling!

[The very idea that such decisions should be left to a scout was shocking. And terrible! Who could possibly trust the judgment of a gem not made for that sort of thing?]

HEHHH-Th-Then why would-

[Ohhhhhhh. She's got it now.] Ohhhhhh you're asking about cross-referencing... [She can pick up on these things if you give her the chance!]

...Mmmm. That one's tricky. To be blunt, there isn't much of a pattern between where we go... ...it seems to follow her whims more than anything. We didn't even realize we'd be going to Atlantis until we all woke up from an induced sleep, under the water and half fish!!

Half ... fish? The organisms in the seas and oceans?

[The imagery Blue's generated for this in her mind are completely inaccurate.]

What sort of costumes would such a bizarre form even require?

Right!

Mostly they seemed to be into jewelry, sashes....more thorough clothing wasn't really in their general wardrobes.

It does not seem as if such a scenario would require much that was not already possessed then.

[But half-fish, that's still something she's struggling with. Clearly if they had jewelry and ornamentation they had hands, which meant.. limbs stuck onto a fish?]

... How did they forge such things as jewelry beneath the water?

[No, focus.]

Well, merfolk are sort of like...water faerie, in a sense? So they had a lot of magic, not to mention super-heated stones, that sort of thing...forged ornamentation was definitely a sign of status though!! You didn't see anyone from the common class wearing it...

.. Superheating a stone beneath the water would boil the water.

[Blue isn't entirely sure of how things worked for organics but she understands ordinary physics perfectly fine! That one sounds extremely dubious to her. Didn't excessive heat kill organic life?]

Is excessive ornamentation usually a sign of status among organic life?

After a while, you start to learn not to question too many things within another dimension. The laws of reality aren't always the same, [she says quite plainly.

At least she can answer this one.] It's one of them! In a lot of societies built like that, being able to afford things with no actual benefit, or things that just look pretty, or make you draw more attention...they're ways of saying you're more important, and you got there!

Though, for me at least, things that are glittery are just a matter of the fact that I like glittering things, so sometimes it's just preference hehehe...

[At that Blue pauses, something in her politely friendly expression shifting towards something closer to the indulgently unbelieving look adults get when three year olds tell them they saw a unicorn.

Carly couldn't help being part of an inferior species with a very dim grasp on what the laws of reality actually were but there was no point in mentioning this. It's simply set aside as a topic to not venture into with the obviously unequipped.]

If it is normal for organics to wear such things because of status, it makes sense that you or others would be drawn to things that shine for your own. By now it may well be written into your biology, glittery things are good to have.

[Somehow she is used to this look coming from humans as well, so somehow, the look does not phase her. She'll just have to see when things Actually happen after all. It's rather inevitable.

Though-] Ehhhhh.... ...I... I hope not, that's a real budget sink...

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