Crazy Lace Agate

Crazy Lace Agate (specifically Crazy Lace Agate Facet-7N Cabochon-15) is an unaligned Gem currently living on Mars. She and Basalt made their home on Earth before Cubic Zirconia took them to Mars, against their will.

## Appearance

Crazy Lace Agate is visibly shorter and slimmer than other Gems of her type, being just slightly taller than a Pearl. Her skin is predominantly peach but is banded with pink, purple, and yellow hues. She has a heart-shaped face with full lips, blue eyes, and a nose with a long bridge. Her hair is blond and wavy, falling past her shoulders. Her Gemstone is on her solar plexus.

Crazy Lace Agate wears a bluish-gray, sleeveless dress with a white undershirt and a diamond-shaped opening for her Gemstone. She also wears white stockings and bluish gray flats, and a transparent pink shawl.

## Personality

Crazy Lace Agate is timid and soft-spoken, preferring to hide behind the confident, energetic Basalt and passively follow her about. She is so afraid of getting beaten down that she won't stand up for herself, allowing others to mock her or even boss her around. She is shown to dislike Earth and Mars, considering both to be prisons.

While working for Homeworld, Crazy Lace was very similar to Holly Blue Agate in demeanor, abusing those lower than her while brown-nosing her superiors. This was entirely a façade to mask her insecurities and the fear she felt towards other Gems. After losing a fight to Basalt, Crazy Lace dropped her façade entirely but became even more insecure.

## History

Crazy Lace Agate emerged in an Agate Kindergarten thousands of years prior to the colonization of Earth. There was nothing inherently wrong with the Kindergarten or where she was planted, so the reason for her slight defect is unknown. Despite being off-color, she was spared due to her defectivity being mostly superficial. Regardless, she was mocked by the other Agates due to her unusual appearance and inability to summon a weapon, instead requiring a whip to be made for her. This jeering would continue for millennia and give her a constant feeling of inferiority.

When Pink Diamond was allowed to begin a colony, Crazy Lace Agate was one of countless Gems reassigned to Pink Diamond. She was sent to the Prime Kindergarten to command a small group of Amethyst guards and other Quartz soldiers. It was around this time she was given Basalt, a defective Obsidian from a failed Earth Kindergarten, and ordered to integrate her into her Amethyst squadron. Crazy Lace proved to be abusive even for an Agate, physically beating the soldiers under her control frequently over minor offenses or even for no reason at all, even and especially Basalt.

When the Rebellion started, Crazy Lace's squadron became involved in one of the first major skirmishes. During this encounter, she and Basalt got separated from the rest of the soldiers and trapped underground. Frustrated, the Agate took it out on Basalt, beating her relentlessly and furiously until the Obsidian revolted. She grabbed Crazy Lace's whip, wrenched it from her grip, and turned it on her. The beating the Agate received was so severe that it destroyed both the whip and her physical form, though she was spared from being shattered after Basalt took pity on her. On the surface, Crazy Lace's fate was unknown; much like Basalt, she was presumed to be shattered.

After being allowed to regenerate, Crazy Lace agreed to form a truce with Basalt. The two spent nearly a thousand years trapped underground, trying to find a way out while keeping one another company. While they eventually found a thin wall, they were unable to break through it with brute force, weapons, or fusion—their fusion attempt failed. However, a corrupted Gem dug its way through the wall and attacked, eventually being defeated by the two off-colors fighting together. After dealing with the corrupted Gem, Crazy Lace and Basalt wandered for a time before settling in a remote part of the Great White North.

At some point, Basalt and Crazy Lace encountered a Cubic Zirconia that abducted them, taking them to Mars.

## Abilities

As an Era 1 Gem, Crazy Lace Agate has standard Gem abilities, such as bubbling, superhuman strength, and shapeshifting.

### Natural Abilities

* **Item Summon:** Crazy Lace Agate has somehow learned how to store items in her Gemstone and retrieve them later.

### Skillset

* **Shield Proficiency:** Crazy Lace Agate's weapon is a shield rather than a whip. She can use it, but not very well, and strongly dislikes even summoning it.
* **Whip Proficiency:** Crazy Lace Agate strongly prefers using some sort of whip over her shield, due to millennia of practice with a whip and because she has been convinced that an Agate must have a whip.

### Tools

* **Emergency Photon Generator:** A tool issued to her by Homeworld; this tool allowed her and Basalt to survive underground with no ill effects. Crazy Lace Agate still has it, and normally stores it within her Gemstone.

### Former Abilities and Tools

* **Homeworld Issued Whip:** Crazy Lace previously owned a material whip issued to her by Homeworld. It served as her hair tie when not in use. The whip was destroyed by Basalt during their fight.

### Weaknesses

* **Insecurity:** While not appreciably different in physical strength or skill than a typical Agate, Crazy Lace Agate has no confidence in her own abilities. Thus, it's hard for her to use her full strength in combat, simply because she doesn't think it's there.

## Relationships

### Amethyst (Nose Gem)

"Nosey" is one of numerous Amethysts that was assigned to Crazy Lace Agate before the Rebellion. As she did with all the Quartzes under her command, she abused Nosey and had a tendency to discipline her over the slightest error, or even for no reason at all.

### Basalt

One of the first Gems to see Basalt, Crazy Lace Agate initially wished to shatter her, seeing her as weak due to her being defective. However, she was ordered to keep Basalt intact, and grudgingly did this. She heavily abused Basalt, beating her regularly and often for no reason whatsoever. This occurred until she was defeated by the off-color. After this event, Crazy Lace became both fearful and respectful of Basalt, often staying a good distance away from her.

Today, Basalt is the closest thing Crazy Lace has to a friend. She feels the rock understands her and tries to return the favor. When they lived on Earth, she was willing to leave the safety of their cave to do things with Basalt, such as snacking at the Big Donut, delivering for Fish Stew Pizza, and even playing Steven Tag.

### Carnelian

Carnelian was one of the numerous Quartzes assigned to Crazy Lace Agate before the Rebellion. As she did with all the Quartzes under her command, she abused Carnelian and had a tendency to discipline her over the slightest error, or even for no reason at all.

### Cubic Zirconia

Crazy Lace Agate is terrified of Cubic Zirconia, treating her with the same respect she once treated the Diamonds despite her personal disdain.

### Pink Diamond

Despite at one point being under Pink Diamond's command, she was not made for Pink and, having witnessed a couple of her worse moments, had very little respect for her. She felt personally offended when assigned to her control during the colonization of Earth. Her resentment continues to the modern day, and she tends to bitterly refer to Pink Diamond as a "glass shard." However, she holds back these thoughts around Basalt, knowing she deeply respects her own Diamond and fearing upsetting her.

### Rose Quartz

Crazy Lace Agate is unaware that Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond and sees her as a separate entity. Ironically, she does not view Rose in as harsh a light as she does Pink, and is even sympathetic towards her and the Crystal Gems as a whole after having lived on Earth herself. However, she has no interest in joining them.

### Yellow Diamond

Having been originally made for Yellow Diamond, she felt an intense respect for her, unlike with Pink Diamond. However, even before being reassigned, she felt unworthy of serving her own Diamond due to her slight defectivity, and believes this was the reason she was reassigned. She still respects Yellow Diamond to an extent, not blaming her for wanting to "get rid" of her.

## Trivia

* In The Forgotten Planet, Crazy Lace's speech bubbles are peach.
* Crazy Lace Agate's pallet (not including her Gemstone) has fourteen separate colors in it. This makes her pallet the second broadest within the Mars AU (tied with Iris Agate). The Gem with the broadest pallet is Tiger Iron, who has one more color than Crazy Lace or Iris.
* Crazy Lace Agate is one of several Mars AU Gems associated with a Major Arcana tarot card; specifically, "Strength."
	+ This is due to her gentle and timid nature, more portraying the reverse aspects of the card than the upright.
* Crazy Lace Agate has some named fusions that are not currently canon within the Mars AU.
	+ If she fused with Basalt, they would form a Poppy Jasper.
		- This fusion had been planned in The Forgotten Planet prior to its cancellation. Otherwise, she is not canon simply due to not having been designed.
	+ If she fused with Basalt and Cubic Zirconia, they would form Rainbow Lattice Sunstone.
	+ If she fused with Basalt and Sodalite (or Aquamarine and Schorl Tourmaline), they would form a Charoite.
	+ If she fused with Tiger's Eye, they would form an Eye Agate.
* Originally, it was Crazy Lace that saved Basalt from being shattered and helped her through her abuse. However, this was changed some time after it was learned that Pink Diamond, and especially her Quartz soldiers, would definitely be more accepting towards defective Gems.
* If Crazy Lace Agate was made for a different Diamond, she would still eventually meet and befriend Basalt, though possibly in a different manner. Her first Diamond would also affect her personality.
	+ If she were made for White Diamond, she would get trapped with a Crystal Gem Basalt while fighting her directly, and would be even more insecure overall.
	+ If she were made for Blue Diamond, her life and personality would be mostly the same, except she would be passive aggressive and better at hiding her insecurities.
	+ If she were made for Pink Diamond, she would meet Basalt as a rebel, fight her, and then propose a truce with Basalt after getting trapped underground with her. She would also be a lot more free-spirited and confident.

## Gemology

Gemstone information

* Crazy lace agate is a banded chalcedony that has colors normally ranging from pale yellow to dark reddish-brown.
* Some gemstones branded as crazy lace agate are pink, purple, blue, or even just varying shades of gray. For this reason, along with its concentric bands, crazy lace agate is referred to sometimes as "the earth rainbow."
* Agate in general is a zodiacal stone for Gemini and an alternate birthstone for September. It is also a gemstone to be given on the 12th and 14th weddings.
* Possibly due to its often vibrant colors, crazy lace agate is called the "Laughter Stone," or "Happy Lace," and is said to bring positivity in all forms, including joy, love, and even courage.
* Crazy lace agate is associated with the third eye chakra.

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