Nacre (Watchers)

Nacre is a Gem currently residing in The Palace on Mars. Under Howlite's command, she functions as her personal servant, much like a Pearl.

## Appearance

Nacre is the same height as a Pearl, though with a thicker build. Her skin is bone white, and she has a round head, light gray pupil-less eyes, a pointed nose, and thin lips. Her hair is light gray and styled into a fluffy beehive. Her Gemstone is on her left ear.

Nacre wears a light gray leotard with a transparent skirt and gray flats, and a gray choker with White Diamond's insignia on the front. Her face is mostly obscured by a partially transparent veil, with only her mouth being clearly visible.

## Personality

Nacre is so thoroughly brainwashed by Howlite that she effectively lacks any will of her own and behaves like a robot. She is constantly following Howlite, and doesn't respond to anything besides Howlite herself.

Nothing is currently known about Nacre's personality before her brainwashing.

## History

Nacre and her sister Gem were made for a Homeworld elite under Blue Diamond's command, who used them to communicate with her subordinates. Even as Gem technology improved, the Kunzite stubbornly refused to use the new forms of communication, relying entirely on her Nacres. When Earth was starting to be colonized, she took one of her Nacres to Mars with her, in Blue Diamond's outpost, while sending the other to Earth with her subordinates. However, after the Rebellion started, she became paranoid of losing her second Nacre to defection or shattering, and had her brought to be with her sister Nacre and superior on Mars. They would remain on Mars for the rest of the Rebellion and eventually be stranded.

Kunzite attempted to continue using her two servants, but the budding faction taking control had no desire to use the long-obsolete Nacres over more reliable Gem technology, and even tried to convince her to throw them out. The elite became so angry that she staged a coup d'etat against the Martian Loyalists. This coup was doomed from the start, as only a few Gems supported her and they were severely outmatched. Kunzite was bubbled and sent to Howlite for "correction," while the Nacre sisters were kicked out into the wasteland.

For some time, the two Nacres stuck together, fending off rogue Gems through fusion. Eventually, however, their presence began causing problems for the Watchers, and soldiers were sent to capture the twins. While her sister escaped, Nacre was captured. In an eerie coincidence, she was brought to Howlite, who brainwashed her, just as she did with her owner; however, Howlite decided to erase Nacre's individual will, turning her into a Pearl-like servant.

## Abilities

Nacre presumably has standard Gem abilities, such as shapeshifting and regeneration.

### Unique Abilities

* **Two-Way Communicator:** Nacre can be used by other Gems to send and receive messages, but only to and from her sister Gem. Howlite will occasionally use this to attempt to contact the renegade Nacre's allies and determine her location.

## Relationships

### Howlite

Due to her hypnotic suggestion, Nacre is blindly loyal to, and constantly fixated on, Howlite. She remains close behind her new owner no matter what she may be doing. Outside of this, she does nothing, not even speak, without first receiving orders from Howlite.

### Kunzite

As her servant, Nacre respected but was concerned for Kunzite, knowing how obsessed she was over herself and her sister. She came to believe that Gems like her are the reason Howlites exist, especially when Kunzite attempted to stage a coup to shatter Blue Goldstone. After her own brainwashing, Nacre seems to have forgotten that Kunzite was ever her owner.

### Nacre (Renegade)

Prior to her hypnosis, Nacre was very close to her sister Nacre, and the two actively protected each other. Currently, she seems to regularly forget about her sister's existence, only reminded when given orders relating to her.

## Trivia

* The Nacre sisters are among several Mars AU Gems associated with a Major Arcana tarot card; specifically, "The Lovers."
	+ This is due to the close bond and separation of the Nacre sisters.
* If she fused with Howlite and Herkimer Quartz, they would form Alabaster.
	+ While a scenario that would cause such a fusion is unlikely, Nacre, being blindly loyal to her owner, would be willing to fuse if Howlite ordered her to.

## Gemology

Gemstone Information

* Nacre is an organic-inorganic composite substance made of aragonite platelets, natural polymers, and proteins. It is produced naturally by some species of mollusk as the inner layer of their shells.
* Nacre is the main component of true pearls and gives them their luster. Fittingly, a common nickname for nacre is "mother of pearl."
* In pearl cultivation, many pearl "seeds" are tiny beads of nacre.
* Nacre is a surprisingly hard and durable material, leading some scientists to research it in hopes of creating similar substances for practical purposes.
* Nacre itself doesn't seem to be believed to have any metaphysical properties; however, pearls and shells that contain it are.

## Gallery

Nacre's previous designHypothetical fusion dance with Howlite and Herkimer QuartzNacre’s previous gem design.The Nacre sisters' history Illustrated through a movie poster