Roseate Pearl

Roseate Pearl is an independent Gem residing in the Garden on Mars. She was, and technically still is, Morganite's Pearl.

## Appearance

Roseate Pearl is a typical Pearl in stature and build; her skin is pink, with coral pink hair and red eyes. Her Gemstone is on the back of her neck.

Roseate Pearl's hair is neatly kept, and pulled back into a heart-shaped bun. She wears a red bodysuit with a pink diamond on the front, white stockings, maroon slippers, and a maroon belt. Her shoulders have transparent pink sleeves over the sleeves of her bodysuit.

## Personality

Roseate Pearl behaves in a robotic fashion, always having a smile on her face despite how she may actually be feeling. She copes with her lack of ownership by treating nearby Gems as her owners, treating requests and suggestions as if they were orders. Her demeanor and behaviors are a direct result of her being Rejuvenated hundreds of times, which damaged her personality settings to leave only her base "programming."

## History

Roseate Pearl was made for an unknown elite during Era 1, showing fondness and loyalty towards her owner typical among Gems of her type. Unfortunately, she would be left ownerless after the elite was shattered in a terraforming accident. The traumatized Pearl was taken back to the Reef, where she was Rejuvenated to reset her ownership, then given to another elite. This owner met a similar fate, and she once again was Rejuvenated and passed on to a new owner.

Over the next few millennia, Roseate would be passed around to hundreds of Gems, all of which were shattered while owning her. Some were broken in accidents, much like her first owner. Others were arrested and executed for crimes against the Authority. Each time, her memory was wiped and she was given to another owner who was blissfully unaware of the Pearl's past or her previous owner's fate; however, among the Gems that knew of her past, she became known as "the cursed Pearl."

During one of Roseate's Rejuvenations, Morganite came to the Reef, and subsequently became her new owner. By this point, Roseate Pearl's personality settings had been damaged by all the Rejuvenations, leaving her in an almost robotic state. Consequently, she remained completely subservient no matter what Morganite did to her, much to the Beryl's delight.

Shortly after receiving her new Pearl, Morganite was transferred to Mars to aid in its conversion into an outpost. There, while Roseate continued to suffer from her owner's abuse, her life was mostly uneventful for a millennium. This changed when Pink Zirconia arrived on Mars, being welcomed into Pink Diamond's outpost by Morganite herself. The Zirconia was appalled by Morganite's behavior and promptly bubbled her, with the intent to never release her. Roseate Pearl was devastated, and Pink Zirconia took pity on the servant, allowing the now-ownerless Pearl to stay within the outpost to this day.

## Abilities

As an Era 1 Gem, Roseate Pearl has standard Gem abilities.

### Natural Abilities

* **Item Summon:** As a Pearl, Roseate Pearl can easily store objects in her Gemstone and pull them back out later.
* **Photokinesis:** Roseate Pearl can project light from her Gemstone, illuminating her surroundings.

### Unique Abilities

* **Holographic Projection:** An ability typical of her Gem type, Roseate Pearl can project holograms from her Gemstone.

## Relationships

### Lavender Pearl

Despite them both being Pearls, Roseate finds it difficult to relate to Lavender Pearl. Specifically, she struggles to understand why "Lav" acts on her own free will, as opposed to being completely subservient to her owner.

### Morganite

Roseate Pearl was distraught upon being separated from Morganite, remaining blindly loyal to her owner to this day. Even though she is fully aware that she will likely never see Morganite again, she can often be seen standing outside the room that her bubble is kept in, as if waiting for her.

### Pink Zirconia

Roseate Pearl views Pink Zirconia as the new overseer, rather than something else entirely, and does not acknowledge the existence of her court. She is terrified of the Zirconia, but does not express this fear.

## Trivia

* Roseate Pearl has technically existed as a character since early 2019; however, she did not truly exist within the Mars AU until the addition of Morganite.
	+ Before her addition to the Mars AU, her creator considered adding her to the Mars AU as a cave rock or as a hypothetical fusion between Peacock Pearl and Pink Pearl.
* Roseate Pearl gets her name and "curse" from an urban legend regarding a cursed pearl of the same name (see Gemology).

## Gemology

Gemstone Information

* The Roseate Pearl is said to have been a cursed pearl found off the coast of Broome, Australia; however, its existence will probably never be confirmed.
	+ The pearl is often described as having been particularly large and high-quality, and was presumably some shade of pink based on its name.
	+ According to legend, the pearl was already connected to the untimely deaths of at least ten people, seven of which had direct ownership of the pearl, before being purchased by its final owner in early 1912.
	+ The last person to own the pearl brought it with him when he boarded the ill-fated SS Koombana. When the ship was lost at sea on the 20th of March, 1912, all 76 passengers and 74 crew members were presumably killed, including the Roseate Pearl's owner.
	+ The existence of the Roseate Pearl will never be known; if it was real, it was lost forever along with the SS Koombana.
* A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Pearls are composed of the same substance as the shell of the mollusk that created them, deposited in concentric layers.
* In order to be considered a true pearl, a pearl needs to contain a substance called nacre. Nacre gives pearls the luster they are known for. However, non-nacreous "pearls" are still referred to as pearls for convenience, and can still be valuable.
* Pearls are relatively soft, with a hardness between 2.5 to 4.5 on the Mohs hardness scale. However, they are extremely compact, which makes them durable and resistant to being crushed.
* As organic gemstones, pearls belong to the same group as ammolite, coral, ivory, jet and amber. These are all formed as a result of biological processes.
* Pearls are traditionally given on the third and thirteenth anniversaries. It is the official birthstone for the month of June, a birthstone for Gemini and Cancer, and the national gemstone of the Philippines.
* Pearls were historically considered the "queen" of gemstones, with diamonds serving as their "king."
	+ Coincidentally or not, pearls and diamonds are also two gemstones that commonly have curses associated with them.
* Pearls are believed to represent femininity, purity, love, loyalty, and fertility. They are also often believed to bring wealth and encourage good health.
	+ Despite this, a superstition exists that pearls represent tears, and will curse one's romance if given as a gift or worn by a bride on her wedding day, bringing sadness.

## Gallery

Roseate Pearl's full reference imageRoseate Pearl's oldest designRoseate Pearl's second design