Ribby

### Alignment

Own alignment, doesn’t generally oppose anyone, but does very much fear homeworld.

## Personal Status

### Friend(s)

Pyrope; Seraphinite (Specifically Emerald); Eisenkiesel; Several Amethysts and a few Peridots.

## Media

### Voice Actor

Most likely Charlyne YiShe has a childlike quality to her voice, at a higher pitch, but with a calmer tone.

### Roleplayer

Amber&Onyx

Ribby is a very unusual, very intelligent Ruby, who fled from Homeworld and ended up on Earth, where she sometimes resides.

## Appearance

Ribby has the build of an average Ruby, and is of about average height as well. Her skin is blush red. Her hair is dark currant red and cubic as most Rubies' hair is, but smaller and fluffier than normal. Her eyes are wide and circular, she has a small rounded nose, and her mouth often appears feline and upturned. Her most distinctive trait is her ribbon, which is scarlet in colour and is located on the top and left side of her head as if tying her hair back, with the bow of the ribbon on the top and front left side of her head, her gem in place of the bowknot. Her outfit is similar to an average Ruby guards, but with a different symbol, and what appears to be a black undershirt that is only visible at the bottom of her v-neck collar. Her top is a sleeveless, reddish-magenta v-neck. It has a thick carmine red x shape on the front, the top of the x aligned with her v-collar, and the bottom of the x ending on either end of the bottom like suspenders. She has mahogany shorts and short boots. She also has wrist or half-length gloves the same colour as the base colour of her top.

## Personality

Ribby possesses a protective but self-preserving nature. She will defend what she cares about, but she can crack under pressure, fearing her own demise and doing what she can to avoid it. Despite her low rank and commonality, she views herself as an individual and one of a kind. She does not believe herself to be disposable, but rather, to be significantly important. Unlike a majority of Rubies, she is driven primarily through logic and strategy when it comes to a majority of things. She's also very lonely due to alienation and ridicule she faced in her past, and values her friends above most anything else. She's also naturally beneficent and eager to help people, as she knows her intelligence makes her exponentially more useful than someone with less common sense. She also holds a selective confidence, being often anxious, but when believing things will work in her favour, being confident in her abilities. Her logical and pragmatic nature makes her a decent leader. She's also very friendly, but is a decent judge of character, and can discern when someone is more or less trustworthy. She's inventive as well, able to deduce how things will function under different applications in such a way to create a solution to a problem. She's not very good with some jokes, and doesn't always catch puns.

## History

She started as an average Ruby guard, but from the start, tended to catch on to things far more quickly than her companions. She was efficient on her own, but her intellect made it hard for her to fuse with other Rubies. She was, as a result, alienated by the other Rubies. She ended up resonating better with the Amethysts on Homeworld. While they didn’t match her intelligence, they didn’t care that she was smart or anything, if anything, they just playfully teased her about it. She occasionally got along with Peridots as well, as her intellect was, to some, endearing, respectable or impressive. Not all Peridots were particularly fond of her, however. One day, she tried to help a Peridot, a higher ranking gem, fix something. Being able to fix this when the Peridot- an intelligent gem by nature *built* for technical work- couldn’t, embarrassed said Peridot. She reported the Ruby as out of line. Ribby was apprehended and imprisoned for insubordination. When they imprisoned her, however, they didn't account for a highly intelligent Ruby and set minimal or faulty security measures as a result. Ribby subsequently managed to discern the faults in the security measure and used this to her advantage to escape. After this, with the help of some Amethyst friends and some higher ranking gems of varying degrees of willingness- most notably a rather apprehensive Pyrope, who accompanied as her ship was used as a getaway spacecraft. Ribby consequently ended up travelling with Pyrope for an extensive period of time. The Pyrope, although present there, rarely interacted with Ribby at first, keeping to herself. The standoffishness put Ribby in a position of re-living the feelings of alienation she had on Homeworld— feeling lonely when not alone, which ended up being a feeling she couldn’t stand. So, over a period several years, perhaps centuries, she would orchestrate heists and raids to steal and scavenge gem tech. After many, many failed prototypes, and a few explosions, she eventually ended up creating what was, in essence, a gem AI, with a semi-physical (holographic) form, just so she could have a friend. This 'AI' was called Eisenkiesel. At some point, she decided it didn’t feel right not trying to get Eisenkiesel an actual gem to inhabit, but it was an issue she is yet unable to remedy independently.

While they spent several centuries travelling together, their journey wasn't as smooth as it could've been. Many times, Pyrope attempted to abandon Ribbyon whichever planet they were currently on, but returned every time. One of these planets was Earth itself. On Earth, when accidentally coming across the barn, and mistaking Peridot and Lapis for Homeworld gems, Ribby panicked and fled, only to eventually encounter the Crystal Gems on the beach. At first, she kept hidden and watched them. Upon figuring out that these other gems were *against* Homeworld, she got a bit overexcited and got their attention a bit too abruptly. This sent the three gems- Steven initially being absent- into a state of mild stress and put everyone on edge, as her arrival was a bit too soon after the Navy incident. Oddly, Garnet was the least aggressive towards her. Ribby tried to explain how she believed she'd seen some Homeworld gems relatively nearby. The Crystal Gems were unsure if she was trustworthy, so Ribby offered to *politely* stand back near where she'd been hiding to give them a bit of space when they had to discuss the matter amongst themselves. Whilst Amethyst and Pearl were reasonably apprehensive about *another* Ruby suddenly arriving and trying to be suddenly friendly, Garnet did have a bit more faith in this particular one, considering she had been staying off to the side, and not even trying to listen in. After a bit of back and forth, they concluded that she could be trusted, and followed her to the barn. Naturally, there was quite a misunderstanding upon arrival. Although it clarified that Ribby thinking there were Homeworld gems there was a misunderstanding in and of itself, a second misunderstanding arose when it came to Lapis and Peridot seeing Ribby, and Lapis acting on fighting instinct. When the situation was diffused, and the misunderstanding cleared up, Ribby promptly apologised for the inconvenience and attempted to leave.

Though she tried to keep to herself, she did end up returning to ask others for a bit of help, when Pyrope had yet to return. With the help of the Crystal Gems, she was able to track the location of Pyrope's ship. After a particular confrontation with a pair of Gems there to retrieve Ribby, Ribby and Pyrope managing to take them on mostly by themselves, Ribby and Pyrope were reunited.

## Abilities

Ribby possesses the common abilities of most gems, such as shapeshifting, fusion, retreating to her gem and regenerating, and summoning a weapon.

* **Pyrokinesis:** As with most Rubies, Ribby possesses the ability to generate and manipulate fire.
* **Enhanced Jumping Ability:** Ribby can spring forward a further distance than a normal Ruby most likely would be able to.

### Fusions

* When fused with Pyrope, they form Augite.

### Skillset

* **Battle Skill:** As Ribby was built for fighting and guarding, she is proficient in such.
* **Intelligence:** Ribby possesses a great level of intellect unusual for a Ruby. She displays critical and logical thinking skills, rational and creative problem-solving skills, and a wide range of knowledge, as well as basic common sense, which is a rarity in this world.
	+ **Mental Speed:** Her combat ability is heightened by the combination of her intelligence and quick processing speed, which reduces the complication of becoming idle to think.
* **Engineering:** Ribby possesses the skills and knowledge necessary to build, modify and improvise mechanical and technological devices out of scrap tech.
* **Piloting:** Ribby possesses the ability to pilot Gem Ships.

## Relationships

### Pyrope

Pyrope has a history of being apathetic and even rude towards Ribby, and of leaving her behind with plans to abandon her completely. However, Pyrope lacks the nerve to dare ever abandon Ribby, and is excessively protective of her. Pyrope has mellowed out over time, and has ceased to be so dismissive of Ribby, being much friendlier and getting along much better. Though she's still known for tormenting and teasing, she's far more supportive. Ribby personally admires Pyrope's strength and power, but is not too naïve that she allows Pyrope to push her around. If Pyrope is getting rude, Ribby knows when to anchor down and draw a line when things get too heated. Since she refuses to be pushed around, her respect for Pyrope and the admiration of her power do not become idolisation, and balance out the relationship to make it more healthy. Despite this, sometimes Ribby may put too much faith in her.