Smoky Quartz

**Smoky Quartz** is the fusion of Steven and Amethyst and is Steven's first fusion with a Gem. They formed for the very first time in their debut episode, "Earthlings".

## Biography

### First Formation

Smoky was first formed while Amethyst, Steven and Peridot were fighting against Jasper in Beta Kindergarten. Before she was formed, Jasper told Amethyst disheartening things that made her realization that she will never be as strong as her opponent. She expressed her despair to Steven, who reminded her that although they are "both not like anybody", they at least have each other. Amethyst is comforted by Steven's words, and the two embrace, fusing into Smoky Quartz for the first time.

Engaging Jasper, Smoky combining their yo-yo and agility to successfully combat the Homeworld Gem. Refusing to be defeated by another fusion, Jasper rushed over to one of her imprisoned corrupted Gems and fused with her. The Corrupted fusion attempted to attack Smoky, who spun their yo-yo, pushing her back with the powerful winds. The corrupted fusion held her ground and continued to advance. In response, Smoky pulled out two more yo-yos, and by spinning all three, created a tornado that lifts the corrupted fusion into the air where she unfused. Jasper attempted to fuse again with the Gem Monster, telling her that they can defeat Smoky if they stayed together. The tornado subsided and the two fell to the ground. Smoky celebrated their victory as the Gem Monster ran away. They then suddenly stopped, noticing the onset of Jasper's corruption. Feeling disconcerted, the fusion subsequently unfused.

### Being Put to the Test

Steven and Amethyst fused into Smoky Quartz to show Garnet and Pearl. The two Crystal Gems are surprised and overjoyed. As Smoky begins to demonstrate their yo-yo tricks, accidentally destroying parts of the house in the process, Garnet and Pearl fused into Sardonyx. She was excited to meet Smoky, and suggestsedthat they need a bigger "stage" to get to know each other. She then took them to her room in the Crystal Temple, where she hosted her show, *Sardonyx Tonight*. At the start of the show, Sardonyx asked Smoky questions, hoping to learn more about them and their abilities. Smoky replied that they "ain't exactly a deck of cards," not having much to talk about other than their yo-yo. Sardonyx begas the next segment of her show during which she had Smoky perform a series of tests to demonstrate their abilities. Smoky was compared to the other fusions in their tests involving archery, strength, and fire breathing. Smoky performed poorly on each one, and feeling incompetent, began to disparage themself.

Sardonyx became dismayed realizing that she had ruined Smoky's plan to impress Garnet and Pearl, and unfused. Without Sardonyx, the room began to fall apart. Smoky acted quickly, using their yo-yo to grapple out of the room while carrying Garnet and Pearl. As they spilled back into the Beach House, Smoky unfused. Their heroics, however, do not go unacknowledged, as Garnet and Pearl eagerly praised the fusion to their split components and began asking about their earlier fight with Jasper.

### Encountering Lion

One night, Smoky was formed to confront a potential corrupted gem lurking out in the woods while Steven and Amethyst were helping Jenny and Kiki Pizza get to a concert. However they found the mysterious being was just Lion and unfused.

### Taking out a Corrupted Gem

Smoky was then formed again when a corrupted gem emegred from the ground and attacked Steven, Amethyst and Peridot (The latter got eaten by the said corrupted gem). Smoky defeated the monster and freed Peridot.

### Homeworld Fall

When Steven and the poofed Crystal Gems fell from a great height on Homeworld and fell after to try and catch them, he grabs Amethyst's and pleaded with her to reform. His efforts inadvertently caused him to fuse with the gemstone, creating Smoky, who briefly didn't notice what happened at first. After they realized what Steven did, they spot Pearl's gem and unfused to propel Steven towards it.

### Saving the Day

In 2019, when Steven's mistakes led to mayhem, he and Amethyst formed Smoky to fix the mayhem. Smoky prepared their yo-yo and grapplds the end of a malfunctioning plane. They hoped to bring the whole plane down, but failed to do so. Smoky who was reluctant to let any lives be harmed, brought out their second yo-yo which they use to propel into the air. They then use their third yo-yo as a net and catch the plane with it. They made a joke to Snowflake Obsidian and Andy to lighten up their mood, but then asked if both were ok. Smoky got a little moment of relif, only to hear screams from afar. They flew to the sky to spot a malfunctioning roller coaster. Which they raced to however they start to worry about not being fast enough to save the people on the roller coaster on time, which triggered Steven's pink state on the process, and having enough speed to get to the rollercoaster. When they got on the coaster everything is in slow motion. Smoky felt slightly astonished by this. They got all the people off the coaster, and then planned to go save the coaster next, but that's when their power wore out. They accept that things sometimes dont go their way and that's ok.

However Smoky has been inactive since 2020 due to Steven's departure from Beach City to see the world and find himself.

## Appearance

Smoky has a tall, a large, wide build which stems from both Steven and Amethyst's chubby body structure, a dark mauve complexion, dark bushy eyebrows, and peach freckles on their cheeks and shoulders. Their hair reaches to their shoulders and is styled similarly to Amethyst's, and its dark brown color and slight curliness comes from Steven. Their hair often obscures their left eye. Additionally, they have three arms (one right arm and one left arm with two fore-arms stemming from the elbow).

### Gen 1 Outfit

Like Stevonnie, their outfit is a combination of the individual outfits of their components. Smoky Quartz regionally wore a pale mauve version of Amethyst's tank top with a jagged bottom peeking out from underneath Steven's salmon-pink t-shirt with a yellow star, which is now off-shoulder and stretched out, both of which are now midriffs, along with Steven's jeans, which resembled jean shorts, and Amethyst's dark mauve boots and black leggings with mauve stars on the knees.

### Gen 1.5 Outfit

With Amethyst's Gen 4 form, Smoky wore Amethyst's black top with torn holes on the chest over Steven's shirt, their leggings are gone and Steven's sleeves no longer show, their boots were now white, and their jeans were replaced by Amethyst's ripped shorts.

### Gen 2 Outfit

As Steven grow older two year after their previous formation, Smoky currently wears Steven's black shirt under Amethyst's outfit with Steven's pink varsity jacket tied around their waist. Furthermore, Smoky has more of a visible neck.

## Personality

Smoky has a proud, carefree, excited, and happy-go-lucky attitude along with a humorous and relaxed side to their personality with a tendency to make jokes even in the heat of battle. Although their humor can also be rather self-deprecating at times. Additionally, they are extremely confident in battle because of their cooperators' trust in one another, and as a result, they are a moderately stable fusion. However, like most fusions, they can unfuse when under stress or intense emotion. Although they currently are much less down on themself.

## Relationships

### Peridot

Peridot was the first gem to see Smoky. She was very supportive in their fight against Jasper, attempting to use her ferrokinesis to dislodge a piece of scrap metal to help them defeat Jasper. She also cheered Smoky on, laughed when they hit Jasper with their yo-yo, and wished to make a giant yo-yo "meep morp" in their honor. Smoky would later rescue Peridot from the Flower Monster, but unfused shortly after.

### Pearl and Garnet

Garnet and Pearl were both shocked and excited when they first met Smoky Quartz. After they unfused, they eagerly asked Amethyst and Steven questions about the elements of their fusion they had chosen to demonstrate, such as the attributes of the yo-yo weapon/"toy".

### Sardonyx

When Steven and Amethyst fused to show Garnet and Pearl the latter ended up fusing into Sardonyx. Sardonyx led them into a show in a room, made only when Sardonyx exists. In the show, Sardonyx tried to find something other than the yo-yo that Smoky Quartz could utilize, but unbeknownst to her, this caused Smoky to become nervous and upset. Once Smoky started to insult themself harshly after failing the third test, Sardonyx realized what she had done and unfuses.

## Abilities

Smoky possess standard Gem abilities with bubbling, shapeshifting, fusion, regeneration, agelessness, and superhuman strength/durability.

### Skillset

* **Yo-yo Proficiency**: Smoky can transform Steven's shield and Amethyst's whip into a grayish-browm crystalline yo-yo. They can use this to swing from and to different platforms as well as to attack opponents and wrap it around objects. Smoky Quartz can use up to three yo-yos at once (one for each arm). It is a surprisingly versatile weapon, being a useful close range weapon and capable of extending over long distances for ranged attacks.
	+ **Yo-yo Rotation**: Smoky can spin around rapidly with their yo-yo outstretched in order to attack foes.
	+ **Yo-yo Grapple**: Smoky can use their yo-yo to grapple onto an object, which they can then swing to or from.
	+ **Yo-yo Squeeze**: Much like Amethyst with her whip, Smoky can wrap their yo-yo around an entity or object and tighten its string to compress and object or inflict harm.
	+ **Yo-yo Net**: Smoky can maneuver their yo-yo strings into a strong and durable net able to hold a bi-plane,.
	+ **Yo-yo Spin**: Smoky is capable of spinning their yo-yo(s) with enough speed to create a wind strong enough to push heavy objects or other Gems, such as in their fight against Jasper.
	+ **Yo-Yo Whirlwind**: When spinning all three of their yo-yos, Smoky can generate a strong enough wind to create a tornado capable of lifting large Gems such as the fusion Zebra Jasper into the air.
	+ **Yo-yo Flight**: Smoky can use their yo-yo like a helicopter blade to fly and hover.
	+ **Spin Dash**: Smoky, much like Amethyst, can rapidly roll into a ball-like shape to dash forwards.

### Unique Abilites

* **Speed of Descent Regulation**: Smoky is shown to be able to land softly from a great height. In some scenes, it seems that the yo-yo assists in helping to glide across distances.
* **Rapid Spin**: Smoky is shown to be able to spin like a top, using their momentum to knock enemies back before delivering another blow with their yo-yo.
* **Pink State**: Smoky can enter Steven's powered-up pink state when under stress. This takes complete control of Smoky's form, turning their entire bodies, including their gemstones, pink. Not much is known about the nature of this transformation, although it bears a strong resemblance to White Diamond's ability to exert herself over other Gems, causing them to become an extension of her, with the gemstones changing color to match such.
	+ **Hyper Speed-Up**: When in the Pink form, Smoky can move astoundingly fast, with heightened reaction speed to match, to the point that they see everything else moving in very slow motion.

## Gemstones

Smoky's Amethyst is located on their chest, it features a hexagonal facet. It is a tetradecahedron, specifically a truncated hexagonal dipyramid. Her Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz is located on their navel. It features a pentagonal facet. It is a dodecahedron, specifically a truncated pentagonal dipyramid.

## Trivia

* Smoky Quartz was Steven's first fusion with a Gem.
* Smoky Quartz is the first fusion seen on the show that has three arms, and the first Gem seen to have an odd number of arms.
* When Steven and Amethyst unfuse, they phase apart. Amethyst's form converts to light, while Steven retains his organic form and simply splits away from Amethyst. Their voices also overlap.
* Smoky Quartz's yo-yo is the first summoned weapon to not be medieval-themed.
* Smoky Quartz also has the fewest number of arms out of all Amethyst's fusions to date.
* As Smoky Quartz was formed, a smoke mushroom cloud appeared, similar to Sugilite's dragon and Sardonyx's stage curtain.
* The yo-yo shares a theme - being unconventional as weapons - with the weapons of other fusions between Steven and the Crystal Gems: Rainbow Quartz 2.0's parasol, Sunstone’s suction cups, and arguably Obsidian’s sword, as only the hilt is summoned directly.
* Smoky Quartz's yo-yo tricks were based on yo-yo master Tom Black's tricks from Cirque du Soleil.
* Smoky Quartz is the only fusion involving Amethyst that doesn't have long hair. However, Smoky's hair is wild and messy, like Sugilite and Alexandrite.
* Smoky Quartz is considered an efficient gemstone for cleansing and healing, and it is believed to ward off negativity; all are traits true to Smoky's character, as many of Steven and Amethyst's doubts and insecurities are negated, or at least suppressed, when fused together.
* Michaela Dietz pointed out that Smoky Quartz's first appearance was born out of a low point for Steven and Amethyst. They bonded over both not being good enough–being the worst. So Smoky represented them reaching for each other's help, and being willing to do that when they need to.
* An early sketch of Smoky Quartz shows them with them having two right arms instead of left arms, they did not have a torn top, and they were slimmer.