Lapis Lazuli

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> > In the first war, I was on the side of Homeworld of course but in the confusion I was... reduced to my gem and when the dust settled my people thought I was a Crystal Gem. They trapped me in a mirror and tried to get me to say intel about the Crystal Gems, intel I didn't even know. Then for a long time I was forgotten until Steven let me out. My freedom was short-lived as I forced myself to keep a fusion with another... bad gem to trap her at the bottom of Earth's ocean.
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> > -Lapis, to Berig Mercer explaining some of her past
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Lapis Lazuli is a powerful gem terraformer affiliated with the Crystal Gems. Initially living in Aetherflow as a recluse, she's now more open to seeing the world and other individuals.

## Lapis Lazuli

### Relatives

* Wong Fei-Hung (Friend)
* Dick Gumshoe (Friend)
* John Rambo (Friend)
* Razor (Friend)

### Affiliation

* Crystal Gems (Member)
* Wong Fei-Hung (Student)

## Overview

* Status
* Quotes

*Alive: Imprisoned by AEGIS.*

*W.I.P.*

## History

### *Background*

Lapis Lazuli was born on Homeworld over five thousand years in the past, as she was a Lapis, her designation was to terraform planets as the Diamonds saw fit. There was nothing that would set her apart from others like her as typically there wasn't a lot to differentiate between gems of the same type in terms of status. However, when Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond and the Rebellion began, things went downhill.

She was caught in the middle of a conflict between Homeworld forces and Rose Quartz's Rebellion and was reduced to her gem in the battle. Lapis' gem was found by a Homeworld gem where she was mistaken to be a Crystal Gem, a rebel. She was placed inside of a mirror that's supposed to show information a gem knows. They kept asking her questions related to the Crystal Gems, though she had no answers.

The mirror was left when the Diamonds ordered an evacuation of Earth, her gem getting stepped on in the chaos which left it cracked. No effort was made to retrieve the mirror as it was all but forgotten. Eventually, the mirror was found by Rose Quartz's renegade Pearl and was simply another artifact collected.

#### Freedom from the Mirror

A few thousand years had passed since this point and Lapis was still trapped inside the mirror. The rebellion was reduced to a Pearl, a fusion known as Garnet, an Amethyst and the son of Rose Quartz: Steven Universe. Originally Pearl gave the mirror to Steven as an educational tool about gem history, but the mirror was deemed broken by her and Steven played with it anyway. Steven quickly found that the mirror would make 'recordings' of things it say, and this was Lapis' way of communicating with the boy.

She seemingly befriended Steven, using the sentences spoke in the presence of the mirror to piece together her own. When Steven showed the Crystal Gems of his discovery that the mirror might not be broken after all, they tried to take it. Lapis signed her disapproval of this, causing Steven to run with the mirror away from the gems. When Steven inquired Lapis as to what was he supposed to do, she instructed him to remove her from the mirror. He did as such, Lapis narrowly avoiding the clutches of the Gems as she fled to the sea.

Lapis was dead-set on getting back to Homeworld thereafter, not long after she went into the sea, she began to make a tower composed of the Earth's ocean. The goal she had in mind was to try and attempt to stretch it far enough to reach Homeworld again. The Crystal Gems went to go and stop her from taking the ocean, ending up having to fight hydro-copies of themselves. Lapis allows Steven to the top of her tower where she explains why she is doing what she is doing. She also explains that her gem being cracked inhibits her from being able to travel home. Steven then successfully heals her gem where she flies into space, giving Steven one last goodbye before then.

#### Steven Universe: Future

Many things have happened in between this time period and the point where Lapis is released from the mirror. In that timeframe she has been imprisoned on a ship, forced to keep an unstable fusion, and had to learn to respect and appreciate life on Earth. Lapis was able to call herself a Crystal Gem, and would even call Earth her home and the Crystal Gems her family. She was very appreciative that Steven established peace across the galaxy, allowing her to find a new calling in a new settlement called 'Little Homeworld'. Lapis found that she loved making art and taught the sculpturing class for Little Homeschool. Few things went wrong save for two rogue gems, Lapises like her.

### Aetherflow

Lapis was very distraught that everything she loved and cared for was ripped away when she was brought to the world of Aetherflow, so her initial appearance was followed by a temper tantrum in the Oceania continent. She was scaring civilians left and right, though she didn't seriously hurt anyone. Lapis did however mess up a lot of structures surrounding the area. Her tantrum was stopped when Berig Mercer stepped in and brought combat to her until she calmed down. From this incident, she saw herself as a danger to others and went off find seclusion.

She first selected a remote jungle in South America to spend her days as there was no near towns anywhere in this place she had selected. Lapis' privacy was short-lived when an individual named 'Revenant' appeared, ruining her sense of isolation. Their interaction was not long at all but it did make Lapis realize that remote locations on Earth were not remote enough. Lapis stole a suburban home, caked it with ice, and flew it up to the moon where she sat it deep in a crater.

This new location for her to live had everything she was looking for in a home, though it wasn't her true desire to be alone, it was a duty she brought upon herself. She was able to live in peace for awhile until a man found her on the moon, they conversed for a short time. Not long after the interaction ended, Lapis decided to return to Earth and end her period of avoiding humanity.

## Powers

* **Water Manipulation -** Lapis can manipulate water to her will in a near-endless amount of ways.

* **Ice Manipulation -** Water manipulated by Lapis can be frozen into extremely durable ice, and often times can shape it to be razor sharp.

* **True Flight -** Her wings of water do not follow the rules of conventional flight in which air would be required to fly, instead she can move freely with her wings with or without oxygen or other gases. As such, she can freely move in space.

* **Avatar of Water -** Lapis can surround herself with a great volume of water to make an avatar with her likeness, the size varies but it can easily be over one hundred feet tall.

* **Resistance to Emotion Manipulation -** As revealed in the past, Lapis Lazuli was able to resist Blue Diamond's ability to make others sad, and thus has a degree of resistance to emotional manipulation.

* **Longevity -** Gems do not die from old age unlike other lifeforms, thus if she is not killed another way she'll live forever.

* **Hydro-Duplication -** Lapis can make perfect copies of opponents that often time pack a mean punch, whether or not this hydro-copies are weaker or stronger than whatever they are copying depends solely on what they are copying.

## Abilities

* **Martial Arts**
	+ **The First Drunken Style -** Taught to her by her master, Wong Bei-Fung, it is one of the Eight Drunken Styles. It is said she is close to mastering this first style.