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What sort of deviant engineer would give such a large golem the voice of a female child? Ier-Briar wasn’t exactly sure, but he decided to mark it up as the fetish of that golem’s creator. Mariam Machina was a similarly feminine name, even though there really wasn’t anything else that was ‘girlish’ about that. Waving off her suggestions of him being one of those mechanical imitations of humans, Ier-Briar replied, tapping his armored hand against his breastplate, [b]“Not an android, Mariam, but a Gemstone, a being made out of crystals, with full control of their body. Though, admittedly, I’m still working on the control part.”[/b]

Soon, however, another interesting thing was revealed. The headmaster of the school was a gemstone. An odd one that voluntarily confined himself to the form of a mere stone, but still, Ier-Briar could tell, instinctually, that the Headmaster was a much older being than himself, even if the heavily armored child counted the centuries it took him to properly develop. He wasn’t exactly sure why the speech had been so eccentric and crazy, but there was probably a reason for his madness. A weird reason that he didn’t know of, but still a reason.

As more announcements shot by and brochures and dorms were mentioned, the Gemstone face Mariam once more and asked,[b] “Guess they’ve set up a special building for you to rest in then?”[/b]
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[center]Mariam Machina[/center]
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[b]"Gemstone? Huh, you must be from Lucis."[/b] Machina had Biggy scan the Gemstone, and sure enough, despite looking like a flesh-and-blood human the kid was made from precious gemstones. A lot of them, with corresponding weight and hardness, which would explain why he wasn't knocked over when Biggy stepped into him. His existence was certainly interesting; his worth would be well over any measurable amount if his entire body was made of gems. The mere fact that he was a living gemstone would put quite a price for him. Machina wondered if people of Lucis kept Gemstone like him as signs of wealth, like conventional jewelry.

The gemstone asked Mariam if she had a place to rest. Tilting her (And in turn Biggy's) head to the side, she gave him a slightly confused look. At least she did, Biggy's face didn't show any real emotions. [b]"I suppose I'll be in the dorms. I was never told that I need to go anywhere in particular.... But I guess they would need a place to store Biggy, since he's so big and heavy. Would they have a place for you too? I mean, you're at least as heavy as I am, but you have all your weight focused around your feet. I'm quite surprised that you haven't fallen to the basement yet. I can't imagine either of us having the second floor, that's for certain."[/b]