[h2]Candice Ghoste[/h2]

Candice quickly took out the empty bullet cartridge just as Chromite appeared, and she looked to her when she spoke up. She narrowed her eyes at the gem, recognizing her as one of Bloodstone's lackeys. She retorted as she pulled out a grenade (one of many other hidden weapons on her person), and pulled out a pin, coldly and with some bitter sarcasm of her own, "Well, it's a good thing that's not exactly what I am aiming for," She threw the grenade at the coming cluster and corrupted gem monsters, and ducked before the grenade exploded after landing near or on the targeted enemies. The sound of the explosion was nothing new to her ears as she reloaded her gun again, and she fired at the gem monsters and cluster once again. If they got too close, she moved away and dodged their attacks as necessary (even pulling Chromite out of the way if the gem was too slow). 

[h2][color=darkred]Carnelian[/color][/h2]

Carnelian crossed her arms at Bloodstone's already hasty answer, and she said nothing in response to his answer. She looked to the two newcomer gems, and her expression softened. She greeted them as she walked up to them, "[color=darkred]Why, hello Dahlings! I am Carnelian,[/color]" Her expression grew grim as she continued, "[color=darkred]I apologize, but this isn't exactly the best time...I'm afraid we have an issue of our own on our hands as of now,[/color]"
She looked to see that Bloodstone had returned and at the mention of the human girl, Candice (who Carnelian figured was the girl she saw before) her eyebrows rose. She looked to Mars, and she asked, "[color=darkred]Dahling, isn't Candice your dear friend?[/color]" She then grabbed an earpiece and said "[color=darkred]We better hurry then,[/color]"