[h2]Chromite[/h2]

As Bloodstone signaled for her to come out, Chromite did as instructed.  Unusually for her, Chromite stood next to Blodstone instead of slightly behind him as as knight would, just in case this should happen to get bad.  She kept a close eye on the small gems who had decided to join the two of them as she came out, she did not touch them but would attempt to sort of herd them with the bottom of her lance if it looked like they were wandering towards danger.  Unfortunately for her she couldn't put her lance anywhere because, unlike her shield, it was not a summoned item and couldn't be drawn back to her if she left it.  Chromite would just have to do her best to look non-threatening, which was slightly difficult to do while covered in armor and holding a weapon.  At least her expression was as blank as always, slightly stern but not aggressive.  She gave a nod to Bloodstone, which was her way of letting him know she'd be ready to begin defensive maneuvers if she rebel gems tried to fight him.

[h2]Spinel[/h2]  

Spinel had gotten a good handle on the situation at this point, observing from her safe vantage point while seemingly attracting no notice at all.  It seemed that every individual in the area was converging around the blue gem who had contacted her earlier.  She, as well as the red gem who had just introduced himself, seemed like a leader, and something about that drew Spinel to them.  She moved out of her hole and tried to climb back down so that she could hear the conversation more easily and possibly ask some questions.  However, she had more difficulty climbing back down than she did getting into the hole in the wall.  She was lucky enough to be near a slanted rock when she lost her grip, and quickly tumbled down into the canyon floor, mostly unharmed.