[h1][center][color=00aeef]Cavan[/color][/center][/h1] [hr] [color=salmon]"Cavan, Marry. What brings you to this Kindergarten? I presume your not here for a lovely stroll."[/color] Tugtupite's words brought an entire host of unwelcome emotions that only added to the maelstrom of emotions swirling inside him that he was picking up from the other gems. Before Cavan could speak, Marry cut in. [color=8dc73f]"You're from homeworld? Are you trying to kill these newborns?"[/color] Marry said, raising her voice for all to hear. [color=8dc73f]"Those diamond monsters will shatter any newborn here that doesn't follow their exact role! All in a stagnant society that never changes!"[/color] Marry continued, holding one of her arms in front of her. Cavan assumed she was ready to take offensive action, however he hadn't deemed it necessary. Yet. [color=8dc73f]"But I bet you've never had a thought of your own in your life. Or saw innocent gems being shattered just to make geoweapons."[/color] [center][h3][color=Green]SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU JUST BE QUIET!![/color][/h3] [/center] A Newborn Seraphinite burst out, demanding attention. Her words certainly drew focus, however the wings that burst from her back, accompanied by a large flash of green light, were probably the real show stoppers. [color=Green]”Who are you to tell me what to do? I don’t know anything about this ‘Homeworld’ place that you’re talking about, or these Diamonds, or Earth, or any of it?!?! All I know is that everything is loud, and terrifying, and that you’re by far the loudest, most irritating thing here, and that’s reason enough for me to tell you to butt out and leave me alone.”[/color] As she continued on in her speech and the emotions of the other gems flooded into Cavan's mind, a scream began to build deep within his chest. It rose in intensity and force the longer the Newborn stumbled on. Cavan loved that she wanted to be free to make her own choice, however her inconvenience and inappropriate timing during such a crucial confrontation was nothing short of loathsome to Cavan. As she continued on, Cavan's temper, fed by the emotional whirlwind he was experience, burst forward in a powerful display. [center][color=00aeef][i][b][h1]"You will be silent."[/h1][/b][/i][/color][/center] Dazzling royal blue light emanated softly from Cavan's gem in his throat as his voice took on an eerie crystalline quality, sweeping through the cavern like a physical shockwave. The volume of his voice wasn't magnificent, however the deep, primal feeling to heed his words that it evoked more than compensated for that. Each gem in the room fell silent, heeding the actions of the Cavansite gem. There was a long moment of silence in the cavern as the echoes of his voice bounced off of the walls, slowly fading into the passages that led away from the group. Cavan was a high ranking Homeworld officer before he became a Rebellion gem, but in each position he was accustomed to people heeding him. Disrespect and clamor were things he had not had the displeasure of experiencing for years, and he didn't approve of it. Finally, Cavan turned his focus towards Tugtupite. [color=00aeef]"Enough ill-disguised pleasantries. We all know why we're here and what we have to do."[/color] While his voice had lost the crystalline quality signature of his persuasion powers, his tone and gaze were like steel. Despite his mediocre stature, his presence was notable to all in the cavern. [color=00aeef]"Let's not make this any more distasteful than it has to be, Tug."[/color]