<|> The Dark Crystal - RP <|> // Latest Update: 1/11 //

Okay so when the TBT Fire Fest started, I made my story, entered it, blah blah blah. But... I felt so good letting my creativity come through. I used to be in tons of RPs/RPGs on a different site years and years ago (3-5 years ago I think? LOL) and I've written a crapton of random stories, essays, etc. So.... why not make a chapter story, that lasts on forever? Well.... I thought maybe I could create an RP on here, since they seem to do pretty well, and also maybe use some of your ideas or things that happen in the RP in my story. Once I get book one or a few chapters done, I'll post in the Museum. Maybe your character will appear in my story?! Who knows. All I know is, I need inspiration from you! So...... here goes...

Once upon a time... there lived a boy. He hated his life. He had no friends, a huge family that all got annoyed by him and grew to not love him, and the neighbor girl, his dream-bae, said "No" when he asked her. His life was over...
One day he goes with his grandpa to his grandpa's pawn shop in a small town. When he gets there, he helps him out and stuff. Well, a lady comes in with a briefcase. In the briefcase? She opens it in front of the old man, and reveals a sparkly purple gem. It's a crystal. A perfectly shaped dark-purple crystal, that seemed to glow and beat rhythmically like heart. So, the boy seen it and thought it was worth a ton. I mean, who wouldn't?! The lady explained it was another artifact she found, and she wanted her "hearts" back NOW. The boy was confused, but continued eaves dropping. Apparently, the crystal takes you to another realm, a realm of gemstones, and that there you live forever. The old man snatched the crystal and threw a box covered in runes and ancient designs at the lady. She took it and with an evil grin, shoved it in her bag and walked out in confident, happy strides.
The boy wanted happiness, so, logically, he took the gem. First though, he knocked out his grandpa with an old cast iron frying pan. Then, he took he crystal, and he looked at it. Remembering the lady's words... "In order to go into the realm of the Dark Crystal, you need to create a portal. Any mirror will work, just touch it to the mirror and recite 'O crystal of power, your darkness transcends light. May you open a portal and fill it with light. Attach a gem to thy soul, and give magic to thee name; once you see, you shall never be the same.' So, remembering the words carefully, he recited them in a big antique mirror, and shoved the purple crystal in it. It made a thump noise, and nothing happened. Then, before he could blink, he awoke in the middle of a forest in front of the same antique mirror. He turned around, and looking in the mirror, he noticed he had something odd in his hands.... instead of the dark crystal, was a large and glowing emerald. It was cut to perfection; its edges sparkled as the light filtered through the forest's leaves. He felt it... and felt magic flow in his veins! It was powerful! Strong. Magical. He closed his eyes, and broke the invisible veil that connected him to the gem's magic, and with a single though, he poofed a magnificent castle. He ran through the timber, and at the edge where it bordered a field, and in the field on the edge of a lake, was the castle. It was made entirely of emerald, and shone brilliantly. Going inside, he declared himself king of the Dark Crystal realm. And, he lived happily by himself... The End.

LOLOL you think that's it? Nope. It can't be. First, you need to know how the gems work, and how the realm works too. Once you use the spell on a mirror, it becomes a portal to the realm. But, the crystal can't go through the portal, so it's still inside the pawn shop, and portals will close within a few minutes of being opened. That should explain the realm.
Now onto the gems... when you enter the realm, it transfers your soul and personality into a gemstone. The gem is usually a reflection on the person. It usually signifies a person's issues and things they need to overcome to become true to themselves too. The gem also houses their soul, quite literally. If the gem is destroyed, the person dies. If the person dies, the magic in the gem is lost, and it crumbles to dust. But thankfully, people don't die easily in the realm, and when they do, their bodies can be regenerated if enough pure magic is sent into their gemstone, assuming it's intact.
Now, onto the magic: each gem also gives each person a certain power or powers. Most gems' powers are trivial, and can range from reading minds, telekinesis, controlling certain things, but can be more powerful, such as endurance, teleportation, or in the case of the kid with the emerald, the ability to poof anything made of emerald.
If, say, the gem were to fall into the hands of someone else, the person whose soul is in it, won't be able to use their magic. The new person who has it, can use it instead. So it's simply whoever has the gem is who can use it, but you must be careful using other people's gems. If you use multiple people's gems at once, it'll create a fusion gem, a new synthetic gemstone that contains mutated powers from all of those who had their magic in it. Their souls are also partially fused during the time of fusion, allowing the fuse-ees to share thoughts. Similar to on Steven Universe. Except these fusions are semi-permanent; magic must be ran through the fusion gem again for it to split apart. So, if you use someone else's gem, always make sure you won't use your own as well with it unless y'all wanna gem a new gem.
One last thing, anything, literally anything is possible in this realm. The limit is your imagination. And the basic gem laws described above.
So, um... that pretty much covers it all. Now that you've read all that, it's time to join this gemmy world! Fill out the form below, and once enough people join, I'll start the RP. We'll all begin in the same forest the boy appeared in, separated, and we must find a way to team up, set aside our difference, overcome challenges, and find the boy with the emerald in his castle. He, along with triad of secret crystal gem girls who were lost hold the key to escaping the magical realm, and returning to reality.

~ If you would like a reservation to join, let me know! There's no limit to how many people can be in this, and I can always kill people off later on, so send me a VM if you wanna participate! Members who don't participate much though may end up getting killed off eventually though, so be warned!
~ IMPORTANT: If you do wish to participate, please read all of the posts so you understand what has happened so far, so nothing confuses you.

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