Charoite (Royal)

Charoite, also commonly referred to as Royal, is the Elemental's Administrator that preceded Magnesite, having thought to be dead between the time of the Elemental Azurite's death and his return. He is a Human-Gem hybrid, created through forced Fusion, and is the owner of the Pearl Hachi.

Appearance
Royal is a boy with a rather feminine appearance. Being only a bit taller than the average Petalite, he has long dark purple hair that reaches his waist, and which sticks out at the sides near the top of his head, both of which he often pulls on when stressed. Royal's skin is 'split' into two halves; the right side of his body is pale and fair, appearing more human, while the left side of his body is a light purple colour, appearing more Gem-like. Royal's right eye is blue, while his left eye is purple, and both have stars in the pupils. Both eyes are sometimes hidden under his dark grey visor. His Gemstone is located on his navel.

As a member of the Elementals, Royal wears a silver colored outfit comprised of a tank top, and darker, almost grey looking shorts, which go down to a bit above his knees. Royal also wears black work boots along with silver socks.

Personality
When first met, Royal appeared to be rather bratty and childish, quick to argue with Kuuruko and Sean despite them just trying to help him, feeling offended that they didn't instantly recognise him as someone of importance. Easy to fluster, as seen when with Sean, Royal is quick to start blushing when called cute, or when the stars in his eyes are brought up, possibly feeling self conscious about his unusual eyes. Despite this, he is shown to enjoy company and feels calmer around people he knows, as seen when he asks Sean to hold his hand before they speak to Apatite.

Royal is shown to sometimes be in great pain, often either feeling a tearing pain down the middle of himself for long periods of time, or feeling a burning sensation over his whole body whenever he reforms after being poofed. Despite showing great discomfort when going through these things, or even just discussing them, they seem to occur rarely, and so while in the moment he hates it, most of the time he feels fine.

Royal has also been shown to have a great interest in Corruption. Being a specialist on Corrupted Gems, he is shown to have great compassion for them, and enjoys seeing them happy, as when he sees the Corrupted Gem Stingy smile, he can't help but instinctively smile himself. He even has his own area on the ship where he looks after Corrupted Gems, or at least used to, and becomes quickly depressed upon learning they were all poofed and bubbled in his absence, feeling that he is solely to blame for them being imprisoned, despite there being nothing he could have done. Royal is even researching more ways to cure Corruption, as the Elementals cannot go to the Diamonds for help, for fear of punishment over their actions as an organisation.

Background
Royal is the son of unknown humans from Elementals Spaceship 8L3, a spaceship that crashed over 1100 years ago. Most of the ships crew survived, as many were Gems, however there were high human casualties. The Spaceship crashed on an abandoned Homeworld colony, an abandoned Charoite colony world to be exact, which was originally owned by Blue Diamond before its abandonment. There, most humans did not survive for long, due to lack of resources for organic life on the planet. As such, in an attempt to save their son, Royal's parents took part in an experiment to Fuse one of the Charoite Gems with Royal, despite him being a human. It is unknown what age he was when he took place.

Through the experiment, Royal was successfully Fused with one of the Gems, however, after it was done the Gem was no more, basically becoming one with Royal. As the new Gem took place on his navel, his skin was taken over by a light purple colour, the same of which the Charoite he Fused with previously had. However, only half of his body was turned this way, the left side of his body now light purple, while the right side of his body remained how it was when he was human. It is believed his Gem is what sustains the human side of his body, and is why he is more Gem than human in reality, while as he still eats, drinks, and has every other organ and body part a human would have, he is able to long periods of time without needing to carry out tasks humans usually need to survive.

It is unknown what happened to the other members of Spaceship 8L3's crew, however as Royal is now on Spaceship 9Z5, it is likely the ship sent out a distress signal after crashing, eventually being picked up 9Z5, who came to rescue their stranded members. Some Charoite Gems were also captured by the Elementals, some becoming members while others were poofed and bubbled.

Hachi
Royal was Hachi's original owner, and the person that first picked her to be reformed and serve him. Over their time working together, it is said that they became friends, as Royal began to appreciate Hachi and her services more and more, eventually seeing her as more than just his Pearl, than just his... Assistant. Because of this relationship, Royal went on to give Hachi her nickname that she now goes by, wanting to be able to separate her from all the other Pearls more easily. After Royals return, and 16 years of not seeing each other, they remain good friends, however, with Hachi even offering to come back to Royal as his Pearl, with Sunstone's permission. Sunstone happily agreed, allowing the two to properly reunite and work together once again

Azurite
Not much is known of Royal and Azurite's relationship, other than that they once knew each other and were friends. Upon reforming after 16 years of imprisonment inside a bubble, Royal was saddened to realise he was talking to Sean McCarthy; Azurite's now 16 year old son. Royal had wanted to be there for Sean's birth, but was clearly too late. While Royal originally believed Azurite to still be alive at the time he was freed, it is unknown how he reacted when he learnt that Azurite had died due to giving birth to Sean.

Finn McCarthy
Not much is known of Royal and Finn's relationship, other than that they once knew each other and were possibly friends. Royal has said that he did not mind Finn, although altogether thought Humans were confusing, despite being half-human himself, and so avoided Finn when he could. They have not interacted in the RP before, and so it is unknown if they have even met since Royal first went missing 16 years ago.

Sean McCarthy
As Sean is the son of Azurite, Royal feels a sense of familiarity with him, and despite not having known him long feels comfortable being around him, even asking to hold his hand to calm down when they went to inform Commander Apatite of Royal's return. Sean in return has been shown to enjoy teasing Royal, often calling him cute, especially when he takes off his visor, and finds enjoyment in seeing him flustered. Royal sometimes tries to retaliate, however this rarely ever accomplishes much.

Kuuruko
Royal is one of Kuuruko's friends. As Kuuruko is one of the people who freed him, alongside Sean, he feels that he owes her to a certain extent, especially since after freeing Royal she also went on to help him reestablish and start up his room and area for Corrupted Gems, and is incredibly grateful to her for all the help she has given him in the time they've known each other. They aren't often seen hanging around each other in their spare time, as Royal is usually working 24/7, however they are happy to share personal details with each other, both even sharing their pasts with each other, Royal even explaining how a hybrid like himself came to be.

Despite being friends, as stated above, they currently have more of a working relationship than anything else, Royal often needing help with getting things set up/running, as the only constant help he has is Hachi and Stingy, and Kuuruko always ready to help, as she is still waiting to be assigned a new job. Still, they enjoy being around each other, and, similarly to Sean, Royal feels more confident and calm than usual being around Kuuruko.

Magnesite
With Magnesite being the Gem that replaced Royal after his disappearance, they seem to be rather tense around each other, with Royal being jealous that she now holds his former place as an Administrator of the Elementals, and Magnesite worrying that he may try and take his position back from her. As such, from the few times they've interacted, they don't seem to like each other too much.

Stingy
Royal has been shown to have a natural fondness for all Corrupted Gems, feeling bad for the damaged Gems and wanting to help find a cure for them. Stingy is no exception, as seen when he exclaimed that she was cute when she smiled during their first meeting. Stingy and Royal are currently living in the same room on the Elemental's Spaceship 9Z5, so while they haven't been seen interacting too much in the RP, it is assumed they get along well. Royal looks after Stingy alongside one or two other free Corrupted Gems, providing for them all and attempting to keep them as happy as possible.

Blueberry
Blueberry being a formerly Corrupted Gem, having been cured recently in the past, has fascinated Royal from the start, and so they spend quite a lot of time together. While Blueberry simply enjoys Royal's company, being a rather lonely Gem herself, Royal both enjoys being with Blueberry, and bombarding her with questions, such as how it felt to be Corrupted, the circumstances surrounding how she was healed, etc. While Blueberry sometimes feels uncomfortable with the constant questions, she tries to hide it, and continues to answer everything Royal quizzes her on. Royal himself seems to be oblivious to how he sometimes makes Blueberry feel, and never seems to slow down with the questions.

Sunstone
Sunstone and Royal often worked together in the past, being two active Elemental Administrators to both Commander Apatite & Tourmaline respectively. Not much is known of how they felt about each other then, however it can be inferred from Sunstone hugging Royal tightly upon first seeing him again, explaining how everyone thought he was dead, that they were friends. Ironically, however... Sunstone was the one who bubbled Royal in the first place. He had discovered that Sunstone was planning on betraying the Elementals and escaping, and before he could explain that he wouldn't get her in trouble, she attacked him, poofing and bubbling him, despite their assumed friendship. Sunstone placed him inside of the holding room for the rest of the bubbled Gems, and created a fake report in the system that shards of his shattered Gem were found on the ship before being thrown out. With the whole ship believing Royal to be dead, he was soon after replaced by Magnesite, and forgotten. Except... By Sunstone. Despite being the one to poof Royal, Sunstone felt extreme guilt for imprisoning her former friend, and thought about him constantly, planning to take him with her when she escaped, and set him free once again.