Fusion Time!

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

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What is Fusion?

Fusion is pretty literal. It's two Gems (sometimes more) fusing their physical forms together, to create a new person! The Fusion has all the general memories of the two parties, all of their skills, and a fun mix of their personality and physical traits that leads to them being their own, completely unique person.

How does that even work?

The two characters have to be in sync, mentally and physically - this usually means having the same goal/s that they wish to achieve as a fusion, or just sharing a good mood or similar idea. Physical synchronization is usually achieved by dance: however, it's possible for it to happen with just raw physical contact, if the mental sync is sufficiently strong.

The Fusion has access to all of the fusers' skills and memories (except where a person may choose to hide them), and is much more than the sum of their parts. However, they are still made from two (or sometimes more) people; and so if the fusers fall back out of sync - be it from disagreement, shock, panic or surprise - then the fusion may simply fall apart, and all fusers get spat out very unceremoniously.

Wouldn't this only apply to Gems from Steven Universe?

NOPE. Word of ModMatt says that Hecatites from the Questing Country/Junkworld universe are compatible with Gems, so those will be capable of fusing with Bismuth (and by extension, any other Gems that may be present), and with the nature of Liminal Space being ~Weird as Shit~ probably any other Mineral-based life form might well be able to fuse too, though I'd have to double-check with Matt.

So how big are we talking?

A Fusion's size relates directly to the state of the character's relationship - any kind, not just romantic. The more healthy, genuine and loving the characters' relationship is, the smaller the fusion is; but the smallest possible size is both parties standing on each other's shoulders.

Conversely, the more unhealthy or toxic a character's relationship is, the larger their fusion becomes; and the more monster-like. It's also harder to maintain the fusion, and is more likely to fall apart due to the difficulty in staying synced with someone you hate or fear. These fusions can be as large as Diamonds, but in Synodiporia the size cap is around 50 feet tall.

How do skills work when characters are fused?

A Fusion will have access to all Liminal, Psychic, Hybrid and Combo skills that the two characters have; and, when possible, would have the better version (e.g. Liminal Manipulation II instead of I, so long as one fuser actually has Liminal Manipulation II). They also automatically receive Combo Power if using any Combo skills.

The exception to this is if a skill's power is determined by the number of skills (e.g. Liminal Bubble's diameter); in which case, it is determined by the number of unique skills known. So if both had Investigator Mind Reading, that would count as one; but if one had 19 skills and the other had 17, 16 of which were the same & 1 that was different, the fusion would use it like they had 20.

As well, with the exception of form changes (since their form is Fusion), a Fusion would have access to all Jaunt and other assorted skills that the characters possess. However, they can still use shapeshifting related to their base forms (such as Gem or Hecatite shapeshifting).

A Fusion would not have access to the characters' Favour skills. Their Marks are also not visible, but are still present and detectable. The only exception is if a character has the appropriate Interdisciplinary Mark.

How would roleplaying this work?

...lemme get back to you on that.

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If your character has a Gem or Hecatite form, or you're just curious about what they'd made, leave a comment with the template!

<b>Character:</b> Their name (and optionally canon)! <b>Gem Form Type:</b> Another Gem, a Hecatite form, whatever it is! <b>Gem/Appearance:</b> what kind of fancy rock even ARE you? What does your gem/form look like? Pictures optional <S>but really neat.</s> <b>What's Brought to the Table:</b> What are some defining traits of your character? Personality, physical, design, anything you think stands out as Important! What about them do you think would carry through in a fusion? <b>Anything else?:</i> Notes, questions, whatever!

Current (tentative) working list:
Rose Quartz: Ammolite
Blue Diamond: Labradorite
Yukino Mayuzumi: Mystic Topaz
Kanji Tatsumi: Crazy Lace Agate (either blue or purple, depending on Kanji's form)
Mamoru Chiba: Amber(?)
Yosuke Hanamura: Fire Agate

Comments

[razorblade_empress]

Character: Yukino Mayuzumi | Persona 2
Gem Form Type: Hecatite
Gem/Appearance: Yukino is an Ametrine! Somehow, she still keeps the permed hair.
What's Brought to the Table: A tough-talking Big Sister type who in her own canon acts as a combination of grizzled demon-fighting veteran (...at 20, yes) and only sane party member voice of reason, but who is nonetheless perfectly willing to throw down if necessary. Believes in the power of negotiation, but also has no fewer than three demon negotiation scenarios that involve beating the crap out of the demon in question, and at least one more involves scolding them into submission. Is in general fairly realistic about her strengths and weaknesses and will try to work within them accordingly. She does have a temper, but most of the time, she at least tries to keep it under control. On a less positive note, her Hecatite form brings low stamina and weaknesses to bludgeons and loud noises; whether a Fusion would be enough to mitigate those, I don't know.
Anything else?: I can't think of anything else right at this moment, aside from maybe wondering about how skills would work.

[letsgetdowntobismuth]

I would definitely have to ask the Mods what would happen with skills, but Gem Fusions have been shown to have at least some access to their own individual powers when they're in a fusion, such as their own weapons or Garnet having a degree of Sapphire's future vision. I imagine any skills they share, like Liminal/Psychic, would carry over perfectly fine.

Fusions are also typically much stronger than their individual components; she'll definitely be more resistant to sound/bludgeon attacks, since Bismuth doesn't need to worry about those at all, but it would probably still be a significant weakness. On the plus side, their confidence in their abilities is absolutely justified, and also? Throwing axes.

god this fusion would just be the Biggest Sister who will not hesitate whatsoever to Throw The Fuck Down and i love that?

[razorblade_empress]

Now I'm curious about whether the Persona would carry over and if so, whether it would be altered in any way.

Throwing axes sound fun.