0004000800’s Reviews > Land of the Lustrous, Vol. 8 > Status Update

Phos said that they can’t come back after this. It is stressing me out so much. I love this story so so much.

I only saw six gems at the Cape of Emptiness (which is a very cool name): Alexi, Benito, Amethyst 33, Yellow, Dia and Cairngorm. What was that shot at the end with Padparadscha? I wonder if that is it or there are others who are on their way. I expected Cinnabar to refuse but her reasoning is interesting. So the Lunarians can come at night they just choose not to. Interesting!

Dia, Yellow, Rutile, Alexi, Sphene, Peridot, Red Beryl, Benito, Amethyst 33, and maybe Cinnabar? That would be ten. Eleven with Phos. I don’t know about that. What if it’s a trap. Rutile is essential if they capture them on the moon then the rest of the gems are screwed. I really don’t know how to feel about this. And it is interesting that Euclase is suspicious about the whole thing.

Keeping Cinnabar for last is interesting. I can’t predict what they’ll choose. I feel like Cinnabar won’t go but will want.

It’s cool that Rutile has noticed the eye and its material immediately. I feel bad for Alexi, I never saw that gem this angry before.

Phos has changed a lot! It’s a bit scary. Why is sensei so nonchalant about the whole thing? It’s quite unsettling. Sensei likely knows about the camera in Phos’s eye right? But why just go on like nothing happened? I don’t get it. It’s interesting that Phos has started with Rutile, using Padparadscha is smart but also a bit manipulative. It’ll ensure that Rutile is in I guess.

I hate the fact that this might give the others hope that other gems might return. I wonder what story Phos will use. They have to move very carefully. And I honestly don’t know how this will work.

I’m so glad that Phos doesn’t trust Aechmea and the Lunarians. And that they’re thinking long-term (getting the Lunarian’s technology to build everyone back from sand and to remove the toxins from Cinnabar). I don’t know if Kongō Sensei had noticed the synthetic pearl eye or not but I don’t like it. This whole thing feels very dangerous. It made me emotional seeing everyone again! I missed them so much!

I did not expect Phos to return too soon. And I do not like this plan. I’m pretty sure no one will agree to it and of course they’ll have their suspicions. No one has ever been back from the moon. I don’t know I’m scared. And now the Prince or Aechmea has replaced one of Phos’s eyes with a synthetic pearl one that I’m assuming has a camera inside? I don’t like this at all.

And how to separate all that powder from each other, it near impossible if not outright impossible. And kongō sensei is made out of pure artificial hexagonal diamond by the doctor. Interesting.