Whenever you ask Charoite, Citrine, or Emerald what the NB Gems stands for, they’ll give you a different answer. So far, people have been told that NB stands for the following: Nasty Bananas, (g)Narly Breakdancers, Naughty Beatboxers, None (of your) Business, No….. Bruh, Never Born, Neo Ballers, “we were going to be the NBA but that was already taken here”, Now (I’m a ) Believer, Northbound (“Earthbound, actually.” Charoite interjects), Nesquick Brownies, and Naruto? Believe (it).

Charoite: Scrappy af and ready to fight.

Citrine: Actually a skilled fighter.

Emerald: A mix of the two.

Charoite tried to reform taller once, but kept passing out from the sudden high altitudes.

Sometimes Charoite stands on their scythe to try and be as tall as Citrine.

I actually was hypothesizing about the origins of Charoite, Emerald, and Citrine, or at least how they got together as a team. I was trying to make a parody of the extended SU theme and the lyrics I ended up with ended up being a possible explanation, I think.

I can’t confirm without Devo and Matt giving input, but here’s my theory:

Charoite was formed in the kindergarten ((being another short, dumpy, purple, vaguely aggressive gem)), while Emerald and Citrine are from Homeworld. Emerald is perhaps part of the working class or something to that effect- either way, they never felt like they belonged, and were either ostracized or just completely ignored from blending in with all the other gems and not being regarded as extraordinary. When they came to earth, they met Charoite, who was enthralled with meeting a gem not from Earth. Charoite made Emerald feel like they were unique and special, and they instantly become close friends. During the gem war, they ended up coming against Citrine, who believed the morals of homeworld to be true because that’s what they grew up with and that’s all they knew via social conditioning. Though when seeing the effects of the moral system of the Homeworld, they realized how horrible the intentions of the Homeworld gems were, and fled the battles, unable to return home after fleeing. Somehow, they ended up meeting Charoite and Emerald- Citrine tried to remain a longer at first, but Charoite //being curious and a bit socially oblivious// just sort of followed them like “well if you’re alone you could join us because we’re kind of alone here and we could be alone together!” and through gentle coercion ((emerald and charoite not leaving them alone)) Citrine joined the gang.

…or something.

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NB Gem Fact: Charoite hates it when Citrine and Emerald form Prasiolite- not because of them actually fusing, but because Prasiolite is so tall that they trip over Charoite any time they try to do a mission together, since Charoite is terribly small.

Real Talk: More often than not, Charoite and Emerald don’t form Watermelon Tourmaline for fighting. They usually do it because Citrine isn’t home and they can’t reach something.

I mean, it’s either that or one of them trying to knock what they want off the shelf with a scythe… and that never works out well.