#Akila Nile

[in-that-deep-blue-sea]

😍 for any ship

😍 : a loving voicemail for Flynn and Akila

Sent at 11.43 pm.

" Flynn, I just finished my photoshoot, well.. It's getting pretty late. Get your beauty sleep. I'll be back in the morning, with some bakeries of course. I love you"

( Normally Akila doesn't really say I love you.)

#twisted wonderland oc #oc #twst oc #twst ocs #twisted wonderland #ocs #twst #flynn deradelle #Akila Nile

[xxmyhomexx]

SONG OF THE CRIMSON NILE: Put In Place

I have another headcannon for Amen and Eva's daughter Bahiti. Since she is training to become a sheshmu just like her mother, Amen made sure she knew how to fight.

One day, when she is in the library studying, there would be a group of three girls who would be watching her. They'd be envious that the daughter of the Supreme Epistates is studying under Ramesses to be a dark magician.

"Well if that little white-haired brat thinks she can overtake us...she has another thing coming."

One of the bullies, the lead girl, would tell her friends that she always finds her in the library studying on her own. They sit at a table across from her, watching as she reads from a pile of scrolls. One of the leader's friends scoffs, and tells the leader (Akila) that she's too easy.

"Alright, ladies," Akila smiles. "Get your fruit ready."

They bring fruit to throw at Bahiti's head. When Akila silently gets up from the table and aims it at the back of her head, they all start to lowly giggle because they think they have a solid plan.

Boy, they couldn't be more wrong. When Akila throws her apple first at Bahiti, they are swiftly ambushed when Amen's daughter jumps up from her seat, unsheaths a small dagger, and cuts the apple in half mid-air. The fruit splats to the floor.

"What...the..." one of her friends stutters.

"You ladies need a better plan," Bahiti shesths her knife back into her holster. She strolls right over toward them.

"Throwing apples like children?" She plucks one from one of the girl's hands and smirks, taking a huge bite. "Nice and ripe for the harvest."

"You...you..." Akila's jaw drops. "How dare you!"

"No," Bahiti gulps down her bite. "How dare YOU, Akila."

She looms over the girl who freezes. "You think you're all high and mighty because you find pleasure in bullying others, yes? Just because my father is the lead hunter and my mother is a sheshmu?"

"You don't belong here!" Akila's face grows red.

"Hmmm," Bahiti smiles. "Mentor Ramesses thinks different."

The girls freeze as she catches Akila's fist coming at her. Suddenly, she doesn't feel as brave when Bahiti slams her hand down onto the table.

"Watch your back next time you think it's a good idea to mess with a sheshmu. Because..."

She takes her knife out and slams it between two of Akila's fingers. "You never know what could happen when we try to defend ourselves."

She twirls on her feet, her robes flowing behind her, and disappears from the library. Her bullies, terrified and defeated, NEVER mess with her again.

#romance club #song of the crimson nile

[historyhermann]

Cleopatra in Space Review

The mythology and history of Cleopatra, pharaoh of Egypt, has often been a topic in popular culture, from Hollywood films, webcomics like Everywhere and Nowhere, and mature animated series such as Clone High. This year, a new show, titled Cleopatra in Space, tapped into those myths and stories and began streaming on NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs, my History Hermann WordPress blog on Jan. 5, and Wayback Machine. This was the second article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on December 22, 2020.

The animated series is based on a graphic novel series of the same name by Mike Maihack, with Doug Langdale and Julia “Fitzy” Fitzmaurice as showrunners. As a fan of various animated series, especially those with sci-fi elements, this series drew me in, even though it’s aimed toward younger kids, rather than young adults or mature adults over age 18. Egyptian themes and mythology are interwoven throughout the show’s imagery and music, composed by Jay Vincent and Ryan Lofty.

The series begins with the premise that brown-skinned Cleopatra “Cleo,” voiced by Lilimar Hernandez, a rambunctious teenage princess in Ancient Egypt, touches a tablet, which sends her 30,000 years into the future. She enters the Nile Galaxy, where she is considered the “savior” to defend the galaxy from the evil clutches of Octavian (voiced by Jonathan Kite) and attends an intergalactic high school on a planet, Mayet, governed by a council of talking cats. Lilimar also sings the theme song, “Written in the Stars,” which opens every episode.

The show’s first season, which is 13 episodes long, begins Cleo’s adventures with her friends Brian (voiced by Jorge Diaz) and Akila (voiced by Katie Crown), and her mentor, Khensu. Cleo is shown to be sometimes brash, dislikes authority, and likes to do her own thing. However, she also respects Khensu (voiced by Sendhil Ramamurthy) and supports her friends, apologizing if she made a mistake or overstepped. Unlike other shows where the protagonist wants to talk rather than fight, she fights the robotic soldiers of Octavian, destroying them repeatedly, using futuristic weapons like laser guns and plasma staffs. At the same time, she is a relatable character, is resourceful, and can go into action as needed, not even needing to plan. She, Brian, and Akila form a team, which go on wild adventures, whether on Mayet or in the Nile Galaxy, fighting space scavengers, space butterflies, robotic dragons, or angry ex-cons who work at a space hotel. While there are serious moments, the show is filled with comedic moments. Like other animations, teamwork and friendship are emphasized.

Cleopatra in Space has compelling characters and stories, and various sci-fi themes, like time travel. Apart from Maihack confirming Cleo as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the graphic novels, which means that she would have the same characteristics in the animated series, Brian is shown to have social anxiety and Akila as a busybody who enjoys school. Specifically, Akila, unlike Cleo, who detests school, likes to study in libraries and is very gregarious. Cleo is further shown to have an academic rival, who is unique to the animated series, named Callie (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) and Zaid (voiced by Xolo Maridueña), a so-called “bad boy” who Cleo has a crush on. Additionally, the episode “Quarantine” has a lot of parallels to the current COVID-19 crisis, as Cleo ends up infecting the whole school campus with a virus from another planet after she ignores Khensu’s warning to quarantine. However, licensing issues have prevented it from being added to Peacock.

Currently, half of the show’s second season, six episodes, are listed on Peacock for streaming. This season begins with Cleo getting her own animal companion named Mihos, like similar companions in other animated series: Kero in Cardcaptor Sakura, Amaru in LoliRock, Luna in Sailor Moon, and Nut in Magical Girl Friendship Squad. The mystery of Octavian deepens as Cleo and her team tries to search for the UTA Tablet, while Zaid is expelled by the council. Like season one, there are many sci-fi and fantasy vibes, including simulated realities and futuristic technology. The importance of self-worth, accepting who you really are, and controlling your ego, are major points of these episodes, including when Brian employs an A.I. named Cyrano (voiced by Greg Cipes) to help him become more popular. Furthermore, at times Cleo begins to distance herself from her friends, while at others she plays matchmaker between Brian and Akila, whose romance expands during these episodes, and tries to establish herself as the team leader. In one episode, “School Break,” the show’s first confirmed LGBTQ characters are introduced: Theoda (voiced by Cissy Jones) and Pothina (voiced by Kari Wahlgren), the mothers of Akila.

If the show is renewed for a third season, after the second half of season 2 is added to Peacock, hopefully, the show improves moving forward. For one, the show could have more LGBTQ characters other than Theoda and Pothina. While Cleo and her friend Akila, who are roommates, do kiss each other in the episode “Do-Over,” it is clearly shown to be a “friendship kiss,” rather than a romantic one. Any same-sex pairings, either of Brian and Zaid, Akila and Cleo, or Cleo and Callie, some of which are favored by those in the small fandom for the show, are unlikely in the upcoming season, due to the emphasis on Brian and Akila as a would-be couple, and Zaid and Cleo are shown to have feelings for one another. The show could further benefit from re-casting the voices of brown-skinned characters, like Lakshmi and Yosira, so they are voiced by people of color rather than White actors like Kari Wahlgren.

If Cleopatra in Space is a success, it may result in more animated shows from DreamWorks are added to Peacock in the future, instead of on Netflix, like most animated shows from the company. However, due to the lack of promotion by DreamWorks and Peacock of the show on Twitter, and in general, there is a possibility that the show will be canceled after the second half of season two is added to Peacock. In the end, the show is fun, exciting, and can be enjoyed by everyone, worth watching in its entirety.

Cleopatra in Space is available on Peacock for streaming

© 2020-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

#cleopatra in space #dreamworks #lilimar hernandez #lilimar #egypt #mike maihack #jonathan kite #magical girls #quarantine #covid 19 #adhd #lesbians #lgbtq #peacock #hulu #greg cipes #cats

[friendsamongstars]

( It’s a little indulgence for myself but future/adult au is basically a good end for everyone where the galaxy is no longer under threat of war or attack. )

( Brian and Akila are married, Eyeball has been upgraded and aged accordingly, and they have a wonderful home on Vevisan when they aren’t working. Brian the head tech engineer and resident slightly off genius and Akila who runs both the museum and teaches and works with the council on all that. Brian also has many diplomatic things to handle but in his free time or lab work hours he’s usually around.

That all being said, he’s still afraid of the dark, still hangs around Akila the way he did when Cleo was around, and given access to most anything he can work with on top of becoming a little weird like Dr. Queed he is surprising sometimes. His worst enemy is a dark room despite his many awards, credentials and status. He will just extend his arm as Akila walks away instead of letting go of her hand and she has no choice but to go until it stops and only then will he let go.

He will also admit to being in prison three times a week due to being captured all the time on missions and then never elaborate on it. Students will ask what on Mayet he’s talking about and they will get no answer outside of the context he was one of the main crew to help save the Nile galaxy from Octavian. Despite being a bit off, he’s the best they have and the new council trust him enough considering his actions and skills.

Eyeball at this age is enrolled in the school and is very embarrassed by his dad who has now leaned fully into being a dad(tm). Everything from telling stories to terrible dad jokes to grounding when necessary. Only once has he considered hitting Brian’s off switch only to be caught and warned not to do that. Eyeball is a good kid but he’s gotta go through the usual kid stuff and there’s no way around it. )

#out of transmission #ooc #brainiac borg #headcanons #rambling #i am writing professor membrane thats it #thats what this reminds me of #dont regret that

[lefemmerougewriter]

My Cleopatra in Space Fics Master List

In this post, I'd like to note the six Cleopatra in Space fics I've written to date, and leave it open in the event that I write more.

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All of these fics, currently, are within my "An Unlikely Alliance Against Evildoers" series (the master list for that is here), and comprise 6 of 30 fics within the entire series! For short, I will be calling it "An Unlikely Alliance".

In Part 25 of An Unlikely Alliance, an inter-dimensional tear causes an armada of Gem warships, prepared to invade an alternative Earth with a technologically advanced civilization, to be transported thousands of years in the future to the strange and little-known Nile Galaxy. This accidental warp through space and time, will lead to conflicts between the immortal villain, Octavian, the forces of P.Y.R.A.M.I.D., and the Gem armada. As characters enter the stage, they will be forced to make decisions which will determine the future of the Nile Galaxy and the entire universe, as the fabric of space-time hangs in the balance. [AO3 Link]

In Part 26 of An Unlikely Alliance, Cleo is shaken by the events of the previous night, when she fainted in Callie's room, with Callie giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, meaning that their lips touched. Callie, wanting Cleo to acknowledge her feelings, attempts to talk to her, and Cleo accidentally says that she wants to kiss Callie, despite her annoyance with this "mean girl" who has her own posse at P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. [AO3 Link]

In Part 27 of An Unlikely Alliance, P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. is under attack from a traitorous Khepra, in the employ of the villainous Octavian, while Admiral Jack plans to invade the planet of Mayet, and Cleo struggles to ground herself in the new reality, dealing with a flirty Callie. The fate of Mayet and the Nile Galaxy hang in the balance. Cleo, her friends, the Off Colors, and the Crystal Gems face their greatest challenge yet, facing the wrath of Admiral Jack, hostile Gem warriors, Octavian, and Xerxs led by Khepra. Can the heroes save the day, or will they succumb to the forces of evil? [AO3 Link]

In Part 28 of An Unlikely Alliance, with the unexpected departure of the Gem fleet due to the designs of the hacker Peridots who want to overthrow the Diamond Authority, the fight remains on the planet’s surface. The forces of evil make their way inside the city’s shields, setting the stage for a tense encounter between Cleo and Octavian. Will she take his offer, or will she retreat to fight another day? Mayet is still on edge, as Octavian forces a confrontation with Octavian and the Gem army continues their invasion of the planet to make it another colony of the Diamonds. How will the heroes defeat these villains? And…will the relationship between Cleo and Callie be repaired? [AO3 Link]

In Part 29 of An Unlikely Alliance, it has been one monthsince the glorious victory over the evil tyrant, Octavian. The ship of Captain Lars, and the Off Colors, has been repaired, the Gem Army has been sent back to Homeworld, and the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. scientists are working to return Jack to his home, so he can fight Aku. In the midst of this, Cleo feels she has a lack of purpose in life, even as she is having a great time dating her friend, Akila, who has lost interest in Brian. Khensu, now heading the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. council, after the arrest of Kek and Khepra for their traitorous acts, gives her a choice: stay on Mayet with her friends or travel to Earth as an ambassador, where she can start anew and have new experiences. At the same time that she accepts Khensu's offer, three others (Pearl, Adora, and Catra) decide to stay behind. When she arrives on Earth, the friendship between herself and Connie continues to grow, with hints of the connection between them growing into much more in the future. [AO3 Link]

In Part 30 of An Unlikely Alliance, Callie continues to have an unrequited crush on Cleo, while Cleo's relationship with Callie grows over time. [AO3 Link]

#cleopatra in space #cpis fics #callipatra #samurai jack #steven universe #ao3 fic #an unlikely alliance against evildoers #lgbtq #lesbians

[hourglassstationacademy]

Amore wings day:Date Night 2- Duo 5

Flynn was acting at some plays during this day, however he noticed he was struggling to pull of some convincing emotional moments. Maybe cause he was unsure how much emotion was in it. He felt unsatisfied. So there was a student that recommended a booth to him.

His fortune telling with Tarots did make him very curious. A place to choose your destined partner. As he entered it he however already knew that it defenitly won’t be genuine, given the people who run it. Rachel is obvious to know that she only creates fake things, Shadman as Janitor is pretty out of control and Fuwa probably got dragged into it given she believed them.

“Miss Hearts, what a pleasure to meet you.” He still played his role of the unknowing and tried to listen to the instructions. It was at least an opportunity to use his charms on whoever his partner will be, if he knows them, its a plus, if its Rubina, he will have fun to get her out of concept, if its Shadley... well he will probably leave him stranded in the maze.

He pressed to the Maze to answer each question, oddly honest. He was use to play a role, but maybe it be even more interesting to see what come out of it.

Fuwa awaited him at the end of the Labyrinth. “Well it seems we have your results in.” The spotlight appeared, even impressing Flynn himself how much of a show they put into this little attraction, however as he saw his partner he was actually lightly surprised. Akila, also known as a model of Relinookton.

The floor under them collpased, Flynn trying to at least flap out of there before something pulls him down...

As he woke up he was curiously holding the hand of Akila. “A spell I see.”

He was quick to notice what was going on. No Magic, No way to undo the spell, just the partners needing to work to together... he was kinda glad that he got Akila as partner. She woke up and he tried to offer the hand he already was holding. “Why are you? Where are we?”

“Madame Gold, It seems this attraction summoned us here to make it through the maze together, so they forced our hands together via magic and restricted ours...”

She thought slowly....

“I see... how unfortunate... but...” She looked back at the hand he is holding.

“I would recommend you to not think much into this situation.”

As she said that he kinda smiled. This is still his opportunity to practise for his role.

“But Madame... It is my utmost priority to get you out of here safe... “

“I don’t need pretty words, I need actions.”

He was surprised... usually many like his charms... but she was abresive and unaffected by it.

“Got it...” They walked on in the maze a bit in silence.

He remembered some things he heard about her. A person who loves Gossip, pretty things and is much more arrogant at times. He tried to change his approach.

“Listen... I didn’t want to drag you into this situation but I want to at least get us out of here, so I would advice we work together than just me leading the way.”

“Fine..”

Ice broken Flynn, you got this. As he said this he saw something fly towards them, in instinct her pulled Akila close into his wings, trying to dodge the obstacle. Barely dodging it. Which led to them both to fall into the flower bed and him lay on top of her. This situation led him notice something different. Akilas face was pretty red, not only now but before. It wasn’t that she had disgust... she was just silent cause she didn’t want to show the emberassment she was feeling. So these are emotional ways of expressing. He quickly tried to move and offer her a way up.

“Are you fine?”

“Yes... um... thank you.”

“I said I protect you and I mean it. And I would do this again.”

She was looking in surprise and then turning her face away again.

“L-lets leave.”

They found a big bell which was the way out.

“Hey, bird.”

“The name is Flynn Deradelle.”

“Right... I notice often but why the odd nicknames....”

He sighed lightly.

“It makes it easier for me is all I am gonna say.”

“To keep your distance right? So you don’t have to think about their names?”

She got him right. It was his way of keeping his distance.

“Do you want me to keep your name in mind? Or share this.”

“Not really... it just got me thinking.”

He placed his hand at the clock handle to activate it.

And so they got to the exit.

“Lets keep it simple, I won’t tell what happened in there if you won’t, alright, madame gold.”

“Its Akila and I agree.”

As they both moved away from each other both had many thoughts going around their heads. Akila about what she was feeling when she saw him save him and how her heart was racing and Flynn about what he does wrong with Emotions, he felt like he still didn’t know how to convey the emotion... he needed to think about it more.

Akila by @in-that-deep-blue-sea

#twisted wonderland oc #twst oc #twisted wonderland #hourglassstationacademy #twisted wonderland ocs #twst #twst fanschool #twst ocs #twisted wonderland fanschool #disney twst #flynn deradelle #akila nile

[vesselofashes]

sketch for @in-that-deep-blue-sea of their twst oc, Akila Nile. She’s uh…😳😳😳❤️

#twisted wonderland oc #twst oc #artists on tumblr #sketch #procreate

[unholyhelbig]

What Happened to that Spy AU that you were working on with all the manips

Oh dude, the Pandora Files? It's taking so much more time than I thought it would. But here's a little sneak peek!

Beca let Chloe lead her towards the scene despite the fact that she could have found it herself. Her body still ached and she knew that the girl would have put up a fight if anything different was done. Emily clutched a camera to her chest and Aubrey pet her gun like she would need it.

Akila was leaning heavily on a wet large rock and a officer seemed to be coaxing answers out of her. A man that Beca would describe as “In Charge” stood in a hat that leaned too far into his eyes to protect against the sun. He stood over a body, covered with a sheet that had muddied from the ground.

“Inspector Mousa, one tough bitch.” Chloe mumbled into Beca’s ears as they stopped by the tape “He’s just as doubtful that this is supernatural as you are.”

“I never said it wasn’t supernatural. I’m just saying that we should take in all factors and then decide if this is otherworldly. This just looks like another crime scene to me.”

Chloe deadpanned “His left arm is gone.”

“A shark?” Aubrey asked.

Emily leaned as far over the line as she could “No, impossible. There aren’t any sharks big enough to do that. The biggest thing you’ll find out here is the Nile Perch. It’s an invasive species that can grow larger than a great white, but they’re not known to enjoy human flesh.”

Chloe frowned and whispered “Gross,”

Akila seemed to notice them then, she stood to her full height and waved them over. The man that held the caution tape eyed them for a moment before letting all four of them through. Mousa seemed to catch wind of them as well, curious and steadfast.

“You’re tramping through a crime scene,” He said tiredly.

“Not a crime scene when you know who the perpetrator is, Inspector.”

“Enough, Akilia. There is no Succubus here. This is another victim of the elements.”

Beca felt a surge of anger lick at the back of her neck. Maybe it was the hot Egyptian sun. She hated the smug look on Inspector Mousa’s face. Under his bushy mustache peppered with gray stood something akin to a smirk. She tightened her fists at her side and focused her attention on the body. Her eyes were hard and Chloe watched her carefully.

“I am perfectly competent to declare this an accident.” The stout man that stood close to the Inspector said. His voice was too high for his frame and his clothes were loose against his bones.

“Last time I checked, you actually have to do the autopsy to rule out El Naddaha.” Akila growled.

“No, I actually have to have common sense to rule the supernatural out. Show up at another crime scene like this and we’ll have you thrown in a ward. Is that what you want?”

Beca lifted the yellow tape and ignored the officer that tried to grip at her wrist. She threw herself between the two men, the Inspector and the coroner, and Akila. The girl seemed to grip onto her reflexively.

“That’s enough, boys. I think you both have jobs you should be doing and patronizing a young girl does not seem to fit that description.”

The inspector had a hard look on his face as he sized her up. Aubrey was buzzing behind the caution tape, her fingers playing with the plastic corner while the other twitched at her side. She was tempted to draw her weapon, tempted but not resolute. Emily continued to stare at the body, brow furrowed.

“Who, in the fresh hell are you fatatan?” He spit the last word.

It took everything in Beca not to make use of the fist she had curled her hand into moments ago. Instead she lifted it with a charming and polite smile, unfurling her fingers and lilting her head to the side. “Agent Beca Mitchell with the United States Government. I believe I have full jurisdiction over this crime scene, and more importantly, over the girl.”

“She’s a suspect in a string of murders.” The short man said bitterly.

Akila sucked in a sharp and gratifying breath “So you admit then, this is no accidental drowning?”

#Beca Mitchell #Chloe Beale #Bechloe #Aubrey Posen #chloe beale #Junksen #emily junk #pitch perfect #chloebeale

[dhayarihavas]

To start off, I saw these float by on my instagram timeline a while back and decided it would be fun! Honestly, I love seeing other peoples OC’s and can’t help myself to ship a little here and there :3 Marius belongs to @jupitisms Akila belongs to @eiizera King Nile belongs to @aku.jpg on instagram ((If he has a tumblr please let me know))

#the arcana #the arcana game #fan apprentice #arcana apprentice #apprentice oc #ships

[in-that-deep-blue-sea]

🪑 💼 for Irene and Akila

Okay!!

Room :

What's inside their bags :

#oc #twisted wonderland oc #my art #twst oc #ocart #twisted wonderland #twst ocs #ocs #twst #sketch #Irene Bell #Akila Nile

[historybehindassassinscreed]

In Game:

Cleopatra, was the last effective pharaoh of Egypt, ruling from 51 BCE to 30 BCE. She was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and the elder sister of Ptolemy XIII.

In 49 BCE, Cleopatra was exiled by her younger brother Ptolemy XIII, who had been supported by the Order of the Ancients, causing her to flee Alexandria with the help of her loyal follower, Apollodorus. During her years in exile, Cleopatra lived in Apollodorus' personal estate. She later made the acquaintance of Aya, a former Medjay who was introduced to her by Apollodorus. The two shared a bond and became close friends, with Aya becoming her agent.

In 48 BCE, Cleopatra was introduced to Bayek of Siwa, Aya's husband who had hunted various members of the Order responsible for her exile. Cleopatra revealed to Bayek that the Snake, whom he thought to be Eudoros, was actually the Order itself and that he was known by the cryptonym, the Hippo.

Following this, Cleopatra began a liaison with Julius Caesar 47 BCE, who aided Cleopatra in her struggle against her younger brother. Through his aid, Cleopatra eventually gained sole control of Egypt under the watchful eye of the Order of the Ancients.

With Antony dead and her fate sealed, Cleopatra was confronted one last time by Amunet back at her palace in Alexandria. There, her former servant implored her to resign to Octavian's victory, to which the pharaoh acquiesced on the condition that Amunet take Caesarion with her and train him as a Hidden One. Amunet handed her a poison by which to commit suicide and left with Caesarion. Once Cleopatra was certain that her son was gone and far away, she thanked Akila for her servitude before consuming the poison.

Though Amunet had not directly killed Cleopatra, later Assassins romanticized her role in her death with the legend that she had assassinated the queen with a venomous asp. Statues of Amunet with a serpent coiled around her were erected in the Sanctuary under the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni and in her cenotaph in Venice's St. Mark's Basilica, reinforcing the popular account.

In Real Life:

Since no contemporary accounts exist of Cleopatra’s life, it is difficult to piece together her biography with much certainty. Much of what is known about her life comes from the work of Greco-Roman scholars, particularly Plutarch. Born in 70 or 69 B.C., Cleopatra was a daughter of Ptolemy XII (Auletes). Her mother was believed to be Cleopatra V Tryphaena, the king’s wife (and possibly his half-sister). In 51 B.C., upon the apparently natural death of Auletes, the Egyptian throne passed to 18-year-old Cleopatra and her 10-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII.

Soon after the siblings’ ascension to the throne, Ptolemy’s advisers acted against Cleopatra, who was forced to flee Egypt for Syria in 49 B.C. She raised an army of mercenaries and returned the following year to face her brother’s forces at Pelusium, on Egypt’s eastern border. Meanwhile, after allowing the Roman general Pompey to be murdered, Ptolemy XIII welcomed the arrival of Pompey’s rival, Julius Caesar, to Alexandria. In order to help her cause, Cleopatra sought Caesar’s support, reportedly smuggling herself into the royal palace to plead her case with him.

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Caesar needed to fund his own return to power in Rome, and needed Egypt to repay the debts incurred by Auletes. After four months of war between Caesar’s outnumbered forces and those of Ptolemy XIII, Roman reinforcements arrived; Ptolemy was forced to flee Alexandria, and was believed to have drowned in the Nile River. Entering Alexandria as an unpopular conqueror, Caesar restored the throne to the equally unpopular Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy XIV (then 13 years old). Caesar remained in Egypt with Cleopatra for a time, and around 47 B.C. she gave birth to a son, Ptolemy Caesar. He was believed to be Caesar’s child, and was known by the Egyptian people as Caesarion, or Little Caesar.

Sometime in 46-45 B.C., Cleopatra traveled with Ptolemy XIV and Caesarion to Rome to visit Caesar, who had returned earlier. After Caesar was murdered in March 44 B.C., Cleopatra went back to Egypt; Ptolemy XIV died soon after, and the three-year-old Caesarion was named co-regent with his mother, as Ptolemy XV. By this point, Cleopatra had strongly identified herself with the goddess Isis, the sister-wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. (This was consistent with the ancient Egyptian tradition of associating royalty with divinity in order to reinforce the position of kings and queens. Cleopatra III had also claimed to be associated with Isis, and Cleopatra VII was referred to as the “New Isis.”)

With her infant son as co-regent, Cleopatra’s hold on power in Egypt was more secure than it had ever been. Still, unreliable flooding of the Nile resulted in failing crops, leading to inflation and hunger. Meanwhile, a conflict was raging in Rome between a second triumvirate of Caesar’s allies (Mark Antony, Octavian and Lepidus) and his assassins, Brutus and Cassius. Both sides asked for Egyptian support, and after some stalling Cleopatra sent four Roman legions stationed in Egypt by Caesar to support the triumvirate. In 42 B.C., after defeating the forces of Brutus and Cassius in the battles of Philippi, Mark Antony and Octavian divided power in Rome.

Egypt grew more prosperous under Cleopatra’s rule, and in 37 B.C. Antony again met with Cleopatra to obtain funds for his long-delayed military campaign against the kingdom of Parthia. In exchange, he agreed to return much of Egypt’s eastern empire, including Cyprus, Crete, Cyrenaica (Libya), Jericho and large portions of Syria and Lebanon. They again became lovers, and Cleopatra gave birth to another son, Ptolemy Philadelphos, in 36 B.C.

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After a humiliating defeat in Parthia, Antony publicly rejected his wife Octavia’s efforts to rejoin him and instead returned to Egypt and Cleopatra. In a public celebration in 34 B.C. known as the “Donations of Alexandria,” Antony declared Caesarion as Caesar’s son and rightful heir (as opposed to his adopted son, Octavian) and awarded land to each of his children with Cleopatra. This began a war of propaganda between him and the furious Octavian, who claimed that Antony was entirely under Cleopatra’s control and would abandon Rome and found a new capital in Egypt. In late 32 B.C., the Roman Senate stripped Antony of all his titles, and Octavian declared war on Cleopatra. 

On September 2nd, 31 B.C., Octavian’s forces soundly defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium. Cleopatra’s ships deserted the battle and fled to Egypt, and Antony soon managed to break away and follow her with a few ships. With Alexandria under attack from Octavian’s forces, Antony heard a rumor that Cleopatra had committed suicide. He fell on his sword, and died just as news arrived that the rumor had been false.

On August 12th, 30 B.C., after burying Antony and meeting with the victorious Octavian, Cleopatra closed herself in her chamber with two of her female servants. The means of her death is uncertain, but Plutarch and other writers advanced the theory that she used a poisonous snake known as the asp, a symbol of divine royalty. According to her wishes, Cleopatra’s body was buried with Antony’s, leaving Octavian (later Emperor Augustus I) to celebrate his conquest of Egypt and his consolidation of power in Rome.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/cleopatra

https://www.biography.com/people/cleopatra-vii-9250984

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cleopatra-queen-of-Egypt

#Assassin's Creed #People #AC O

[historyhermann]

These Animated Shows Defy Library Stereotypes

When people think about librarians and libraries, they may point to films, live-action TV shows, or even novels. However, one area is often missed: animation. In Hollywood, stereotypes are plentiful, as librarians are used as “shortcuts to propel the plot forward,” in the words of Jennifer Snoek-Brown, author of the Reel Librarians blog. While this generally applies to animation as well, two recent shows buck those stereotypes, depicting libraries and librarians positively.

The first of these shows is Cleopatra in Space, loosely based on Mike Maihack’s graphic novel series and currently streaming on Peacock. The show follows teenage princess Cleo, who has been transported 30,000 years through time and space from Ancient Egypt into the Nile Galaxy. Wrestling with the newfound responsibility of being the “savior of the galaxy” prophesied to defeat the evil tyrant Octavian, she attends an Egyptian-themed futuristic high school on the planet of Mayet to hone her skills. While Octavian has destroyed most of the recorded knowledge available in the galaxy, Cleo’s school library still contains vital information. In the show’s third episode, Cleo travels to the school library after hours with her mentor Khensu, and two of her friends, Akila and Brian. Khensu shows her to the library’s Ancient Egypt section, with only a few physical records contained in a trunk, all accessible in holographic form. (In real life, these artifacts would be housed in a library’s special collections.) This positive depiction is possibly offset by what Cleo does next: dismayed by the lack of records about her homeland, she thinks about her dad, floats in the air, glows pink, then sucks all the electricity of the school and nearby city into her body, causing a massive power outage. The message of this moment is that libraries need adequate resources and support to assist the communities they serve—otherwise there will be information deficits which put patrons at a disadvantage. Libraries are also mentioned throughout the series as a beloved hangout space for one of the main characters. Akila likes to spend her time in the library studying and insists “all the cool students” spend time there too in the show’s 12th episode. In some ways, Akila reminds me a bit of myself in college: while in college, I extensively used the well-endowed campus library to study, research, and relax, even when some of my friends disliked it.

Another animated show, the recently concluded Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, prominently features librarians in a few episodes. The season two finale focuses around two middle-aged gay Black librarians, George and Lance, and their library in a magical forest called the Whispering Woods. This portrayal contrasts with the original 1980s series, She-Ra: Princess of Power, where a stereotypical elderly white long-haired librarian aids the protagonists. George and Lance are fathers to Bow, one of the show’s protagonists; in the episode, Bow and his friends, Adora and Glimmer, work together with the librarians to translate an ancient message. Their efforts inadvertently release an elemental monster into the library, and in the havoc that ensues, Bow reluctantly reveals his true identity as an expert archer and rebellion fighter, a secret he has long concealed to his dads. While he expects his dads will rebuke him, they embrace him instead, accepting him for who he is—many viewers see this storyline as echoing family coming-out stories from the LGBTQ+ community. In the 10th episode of the show’s final season, Bow and Glimmer reconnect with the two librarians. Both recount their discoveries: an ancient rebellion against the planet’s first settlers and the existence of a fail-safe for the superweapon in the planet’s core. This information becomes vitally important in the effort by the show’s protagonists to stop the world (and universe) from being destroyed, setting the stage for the groundbreaking kiss in the final episode. On the whole, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power shows librarians as helpful, welcoming, and diverse, a refreshing antidote to more stereotypical media about libraries, which is all too common, even in animated series.

While these are only two examples, there are many more which I am continually reviewing on my blog, Libraries in Popular Culture. If you have any suggestions for popular media about or featuring libraries or librarians, feel free to email me.

Reprinted from I Love Libraries as my site, Pop Culture Library Review was currently offline. It can now be viewed on Pop Culture Library Review.

#reel librarians #i love libraries #ala #cleopatra in space #she ra and the princesses of power #she-ra #spop #libraries #librarians #bipoc #bipoc lgbt #she-ra: princess of power

[wionews]

IPL auction: Complete players' list and their base price

The IPL 2018 auction will take place in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28 where a total of 578 players will go under the hammer.

A fierce bidding war is expected as Indian stars Gautam Gambhir, off-spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, mystery spinner Kuldeep Yadav and openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay will be on the franchises’ radar.

The list also includes the overseas players, including Glenn Maxwell, Chris Gayle, Shane Watson, Rashid Khan and Eoin Morgan. 

In the 10th season, Mumbai Indians led by Rohit Sharma defeated Pune to lift the IPL trophy for the third time.

The 11th season of the much-awaited Indian Premier League will begin on 6th April 2018.  

The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on April 6 in Mumbai while the first match of the new season will be played at the same venue on April 7.

He further informed that the tournament will continue until May 27 with Mumbai once again hosting the final match.

Here is the complete list of players and their base price.

Base Price ₹2,00,00,000

Batsman KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan, Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Colin Ingram

Bowler  Josh Hazlewood, Rashid Khan Arman, Karn Sharma, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Mitchell Johnson, Liam Plunkett, Pat Cummins

Wicket Keeper Quinton De Kock, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa

All-Rounder James Faulkner, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Angelo Mathews, David Willey, Corey Anderson, Kedar Jadhav

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Base Price ₹1,50,00,000

Batsman Aaron Finch, Jason Roy, Hashim Amla, Evin Lewis, Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, Michael Klinger, Lendl Simmons, David Miller

Bowler  Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Kyle Abbott, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Nathan Lyon, Steven Finn, Harry Gurney, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat

Wicket Keeper Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Peter Handscomb

All-Rounder Moises Henriques, Ravi Bopara, Jason Holder, Moeen Ali, M.S. Washington Sundar

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Base Price ₹1,00,00,000

Batsman Manish Pandey, Dwayne Smith, Alex Hales

Bowler  Tymal Mills, Andrew Tye, Mohammed Siraj, Adam Zampa, Mohammad Shami, Dale Steyn, Mustafizur Rahman, Samuel Badree, Imran Tahir, Tim Southee, Jason Behrendorff, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Piyush Chawla

Wicket Keeper Parthiv Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Sanju Samson, Sam Billings   

All-Rounder Daniel Christian, Carlos Brathwaite, Ben Cutting, Jean-Paul Duminy, Shane Watson, Chris Jordan, Tom Curran

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Base Price ₹75,00,000

Batsman Martin Guptill, Darren Bravo, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ross Taylor, Usman Khawaja   

Bowler  Peter Siddle, Jerome Taylor, Lockie Ferguson, Morne Morkel, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Narendra Thakur, Adam Milne, Marchant De Lange   

Wicket Keeper Naman Ojha, Johnson Charles, Luke Ronchi    

All-Rounder Darren Sammy, Colin De Grandhomme, Yusuf Pathan, Adil Rashid, Joe Denly, Samit Patel, Wayne Parnell

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Base Price ₹50,00,000

Batsman Reeza Hendricks, Mandeep Hardev Singh, Anton Devcich, Upul Tharanga, Karun Nair, Billy Stanlake, Joe Burns, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Tiwary, Tamim Khan, Aiden Markram, Faiz Fazal, Abhinav Mukund, Venugopal Rao, Dean Elgar, Najibullah Zadran   

Bowler  Ben Laughlin, Ronsford Beaton, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sandeep Sharma, Gulbadin Naib, Ish Sodhi, Duanne Olivier, Michael Beer, Sachithra Senanayaka, Dawlat Zadran, Aaron Phangiso, Beuran Hendricks, Lakshan Sandakan, Aravind Sreenath, Barinder Singh Sran, Sean Abbott, Ben Wheeler, Kesrick Williams, Lungisani Ngidi, Ashoke Dinda, Praveen Kumar, Mujeeb Zadran, Pragyan Ojha, Jhye Richardson, Rahul Sharma, Joel Paris, Varun Aaron, Parvinder Awana, Munaf Patel, Scott Boland, Dushmantha Chameera, Shannon Gabriel, Akila Dhananjaya, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Paterson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Seth Rance, Fawad Ahmed, Tabrez Shamsi, Neil Wagner, Shapoor Zadran, Abhimanyu Mithun, Sheldon Cottrell, Matt Henry, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Manpreet Gony, Pankaj Singh, Sudeep Tyagi   

Wicket Keeper Glenn Phillips, Denesh Ramdin, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Janith Perera, Nicolas Pooran, Alex Carey, Chadwick Walton, Tom Latham, M Shahzad Mohammadi, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Ambati Rayudu   

All-Rounder Gurkeerat Singh Mann, John Hastings, Sikandar Butt, Graeme Cremer, Rishi Dhawan, Solomon Mire, Ryan McLaren, Parveez Rasool, Shabbir Rahaman, Vernon Philander, Abul Raju, Paul Stirling, Malcolm Waller, Dilshan Munaweera, Thisara Perera, Pawan Negi, Seekkuge Prasanna, Ashton Agar, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmat Shah Zarmatai, Dwaine Pretorius, David Wiese, Asela Gunarathna, Dhananjaya Silva, Andile Phehlukwayo, Jonathan Carter, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Santner, Jayant Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Marlon Samuels, Andre Fletcher, Stuart Binny, Hilton Cartwright, Dasun Shanka, Dawid Malan, Farhaan Behardien, Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts, Ashley Nurse, Scott Kuggeleijn, Robbie Frylinck, Wiaan Mulder, Colin Munro, Vaughn Van Jaarsveld, Rayad Emrit, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Isuru Udana

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Base Price ₹40,00,000

Batsman Tom Cooper

Bowler  Thomas Helm, Mitchell Swepson, Shahbaz Nadeem, T Natarajan   

Wicket Keeper Ishan Kishan

All-Rounder Rajat Bhatia, Kevon Cooper, Vijay Shankar, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Michael Neser, Jofra Archer

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Base Price ₹30,00,000

Batsman Suryakumar Yadav, Christiaan Jonker, Vishnu Solanki, Alex Ross, Daniel Hughes   

Bowler  Iqbal Abdullah, Siddarth Kaul, Anureet Singh, Pradeep Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Gurvinder Singh, Aniket Choudhary, Ankit Singh Rajpoot    

Wicket Keeper Ben McDermott  

All-Rounder Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Roshon Primus   

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Base Price ₹20,00,000

Batsman Manprit Juneja, Mayank Siddana, Armaan Jaffer, Shivam Chauhan, Sachin Baby, Prithvi Shaw, Ankeet Bawane, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Virat Singh, Marcus Harris, Ricky Bhui, Rassie Van der Dussen, Rajesh Bishnoi Sr, Paras Dogra, D.B Ravi Teja, Paul Valthaty, Amandeep Khare, Rinku Singh, Tanmay Agarwal, Ankit Lamba, Sarthak Ranjan, Priyank Panchal, Pratham Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Manjot Kalra, Anmolpreet Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sharad Lumba, Shubham Singh Rohilla, Himanshu Rana, Akshath Reddy, R Samarth, Mohammed Asaduddin, Abhinav Manohar, Rohan Marwaha, Rajat Patidar, Yash Sehrawat, Ravi Chauhan, Samit Gohil, Ramandeep Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Jiwanjot Singh Chauhan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Chirag Gandhi, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Manan Vohra, Mayank Agarwal, Unmukt Chand       Bowler  Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Junior Dala, Karan Thakur, Anurag Verma, Lizaad Williams, Tanveer Ulhaq, Kushang Patel, Shelly Shaurya, A. Aswin Crist, Aaron Summers, Royston Dias, Kartik Tyagi, Tejas Singh Baroka, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Rahul Shukla, Bhargav Bhatt, Shadab Jakati, Sarabjit Ladda, Pravin Tambe, Ben Dwarshuis, Ajit Chahal, Deepak Chaudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy, Babasafi Pathan, Monu Singh, Pradeep Thippeswamy, Kuldip Yadav, Krishnappa Gowtham, K.C. Cariappa, Mihir Hirwani, Akshay Wakhare, Manjeetkumar Chaudhary, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lukman Iqbal Meriwala, Navdeep Saini, Vikas Tokas, Yuvraj Chudasama, Rahul Chahar, Ronit More, Veer Pratap Singh, Varun Khanna, Pawan Suyal, Sandeep Warrier, J Suchith, Ashish Hooda, R. Sai Kishore, Rahil S Shah, Harmeet Singh, Ishwar Chaudhary, Parikshit Valsangkar, Avesh Khan, Amit Mishra, Cheepurupalli Stephen, Rajwinder Singh, Shubek Gill, Vinay Choudhary, Mayank Markande, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ankit Soni, Lalit Yadav, Pardeep Sahu, Chama Milind, Umar Nazir Mir, Yarra Raj, Oshane Thomas, Athisayaraj V, Zeeshan Ansari, Siddharth Desai, Jiyas K, Alexandar Rama Doss, Nathu Singh, M. Ashwin, Shivil Kaushik, Baltej Dhanda, Armaan Jain, Mohsin Khan, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Arothe, Asif K M, Ravi Kiran Majeti, Ishan Porel, Aditya Thakare, Sandeep Lamichhane, Subodh Bhati, Mohan Prasath, Abhishek Sakuja, Javed Khan, Ashok Sandhu, Tushar Deshpande, Sayan Ghosh, Jaskaran Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Rajneesh Gurbani  

Wicket Keeper

Ankush Bains, C.M. Gautam, Aditya Tare, N Jagadeesan, Nikhil Shankar Naik, Smit Patel, K.B Arun Karthik, Kona Srikar Bharat, Shreevats Goswami, Mahesh Rawat, Gitansh Khera, Jitesh Sharma, Vishnu Vinod, Sheldon Jackson, Kedar Devdhar, Prashant Chopra, Anuj Rawat, Harvik Desai, Anmol Malhotra, Dhruv Raval, Rohith Ravikumar, Mohammad Nazim Siddiqui, Mayank Sidhu, Sandeep Kumar Tomar, Sadiq Hassan Kirmani, Jaskaranvir Singh Sohi, Abhishek Gupta, Hamza Tariq, Rahul Yadav, Kyle Mayers    

All-Rounder

Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Jaydev Shah, Shashank Singh, Manzoor Dar, Aman Khan, Diwesh Pathania, Shamss Mulani, Salman Nizar, Dafedar, Khizar Anwar, Mandeep Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Sidhant Dobal, Vinod Kumar C.V., Thomas Kaber, Midhun S, Akhil Arvind Herwadkar, Shamar Springer, Ashok Menaria, Jack Wildermuth, Odean Smith, Yogesh Nagar, Milind Kumar, Shubham Agrawal, Akshdeep Nath, Yomahesh Kumar, Vivek Singh, Mohammed Bilal, Arun Chaprana, Rajat Paliwal, Abhimanyu Rana, Sarang Rawat, Fabid, Farook Ahmed, Arjun Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Akash Sudan, Sandeep Bavanaka, Karan Kaila, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Gaurav Gambir, Ankit Kaushik, Patrick Kruger, Sohraab Dhaliwal, Aditya Sarvate, Amish Sidhu, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Vignesh Moorthy, Arjun Nair, Kanishk Seth, Shivam Dubey, Hanuma Vihari, Puneet Datey, Ninad Rathva, Siddhant Sharma, Mrinank Singh, Manan Sharma, Chintan Gaja, Amit Mishra, Jalaj Saxena, Bipul Sharma, Shreekant Wagh, Syed, Mehdi Hasan, Harshal Patel, Sumit Ruikar, Ashish Reddy, Kuldeep Hooda, Shaurya Sanandia, Vaibhav Rawal, Pankaj Jaswal, Anustup Majumdar, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Himmat Singh, Writtick Chatterjee, Chris Green, Ryan Ninan, Rohan Prem, Rahul Tewatia, Puneed Datey, R. Sanjay Yadav, Imtiaz Ahmed, Atit Sheth, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pavan Deshpande, Shivam Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Indrajith Baba, Jatin Saxena, Shivam Mavi, Sagar Trivedi, Amit Verma, Akash Parkar, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Akash Bhandari, Pratyush Singh, Ankit Sharma, Anirudha Ashok Joshi, Saurabh Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Kunal Chandela, Aamir Gani, Pulkit Narang, Riyan Parag, Karanveer Singh, Sumeet Verma, Cameron Gannon, Akshay Karnewar, Tajinder Dhillon, Govinda Poddar, Rajesh Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Antony Dhas, Kishore Pramod Kamath, Nikhil Gangta, Jay Gokul Bista, Sumanth Bodapati, Mahipal Lomror, Deepak Punia, Mayank Dagar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Darcy Short, Baba Aparajith, Abhishek Sharma, Milind Tandon.

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[lefemmerougewriter]

Rupturing Tranquility in the Nile Galaxy: Rhodonite's Dimensional Disturbance, Catra's Jealousy, and Pearl's Memoryscape

This Teen and Up Audiences fan fic brings together characters from Steven Universe, Cleopatra in Space, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Samurai Jack. This story is part 27 of “An Unlikely Alliance Against Evildoers,” my multifaceted crossover fan fiction. This story is set after episode 19 (“Vacation”) of Cleopatra in Space and the “Change Your Mind” series finale of Steven Universe. LDD stands for Liberated Diamond Destroyer, RT for Rutile Twins, Peri for Peridot, Pappy for Padparadscha, GDA for Great Diamond Fleet, GDM for Great Diamond Military, and PAST for Peri Autonomous Sailing Talisman. My summary is written in the style of the opening intros to the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series. A collect transmission is basically the same as a collect call.

See the master list for An Unlikely Alliance Against Evildoers here.

Romantic pairings: Akila/Brian (Akilian), Cleo/Callie (Callipatra), Cleo/Akila (Cleokila),   Adora/Pearl (Peadora), Adora/Catra (Catradora), Connie/Steven (Connverse), Lapis/Peridot (Lapidot)

Friendships: Khensu & Cleopatra & Brian & Akila, Akila Theoris & Brian Bell, Yosira & Cleopatra, Mihos & Cleopatra, Khepra & Xerxs, Khepra & Octavian, Lars & Fluorite, Lars & Padparadscha, Lars & Rhodonite, Lars & Rutile Twins, Lars & Off Colors, Lars & Steven, Pearl & Catra, Pearl & Surface Pearl, Pearl & Memory Core Pearl, Lion & Steven          

Words: 7.9k

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24871099

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/1254831735-an-unlikely-alliance-of-evildoers-rhodonite%27s

Quotev: https://www.quotev.com/story/12887910/Rhodonites-Disturbance-Catras-Jealousy-Pearls-Memoryscape

Characters: Khensu, Cleo, Akila, Callie, Brian, Yosira, Mihos, Crystal, Khepra, Xerxs, Samurai Jack, Peridots, Emerald, Lars, Fluorite, Rhodonite, Rutile Twins, Padparadscha, Hessonite, Citrines, Nephrites, Crystal, Steven, Connie, Adora, Catra, Pearl, Surface Pearl, Memory Core Pearl, Amethyst, Garnet, Lapis Lazuli, Peridot, Lion, Professor Sitre

Summary: Dimensional travel! Rhodonite interrupts the tranquility of Steven and the Crystal Gems in an attempt to help her beleaguered captain, Lars, and his comrades, fighting off an assault from the Great Diamond Armada. Steven and the Gems agree to help Rhodonite, but before they leave, Connie reports that Catra, Adora's friend (or more than a friend) from beyond the stars, is missing. Pearl, Adora's girlfriend, has something to do with the disappearance, but won't disclose it for fear of hurting Adora, despite possible repercussions on their relationship...P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. is under attack from a traitorous Khepra, in the employ of the villainous Octavian, while Admiral Jack plans to invade the planet of Mayet, and Cleo struggles to ground herself in the new reality, dealing with a flirty Callie. Later, Adora and Catra travel through the Pearl's memoryscape on a journey of self-discovery and understanding.The fate of Mayet and the Nile Galaxy hang in the balance. Cleo, her friends, the Off Colors, and the Crystal Gems face their greatest challenge yet, facing the wrath of Admiral Jack, hostile Gem warriors, Octavian, and Xerxs led by Khepra. Can the heroes save the day, or will they succumb to the forces of evil?

Steven and Connie were having a wonderful time, sitting around a roaring fire, playing music, and enjoying the feel of sand particles on their toes. Greg sat close by, strumming his guitar, while Peri and Lapis, visiting Beach City for the weekend, played their cymbals and other instruments. Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst hummed along. Steven glanced at Beach City. Bright electric lights illuminated the astronomical twilight. They were relaxing after yet another tough day. Trying to convince more peoples and nations to become part of the World Parliamentary Assembly, an institution created with the desire to unite the world together, was not easy. Lion yawned, half-sleeping at Steven’s feet with one eye open and one closed. Everyone enjoyed the tranquility, like Bismuth, off touring as an occasional drummer for Sadie’s band, Sadie Killer and the Suspects. However, it would not last.

A bright white light emanated from Lion’s mane. Rhodonite flew out and skidded across the sand, bewildering everyone. Lion's proximity to him meant that it shocked Steven most of all. Shaking, and having trouble keeping herself together, Rhodonite explained why she had come back to Earth unexpectedly:

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to intrude…but my captain, Lars…really needs your help…the Diamonds…they have this huge fleet…and it’s trying to conquer the galaxy…please. I'm begging you.”

Still frightened enough that she almost poofed herself, Steven comforted and reassured her. What she told them about the Diamonds concerned him, as a half-human and half-Diamond person, who had reportedly “changed” the minds of the Diamonds years ago with the aid of his original guardians, Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst, his extended family (Peridot, Lapis, Bismuth, and Connie). While Earth had a lot of problems, he felt obligated to help Lars as a good friend and warrior who would fight for justice. He could not understand why the Diamonds would want to resurrect their empire. Nor he, or anyone else, were aware that the Diamonds had concocted the “plan” to consolidate their power on Homeworld.

After Steven pledged his help, Garnet and Amethyst followed suit. Pearl hesitated. She was unsure if Adora would join her. She assumed that Adora would want to explore Earth more, or meet with Carmen, Julia, and others in Japan. Peri and Lapis also wavered, hankering for the home they shared with Utena, Anthy, and Chu-Chu, in Miura, Japan. Steven accepted Lapis and Peri’s reasoning, but he did not accept Pearl's rationale, seeing it as flawed. She did not know how she would convince Adora to travel to another universe with her. Ever since Catra had teleported to Earth from Etheria a few weeks prior, emotional tensions between herself and Adora surfaced. Connie offered to show Catra around Earth while Adora and Pearl left the planet for the Nile Galaxy. Adora overheard Connie and hugged her, thanking her profusely, saying she needed a break from Catra. She then insisted they leave at once. Steven held the hands of Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Adora. Just before he entered Lion’s pink mane, Connie reported that Catra had mysteriously vanished. Steven let her grab Garnet’s hand as she entered the Lion's pink mane, ready to traverse the vast pink meadows within this Pink Dimension. He promised to aid his girlfriend, Connie, in the search for Catra on Earth after he returned. No one could realize the ugly truth. Pearl had caused Catra to go missing. She would not openly admit it for fear of hurting Adora. She had put Catra somewhere “safe” and away from Adora's prying eyes, thinking she could work out their relationship problems, without Catra's “interference.” Nothing would happen in the way she had envisioned. Once they entered the Nile Galaxy, new complications would arise, breeding mistrust between Adora and Pearl.

Steven popped out of Lars head-mane first, with a smile on his face, grasping Garnet’s hand. Amethyst, Pearl, Connie, and Adora came next, as did Garnet. Lars was relieved. On their arrival, projectiles from the adjacent enemy Gem fleet rocked the spacecraft. Their ship had taken heavy hits from the Trilliant Splitters and Destiny Destroyers which surrounded them. Somehow the ship had remained in one piece. Huffing and exasperated, Lars shook his head, staring at the new arrivals which had sprung out of his head-mane:

“About time you came! All the cannons are firing at full strength and our shields are holding…barely. We need to deal with those ships...NOW! We are sitting ducks…it’s only a matter of time before this ship turns to dust and we are killed in the vacuum of space.”

Steven nodded at Lars' grim assessment. Stepping forward, he used his pink diamond gemstone, within his belly, to create a huge pink shield around the ship. Lars and the Off Colors were grateful for the shield which protected them. Cleo, Khensu and Akila were in awe. They were amazed that someone his size could wield such power. He strained to hold the bubble in place. He could not sustain it forever. Connie looked at him worryingly, and embraced him, hoping it would give him the moral strength to go on. With Steven’s shield in place, Lars directed the Rutile Twins to steer the ship to the far side of Mayet. She yelped in response, “aye, Captain Lars! It will be done!” Turrets of the GDA's starships continued their bombardment. As the LDD moved further away from the enemy fleet, the projectiles no longer reaching the ship due to their limited range. Watching this situation, Hessonite slammed her hand on the console. She angrily stared out the window of her Trilliant Splitter, where she oversaw all the Trilliant Splitters. Not long after, she received a collect transmission from Admiral Jack, addressing her and the other officers:

“Hessonite, Crystal, and other fellow commanders, I ask you to stop assaulting the rogue Trilliant Splitter. We must conserve our firepower for a planetary invasion. The records we obtained from the digital archives on Octavianus make clear that the celestial body we are orbiting above is Mayet. It is where P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. is headquartered. Considering it is the only force opposing Octavian’s quest to take over the Nile Galaxy, he will come to the planet, I can assure you that. Furthermore, according to the records, he has an agent which sits on the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. council, which oversees all operations of P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. Please send these orders to your underlings. Invasion begins anon. Over and out!”

While the other head honchos, understanding the adjuration they took as captains, ended the call, and prepared their forces to carry out the Admiral's order, Crystal and Hessonite stayed on the line. Both loudly grumbled about Jack’s directive.

“This is poppycock! What kind of example are we setting for our soldiers to not go after that rogue ship! Who cares about invading this planet, anyway! We should leave this galaxy to rot.”

“Sure, Hessonite. We need to maintain the chain of command. Otherwise, we will be like Steven Universe and his friends on Earth, ugh. I detest those upstarts!”

“Fine, Crystal, you are right. Even so, this rubs me the wrong way.”

“Say what you will, but Jack is a competent person in charge.”

“Again, a valid point. Let bygones be bygones. Onward!”

Back on the LDD, Steven dropped his pink bubble and collapsed to the floor, fatigued from the energy output. Lars saw this and recommended Connie ring him to the ship’s sleeping quarters so he could rest. She concurred with this assessment and agreed to remain in contact with Lars to give him any updates on Steven's condition. Meanwhile, Adora and Pearl entered the OCAC, confident they could face the enemy together. Garnet and Amethyst joined Mihos, Callie, Akila, Khensu, and Cleo on a ship Akila called BACK!, named for four people: Brian, Akila, Cleo, and Khensu. This team would arrive on Mayet's surface in order to counter the enemy’s ground assault. Cleo, Akila, Amethyst, Garnet, helped load Cleo’s Sphinx bike onto the ship. The OCAC and BACK! left, one after the other, leaving Lars, the Off Colors, Steven, and Connie, aboard.

On Mayet, the Xerxs were causing pandemonium. Students, running for their lives, struggled to fend off the incoming robots with their quasars. While some robots were destroyed, more kept coming. Professors Khalbrax V and Jurval had tried to lead their students forward but their effort had failed. Both lay in P.Y.R.A.M.I.D.’s hospital, recovering from their deep wounds. One professor, an elderly cat named Sitre, led the remaining unit in Mayet City resisting the Xerxs. Some students, like Cheval, Dennis, E'Geke-Ek'Gek, Lakshmi, Philo, and Debbie, fled in fright to the supposed safety of their dorms, while Misti and Msumaki fought alongside Sitre, as did a number of brave students. Brian and Yosira, holed up in Brian’s lab, continued formulating a strategy to defeat the robotic army. They were unaware that Kek and Khepra were both working on behalf of Octavian, each in their own way. Neither of them, both on the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. Council, knew of the other’s involvement in Octavian’s schemes. They would find this out soon enough when Octavian disembarked in Mayet, who tried to flee his new foes.

Callie remained quiet and subdued as the BACK! began its descent. The automated anti-aircraft cannons, firing at the incoming meteors, somehow ignored their ship. Akila thought it would be smooth sailing from there. However, a shoulder-to-air missile, fired by a Gem on the ground, part of the invasion force, startled her. Smashing into the ship's left-side engine, which began intensely burning, a boom reverberated across the craft. Despite the damage, Akila expertly guided the craft to the ground, while the engine spewed a cloud of blackish smoke. Skidding across the ground, the BACK! stopped, but not before they were all thrown forward with tremendous force onto the landing ramp. Apart from Amethyst and Garnet, everyone was injured. Stinging from the pain, Cleo waddled over to her Sphinx bike. She sat in the driver’s seat, with Mihos wrapped around her neck, while Akila strapped herself in the auxiliary seat behind her. Pressing down a trigger, laser bolts screamed out the vehicle’s guns with extreme speed. The ship’s left lower side exploded, and the bike swerved outside the ship’s structure as the vehicle’s cannons sizzled. With the coast clear, Amethyst, Garnet, Callie, and Khensu crawled out, relieved to leave the ship, which they considered a death trap. Suddenly, a legion of Xerxs approached, declaring in, their distorted language, that “resistance is futile.” Aiming their gun barrels at Cleo and Akila, Cleo lurched the bike ahead, gunning the engine. One projectile hit Akila's seat, causing her to fly off the bike, and land on the ground with a thump. Spinning the bike around, she prepared a counteroffensive, while Amethyst and Garnet positioned themselves around a bruised Akila. Bringing the bike to a stop, she turned it on its side, shielding her friend, and with all the energy she had left, she hopped into the air, blasting at the Xerxs with a quasar in each hand. Not wanting to be one-upped by her crush, Callie tried to do the same but failed. She only blasted one Xerxs, while Cleo struck 20 in all with her quasars, downing each one with direct hits. Amethyst and Garnet cheered, while Khensu rolled his eyes. He saw this bravado from her in the past and did not appreciate it. As Cleo’s guns cooled off from their use in the skirmish, Callie took this chance to jump onto the auxiliary seat. Cleo scowled. She accepted Callie sitting behind her under the condition that she not do any “funny stuff.” Callie, giddy with excitement, continued to hope for an improved relationship with Cleo, even if it remained a pipe dream. Turning into a helicopter, Amethyst flew Garnet, Akila, Khensu, and Mihos to the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. dorms, while Callie and Cleo followed in the Sphinx bike.

In space, conditions were also atrocious for the beleaguered heroes. Adora and Pearl were under fire, barely holding their own, shooting their missiles and cannons at the enemy ships. Grousing, Pearl realized they had no choice but to release the PAST, an autonomous ship Peri created for Lars and the Off Colors on Earth, formerly the Peri-Jet, which Lars told her about prior to leaving Earth to be an ambassador to other worlds. Using the tablet connected to the captain’s chair, she operated the PAST, maneuvering it through the fleet. It soon faced a squadron of Marquise Chippers piloted by Nephrites. The cannons began booming, causing the spacefighters to explode. The Nephrites were thrown into space and easily poofed from fright. When a ship was obliterated, the console would announce: “one Clod wrecked!” While she chuckled at this message, they distressed her at the same time. She could not collect the Gems of the fallen Nephrites and bubble them, so she moped. Unfortunately, with these emotional tensions, she did not notice incoming missiles heading their direction until too late. Adora screamed. Pearl swerved the ship, while Adora hung on for dear life. Her fancy flying caused most of the skyrockets to explode. However, one slipped through and struck the ship's left wing, causing it to smoke. Desperately, Pearl guided the OCAC into a hangar bay of a Trilliant Splitter. Adora used the ship’s cannons to destroy a shield preventing entry into the immense spacecraft. Without warning, the ship glided to a stop. A company of Peridots surrounded the craft and raised their Gem Guns, insisting that those inside the ship surrender themselves.

A petty officer, given the nickname of Greenie by her underlings, sneered, and giggled at the unexpected visitors. The conversation she had with her fellow Peridots puzzled Pearl and Adora to no end.  They made Pearl furious with their latent hostility toward Steven.

“Who are these goofballs, tourists? They couldn’t even dodge a missile.”

“Greenie, you’re right! Those rockets would miss my craft entirely. I’d fly right past, even if only a hair’s length away, like the human hair on that chubby kid’s head!”

“You mean the vaulted Steven Universe, right? That guy is so pretentious. The Diamonds are sooo much better, I have to say.”

“I can’t agree more, my compatriot. I want to take that Diamond out of him, so he can feel like what it's like to be a human boy.”

“Yeah, I heard through the grapevine that White Diamond showed him that, but he beat her back with his pink strength…he’s a powerful adversary. I wouldn’t underestimate him.”

“Fine, fine. What do you want to do about these gumba lumbas inside the hangar?”

“Dunno, but we gotta bring ‘em to the boss, Hessonite. She will be pleased to gaze upon some prisoners…we can take 'em back to Homeworld for tribute, hehe.”

Pearl and Adora looked at each other. Some time ago, after fighting alongside one another with Carmen Sandiego against V.I.L.E., they fused together into one being with orange hair and a slender, muscular build, wearing clothes appropriate for the cold Siberian weather, and four arms, tentatively naming itself “Peadora” after Amethyst's suggested the name. They also fused two other times, first to protect Rin Asogi from voracious angels outside Tokyo, and second when working with Carmen to lock up A.C.M.E. in a prison in Antarctica. Even so, neither had the appetite to bring back Peadora. Instead, they would fight together side-by-side. While Pearl would usually summon her pearlescent spear, she picked up a spare Gem destabilizer left in the ship and put the PAST on autopilot. Adora yelled “for the honor of Greyskull!” and transformed into an eight-foot-tall warrior woman. She had a distinctive style, different from the form she embodied on Etheria. She did not have the Sword of Protection anymore, which sat in the Archives of Etheria in Mystacor managed by former Queen Angella, and where Bow’s dads, George, and Lance, worked.

Inside Pearl’s pearl, trouble was brewing. Like any other pearl, she could store objects inside her gemstone, which served as its own dimension. There were various levels, with each one managed by a different Pearl, one on the “surface” and the others down below. To move from level to level, individuals could go through the gemstones of Pearls on that level. As a whole, this dimension served as a compartmentalized databank where memories, records, objects, and more, were stored. The objects, stored on the surface level, were organized alphabetically. They included a cannon, a carp, a cauldron, a clock, a compass, a cell phone, scissors, a screwdriver, a shotgun, sunscreen, a TV set, swords, caution tape, and phone books. In the past, she even stored people, like Connie, and Gems, such as Amethyst and Garnet, inside in her Gem. In the present, the surface Pearl tried to categorize an unusual addition to the "collection," between the cat's eye gem and catsup. She attempted to pick up the athletic, nimble woman, about 17 or 18 years old, with strong sharp features, and a general catlike appearance. This woman had large blackish feline ears and wild spiked grayish brown hair. The woman resisted, grinning with her fangs, as her multi-colored eyes, pale yellow in the left, and turquoise in the right, stared down the surface Pearl. She put the claws, on each of her hands out, ready to strike if needed and get what she wanted. As this Pearl shuttered in fright, she let out a boisterous hoot.

“This is who Adora likes now? She left me…and Etheria…for someone like you? Jeez. I guess she had lower standards. Now, if you don’t get me out of this pris…place, I’m gonna rip you a new one. Whenever she takes an object from this place out of that gemstone on her head, I want to come out at the same time.”

The Pearl timidly answered, “Yesss…I’ll do that, I don’t want to be hurt.”

“I knew you would agree…look at these weapons…they are so…cool!”

Screeching, the Pearl warned her to not touch the spear. She did so anyway, wielding it artfully, then turning it around and jabbing it at the Pearl. She snickered.

“Change of plan, Peachy. As soon as big Pearl out there tries to get something from of this place, you send me out, no matter what…otherwise, you will regret it.”

The Pearl nodded. Outside the Pearl’s gemstone dimension, Pearl and Adora stood together against the Peridots. Pearl used the Gem destabilizer to poof them while Adora blasted them with her sword. Even though they were able to escape, one Peridot, prior to being poofed, fired her Gem gun at Pearl, hitting her hand. The weapon she held onto, fell out of her hand, hit the floor, and shattered into a thousand pieces. Frustrated, she realized that her spears would be the only thing that could protect her girlfriend from harm. What she beckoned shocked her so much that she froze in place, her cheeks getting a dark bluish color. Pointing a spear at Pearl’s throat, the woman turned her head toward Adora and spoke her two trademark words: “Hey, Adora.”

Adora spun around to put her eyes upon her catlike friend with a sense of disbelief.

“Catra? Why are you here? I thought you were on Earth…after you came through that portal.”

She snorted, pulling back the spear and inched closer to Adora.

“Oh, I was, prior to your girlfriend, lover, or whatever you are with her…locked me in her Gem prison. I couldn’t stand one more minute in there! You have some sort of friends. How can you like her? I don’t get it. You left Etheria…and me…for…her! Seriously?!?”

“Uh, Catra, you shouldn’t be here. It’s dangerous. I…don’t want you to get hurt. We can talk about this more, later…in better circumstances.

“Ha…you are gonna give me that excuse? I came through a portal Entrapta built, to join you, and this is how you repay me? I should go back.”

“I didn’t mean that…I never intended to hurt you…Catra!”

As Catra began to move away, a legion of Jaspers saw them and sounded the alarm. It blared the words “INTRUDER ALERT!” repeatedly, filling the hallway with an intense screeching sound. Pearl rolled her eyes. She grumbled and gave them an ultimatum to stop their bickering.

“Catra…Adora…now is not time to argue! If you keep squabbling, I’ll have to take rash action.”

Thinking Pearl was bluffing, Catra challenged and threatened her. Pearl would not put up with it. Concentrating, she used her powers to send Catra inside her gemstone yet again. Adora stared at Pearl with horror and shouted angrily.

“Why in the world would you do that! What is wrong with you? After everything, I trusted you! WHY?”

“I…wanted to protect you…If you think you can calm her down, Dor, I’ll send you inside my gem. I have some important memories…and items there, which I need protected.”

“Fine. After this is all over, we need to discuss our relationship...Stay safe, P. And…please avoid getting captured.”

“Can do, sweetie!”

Despite her seething anger toward Pearl, Adora still gave her a peck on the cheek. She transformed out of her She-Ra form and let Pearl bring her inside the gemstone dimension. When she arrived, she saw a fuming Catra, who wanted to ruin everything in an act of revenge. When her eyes met with Adora’s, she looked up with glee and began chuckling.

“We have got ourselves in quite a predicament. Did she send you to babysit me?”

Twirling her hair with a finger, Adora responded to her curt question, “Uh…not really...It was my choice to come here. I love her and I wanted to make sure you are ok. I still care about you.”

“That’s quite a choice you made…” Catra stopped in mid-speech and challenged her reasoning, “back up a second. You care about me? Why? Isn’t she your gf? What I am I to you?”

Adora pondered her questions and possible answers. She stuttered a little and began to answer calmly. “I care because you are my childhood friend…we have a shared history together. Yes, I love Pearl and we share an important bond together, but you will always mean something to me…I’m not sure how to describe it.”

Catra beamed back, while words escaped her. She grimaced and punched the Pearl, turning to Adora and saying, “I’m not doing this because I like you.” Grinning back, she whispered in Catra’s ear, asking her where she wanted to go. Thinking it over, she mouthed a few words: “I want to know why you are so close to this Pearl fellow and why you think I am special.” Even with the possible discomfort, Adora agreed in an effort to be open about her feelings and expected it would relax Catra. She also wanted Catra to realize why she felt the way she did about Pearl. She spoke to the surface Pearl, dizzy from the beating Catra had handed her.

“Ok, Pearl, let’s look at some memories!”

“Certainly. I will send you to the Memory Core. You can speak with the Pearl who calls herself "MC-Pearl," there. She'll hook you up with all the right memories. Please, don’t hurt me again!”

“P, I won’t, and I never would! I will make sure Catra doesn’t either. When we need to go back, can we go through the Pearl...on that level?”

“Why, yes! It’s all highly organized! We have gigantic pneumatic tubes which can transport you across this dimension, but I recommend going through the head Pearl at each level instead. Moving through the tubes isn't as fast as pearl-to-pearl travel.”

“Understood, P. Thanks for your help.”

“You’re welcome, fellow traveler, uh, Adora and the Catra I’ve heard so much about…”

Adora cut her off and sheepishly laughed, not wanting to say anything more about Catra. “Yeah, yeah, can we go now?”

The surface Pearl grinned and thanked them. “As the surface Pearl, I’m more than glad to offer my services…Take a deep breath and you’ll be in the Memory Core in no time.”

With a flash of white light, Adora and Catra opened their eyes. A room filled with drawers upon drawers of file cabinets, and computer monitors, allowing for easy searching of memories in front of them. While digital technology seemed to be the standard of repositories, Pearl liked the feel of card catalogs. Steven had not visited this room when he entered Pearl’s gemstone. The pathway through Pearl’s memories was different then. After that experience, Pearl used her Gem abilities to direct the Pearls inside to reorganize it and create a Memory Core for safekeeping. These efforts would all be for naught if Pearl’s gemstone cracked, as it would be game over for the memories, items, and anyone inside.

Adora cleared her throat and spoke to the MC-Pearl, which she called herself, standing for her full name, Memory Core Pearl, and serving as a commentary on her coolness:

“Hello! We’d like to watch…er observe some memories of Pearl and myself.”

The MC-Pearl smiled and replied, instantly recognizing Adora from the hours and hours of the memories stored within the core she had watched. “Certainly, Ms. Adora! I’ll pull them up for you, right away,” adding, “you are so cute in these memories. I understand why the big boss Pearl fell for you.” Adora’s face reddened, her body began to tingle, and her body began moving awkwardly. As a tear fell down her face, the MC-Pearl waved them adieu. She could retrieved the moment that their friendship began, how they flirted with each other in Mystacor, or when she was jealous of Adora for her crush on Carmen. Back then, she fled to the Strawberry Battlefield and Steven comforted her, learning how much Adora meant to her. The same could be said about the time Lapis and Peri flustered her when they talked about their relationship, Pearl's anger at Adora for drinking vodka with Mimi and Rin, and Pearl's defense of Adora from a ship piloted by Bonnie and Marcy. She did not pull up these memories. Instead, MC-Pearl picked some of Pearl and Adora’s best times together. Pearl and Catra could watch these memories but could not alter the memoryscape.

The first memory came from the time Pearl and Adora snuck away at night, walking through the Whispering Woods to a rock outcropping overlooking a lake. As Adora watched herself hold Pearl’s hands tightly, she whispered “aw” as she heard the dialog between them, while Catra rolled her eyes.

“I really admire you, Pearl, your elegance, knack for organization and order, and your inspirational talk. Bow and Glimmer are nice and all, but you are really a friend I wish I had known sooner. I wish you could stay here forever.”

"I'm glad that you like those qualities and see me as a true friend...but we barely know each other...Garnet says love is something that grows over time, not something that can just happen instantly or quickly. The same is the case for friendship."

"You are so interesting and fascinating...and I want to get to know you better...I want us to be the best of friends!"

While watching this play out, Adora cried, remembering her dismay back then, but glad that Pearl understood her feelings, bawling when she saw them cuddling. She snickered when they shouted, “Pearl and Adora together...we are Peadora united!” Catra had never seen Adora like this, and silently cheered on Adora’s new maturity. She wondered if she could have intimacy like that in her life. She became jealous, resulting in a weird fascination with the memories, wanting to see more. After the memory stopped playing, Adora slid over to Catra and popped a question. She wanted to know if Catra was still ok with this. Catra, wanting to mend the friendship, or whatever she had, with Adora, and captivated by the memories, bobbed her head, and agreed. Adora gladly communicated Catra’s assent to the MC-Pearl, who plopped them in another memory.

Unlike the last one, this took place right after she arrived on Earth and left Etheria. Adora watched as she and Pearl sat near Steven’s Beach House, enjoying the bright yellows and oranges of the Earth sunset. She could recall the emotions that flowed through her at that moment. She repeated her own words as heard them, “Isn't it beautiful, Pearl? I'm so glad to be here on this planet with you.” She cried, and cried, watching herself and Pearl squeeze each other, and enjoy an intimate moment. As the memory faded away, Catra requested a break, starting to recognize why Adora and Pearl were so close. She sighed and posed a question to Adora.

“So, you left Etheria to be with her and enjoy that gorgeous sunset? That wouldn’t be enough for me…there would have to be something more.”

Adora chuckled. “Of course, there wasn’t all of it, Catra. These memories are only snapshots of our best times together.”

Despite Catra being dismissive, Adora decided to continue, with Catra resigning herself to it. The next memory selected by MC-Pearl had special meaning. Catra and Adora were transported to a part of the memoryscape resembling the cold reaches of Siberia where the memory took place. Catra, in her orange leotard tank top and reddish-violet leggings, shivered when she stared at the snow and saw the wind whipping around. She began to get jittery when watching Pearl flirting with Adora, and their dance together. After noticing Adora's dance moves were the same ones she used at the Princess Prom, she became even more annoyed. Suddenly, a burst of intense color almost blinded her. She opened her eyes, feasting her eyes on the Pearl-Adora fusion with shock and bewilderment. Prior to moving onto another memory, she asked for clarification.

“What the heck just happened? And...Why can’t we do it?”

Adora giggled and tried to simply explain it to Catra. “It's fusion. It's when two people come together and turn into one person. We can’t do it because we don’t have Gems, but someone like Pearl or any of her friends who have gemstones in their bodies can do it. So, answering your last question, no, humanoids can’t fuse with each other, only with another Gem.”

Catra still did not get it. “So, fusion is like sex?”

Adora breathed deeply and took the question in stride. “No, no, no. It can be between people who are friends or people who love each other. There’s a lot of emotions involved in it, but it's not sex…it’s a manifestation of a relationship between two…or more…people.”

Although Adora's words made sense to her, she grumbled and worried about what memory MC-Pearl would choose for them next. Only her fascination for the memories kept her going.

Adora and Catra were whisked off to a bright, sunny location, another manifestation of the memoryscape. It was the beach near the Beach House where Steven (and the Gems) lived, after Adora’s date with Carmen in the incorrectly named Tampa Lagoon. Adora and Pearl sat together, as the ocean waves washed over the sand. Adora focused on Pearl’s words, repeating everything she said about their relationship, especially when she poured her heart out, and expressed her feelings:

“I had a realization which I had been afraid to admit because I had a fear of losing you…as you know, the last person dear to my heart, Rose, left me for a long-haired human…a feeling of loss that still resides within me…although I have recovered from it, sometimes it resurfaces in moments of pain and anguish.”

“Having said all that...there's something I need to get off my chest and state loudly...and proudly...I...LOVE you Adora!”

“Pearl…I love you too! I…”

“Hush now…let’s enjoy this moment.”

Catra watched in shock as she saw the passionate kiss between Pearl and Adora as their hair blew in the breeze. After this, they stared into the night sky and gazed up at the moon together. She   thought that this was real. This illusion broke apart when she turned her head, seeing Adora sitting next to her, enthralled by the memory. She began thinking to herself, what am I thinking? Am I jealous? I should be supportive of what she has. I’ll never have that.

MC-Pearl announced that she had one final memory she wanted to show them. Adora was giddy with excitement while Catra feigned interest, tired of seeing all the memories as her fascination with them began to wane. Without notice, the memory began. Catra took a deep breath. She saw Adora and Pearl traveling across the Earth, using warp pads, checking for unusual activity. While this memory played, Adora began crying a little as she watched herself and Pearl smooching while cradling Pearl in her arms. When the dream version of her began singing a melody, she cheered, and Catra mumbled under her breath, “oh, brother.” Adora loved the song’s rhythm, romantic themes, and beauty. She enjoyed what Pearl had to say about her song and their happy scampering through a field of rose petals. Neither she nor Pearl were aware that the other Crystal Gems were watching this all from the Moon Base due to Steven's error in turning off the observation orb.

Soon thereafter, Adora and Catra were teleported back to the Memory Core room. Adora began talking to MC-Pearl, insisting they be sent back to the surface. This Pearl honored their request. She warned that the "big boss" Pearl on the outside may not be ready yet. Despite the same realization, Adora remained determined, wanting to give to Pearl for hiding Catra from her. MC-Pearl transported them to the surface level using her pearl. When they arrived, surface Pearl met them, again, and shuttered, trying to be friendly, hoping it would prevent further conflict.

“So, how was your time in the memory core? Did you resolve your…uh…issues?”

“Nice. I loved watching those memories again.”

Catra demurred, saying she agreed with Adora this one time. “I-I-I agree with Adora. I get why they like each other so much. I wish I had something like that in my life.”

The surface Pearl smiled. “As a person with markings of a tabby cat, a feline headpiece, and your…whole look…I get it! Big boss Pearl is the best matchmaker around!”

Catra rolled her eyes and easily brushed it off. “Uh…no thanks. I’ll figure it out on my own.” She wanted assistance in that department but thought that questioning her about it would be perceived as “weak,” and it would expose her to vulnerabilities. She did know that the surface Pearl lied to her. Even though she had learned a lot from her relationship with Adora, generally, Pearl did not have good advice when it came to the relationship department due to her often low self-esteem.

The surface Pearl huffed and declared, “fine! Suit yourself!”

Luckily for them, the situation outside Pearl’s gemstone dimension had degraded to such a point that she needed Adora and Catra to aid her. She instructed the Pearls inside her gemstone dimension to supply them with weapons. The surface Pearl, who served as the gatekeeper in relaying requests to the other subservient Pearls, received the order. She handed a straight sword to Adora and a shotgun to Catra. Without warning, Adora and Catra were called forth by Pearl, away from memories and things of the past. Lasers whizzed over their heads, nearly killing them both on arrival in the "real world." Using her She-Ra powers, Adora created a shield, protecting Catra, and herself, from the onslaught. She wielded her sword while Pearl retrieved a pearlescent spear from her Gem, blasting a path forward through the ship's metal superstructure. She sighed and demanded immediate action from Catra and Adora.

“Nice to see you both…but we need to go, now!”

“Aye, Captain P!”

Running quickly, Adora tightly clasped Catra’s hand. Grasping a sword in her other hand, she slashed through doorways, and sped forward with her comrades. On the way to the bridge, Pearl found an elevator. They jumped inside with only seconds to spare. The doors slammed closed behind them. The elevator zoomed up the shaft. When the propaganda message, about the Diamonds and their quest for an empire, started to blare, Pearl stabbed the speaker with her spear, causing it to sizzle and sputter.

The elevator beeped and opened. Unlike the one Lars and the Off Colors used to reach the Trilliant Splitter’s bridge, Adora, Catra, and Pearl had to traverse a long corridor, where they would be prone to danger. Pulling out the shotgun, Catra cackled as she cocked it.

“I’m ready to kick some Gem butt, oh yeah!”

Pearl and Adora were not fans of this glee to hurt others. They silently promised, to each other, to confront her about it at a later point. Seizing the ship and establishing contact with Lars, on a decrepit ship floating in the planet’s orbit, remained the top priority. Knocking out the guards remained easy, one Gem stood in their way. She had a light-orange skin complexion, curly pale-yellow afro, red-and-white jumpsuit, white-gay gloves, white-and-red boots, and other stylish clothes. She wielded her pink rapier with a teal edge, challenging them to a duel. She announced herself to a terrified Pearl, determined Adora, and strong-willed Catra.

“I am Hessonite, commander of the Trilliant Splitters and this is my ship. I will not accept defeat from pipsqueaks like you! Prepare to meet your doom!”

Adora brandished a sword, Pearl her spear, and Catra a shotgun. They were ready for battle.  Hessonite charged headfirst, laughing maniacally, wildly swinging her rapier. Adora countered her attack, while Pearl released energy bursts from her spear simultaneously. Closing one eye, Catra fired the shotgun. Artfully, Hessonite sliced each bullet in half and sprinted her direction. Sensing trouble, Adora erected a shield, protecting Catra yet again. Pearl rushed in front of Adora and summoned another spear. She blocked the strong blade of Hessonite’s rapier, while Catra took potshots at her, crouching safely behind Adora’s shield. Growling and snarling, she became frustrated, preparing to go on the offensive. This never happened. While Pearl distracted her, one of Catra's shotgun blasts hit her directly in the chest. She screamed in pain while her form dissolved into her hessonite gemstone. This was a low point for Hessonite. In the Gem hierarchy established by the Diamonds, all garnet-type Gems, like hers, were originally tasked with leading armies, conquering planets, and served as colony overseers. Often, the Diamonds gave them light prisms to wield as weapons, but they were outlawed after the Steven-led anti-Diamond offensive all those years ago on Homeworld. For a human, one without a Gem, to poof her, a shameful experience to say the least.

Grapping onto the gemstone, Pearl bubbled it and put it inside her gemstone for safekeeping until they came back to Earth. While Adora knew that Gems, like Pearl, were only manifestations of light, which would return to their gemstones if “poofed,” Catra did not have the same basis of knowledge. Her eyes darting from place to place, she demanded answers.

“What in the world is going on? How...why…did Hessonite disappear into that gemstone?

Pearl pulled her aside and began to explain.

“Every Gem, like myself, projects a light-composed body, often humanoid, from their gemstone, which can change at will. When someone’s gemstone is damaged, the physical form dissipates, and they retreat to their Gem so they can regenerate. That is what happened to Hessonite.”

Despite remaining questions, Pearl’s explanation helped a little. She smiled and spoke to her, beginning to respect her a little more than in the past.

“Pearl, thanks for telling me that. I want to learn more about Gems, but what you said is a step in the right direction. You are such a great person for Adora. You have a shared history and are cute together. I have…nothing with Adora…nothing at all.”

While Pearl’s face became hot and her cheeks became a bit bluer, as she froze in place due to her embarrassment. Catra broke down and began crying. Seeing her in emotional distress, Adora embraced her, reassuring her that she mattered.

“Don’t say that! Pearl is my girlfriend, but…we will be connected until the end of time.”

While this would have comforted Catra, what Adora said perplexed her even more. She cornered Adora, and leaned in, insisting she reveal her true feelings without delay.

“Fine, fine, Pearl is your gf, significant other, a lover, whatever you want to call it…but what am I to you? A friend? A love interest? A crush?”

Adora stuttered, unsure how to respond to Catra’s rapid-fire questions. As she began to formulate an answer, an alert interrupted her thought response.

“Incoming ship detected. Designation unknown. Please take appropriate action.”

Pearl examined the spacecraft on the monitor. She recommended they prepare for combat. As a precaution, she contacted Lars and the Off Colors on their weakened Trilliant Splitter, otherwise known as the LDD, hoping he could inform them about this enemy.

“Captain Lars, we saw a new ship enter the planet’s orbit and may soon break through the planetary blockade. What should we do? Should we engage? What say you?”

Lars had never seen such a ship, so he relayed the message to Cleo and the others on the ground, hunkered in Brian’s laboratory, hiding from the Xerxs. Cleo could not recognize the craft, but Khensu did, remembering records from the P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. archives. He shouted loudly into the receiver, “it’s Octavian’s craft! Shoot it down!” A couple minutes passed. The unidentified ship was about to enter the planet’s atmosphere. Lars' order to attack the craft interrupted Pearl's thought process. She proceeded to press a button on the console. The automatic turrets opened fire. In the Gem fleet, Admiral Jack received schematics of the ship’s design and ordered the same. For a fleeting moment, the GDA and the Crystal Gems had a common foe. Although the ray shields deflected most of the damage, one laser bolt hit the unprotected starship engine, causing the ship to spiral out of control and be on collision course toward the planet's surface.

Detecting the descent of Octavian’s ship, Khepra ordered the Xerxs, she controlled, to retreat, and be on standby until the craft reached the ground. Cleo and her friends were surprised by the pull back of the Xerxs despite being surrounded and destined for inevitable defeat. They decided to not pursue. Brian used his technical knowledge to rapidly restore the shield around Mayet City and P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. Not only would it stop the asteroids but an inevitable enemy assault, whether from Octavian or someone else, like the Gem army, otherwise known as the GDM. The latter had landed on the planet's surface, with the Gems, Cleo and her friends, and other comrades distracted by the battle in space, unable to stop the invasion.

Far above the planet, Lars, the Off Colors, and Connie, grasping a delirious Steven in her arms, entered an escape pod. The LDD seemed like a lost cause. They wanted to join Pearl, Adora, and Catra aboard a Trilliant Splitter which had not suffered as much damage. Lars felt confident there would be nothing to worry about with the LDD on autopilot and rigged to explode on the click of a button. Pearl activated the tractor beam. As their pod entered the ship’s hangar bay, Pearl received reports of unusual activity on other Gem fleet vessels. A type of sleeping gas had been released, causing Gems to fall down, and become unconscious. The ship started to move on its own, without their direction, and away from the planet’s gravitational pull. Using her ability to interface with Gem technology, Pearl desperately strained to regain control of the ship. While she was successful, she fell back, completely exhausted, and into Adora’s arms. At that moment, Lars and the Off Colors reached the ship’s bridge. Lars offering to take over while Pearl remained incapacitated, which Adora happily agreed to, while she tended to Pearl. All those on the bridge watched in shock as the Gem ships powered up their engines and vanished in front of their very eyes.

None of them could understand what happened, but they prepared for the worst. Adora brought Pearl to the ship’s medical bay, with Catra tagging behind as a loyal friend who undoubtedly had a crush on Adora. She waved to Connie, who sat by Steven, who lay on a bed, weakened by the large use of energy to protect the ship Lars and his compatriots had skyjacked. Fluorite, like on the LDD, went down to the engine room, while RT, Pappy, and Rhodonite stayed in bridge with their captain.

The Peridots, who pranked Admiral Jack earlier that day, had followed through on their plan. The computer virus they had created, wormed its way into the mainframes of every ship, including the one that Lars and his crew had set to blow up, allowing them to control everything from a room on the Pear Shimmer. The virus spread quickly into all the spacecraft of the GDA, while activating the Gem sleeping bombs, with the sleeping gas spreading through the ventilation system. The Peridots all worse gas masks, so they were unaffected. Prior to leaving the galaxy, en route to Homeworld, as part of a devilish scheme to overthrow of the Diamond Authority and empower the Gem populace with the use of the Gem fleet. The head of these Peridots activated a sequence affected only one ship: Admiral Jack's Asscher Slasher. Admiral Jack found his starfighter screaming through Mayet’s atmosphere. Unable to control the craft, he cut his way out of the cockpit and leaped into the air, watching as his ship crashed into electric thorn trees and burst into flame. Landing on ground gracefully, he stood in front of advancing troops of the GDM, complete with mobile Gem drills, Esperanzas, and other technology at the ready. He held up his hand, ordering them to stop. He brandished his sword, prepared to take down Octavian for the last time. Octavian lay close by, injured from his ship’s crash, and surrounded by a legion of Xerxs, led by Khepra. Creaking from the abrasions and sores across his body, he shook his fist and cried out so loud that his voice echoed across the landscape:

“I’ll get you, Jack, if it’s the last thing I do! Get ready to be Octavian’d!”

*****

End Note: For this story, I used information from the pages “Pearl,” “A Single Pale Rose,” "Pink Dimension," “Lars and the Cool Kids,” “Sworn to the Sword,” “Familiar (episode),” “Steven Universe (Character)”, and “Hessonite,” “Garnets,” “Gems,” and “Light Prism,” on the Steven Universe fandom site, and the “Catra” page on the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power fandom site. I used the same general understanding of blushing that I used in the previous story. I was probably also subconsciously influenced by Inside Out in terms of Pearl's "memory core." I used the Pink Dimension page to again make it as close to canon as possible.

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Rupturing Tranquility in the Nile Galaxy: Rhodonite's Dimensional Disturbance, Catra's Jealousy, and Pearl's Memoryscape

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by lefemmerouge

Dimensional travel! Rhodonite interrupts the tranquility of Steven and the Crystal Gems in an attempt to help her beleaguered captain, Lars, and his comrades, fighting off an assault from the Great Diamond Armada. Steven and the Gems agree to help Rhodonite, but before they leave, Connie reports that Catra, Adora's friend (or more than a friend) from beyond the stars, is missing. Pearl, Adora's girlfriend, has something to do with the disappearance, but won't disclose it for fear of hurting Adora, despite possible repercussions on their relationship...

P.Y.R.A.M.I.D. is under attack from a traitorous Khepra, in the employ of the villainous Octavian, while Admiral Jack plans to invade the planet of Mayet, and Cleo struggles to ground herself in the new reality, dealing with a flirty Callie. Later, Adora and Catra travel through the Pearl's memoryscape on a journey of self-discovery and understanding.

The fate of Mayet and the Nile Galaxy hang in the balance. Cleo, her friends, the Off Colors, and the Crystal Gems face their greatest challenge yet, facing the wrath of Admiral Jack, hostile Gem warriots, Octavian, and Xerxs led by Khepra. Can the heroes save the day, or will they succumb to the forces of evil?

Words: 7822, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 27 of An Unlikely Alliance Against Evildoers

Fandoms: Steven Universe (Cartoon), Cleopatra In Space (Cartoon), Samurai Jack (Cartoon), She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, Multi, Other

Characters: Khensu Kasaar, Cleopatra, Akila Theoris (Cleopatra In Space), Callie (Cleopatra in Space), Brian Bell, Yosira (Cleopatra in Space), Mihos (Cleopatra in Space), Octavian (Cleopatra in Space), Xerxs (Cleopatra in Space), Administrant Khepra (Cleopatra in Space), Samurai Jack, Peridot(s) (Steven Universe), Lars Barriga, Fluorite (Steven Universe), Rhodonite (Steven Universe), Rutile Twins (Steven Universe), Padparadscha (Steven Universe), Hessonite (Steven Universe), Nephrite(s) (Steven Universe), Crystal, Steven Universe, Connie Maheswaran, Adora (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra), Pearl (Steven Universe), Surface Pearl (Steven Universe), Memory Core Pearl (Steven Universe), Amethyst (Steven Universe), Garnet (Steven Universe), Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe), Peridot (Steven Universe), Lion (Steven Universe), Professor Sitre (Cleopatra in Space)

Relationships: Brian Bell & Akila Theoris, Brian Bell & Khensu Kasaar & Cleopatra "Cleo" Philopator VII & Akila Theoris, Administrant Khepra & Xerxs (Cleopatra in Space), Administrant Khepra & Octavian (Cleopatra in Space), Cleopatra "Cleo" Philopator VII/Akila Theoris (Cleopatra in Space), Callie/Cleopatra "Cleo" Philopator VII (Cleopatra In Space), Mihos & Cleopatra "Cleo" Philopator VII (Cleopatra In Space), Lars Barriga & Steven Universe, Lars Barriga & Rhodonite, Lars Barriga & Padparadscha, Lars Barriga & Fluorite, Lars Barriga & Rutile Twins, Lars Barriga & Off Colors, Adora (She-Ra)/Pearl (Steven Universe), Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Pearl & Catra, Pearl & Surface Pearl, Pearl & Memory Core Pearl, Connie Maheswaran/Steven Universe, Lion & Steven Universe, Lapis Lazuli/Peridot (Steven Universe)

Additional Tags: Magic, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Fantasy, Minor Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Multiple Crossovers, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover Pairings, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt, Emotional Baggage, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Unresolved Emotional Tension, Swords & Sorcery, Swords, Established Relationship, Implied Relationships, Developing Relationship, Friendship, Developing Friendships, Relationship(s), Yuri, POV Original Female Character, Original Character(s), Homeworld (Steven Universe), Implied Connie Maheswaran/Steven Universe, Homeworld Hierarchy (Steven Universe), Homeworld Gems - Freeform, Revolutionary Girl Utena References, Japan, Portals, archives, Musical Instruments, Guitars, Music, Radio, Pink Lars Barriga, Dimension Travel, Follow the pink dimension road, We're off to see the Lars, Recovered Memories, Memories, Callie's continued crush on Cleo, Spaceships, Travel, Computer Viruses, Computer Programming, Moon, Romance, Catra (She-Ra) Needs a Hug, Catra jealous of Pearl and Adora, Jealousy, Outer Space, Lesbians in Space, Space Opera, Beach City, card catalogs

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IPL 2019: The deadline to retain the players had ended on Thursday. (Source: BCCI)

IPL 2019: The deadline to retain the players had ended on Thursday. (Source: BCCI)

All the eight franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) announced their list of retained and released players by Monday evening, ahead of the 2019 auction. The list assured the return of banned Aussie stars Steve Smith and David Warner who were retained by Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, respectively. It also leaves the IPL future of some big names from Indian cricket with uncertainty. Seasoned campaigners like Yuvraj Singh, Jaydev Unadkat and Gautam Gambhir were all released by their respective sides.

Wriddhiman Saha, Axar Patel and Mohammed Shami are the other big names that have been released by their sides. Among the international stars, Jason Roy, JP Duminy, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes and Aaron Finch were also dumped by their sides. The deadline to retain the players ended on Thursday.

Shikhar Dhawan was traded to Delhi Daredevils by Sunrisers Hyderabad in exchange for Shahbaz Nadeem, Abhishek Sharma and Vijay Shankar. Meanwhile, Kings XI Punjab swapped Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis for local boy Mandeep Singh

Here is the full list of players released and retained by IPL teams –

Royal Challengers Bangalore

In: Marcus Stoinis

Released: Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Sarfraz Khan

Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Coulter-Nile

Salary cap available: 63.85 cr

Available slots: 10; Indian 8, Overseas 2

Mumbai Indians

In: Quinton de Kock

Released: Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins, Akila Dananjaya, JP Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Singh, Mohsin Khan, Pradeep Sangwan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba

Retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff

Salary cap available: 11.15 cr

Available slots: 7; Indian 6, Overseas 1

Delhi Daredevils

In: Shikhar Dhawan

Released: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Gurkeerat Mann, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Shami, Dan Christian, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, Junior Dala, Naman Ojha

Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan

Salary cap available: 25.50 cr

Available slots: 10; Indian 7, Overseas 3

Sunrisers Hyderabad

In: Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem

Released: Shikhar Dhawan, Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan

Retained: David Warner, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda

Salary cap available: 9.70 cr

Available slots: 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2

Chennai Super Kings

In: None

Released: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma

Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi

Salary cap available: 8.40 cr

Available slots: 2; Indian 2, Overseas 0

Kolkata Knight Riders

In: None

Released: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles, Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade, Vinay Kumar

Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna

Salary cap available: 15.20 cr

Available slots: 12; Indian 7, Overseas 5

Kings XI Punjab

In: Mandeep Singh

Released: Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Aaron Finch, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar

Retained: Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Salary cap available: 36.20 cr

Available slots: 15; Indian 11, Overseas 4

Rajasthan Royals

In: None

Released: Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena, D’Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin

Retained: Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Ajinkya Rahane, K Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror

Salary cap available: 20.95cr

Available slots: 9; Indian 6, Overseas 3

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