So what is the purpose of a Lapis, exactly? Obviously they control

>Earth is 80% water
>"Gee what could Lapis be useful for hurrrrrrrr"

>>85536363
Do tell, please. Do gems need water?

>>85536402
Nigga if you were trying to take over a planet where 80% of said planet could be used against itself, why wouldn't you send a Lapis

>>85536439
So Lapises are pretty much usless at homeworld? because they are only good at one thing?

>>85537312
There are probably other planets with water on them.

>>85536439
>>85536363
>80%
It's 70%.

>>85536267
Waifubait and lesboshipping.
Literally nothing else.

>>85537860
>>85536363
Still, you would need a Lapis to build shit underwater

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>>85536267
They filter out heavy water from colonial oceans for fusion.

>>85536267
maybe she's a #raregem like sapphire

She's an upper crust, she probably did not have a menial physical job like building or fighting. She probably did whatever it is that nobility do in those spires the Bismuth build for them.

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>>85537929
*atomic fusion
...
Not the lesbian rock kind.

Perhaps they serve as scouts to explore and develop plans to colonize planets with water - water planets would be more likely to have the resources to support gem production

Either bored nobility, terraformer or colony recon.

>>85537312
We did see her manipulating other liquids in the barn, so it might not be limited to water. Maybe they're just BETTER at manipulating water, or it just happened to be the most abundant kind of liquid on Earth for our Lapis.

Messengers, explorers, and water benders.

>>85536363
She wasn't sent to fight in the war tho
So why was she sent to earth?
Earth has plenty of air and dirt too

>>85538338
What liquids? Oil? Mercury? Or just things that are mostly water?

>>85536267

I believe she was sent to report to the Diamonds how the war was going. Then she encountered Bismuth, she tried to escape, Bismuth poofed her, and that was that.

My bet is that Lapises are used for terraforming planets. One Lapis could manipulate entire oceans.
Second guess: messengers. Lapis was able to fly to homeworld pretty fast.

>>85536267
Well, let's look at the things that Lapis Lazuli can do.

She can fly through interstellar space under her own power.

She can use reflections to show people images of things she's seen.

She can manipulate water. Even if this is useless on Homeworld, it would be very powerful in space and on several kinds of alien planets.

So, her powers let her go to distant planets, survive and explore them, and tell other people what she finds there. Her abilities would be perfectly suited to an interplanetary scout, who can travel outside of Homeworld's infrastructure in search of new undiscovered planets, and give detailed reports to let the Diamonds know whether they're suitable for colonization.

>>85537967
This.

It didn't take her long at all to reach Homeworld when she got her full powers back, and honestly I imagine being able to fly is a pretty useful ability to have.

Guarantee you there weren't that many Lapis' on Earth when they first started colonizing it though.

>>85536267
To make ice dildos.

>>85536363
>>85537860
Earth is a wet rock. Its surface is certainly 70% covered with water, but it's overwhelmingly made of rock.

>>85536267
Terraforming. Water control is one of the most potent superpowers, with all kinds of possibilities.

>>85536267
Thirst quenching.

Water is an extremely common substance in the grand scheme of things. Why wouldn't you want one?