fresh out the wall

when gems pop out their hole in the kindergarten wall, they dont come out with the right appearance
shortly after first forming, most gems will be corraled to their colony's respective training facility. for peridots, the group of kindergartners tending that sector will list off the requirements and limitations for your form. there was a different standardized list for each and every gem type
some symbols and shapes were absolutely banned, others were required, such as the insignia of your diamond. in these facilities is where you'll experience your first poof. if you forgot the list while your arranging yourself in your gem, theyd just keep poofing you until you got it right
you had a degree of personal freedom, but everything down to hairstyle, colors, shapes, where those shapes could be, etc. had limits and expectations. i liked this to an extent; meant i didnt need to make my own choices
after your form gets approved, you get your colony standard limb enhancers. each colony has a bit of a different design depending on which part of the galactic grid it sits in, for easy identification purposes. so then the kindergartners rush you through setting up your gem network profile, well, theres a lot of gems to get through. everyones stumbling around, i mean, imagine youve only been existing and walking for like an hour and now you have bigass feet
you were expected to be able to navigate the software day one and sumbit your first of many, many mandatory logs. if you happened to poof for whatever reason, you would need to sumbit how and why and take a scan of your new form and upload that to your profile. any violations or mistakes and... well, good luck
welcome to the world now get to work!