gems activating at different times came as a necessity when, during an early playtest, my friend's natural gamer instincts kicked in and they collected all the gems and socketed them in one go, completely ruining the pacing i was going for. kind of a gross fix that i tried to explain away with lore, but it didn't quite land the way i was hoping. oh well. :)!
the coconut was supposed to be a generic "sports ball" but it is now canonically a coconut thanks to you.