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Part 2 was completed 2/6/16. Reuploading it because it's been two and a half years and because I've completed part 3. Part 3 will be uploaded shortly after part 2.

-R.A.W.

Part 2: "Falling Star"

Steven Universe was playing Not-That-Sorry! with Amethyst and Pearl at the coffee table. So far, Amethyst was winning, holding most of Steven's and Pearl's characters in her prison under false pretenses (Pearl's more so). If ever either of them managed to bail any of their characters out, they'd be homeless (as they'd have lost any familial relations) and be forced to roam on the game spaces tracing the perimeter of the board, as beggars, fenced away from moral and law-abiding society like lepers. It was either that, or death row. Amethyst sure didn't feel sorry for Pearl as she was bickering up a storm at the ludicrous and overtly complex rules of this lamentable little board game. It was because of that, that she was down to her last free man who still had legal right to his home, wife and kids that she was making such a fuss (and also, well, she was losing to Amethyst). Amethyst just laughed at her, while Steven laughed purely for fun. But those are the stakes when you play Not-That-Sorry!

As Amethyst was about to jail Pearl's last free man under the wrongful conviction of premeditated murder, the Temple door opened. Garnet stepped out, but what followed her was incredulous screaming—a voice of incoherent fire and carnage. Steven's laughter died immediately, and the house felt empty. The doorway closed behind Garnet, and the screaming disappeared. Things were quiet for a while, as Garnet entered the living space. Amethyst and Pearl silently turned back to the board game, asking no questions. Steven, though, more curious than a cat on its last life, simply said, "Garnet?"

She walked over to their game and said, "What are you playing?"

Pearl piped up, hands a-flailing, "Oh, it's this wonderful game called Not-That-Sorry! Apparently, the object is to, um, imprison all other player's pieces, or render them homeless?"

"Sounds like fun."

"Pearl just lost," proclaimed Amethyst, "I took all her guys! She really stinks at board games!"

Pearl defended herself, saying, "Well, if the rules to these games weren't so senseless—"

"Guys!" said Steven. They all looked at him. "I know you're just trying to protect me, but I'm a Crystal Gem, too. Garnet, what was that?"

There was a silence among them, until Garnet spoke up. "Steven," she said, "What you just heard was Topaz."

"Topaz?! But we bubbled her!"

"I un-bubbled her. There are many things we still don't know about the Gem Homeworld or exactly what they're capable of. I'm not going to lie to you, Steven, they'll probably send more Gems our way, and any intelligence could mean an advantage, and we need to gather as much as we can so we can prepare as necessary. So far, Topaz has been… uncooperative, to say the least." Steven looked down at the board game populated with prisoners and homeless men thoughtfully. "But, don't worry. We won't let anyone hurt this planet without a fight."

Pearl lifted her nose in confidence and said, "That's right. They'll have to go through us first."

Then Amethyst flexed and said, "Yeah, they got nothin' on these guns!"

Steven laughed. Then Garnet suggested, "Why don't we play a different game. I'll join you."

Steven jumped up in jubilation, saying, "Oh! I know just the one!" He rummaged the storage space under the stairs and wriggled loose a jangling box depicting a caricatured and colorful electoral debate, with the four candidates raising their fingers at each other. "The name of the game is Political Party! This once great nation is falling apart! The people are in need of change!" Soon, Pearl, once again, began to vehemently voice her opinion on the matter of rules for a board game designed for ages six and up.

…

That night, after the Crystal Gems had all gone to their Rooms, and Steven was tucked away in his bed, he thought about Topaz and his first meeting—more or less—with her. The last thing he saw before he fell asleep (and before Pearl snuck out of her Room to spy on him sleeping) was the waxing moon over the serene ocean tide.

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