"Amethyst," Pearl asked as she poked her head through the front screen door. "Amethyst, are you in here? Steven said you two were up here playing games and that you fell asleep on the couch, so I know you're still in here."

As the door shut behind her, Pearl turned around and glanced at the painting of Rose that guarded the doorway from above. After her trip to Empire City with Steven and Greg, it's been a lot easier for her to think about Rose. Her heart no longer hurt whenever she looked at her picture, and she was able to let out a small smile as she fondly remembered her former love.

Her moment of serenity was quickly broken, however, because when she began to search the house for Amethyst, she found a large trail of debris that she had left behind.

Up where Steven slept, his bed had been removed from the box spring and now sat sloppily on the coffee table on the level below while its sheets and blankets sat on the floor and draped off the ledge above the couch. Steven's TV and game system were laying on their side and indefinitely connected through a large mass of tangled wires that would surely take several hours to unravel. There was also a large pile of chip crumbs and pizza crust that left a small trail leading back towards the kitchen which was covered in chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and pizza sauce. The cabinets were wide open, and a few had been ripped off. Broken glass littered the floor, and the dishes that were lucky enough to be spared were scattered across the counter and filled the sink to the brim.

Pearl let out a loud sigh and pinched the bridge of her nose. The amount of time and effort that she's had to put into cleaning up after Amethyst and Steven was stressful, and although she appreciated that the two were spending time together, she wished that they could at least attempt to pick up after themselves.

Shuffling her way through the mess, Pearl called out. "Amethyst, I know you're still here. We have something that we need to take care of while Garnet is supervising Connie and Steven. It's really important, so I need you to hurry up and come out here already." A loud squishing sound and a surprised scream let out as Pearl slipped on a puddle of chocolate sauce, and a thud roared through the room as she landed on her back. "And clean up all this garbage," Pearl angrily exclaimed as she pulled herself up from the floor.

"Ha ha ha," Amethyst let out a hearty chuckle as she stumbled into the room. "Better watch your step Pearl, or you might get your precious ribbon dirty." She reached down and gave the ribbon around Pearl's waist a small tug.

Now on her feet, Pearl stuck her nose in the air and pulled the ribbon out of Amethyst's hand. With a small hint of blue in her cheeks she said, "This ribbon is an important part of my outfit, and I take pride in how I look, unlike yourself," Pearl gestured towards Amethyst, whose hair was a tangled mess, her shirt torn and covered in food, and had large holes in her leggings around the knees.

"Pshhhhh. Oh come on P, loosen up, would yah? It's not like there's someone I have to impress anyway." Amethyst hit Pearl with her elbow. "Unlike you, of course. Tryin' to get yourself a girlfriend dressin' like that, Pearl? Huh, huh?" Amethyst began laughing again.

"What," Pearl asked in shock as she began blushing. She cleared her throat and mostly regained her poise, but still blushing, "No, but I don't enjoy looking like I just came out of a garbage receptacle is all."

"Yo but trash cans are so fun! They're super comfy, and they have all this free food in it!"

Pearl groaned. "Can we please just get going? Garnet said that this mission could take us quite some time, and you and I are going to have to spend even more time here afterwards cleaning up this mess that you and Steven made."

"I dunno. I think we did a pretty good job redecorating, what do you thi-," Amethyst turned to look at Pearl, who was scowling, and stopped mid-sentence.

The two stepped on the teleportation pad and a beam of light swept them away to their destination.