Author's Note: Written in text similar to that of Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars trilogy. Please consult this (and other play scripts) if you are unaware of the style and/or have trouble following. Enjoy!
Town Hall Meeting
Part One: The Meeting
SETTING: A small auditorium with a stage that has a small podium on it. Various 'cast members' of Steven Universe are chatting with one another.
STEVEN (to his mother): "So what's this big surprise you were teasing me about?"
ROSE QUARTZ: "Well, do you remember when I had to be on set at four in the morning for filming my first part in 'The Answer'? (Steven nods) It's because they had to outfit me for my jet pack.
STEVEN (shocked): "You've been using a JET PACK this whole time?!"
ROSE QUARTZ (smiling and giggling a bit): "Yep. I suspect it is because my hair was the best suited to hide it. (Turns serious) And let's face it, honey, I'm not exactly built for the relatively thin harness lines they use for our flying and jumping around. They would stick out on me like a sore thumb!"
RUBY, OF GARNET'S FUSION (while petting LION and the CATS from Episode 6 with CONNIE, SAPPHIRE, and the other RUBIES. To CONNIE): "When I saw the first cut of you running from the Cluster Gems in Episode 68, I was paranoid for like, two days!"
SAPPHIRE, OF GARNET'S FUSION: "I couldn't sleep right for nearly a week."
CONNIE (a bit wistful): "I wish I could've gone to where Episodes 40 & 74 were filmed. Those looked like awesome location sites."
EYEBALL: "Didn't you guys get lost in the forest around the filming area?"
(Ruby of Garnet's Fusion shudders and goes 'Eeee….')
SAPPHIRE (groaning): "Ugh, YES. And the worst part was I forgot to charge my cell phone and Ruby's didn't have any reception so we wandered around in a circle until we heard Blue Diamond calling at us from above the 'ship'.
RUBY, OF GARNET'S FUSION (embarrassed and scratching the back of her head): "She was wondering what we were doing. Basically, we really had gone around in a huge circle."
Other snatches of mingling among the cast: PEARL does a twirl while talking to AMETHYST, who laughs; PERIDOT excitedly showing off selfies taken of her and STEVEN in the Gem Drill to GARNET; LAPIS LAZULI bringing out coffee flavors and putting one in for herself.
Eventually, YELLOW DIAMOND and BLUE DIAMOND come on stage. YELLOW DIAMOND starts knocking on the podium with a gavel and BLUE DIAMOND takes her spot at a typewriter. The cast takes their seats in the front aisles and the floor in front of the stage with the exception of SAPPHIRE, who goes towards the back and sits in the center floor aisle. She is going to start mediating and hopes for a vision that could aid them.
YELLOW DIAMOND: "I hereby call this meeting of the Steven Universe cast to order. Now we have- (cuts off and looks around the room, confused. Turning to BLUE DIAMOND) Where is Pink Diamond?"
(BLUE DIAMOND shrugs, then notices ROSE QUARTZ waving her hand up. When noticed, ROSE QUARTZ stands.)
ROSE QUARTZ (reading from a postcard): "'Am taking a zip line trip through the forests of Brazil. Wish you were here! Sincerely, Pink Diamond'."
(Several groan, BLUE DIAMOND rubs her temples, and YELLOW DIAMOND makes a face that says 'Urk!' )
YELLOW DIAMOND (deadpan): "I should've known. (waves hand at ROSE QUARTZ as a way of saying 'That'll be all') Thank you, Rose, we will mark her as absent." (ROSE sits down) Okay, then, we have plenty to speak about tonight. However, due to unforeseen events, many believe we should focus on those. Those in favor of discussing their thoughts on the recent leaks, please raise your hand and say Aye."
(ALL members, except for LION and the CATS. raise their hands and say 'Aye!' including the two DIAMONDS and SAPPHIRE in the back.)
YELLOW DIAMOND: "Hmmm, it appears we have a consensus of agreement here. Very well, then. Steven, since you are technically the main focus of the show, it's only fitting you should go first."
STEVEN (sits up straighter on chair): "I try my very best not to show my displeasure to my friends who watch the leaks instead of waiting for the episodes to premiere on TV, but it's gotten so bad, I'm not sure how much longer I can keep it to myself. (gets a little emotional) I remember when I used to bring my friends over to watch new episodes and now with all this, I can't..." (He sniffs and GREG pats him on the back.)
(Loud murmurs of agreement fill the room. CONNIE stands up.)
CONNIE (frustrated): "Steven is right! The two of us are still underage and have to attend school and do homework in addition to filming. Bringing our friends from outside the show to watch new episodes are some of the few times we spend with them, but with all these leaks, it's become harder to do..." (stops and wipes nose angrily while her parents sit her back down to comfort her.)
PERIDOT: (doing something on her smart phone): "I did some calculations on the general viewership of and...(visibly pales) our show is one of the LOWEST-RATED shows on the network. (most start, noticeably PEARL.)
PEARL (sounding out of breath): "How is this possible...?"
BLUE DIAMOND (looking up from the typewriter): "This is more urgent than I realized..."
LAPIS LAZULI: "Is it the leaks that make our show one of the lowest-rated or (rather timidly) it is because the show isn't as good as we think it?"
(Everyone save the DIAMONDS and SAPPHIRE start talking at once. One of the FIVE RUBIES, EYEBALL, disagrees and starts arguing with LAPIS. GREG, GARNET, and PERIDOT come towards them to break up their fight.)
YELLOW DIAMOND (attempting to restore order in the room. Loudly): "People, please! This bickering is not gonna help us solve our problem!" (begins ringing a bell furiously.)
(Eventually EYEBALL collapses into a mess of tears.)
EYEBALL (crying): "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I just...can't bear to think of us not being here anymore...I mean, I know my character was jettisoned into space so I wasn't around for long but I've had SO much fun with everyone here...It's just-" (she breaks off, crying more. LAPIS gets down and hugs her as the others look on.)
GARNET (calmly): "I know you didn't mean that, Lapis, or you either, Eyeball, but we gotta keep our heads together. Fighting among ourselves will get us nowhere. We may be acting but we also have powers of our that could seriously injury someone if we let our emotions get away from us. You remember what happened a few weeks ago, right?"
(Everyone looks resignedly towards one another, remembering the incident that happened a few weeks prior...)
Uh-oh, looks like the cast isn't too pleased about the leaks and the effects they're having. What is 'the incident' the characters are referring to?
Episode Six = 'Cat Fingers' (where the CATS come from)
Episode Forty = 'On the Run'
Episode Sixty-Eight = 'Nightmare Hospital'
Episode Seventy-Four = 'The Answer'
The character of LION debuts in Episode Ten = 'Steven's Lion'
*With much thanks to the Steven Universe Wiki!
*And my two sisters for proofreading :D