So apparently we're going to play "How many projects can Wierdkid20 work on at the same time without going insane?" This is an idea that's been lurking around the back of my head for a few days now so we'll see what comes of it!

Only a few of them made it out of the grips of their creators. Diamond surveyed their cramped, stolen, escape ship. It was still able to fly after their harrowing escape, thanks to Silicate's puttering. Iron had the controls and Sandstone paced restlessly.

"Diamond." Amber said, not for the first time. Diamond snapped her head back around and rubbed the edge of the gem set into her forehead.

"Right, my apologies, tell me about this star system." She said. The star map flickered as there was another lurch in the ships engines and the lights in the rest of the cockpit flickered. "Silicate!" Diamond called to the back where the gem was fastening a loose wire.

"I'm fixing it, I'm fixing it! It's all under control!" the tinny voice called back.

"You've said that the last six times!" Beyrl screeched from her position in the alcove that had been dubbed their 'sick bay' not that they got sick, but it suited the situation.

"Beyrl, calm down, you'll exacerbate your crack!" Diamond snapped. Both gems grumbled irritatedly and Diamond turned back to Amber with a sigh. Everyone was on edge, whether it be from shapeshifting, cracked gem, faulty machinery or the fear of what comes next. And Diamond had to keep them together, why they kept looking to her for answers she did not know but she couldn't let them down.

"You sound like one of them, you know." Amber said with an amused expression that wrinkled the edge of her form around the gem set into her eye. "Giving us orders and keeping us in line." Diamond flinched and frowned.

"I didn't mean to-" She began, Amber punched her lightly in the arm.

"Don't worry about it Diamond, you're better than them." Amber said with a grin. "Any way this star system, three suitable planets, one of which seems to have the resources for future implantation if we wish."

"Is it safe?" Diamond asked giving the cockpit another glance. "Any organic life? Easily defensible?"

"No organic life other than plants, as for easily defensible, you're the one intended to strategic work, I'm just a fact finder." Amber said with a shrug. Diamond smiled slightly and shook her head as she inspected the planets closely.

"You're more than that you clod." Diamond said. "We're all more than what we were made to be at this point."

"Yes, yes, We've all heard your rhetoric." Sandstone said "But can we save it when we're not on this hunk of junk any more?"

"Alright alright," White Diamond said. "Iron, we've got coordinates for you."

"Excellent." Iron said, her voice much softer than her frame would imply. She turned the side of her head with her gem towards the two of them. "A new beginning would do us all good."

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