Hhaha hey Jay, look! I updated just for you! Piece of shit. I love corn fuck you everybody likes corn.
Hey hey the rest of you lovelies~ Hope you enjoy the second chap. Had a tough time hurting Peridot though. Ah well, in honor of Stevenbomb 2.0! Cheers and tears!
Jasper's stormy white mane swished too and fro. Peridot eyed her new mate's flowing tresses, they glinted in the sun like silver treasures. When a breeze rolled by over the open plains, her hair was whipped into a frenzy, tendrils flying in all directions. Jasper had all the bearings , of a spell binding warlock in those moments. Or perhaps a fierce battle mage? She smelled of powerful magicks, her aura radiated with it.
Hell, the hulking Bruiser even walked with it. Her doorframe busting shoulders were slung back pridefully, arrogantly. She held her head high, and sported a golden star on her broad chest.
She claimed to be the pack leader of some coven of defect Gems. Peridot's orders from Yellow Diamond herself, had only merited she find the beast roaming The Wilds. So very vague. Had she meant Jasper herself? She was beastly...
"Not much further to your walls." The towering Gem ground out, her long legs eating up the distance much faster than Peridot's. She had to stride just to keep pace with her.
Jasper truly was taking her back to the Citadel then? In their first moments together, Jasper had been calloused towards her, but tender. That was a telling of matehood, wasn't it? Oh Gods, not to mention that delicious fragrance that wafted from the brute. The most sure sign that they were mated.
Peridot had been sure that the big idiot would be unreachable by now, and she was positive Jasper had been leading her away from her home. But midways though their course, Jasper had stopped completely. Grunting something about 'this not being the right way' and turning right around.
"Not much further." Peridot copied simply. That lightening charred tree looked familiar. They mustn't be far off. And she was thankful for it. The sooner she got away from Jasper, the better. Last thing she needed right now was fucking matehood. She was on the cusp of being anointed. Peridot excelled at her Recon duties, and in her opinion, she was sorely due a promotion. Now that was her purpose. No one siphoned data like her. No other Gem had the technopath magick know-how she possessed.
On the battle field, she was formidable. But when dropped behind enemy lines, she could decimate defenses in seconds and gank all their credits at the same time. She was unstoppable. Surely her Superior's had taken notice in her. That's why she was sent on this damned mission, wasn't it? It was a test.
Jasper had slowed her pace considerably, her legs now moving in tune with Peridot's. She side glanced at the taller Gem, seeing Jasper was blatantly starring at her like before. She rolled her eyes, her cheeks flushing in embarrassment.
She didn't like looking at Jasper's face. Or rather...she really really liked looking at Jasper's face, and she didn't like the way it made her fucking feel. Like there were sparrows fluttering about in her stomach. The other Gem did have a sigh worthy face, if she was being true to herself. Her sisters from home would have pawed over her in a fit of giggles.
The Gods took their time in sculpting her peculiar face. Sculpting all of her in fact. Peridot could admit that she was stunning. Annoyingly so. And Jasper knew it, didn't she?
"What sectors do you live in, Peridot?" Jasper asked coolly, as if she'd be giving out information that incriminating.
She scoffed. "That's hardly your business."
For all she knew, Jasper could come back with reinforcements and take her from her livings as she slept. Though if she gave it more thought, it'd be easier if Jasper had just kidnapped her in the first place, right? Still, she wasn't telling her where she lived.
Jasper only nodded with a curt smirk. "Fair enough. It's because you're royalty, isn't it? I knew it. You look moneyed." She relayed, seeming to mock that she might come from a family of value.
"Royalty?" Peridot laughed. Why was that so flattering? "What, you think me a princess, Bruiser?" She batted her lashes dangerously. Something in her seemed to jump at the chance to tease the other.
Jasper's face twisted in confusion. "You're not?"
A few ticks of silence fell between them. Peridot was taken aback, Jasper honestly believed she was royalty.
She shook her head. "No. I'm on Recon, during home hours I'm a patrol unit." Certainly not royalty. But better than lower class. "Which is basically a babysitter. I won't be doing patrolling for much longer though." In fact, she didn't doubt she'd be promoted on the spot upon her return.
She'd survived hellish weeks out in the unforgiving wilderness- one minute she was under Yellow Diamond's wing, walking through her crystal gardens, the next she was hauled to the outside of the city, with little more than a goodbye. Or a so long, Peridot.
"I got a mission for you, my little one. Think you can handle it?" That's what Yellow had began with. Handle it? Peridot was going to pass it with flying colors. She'd make her leader proud.
Jasper cleared her throat. Was the beast nervous? Bashful, even?
"This is you right up here." She informed, pointing ahead to the colossal white walls of the Citadel. It went on for miles and miles, and from their vantage point, Peridot could almost see past the wall. Pointed peaks of homes jutted slightly past their tops, smoke wafting from the stacks. She could hear pacifying music from the city streets, and she wanted to hum along with their familiarity. Gods, to finally be back home.
Jasper stopped suddenly, holding out her hand. "You know the way to your home it seems, so why have you not returned to it sooner?" She asked irritatingly.
Peridot almost spurted laughter. Return home empty handed from an Authority designated mission? She cackled. "Because I was on Recon duty." She replied, glancing over the taller Gem once more.
Yellow's orders had simply been 'Find the Beast in the Wilds' and Jasper sure looked the part of a beast, and she is the leader of the Wild's coven of defect Gems. Peridot was lament to hand over such a healthy warrior, though, Yellow no doubt had plans in mind for her. Perhaps recruitment? The Citadel was always seeking hardy battle ready adventurers and like minded Bruisers were always of use.
Jasper chuckled beside her. A heart warming sound that came deep from her chest. "And that's means enough to lock you out of home?" She accused, sneering as she said home.
Peridot blanched, her mouth flapping for a moment. "I wasn't locked out. I was given a special mission."
"And forced to sleep on the ground for...what, " Jasper looked her up and down. "I'm assuming weeks? Yeah. Looks like weeks to me."
"There's good reason. It builds strength." She boasted, whirling her hand as she spoke.
"Unity is strength." Jasper asserted. "What I saw was a hungry gemling, hiding in the corner from unknown combatants." Her voice was laden with disgust. As if she held a personal anger towards the situation. "Shouldn't do that to your own people." She bit out.
"You shouldn't speak on matters you know nothing about." Peridot snapped. No one dared bad mouth her home, not to her goddamn face. This oaf was crossing her in the nastiest of ways.
Jasper stepped closer, cocking her head. "You shouldn't assume I'm daft on the matter." She offered. Through gritted teeth. "I know more about your Diamond Authorities than you'd ever care to know."
"Do you rehearse the things you say? Or do they just come to you on the spot, what with all your fathomless brilliance?" Peridot waved her arms in a circle, punctuating herself.
Jasper jeered back as if struck, and a cruel scowl marked her face. That plump upper lip quirked, peeking up to reveal pearlescent fangs. Peridot's cheeks heated as her gaze was riveted there on the brute's mouth. Had her lips looked this kissable the entire time?
"Leaving someone out in the wilderness. Alone. Starving. Oh, now that-that's fathomless brilliance." She laughed haughtily. "You could have been eaten. Mauled. You could have lost your way in these winding forests. Did you even think about that? Do your people even think about that? Gods, not to mentioned you could have fucking starved." She gestured to her gaunt stomach furiously.
Peridot gawked in disbelief at this childish outburst. "How is that even your problem?" She cried in frustration.
"Because you're my mate." Jasper rejoined with her hands held up as if she wanted to take Peridot's. "You can't understand the agony that it brings me. To know that you've been alone -and not but miles from me. I could have scented you if the wind had been right." She sounded almost desperate for Peridot to understand. She looked in to Jasper's golden eyes, losing herself in their intensity.
Peridot's jaw slackened, she could only shake her head. "You understand nothing." She hissed, shoving Jasper aside as she pushed forward. She had little time for this.
Jasper stomped, coming after her with batted breath. Peridot could hear the restraint in the other's voice as she spoke.
"Well. If you were on a mission, why are you returning now?" She growled, each word sounding stiff.
"Because my mission is done." She offered breezily, waltzing ahead. She was growing more and more sure that Jasper was what this entire mission was about. It was the only constant that made enough sense. Her resolve only flourished as the gates of the Citadel wall came into view.
Two imposing guards were posted on either side of the great gateway, heavy two handed battle-axes held aloft in either's hand. As huge as both Gem's were, they only came up to Jasper's chin.
Peridot pressed a hand to Jasper, whom was not even three goddamn feet behind her. Did this lug even know how to spell personal space?
"How about you keep behind me, sound good? Just. Let me do all of the talking." She insisted. The taller Gem only grumbled behind her.
"What is there even to discuss with those people? They should be welcoming one such as you." Jasper added gruffly.
One such as you. Was that her version of a compliment?
"Just hush." She quipped, walking up to the now rigid guards. Peridot put on her kindliest smile, simply oozing confidence.
"Welcome back."The guards spoke in unison for their greeting.
Peridot recognized one of them from the markets, Apatite was her name. The ridicule that girl got during her childhood was almost cringe worthy.
She bowed to the duo and they offered the same. Jasper made a crude curtsy like gesture, grunting her hello. The guardian Gems kept their pitch gazes locked on the brute, they seemed to be sizing her up, no doubt Jasper was doing the same.
Peridot motioned towards her Yellow Diamond emblem for either guard to scan. Apatite propped her axe against the gates with a clatter and held out her now glowing hand. A rudimentary recognition spell was summoned in her palm and she pressed it to Peridot's chest.
She could feel Jasper tense behind her, but she stood her place- never protesting what was surely unknown magicks. Peridot had to admit, for a Bruiser, she had exuberant self control.
A warm smile cast across Peridot's face. What would her welcoming be like? Surely it'd be a small, private event. Yellow would praise her on a job well done and she could say a big fat goodbye to her cramped livings. Maybe she'd even get her own house. A complex made for her and her alone. Couldn't be too far from th-
Apatite reeled back, grabbing her wrist as she scowled at her palm. A dark pink magick glowed there. She looked to Peridot with an expression torn between empathy and disgust. She glanced down at the diamond between Peridot's breasts and then to the guardian Gem beside her.
"Everything all right?" Peridot piqued, an uncertainty beginning to cook in her belly.
Jasper said nothing as the trio exchanged worrisome looks.
Apatite murmured something to the other Gem.
"Exile?"
Peridot's heart dropped to her feet, her tongue crumbled to ash in her mouth. "W-what?"
The other Gem nodded. "Exile."
The duo held their weapons at bay, but crossed them to block the gate's entrance.
"Exile? What do you mean exile?" Peridot stammered, trying to peek past the guardian's lofty weapons. She could see homes just beyond the gate's filigreed designs. She could smell the smoke wafting from their stacks and a part of her screamed. "There must be some sort of mistake."
"There is no mistake."
"There are never mistakes with these sorts of things."
Peridot felt her face draining of color, her words fell useless on her lips. "There...has to be. I was on a mission for Yellow Diamond. She-she sent me out here!" Oh gods. She fought past her blooming horror, forcing herself to remain calm. To remain reachable.
"Doesn't sound like a mistake to me, then." Apatite replied coldly, refusing to look her in the eyes now, but her gaze did rest on the diamond symbol upon her chest.
Jasper made her opinions know from behind her. "Cast that spell again. You look clumsy enough with magick to make error."
But Peridot knew in her bones...there was no mistake.
"You won't be needing that anymore." The other guardian interjected, ignoring Jasper entirely. She pointed her finger at Peridot's diamond. "We can't allow a defect to bear our liking."
Peridot's hands flew to cover her symbol. No. No no no no no no no-
"Defect?" Jasper spat. "You just wave your fucking hand once and now she's banished from her own home?"
Yet again, the Gems overlooked Jasper, caring not what she had to say on the matter.
Without another word, Apatite reached for the diamond, snatching it from Peridot's clothes. It belted out a sickening rip as the threads of her attire gave way and her lineage was plucked from her chest. The straps of her top fell away, and for a moment exposed her breasts. But nothing could combat the utter shame roiling within her.
Peridot clasped her hands over the gaping tear in her clothing. She pulled the pieces together, hiding herself. Her face burned and her eyes rimmed with fat tears.
Jasper growled, smacking Apatite's palm swiftly. She took the diamond back and opened her hand to display it to Peridot. A tender offering.
The guards buckled, readying their weapons for a fight.
Peridot couldn't meet anyone's eyes. She kept her vision cast to the ground, tears spilt heavily across her cheeks and plipped on the ground. She shook her head.
"Let them have it." She murmured.
"Oh I'll fucking let them have it." Jasper bit out as she tossed the emblem to the ground with a slight clink. Peridot's chest ached at the sight of her motif haphazardly thrown in the dirt. She wanted to reach down at once and grab it. Polish it off and return it to her breast as if nothing had happened.
The reality of the situation hadn't even set in as of yet. Peridot shook her head in disbelief. This couldn't be happening. This was a nightmare. She was asleep in the trees, alone and scared- but she couldn't find her way out of the woods this time. There wasn't a hulking Gem with golden skin ready to lead her back home.
No.
Cause she had no home.