"Yellow..." An echoed voice called out to me. I groaned. I thought I had locked the door. I snapped out of my daydreaming and turned around. Blue stood there, with the most worried frown you can imagine.
"Are you feeling alright? Has the pain died down?" She asked. Good heavens, can this girl go one hour without being nervous so much.
"The pain died down a little, but I'm fine." I stood up out of my chair and pulled up my screen, its yellow light glowing as I pulled up remedies for gem healing. As I suspected, nothing showed up. Blue walked over to me.
"I know you cannot do most of your daily tasks," She started. "But I would like you to accompany me during this next trial. I don't want you to be cooped up in here during the rest of your recovery."
I looked up from my screen. "Are you mad? Wouldn't I be in danger if I stepped one foot out of the citadel?"
"Oh, Yellow, you're just being paranoid." She rebutted, smirking a little. "Besides, it is a small case. And you might enjoy doing some work."
"Alright, alright." I agreed with much hesitation. "Let me summon my Pearl to get my palanquin."
"No need." She replied, before walking out of the room, probably to retrieve hers.
It was very frustrating to see her care for me like I was a newly made gem. Not only did I feel juvenile, but I also felt inferior, since this wound will probably leave me out of work for quite some time. I pulled my screen back up, continuing to search for a cure for my fractured gem, or at least to numb my pain. When the results came out the same, with nothing coming up, I simply closed it and began to walk downstairs. I passed by my Pearl who gave a quick "my Diamond" before heading upstairs, probably to organize my study. When I made it to the front door, Blue's palanquin was ready outside. She was standing beside it, and gestured for me to get inside.
I got inside, and Blue soon followed. She sat opposite of me, and could not stop eyeing my injury.
"How much does it hurt?" She asked, pointing.
"It doesn't hurt badly, but I can still feel it when I move." I lied. It hurt like hell, but there was no way I was going to make myself look vulnerable in front of another Diamond.
"How will you be able to heal that?" She asked again. Damn, she was full of questions.
"I do not know. I'll ask my soldiers to scounge for resources to help me. There aren't any remedies for fractured gems, but I want to see if there is a cure."
"What if there isn't? And it looks very deep. I hope it does not affect your health." She said, starting to tear up. Goodness, I did not want to see tears during this ride.
"I will be fine." I assured. "But that will be enough questions about me. I don't want to see you cry."
She smiled. "Alright. If you want to talk about your condition later, I'll be there to listen."
I didn't reply afterwards, not even a thank you or anything. Was it really necessary? Besides, she has to save her speaking for the trial we were attending.
"Do I have to be a part of the trial, or do you want to take over fully?" I asked, not minding either.
"You can simply watch or you can participate. It is your decision."
"It depends on the case." I said. Hopefully the trial wouldn't be too long. I still wanted to do a role call for the Quartz army, and I also wanted to round up some soldiers to gather supplies for my injury. I wondered what it would take to heal this. A powder of some kind? Maybe an herb? Who knows?
In the midst of my thoughts, the palanquin stopped in front of the courthouse. Blue stepped out first, and held out her hand, probably for me to grab.
"Shall we?" She said sweetly. I refused to grab her hand and instead stepped out myself. She seemed disappointed but only for a moment.
We stepped inside and were greeted with the two zircons, bickering as usual. I didn't care to listen to their argument, nor did I have the time, so I simply took my seat and cleared my throat, declaring my presence.
Blue sat in her seat next to mine, and I stomped my foot on the ground, signalling to begin the trial.
Like clockwork, out popped two rubies who could not stop looking at each other with such hatred. Not surprisingly, rubies are known for being mean spirited, not only towards each other but also towards other gems. They walked to the center of the room, trying to keep as much distance from each other as possible.
The two zircons paired up with each ruby.
"What is the problem?" Blue said, putting on her most intimidative face. It wasn't working.
Before any of the lawyers could speak, one of the rubies, one with a gem placement on her chin, spoke up.
"This heathen," she said, pointing to the ruby with a protective hat over her head. "made my day twelve million times worse by destroying one of the injectors for the kindergarten!"
"No I did not!" the other replied. "It was your fault, you didn't know how to work that thing!"
"Enough." I said. All this bickering was making me angered. I looked over at the ruby wearing the hat. "What exactly happened?"
"Well, it started out with me planting new gems for the kindergarten. I was using the injector and then suddenly this doofus comes along, and starts fighting with me. Then suddenly, she pushes me, causing me to hit the wrong button. Next thing ya know, it shut down completely. The glass shattered and everything."
"If you hadn't been such a clutz, you wouldn't have pressed that button!" the other one stated. "You... you... useless rock!"
"Oh, I'm the useless rock? Then why do I have a job making other worthless gems like you?" She spoke back.
Before the zircons could stop them from arguing, I put my hand up, signalling for them to continue. I love to see discourse between other gems. I chuckled to myself watching insult after insult spew out of both of the gems' mouths.
It wasn't until the word clod was being thrown around that Blue Diamond started giggling, too. And I was surprised. It must have been amusing to see two people fight over something so small. After all, injectors can be replaced with the flick of a wrist.
After what seemed like millenia of arguing, they actually decided to fight physically. That was when I started laughing at how two small gems were trying to get at each other's throats. Of course, Blue asked to stop the fight, and the zircons did, but I still couldn't stop laughing to myself.
I dismissed the case and said that I would have a new injector made, which made the worker ruby happy. However, just to add a little salt to the wound, I assigned the second ruby to be her coworker. It was amazing to see the shock on her face.
We left the courtroom and got back into the palanquin. As it soon started taking us back to the citadel, I decided to start up a bit of a conversation about what had happened.
"Wasn't that just amusing?" I asked, a smirk showing on my face. Blue couldn't help but smile.
"I suppose," she replied. "It was much better than any of the other serious cases that we've had. It was quite enjoyable." She giggled.
After a second of laughing to ourselves, Blue cleared her throat.
"Yellow?" She asked.
"Yes?"
"May I... sit next to you?" She asked, her happy smile replaced with a nervous one.
"Is it not comfortable where you are seated?" I asked.
"No, it is, but I was wondering if you would like me to be next to you."
I paused. 'How peculiar.' I thought.
"Very well." I said, moving over a tad to give her some room. "You may sit here."
Blue moved, now sitting next me instead of across from me.
"Better?" I asked.
"Yes." She replied.
Deciding to change the conversation, I asked, "Do we have any other tasks to attend to?"
"No, not at the moment." She said. "I know you have more things to do by yourself, role calls, meetings, and much more. For someone who is injured, you seem very active." She added.
"Well, I do not want to waste my time kot doing anything. Besides, my condition does not stop me from doing anything. I'd prefer to work, even if that idiot of a Pearl tells me not to." I explained.
"Well, it's fine all the same."
Suddenly, the palanquin stopped, and we were right outside the citadel.
We exited and went inside. I headed upstairs to my study. Halfway up, however, Blue stopped me.
"Thank you for accompanying me, Yellow." She said sweetly.
I didn't say anything back and went up to my study. Sitting back at my desk, I pulled up my screen once more, and looked at my tasks for the next few days.
Hopefully I would have more trials to come.