It had only taken Lapis Lazuli two days to give up her attempts to find Jasper in the ocean, after that she took it upon herself to hunt on dry land. Abandoning her source of power was a risky idea, but it's all she could do. "After leading Jasper and Peridot to Earth... It's the least I can do for the crystal gems..." was all she had to tell herself to keep her spirits high enough to carry on the search. She began to think where she'd go if she were dumb, strong, and angry, it only seemed fitting to her to look in the most populated areas. She began to roam the streets, going from town to town, searching high and low for signs of destruction or chaos. Another two days had passed before she had stumbled upon the city where Jasper had been, police are still patrolling the school, kids have had the past few days off since the incident, for security and repair reasons. Lapis walked up to the school, noticing the state of the front doors, instantly recognizing it as Jasper's handy work. Unfortunately, when she got to the doors, a police officer grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "You have to come with me," the officer had an official tone, with a hint of confidence in his breath. Lapis wasn't in the mood for a fight, nor did she need to cause more trouble than Jasper has already caused, so she went with the officer without much of a struggle.

The officer drove Lapis to the station where she was questioned as a suspect for the murder of Oscar T. Jones. At first she was appalled at such an accusation, but when she heard the vague description of the killer as seen by two eye witnesses, she put the pieces together near instantly. "It was dark so the witnesses couldn't see much, but they both claim she had a skin color that humans don't have and a gem stone visibly attached to the person," that's all they needed to accuse Lapis. It took over two hours, but she managed to talk her way out of the situation, partially because she had an amazing alibi; but now she knew that Jasper is or was here within the past few days. With a sudden surge of determination, she searched harder than she had been searching, everywhere in town, non stop until she at least found a clue. She went door to door asking for information, she confronted the witnesses, she even went to the family of the deceased, but they didn't open the door or talk to her. In the end, she couldn't find even the slightest bit of evidence that Jasper was still here, on her way out of city however, she found something that got her spirits back up. When she was almost out of the city limits, she saw it, one of Jasper's calling cards, more destruction.

The city limits are where the commercial areas start, convenience stores, gas stations, grocers, and motels. One of the buildings stood out from the rest, in the fact that the back door was ripped off its hinges and was left next to the door frame it came from. She walked up to the door frame and looked in, it was very dark, this used to be a hobby shop but it's been long abandoned. Despite the poor lighting, she could see enough to know that Jasper was in there, laying down on the floor near the middle of the store, sleeping. Lapis never took Jasper as the type to do unnecessary human recreations, but things can change and she wasn't here to ask questions about Jasper's new habits. She steps into the store, fearlessly, almost as if she thinks she could take Jasper on in a fight, but she is completely thrown off when she steps on something and cracks it in half. The resulting noise is more than enough to get a grunt out of Jasper, but it didn't wake her up; instead she is woken up by Lapis' scream of terror. While Jasper wakes up and slowly eases herself to be sitting, Lapis is panicking, she had stepped on a human bone and snapped it. "W-What have you done?" Lapis weakly stutters out as she tries to think of a way a human bone could be here without someone dyeing. Jasper gets up onto her feet and yawns, scratching her belly a bit, taking this very causally until she notices that Lapis is here. "What are you doing here pebble?!" She snaps, fully awake now, and her anger has returned to her full force. Before she could respond, Jasper's belly churns again, her hunger returning, it's been getting worse and worse by the day. Lapis notices her moment of weakness and runs up to Jasper, ramming her shoulder into Jasper, pushing her, causing her to stumble backwards all the way into the wall. This causes the whole store to shake a little, causing a small pile of bones to fall onto battery powered industrial lamp, turning it on. Now that this store is lit up, Lapis can very clearly see the scene, rotten flesh, discarded teeth, old bones, and dried blood caked onto the floors and walls, she nearly faints from the sight, but she does tremble heavily, unable to move.

This moment of weakness inspires Jasper to take her long awaited revenge, she doesn't know why she is feeling these cravings, but she wont be the only person to suffer through it. She walks up to Lapis and grabs her with one hand, lifting her up and then smashing her back against the ground, "you have no idea... The pain I've been enduring Lapis... Now it's your turn.." Keeping Lapis held against the ground, Jasper reaches into a pile of decaying flesh, getting a fist full, then pushes it against Lapis' mouth. Her intimidate reaction to this is to start screaming in terror, which opens her mouth up and allows a few strips of flesh to fall into her mouth. Jasper drops the rest and then puts her hand over Lapis' mouth, keeping the flesh in her mouth, "swallow it or I'll shatter your gem into dust!" Tears well up in Lapis' eyes, keeping the flesh in her cheeks as long as she can, but she knows she can't resist, she can't let herself die, so she starts to chew on the flesh. With each bite she makes, the taste grows stronger and stronger, she almost starts to enjoy it, and she has no struggle getting herself to swallow it. Jasper takes her hand off of Lapis' mouth, "y-you monster! Those things aren't as strong as you but they have lives! Families!" is the only argument she can think of, her mind starting to become clouded with the want to eat more, and her insides starting to churn as Jasper's do. "Now you should need to kill and eat as I've had to," Jasper has never sounded so happy before, her smile wide as ever as she lets go of Lapis. With her freedom of movement back, she stumbles back up onto her feet and rushes out of the store. She runs without stopping for a full three hours, afraid that Jasper might be following, but aware that if Jasper were following that she'd make a lot of sound to keep pace. At the end of her run, all she could think about was... How good it tasted...