Peridot shoved several blackened rags into the storage space beneath the steps. Hopefully no one would discover them there and learn of her mistake.
It wasn't long after Peridot had removed the cookies from the oven that she had realized what the forgotten step was. She had been busily occupying herself with taking apart Steven's alarm clock when she became aware of a strange odor. She chose to ignore it.
She couldn't ignore what came next however. A loud, terrible sound screeching all through the temple.
Peridot lept to her feet in a panic and looked around frantically. She quickly determined the source of the noise to be an odd device mounted on the ceiling.
Her attention was not held by this for long. Instead it was captured by the scene before her in the kitchen.
"Oh my STARS! The cooKIES are BURNING!" She ran towards them not sure at first what she should do. Calming herself as best she could, Peri grabbed several hand towels that were lying around and used them to smother the fire.
Now, having put out the flames and hidden the evidence of her mistake, she turned to survey the cookies. They were a bit darker than before, but she was sure they were fine.
Peridot stood glaring at the charred treats, but not really looking at them. Her mind was attempting to determine what her next course of action should be. She had exhausted all means of occupying herself within the temple and the one task given to her by the others had been accomplished. Mostly anyway.
What was she supposed to do now? Only the gems would know what tasks needed to be done in this small, dirt town.
But the Crystal Gems weren't around. In fact, she had no real idea were they had gone.
That answered her question. Her next task would be to determine the location of the other Crystal Gems.
And to do that, she would have to leave the temple.