Location: In front of the temple. Delmarva, USA
Date:. April 24, 2017
Time: 8:03 Am
Scott was sitting down in the lotus position on the sand. He was meditating Pearl just next to him. His hands had wraps on them. The previous owner of his body. Didn't do much physical work. But his healing factor was a bit lazy at times as it too was getting used to all the change that was happening. After the whole thing with the gems finding out about Connie being taught by Pearl played through yesterday. They took a break while Pearl had Connie train with a Holo-Pearl.
"Well Scott we are currently looking for a Gem who is highly dangerous. Her name is Peridot." Pearl said with closed eyes. Scott was really the only other Gem he could hang out with as the others were currently looking for the mail green one. Since the past few days she has been teaching him the basics on Gems with the help of Garnet and Amethyst which was really like watching the shorts on the Cartoon Network website.
"I'm sorry for what happened to your friends." He said. Both of them still keeping their eyes closed. The only other noise was that of the ocean and ambiance of nature and the city from the other side of the Temple hill. Pearl also shifted her body at the mention of what went down last night as Garnet and Steven checked out the Kindergarten.
"Um why do you say that Scott.?" She said with a bit of what's the word. Well it had a sort of sadness in it while she was hiding it the best she could. But he knew these characters.
"Well I heard there was these forced gem things that came from the canyon I mean the Kindergarten from Steven. And from what you told me about the war it's them right. So I just wanted to say If you ever need someone to talk to. Any of the two of you about this. But before you say anything I don't know of the loss of a fellow in arms but I do know what it's like to lose someone close to you." He said opening his eyes to see a more relaxed pearl. Tears kept at the corner of her eyes. While still keeping herself composed.
"Thank you Scott. I'll tell Garnet later."
"And Pearl we only got the Diamonds to pay for this right. It's not a gems fault. They were probably ordered to do so but I still wonder why for forced fusion.
"I don't know. But Scott can I ask you something?" she said opening her eyes. While these two had gotten to talk it was Pearl had actually grown fond of Scott in the intellectual sense as he seemed to be a bit more proper. But he still had his quirks of randomness. But she was happy to know that he practice meditation. So she invited him for a session while telling him about the War with the Diamonds.
"What is it."
"Where did you learn how to handle a sword?" Pearl asked
This actually stopped his thinking process first being he really got interested in the way of the sword after watching The Princess's Bride as a kid then had a phase of sword fighting that lasted for three years as he even went as a musketeer for Halloween when he was 8. The final two years was being in ninja sword play.
"Oh my I signed up for a Ninja training summer camp. When I was ten they taught us what real ninjas are and not the romanticized ones seen in movies, how to sneak and hide like one and two use the tools of a Ninja my strongest suit was using the sword." He said a bit nervously. It was half true that the mother in this dimension signed her Scott for the camp. But Pearl looked pleased with the answer.
"Ninjas really are a rare thing but their style of fighting just doesn't fit my tastes." She said. " That's why I given my katana to you. It's in better hands it hasn't been used."
Scott nodded. Rolled his neck and started stretching. "So these gem sites have all sorts of monuments and installations huh.?" Pearl to nodded
"Well I don't know about you but I'm going to settle some business at my house Mia and her tiny robots are having a small scale fight and as adorable as it is I want to try and do it too." He said bringing the thought of his computer program to Pearl's attention.
"This Program or AI is it safe?" Pearl said in a concerned tone. She couldn't help to think that something that is created unconventionally would be morally sound.
"Yeah she is I raised her from the day I launched her initial startup. Sure she has quirks but it's her upbringing of what is morally correct. I even gave her literary and cinematic examples if a intelligence's ideals become to altruistic." He said.
Pearl sighed in relief. In her knowledge Homeworld never gave the thought of using an AI. There simply wasn't the need to when you had teams of scientists and engineers and so on that has years of experience. But with many human creations this was new to her.
"Can you tell me about her"
"Yeah her name is Lamia but Mia for short. Her name comes from a mythical being that is a snake lady much like the gorgon Medusa. It's a reference to the type of code I made her in which was Python before I polished her programming. She is about four years old but is mentally older than that. So far she has been my greatest work yet."
"So she is your servant" Pearl said with a hint of hostility. Scott put his hands up in defense.
"No , no that's not it at all. When she became knowledgeable about her place in my family I gave her a chance to go off a roam and wander. But she preferred to stay at my side and ever since she calls me boss not for any sake but we both agreed that it's too awkward for her to address me as master, creator, god, or even dad. So boss just really stuck and she also does her own projects. She doesn't really tell me as it's her work but we do at times tell each other what's going on. Her main work is working on herself. You see when she first started out she was just yes and no sort of a lot like binary. So every so often she works on herself and the results do show tremendously and I'm really proud of her."
Pearl nodded again. Also calmed at the fact he isn't some kind of master person .
"Well that certainly is quite the feat."
"Well I always been interested in science especially computer science."
They both talked to one another it mostly morphed into Pearl telling many anecdotes from all the adventures she had on earth. From the context it was all after Steven was born.
Time skip
3:12
Scott was in his backyard setting up a miniature arena with Mia as she was instructing him where to put things. It was a small town and it didn't take up much space in his back yard it was about as big as two twin beds set side by side. Their day went like this making miniature buildings with spare material. Along with using cement and what not from the general store. It was all simple as Mia went into over drive making one more Nano-titan and a bunch of dispensable spider-bots. What the Nano-titans were armed with was pellet guns that were various types which was a simple semi auto rifle gun, a pellet sniper gun, and a full auto pellet gun which shot weaker soft metal pellets and a shot gun. They were prototypes but for a scientist. these two they were toys at best.
Then they started a 1 v 1 match against each other. The two Nano-titans making their way across the miniature town looking for the other. Scott using his glasses to see what his is seeing while Mia is also using the Nano-titan's camera. They talked while they were shooting and evading..
"so this is it now high living." Mia said.
"Yeah it's kind of unbelievable. We came we built and hopefully we can plan ahead towards changing the Diamonds plans to live peacefully right?"
"Hopefully we can change things for the better. You always were the type of person to try and settle things diplomatically. But there are many reasons why they hate earth huh."
"Yeah they still have to deal with emotion. It doesn't take a Psychologist to know that they haven't completed the cycles of grief."
"Your right about that but we can't judge on how they cope with it . We haven't gone what they went through." Scott said as his Nano-titan walked back to its spawn point. As it reached it grabbed a sword and slashes at Mia's killstreak spider-bots.
" Well I guess there is a breaking point of how much we can tolerate right.?"
" Mia I don't know how they operate when we comes. But as time tells they will be new to fight. And we both know that some Gems think that they are superior to most sentient lifeforms and I find the greatest flaw in that if they are essentially immortal inorganic beings why are they conquering instead of nurturing it just doesn't make sense. The only resources they need is what's in the planet not what's on it.
Uggggghhhhh this is giving me a headache." Scott said as Mia fire a pellet from her sniper rifle only for Scott to deflect it with the flat side of his sword. He began to rush her Nano-titan.
"Darn I thought you would be too distracted."
"Hah your facing your boss you may be an AI Mia but I have one thing you don't."
"What organics hah I can think faster than you!" She said as her Nano-titan climbed a building getting the high ground.
"No I got Mia initiate command 4 idle!"
"The FUCK NO FAIR" Mia shouted as her ability to do anything. As Scott's Nano-titan walked up to Mia's and walked behind it.
"Now don't expect me to say Omae wa mou shinderu but I am an intellectual so I say I Diagnose You With Dead!" He said as he hit the flat side of his sword on Mia's Nano-titan disabling it.
"You're an ass you know that right."
"hey I try to keep it PG rated." He said as he got up and kicked the town around. Him an Mia agreed this was for fun today. The two Nano-titans were then controlled by Mia going inside to charge. Scott gathered the little weapons and put them in a lunch box which had a space design with a muscular guy with purple armor on with the words "Ultra Lord". He took the lunch box inside and set it inside the lab. Inside the lab was various pieces of a robotic body was coming together. It was Mia's prototype vessel. Which stood at pearl's height. So far it's frame was completed and on a giant stand. While it's face is a smooth screen. The battery has a three month charge while the final product would be three years. These were year old designs he made in collaboration with Mia when she was still young. It was nice to see it made when the blueprints were all made in Microsoft Paint.
"Mia how far along with the construction."
"It should be a few more days but there is the matter of calibrations and network testing. As well as public appeal and relations. If your planning to wage a war on the gems how would we reach the stars if we need a giant space shuttle to do so?"
"Well damn it would mean we have to reverse engineer a gem vessel but it would be very risky if they are called gravity engines right?"
"Well Scott that just means we have to be captured by Blue Diamond."
"No I have to Mia you can't come with me. We don't know the technological capabilities of Homeworld for we know they might trap you and study you."
"But that's not fair the tech at the zoo should be relatively ancient to any on Homeworld!"
"That's why we should wait. If we have an inkling of a chance to peek into their security it should be through stealing a ship if possible."
Mia grumbled at what she was hearing she wanted knowledge she was made to learn. But a piece of her knew that she should be weary of where she treads. This happened similarly on home earth when Mia was first getting the feel of travelling through the internet. The thrill of looking at a security system and finding the flaw in it and exploiting that flaw. She could see and look at a program that no human can ever hope to achieve. The dimensions of a program was always intriguing to her many the same in concept but there would always be similarities. But all this change in her understanding when she interfaced with the escape pod. She had to over clock to quickly bypass it's security. She had to rethink entirely how computers worked especially the one on the escape pod. The corrupted information is all but entire scrap of code. But some she did find was fulfilling to say. And the language of Gems is very simple yet complex. It differs from the traditional Gem script to the iconic text. But she had no knowledge of the traditional Gem script. But by observation the difference was evident. It might be a shift after Era 2. Her and Scott always thought that Era 2 was the time after Pink Diamond's demise. These little details many people overlook especially YouTubers it really the little thing that gives people the advantage.
Scott made his way out of the lab. Climbing up the ladder and closing the hatch he went outside to check on the satellite and to brush any debris that has round it's way on the thing as well as clean any seagull droppings. He hated seagulls with a passion. Just as bad a pigeons they are just rats with wings. But not crows or ravens he liked them. When he was done cleaning the dish and checking for wear he went back inside.
He cooked some chicken and vegetables. Ate and so on. If you were a person who had near unlimited funds you would eat in excess. But his body needed vast stores of nutrients so he usually ate in excess to compensate for his bodies needs. He needed to brainstorm with Mia to discuss This Earth's history. The way it came out his way different than home. The perfect example was the geographic changes as well as the continents. They began talk.
They first cited the global map as well as a global map of home. The obvious difference is the sea in Russia as well as the chunk of Western Africa that is part of Southern America. Then there being the many scattering of islands in the Indian sea and the isles of India. The discussed a factor was of random tectonic shifts and later after the Cretaceous period was the intervention of the Gems visiting earth. So this puts out the notion that Gems had any interaction with any dinosaurs or any early life except those after the ice age. Evidence is when Ruby and Sapphire have their time together on earth. They hold and play around with a frog. An ordinary frog at that. Them there is the gap until logged human history as far as cave paintings. Primitive but no sign of Gems. The fact this is a cartoon universe means it has a innocent past as far as wars go. As of today it's total peace. Much to the two's discomfort. They were always weary of threats of terrorists and potential war. But here was a different threat which was the Gem Empire.
This went on till six o'clock when they discussed the fandom.
In their opinion there was the majority of gay and lesbian fans which they didn't have any qualms with. But one catch was the various Gemsonas as well as the misinterpretation of Gem hierarchy. They waited and applauded when the Zircons came into the show. It was evident that government had different professions. While the Gemsonas had wild assumptions as they were all adventurers and knowledge of Gems. I may sound condescending but it's pretty much true. I mean. Seriously Obsidian as a gem is very ludicrous the characteristics of obsidian is for cutting use. It was brittle and can be shaped as examples of the Mayan weapon. Furthermore it was more of a glass than a gemstone. Sure the imagination is good but the rest is cringe at best. At most Gemsonas were just looked up gems and made into a Gem. As confusing as this sounds.
Then the lack of government without the show of a court all theories were pointed here and there.
When they got all this out they began to play a video game in Mia's archives. Tonight's choice was good ole fashion Sonic adventures 2 on the GameCube. Which exists in this world due to Rebecca Sugar's fondness of Nintendo.
As time went on Scott fell asleep.
Location: Universal Dreamscape.
Time: 7:13 Pm
Scott was busy walking through a hallway. The floor was wooden. Cabin doors lining the walls steel doors with brass accenting the door and door frames. He checked the rooms to find the usual neatly made bed, a small desk with a bolted down lamp, and a dresser. This was all the same with the rooms. He explored further to find a small engine room. Then upstairs was a view of the clouds.
He liked zeppelins the one he is in must be similar to the Hindenburg.
As he continued exploring he eventually found the pilot room. The controls of various levers and knobs on the control dash with many gauges to tell what is going on, on the inside. Finally was the steering wheel. The surroundings was utter randomness.
"Crap I'm in Steven's shared Dreamscape." Scott said as he saw Steven wiz by along with that helicopter dog. He jumped out the door and flew after him.
Not jet feet assisted but just flying. He practiced lucid dreaming for a long time. He can even use super powers well as much as telekinesis can get him.
As he tailed Steven he flew past a lot of things like cookie cat bars and other random dream stuff.
He stopped as Steven was eaten by a giant Lapis.
Location: Scott's bedroom.
He woke up just in time before the dream ended. If his timing is right he can get into the next one.
Settling back down. He closed his eyes.
Back to the Dreamscape
This time he wasn't in control. It is black and white. His glasses are thick and he wore classic need attire. Button up shirt, dress pants that cover his stomach with suspenders and the whole cliché. He's typing away on a old fashion Trs-80. While Steven is pacing back in forth.
He babbled about the dance with Connie which vastly ignored. He talked to Steven about it. Of course it wasn't him but it was the dream him. But how he talked was through braces. Offended yeah but not for long he really knew how to keep his emotions. He dealt with worse.
The only enigmatic thing that happened was Garnet saying " Chille Tid!" It was confusing. He thought she said guilty when he watched the episode. At this point he really thought Steven as a character is broken. Broken as in overpowered. He is able to heal, have superhuman strength and possibly durability, and can summon a shield and bubble. The stack was spiritual displacement to enter a dreamscape or fusion mental realm.
He woke up before Steven met Lapis. He didn't want to interrupt key moments. He got up walked out of the room and went down stairs. He made a cup of tea and some biscuits. He had his glasses on and his watch. His pajamas were simple with this worlds equivalent of Star Wars. Instead of the usual light saber it was a laser scimitar matching the design of the horseback weapon.
"Cant sleep?" Mia said
"Yeah got caught up in Chille Tid."
"Wow"
"I know I just can't handle wanting to see Lapis and or Peridot."
"Why aren't they your waifus?"
"Yeah but I still feel like I'm soiling the creations of The Rebecca Sugar. It just feels really uncomfortable and kind of unnatural. But here I am I'm the world a show."
"Jeez I wonder if this happens to any other versions of us"
"Maybe but that would be repetitive crap"
They talked and Scott eventually went to bed.
The next morning. Scott got up bright an early at around 5. Before anyone got up. He went inside the garage to look into his Mustang. Oh it was a beauty to look at with its iconic frame. He got inside while feeling the leather interior as well as looking at the speedometer and other gauges. Then the main console where it was the control center of heating and radio. Which was replaced by Mia but still held the classic look. There was a multitude of upgrades to the car.
A new sound system, better led lights, a touch screen control panel, as well as a holographic speedometer in the windshield. Which was pointless as he had a HUD but it was still cool. Finally the feature that took the cake was a drift bar. Anything further than that would be over the top.
Getting in and turning the engine on he went out for a drive. He knew today would just be pearl having her fit and the last time Nikki Minaj would voice that fusion.
Well that's all folks. I wanted this to be an extra long chapter but ran out of steam. If this feels like to much drag. I know but a lot of stuff happens and I just put in fillers. If you get offended boo hoo. I get offended but I don't take it Kyle's mom offended. Any way we still got until season 5 folks. He he he nervous laughter he he he. But yeah what do you think Lapis?Lapis: Well I can't say a lot and why are you having Scott love us it's weird.Peridot: yeah I don't find any of his qualities appealing. Except his intellect and him and his AI drone on about the past.Scott: you know I'm here right.Lapis just uses a water hand to launch him in the horizon.Fox: well that's one way to kill someone. But seriously this doesn't happen until you two meet at the barn.Lapis: so we don't need a guy who would remind us too much of Homeworld.Fox: just forget it you two and since you just lie around you will do the chapter openings.Peridot: What No Fair! I been binge watching the show of friends and Joey has a turkey on his head!Fox: nope it's final. I got big plans and your just messing with my flow.Garnet is about to open her mouth.Fox: I swear to Talos if you say funky flow I will write a story where one of you has a Ron Swanson mustache and the other will fight that OK Ko kid.She closes her mouth and walks off. While Fox rests his head on his writing desk.Fox: what should I do Sheogorath. You're the only spirit that gives me motivation.
