You guys are like on top of these subplots. So congrats. This chapter was fun to write, and I say that about a lot of them but this one definitely has a few lines that I've been thinking on for a while. So I hope you enjoy. See you guys Friday!

In the time it took Pink to skid into the citadels council chamber, reports had begun to come in from across Homeworld with statistics about the damage from the quake. And Domina had to admit, that even after seeing the worst of the damage, she couldn't have expected something like this.

Homeworld was old, unreasonably old, and while kindergartening had stopped a long time ago the planet the process had left scars on the world, as it did any other planet the empire colonized.

"It's being held to the mantle by support columns," Domina said, she was still midair, something that passed for adrenaline keeping her aloft despite her normal reservation about flying around Blue Diamond. "Why..."

"The crust isn't completely gone but it is greatly weakened." Yellow Diamond said. "The supports are designed to simply strengthen the connection, not replace it."

"Yes and that seems to have worked perfectly." Jet said dryly. Domina nodded and gestured to Jet across the room. Pink, sitting between Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond frowned.

"When did that happen?" She asked leaning forward in her hastily constructed seat to better see the hologram in the center.

"Sometime after the last of the Rose Quartzes emerged." Blue Pearl said. Domina paused mid-air. That she did not know. Domina wasn't super familiar with the kindergartening practices of Era 1, she knew that they had tended to drain planets completely of life, often rendering them even unfit for gem life. Planets that were deemed useful enough to be used by the empire in a higher capacity were left with enough life to hold together. But to drain a planet completely was unheard of in era 2. Usually, planets were reseeded to produce ship components which was a much less material heavy process.

From the expression on her face, Pink hadn't known that either.

"Are you accusing her of something?" Blue Diamond hissed, her voice, and the room growing cold. Domina landed quickly and her arm stopped throbbing.

"Blue-" Yellow Diamond began, looking nervously at Blue Pearl who had gone completely still.

"And why shouldn't we?" Jet spoke up. Domina saw Pink's wide eyes suddenly go from surprised to worried.

"I didn't know!" She blurted. "White never said she was going to use Homeworld for them!"

"Pink you don't have to explain anything to these-" Blue began.

"To these what?" Jet snapped. "Please go on, I'd love to see hear how The other two excuse you this time."

"Jet. Enough." Pink Pearl said speaking for the first time since Pink Diamond had entered the room. Jet turned to fire back with some comment before Yellow Pearl spoke up.

"None of that is important right now." She was standing awfully close to Blue Pearl now and Domina assumed they were holding hands now. A fair reaction. "How do we fix this?"

"Well," Domina said, turning away from the 3d map of Homeworld's support system to the statistics for the planet's population. "If we start as soon as possible we can begin relocating." In her peripheral vision, she saw eyebrows raise. "Typically I would suggest just relocating to a different planet but Homeworlds existing infrastructure definitely won't allow for a one to one transfer. There is a small system, a little out of the way but-"

"You can't be serious." Yellow Diamond jolted Domina out of her planning in trance.

"Hmm?" Domina turned and blinked to see not only all three of the diamonds but also all four pearls looking at her in varying stages of surprise and horror.

"Domina, we can't just leave." Yellow continued.

"Why not?" Domina asked with a frown. "We've abandoned colony planets before, what's the difference?"

"The difference is its Homeworld!"

"It's a planet!" Domina shook her head. "Why get sentimental? There are billions out that, we'll just find a different one and be more careful next time."

"I can't believe this." Blue Diamond said getting to her feet. "For one who insists on keeping every grossly defective gem you think its a reasonable idea to throw away an entire planet.

"The planet is dead, actually I think zombified would be a better term here." Domina blinked in disbelief, half smiling at the incredulity of it all. She caught pearls small frown out of the corner of her eye and sighed. "It's just a husk, we've been nursing it along for too long."

"That..." Blue Pearl stepped forward holding her hands up. "Maybe a tad extreme. However, this information should be disseminated as carefully as possible. If people want to relocate let them had the choice." She pulled up her own screen, a list of tasks already on it. Domina sighed and

"Yellow Diamond, will you and Blue Diamond focus on ensuring all major damages are restored, and any gems in need of repair are identified quickly." Blue Pearl didn't look at Blue Diamond, but both diamonds nodded, though, one more reluctant than the other.

"Pink, Please get in contact with the Agates at the zoo and determine if any other Rose Quartzes possess the ability to heal gems." Blue continued, then turned to look at Yellow Pearl. "Information, a transmission should do it." Then Blue Pearl looked at Domina, then at Pink Pearl, then at Pink Diamond. "Pink Diamond, if you will assist Yellow Pearl."

"What?" Pink Diamond asked, "Really?" Domina smirked.

"Yes, really." Blue Pearl said with a barely concealed smile. Domina did catch the mildly irritated looks from Yellow and Blue Diamond. But that was overshadowed by the barely concealed panic from Yellow Pearl.

"I would like to see the damage to the support structure myself, Jet if you will accompany me?" Blue Pearl asked. "And domina?"

"Of course," Domina said as Jet nodded.

"Good." Blue Pearl said nodding to the assembled leaders of Homeworld before they parted ways.

"So what did you think they were for? Since you've apparently been down here before?" Blue Pearl heard Jet ask as the continued the journey deep into the depths of Homeworld, following the bismuth who was the crew chief of this district.

"Honestly?" Domina asked. "Building supports or something, this really isn't my area of expertise." It was amusing, from Blue Pearl's perspective that after long enough together Jet slowly grow less antagonistic around Domina. Though it was always questionable about how long that would last.

"It's not for most gems." The bismuth called back over her shoulder, the ends of her mohawk just barely scraped the top of the ceiling that had lowered considerably since they had begun their descent. "Usually you know, the diamonds try to keep this under wraps."

"I'm not surprised," Domina muttered. Something caught Blue Pearl's eye and she stopped. Dead in her tracks. JEt and Domina clumsily stopped behind her, their protests lessoning when they noticed it too. The bismuth continued a few more feet before she realized she wasn't being followed anymore and backed up.

"Oh yeah, saw that when I first came down here," She said, shapeshifting an elongated hand and gently tracing the place where the crystalline metal had been torn apart, intentionally, and then seemed to have collapsed on itself.

"And you didn't tell anyone?" Blue Pearl asked, tracing the path of the support with her eye as far as she could.

"Well," The bismuth said dryly. "If you haven't noticed we've been a bit busy. Anyway, that doesn't do a lot on its own, supports maybe half a block, the real issue is further down."

"Are there more spots like this?" Domina asked. The bismuth shrugged.

"Probably we haven't gotten the chance, not enough hands to get this all mapped out."

"How many more hands do you need? If there are more spots more quakes could be coming and-"

"Oh, we've got more than just that to worry about." The bismuth said, holding two hands up to stop Domina. "Don't get your facets in a twist, follow me."

Blue Pearl kept her eyes peeled as they continued moving. There weren't any more places that looked intentional but there were more supports that had been twisted or crushed. And as they got deeper, and the air got warmer the supports got bigger, and the damage less noticeable.

"Doesn't look so bad here..." Jet said hesitantly as they stopped before a giant column. They could just barely fit without bending at the waist, the bismuth wasn't so lucky.

"You'd think, but I could stand straight up here yesterday." The bismuth said. "Something, or someone, caused a chain reaction that has severely weakened this plate. Maybe on purpose, Maybe by accident."

"The White and Blue districts are above us aren't they?" Domina said looking at the slight wrinkle in the pillar in front of them.

"Yup, we're right underneath the cellblock."

"Well frack." Jet muttered. And Blue Pearl, thinking back to the pictures she had seen of the sabotaged kindergarten, had to agree with her.