Prodigal Gem ch. 14
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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And so they continued watching. For the most part Dipper would investigate anomalies, do experiments, and look through his fathers research...but occasionally he'd just have a video where he would just have a "bull session"...where he mainly complained about Pearl refusing to let him do what he wants to do, and make him do stuff that Mabel excelled at(and that he sucked at)...while praising her non-stop(more then once during these Garnet had to clamp down on Stan's mouth before he erupted into a tirade on a shame-faced Pearl. Telling him that although he had every right to berate pearl for her unintentional favoritism(especially considering his own personal history). Now wasn't the time to focus on that).
Then things got interesting...
"-So tonight the Gems are going to finally let us attempt fusion! I can't wait! I'm going to become a big strong fusion just like Mo-(blush) Er, I mean Garnet." Amended an 8 year old Dipper quickly-
(PAUSE)
Everyone looked at Garnet. It was clear that she was (literally)barely holding it together. Stan gave her a sympathetic hand on the back. "Look...we can take a break. Have Pearl fix the FF button so we can skip this-
NO! Shouted Garnet firmly. "Somewhere in all this is the answer we need! We have to press on...I have to press on...
(PLAY)
The next video showed a ragged, weary Dipper who'd clearly just stopped crying. He takes a deep breath then looks into the camera. "Right...So I won't lie...this has pretty much been the worst day of my life. Said Dipper in a surprisingly tranquil manner. First...I nearly kill the closest thing I have to a mom...then she nearly killed me...And now it turns out that I might never fuse...which according to Garnet means I'll-I'll never...I'll never become a 'true gem'." While the Dipper on the screen desperately tried to not break down in tears...Garnet was failing miserably...
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After taking a short break to allow Garnet to calm down...they continued...and were horrified! All the next dozen or so videos were solely about Dipper trying to fuse! He took animals from the wild...and then the zoo! And he tried to force them to fuse...leaving nothing but smoldering corpses! This didn't deter Dipper! He was obsessed!
Then Dipper started to talk about how the gems had finally started to let him go on missions. And for awhile he just talked about that, and seemed to lay off the fusion experiments a bit. It was pleasant...For awhile...
Then-
Sure, they let me go...but only when I ask! Mabel dosen't need to ask! Pearl is practically salavaiting at a chance to get Mabel to come along! I bet they wouldn't make her sit on the sidelines, while they did all the actual work! GAH!...We'll I'll just train harder then! I'll prove to them that I'm strong! That I'm a true Gem! A true Leader just like Garnet!-
(PAUSE)
Everyone looked at Stan in surprise as he was the one who paused it. Stan sighed. "Right...I think I know what's coming next...And I might as well get this out now-"
And so Stan explained how a couple years ago Dipper began to secretly warp to the Gems secret training grounds...and how he'd usual call him at the end of it...to take his now messed up body to the hospital...needless to say the Gems weren't happy about this-
SMASH!
"He's been in a full body cast HOW many times!?" Screamed an enraged Garnet as she brandished a nearby rolling pin.
Stan could do nothing but run...
…..OMAKE...
Hello! I'm Hal Forrester!
Are you tied of tablecloths and tablerunners just not fitting your kitchen counter? Then you need the counterfit, the only cloth that will fit your counter! Make fitting cloths on your counter easy, with the counterfit!
Before Pearl could exclaim her usual disbelieving comment-
SPLASH!
"Dang it Amethyst!" Screamed Pearl, as she tried to wring out the soda that now drenched her. Amethyst said nothing but handed her a towel...Which made the stains on her body even worse! Amethyst laughed as an indignant Rose threw down the 'Sham total' and ran after her!
"-the 'Counterfit' somehow created termites through Spontaneous Generation...just in case yo were wondering." Said Stanley to the remaining Gems on the couch...
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TO BE CONTINUED?
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