Pearl prepared the extraction in record time. Her diamond was now in the pink extraction chamber while Pearl waited outside. It was usually a boring affair. It started to be easier to get new words and knew they were new. Her gem felt a lot lighter, but Pearl was not giving it any attention. There were things to do. She couldn't waste her attention on her own gem when her diamond needed her. The door of the extraction room opened once more. Pink Diamond head popping out.
"No Blue diamond in sight, my diamond." Pear responded before Pink could ask the same question for the seventh time. Pink let a small oh out and returned back to the chamber, the door once more sliding shut behind Pearl.
Summoning her screen, Pearl sends a small ping to Blue Pearl.
Where are your diamond and you?
She got a drawing of a sapphire gem. Pearl nodded to herself understanding what Blue Pearl meant. They were at the court fitting.
The door to the extraction chamber opened for the eighth time. "No Blue diamond in sight, my diamond. " Pear responded before Pink could ask the question. Pearl awaited an oh from her diamond, but didn't get it. "They started the court fitting," Pearl added looking back at Pink, to see that changed. Her diamond wasn't looking at her, her pink eyes were focusing down the corridors if awaiting someone... as awaiting Blue diamond to appear.
"... Maybe she will come after it?" Pink diamond offered.
"They tend to last my diamond." Pearl carefully responded, not wanting to see her diamond be even sadder.
"...Maybe she will cut it short?" Her diamond said hopefully.
"... I could ask blue Pearl to offer the suggestion to Blue diamond?" Pearl offered, summoning the screen back, already ready to ping Blue Pearl. Yet, her finger hesitated over the screen. Unsure. She wasn't told to do that, she wasn't told to do it either...
It was odd.
All of the now was so odd.
New.
Definitely, nothing established.
The renegade loved it.
Pearl was terrified about all the punishable crimes she was accumulating.
"Let's give it a bit of time... Maybe she will come to the idea her self..." Pink sounded doubtful, Pearl nodded, returning the screen back. Opting to stay silent for a bit. The door closed once more. Pearl stared at the pink door for a few long moments. It was an intricate design... With lots of flowing lines. Pearl turned away, wondering if her diamond got to decide on the patterns on the door or not...
Pearl summoned her screen once more, it still held the drawing from Blue Pearl. She swiped the image away. She waited with the empty screen in hand, just looking at the pink wall in front of her self. That wall had no eyes. It had no decoration either. So nothing could drag away the attention from the door behind Pearl. The door opened again. "No Blue diamond in sight, my diamond," Pearl responded before Pink could ask the question. Instead of hearing the oh, she felt a gentle touch on her back causing her to turn sharply around.
"Actually...come in?" Pink spoke pointing to the extraction room she was peeking out from. It was extremely inappropriate. Her light form shivered in anticipation. She stepped in, the door sliding closed behind her. She knew how the room looked empty. She was the one preparing it, by checking if all was in working order and ensuring everything inside was where it should always be. The pool-like structure in the floor, it was deep enough for even White Diamond to sit in it comfortably. Several fountains would pour water on special stones. Creating an enjoyable sound as well as providing the water needed for dulling the extract for later processing. There was a shallow end of the pool where Pink could simply sit in the water and be covered the same amount in the water like her fellow diamonds. All to be equals.
Now the room was filled with bubbles.
Pink bubbles pouring out the pool, bubbling upon each other all the way up to the fountains. Their water not pouring.
"Well, usually I just pop them my self..." Pink said as she picked the closest bubble popping it in her hand. A few drops falling from her diamonds hand down, onto the bubbles that were inside the pool. Pearl could see briefly the pink drops sliding along the outside of the bubbles to reach the water underneath.
"I am a bit of... you know... I keep thinking and...I ended making way too many..."
"Nervous." Pearl offered, causing Pink to stop once more to look at her. A new word.
"Nervous." Pink diamond repeated and Pearl blushed looking away. She awaited her diamond to ask where did she get that word. Her diamond didn't ask. "Yes, I may be a bit nervous... It doesn't make any sense, right. Wanting Blue to come in saying I was more important than an unimportant court fitting and ... and... "
"Dreading her to come, and catch you with way too many bubbles?" Pearl offered again. Awaiting her diamond to get angry at her for finishing her sentence. That was a grave misstep. Assuming what her diamond was thinking and daring to speak in their name... Pink didn't get angry.
"Exactly!"
Pearl wondered if her diamond was even noticing all the rulebreaking she was doing...
So new...
"I could... help you..." Pearl offered, dropping head first into unknown and feeling herself becoming horrible nervous. Fearing her diamond would say yes.
PInk didn't.
"No... I will pop them... but... you prepared the report, can you tell it so I don't think about this?"
"Gladly my diamond. "Truly gladly, that she could do. "Today's story of Renegade pearl is about her first-time poofing another gem and why she had to do it. To understand that we have to go a bit back to the time in the kindergarten as the Renegade Pearl wandered the halls, she was realizing something as her eyes travelled over all the exit holes..." Pear started with the training she did in the kindergarten. How Renegade Pearl looking at all the exit hole realized how every gem was irreplaceable and mattered. How her thinking up that point was not right. She left the thin Jasper out, wanting to make her and her friend's memory into a story of their own. One that was worthy enough. She wasn't there yet.
Pearl ended up sitting by the edge of the pool legs crossed as she told the story about the archive raid. Able to answer all the whys her Diamond had. Giving her a plethora of details about all the sensations, describing each movement and emotion. The pink gem was sitting in the shallow end leaning on the edge of the pool and looking up at Pearl. Hear eyes shining bright, a hand popping the bubbles. Near all bubbles have been popped by then. The water was a soft pink shade by this point from all the bubbles popped. Pearl was about to explain how the Renegade escaped when a soft blue chime interrupted her.
It was Blue Pearl drawing of the blue court leaving out a room. "The court fitting is done!"
Pink diamond eyes shined like real stars. While Pearl sends a quick question of what Blue diamond planned to do now. Adding to the words that Pink was still in her extraction chamber. Unable to resist adding that maybe Blue Pearl could offer the suggestion to Blue diamond to visit Pink now?
Both gems waited with bated breath at the response from the other diamond pearl.
The moment passed, as both were still.
Moments passed as Pearl realized that Blue diamond never shortened the court fitting duration.
Instead of a drawing, a short voice recording was sent as a response. Pearl pressed it to play.
"I cannot deal with Pink today anymore, she is too much… too much… ugh. Too much like herself. Even if she did make some progress to behave like a diamond since she got that new Pearl... She can be too much...Just prepare my ship I will visit my colonies. Postpone my extraction." Blue diamonds voice echoed in the chamber and Pink diamond was looking away.
Pearl panicked.
"I am so sorry! Blue Pearl must have believed me to be outside the extraction chamber like it is proper!" Pearl was about to stand up and do something. Even when she didn't know what that something is.
Two pink arms wrapped around Pearl's waist and pulled. She shrieked as her feet crossed the edge and she was pulled into the pool, with her diamond hugging her. She was inside the pink water of the pool. The effect was instantaneous. The feeling of tiredness was vanishing, a sensation of relief was seeping into her. The hurt from the training, the sensation of hits against her light body were taken away with each second she was inside the pool. Her white fingers curled into the fabric of her diamond. She couldn't help the sound slipping off her lips.
"Are you hurt?" Her diamond asked looking down on Pearl surprised and worried. The Pearl in question looked up at her diamond with half-lidded eyes. She found herself too relieved to make correct sounds for words, so she shook her head. Pink diamond pearl wasn't hurt, the Renegade was the gem that got hurt and tired and pushed herself to see what her limits are.
"Not hurt gems don't moan in relief when they get in contact with my extract," Pink said in a tone Pearl wasn't capable of putting a finger on...
Oh, the sound she made was a moan. Noted.
Sorted Note!
"Who hurt you?" The voice held all the authority of a diamond. The demand to receive an answer was undeniable. It made Pearl shrink onto herself. The Pink arms pulled her closer to Pink chest. Holding her thigh to a point where she could oh so easily go, poof.
" ... I..." Pearl answered or started to answer. She wasn't so sure herself, her voice carrying all the fear she experiences. The grip around loosened and Pearl's chin was raised, when did she bow her head?
"I didn't mean to scare you... Please don't be scared..." Pink misunderstood her answer...All the crimes she did, how was she not to be scared. She was doing something forbidden right now! And not even as Renegade... Pearl stared at her fingers clinging into Pinks soft gem clothing.
"It doesn't matter my diamond. It doesn't matter as I am just a Pearl." Pearl offered. Her own words sounding somehow empty... It was the truth, yet it didn't feel like it. Odd.
That was another new thing...
Pink was about to say something, but it appeared she changed her mind. A soft sigh left her. Pulling Pearl closer and turning her so Pearls back was flash against her diamonds chest. Pearl could feel the pink hands wrapping around her waist. Pearl didn't dare to look down and confirm it. Weight settling on top of her head as her diamond leaned her head on top of hers. In a soft whisper so akin Blue pearls but so unlike her Pink diamond asked.
"Answer me just this, should I be worried about you being hurt?"
Pearl shifted her head so that her diamond could see her expression. Their eyes meet. New. Old. Odd. The smug smile settling on her lips. "No, my diamond. Everything is fine." Pearl answered honestly. It was the truth. The new. The odd. They were fine. Pearl watched on, and she could feel as the diamond body wrapped around her shifted, relaxing. Seeing the small smile and a determined expression settle on her diamond face. Pearl returned to look ahead, allowing her diamond to rest her head on hers.
Pearl slowly blinked realizing how safe she felt.
Oddly protected in the hands who could just shatter her, pop her like one of the bubbles before.
Pearl simply knew her diamond will not do that... like many other things she simply didn't do...
They didn't finish the story that cycle.