Pearl had a tape recorder and recorded herself. "Log date 7-11-2. It has been many days since I started building the drill to destroy the Cluster." She glanced at Connie, Peri, and Lapis beside her. "Fine, since the Crystal Temps and I started building the drill to destroy the Cluster."

"I have made the plans, if you want to look them over, Pearl." Peridot said, handing over the blue print. Pearl hesitated before taking it. She seemed nervous until rewinding her tape to say: "Though I'm still afraid, I found the Temps do not plan to harm me, and treat me as a equal, though I tried to prove I was better, this is at least some improvement on how I'm usually treated. At this place, I have also found a way to cope. They have shown me their way of expressing their feelings, they sing, and cry, and sing while they cry. It is a good practice and quite effective." She looked up and saw Lapis giggle, a little blush on her face. Pearl cocked her head, Lapis reminding her of someone.

"Why did we give that clod that recording device?" Peridot growled.

Connie blushed. "It's like a diary. To make her feel better."

Pearl rewinded her tape repeatedly, "Twerps!... They are horrible twerps!... I'm rather tired of saying twerp… what shall I call them now?"

Jasper suddenly walked up with a happy smile. "I yelled at those cows and they ran away! No match for me!" She cracked her knuckles and saw they wanted her to continue. "So, we can get started."

"Alright. I already laid out most materials, so you can do it now." Pearl said, looking between the three older Temps. They stared at her blankly.

"Do… what?" Jasper asked.

"Um…. Fuse, of course! It's a regular practice in Homeworld..." While Pearl rambled on, Connie glanced at the others who looked nearly offended by the tall gem's idea, Jasper's eyes were glowing coals at the gem's words.

A few moments later, Pearl was tied to the fence by Jasper who then casually walked away.

"Ugh! This is outrageous! You can't do this!" Pearl called after her.

Connie gave a slight glare at Jasper and crossed her arms. "No gem should ever be tied up unless she's done a crime. Release her, please."

Jasper rolled her eyes with a smirk. "No can do, kiddo! She brings up Homeworld, says that they use fusion, just like us, I tie her to the fence, is that clear?"

"I guess." Connie shrugged disappointedly.

Pearl struggled to reach for a microwave nearby while Connie walked up with various metals. "Here you are! I hope these are okay." Connie smiled, giving Peridot them.

Peridot leafed through them and grinned. "Very good, Connie! Clearly, you've done your research!"

"I looked up all the metals I didn't know, like tungsten!" Connie beamed excitedly.

Lapis walked up and frowned. "Tungsten? What is that?"

Peridot rolled her eyes at the gem and walked away, "I'm getting started building, Lazuli, maybe you should do the same!"

Lapis frowned but then smirked. The hose suddenly flared up and sprayed Peridot, gently, but with a playful force. Peridot sputtered and Lapis blushed as she giggled. Pearl watched the woman laugh and couldn't help giving a small smile as well in memories. Amethyst would have laughed too, harder than Lapis. She felt rather sad for a moment, knowing Amethyst had made Garnet angry, and that was dangerous…. very, very dangerous. She gripped the dirt in the ground, hard.

"Hey!" Pearl gave a shake, jolting out of her thoughts. She glanced up to see Yellow Diamond, no, Connie, that was her name.

"Oh, um, hello Connie." Pearl blushed. She dropped the dirt, accidentally getting it on her perfect pink dress, but she didn't notice. She reached for a screw driver, and Lapis flew up.

"What are you two up to?" Lapis asked, falling into a sitting position.

Pearl rolled her eyes and gave a huff, trying to reach for a screwdriver. "I need to get that…leverage optimizer."

"Leverage optimizer?" Lapis asked. She glanced at what Pearl was reaching for and smiled and gave a small laugh, "Oh! That's a screwdriver!"

"A what?" Pearl muttered.

Connie picked it up and handed it to Pearl. "Here."

Pearl smiled and started very clumsily trying to open the microwave. "I can't believe I'm doing this, I'm so rebellious!"

Lapis stood and pointed to her nose. "Pearl, what is this?"

"Hm? Oh, that's a scent sponge " Pearl said matter-of-factly.

"And, what is this?" Lapis asked with a laugh, pointing to her eye.

"A vision sphere." Pearl frowned.

Connie was about to interrupt but Pearl pointed to Lapis' fingers, seeming to like how she had made Lapis laugh. "And those are touch stumps!"

Lapis giggled.

"And those are your bare gravity connectors!" Pearl continued, pointing to Lapis' bare feet.

Connie laughed as well. "Pearl, you're so funny!"

"Funny?" Pearl whispered. "Is that what makes you express your joy?"

Connie nodded and Peridot suddenly gave a yell: "Pearl, do you have the magnetron out of that microwave?"

"Not yet!" Pearl cried.

"Well, I guess we'll look for a drill head." Peridot nodded to Jasper.

"You could find one in the Kindergarten. I'd be happy to go." Pearl suggested with a casual sigh.

"Oh no, she is not going to that Kindergarten alone!" Jasper growled. Lapis raised her hand a little and called, "Connie and I could take her!"

Pearl frowned at Jasper while Connie gave a small nod.

"Ok, sure, but be careful. And Laz?" Lapis glanced up. "Keep Pearl in line."

Lapis saluted. Pearl moaned.

Pearl, Lapis, and Connie stood in front of a injector while Pearl held her tape recorder.

"Log date- 7112. I am helping the Lapis Lazuli and Connie get this very old gem drill. I don't know if I can handle it, but I'll sure try." Pearl said to her recorder. Lapis glanced down from her flying position and smiled, "Don't worry, we can do it! We may look delicate, but we're strong."

"That is true, and we both don't often get to use our talents. And you, you obeyed a Jasper, of all gems!" Pearl chuckled. "Does she scare you into it? Why didn't you have Connie put her in her place?"

"Me?" Connie frowned. "Tell Jasper what to do? That's a really bad idea."

"It's not a idea, it's a fact." Pearl snapped.

"I have to obey Jasper, she's the leader." Lapis said, tilting her head.

Pearl rolled her eyes. "Why is she the leader? She's the lowest rank. The Peridot is only a smidge higher."

"We don't have ranks on Earth, Pearl." Lapis whispered.

Pearl gave a laugh. "But you all worshiped Connie before, when she was Yellow Diamond, enough to betray Homeworld for her. Though, you must have felt you had to…." She then glanced at Lapis. "Now, she's a… hybrid. Why don't you listen to her?" Pearl glanced at Connie.

"Because I'm too young." Connie responded, holding herself slightly.

"Well then, with your Diamond being replaced by a inexperienced fusion, unknowing of her power, the Jasper, and the Peridot, you should be the leader of the team, Lapis." Pearl said.

"... Stop saying that." Lapis whispered.

"You outrank everyone." Pearl smiled. Connie flinched. "But then again, you aren't a normal Lapis Lazuli, are you?"

"Please, just be quiet." Lapis growled, eyes darkening.

"You were supposed to shatter the others, and bring Yellow Diamond to Homeworld. Rose told me that before you emerged. We were all waiting for you to bring the rebellion to a end, you were going to be a hero-"

"Please, stop."

"But why? You are practically a legend! Not one held in high regard, but a legend. Every gem has heard of the rebellion and how they could even recruit the gem who was made to destroy the-"

"I SAID, STOP, PEARL!" Lapis yelled, eyes wide with fury.

Pearl started in fear and recoiled. "I-I'm so sorry, I spoke out of line, I-I… I'm sorry I offended you, your clarity."

Lapis' eyes narrowed and whispered, "Don't call me 'clarity'. Besides, you're not sorry, you're scared of me." She then sliced off the drill with a violent slash of water and made a water hand hold it.

"O-Of course." Pearl said, bowing her head. She waited til Connie and Lapis had walked ahead to follow.

"Lapis?" Connie whispered. "Are you alright?"

"No." Lapis whispered sharp as ice.

"Oh, this is great! We are using the same item that started this to end it! I am so clever!" Peridot laughed. Pearl sat nearby, holding a hammer. She glanced up at the water tower where Lapis sat on top of and ran up.

"I've completed this task, Lapis! Shall I start another order?" She called.

Lapis glared down and landed in front of her. "Yeah. I order you to leave me alone, and not talk to me."

Pearl watched her walked past and frowned. She went back to Connie and whispered, "I did something wrong. Lapis isn't happy, she doesn't want to talk to me…. Amethyst usually gets over it in minutes when we mention her wrongs, why isn't Lapis?"

"Lapis isn't Amethyst, Pearl. Just because she has a similar sense of humor, doesn't mean she's the same. Besides, Amethyst must be reminded every day she's different, Lapis isn't. You stepped over a line, she hates her past." Connie sighed.

Pearl glanced over at Lapis, who was now talking to Peridot and Jasper, looking upset. Jasper and Peri glared at Pearl and Jasper pounded her fist in her hand in warning. "Now it seems even the rest are upset."

"That's because they're protective of the team, so am I. You anger Lapis, you anger us too." Connie said with a firm look. "You made her feel bad."

"But I apologized-"

"You were scared, you forced that out on instinct, that wasn't a real apology." Connie explained.

"Well… Well… You're all twerps! Simple, wrong and revolting twerps!" Pearl growled in a tantrum. "You're useless!"

Peridot watched and glanced at Lapis. "Are you sure you don't want us to have a talk with her?"

"Yes." Lapis growled sharply. "She needs to know what she's done."

Later, Connie watched Pearl angrily mess with the drill, mumbling to herself, clearly still upset about Lapis' silence.

"Um, is everything going okay up there?" Connie called up.

"I just… feel so small, and bad." Pearl said softly. Her finger slipped to a wrong button, making the thing go haywire, spinning around dangerously. "Ah! No! No!" The gem cried. She then flung off to the ground. Connie gasped and ran to the drill. She inhaled and then narrowed her eyes before leaping up and lifting onto the controls.

"Wait!" Pearl squawked. She tried to run to Connie and the drill, but her leash got caught on a piece of metal.

"Come… on!" Connie moaned, trying to stop the drill, but she couldn't. Then, a unsuspecting Lapis walked around the corner and saw the drill coming for her. "What-" Lapis gasped.

"Lapis!" Pearl cried out in fear for the gem. This gem wasn't Amethyst, but she had grown to care for Lapis from the desire that she was like her. She saw the drill about to smash the woman and she gave a yell, ripping the leash off. Pearl tackled Lapis to the ground, pushing her to safety. Lapis panted and glanced over with a sigh of relief, seeing Connie slide down the frozen drill. She then looked back at Pearl who seemed to be looking worried, checking if she was hurt.

"Um..." Lapis whispered, confused. Pearl blushed and fell off the woman, embarrassed.

Connie, meanwhile, lay on the ground, nearly knocked unconscious and very dizzy. Lapis gasped and ran to her, helping her up. Pearl followed.

"Oh! Um, I… I didn't know you would freeze it, from the shock and…" Pearl brushed off her skirt, tightening it in nevoenss. "it was a accident!"

"It's alright, we know you didn't start the drill on purpose." Connie said.

Pearl nodded slowly. "Right… that…"

Lapis glanced at her.

"OH MY STARS! Are you hurt?! How could I let this happen?! I'm the worst!" Peridot moaned, squishing Connie's face in her hands as she checked for scratches or scrapes.

"I'm fine." Connie mumbled with a grin.

Jasper clenched her fist and turned to Pearl. "Stop hurting my friends!"

"Wait! It was a accident!" Connie cried, running in front of Pearl.

Peridot frowned. "Well, now we'll rebuild it, stronger, with seat belts, pillows, airbags…" She trailed on while Connie turned to Lapis.

"Are you alright? That was close." Connie murmured. "It's a good thing Pearl saved you."

"Yes, it is! You were almost hurt! You need to be more careful." Pearl said strictly.

Lapis glared at her. "So what? I told you not to talk to me."

Pearl's cheeks turned pink in anger. "I need you to listen to me!" She slammed her hand on her recorder. "Log date 7112. This planet is annoying and wrong. These Twerps are all made for a purpose and denied it." Lapis glared at her. "But… then again, so did I. I'm a servant, something made to just stand there and look pretty. Yet I've trained in the sword, devolved emotions, tried to fight the rebellion, and failed…. I have, according to Connie, 'stepped over a line' with the Lapis Lazuli when I didn't mean to. I thought she felt pride in what she was made for, not pain. However, since that is the case, I won't bring it up again unless requested to…. I wasn't allowed to show feelings in Homeworld, but here, I am a free gem in saying: I'm… sorry. End log." The tape clicked off and Pearl held it close.

Connie had watched and whispered: "That was so amazing, Pearl!"

Lapis glanced at Pearl. "... Thank you…" She said quickly. She walked past and suddenly, a wing came out and splashed Pearl in the face. Lapis gave a cheerful giggle and turned with smirk. "That's for making me feel dumb."

Pearl was wringing out her hair, and huffed in anger, holding back a smile.