"I REJECT MY HUMANITY ESTEBAN!"
A story of heartbreak. A tale of tragedy. Two brothers fight against the other in a matter for survival and ideals. Poetic in the sense where one who was willing to strip away all that makes him human in pursuit of something higher, against another who remains grounded and embraces all his life would have to offer. Not to mention with the body figures of the beings Earthen people would call gods.
And Spinel loves every second. She couldn't help but see herself in both of the characters, of how the two circle each other as if they were two sides of the same coin, a piece of the same soul. She sees that conflict within her own gem, even if it was currently upside down. Maybe, someday soon, it would be right side up again.
She had been sitting in Steven's room for the past couple of hours now. After her dream, her nightmare, Steven called it a nightmare. She managed to pull herself together after a lot of shaking. Towards the end, it was more out of embarrassment than actual fear anymore. Nonetheless, Steven may have put it upon himself to hold her until she falls asleep again. Something she was grateful, yet ashamed for.
The gem sighs as the episode cuts to a commercial break. She found out about the black box's true nature hours later, when the light came in through the windows and the birds outside started calling. Steven called it a TV. She'll call it that too. Though Steven suggested it would be best if she stays in his room for a while, today he apparently has to help in setting up some kind of event for the turn of the season, something about pumpkins and dry ice. And that he was going to make sure the other gems would be ready to see her again.
She still had lingering doubts about it, that when she walks down the stairs to see the other Crystal Gems she'll just be greeted with cold looks or heated stares. But she'll be trusting Steven. Though she does wish she would still have a little bit of more time to spend with him, alone. But this is fine for now.
She might not know why, but she suspects a reason why Pink left her was from how much she vied for attention. For how clingy she was. She'll do what she can to cut away that side of her personality, it might be a bit difficult to do but she will be able to do it. Hopefully.
Spinel changes the channel on the TV, flipping through the various programs. Clicking the small rectangle thing with buttons the only other way she knew how. The big red button was on and off, and the thing with the arrow is to change what's on the screen. Though at one scene she pauses.
It was a show, and it had a girl playing what looked like an instrument in the shape of an axe. Her hair was short and black and her skin was gray with fangs. Was she a gem? She didn't see any stone on her body. But what truly caught her attention was her voice.
"Let's go in the garden,
You'll find something waiting.
Right there where you left it
Lying upside down"
Spinel couldn't help but place a gloved hand on her own gem at the song, her mood dampened a bit at the music and the memories that it surfaced into her mind.
"When you finally find it,
You'll see how it's faded.
The underside is lighter
When you turn it around."
If she didn't know any better, the song might have just been about her. Releasing a quiet chuckle she moves to change the channel again. Her finger right above the button. But she hesitates. Maybe after the song finishes.
Spinel closes her eyes as she listens to the bass axe guitar mix with the melody of the girl's voice, and though she might not have known the words she could feel herself mouthing the lyrics along with the music.
"Everything stays
Right where you left it.
Everything stays
But it still changes.
Ever so slightly,
Daily and nightly."
Spinel sighs wrapping one noodly arm around herself. A small line of a smile forming on her lips.
"In little ways
When everything stays."
Whatever this show is. Spinel decides she likes it. Even if she only saw a couple of seconds. As she opens her eyes she's greeted with the sight of the girl sitting inside a small wooden cabin with the sunset lowering behind a hill. A beautiful scenery that catches the gem's eye as it fades to black as the song was still continuing to completion.
Yeah. Maybe she should watch some more of whatever this is. When Steven comes back, she'll ask her the name and how she can watch more of it, as well as who that gray girl is. She was now her favorite.
Thankfully she didn't have to wait much longer as the sound of footsteps enter the temple from downstairs. She could hear Steven call out "I'm back!"
And with a small grin, Spinel waits to meet him.
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Chapter 4 of Thousand Shining Stars back to its musical roots.
I'm also going to continue this as a story, but not as a narrative. Instead of it being chapter by chapter as a story, it'll be drabble by drabble that connects to each other as we watch our favorite little gem grow and heal.
Equilibrium-Grey: Does a story via drabbles cut it? Otherwise, thanks for your support!
Guest: Eh, I'm dyslexic. Autocorrect doesn't help either.