NOTES: So now we move into the "epilogue" of our story. But unlike most epilogues, this will actually be longer than the first part of the story! The first part was just Steven and Connie's deaths and their immediate aftermath. But this epilogue, titled "Mourning," will be about how the ones close to them process their grief. Obviously, grieving and mourning are longer and more complicated than saying final goodbyes, thus why the "epilogue" is actually longer than the main story. So without any further ado, let us begin, first with a short prologue.
Mourning
Steven and Connie's human family has no major issues with their passing, with the exception of the very young children who don't exactly understand why their totally cool and fun great-grandparents are gone. However, the various Gems, Lars and Lion, and even many of the sentient plants find themselves at a loss as to how to move on. Now, let us see how everyone deals with their grief.
The Melons and Cactus Steven
It has been twelve days since Stevonnie left this world. On Mask Island, the Watermelon Stevens and Cactus Steven choose to mourn in the same way they did for the tragic death (at their own hands) of Baby Melon: By building monuments to those who have passed. By all working together, they've already completed the statues, just as everything in their civilization seems to always progress at an accelerated pace; by this time, Mask Island has already long ago developed into an advanced technological civilization rivaling humanity's own level.
Behind the statue of Baby Melon and towering at almost four times its height, there now stands a statue of Stevonnie in their prime (as they appeared when Steven and Connie were in their 20s), holding Steven's iconic shield in their left hand and holding Connie's sword in their right, poised for battle with a resolute look on their face. The plants to which Steven gave sentience will never forget how Steven and Connie were guardians, protectors of the Earth and cosmos, always ready and willing to fight to defend anyone in need once a diplomatic solution had failed.
To the left of Baby Melon's statue, standing at a bit under half the height of Stevonnie's statue, is a sculpture of Connie; she appears as she did at the age of 39, when she was elected for her first term as the American President. The statue depicts her standing tall and proud in a smart business suit, with a pen in one hand poised to place her signature upon a stone facsimile, held in her other hand, of the agreement she forged between the nation-state of Mask Island and the United Nations, granting the Melons and Cactus Steven official acceptance into said political body.
To the right of the statue of Baby Melon is a sculpture of Steven, larger than Connie's statue with the tall, broad, and muscular Quartz-like build he developed by adulthood, standing proudly wearing a casual suit. He appears as he did in his 30s when he was the official United States and U.N. Ambassador to Mask Island. The residents of Mask Island will forever be grateful to Steven and Connie for working within the political realm as diplomats to get Mask Island, the community of Steven's own botanical creations, recognized as one of Earth's nations. And so, they stand before the statues with outstretched arms and mourn the loss of three more of their heroes.