Manson comes into the theater with the gems in tow. They all take their seats as the lights turn off with the projector turning on. The screen begins showing footage of different worlds, similar to the one they're living in. The only catch is that the worlds look like they're run by other nations, like the ones shown in those events when they wore the helmets. Words begin showing up on the screens, revealing that the worlds are of alternate histories, where certain events either happen or don't happen, or that different decisions were made. The films reveal that the amount of worlds and/or scenarios is infinite, and that not all of them are good. The gems realize this, as none of those events actually happened in their world.
However, after about an hour or so, the projection ends, and the lights turn back on. Everyone leaves the room and enters another stadium, which looks like a good place to meditate.
"This here is a place for meditation," Manson explains, "Hypnotism, meditation, and slumber, all are taught by others to be used to visit other timelines, other worlds. There ARE warnings though, since the worlds that might end up being visited is very dangerous. They are used to gain information and resources, as well as technologies from other realms. Sometimes, we are so skilled in this that we can create realms simply by gaining the technologies from certain dimensions, slipping beings of different timelines those ideas, and waiting till new ideas finally come along from them, and we can stockpile our weaponry, just in case our enemies are ready to attack."
"Woah..." the gems say in awe, for none of them ever thought that these ideas were happening when they were paying less attention. For years, they thought that they were the only world, but now, they know that there are other worlds as well.
"I can tell your surprise," Manson says, "I just hope that Garnet and/or her components don't mind. They have the freedoms to express their anger at me, as there are reasons for them to do so. We can get them to join us. Just make sure she discovers it by herself. Another hope is that Ice and Coral join us. We will be busy with discovering new gems and whatnot. I'll be seeing you when you return. Hopefully, Ice, Coral and Garnet will have joined my cause."
The gems nod and say their farewells to Manson as they leave. They board the warp pad and return to the beach house, with the exception of Peridot and Lapis for the barn. Surprisingly, Garnet was in neither of those places, so they waited for her to return, and she did. To the temple. After talking with each other, not a single word about Manson and NATO going on, they decided to turn in for the night. Well, Steven, Connie and Amethyst. Pearl and Garnet were just keeping watch over everything for the night. Secretly, Albite and Orthoclase, without being noticed, got out of the beach house and went into hiding, hoping to surprise Garnet. It's going to be a new day the next morning.
Okay. That's it for the chapter. Now, the next one might include Garnet meeting Moonstone, her components, Manson, Ice, and Coral, and possibly the expected/unexpected arrival of a "GemCrust" character called Heliodor, to join the gems. They night begin meditating to visit a new timeline, kind of similar to the ending to the Season 1 finale of the Amazon Prime series, "The Man in the High Castle", based on the novel by Phillip K. Dick.
Another thing. Starting now, I'm including coded messages in endings to future chapters. The alphabet order is mixed up, and goes exactly like this: ASKDFHMBCWJGVONRLPIQUETYZX. The numbers will still be in numeral order from 1-26. Here is the message:
1st word: 23-13-4-13-1-8-14-8
2nd word: 16-26-19-5-1-13-9-8-16
3rd word: 4-13-21-5-17-5-21
The key, or setting, is X-12. See ya in the next chapter.