? Pearl
Power. Power is a tenuous thing.
The Diamonds know this. It is true that they are great; that their strength, their beauty, their knowledge, their intelligence, is beyond compare. It is by the grace of their immeasurable superiority that they are the natural leaders of Gemkind.
Most other Gems acknowledge and understand this simple truth. But lesser Gems are, by the very definition of their existence, less intelligent. Less rational. They can get ridiculous notions, which can grow into dangerous ideas. And once those ideas catch on, they can spread like a chemical fire, devouring everything.
It has been millennia, but memories of the last rebellion still haunt them. A repeat would be devastating.
Which is why this latest renegade is so horrifying.
She is an expert in anonymity. No one knows who she is. Nobody knows her sector, her facet, her colour, or her location in their vast Empire. But she spreads dissent throughout. Rumours, disrespect, sacrilege, blasphemy…
Every time one of her comments is squashed, three more rise up in their place. There is seemingly no way to quash her, to snuff her, to silence her. She is infinite, she is legion.
Yellow Diamond scowls at her computer monitor.
The video posted there is beautiful. A work of art. A stunning tribute to Yellow Diamond, in all her glory— to her works, her might, her power, to the way her influence spreads through the stars. This video is playing on monitors throughout sixteen galaxies, inspiring Gems of all kinds and castes to look at it in awe, to fall to their knees in admiration.
She knows this, not just because of her extensive network of security cameras, but also because of the list of hundreds of comments beneath the video, saying things to that effect.
But, among all the praise, there is one that is different. Yellow Diamond's fists clench, her eyes narrow, her anger boils at what AwesomePearl666 had the audacity to write.
"what a bunch of bullshit lol. yd can suck my ass. PEARLS 5EVER!1!"
By the time the comment is deleted, it already has been seen by hundreds, and a bot has made fifteen copies in its place. Yellow Diamond's scowl deepens as she desperately tries to organize the mods to deal with the dissent.
Behind her throne, hidden safely out of sight, Yellow Diamond's Pearl allows herself a smirk.
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Author's Note: Happy April Fools everybody ;)