Things weren't going uphill at all. Although they had stopped going down, it felt as if she'd reached a plateau at the very bottom, with no more room for anything to get worse.
She stayed home from missions, and didn't talk to anyone. Currently, the other gems were out on a mission, Pearl wanting to stay home.
Pearl scrolled through Tumblr, hoping to find something interesting to read, but didn't see anything. Closing the laptop, she stared up at the ceiling.
"I've been talking that stupid medication for a month now." She said out loud. "And it hasn't done shit." She groaned, feeling a swirl of desperateness and darkness inside of her. She wasn't crying, as she hadn't felt any sort of emotion in days. Just emptiness.
She got up for another pointless walk around the house, looking for something to do. Her feet heavily swayed across the floor, even finding it harder to walk.
"Wouldn't it be great." She said aloud. "If they hadent brought me back from the geode." She stopped walking, staring out the window to the cloudy day outside. "I wouldn't need to go through this." Pearl walked over to the window, leaning her head on the glass. "I'd be gone."
She sighed, still feeling emptiness, not even sadness. She just stared outside, thinking.
She's seen everything. Done everything. The whole world was explored, she'd done everything. Gone on picnics, learned to paint, learned to play a variety of instruments.
It felt like she didn't have any other purpose. She beat the game, done all the missions, defeated the final boss.
Pearls eyes fell on the toolbox. It was obviously filled with screwdrivers, nails, hammers.
She walked over, with the desire to escape in her mind. She opened the toolbox, finding it was empty. Letting out a frustrated groan, she opened the door to her room. Trying to summon the swords out from the water, she found that nothing was there.
Frustrated, she went back into the living room, a desire to die implanted in her mind. She slumped back on the couch, knowing Garnet had done some snooping around in the future and prevented this.
Perhaps it was for the greater good. Of coarse Garnet wouldn't want Pearl to kill herself, Pearl was a valued crystal gem, a member of the team, someone like family.
She stared off into the distance, her eyes settling on the fridge. "Why can't I die from food? Garnet can't predict that." Pearl slumped down even further, accepting the fact she was going to have to live an eternity of emptiness.
The geode.
The thought hit Pearl like a ton of bricks. "What was in the geode." Pearl whispered to herself, more as a statement that a question. She walked over to the fridge and opened the fridge door.
She picked up a bottle of vinegar, a feeling of satisfaction washing over her. "Acetic acid." She whispered to herself again, holding up the bottle.
7:24pm
Garnet felt as if something wasn't right. She tried to look in the future, but saw nothing.
Her and the team were on a mission, just your run of the day mission to recover an out-of-control gem mutant.
"We should head back now." She said, as they had finished and were sitting down. The gems walked toward the warp, not knowing what was waiting at home.
7:27pm
Pearl was standing in front of the washroom mirror, the bottle of vinegar in one hand, while the other hand was wiping tears away from her cheeks.
"...Just do it..." She said to herself, unscrewing the lid from the bottle.
7:29pm
The gems came to the warp pad, Steven wanting to warp them out. Garnet was having a debate in her head, Ruby and Sapphire bickering back and forth.
We took all precautions we could.
But is it enough?
We can't see anything, but I hope so.
We can't hope! We need to know!
But we don't know!
Although it wasn't sure which voice was Rubys and which was Sapphires, it was clear there was a dispute.
7:29pm
Pearl raised the bottle just over her head, still holding it upright. She sniffled, tears dripping into the sink. She tilted the bottle of vinegar, a slow drizzle coming from the bottle.
She felt it drop on her, slowly disintegrating her gem, still oblivious to the fact there were other gems coming to the temple.
"Goodbye everyone." She whispered, though nobody could hear her.
"I love you."
7:29
Garnet and the others warped into the temple, Garnet being worried. "Pearl?" She said, looking around the house, walking toward the bathroom door.
7:30
The bottle was half empty, Pearl feeling small holes develop in her gem. Tears were still running down her face, mixed in with the vinegar.
7:30
"PEARL!" Garnet screamed, jumping at Pearl, knocking the bottle of vinegar out of her hand. Panicked, Garnet ran the shower, pushing Pearl in, and making sure her gem was underwater.
The rest of the gems were confused by the shout from Garnet, and that the shower had turned on seconds later. Amethyst motioned for the other gems to stay there while she crept toward the washroom.
She peeked through the door, only seeing the bottle of vinegar on the floor, and the steam from the shower.
Amethyst walked back toward the other gems, her face pale and expressionless. "There was a bottle of vinegar on the floor..." She breathed, the other gems expressions turning to shock as well.
Steven was confused, though still worried. "Vinegar? Is that what was in the..." He trailed off, looking over to Peridot, who nodded.
Authors Note: HECK YEAH I JUST DID THAT!
HERE YOU GO!
LOTS AND LOTS OF FEELS!
