One more chapter after this of baby Domina on planet, then we get into the meat of the story. Hope your all enjoying this so far and I'd love to hear from you either in the comments or on my tumblr where you can find me by the same username as I am here. If you have any scenes you'd like to see I'd love to hear them.
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Human infants developed quickly. Within a year, Domina had a grasp on rudiments of both latin and the Gem language. Where White Diamond had disapproved of idle chatter, Domina babbled almost incessantly.
Within another year, Pearl was having a harder time keeping up with her as she toddled, then walked and then ran all around the rooms that made up White Diamonds quarters. She had met the crew onboard the ship, though only within the confines of their section of the ship. Vitus was very insistent of her not being allowed to wander and get in the way of the skeleton crew on board the orbiting drop ship. The crew, consisted of Mossy Agate, two Nephrites, six senior Peridots and a squad of Milky Quartz with an Enhydro Agate. None of them really know what to think of the hybrid diamond and while they were always polite when they came to see her, they were uncomfortable around her, possibly more so than they ever had been around White Diamond herself.
Vitus was on the planet below, assisting with a survey for a report back to homeworld, so Pearl was alone with Domina, who two minutes ago she swore had just been playing in the corner of her room while Pearl cleaned and made notes for another order from the Human zoo. Now though Pearl was frantically scouring the rooms in their section of the ship. She even checked the locked rooms, the ones Domina shouldn't even be able to get into. When it became obvious the girl was definitely not where she was supposed to be, Pearl ventured into the ship, methodically checking every room. No one stopped her, the Quartzes were planet-side with Vitus and any of the other crew members were too caught up in their own tasks.
Domina wasn't in any of the surrounding rooms. Pearl was beginning to wonder if it was possible for the girl to have climbed inside the ventilation system or even one of the other tubes and shafts that dotted the dropship. Would they hear her if they got stuck? Pearl panicked more, going through the remaining rooms frantically, before finally bursting onto the bridge.
All gems turned to look at her. One of the nephrites looked up from the computer console and two Peridots turned to look at her briefly then turned back around. Mossy Agate, the Agate in charge of all day to day operations on board the fleet ship, White Diamond's most respected agate, was sitting towards the front , her console screens open showing plans for the colony down below. Domina was in her lap. Pearl sighed in relief, Mossy Agate had turned the chair to see her and the moment Domina saw her she scrambled off the chair.
"Puhl! Salve!" Domina said, running over flat footed, chattering excitedly about something Mossy had been showing her.
"My Diamond, you should not have run off like that." Pearl said softly kneeling down. Domina held her arms out to indicate that she wanted picked up. Pearl did so and when she straightened herself Mossy Agate was standing in front of them, arms behind her back.
"Mossy Agate." Pearl said. Domina chattered on, mostly nonsense babbling, with vague approximations of words thrown in. "I apologize, Vitus has told me that she-my Diamond would be wandering more as she has gained large motor movement abilities. I do hope she hasn't caused any distractions."
Mossy Agate shook her head and smiled slightly at Domina who had now stopped talking and was clinging to Pearl. The girl had buried her head into the juncture between pearls shoulder and her neck. Pearl could feel her heart rate and breathing slowing and guessed she was about to fall asleep.
"She was not. She took great interest in the structuring of 19-H25, perhaps," Mossy Agate frowned. "Perhaps I will speak with Vitus, He should know that our Diamond is never 'in the way'," Mossy glanced at the other members of the control room. They quickly averted their eyes and went back to work.
"White Diamond did ask me to make sure her child understood the inner workings of the fleets operations." The agate trailed off and Pink Pearl nodded.
"If you will excuse me Mossy Agate, My Diamond does need to rest." Pearl said, though the girl was already apparently comfortable enough to fall asleep in Pearls arms.
"Yes yes." Mossy said waving her hand and walking back towards her terminal, "That will be all."
Pearl pushed down a momentary bristle of irritation as she left the room. The Mossy Agate may be the highest ranked gem on the ship but that in no way gave her the authority to dismiss a Diamonds Pearl in that fashion. Pearl smoothed the hair from sleeping domina's face after gently laying her down in her bed. Even if her Diamond was... unusual.