Chapter 20, alright, woo.

I don't own Steven Universe.


Chapter 20: Impressions

"So, you think this is a good spot?" Pearl asked.

"No, not here." Peridot replied.

A few moments passed.

"How about here?" Pearl asked.

"No, not here either." replied Peridot.

A few more moments passed.

"Here?"

"Pearl, just let me tell you when we've found it, alright?"

"Alright."

Silence.

"How about-"

"AUGH!" Peridot said, slamming her forehead against the yoke of the hovercraft. She and Pearl were currently exploring a vast grassland on Earth. One of the first things to do was to plot out a place for the first kindergarten, allowing extra forces to do whatever was needed. As it was, construction would be minimal without more gems.

Peridot sighed, looking to her. "Why did Pink have you come along with me anyways?"

"She didn't. I just thought you might like some extra company." Pearl said with a smile.

The green gem didn't respond to that, instead setting down the hovercraft on a hill. "Why are we stopping?"

"I want to take some soil samples. Initial scans suggest this area is highly rich in minerals but I want to make sure." Peridot responded as she put the loading ramp down and got from her seat.

She and Pearl looked out on the plains, it was mid-day and the grass shimmered as it waved with the wind. The green gem took out a small device and scoped up a little dirt with her fingers. She placed the clump inside the device and waited for a readout, squinting her eyes. "Hmm… it looks like this would be a good place for quartz soldiers, that's good, very good." She then looked all around her. "But we'll need to find someplace proper to put the injector pods, otherwise we'll need to dig to form a crevice somewhere. What do you think Pearl?"

No reply.

Peridot turned around, having been so engrossed the light-pink gem had now disappeared. "Pearl!" she called out.

"Over here!" came a distant voice.

Peridot turned to the source of the voice and jogged over until Pearl was within her view, but she wasn't alone. Standing right next to her was some sort of medium-large, organic quadruped with curved horns and a golden-brown pelt with white legs and a single blotch of black separating the two. Pearl was petting it and letting it… what was the word Onyx had once used… 'eat'? Yes, 'eat' organic matter out of her hand.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

Pearl was practically laughing, looking to her. "Look Peridot! I made a new friend."

The green gem gave a quizzical look to the organic. It didn't seem very dangerous. She took a step closer and the beast eyed her, but continued to chew, albeit slower as Peridot neared.

"Why are you letting it 'eat' out of your hand?"

Pearl shrugged. "Dunno, just feels right." It finished with eating and Pearl bent down and plucked some more grass out of the ground. But then instead of letting it resume eating she instead held it out for Peridot to take.

Peridot raised an eyebrow. "What do you want me to do with that?"

"Feed it." Pearl said motioning to the beast with her head.

"'Feed it'?" she asked. "What do you-"

Pearl rolled her eyes and grabbed Peridot's wrist pulling it closer. The light-pink turned her wrist over and placed the grass in Peridot's palm. "Look, it's easy. Just place you hand close to its mouth."

The green gem was hesitant but did as she was told. The beast eyed her for a moment before also eating out of Peridot's hand while Pearl slowly petted it. "Wow this feels… nice." Peridot said slowly.

"I know, right?" The beast finished the meal and slowly trotted away and out opf sight. "Anyways, how's the soil."

The green gem slipped back into analysis mode. "The soil here is excellent, I suspect we'll be able to get many quartzes from the ground. But we may need to split the ground, create a crevice for optimal gem creation."

"Like the one over there?" Pearl said pointing across the field to a drop-off point.

Peridot looked over to it, her eyes widening a bit. "Uh… yeah. How did I miss that from the air?" she wondered aloud.

The pair walked closer, nearing the edge and looking down. It was surpassingly full of life, moss clung to the walls, birds made nests all up and down the walls and far, far, below running water could be seen. "Yeah, this looks good." She looked around. "But before we use the injectors we need to set up a command center and a warp pad for easy access." She took out a rod and placed it in the ground, clicking the top of it. The rod extended and began to light up and blink, making a beeping noise as it did so.

"There, let's get back to base. I got just the tools in mind to start setting up here." Peridot stated confidently.


Meanwhile… far away…


Flint was not happy about this.

Solid land, she could handle. Pure liquid water, she could swim in. But this? Mud? She kept sinking partway into it before pulling out her leg only to land in another patch which wallowed it again.

"Having trouble?" Came the voice of Onyx who was watching Flint struggle with some amusement.

"Shut it." Flint snapped back as she continued to make her way through. "Ugh! Boss! Why are we even out here?"

Pink was standing beside Onyx, she bent down below the canopy. "Colony procedure says at least a single starting structure must be built in each facet, Flint. That's why we're scouting out here, we're seeing what the environment's like." She then stood up straight her face out of sight once again. "I'm going to look over this way, I'll call if I find anywhere suitable to place a structure, you guys do the same." With that she walked off, branches snapping as she passed.

The former rogue gem looked to the quartz a smirk on her face. "Maybe if instead of just trudging through straight ahead you tried to look for the more solid path you wouldn't be having so much trouble."

"I already said shut it!" she called back, but this time she'd really gotten stuck. Flint bent down and grabbed hold of her foot, pulling and pulling until she pulled so hard her leg came flying out, throwing the quartz off balance and sending her flat on her back.

"HAHAHAHAHAA!" Onyx pointed at the quartz watching the whole thing unfold.

Flint snarled. "Shut up and help me out!" she demanded.

The smaller grey gem wiped a tear form her eye calming down and sending out a whip, grabbing Flint's leg and yanking her to solid ground.

Flint quickly got to her feet, brushing off the dirt and mud that still stuck to her. "I suppose I should thank you."

"You're welcome." Onyx replied, still chuckling a bit from earlier.

Flint then got a mischievous smirk, eyeing the smaller gem.

Onyx suddenly got a worried look. "Why are you- Hey! Put me down!"

The grey quartz lifted her above her head and tossed Onyx spinning through the air into the mud pit. "HA! You're right, that's hilarious! HAHAHA!"

Onyx got from the mud, summoning the whip again and lassoing Flint around her arm, yanking her back into the mud. Flint quickly pulled her down and stuffed Onyx's face into the mud, holding it down while she struggled to free herself. "HA! How do you like that?"

Soddenly Onyx's body was engulfed in light and she transformed, taking Pink Diamond's form. She got to her feet and picked up Flint with a single hand and slammed her into the mud, head first. Onyx then stepped back onto solid land and transformed back.

"HA! I like it just fine!" Onyx called over. Her grin fell as Onyx heard something in the distance. She put a hand up to her ear as Flint attempted to remove her head from the ground. The sound was hollow and repetitive, but it had a pattern to it.

It was also coming from the direction Pink Diamond had just gone in.

"Flint! Stop messing around! I think something's happening over with Pink." The former rogue gem called out.

Flint was still trying to get out of the ground. Onyx rolled her eyes, lassoing Flint's leg and yanking her out again. The grey quartz stood up and brushed herself off, spitting out a giant clump of mud. She then put a hand to her head and listened, then she looked down to Onyx. "I hear it too. Let's go."

The followed the ruined canopy several miles. Pink Diamond could really make good time with those long legs of hers.

The drumming got louder. "It's coming from over there." Flint said pointing to a couple of bushes.

"Yeah, it's weird how far the sound carried, the acoustics in this place must be amazing." Onyx added.

The two gems knelt down and hid in the bushes They looked beyond and saw… something very strange.

The sound in question was coming from some sort of round cylinder object which was getting beat by… well… Onyx wasn't quite sure what it was. She had seen something similar, but they usually had a lot more hair. Still this simian-like creature had dark copper-like skin and jet black hair. It was also wearing clothes of some sort, which was the really odd thing. She'd never seen organic dress themselves in anything before and if she wasn't mistaken it was in the bodies of other organics, flapping in the breeze and barely covering their torsos and lower bodies.

How strange.

Several of these creatures were sitting around in a circle, some beating on similar objects and making the sound. Others were shaking their bodies oddly, but not in pain, it was more like… fighting… but the stances were not good for battle, it was strange, all strange.

Strangest of all though was what was in the center of this strange circle, Pink Diamond, sitting cross-legged, her back towards them. There was some sort of wreath of organic matter around her head.

"Did she get captured?" Flint whispered to her.

"I… don't know…" she looked to the wreath. "Maybe they used some sort of organic technology on her? That thing around her head doesn't look normal."

Flint summoned her sword. "That's it, I'm putting a stop to this."

"Wait, maybe we should-"

Too late.

Flint charged in yelling like a maniac. The organics immediately stop playing and panicked at the sight of her, fleeing into the underbrush. Pink turned around, surprised to see Flint's charging form, but did not get up.

As the grey quartz neared her yelling steadily got quieter and she slowed as she saw Pink narrowing her eyes at her. She stopped completely as the young Diamond crossed her arms, giving her an admonishing look. Flint lowered her sword and Onyx quickly came up behind her. "Uh…. We're here to save you?"

Pink closed her eyes and sighed. "So, how did you guys find me."

"Well there was that sound and… well…" Onyx pointed up to a still ruined canopy where Pink had walked through.

"Ah, right." Pink then turned around on her butt, facing them but still sitting down. "Well, as you two can see, I'm fine."

"What were those organics and… what are you wearing?" Flint asked.

Pink looked down at herself. Her normal bodysuit had been replaced by a two-piece set. Her top half was a large, decorated vest that covered her chest. Her bottom half resembled a single, long, ornately decorated cloth, allowing both her legs to be bare and clearly seen. Her gem remained where it had always been, connecting the top half of the outfit with the bottom and pulling it all together. "Oh this? I dunno, I saw them wearing it and I thought, 'Hey, why not?'."

"It's nice, I guess." Flint said, rubbing the back of her head.

"And that stuff around your head?" The smaller gem asked.

Pink looked up towards the wreath and took it off carefully. "They made it for me." She held it out for them to look closely, it appeared just to be made of the flowers and grass and sticks all intertwined with each other in such a way that the shape retained its form.

"What were those… creatures?" Onyx asked.

"I don't know. I was walking along and I saw one of them being attacked by another, bigger, organic and I scared it off. It was scared at first, but then when I tried to show I meant no harm, it ran off. I thought it had gone but it brought back almost a dozen more of its friends. I think we were celebrating something, until you two came along." Pink said recounting her tale and replacing the wreath before giving a disapproving look to them both.

Flint looked sheepish, rubbing the back of her head. "Oh, heh heh, sorry."

Onyx looked off into the bush. "I wonder where they ran off to."

Flint knelt down examining the ground closely. "Hmm… I could probably track them down."

"You know how to track organics?" Pink asked.

"Sure, there's nothing to it." Flint replied, looking to her.

"Well then, lead the way. These creatures seem interesting." Said the young Diamond.

"Uh, before that Pink, maybe you should crouch down. Unless you wish to continue to create a clear cut line through the canopy." Onyx advised, pointing upward.

Pink nodded. "Yes, perhaps that'd be best."

A few hours later…

"I thought you said you knew the way." Onyx said.

Flint scowled at her. "Hey! This is harder than it looks."

"Flint, seriously, are we close?" Pink asked, nearly crawling on all fours. "Having to move around like this for the last few miles has become really irritating."

"Well the trail seems pretty fresh so they're pretty close. In fact, I'd say they're just over that hill." Flint said pointing to a clearing in the trees where said hill was located. The three climbed atop it but laid down as they beheld their quarry.

The creatures from before were all going about their different tasks. Some were carrying around tools, other had organic matter of some kind. Some of the bigger looking ones stood on the outside wielding sticks resembling spears. Little structures made of organic material of some sort were dotted al throughout the make-shift settlement.

"It's like they got their own little colony. Fascinating." Pink said, her eyes wide with wonder.

"They do seem at least somewhat intelligent for organics." Onyx admitted. "Well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later."

"So… are we just going to sit and watch or what?" The quartz asked, somewhat bored.

"We've wondered pretty far from the hovercraft, perhaps we should head back to retrieve it before something comes across it." Onyx suggested.

Without breaking her gaze from the settlement below, Pink pulled out a small metal device and pressed a button on it, it beeped once in response. The sound of crashing in the distance was then heard and the two smaller gems turned to see the hovercraft soaring above the canopy and heading towards them. It stopped just at the foot of the hill and opened its boarding hatch.

"Oh, never mind then."

"Shh!" Pink said. "I think something's happening."

Some was indeed happening.

Another one of the creatures had just run into the settlement. It was pointing behind itself and communicating with the other creatures with a panicked look on its face. The others began to scatter now, some dropping whatever they had in their hands and running off, others running into their huts and closing the doors behind them. Soon no one was left in the settlement outside a hut.

"What was that about?" Flint asked.

Her question was soon answered as more organics quickly came, but these were much different than the others. They walked on two legs but they were at least a foot taller and had no hair to speak of. Instead of a shade of tan like the others had been they were green and white leathery skin. They didn't have round heads like the organics from before either but flat, reptilian snouts. They didn't wear organic pelts, but they did wear silver and gold bands on their arms and around their necks.

The new organics seemed to be searching around the settlement and they began to bust down the doors to the huts. Within seconds, screams sounded off as the scaly organics dragged the organics from their homes. Some of the bigger looking tan organics seemed to be trying to fight back with their primitive spears.

But to little avail.

The scaly organics knocked the spears aside with a significantly better crafted sword. It swung the sword and the spear was easily slashed in two. The tan organics were then hulled off by the leathery organics and the settlement was quiet once more.

Pink stood to full height. "Come on."

The three gems entered the settlement, everything was either overturned or cut to pieces. "Now I wonder what those creatures were." Said the former rogue gem voicing the curiosity of all three of them.

The young Diamond looked around her frown deepening as she did.

"Something wrong, Boss?" Flint asked.

"It's just… I feel like we could have helped them."

Flint shrugged. "Organics got to eat, hunt or be hunted or something like that right?" she asked turning to Onyx who had been busy examining some of the pottery that had been smashed.

"It's a little more complicated than that." Onyx replied, picking up a piece and examining it more closely. "But she does have a point, Pink. It's not really our place to interfere with the natural order of things." Pink's frowned deeper at that and Onyx sighed. "At least, not until we know more about the situation first."

Pink put a hand to her chin then looked over to where the leathery organics had dragged off the tan, soft-skinned ones. Part of her wanted to try and save them, but Onyx was right, she needed to know more first. "All right, let's go see what we have on these organics."


Peridot was typing away commands, Pearl at her side, when she heard footsteps coming from behind her. They turned to see Onyx, as Amethyst, Flint and her Diamond approaching her. "Hey guys, Pearl and I just got back from picking out destination for our first kindergarten, isn't it great?"

"Yeah Peri, it's amazing." Flint said, boredly. "Anyways, Pink has something she wants to ask you."

"Peridot I need you to look up an organic species for me." Pink said.

"Alright, which one? Can you describe it?"

"it stands on two legs." Onyx started.

"Alright, that cuts it down significantly." The green gem quickly typed and the holographic images of several dozen species were pictured side by side on screen.

The young Diamond looked from one picture to the next then pointed to one of them. "There." She said pointing t one of them.

Peridot accessed the file and the screen blinked once before showing a detailed file of the creature at the top the designation name was given.

"'Humans' huh?" Flint said, reading it off.

"Looks like they're pretty smart for organics. They can build simple structures and use tools." Pink said as she read aloud from the file.

Peridot nodded. "Indeed. I'd say that these creatures have great potential. Along with these." With that she typed a few more commands and suddenly the other organics were on screen, the human file now sharing space with the other ones they had seen.

"'Sah-ru-kah'" Flint said sounding out the name.

"That's 'Sarrukh'." Pearl corrected.

"Isn't that what I said?" Flint asked.

"Anyways…" Peridot began, getting them back on topic. "These creatures are mostly found in the warmer climates due to their cold-blooded biology but are surprisingly versatile in colder climates as well, once adapted. Though their population growth is significantly smaller than the humans." She pressed another button and it showed a human in chains being whipped by a sarrukh. "However, they are much stronger than the humans and have managed to indenture many of them into their servitude for labor as well as a being kept around as a sustainable food source."

"They look like kinda like the humans but mixed with those snake organics you told me about. Snake… humans… Snumans." Flint said slowly.

"Psht, that's stupid. You can't just combine words and make a new thing." Onyx pointed out.

Flint shot her a look but then shrugged. "Yeah, I guess you're right, what kind of moron would do that?"

"I wonder if it's possible to get these two to get along?" Pink wonder aloud.

"Not with a taste for the humans." Flint said pointedly.

Pink looked from one picture to the other. The sarrukh had enslaved weaker but more numerous beings to do their bidding and could essentially destroy them at any time of their choosing. Her mind now drifted and stared noticing the parallels between them and her sister with the rest of the gems. "We should free the humans from their grasp, perhaps section off these sarrukh until we can make them less… enslaving."

Onyx gave raised a brow at that. "I assume the irony is not lost on you there."

"No, and I doubt it'll be the last before we're done with this world." Pink admitted.

"These humans might be our best bet at convincing the other Diamonds of the value in organic life." Pearl noted.

Peridot nodded. "They are, though even then those are still pretty long odds."

"We'll have to revisit this soon. Anyways you were saying about the first kindergarten?" Pink asked.

"We've come up with a good insertion point to start." Peridot said, pulling up the world map and a single red dot. "All we need to do is set up the control room and we'll be able to start using the injector pods.

"I see, well Peridot your job is to being setting up for the kindergarten. Onyx I want you to get close and observe the humans and the sarrukh. I want to know everything about them as individuals and interactions with each other. Pearl, Flint, you help them with their respective tasks and give me updates while they focus their full attention to their tasks." The four nodded. "We're going to be very busy the next few months."


A few months later…


Pink sat at the console, her hands on across her stomach as she slouched. She was gazing at Earth again when she heard a beeping from the console. She straightened up and pressed a single button, the serious face of Yellow Diamond appearing before her. "Yellow, always nice to hear from you." She said evenly.

"How goes the colonization Pink?" she asked getting straight to the point.

"Our first kindergarten is nearly ready and the injector pods are ready to be deployed." Pink responded automatically. She'd anticipated the call and had several answers already lined up for her sister's questions.

"I see, and the other facets?"

"We've scouted out sights for the first structures in each and will begin construction as soon as we have our new workers from-"

"No."

Pink stopped, she'd been looking off and to the side but now her attention was suddenly drawn to the screen. "Excuse me?"

"I said 'No.'." She repeated, then she looked off to the side, accessing another console. "I want construction to begin immediately, not sometime in the next decade when the gems you plant will emerge. I shall contact Blue and have her send over some of her construction gems so you may begin. Understood?"

"Yes." Pink replied.

"Good, she should be there within the week. Yellow out." With that the screen collapsed and Pink slouched once more. She put a hand to her chin, tapping it with a single finger. She had hoped that waiting on the kindergarten gems would buy her enough time to properly study the humans and sarrukh. Now things were moving faster than she thought. Still, the structures themselves would also take years to build… "What to do..." she wondered still tapping her chin.

The console beeped again and Pink sat up, this time Peridot appeared. "My Diamond, I thought you should know that the control base here has been successfully set up, we're ready to fire the injector pods." She pressed a few buttons on her own console off screen. "I have the insertion points all set up, just say the word and we'll begin."

The young Diamond thought for a moment, tapping her chin. "Peridot, I'm coming down, I want to see it for myself."

The green gem was caught off guard by this but nodded. "Uh, alright. I'll see you in a little bit I guess."


Pink set down her small ship in at the bottom of the gorge, accessing the elevator and making her way down. Quartz soldiers saluted her as she reached the bottom and Peridot turned around and did the same. "My Diamond, what can I do for you?" she asked.

Pink gave a dismissive wave. "Not here, show me the injector pods."

"Of course, right this way." Peridot opened a door to a second, adjacent room.

"Why all the secrecy?" The green gem asked, once they were alone, injector pods positioned just below tubes to be shot out from like artillery shells.

"There's something I need you to do for me."


One week later…


Blue arrived on the lunar base and entered, being greeted by gems as she passed. She made her way to the control room and saw her sister, the chair turned around from the console and looking to her, Pink's pearl by her side. "Well it's nice to see you taking your job so seriously, I almost thought you didn't have it in you." She teased.

Pink gave a pained smile. "Of course, I am a Diamond after all."

Blue drew closer taking her sister's hand and squeezing in a reassuring manner. "Yes, you are."

Pink then looked down, noticing something amiss. "If I'm not mistaken, do you have two pearls now?"

Blue looked down, her usual pearl was by her side, but almost hiding behind her was another. She looked about the same as any other pearl but she was a white-grey with sky-blue eyes. Her hair had a peach-pink color and resembled a pixie-cut in the front, while in the back, her hair lead to two curled points like the top of an onion. She wore a sleeveless, very light sky-blue jumpsuit with transparent silk ballet skirt around her waist. She also wore long white leggings, and slip-on ballet flats to match. Her gem sat in the center of her forehead, right above her eyes.

"Ah, her." She said. "Come on out." Blue ordered. The timid little gem did so, albeit very slowly, looking quite unsure. "Present yourself to a Diamond properly."

"My name is Pearl." She said a bit too quickly, nearly coming out in a jumbled mess as she bowed deeply. "I am at you command, my Diamond. It is an honor to bask in your radiance."

Pink raised a brow at this then looked to her sister. "So? Are you going to give me an explanation?"

"is it not obvious?" Blue asked. Her younger sister remained silent and Blue went on. "This is going to be White Diamond's new pearl."

Pink gave a look of mild surprise. "Really? What about White's current-"

Blue cut her off before Pink said too much. "That's why I'm having her follow me around for now, when White is… ready… this Pearl will be waiting for her."

"So, you're… training her." Pink concluded.

"In a manner of speaking, she must be ready to serve our sister to the upmost of her ability." Her sister continued.

"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be thrilled after what happened with her last one." Pink replied pointedly.

"That will not happen again, I'm making sure of it." Blue said gravely, eyeing the pearl as she did so.

The young Diamond eyed her sister than the pearl and back again. She then turned to her own pearl. "Pearl, could you take these two over there for a moment, I wish to converse with my sister more privately."

"Yes, my Diamond." Pearl said nodding before motioning for the other two to follow her to the sides.

Once Pink saw they were out of hearing range she eyed her sister once more. "I don't think you're going about this the right way."

Blue raised a curious brow. "What do you mean?"

"Blue, that Pearl's afraid of her own shadow. How is she gonna be of any use to White when she revives if she's far too scared to do anything?"

"Fear keeps them in line." Blue retorted.

Pink sighed. This was Yellow's dogma again. "Look, I got an idea. Let me take her and train her."

"You? Why?"

"You're putting the finishing touches on the colony you're working on right now, right? Arguably the most important time in a colony's life because you have to make sure it's entirely autonomous?" Pink asked to which Blue gave an affirmative nod. "You're not going to have time to teach this Pearl how to be a proper servant of the Diamonds, but me? I just started and I can't really begin the big projects here until I got at least one kindergarten up and running, so I'll have plenty of time to make sure she's Diamond worthy."

Blue put a hand to her chin in thought. "Hmm…" she looked to Pink's pearl. From what she'd seen she did seem loyal, well adjusted, respectful, a very good servant in most respects. "Alright then, fine. She's yours. Make sure she's up to par, I'll be checking up again very soon." She turned to leave before stopping and turning back. "Oh, and those construction gems I've brought are waiting on the ground floor, you should probably address them soon." She then turned to the pearls. "Pearl! Come! We are leaving."

The demure blue pearl nodded. "Yes, my Diamond."

The White Diamond bowed quickly. "Y-yes, my Diamond."

Blue shook her head. "No. You are to stay here, you are to answer to Pink Diamond henceforth."

The pearl looked confusedly between the two Diamonds. "But I-"

"IS that understood?" Blue asked, her gaze piercing into the little Pearl's core.

The pearl nodded quickly and bowed. "Y-y-yes, my Diamond it is as you command."

Blue nodded the looked to her sister. "Farewell, sister. Take care of yourself."

"You too, Blue." Pink said waving as she and her own pearl left.

Pink motioned for Pearl to bring the timid gem closer and she nodded, grabbing her by the hand and slowly leading her closer. Pink's pearl gave her a reassuring smile and a squeeze of the hand. "Hey, don't worry, she doesn't bite."

The white pearl looked to her pink counterpart confused at the expression but her frown lessened a bit as she approached Pink, who gave her a welcoming smile as she drew near.

"Hey hey, don't be scared. It's okay." Pink said leaning forward.

The ivory pearl was still and rigid as Pearl let go of her hand. She bowed again, once again quite quickly. "I am ready to fulfill whatever task you give me!" she stammered out.

"Whoa whoa! Easy there, take a breath." Pink replied.

"M-my Diamond?"

"Look, I really shouldn't tell you this..." She looked around quickly then leaned in close. "But you can just call me 'Pink'."

A blush spread across the pearl's cheeks like a wildfire as she took a few steps back. "M-m-my Diamond! I would never presume to be so overly familiar!"

The young Diamond sighed, this was going to take a while. "Pearl, would you mind watching her? I should go greet the new arrivals."

"As you say, Pink." Pearl replied, gaining a jaw drop from her white counterpart.

Pink walked down the steps to see a bunch of gems talking to one another, she spotted over a dozen bismuths among them, the top tier builders they weren't usually called in until real streamlined construction had begun. Yellow must have really wanted to kick her into high gear. "Gems!" she called out. "My name is Pink Diamond! You were called in to help colonize this world! Are you ready?!"

"For the glory of the Diamonds!" the shouted back in unison.

Pink gave a confident smile but inside she was still apprehensive. "What will the future hold, I wonder?"


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