Yep, I'm still doing these! I just had writer's block for a bit. :P
Given that I'm not familiar with the fanfic that prompt 18 is based on, I'm going to go off in an entirely different direction for this one. Hope you enjoy it!
This is set in the 2015 AU and contains copious amounts of #Steven Universe.
Day 18: Sapphire
"Hey, hold on a second - pause!"
"Pause?" Jeremie stood up from off the floor, but didn't make any move toward the computer. "But it's almost the end of the episode. Why are we pausing now?"
"Because I'm about to be brilliant," Odd said. "It'll only be for a second, I swear!"
"Hurry and pause it, Jeremie," Ulrich said, "Odd isn't brilliant all that often."
"Wh-" Before Jeremie could make his move, Odd lunged in front of him and went for the laptop's pause button himself, stopping the episode on a still-frame of Jasper standing over Steven and looming over Garnet's fallen gems.
"She's a fusion!" Odd announced, eyes wide. "Garnet, I mean - she has two Gems, just like the fusions!" He waved his hands around, unable to contain his excitement. "I don't know why I didn't make the connection before - this is amazing, this is impossible-"
"Wait," Jeremie said holding up a hand. "You mean you only just realized that?"
Odd stared at Jeremie, his eyes narrowing. "What do you mean, "only just realized"? None of you ever brought it up before, I thought I was the only one!"
"Well, it was really very obvious from the beginning," Jeremie said. "The doubled Gems and the contrast of red and blue in her design suggest a dual nature, and with the addition of the element of fusion to the story…"
"I didn't completely make the connection with the doubled Gems," Yumi said, "but I had it figured with the way she reacted to Stevonnie."
"I dunno, it's news to me," Ulrich said. "I just kinda thought she had two because she was more powerful."
"I've heard there were a lot of theories," Aelita said. "Of course, I've been avoiding spoilers, so I haven't been able to go into much detail-"
"Okay, okay, I get it, I'm late to the party." Odd pulled himself back, and slapped his palms against the ground. "But you gotta admit it's still cool! I mean… well, cool, and also weird. How are you just… two people that are one person for that long?"
"They're aliens, it's not supposed to make sense," Ulrich said. "We don't even know if it's true yet."
"Besides," Aelita said, "we don't even know if she'll survive that…"
"Aelita, don't worry, it's a kids' show," Jeremie said. "They aren't going to just kill off a main character."
"Well, if we want to find out whether she dies or is a fusion or whatever, we should just keep watching, huh?" Yumi moved herself past Odd, preparing to press the "Play" button. "We can't make too many stops if we're going to make it through these before curfew."
- Carth