"Log date 7-11-2. It's the third rotation of the Earth since commencements of a... collaborative approach to stopping The Cluster." Peridot says as she is recording herself with a recorder as Alexis and Amethyst are watching her and Pearl.
"I've finished drawing out the blueprints for the drill head. Peridot if you could come take a look at this." Pearl says as she lays out some blueprints.
"Remind me again why I should listen to you? Oh right." Peridot says with slight annoyance as she listens to a recording on the recorder as Amethyst snickers.
"Why did you give her that?" Pearl asks as she looks at Steven.
"Well we did destroy all her stuff. I thought it might make her feel a little better." Steven says as she smiles innocently.
"Leave it to you Steven to always try and treat everyone no matter what their past with the utmost kindness as possible and try to see the best in people." Alexis says as she smiles.
"Eh. It's what I do." Steven says happily as Father walks over with a piece of hay in her mouth.
"Alright I chased away those cows. Let's get to work." Garnet says as she smiles.
"Before we begin... would you mind un-fusing? It's making me incredibly uncomfortable." Peridot says as everyone goes silent and looks at Garner who then ties Peridot to a fence pole with a child leash.
"Is that really necessary?" Alexis asks as she looks at Garnet as she comes back over.
"Her having free reign of the place made me incredibly uncomfortable." Garnet says.
"What?! ... What'd I say?!" Peridot shouts before everyone gets to work except for Peridot due to being limited by the leash.
"Here you go Pearl!" Steven says as he hands Pearl some parts.
"Oh good. Hmm..." Pearl says as she inspects the part.
"What's wrong?" Alexis asks curiously.
"No... No, no, no, no. I said I needed tungsten. Tungsten?" Pearl asks as Steven looks at her confused.
"Uh... what does tungsten look like?" Steven asks curiously.
"Tongue-sten. Ahh." Amethyst says as she sticks out her tongue causing Alexis to laugh making Amethyst smile.
"Ugh... Never mind. I'll just do it." Pearl says annoyedly as she walks off.
"Meh.." Amethyst says with her tongue still out causing Alexis to shake her head and smile.
"I just need some sort of leverage optimizer." Peridot says as Alexis, Amethyst and Steven go over to her as she is working on a microwave.
"Leverage optimizer?" Alexis asks curiously as she and Amethyst look at each other.
"That's what I said." Peridot says.
"Ooooh! Ha you mean you want a screwdriver?" Amethyst asks as she laughs.
"Do you have one or not?" Peridot asks with slight annoyance.
"Uh... why don't you just use this one?" Steven asks as he picks up a screwdriver and hands it to Peridot.
"Because it was outside my radius." Peridot says.
"He-hey, hey Peridot what do you call this?" Amethyst asks as she points at her nose.
"A scent sponge." Peridot says as Amethyst continues to poke fun at her over her calling different things strange names as Amethyst and Steven laugh.
"Oh man Peridot you're killing me! *slaps the top of the microwave*" Steven says as he is laughing.
"I am not! That would violate our truce agreement!" Peridot says in alarm.
"Relax Peridot. They mean you're funny. Not that you're literally killing them." Alexis says as she chuckles slightly.
"Funny?" Peridot asks confusedly as Pearl walks over.
"Peridot if you can get the magnetron out of that microwave we'll have everything we need... except for the drill head." Pearl says.
"Why don't I just get an Injectors drill head from the Kindergarten?" Peridot asks.
"Oh well I guess that's something you could try." Pearl says as Garnet walks over carrying a stack of tires.
"She's not going to the Kindergarten without a chaperone!" Garnet says.
"What? You've got to be joking!"" Peridot says annoyedly.
"You'll know when I'm joking." Garnet says as Peridot groans.
"Me and Steven can go with her!" Amethyst says.
"Yeah we'll keep an eye on her." Steven says.
"I'll come too. I like exploring new places." Alexis says.
"Maybe you should sit this one out Alexis. The Kindergarten can be pretty dangerous." Amethyst says concernedly.
"Amethyst I'll be fine. I can handle myself. Besides you'll be there. I'm not worried." Alexis says as she smiles at Amethyst.
"Well... Okay then." Amethyst says as she smiles.
"Approved. Keep her in line Amethyst." Garnet says.
"You got it!" Amethyst says.
*Timeskip*
"Log date 7-11-2. The Amethyst, the Alexis and the Steven have volunteered to help me dismantle this Era 1 drill. How stylistically displeasing. The newer ones have a nicer finish." Peridot says a she records on her recorder.
"You making more nerd notes?" Amethyst asks as Peridot stops the recording.
"What is... nerd? Can you use it in a sentence?" Peridot asks as Amethyst snickers.
"Ahem. Nerd. You are a nerd." Amethyst says as she laughs before the three see Steven jumping down from an Injector.
"Amethyst! Cut that out!" Steven shouts.
"Steven be careful please." Alexis says worriedly.
"As you can see this planet is annoying and everything is annoying. Amongst its... transgressions is the need for the Amethyst to ask permission from the perma-fusion." Peridot says as she speaks to her recorder.
"Perma-fusion? Is that what you call Garnet?" Amethyst asks curiously.
"I could call her lots of things. I could call her two things! Two clods! Walking around like she's... one clod!" Peridot says as she snickers.
"What's so bad about that?" Alexis asks annoyedly as she puts her hand on her hip.
"She's not even fighting! She's you know she's just y-you know like the... you know!" Peridot says as she pounds her fists together while Amethyst is laughing.
"You're a real gem Peri." Amethyst says as she smiles.
"Yes. I am... a Gem." Peridot says.
"Okay, okay. Do Steven next. What's weird about Steven?" Amethyst asks.
"Where do I even begin?! He's some sort of hybrid abomination. I don't even understand how he functions! His organic half consumes so much energy that he has to constantly feed and he spends so much time expelling that he has a whole room dedicated to it!" Peridot says as Steven blushes.
*Ah no something else! Talk about something else!" Steven says as Amethyst continues laughing.
"Your wolf human pet thing is no different. I can't even understand what kind of abomination she is. There's no data on her for Earth and what data there is about creatures like her is wrong according to her." Peridot says as Alexis growls annoyedly.
"I am not a pet and I am not an abomination." Alexis says angrily as Amethyst laughs slightly but gives her a concerned look.
"The strangest thing is Amethyst. You think you have to listen to them! You're the one who should be in charge!" Peridot says as she laughs.
"Ha that's your best joke yet." Amethyst says.
"No really. Pearl is a pearl, Garnet is a fusion, I don't even know what the Steven or your pet is supposed to be!" Peridot says as she points at Alexis and Steven.
"Hey!" Alexis and Steven say annoyedly.
"You're the only Crystal Gem that's actually a Gem!" Peridot says.
"Uhm... *laughs nervously* What?" Amethyst asks as she laughs nervously.
"You outrank everyone on your team. They should be listening to you! You're a strong, singular, fully-functional soldier, despite the fact you're defective." Peridot says as Amethyst gives an annoyed look.
"Defective?" Amethyst asks curiously.
"Well sure! You're small!" Peridot says.
"So?" Amethyst asks.
"Well you're not supposed to be! Hold on wait, wait. Let me guess. This! This is the hole you came out of! Too small. Too low. The exit marks look 500 years newer than every other hole. Hmm this place must have been empty when you came out. No wonder you have no idea what you're supposed to look like!" Peridot says as Alexis and Steven see Amethyst growing irritated.
"Peridot that's enough." Alexis says.
"Yeah." Steven says before Amethyst puts her hands on his and Alexis's shoulders.
"What was I supposed to look like?" Amethyst asks annoyedly.
"Well you're a quartz. They're huge and loyal soldiers. You should be twice your size. Broad shouldered and intimidating. But you simply stayed in the ground too long." Peridot says as Amethyst growls in anger.
"Are you saying I'm wrong?!" Amethyst asks angrily.
"Gemetically speaking yes. When you think about it it's all so... *snickers* ...funny!" Peridot says as she laughs.
"Amethyst?" Steven asks as he and Alexis look at Amethyst.
"Hey soldier. Maybe you can help me get this hunk of drill off- See look at that! You can do everything a normal quartz can do. Let's head back and shove this thing in Pearl's face!" Peridot says as Amethyst summons her whip and violently several the drill head off the injector in a clean cut.
"Amethyst? Are you okay?" Alexis asks concernedly as she looks at Amethyst.
"Don't worry about it." Amethyst says as Alexis and Steven look at each other.
*Timeskip*
"You okay?" Alexis asks as she is with Amethyst back at the barn.
"Alexis I'm fine. Please stop asking." Amethyst says as she looks over at Peridot and Steven and gives Peridot an annoyed look.
"Sorry. I'm just..." Alexis says as she looks at Amethyst sadly.
"Concerned. I know. Trust me I'm used to this sort of thing. She just struck a nerve is all. I'll be alright. Thank you for your concern though." Amethyst says as Peridot sees her.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh Amethyst! Check out this... Hmm... Rhythmatic pulverizer!? That's funny. I'm so funny!" Peridot shouts happily as she picks up a hammer and laughs.
"Whatever dude. Come on Alexis." Amethyst says as she and Alexis walk away to inside the barn by Pearl and Garnet.
"Ugh another one of her temper tantrums. I'm surprised you two made it back from the Kindergarten without driving each other crazy!" Pearl says as she sees Peridot kicking and flailing angrily on the ground.
"Yeah..." Amethyst says as Alexis looks at her worriedly.
*Timeskip*
"Hey Alexis why don't you go grab us some drinks from that cooler over there?" Amethyst says as she and Alexis are putting down some barrels.
"Sure. Any preferences?" Alexis asks as she looks over at the cooler.
"I could go for a grape soda." Amethyst says.
"One grape soda and cream soda coming up." Alexis says as she goes over and grabs the two sodas from the cooler.
"Ah! No, no, no, no, no, stop!" Peridot shouts as Alexis turns and sees the drill spinning out of controls and heading toward Amethyst.
"Amethyst!" Alexis says in alarm as Amethyst turns and sees the drill before Peridot tackles her out of the way before Alexis runs over and shifts to wolf form and pulls the panel from the drill making it come to a stop.
"Are you good Alexis?" Steven asks as Alexis shakes off some dust stirred up from the drill.
"I'm fine." Alexis says as she and Steven look over at Amethyst and Peridot.
"Uh... Peridot?" Amethyst asks.
"Ah! It was an accident I swear!" Peridot says in alarm.
"Hey don't worry about it. We know you didn't mean to start the drill." Steven says.
"Uh... yeah. That was an accident too..." Peridot says as Amethyst looks at her in confusion before walking off with Alexis.
*Timeskip*
"Hey are you alright? That was a close one. It's a good thing Peridot was there to save you." Steven says as he, Alexis and Amethyst are cleaning up.
"Yeah. That was a close call." Alexis says as Amethyst rolls her eyes and throws a bike away as Peridot walks up.
"Yes it is a good thing. *pauses and stares at Amethyst for a bit* Listen I... uhm..." Peridot says nervously.
"Just spit it out." Amethyst says as Peridot growls annoyedly and pulls out her recorder and presses a button on it.
"Ughh! Why are you earthlings so difficult!? Log date 7-11-2. This entire planet is backwards. There hasn't been one instance of correct behavior exhibited by any one of these Crystal Gems. I have concluded that they are all defective. But I am no better. I failed my mission and now I'm working with the enemy. And I can't even get that right. I have apparently hurt Amethyst's feelings, which was not my intent. If I've damaged my standing with the best Gem here then I've made a serious mistake. I'm still learning. I hope you understand. I want to understand. I'm sorry. Peridot. Facet 5. End log."
Peridot As you can see-" Peridot then gets cut off by Steven as she ends the recording.
"Oh Peridot." Steven says happily as Peridot looks away and groans.
"Peridot... Thanks." Amethyst says as she smiles as Peridot looks away smiling slightly.
"Aww how sweet." Alexis says as she smiles slightly.
"But you're still a nerd. Come on Alexis. Let's go grab some grub. I bet you're starving by now." Amethyst says.
"You read my mind." Alexis says as she and Amethyst chuckle and walk off.
