Dextrous Methods

♦♦♦ ( An indie Peridot RP blog for Steven Universe! My activity might be wonky due to running more than just this blog. Unintentionally Selective at times; Of Age; Mostly OC-friendly. Tacking #dextrousmethods ) ♦♦♦

[p-xridot]

( yoo just a quick announcement regarding my activity-- I’ve been a little busy with a plotted huge event on my Koujaku blog ( the event is actually going on in skype ) involving a lot of his muse. I would be replying to things for Peridot, but with the length of the replies for Koujaku, as well as the importance of it to mainverse ( my baby’s gettin married /sobs ) I may not be active for a short while, and I do apologize for that!! Just a heads up in case you’ve recently followed or are waiting on a reply.

Trust me, I’m not givin’ up on my dumb dorito bae any time soon. <3 )

[chicinlicin]

Whoop~ Sparkly Peridot :D

Group | Garnet | Amethyst | Pearl | Steven | Rose | Sugilite | Opal | Lapis | Alexandrite | EVERYONE! | Stevonnie | Ruby | Sapphire | Jasper | Malachite |

[p-xridot]

[2:11:26 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): tho

[2:11:30 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): i realize now

[2:11:56 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): i havE a lot of lapis to reply t o............

[2:12:05 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: Damn,,,,

[2:12:13 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): the water babes are swarming the dorite

[2:12:18 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: And yea I have you to reply to stil--

[2:12:19 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): dorite can not handle this much water

[2:12:28 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: Yea no there are alot of Lapis and Roses

[2:12:31 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): the dorite will drOWN.......

[2:12:33 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: omg

[2:12:36 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: save her

[2:12:42 AM | Edited 2:12:43 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: give her water wings

[2:12:44 AM | Edited 2:13:03 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): rELEASE HER.....

[2:12:48 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): omfg

[2:12:57 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): fUCK I CAN'T TYPE

[2:13:08 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): there we go

[2:13:20 AM | Edited 2:13:26 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: SET HER FREE

[2:13:38 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): aCTUAL CACKLING WOW

[2:13:42 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: me 2

[2:14:12 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): in drafts i have one lapis and an amethyst

[2:14:17 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): then i have two more lapis in tabs

[2:14:20 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): and i just

[2:14:28 AM] 蒼葉 ( imbruedinblossoms ): dang man that's alot of lapis

[2:14:37 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: TOO MUCH WATER

[2:15:17 AM] Rαριѕ Rαzυяι: 7.8/10

[whats-your-sign]

The Signs as Steven Universe Characters

Aries: Ruby Taurus: Garnet Gemini: Lapis Lazuli Cancer: Amethyst Leo: Jasper Virgo: Pearl Libra: Rose Quartz Scorpio: Stevonnie Sagittarius: Steven Capricorn: Opal Aquarius: Peridot Pisces: Sapphire

[dexlabs]

Don’t ask. I don’t really know.. But it’s my partof art-trade with wendowl!!!!

[cxnversxtion-deactivated2015090]

“Believe me, we don’t want you on this planet, either.”

Garnet’s arms remained crossed as she looked the other gem up and down. Peridot didn’t have any loose weapons, and clearly she was far too preoccupied to put up a resistance anyway.

The taller gem knelt down, looking past Peridot and surveying the wreckage. This was a rather large dilemma; they wanted Peridot gone so she no longer posed a threat to Earth, but they also needed to make sure that she couldn’t return to Homeworld, and then back here with even greater numbers.

“But you do realize we Crystal Gems are at an impasse. You’re a threat to us no matter where you are.”

[p-xridot]

"Tch, figured that's what you would say." The first words out of Garnet's mouth had been too good to be true, after all. "As if I'm a threat without my technology-- Do you even realize how much damage you Crystal Gems have caused me?!" There's a vicious huff, holding what ship parts she'd scavenged a bit tightly. It was all she had, all she was. It's all I am... She'd thought, expression growing more bitter.

She could create weapons, but they were all only as good as the resources available to her. It wasn't like she had any gem destabilizers-- the technology was destroyed in the ship crash. On top of that, it was alot harder to build things without her little robonoids. After all, they repaired cracks and kept everything she used flawless. Without those or any of the tech from homeworld... she felt rather useless.

[shewasanamericangirl]

on a scale from steven universe to dramatical murder how upset would you be if a lion climbed into bed with you

[p-xridot]

( hERE’S my dumb mun face for muday-- )

flEXES WITH PUNY DORITO IN MOUTH

i’M AS STRONG AS A BRACHYDIOS COME AT ME BRUh

that’s a lie i’m weak as shIT

[p-xridot]

fill this in with stuff about you

where i’m from: kANSAS

where i would like to live: honestly in kansas city, ks, because ew missouri

favorite food: it's a tie between sliders and pizza......

religion: uh

sexual orientation: gynesexual ( basically only lady bits, no man bits plz )

single/taken: single technically, always willing to mingle but never ready tbh

favorite book: Howl's Moving Castle and its sequel probably

eye colour: hazel

favorite movie: probably the book of life once i get to see it, because man it looked hella

favorite tv show: SU or Clarence, in regards to what's actually aired on our cable channels

favorite band/singer: Fall Out Boy, probably

favorite day of the year: uH Halloween or Valentine's-- both are mostly for the candies and the colors that are everywhere those holidays.

favorite colour: pink / white / red 8')c

if i have any pets: yeh, two dogs and two cats, all four are punk asses.

what i’m listening to right now: the train being a noisy shit like always at this hour

what’s my ringtone: uH I DON'T HAVE... A PHONE RN.......

what my name means: /completely serious tone of voice here. a sugary pastry sent from the heavens above

celebrity crush: markiplier or danny from the game grumps, oddly enough.

[soleconfidante-archive-deactiva]

Quick to gasp as her jaw was released, Pearl swung her head in the opposite direction of the other Gem, sniffling lightly as she tensed up in anticipation - now was the time for torture, wasn’t it? She gasped, teeth gritting together as the cell was ‘locked’, eyes instinctively shutting.. only to crumple onto the ground with a surprised gasp, grunting as she lay there for a long moment before eventually pulling her knees closely against her chest, looking down at herself, eyes wide as she looked to Peridot, considering her query.

She could strike. She could attempt to overpower Peridot, find a way to work herself out of the cell, out of the ship, back home - but she felt so weak.. and to do so would be proving Peridot’s thoughts on Pearl to be accurate. ‘What more could we be’. She sat there in shocked, dazed silence for some time, shaking just slightly as she began to reply, hardly able to maintain the other’s gaze.

“Okay.. Peridot. Instead of.. whatever the already-horrific place I used to call ‘home’ long, long ago has become.. Gems can live without the litany of destruction following us - we can live in.. harmony, respecting one another, finding beauty in the most unlikely of things and finding a way to protect that beauty.. it’s been done. It’s.. also /being/ done, somewhat.” She thought of Rose as she attempted to get her points across, her nerves being soothed rather well by this.

“I lived like you, long ago - though it seems to have gotten even worse, somehow.. y-you’re pushed around, aren’t you? The Gems bigger, stronger than you, more powerful - they j-just.. see you as a tool to be used and not your own person. It doesn’t have to be all.. based on fear!”

[p-xridot]

As Pearl began to talk, the verdant gem never showed any signs of not listening to her... erh, speech, if you will. She was actually genuinely intrigued what could come from the mouth of a gem who wasn't Rose herself. Even if they might spew some of the same nonsense, it felt... different, and it might have stemmed from being overlooked despite the efforts she made to complete all of Yellow Diamond's orders as they were given. The last thing she desired was how easily Yellow Diamon could probably step on her and crush her gem to dust. Just like the little robonoids... It easily would have caused a shudder through her, had she not been listening to Pearl.

"Harmony? Beauty?" These didn't entirely cross Peridot's mind as, well, feasible-- at least in regards to gems themselves. True, a gem's beauty was something undeniably important, as the gem itself was so valued as a symbol of your being and your power. To be a weak gem such as herself, that had alwys given her problems, but the size of her gem was a rarity, and she valued that. She especially valued the powers her gem had bestowed upon her, feeling pride that she was the one selected by Yellow Diamond to manually start the Kindergarten back up.

"I... well, yeah-- I'm weak, I'm..." She squinted, glancing off to the side, curling up a bit as her expression soured. "I'm not... suited for combat, as a gem... They needed someone smart, and I... all of my tech..." She curled up a little tighter. "Surely there's... there's no one else who could've done this if they picked me, right?"

[p-xridot]

( ok, my back hurts and my head hurts and i have work at 11 AM, i drafted what i need to get done here when i get home-- night folks!! )

[gem-of-love]

She doesn’t respond right away, but does allow herself to be stopped. She looks the gem in the eye and smiles sweetly. “Because I don’t want there to be many deaths on either side. If I can fix something or someone, I will. No matter what side. Plus, no one should be tossed away just for being slightly damaged.”

She pats the other’s head as best she can before walking away again. However, this time she pauses and glances back. “Would you like to come with me? You don’t need to fight, but I can give you someplace safe.”

[p-xridot]

“I...” The words pierced her, shaking her as she felt the tears gathering start to slip free, making it hard for her to really think of what to say. How could someone be so kind and forgiving to someone who had every intent of destroying them? Why? What did she get out of this? How could she choose to do something like this? It didn't make any sense to the verdant gem in the slightest, and it hurt to think on it, really.

It was about then that she caught what Rose had said when starting to walk away again. Safety? But what if she turned on her? Though, Peridot wondered if Rose knew she wouldn't after what she had done for her. Removing her visor to touch over the gem, staring at the ground as the tears that had spilt over had dried by now, she tried to find her words. Instead, she moved to latch on to Rose's arm after replacing her visor on her face, looking at the ground as she realized she wasn't sure how to say that she would like to go somewhere safer.

[soleconfidante-archive-deactiva]

A low, slight cry of pain escaped Pearl as she was gripped even tighter, her face scrunching up slightly in reaction as she trembled in the other gem’s grasp - blinking quickly as Peridot verbally laid into her. Her words - it sickened Pearl, leaving her with a terrible, lurching feeling even worse than the one prior, fear gripping her as she simply stared in silence for a long moment.

It took a bit for her to muster the courage - and sheer energy - to speak. “I-I’m not a pathetic ‘pearl’.. I-I am Pearl! T-this is not who we are, we can be so much more than t-that..” She wasn’t the one to be telling someone this and she knew it, making it hurt even more.  It was useless; futile. Her breath hitched, fear overtaking her, not even able to finish her ‘inspiring speech’. “I-I don’t want to be destroyed - please.. I don’t want to be destroyed - I’ll do anything, show mercy, just don’t bring me to Yellow Diamond..!” 

[p-xridot]

Letting go of the other gem’s jaw, Peridot opened a screen as she took a seat on the floor, cross legged. Watching Pearl for a moment, she swiped downwards on the screen after a few taps and the gem destabilizer’s field went up, locking them in the cell. Swiping another two times after twpping a few more things, the chains on Pearl’s wrists and ankles were unlocked.

“Then tell me, Pearl. What more could we possibly be? Humor me, if you would." The screen being put away, Peridot crossed her arms as she waited expectantly for the gem to explain herself. How she chose to was up to her-- after all, stars only knew how in the cosmos Rose Quartz would have explained it. The thought was a disgusting one, but she waited regardless. They had nothing but time on the ship, and there was no expected return in her mission's details.

[p-xridot]

( I know I have a reply in a tab waiting for me to get to it, but I’m being a tiny bit selective because anything that challenges Peridot’s beliefs and makes her struggle gives me life............... )

[gem-of-love]

She continues to approach the green gem, staring down at her. All the other gems had run at the sight of Rose and had left this one to die. She glances to her forehead and hums softly. Cracked gem, huh? No wonder they left.

She reaches out and removes the odd glass that covers the other’s gem and tosses it aside. She slowly lowers the gem down and leans over her, closing her eyes. Tears slip from under her lashes and fall on the cracked gem.

Once it was healed, she smiles and stands, starting to walk away.

[p-xridot]

As the visor was tossed away, she froze up, beyond afraid of what would happen to her gem-- it was then she felt the hairline crack sealed, the gentle liquid regenerating her gem and making it whole again, in a sense. tears had gathered at her eyes with the fear she would have died right then, but now... Now they gathered because for once, she couldn’t understand something. Why did Rose Quartz save her?

Swiping at the tears, she scrambled to get up and chase after the roseate gem. Taking a moment to get her visor back in place, she then called out, "Hey! Wait a minute!" Catching up and getting in front of the taller gem, she looked at her as if to desperately find an answer with just a look. Then, she spoke again. "Why?" Her voice grew shaky, tears gathering in her eyes again. "Why did you save me?"

[leucothiaxleuconoe-deactivated2]

Illogical? Why? Lapis didn’t seem to understand Peridot’s reason as well. There was no point in taking over Earth! So many planets are already under the control of the diamond authority! So, why not at least spare one planet?

“ Because there’s no point in it! Why is this pathetic planet so important? Our kind even had a war because of this worthless planet. Can’t we just leave it alone and take over another planet? “

[p-xridot]

“Because we should finish what we’ve started. To leave the work we've began isn't sane-- the amount of gems we lost because of Rose Quartz deciding some pathetic planet's species was important is even further proof of how we should finish what we've started. Otherwise the gemkind will become extinct, or so scarce that we become endangered." Rubbing at a temple, she groaned.

"This planet is within comfortable distance that we don't waste as many resources. It holds enough similar resources to sustain our kind. This is why we can't just abandon such a prime environment." Removing her hand from her temple to look at Lapis again, she scoffed. "Why do you care so much about it as well then, huh? Why do you care about this pitiful planet, Lapis?"

[soleconfidante-archive-deactiva]

Hearing Peridot continue on with her cold speech was almost as exhausting as keeping upright with her arms raised up above her head for however long she had - glancing down and to the left, eyes going shut as she hoped and hoped. There had to be something they could have done - Garnet, Amethyst, Steven - and they would! They’d notice her failure to return.. eventually, somehow piece it together.. Her desperate thoughts were interrupted by the other gem grasping her chin - she pulled back for just a moment, only to go limp in Peridot’s grasp, exhaling sharply as she slowly opened her eyes, a slight whimper leaving her as she looked to Peridot. Oh, she /hated/ that whimper. She gulped, shaking some more as she struggled to keep the other gem’s gaze. “Please - I-I’m not a reject, I just - I’m a Crystal.. Gem.” A deep, shuddering breath left her, frowning intensely. “You don’t have to do this..”

[p-xridot]

As she held the pale gem's chin, she snickered at how weak she was. It was nice to put traitors in their place on her own. Spectating what Yellow Diamond did to traitors was exhilarating, but nothing compared to having that power in your own grasp. Though, her delight was interrupted with almost insult at Pearl's words. Don't have to do this?

“Listen here you pathetic pearl--" The digit's clenched the other's jaw more tightly, glaring at her with an intense fury now. "I have to do this because this is all I am, we are not supposed to be kind, forgiving things. Something you traitors don't seem to understand." Almost snarling in expression, her face was so close their gems could have tapped together if it weren't for her visor. "All that matters is conquer and claim. Crush those who oppose the gemkind and create more gems in place of those who couldn't be saved."