You sat at your desk in boredom, staring deeply into the notebook you had spread on the table. You had been given special orders to entertain Blue Diamond: to make her feel better and get her out of her depression, and you are failing spectacularly. Nothing was working, Blue Diamond was brushing off all of your performances and jokes, worst of all you could tell that each time you saw her, she was falling deeper and deeper into her grief. You needed to do something new, something that was more than just simple joking or wordplay, you needed something complex and intellectual. Suddenly, you are enlightened by an idea, a play, -one of your oldest ideas but one of the first to be discarded- and quickly flip a few pages backward in the notebook. Finding what you were seeking you smile and get up from your seat, taking the notebook with you. You smile and pace around the room, speaking your thoughts out loud. “Of course! A play! Blue Diamond needs a story, not some random set of jokes!” You close your notebook, filled with a new set of optimism and hope, this was going to be the performance to not only help Blue Diamond but catapult you to fame (or whatever kind of recognition a Spinel could get for their masterpiece)! You take a confident step toward the door and open it, using the elasticity of your form to quickly operate the terminal beside it. The door quickly opened and you stepped outside into the halls, Blue Diamond’s throne room being just at the other end. Walking toward the grand entrance you quickly pick up the sound of an arguement, the entire altercation having previously been unheard due to the distance and isolation of your room. Once you make it a few feet towards the entrance you stop and look at the arguing Gems, instantly recognizing them as Two Lapis Lazuli’s and a Sapphire. “Why are you considered to be more important then us!?” One exclaimed in fury, pointing at the Sapphire. “Us Lapis’ are the ones who do the work and terraform the planets for the Diamond’s to colonize!” The other Lapis spat. “All you do is sit around and dream all day while us important Gems get our hands dirty!” The first shouted. The Sapphire was calm, calm and silent, never once uttering a single word despite the bombardment of insults and degradation given to her by the Lapis’. The first Lapis scowled, infuriated by the other Gem’s silence. “I’m done with you, all of you, thinking your so high and mighty.. ignoring us..” She hissed, grabbing the other Lapis and walking away. While walking away the second Lapis shoots a hostile glare at you. “Your worse then Sapphires.. your nothing more than a parasite.. you’ll get yours real soon..” She giggled before leaving. You silently snickered, finding some sort of primal joy in seeing the Lapis’ so upset and loud. You were probably going to write that into the play, hopefully Blue Diamond would find it funny. Before you could move on the Sapphire spoke, looking directly at you. “Be warned, there is nothing but imprisonment behind that door. Blue Diamond intends on poofing and bubbling you for your failure with your mission. The court has dispersed and she awaits within.” You drop the notebook in surprise and stare back at the Sapphire. Your heart sank, you knew she was right, of course she was right, she was a Sapphire! Before you could say anything else she began to walk away, her purpose for being here complete. For a moment you considering running, leaving the palace and escaping Homeworld to go Stars know where. But you know it would all be in vain, the Sapphire has foreseen it, it had to happen one way or another, and as you saw it you might as well do it, face the consequences of your mistake instead of running away. You pick up your notebook and walk toward the massive set of doors, preparing yourself for the darkness beyond.
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