A stumbling silhouette walked through the tall grass that covered a hill. The orange and purple tones that painted a dawning canvas and the calming sound the waves made in the distance would be aggravating if it weren’t for the hopelessness the owner of said wandering feminine figure was experiencing. It was a pitiful view, there was no doubt to it. She was bracing herself, staring damply at the ground… at the leaves she was stepping on with her almost perturbed stance. Her multiple attempts to contact her home planet were successful, but it seemed her existence wasn’t worth anything given the time that passed. And there were no ships that could be envisaged in the horizon.
The viridian gem sighed. It wouldn’t be this miserable if she had a company… a good companion, that is. Those rebels? Out of question. Even if she stooped low enough to ask for harborage, it was presumable they would either kill her or worse, bubble her for eternity. Neither her escort nor her informant could be spotted, no matter how hard the technician searched. They were nowhere to be found. Thus, Peridot concluded she was alone and would either live her eternity exiled on Earth and become corrupted or jump in front of the Crystal Gems and beg for mercy vouching loyalty to their cause.
She wasn’t inclined to do any of those for the moment, so the chrysolite gem chose to move about aimlessly through the beach’s proximities, still longing for any kind of answer from Homeworld.
Something woke the emerald-colored gem from her empty reveries. A sound… a bubbling noise to be more precise. It came from far away but it was extremely loud and seemed to come from all around and just as rapid as it started, it faded. Then a resonating cry broke the silence. Something emerged from to ocean… something big, she guessed. Peridot raised her head and advanced to the top of the hill to better envisage from where the howl came from. A blinding light shone and disappeared. The waves were covering something the technician still couldn’t make out. The tide was strangely agitated, which made her frown a bit. Peridot’s curiosity made her get closer to it.
Now that the waves retreated a bit, the viridian gem figured that the body was Lapis Lazuli’s. Her mouth went gape. That meant Jasper might be close as well! Her eyes shone, she wasn’t alone anymore! She looked around, looking for any sign of the brutish gem but to no avail. Sighing with a tad of discontentment, Peridot lifted the azure gem as best as she could and took her to a cave she found and took as a refuge.
Laying the lazuli gem in a comfortable position, the olive technician lit a bonfire and waited for her to wake up. It was very evident that Lapis was in an utmost state of exhaustion. Her expectant eyes never leaving the ocean gem’s face. And when her eyes finally opened, Peridot couldn’t hide the little smile that rose on her lips, but she managed to keep her voice as monotone as she could “Hello, Lapis… Would you explain where you have been during all these weeks?”. She shifted a bit closer to Lapis with expectant eyes. Finally there was someone to talk to.
