"There's a pearl in here!
Lars had certainly brought an interesting group back home.
They were Off Colors, every single one of them. There was an anxiety-ridden rhodonite, a combination of two gems that created a rutile, a grand fusion of multiple gems that named itself fluorite, and a sapphire with late visions. Pearl met most of them and they all seemed nice, they reminded her of the types of gems that the Crystal Gems used to recruit during the Rebellion.
Pearl was becoming more open to the Crystal Gems expanding again after Peridot became a permanent part of the group. She supposed that the idea of them being more of them again and reaching out to other gems touched her.
She did hope that they would stay, certainly.
There was one that she hadn’t met yet though. The sapphire who called herself Padparadscha had been getting flocked by Garnet, but eventually the fusion let up for the sake of talking to Rhodonite. This left Pearl alone with Padparadscha, who pointed out her blatant presence with a sweet smile.
Pearl couldn’t help nervously chuckling, hands clasping together in front of her.
“Yes, that’s me. My name is simply Pearl.” She said, easing up and continuing, “And you are Padparadscha, I heard? I’m glad that all of you made it here safely. Admittedly, I wasn’t sure if you would, but I shouldn’t have expected any less of to-be Crystal Gems.”