// @spiraledheart‘s Nelle and my Adult Steven are the best of friends and you can’t change my mind.
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// @spiraledheart‘s Nelle and my Adult Steven are the best of friends and you can’t change my mind.
no one understood what living in blue’s shoes was like. every day was suffering; full of regret && misery. the others -- they moved on without a single care in the world. pink was dead, she was killed by some worthless piece of dirt, and all the other diamonds didn’t care. it was something blue still could not wrap her head around; even though thousands of years had passed since that horrible day she got the news. if only, if only the other diamonds had not stopped her from going to earth -- she would’ve found rose quartz herself; found her && turned her gem into paste.
she still plans to. why else would she keep visiting earth? one day, one day -- she will find her. but -- she can only spend so much time there .. after all, it will be destroyed soon enough, pink’s poor, life-filled, beautiful first colony. to think that it could not even be used for resources, a true shame. but -- yellow refused to let her argue with her on it. and blue decided to focus on other things instead .. things like this garden.
it’d nearly slipped her mind. the safe haven she had built for pink diamond to enjoy after the other’s refusals to give her a colony. blue understood, understood what it was like to get invalidated by the other diamonds now. she wished that she had been able to protect her -- to give her more. if only she had just .. kept her pearl from white, made her garden nicer, guided her through her colony one small step at a time -- everything put on hold until everything was running perfectly. but no, she had failed.
all she had were memories now ; memories of the past -- back before everything was simply empty hallways and closed doors. the other diamonds wanted nothing to do with old memories; nothing to do with the past. meanwhile, blue diamond could not let go of it. it was all she had. so, that was why she was here. what an old, disgusting place this was now -- all the flora had long since decayed and rotted, the vines that once clung to beautifully sculpted pillars now rotted && decayed. a once beautiful myriad of colors && scenery had been reduced to a disgusting mess of pulp; it reminded her of earth.
and that’s when she sees the gem. it’s a bit hard to make out -- mainly because blue is so much taller than an average gem. but she sees her, even from where she stands at the warp pad. the diamonds moves down the steps, into the central part of the garden; && only then is she fully able to make out who it is. she recognizes this gem, she made this gem for pink!
❝ you ... what are you doing here? ❞ she questions, not seeming to understand. she had forgotten about spinel; but she was pink’s closest companion. there was no logical reason she was here. // @spiraledheart lol
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❛ Do you think we’d get in trouble if we went out and explored the galaxy? It’d be so much fun! We could get a Ruby to fly us around and stop and play on different planets. ❜
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------ boy! he was exhausted. nevertheless, being tired had rarely stopped steven before, so as he stifled a yawn, he moved to scratch the back of his neck with a hand, peering down at all of the ingredients in front of him. he’d promised to work on baking some cookies, cupcakes and other snacks for the upcoming graduation at little homeschool. sure, he wasn’t involved directly anymore, but since lars was off in space and the bakery was closed for emergency renovations, he didn’t mind stepping up to the plate.
beginning to pour some flour into a bowl, steven paused for a second as he noticed a very distinct heart-shaped bun peeking from around the corner, followed by familiar pink skin and heart shaped eyes. he smiled, rolling his eyes skyward in a fond motion, before he gave her a small little wave as a greeting.
“ ----hey nelle -- you wanna help? ”
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—— ✰ astro considered himself a very positive person ; with it being pretty difficult for life to weigh down on him. even if things were bad, astro could always hold onto the hope that tomorrow might be better. even when the world was dark, and everyone & everything seemed to be against him, he held onto his hope & eventually, he prevailed.
—— ✰ but today was a bit different, with the rather bleak state of everything having come down on him a bit harder than it usually did. astro, who had simply been planning to have a fun day, was now weighed down & defeated; simply resigning himself to lay down on the couch for the majority of the day.
—— ✰ & that was how he had remained for a majority of the day, simply resigned to his fate of half-sleep for the entire day, until his sister meandered her way to the couch, deciding to elegantly plop herself down on top of him and wrap him in a coil hug.
—— ✰ smiling down at her, he shifts in order to wrap his arms around her ( although he’s still playing the game ) & rests his head on top of her own as he lets out a soft sigh ; seeming to relax a bit. nelle was always good at making him feel better, & he was hopeful his sibling would stay around for a while so they could talk.
❛ you wanna play too? the controller’s on the table - ! ❜
The Rise of Skywalker Sentence Starters // ACCEPTING ↳ @spiraledheart said: ❛ it’s going to be great. ❜
𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓, sitting back to admire their work. In almost no time at all, they’d granted Homeworld new life: young saplings, small yet enduring, peeked through the dirt, and a thin layer of grass staked its claim in land where before only gems had taken root. Two watering cans sat between them ( one for her, large enough to water a forest, and one suited for Spinel’s hands ) , empty now after a day of gardening.
“It will probably be some time before they all bloom,” she said, breathing a wistful sigh. But perhaps this was what they needed ------- something to mark the days, the changes, however small. “I think you’re right, though. It’s going to be grand.”
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--- “Ugh. Don’t even tell me. Steven sent you, right? To try and “keep me company” or whatever? Yeah. Save the explanation. I’m fine, just.. leave me alone, already.”
✩⋆ .EVER ON THE EDGE AROUND STEVEN’S ‘NEW BEST FRIEND’; partially glad for his sake, partially tensed up, cautious in word & gesture coerced by some dwelling memory [a pearl never forgets, mind you]. SPINEL: a permanent reminder of a past long gone. Unsettling to say at least but one had learned to make do. Brushing worry [& this looming dread] aside with some half-smile. -- aye, the very power of her say in the whole matter had been rather limited; a Gem’s imprint was a vigorous thing, after all. Why, she had experienced it first hand.
“Well, there is plenty and more to do, Nelle.” still, what an odd thing to say; resting with legs folded & a single hand set against her chin as if in thought. To encourage Spinel to follow own example held both, positive & negative sides, yet the thought of someone rushing staying on the same path she had once trod prompted a sentiment that felt akin to a dagger in her side / a sting her her chest [growing; pressure making it hard to breathe. -- stop]. -- this would not do. Deem it a strange case of sympathy; of guilt. “While Steven is gone, I mean.”
Cue a meaningful pause, a heartfelt smirk given in petite encouragement; proud of own stance in that matter, proud of the excitement that plenty of options certainly prompted. Lo, she removes preferred left from her chin, now gesturing while she counted. “the theme park, the arcades, the roller skating rink. Why, your possibilities are endless. You simply need to decide what you want. -- I know, I know quite the daunting thought at first but! Certainly fulfilling once you get the metaphorical hang of it.“
sc. ✩.: @spiraledheart