Rufus had taken his sweet time getting away from the lion, since he didn't have any experience with lower gravity, but once he did move, he didn't have too many problems.
Rufus was kind of annoying that way.
"So only you are tiny?" Rufus teased. Deadpanned.
It was hard to tell.
Peridot
Peridot... blushed. A lot. And stared up at the mural for a few moments more.
"Well... no... there are plenty of Gems as diminutive as we Peridots are. I'm not much smaller than a Ruby, or a Sapphire..." She glanced at Garnet, who simply crossed her arms over her chest. And probably raised an eyebrow somewhere under that visor of hers. "The Diamonds, though? They're huge. They're the Gem matriarchs! Together they make up the Great Diamond Authority that governs Homeworld and all the outlying colonies! We live to serve them!"
Garnet... cleared her throat. Seriously unimpressed.
"I mean," Peridot laughed nervously, "we were all made to serve them, even though some of us... don't anymore..." She looked around desperately for a distraction, and actually managed to find one that was productive while she was at it. "Hey, I think that's a control service over there! Let's take a look."
Lookit her scurry, lookit her go.
Rufus
"My," Rufus said, once he'd caught up to her in his own leisurely fashion, "it's almost like you're uncomfortable with your... situation."
Rufus kept his voice even.
Mostly because he didn't want his opinion clouding her reaction. And also because he thought it would be funnier that way. He looked at the control service station curiously.
Peridot
Who, Peridot? Uncomfortable? Naaah.
Maybe. She was very small, and Garnet was large and intimidating and had already brutalized her body to the point of collapse once before. So she was throwing herself into studying that panel for all she was worth.
"I think this is right. The material is different from the surrounding stone. I think if I just do this..." She moved her hands over the panel and it lit up, and then rose from the floor, lifting up to form a large spiral staircase. Lion made a little 'whuff' sound as the rising stairs knocked him away from his napping place. Peridot, meanwhile, gave an excited little giggle, and then started rushing up those steps. Curse Gem bodies and their ability to adapt to any gravity. "This is so incredible," she said, making her way up the stairs. "Only the most elite of the elite can enter these sanctums. We are literally walking in the very footsteps of the diamonds!"
Steven looked around, impressed, before starting to follow along behind.
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Rufus
Rufus had taken his sweet time getting away from the lion, since he didn't have any experience with lower gravity, but once he did move, he didn't have too many problems.
Rufus was kind of annoying that way.
"So only you are tiny?" Rufus teased. Deadpanned.
It was hard to tell.
Peridot
Peridot... blushed. A lot. And stared up at the mural for a few moments more.
"Well... no... there are plenty of Gems as diminutive as we Peridots are. I'm not much smaller than a Ruby, or a Sapphire..." She glanced at Garnet, who simply crossed her arms over her chest. And probably raised an eyebrow somewhere under that visor of hers. "The Diamonds, though? They're huge. They're the Gem matriarchs! Together they make up the Great Diamond Authority that governs Homeworld and all the outlying colonies! We live to serve them!"
Garnet... cleared her throat. Seriously unimpressed.
"I mean," Peridot laughed nervously, "we were all made to serve them, even though some of us... don't anymore..." She looked around desperately for a distraction, and actually managed to find one that was productive while she was at it. "Hey, I think that's a control service over there! Let's take a look."
Lookit her scurry, lookit her go.
Rufus
"My," Rufus said, once he'd caught up to her in his own leisurely fashion, "it's almost like you're uncomfortable with your... situation."
Rufus kept his voice even.
Mostly because he didn't want his opinion clouding her reaction. And also because he thought it would be funnier that way. He looked at the control service station curiously.
Peridot
Who, Peridot? Uncomfortable? Naaah.
Maybe. She was very small, and Garnet was large and intimidating and had already brutalized her body to the point of collapse once before. So she was throwing herself into studying that panel for all she was worth.
"I think this is right. The material is different from the surrounding stone. I think if I just do this..." She moved her hands over the panel and it lit up, and then rose from the floor, lifting up to form a large spiral staircase. Lion made a little 'whuff' sound as the rising stairs knocked him away from his napping place. Peridot, meanwhile, gave an excited little giggle, and then started rushing up those steps. Curse Gem bodies and their ability to adapt to any gravity. "This is so incredible," she said, making her way up the stairs. "Only the most elite of the elite can enter these sanctums. We are literally walking in the very footsteps of the diamonds!"
Steven looked around, impressed, before starting to follow along behind.
"They must really like stairs."