Jalian followed Peridot, still keeping an eye on her, frowning at the attempt at sneaking. "What is that?"
Peridot
Did Peridot jump after realizing she'd been followed? Absolutely, she did!
"Jalian! Steven!" She spun on her heel, getting up on her tiptoes to try to see if anybody else had come into the barn along with her. "Nothing! I don't have anything!"
In her hand. Behind her back. At exactly that moment. Honest.
Tip
Being about twice Peridot's height now made it fairly simple for Tip to circle around enough to peek behind her back. "Did you steal something from the moon? Why are you hiding it?"
Peridot & Steven
"Because it's nothing special and definitely not important at all," Peridot said quickly, jumping another couple of feet for good measure at the sudden appearance of Gratuity appearing behind her. She spun on her heel to face Tip, which meant... mostly that it was right there for somebody else to snatch out of her hands.
Like, say, a Steven. Who had grabbed a hammer from the tool pile.
"Hmm," he said, holding both aloft. "Then why don't I just smash it!"
"NO NO NO NO NO WAIT!"
Sure thing, Peridot. Definitely nothing important at all.
Tip
"Okay, do gems just not have lying?" Tip asked. "Because you're really terrible at it."
Steven
Steven frowned a little. He had a pretty vivid memory of that one time that the other Gems had lied to him about a test he wanted to take.
"No," he said, lowering the hammer slightly. "I think that's just Peridot."
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Jalian
Jalian followed Peridot, still keeping an eye on her, frowning at the attempt at sneaking. "What is that?"
Peridot
Did Peridot jump after realizing she'd been followed? Absolutely, she did!
"Jalian! Steven!" She spun on her heel, getting up on her tiptoes to try to see if anybody else had come into the barn along with her. "Nothing! I don't have anything!"
In her hand. Behind her back. At exactly that moment. Honest.
Tip
Being about twice Peridot's height now made it fairly simple for Tip to circle around enough to peek behind her back. "Did you steal something from the moon? Why are you hiding it?"
Peridot & Steven
"Because it's nothing special and definitely not important at all," Peridot said quickly, jumping another couple of feet for good measure at the sudden appearance of Gratuity appearing behind her. She spun on her heel to face Tip, which meant... mostly that it was right there for somebody else to snatch out of her hands.
Like, say, a Steven. Who had grabbed a hammer from the tool pile.
"Hmm," he said, holding both aloft. "Then why don't I just smash it!"
"NO NO NO NO NO WAIT!"
Sure thing, Peridot. Definitely nothing important at all.
Tip
"Okay, do gems just not have lying?" Tip asked. "Because you're really terrible at it."
Steven
Steven frowned a little. He had a pretty vivid memory of that one time that the other Gems had lied to him about a test he wanted to take.
"No," he said, lowering the hammer slightly. "I think that's just Peridot."