Peridot could barely hear, rounding on her heel and holding up the communicator.
"You don't get it either! This is your whole problem! Your emotions rule out reason!" She turned the top half of the crystal so that the yellow facet aligned with the yellow facet on the bottom, and then stepped back with a satisfied smile as the whole device began to glow, and then lifted into the air. "I will do what has to be done!"
... That would be the Gems, ducking quickly into the barn and out of sight as a hologram formed, revealing the somewhat distracted face of a yellow Pearl.
"This is the Yellow Diamond control room," she said, sounding dryly unimpressed. "Who authorized you to make this call?"
"No-one," Peridot replied, looking somewhat chagrined. "B-b-but this is an emergency!"
Tip
Tip noticed the other gems hiding away and did her best to stay out of the crystal's . . . camera? . . . range. While she blatantly listened in on the conversation. As you do.
Yellow Diamond
Peridot still looked as though she was sweating bullets as the Pearl on the other side of the call turned up her nose at her.
"That's no excuse to use the direct Diamond communication channel--"
"Pearl."
The voice that came from offscreen was calm. Poised.
Cold.
"Yes, my Diamond?"
"Why is there someone on the Diamond line?"
"I don't know," the Pearl said, sounding... frightened? Frightened. "I was just about to tell her that-"
"I'll take it from here." A giant hand came into view on the screen, re-angling the crystal on her own end so that it was directed toward her face. She didn't so much as look toward Peridot, however, her expression bored. Inconvenienced.
Peridot
"My diamond!" Peridot struck a pose that could only be a salute, crossing her arms over her chest and bending her hands back so that when her fingertips touched, the overall shape created a diamond. "Peridot, reporting in."
"Which Peridot?"
"F-Facet-2F5L, Cut-5XG." Peridot herself looked as though she was going to just faint at any moment, clearly nervous. "I'm sorry to contact you this way, but all other forms of communications have been destroyed and--"
Yellow Diamond
Yellow Diamond held up a hand, signalling for silence. She was looking at a monitor on her end of the call, frowning in annoyance.
"This says you're behind schedule on your mission to..." A sudden spark of fierce interest flared up in her eyes, and she looked toward Peridot for the first time during the call. "How is... the Earth?"
"It's..." Peridot grimaced a little. "Full of life?"
"Organic life," Yellow Diamond replied, disgust dripping from every drawn out syllable. "And where is the Jasper I assigned you? And why aren't you calling from the ship?"
"The ship was destroyed," Peridot said, wincing.
"By whom?"
The menace in Yellow Diamond's voice was thick and clear. If the ship had been destroyed on a mission to Earth...
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Peridot
Peridot could barely hear, rounding on her heel and holding up the communicator.
"You don't get it either! This is your whole problem! Your emotions rule out reason!" She turned the top half of the crystal so that the yellow facet aligned with the yellow facet on the bottom, and then stepped back with a satisfied smile as the whole device began to glow, and then lifted into the air. "I will do what has to be done!"
... That would be the Gems, ducking quickly into the barn and out of sight as a hologram formed, revealing the somewhat distracted face of a yellow Pearl.
"This is the Yellow Diamond control room," she said, sounding dryly unimpressed. "Who authorized you to make this call?"
"No-one," Peridot replied, looking somewhat chagrined. "B-b-but this is an emergency!"
Tip
Tip noticed the other gems hiding away and did her best to stay out of the crystal's . . . camera? . . . range. While she blatantly listened in on the conversation. As you do.
Yellow Diamond
Peridot still looked as though she was sweating bullets as the Pearl on the other side of the call turned up her nose at her.
"That's no excuse to use the direct Diamond communication channel--"
"Pearl."
The voice that came from offscreen was calm. Poised.
Cold.
"Yes, my Diamond?"
"Why is there someone on the Diamond line?"
"I don't know," the Pearl said, sounding... frightened? Frightened. "I was just about to tell her that-"
"I'll take it from here." A giant hand came into view on the screen, re-angling the crystal on her own end so that it was directed toward her face. She didn't so much as look toward Peridot, however, her expression bored. Inconvenienced.
Peridot
"My diamond!" Peridot struck a pose that could only be a salute, crossing her arms over her chest and bending her hands back so that when her fingertips touched, the overall shape created a diamond. "Peridot, reporting in."
"Which Peridot?"
"F-Facet-2F5L, Cut-5XG." Peridot herself looked as though she was going to just faint at any moment, clearly nervous. "I'm sorry to contact you this way, but all other forms of communications have been destroyed and--"
Yellow Diamond
Yellow Diamond held up a hand, signalling for silence. She was looking at a monitor on her end of the call, frowning in annoyance.
"This says you're behind schedule on your mission to..." A sudden spark of fierce interest flared up in her eyes, and she looked toward Peridot for the first time during the call. "How is... the Earth?"
"It's..." Peridot grimaced a little. "Full of life?"
"Organic life," Yellow Diamond replied, disgust dripping from every drawn out syllable. "And where is the Jasper I assigned you? And why aren't you calling from the ship?"
"The ship was destroyed," Peridot said, wincing.
"By whom?"
The menace in Yellow Diamond's voice was thick and clear. If the ship had been destroyed on a mission to Earth...