Jalian scowled at the Diamond. She was tempted, very tempted, to march up there and have it out with her. But she couldn't exactly knife her, and Peridot seemed to have words covered for the moment, so...
Jalian grumped and stayed where she was, poised to run out there if anything happened.
Yellow Diamond
Peridot looked faint. The Pearl on the other side of the line gasped. Yellow Diamond... Yellow Diamond looked like she was about to shatter somebody.
"Are you questioning my authority?!"
"I'm... questioning your objectivity!" Peridot fell into another diamond-shaped salute, sweat forming on her face. "My Diamond."
"You," the screen's view shifted as Yellow Diamond stood, her Pearl shrinking out of the way to avoid being crushed underfoot, "are out of line."
"I just think-"
"I'm not interested in the puny thoughts of a Peridot!"
"But-"
"You," Yellow Diamond snarled, "have disrespected this channel and my time with your presence and you would do well to-"
"But-"
"Shut your mouth!" The sound came forth from the communicator so fiercely that Peridot clamped her mouth shut by reflex, shrinking away from the angry Diamond's reprimand. "You have failed at every stage of this mission. Your only chance to redeem yourself is to obey this simple order. You are to leave the Cluster to grow. It will tear apart the Earth, and I will take immense satisfaction in erasing that hideous rock off of our star maps. Is that clear?!"
Peridot
"I won't do it!" And once again, Peridot was raising her voice, going from an outburst to a full-on screaming tirade, zero to sixty. "I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!"
"What," Yellow Diamond yelled back, "do you know about the Earth?"
"Apparently more than YOU! You... CLOD!!"
If looks could kill, the one that Yellow Diamond gave Peridot would have turned her gem into dust. The Crystal Gems clamped hands over their mouths to keep from gasping aloud, and Peridot fell into another hasty salute, eyes wide, before spitting out a quick, "Peridot, out!"
She snatched the communicator, terminated the call, and stared with wide, horrified eyes at the crystal in her hand.
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Jalian
Jalian scowled at the Diamond. She was tempted, very tempted, to march up there and have it out with her. But she couldn't exactly knife her, and Peridot seemed to have words covered for the moment, so...
Jalian grumped and stayed where she was, poised to run out there if anything happened.
Yellow Diamond
Peridot looked faint. The Pearl on the other side of the line gasped. Yellow Diamond... Yellow Diamond looked like she was about to shatter somebody.
"Are you questioning my authority?!"
"I'm... questioning your objectivity!" Peridot fell into another diamond-shaped salute, sweat forming on her face. "My Diamond."
"You," the screen's view shifted as Yellow Diamond stood, her Pearl shrinking out of the way to avoid being crushed underfoot, "are out of line."
"I just think-"
"I'm not interested in the puny thoughts of a Peridot!"
"But-"
"You," Yellow Diamond snarled, "have disrespected this channel and my time with your presence and you would do well to-"
"But-"
"Shut your mouth!" The sound came forth from the communicator so fiercely that Peridot clamped her mouth shut by reflex, shrinking away from the angry Diamond's reprimand. "You have failed at every stage of this mission. Your only chance to redeem yourself is to obey this simple order. You are to leave the Cluster to grow. It will tear apart the Earth, and I will take immense satisfaction in erasing that hideous rock off of our star maps. Is that clear?!"
Peridot
"I won't do it!" And once again, Peridot was raising her voice, going from an outburst to a full-on screaming tirade, zero to sixty. "I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!"
"What," Yellow Diamond yelled back, "do you know about the Earth?"
"Apparently more than YOU! You... CLOD!!"
If looks could kill, the one that Yellow Diamond gave Peridot would have turned her gem into dust. The Crystal Gems clamped hands over their mouths to keep from gasping aloud, and Peridot fell into another hasty salute, eyes wide, before spitting out a quick, "Peridot, out!"
She snatched the communicator, terminated the call, and stared with wide, horrified eyes at the crystal in her hand.