I Don't Have Time For This!

So, Jasper wasn't a problem anymore.

( Cut for more length and more spoilers! )

[OOC: And another chunk of canon catchup out of the way, with more yet to come... at some point. This one was taken from the season five episode, Kindergarten Kid.]

It had all started with the Crystal Gems taking a break. A break! In building the drill! To save the planet! The work was so tantalizingly close to being done that Peridot had complained to Steven, vehemently. It had involved waving a little power drill in the air for emphasis. Which had, as most things around here seemed to do, inspired Steven to sing.

The difference is, this time, Peridot made an effort to understand why. And the whole thing had culminated in all four Crystal Gems sitting with their backs to the barn as Peridot showed off her take on the 'singing' that Steven had introduced her to.

"I guess we're already here,
I guess we already know.
We've all got something to fear,
We've all got nowhere to go.
I think you're all INSANE!
But I guess I am too...
Anybody would be
If they were stuck on Earth with you."

That one got a little grin from the trio of gems who were watching, and a cheer of triumph from Steven. None of them really noticed the portal that opened up nearby while Peridot was singing.

( Incoming Fandomites, Boop Boop )

[OOC: MORE CANON... more or less. Getting into the It Could Have Been Great chunks of canon, and will be pushing all the way through to Gem Drill as we go. Preplayed with the fantabulous sith_happened, studyingfear, intotheout, and kenselvren, and there is plenty more to come, which will get dumped into the comments as I code it or liveplayed in here. After work. La.]

There was a light. A bright one, and out of it grew something that, if briefly, resembled a doll growing out of a green, triangular gemstone.

Peridot's feet planted squarely on the floor, her arm raised, her hand in a fist.

"--the Cluster, you insufferable half-formed traitor mega-clods!!"

( Wait. )

[THE CANONING CONTINUES. This time pulling from Steven Universe episodes 'Catch and Release' and 'When it Rains.' Those familiar with canon can probably tell when my hand started to feel like it was burning, but eh, whaddaya do. NFI for distance!]

Peridot's brilliant 'get back to Homeworld before the traitors or the Cluster kill me' plan wasn't going so well. She hadn't gotten any reply at all from the distress signal that she'd sent out, and by the time she'd returned to the Communication Hub to see what had gone wrong... it had been demolished. Smashed to rubble and beyond repair.

Now she was at the Galaxy Warp, trying to fix the shattered warp pads. All she needed was one that would get her off of this planet. It could go anywhere that the Gems had ever been to, and she'd take it!

( Stupid broken warp... )

[OOC: The CANONING continues! This post has been brought to you by the Steven Universe episode, "Friend Ship." NFI establishy goodness!]