Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

[bigdamnprincipal]

The weather was lovely, the newbies had survived their shuttle, and yes, all the holes in the lawn from graduation had been filled and covered with new grass so everything looked normal and pretty. Well, pretty, at least.

[OCD is up! This is the picnic post for general mingling. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[era_two_triangle]

"Using one of those, correct," Peridot agreed with a shrug. "It was, of course, operated by other Gems. I suppose it's as close to a mother as I have."

Which was a weird thought. The idea of a Gem with a parent. Besides Steven, anyway.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[white_oleander]

Was it bad that Astrid briefly wondered if an injector would have made a better mother than Ingrid? A heartless machine that needed other things to make it even work?

No, not really. It was just honest.

"Are there other Gems here?" she asked.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[era_two_triangle]

"On Earth, yes," Peridot replied easily. "On the island, no. Maybe that's for the best. There aren't many that I'm still on good terms with."

She could pretty literally count them all on one hand.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[white_oleander]

"Bit of a troublemaker among the Gem community, huh?"

What were these words even leaving her mouth right now?

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.

"I betrayed my Homeworld," she muttered. "I can't go back, or I'll be shattered."

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[white_oleander]

Yup. Totally CooCoo for Coco Puffs.

And yet Astrid was strangely fascinated.

"What did you do?" she asked, in a slightly hushed tone.

Re: General Mingling [Summer 2018]

[era_two_triangle]

"I disobeyed my Diamond," Peridot murmured. "I yelled in her face and then I had a direct hand in putting a stop to the creation of a superweapon that was thousands of years in the making."

Basically, she'd saved the Earth.