B1, Day 2 [public channel]

[whattaprick]

[ There are a lot of things people need to do right now: help the Prince's servants get resettled, get started on figuring out who can work on a cure for the petrification, deal with the trauma of dying in a hopefully healthy and non-self-destructive way, show the new people the ropes of what the Carnival has to work with.

Instead, in the morning of the second day since the Prince was defeated, anyone on the radio gets this: ]

So, I've been wondering.

[ The Nightrider's voice, for those who recognize it, has definitely been better. It's a low, hoarse rasp, and the pause at the end is not just for effect, but to actually catch his breath. ]

Just how old is everyone here, anyway? Here, I'll start. I'm ... pretty sure I'm almost sixty. [ A beat. ] ... Maybe.

[ Why did anyone let this man have his radio back again? ]

[ ooc; Lambert's flat on his back in the medical tent for this, feel free to bug him in person and threadjack each other at will. ]

Comments

[starseedling]

See? Jasper gets it!

[Things nobody thought anybody would ever be saying.]

[stompadour]

I don't need you to agree with me, Rose.

[mirrortide]

His name's Steven and you'll call him that!

[Lapis is feeling particularly volatile today!]

[stompadour]

I'll call her by her gem type.

[mirrortide]

He's a Steven! Who also happens to be a Rose Quartz! [FIGHT HER, HELEN.]

[stompadour]

That's ridiculous. "He's" either a Rose Quartz or he's not, I don't care what this Crystal Gem brainwashing says.

[mirrortide]

Then he's not! He's Steven!

[stompadour]

But you've seen his gem. Why are you so determined to swallow their Earth nonsense?

[mirrortide]

Because he's not a Rose Quartz! [Said with an UNDENIABLE AMOUNT OF FRUSTRATION.]

[stompadour]

The rest of him sure doesn't look like one, I'll give you that.

[mirrortide]

That's because he's not! He's a human! [Or hybrid??? Whatever the hell Peridot called him, he's not a full gem!]

[stompadour]

He's an abomination is what he is, and I don't know why you're defending him.

[periphrasing]

HEY!!

You're not allowed to talk to Lapis OR Steven like that!

[stompadour]

[LONG ANGRY PAUSE.]

How am I allowed to talk to them, Supervisor?

[periphrasing]

[Okay she hadn't actually meant that as an order? But. WHEN IN ROME...]

I'm tempted to say that you don't, but seeing as there are potential scenarios in which that is probably impractical, I'd settle for you just being polite and respectful to them both, and... Also just keep at least 50 feet away from Lapis, at all times.

Actually just don't talk to Lapis. Again. Ever.

[Leave room for jesus.]

[stompadour]

WHAT?!?

[periphrasing]

[There's a pause before she can answer, because Peridot definitely just fumbled her radio out of fear at the sound of Jasper shouting.]

Th-that's right, YOU HEARD ME! Leave her alone!

[stompadour]

... Fine. It doesn't matter to me, I don't need her any more anyway.

See if you're still so desperate to protect her when you find out what she's really like.

[You can literally hear her stomping away from wherever she was standing, for a second, before her radio turns off.]

[mirrortide]

Because he saved me! Because he treated me like a person! Unlike Homeworld or the Crystal Gems!