"Oh, that's a relief." She rolled her eyes with a sigh and a bubble of laughter, raising her hands and letting them plop back down on her lap. "That makes everything so much easier..sort of. At least you're not running! It usually takes a while for humans to even come near me when they have all kinds of amazing stories to tell!" Oh, she could go on for hours about that, which would probably help Steven narrow down how many thousands of years have passed, but as it were, conversation had moved on along, thankfully!
Fear, excitement, anxiety--all of it coursed through her like lightning and something cold settled in her chest and felt like it was starting to squeeze her. On the one hand...was that really true? Was it impossible to leave? Surely gems could devise a way to get to her. But oh, if it were true? She could just exist here and no one would have to know, no one could find her or make her leave! But then, she did already start to miss them, and she started to worry for Earth. Without her there..Without her there, and having gone missing..they could..
No.
She listened, blinking like a deer in headlights again when he mentioned time didn't pass.
"So we're..essentially in a trans-temporal pocket dimension?" That's right. She'll go home, and one day become Rose Quartz, bequeathing her gem to him without ever knowing that for a while, she got to live with whom she would one day become a part of.
"I..well. I guess the Peridots are gonna go wild about this one." She rolled her eyes and huffed with a knowing, dismissive laugh as she said such. There was SO much for her to unpack, but she didn't want to deal with all of that right now. She was so sick of the what-ifs she could shatter. Pink just wanted to be here, and not worry about it.
"Hi, Steven! I'm..!" She cut herself off, wondering if she should be honest with her introduction. But a stern pout set on her face, and with a little huff, she sat bolt upright and trucked forward. "I'm Pink Diamond!"
That look of determination was quickly replaced by a big, toothy grin of relief. It felt good to just be able to introduce herself like that, such that it never got old any time she spoke to the humans. She took her little bouquet of flower in hand, stood up to her present height of eight feet, and brushed off her bloomers.
"But you can just call me Pink! You know, these structures remind me more of homeworld than anything I've seen humans build on their own. Or any clothes they've worn.
"Gosh, this is just..so surreal! What kinds of things are there to do on Empatheias?
"Are there any animals? Does the whole island look like this? What do the other towns--can we leave the island and see what's below!?" Everything else seemed to fade away for right now, leaving behind only her excitement to explore and indulge in this moment of maybe-freedom. In the wake of her excitement, greenery started to crawl up through the cracks Steven made in the pavement. Or maybe their diamonds were just that good at coaxing plants out of the ground? Who knew.
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Fear, excitement, anxiety--all of it coursed through her like lightning and something cold settled in her chest and felt like it was starting to squeeze her. On the one hand...was that really true? Was it impossible to leave? Surely gems could devise a way to get to her. But oh, if it were true? She could just exist here and no one would have to know, no one could find her or make her leave! But then, she did already start to miss them, and she started to worry for Earth. Without her there..Without her there, and having gone missing..they could..
No.
She listened, blinking like a deer in headlights again when he mentioned time didn't pass.
"So we're..essentially in a trans-temporal pocket dimension?" That's right. She'll go home, and one day become Rose Quartz, bequeathing her gem to him without ever knowing that for a while, she got to live with whom she would one day become a part of.
"I..well. I guess the Peridots are gonna go wild about this one." She rolled her eyes and huffed with a knowing, dismissive laugh as she said such. There was SO much for her to unpack, but she didn't want to deal with all of that right now. She was so sick of the what-ifs she could shatter. Pink just wanted to be here, and not worry about it.
"Hi, Steven! I'm..!" She cut herself off, wondering if she should be honest with her introduction. But a stern pout set on her face, and with a little huff, she sat bolt upright and trucked forward. "I'm Pink Diamond!"
That look of determination was quickly replaced by a big, toothy grin of relief. It felt good to just be able to introduce herself like that, such that it never got old any time she spoke to the humans. She took her little bouquet of flower in hand, stood up to her present height of eight feet, and brushed off her bloomers.
"But you can just call me Pink! You know, these structures remind me more of homeworld than anything I've seen humans build on their own. Or any clothes they've worn.
"Gosh, this is just..so surreal! What kinds of things are there to do on Empatheias?
"Are there any animals? Does the whole island look like this? What do the other towns--can we leave the island and see what's below!?" Everything else seemed to fade away for right now, leaving behind only her excitement to explore and indulge in this moment of maybe-freedom. In the wake of her excitement, greenery started to crawl up through the cracks Steven made in the pavement. Or maybe their diamonds were just that good at coaxing plants out of the ground? Who knew.