AMETHYST CONNIE DR_M GARNET PEARL PERIDOT STEVEN STEVEN can i look yet? CONNIE okay! STEVEN books! woah, cool cover! CONNIE it’s my favorite series! it’s about this girl named lisa and she’s a witch! i mean, she doesn’t know she’s a witch at first. and she has a familiar, which is sorta like this spirit companion that everyone in the world has, and hers is a talking falcon named archimicarus! anyways, she goes on this quest to find her father after he’s kidnapped by a mysterious one-eyed man. STEVEN woah, mystery! CONNIE here let me get you started! chapter one, the morning thief. “lisa awoke with a start. the echo’s of her dreams still dancing in her mind. the low rumble of thunder murmured through the quiet house.” STEVEN woah… this is a really good book! CONNIE uhh, ok. “the house was deathly still. the only sounds lisa could hear was her own heart beat pounding in her ears. the hairs on her neck tingled when suddenly-- “ STEVEN what the? STEVEN ahhh! CONNIE AMETHYST what was that?! STEVEN it’s one of the marble robots! CONNIE what?! STEVEN hwuh! CONNIE GARNET huh! hmph! amethyst, pearl! AMETHYST hyah! PEARL STEVEN you okay? CONNIE i love hanging out at your place. STEVEN pearl, do you think this was-- PEARL one of peridot’s machines? yes, i think so. only… we’ve never seen one this big before. AMETHYST or this gooey! PEARL amethyst we need to be careful. we don’t know what this stuff is! AMETHYST PEARL oh no, don’t you dare get that stuff on me. AMETHYST goop hug! come here pearl! AMETHYST PEARL CONNIE peridot… is that the gem you told me about? the one that’s trying to come to earth? STEVEN yeah, we stopped her before but, i guess she can still shoot stuff here from space. so what do you think it was here to do? GARNET we destroyed it. that’s all that matters. AMETHYST goop hug! DR M connie, the steven universe boy would like to speak with you. i swear that’s not his real name. CONNIE hi steven, what’s up! have you read more unfamiliar familiar? STEVEN yeah! but i’m-- CONNIE isn’t it amazing!? how far did you get!? STEVEN i’m in the middle of one of them, but i’m really confused. they keep talking about this plinkman guy who died… am i supposed to know who he is? CONNIE plinkman? but that’s lisa’s dad… steven! you’re reading them in order right? STEVEN there’s an order?! aww man, i just started with the one with the coolest cover! hello? connie? what the?! GARNET something entered the atmosphere! AMETHYST PEARL AMETHYST up there! PEARL it’s another one of those things! GARNET it landed on mask island. come on! STEVEN connie, i’m gonna call you back! PEARL is it looking for a warp? GARNET we have to stop it! GARNET PEARL AMETHYST STEVEN yeesh, what are these things trying to do? PEARL we’re not… really… that sure. GARNET it’s not trying to do anything now. STEVEN hmm… CONNIE okay, so you’ve read the first three books in order. do you… like them? STEVEN of course! they’re awesome! i really love lisa’s familiar, he’s my favorite! i’m… just confused about one thing though. CONNIE m-what’s that? STEVEN what is… a familiar? CONNIE noooo! was that another one of those marble things? GARNET wha?! PEARL AMETHYST STEVEN yeah… AMETHYST grrr! what is with these things?! this is like the 5th one this week! GARNET we’ll find it in the desert! STEVEN connie, talk later. wait you guys! wait for me! GARNET PEARL AMETHYST GARNET PEARL stop… coming… here… you… stupid… balls! AMETHYST yeah! let it out! get crazy! wah! STEVEN guys! guys! stop! how many more of these things are you gonna have to fight? PEARL we don’t know! they just keep coming and coming and we don’t even know what they are! we don’t know anything! STEVEN that’s okay! i don’t know anything all the time. it’s like my whole life! but i’ve got you guys to tell me about gem stuff, connie can explain what familiars are, and dad tells me weird dad stuff. PEARL but, nobody knows what these things are here to do! STEVEN well… it probably does. PEARL what? STEVEN we could follow it and see where it goes! AMETHYST are you nuts?! PEARL who knows what could go wrong! GARNET we can’t fight these things forever. well, we can, but i don’t want to. let’s do it steven’s way. STEVEN yeah! let’s follow the funky flow! AMETHYST we’re dead. STEVEN ugh huh. PEARL AMETHYST STEVEN alright big guy, mush! STEVEN woah! PEARL GARNET AMETHYST STEVEN woohoo! STEVEN PEARL GARNET AMETHYST GARNET kindergarten. PEARL oh, why here?! this site has been damaged enough by the gems that were incubated here 6,000 years ago… eh, that’s it! it’s confirmed! this thing is up to no good! STEVEN wait! we don’t even know what it’s doing here! can’t we just see where it wants to go? PEARL garnet?! GARNET hmm… steven’s way. PEARL ugh. STEVEN wah! PEARL GARNET AMETHYST PEARL what does it want here? STEVEN maybe it just wants to see where amethyst was made? AMETHYST maybe it should mind its own business. PEARL i don’t like this at all. STEVEN but-- AMETHYST i’m kinda with pearl on this one. STEVEN aw come on, can’t you feel this guy’s funky flow? he’s a funk master. PEARL i can’t believe we’re doing this. STEVEN why’d you stop li’l buddy? GARNET something’s happening. STEVEN wuh?! GARNET hup! ugh. PEARL AMETHYST STEVEN huh?! PEARL GARNET AMETHYST STEVEN yes! see! i knew we’d find something cool! let’s go! GARNET wah! PEARL AMETHYST STEVEN hey guys! going down? are you okay? PEARL what is all this? STEVEN what’s that sound? STEVEN uh! PEARL GARNET AMETHYST PERIDOT established gem projection link with control room. plug robonoid has successfully landed on planet earth and entered prime kindergarten control room in facet 5. will proceed to perform status-check of kindergarten. AMETHYST it’s peridot! PEARL is she trying to reactivate the kindergarten?! doesn’t she know it’ll destroy all life on earth?! STEVEN why don’t we ask her? GARNET shhh! PEARL AMETHYST GARNET steven. we’re facing an enemy we don’t know, with technology we don’t understand. this isn’t the time to be asking questions. STEVEN it really sounds like it is. GARNET okay, here’s the plan. we can’t let her see us, so we wait for an opening. when she’s distracted, we destroy the power source on the far wall. steven, stays here. PEARL hm. AMETHYST hm. STEVEN huh! nyugh! GARNET (*whisper) steven! PEARL AMETHYST PERIDOT now accounting for all operational injectors. STEVEN wha! PERIDOT checking for aberrations in perimeter. tsk, this gem tech is simply archaic. STEVEN i dunno, i think it looks pretty cool! hi, i’m steven! PERIDOT there appears to be an infestation of “stevens” in the kindergarten. STEVEN d’aw, i’m not so bad once you get to know me. PERIDOT and how many more stevens are present in this area? STEVEN oh, heh, just me! PERIDOT ah, that’s a relief. so tell me, have stevens replaced… humans, as the dominant species on earth? STEVEN oh no, there’s lots of humans! there’s my dad, connie, lars and sadie, the mailman, onion… i think? lotsa people! PERIDOT hmm… STEVEN now i get to ask a question. what are you doing? PERIDOT mm, just picking up where we left off. STEVEN ahhh! GARNET ugh! unghh! PERIDOT a gem! AMETHYST ugh! PEARL PERIDOT ah! more?! but the red eye didn’t report the presence of any gems on this planet! PEARL that’s because we destroyed it! PERIDOT you what?! but the records say that gems were wiped out on earth… wait a minute… you’re the ones that have been destroying my plug robonoids! are you the reason the homeworld warp is down again?! is this your bizarre icon?! why do you keep destroying my things?! PEARL because we are the crystal gems! we’re still alive and we’re still the guardians of this planet and all its living creatures! PERIDOT the crystal… gems? AMETHYST PEARL GARNET PERIDOT stop! how dare you! i’m doing this one way or another. you’re just… making it… really… difficult! GARNET hup! amethyst! now! AMETHYST hup! destroy! PERIDOT i’m reporting this! AMETHYST is it over? STEVEN okay, i-i might have gone a little too far this time. GARNET well steven, you weren’t completely wrong. we learned something new because of your decisions. STEVEN alright! GARNET but yeah, this was a pretty bad idea. STEVEN aw man!