AMETHSYT AMETHYST BOARDIES FRYMAN GARNET GREG JENNY KIKI LARS MAYOR_DEWEY NANEFUA PEARL PEEDEE SADIE STEVEN PEARL hmm, this spot should be safe. amethyst, do you have the robonoid? AMETHYST yeah don’t worry about it. PEARL amethyst! i just repaired that! AMETHYST yeah, yeah. it’s fine. PEARL ugh! ok. we have everything we need for the experiment. and steven is home, fast asleep! STEVEN hey guys! PEARL steven! it’s way past your bedtime! you should really go back to the house. STEVEN what! i don’t wanna miss… whatever this is! what is this? AMETHYST pearl got lonely so she made herself a robot friend. PEARL it’s not a robot friend! it’s a robot disruptor! it should produce a localized energy blast. so when peridot shows up to… meet with us… we’ll have something that can knock out all her robonoids. now, stand back everyone! AMETHYST ugh! STEVEN we did it! AMETHYST ugh. STEVEN well, you knocked out all the lights in town! PEARL steven that was not the point of the-- alright, that was a start! now, i’m going to need to take some parts out of the washing machine. steven you might have to wear the same shirt for a while. STEVEN no problem. hmm… hmph. what’s wrong with the microwav-- ow! mmmgh! what is the meaning of this!? huh? mayor dewey? MAYOR DEWEY hello there, young universe. are any of your… sisters home? STEVEN my sisters? MAYOR DEWEY your care takers, you know? the tall one, the purple one, the hot one? look the power’s out, and i’ve been mayor long enough to know they had something to do with it. STEVEN my sisters? MAYOR DEWEY is there anyone else i can talk to about this? STEVEN pearl! PEARL coming! oh! ugh, can i help you? MAYOR DEWEY yes! oh hi! uh, beach city is currently experienceing a wide spread power outage-- PEARL oh, don’t worry about that. the power should be back on as early as tonight, or as late as…never. MAYOR DEWEY never coming back?! PEARL yes? MAYOR DEWEY no no no! it has to come back! the people of beach city can’t handle a situation like this! they need their electronic distractions so they won’t notice that this town is a magnet for disaster! PEARL oh, don’t be dramatic. i saw humans get on fine without power for millenia. you used to hunt and gather. what happened to that? MAYOR DEWEY you don’t understand. sure, things seem calm now, in the light of the day. but when the sun goes down, so does… the town. STEVEN he’s right. mayor dewey, this is our responsibility. we’ll help you clean up this mess! GARNET no we won’t! STEVEN i’ll help you clean up this mess! MAYOR DEWEY ok. but you’re not getting paid. alright. we gotta go do damage control now or the boardies are going to get restless. STEVEN boardies? MAYOR DEWEY hello youth resident of beach city. SADIE is everything all right? LARS you mean besides the power knocking out the freezers? nng! and melting all this ice cream! STEVEN what? ice cream?! LARS it’s a real pain in the-- yah! ugh! SADIE i’d offer you some but it’s pretty soupy. STEVEN is this happening to ice cream all over town!? this really is a crisis! MAYOR DEWEY now let’s all calm down here. i have everything under control STEVEN you do? MAYOR DEWEY of course! the power will be back and the freezers will be working by sundown. no need to cry over… frozen milk! heh. here. i’ll catch you kids on the side that flips! you take care now. STEVEN see you later! SADIE thanks for the glowstick! STEVEN so everything is going to be ok!? MAYOR DEWEY what? no. STEVEN y-you lied to them? MAYOR DEWEY look, steven, it’s not lying when you’re the mayor. it’s politics. STEVEN it is? MAYOR DEWEY of course it is. lemme tell you something. when you work for the government, you can’t control what happens in the world but you can control how the people feel about it. that’s the real weight i carry… making the good people of beach city feel better. safer. more secure. STEVEN but ugh-- MAYOR DEWEY what’s my other option? let the people panic and riot? that didn’t work out so well for ocean town! STEVEN i’ve never heard of ocean town. MAYOR DEWEY exactly! that’s why you’ve gotta give the people something to believe in. when they see my giant head on this car, rolling down the boardwalk, they think, “here comes help.” well some people think, “here comes that exterminator guy,” but then they realize it’s me, their mayor! have you seen that exterminator truck? with the head on it? he’s totally copying me. STEVEN uh… MAYOR DEWEY here, take these. BOARDIES MAYOR DEWEY attention my good citizens! as you may or may not be aware of, there is a power outage effecting all of the beach city area proper. NANEFUA oh really? MAYOR DEWEY this problem is just a temporary one. not a big worry at all! things could be worse! we could be in, ocean town! FRYMAN too soon! MAYOR DEWEY anyway! the power will be back on by sundown! so in the meantime, just enjoy this beautiful peaceful day outside. the power will be back on before you know it! i promise! BOARDIES NANEFUA i trust this man! MAYOR DEWEY ok, make sure everyone gets a button and a glowstick. STEVEN have a glowstick. here you go. uh, here. GREG hey schtu-ball. you get some sort of secret government internship i need to know about? STEVEN hehehe…here. GREG apparently you can never have too many mayor dewey buttons. sounds like i’m not gonna be needing this glowstick though. see you later buddy! STEVEN but, dad?! noooo. AMETHYST so what if she shows up with more? i say we just mash em all! GARNET it’s not just the robonoids. according to lapis, she’s going to have backup. PEARL who knows what she’s going to have! we won’t stand a chance against their weapons, but… if we can just knock them out-- GARNET it’s not about the robonoids, pearl! she’s coming with other gems! AMETHYST says who, who cares?! what does lapis even know?! GARNET calm down, amethyst. AMETHYST you calm down—uhhh hey! look who it is! it’s steven! ahah! heh, our best friend steven! what are ya doin’ here, buddy? STEVEN i… live here? is everything okay? PEARL of… course! GARNET in fact, we were just about to play… cards. PEARL yes! cards! AMETHYST wanna play war? PEARL grr. AMETHYST i mean… peace? STEVEN yeah but… how are we gonna play cards in the dark? GARNET we can light a fire in the fireplace. PEARL yes! like early man! AMETHSYT c’mon early man! STEVEN (*remembering mayor dewey’s words: “when the sun goes down, so does…”) …the town. BOARDIES STEVEN ohmygosh! PEEDEE how come there’s still no power?! JENNY you said it would be on by sundown! MAYOR DEWEY eheh, everyone just calm down. i’m sure if we just talk rationally we can come to an agreement. NANEFUA no agreement! you promised us! FRYMAN without power i can’t take care of my family! well, this one’s fine. but he can’t take care of himself! MAYOR DEWEY i’m sure the power will be on tomorrow… i think… maybe. NANEFUA stop pulling our legs! you lied to us! and you’re lying again! BOARDIES MAYOR DEWEY please! good citizens of beach city-- ow! BOARDIES FRYMAN liar! KIKI liar! liar! MAYOR DEWEY if you’d all just calm down-- NANEFUA tip the truck! BOARDIES STEVEN wah! everyone, please! the power might not be back on tonight. it might not be back on for even a year! BOARDIES STEVEN but i know that you’re all going to be ok because i know each and every one of you. you’re smart! and you’re tough! and you’re resourceful! and you all care about each other more than you care about microwave dinners or video games or being able to see in the dark! i know it’ll hurt your businesses. i know it’ll hurt your lives. but are we really going to hurt each other?! BOARDIES STEVEN of course not! we’ll face the night together and we’ll survive, because we are the light of beach city! BOARDIES yeah! MAYOR DEWEY ah, yes… thank you steven! i couldn’t have said it better! NANEFUA don’t try to worm your way out of this! MAYOR DEWEY oh, no! no! STEVEN it’s ok! it’s ok! mayor dewey was hiding things from you, but he did it because he didn’t want you to worry! he was just sheltering you from the truth because he… he loves you. BOARDIES (*chanting) mayor dewey! PEARL oh hey, steven. (*to herself) if i can just concentrate the wave a little more… STEVEN um… do you guys want to talk? PEARL and why would we need to do that? AMETHYST hey, steven, you still owe us a game of cards! GARNET yeah, get in on this. STEVEN n-no! i don’t wanna play cards. i want to talk about peridot! PEARL oh! yes, well, everything is fine! STEVEN no it’s not! i know it’s not! i know y-you just don’t want me to be scared, but… just tell me the truth. GARNET peridot is coming, and we don’t know who or what she’ll be coming with. she’s a modern gem, with modern gem technology, that’s bound to overpower us. steven, the truth is… we’re scared. STEVEN we’ve been scared before, right? none of us know what’s going to happen, but that’s ok. we can figure things out… together. AMETHYST ah!