FLOURITE FLUORITE GARNET LARS PADPARADSCHA RHODONITE RUTILE_LEFT RUTILE_RIGHT STEVEN LARS captain’s log. stardate… uhhhh… thursday. space… is really big. everything is messed up, our nova thrusters are busted, and getting home is taking foreverrr. RHODONITE hey, captain, should we be writing this down? LARS uh, yeah! STEVEN who wants a party sub?! RHODONITE what exactly are we celebrating? STEVEN you guys beat emerald, and you rescued me and connie from the jungle moon, and you have this super fast ship. so you’ll be back on earth in no time! LARS it’s only super fast when it works! FLUORITE captain lars. i’ve finished rerouting- LARS power from the gravity engine to the nova thrusters? great! twins, floor it on the thrusters! RUTILE LEFT right away, captain! RUTILE RIGHT yes, captain! PADPARADSCHA captain lars! don’t use the thrusters! we’re going to lose power! LARS thanks, padparadscha. STEVEN hey, if we’re gonna be drifting a while… there’s somebody i’d like you all to meet! LARS hmm, are they bigger than that sandwich? STEVEN maybe… a few pickles bigger. LARS bigger than you? STEVEN i mean, they don’t have to be. LARS fine, bring’em over. STEVEN hup! twins! FLUORITE another steven? LARS there’s more of you? RUTILE LEFT her eyes! RUTILE RIGHT a fusion? PADPARADSCHA he’s going to bring back another steven! STEVEN this is garnet. she leads the crystal gems back on earth. GARNET just look at you all! you must be rhodonite! a ruby and a pearl! that must’ve been a story! i want all the details… RHODONITE heh. GARNET and you must be the rutile twins! i’ve never seen anyone like you before. RUTILE RIGHT we were…made like this. GARNET fluorite… woahh…you’re just like…beautiful. and here’s padparadscha! an orange sapphire… how rare! PADPARADSCHA i predict you’re going to make everyone uncomfortable. RHODONITE it’s not nice to make fun of us like that. STEVEN haven’t you guys heard a compliment before? RUTILE RIGHT a what? RUTILE LEFT what’s that? STEVEN you know! it’s when someone says something nice about you! RHODONITE who would say nice things about gems like us? we’re completely inappropriate! and so are you! we should all be ashamed! GARNET oh, steven. these gems feel just like i did before i met rose quartz. RUTILE RIGHT rose quartz? FLUORITE rose quartz? RUTILE LEFT you met rose quartz? RUTILE RIGHT and you survived? STEVEN you guys know about rose? RHODONITE she was the anti-gem! an organic beast that burst out of earth’s crust and vowed to destroy all gems! RUTILE LEFT no, no. she was made from a vein of hyper defective quartz! RUTILE RIGHT a malformed quartz gone haywire FLUORITE don’t be silly… rose quartz isn’t real. GARNET you have it all wrong! PADPARADSCHA rose quartz? GARNET of course that’s how they’d tell it on homeworld. come on, everyone. let me tell you the story of the real rose quartz. GARNET it was era 1. the diamonds unique in their flawlessness. sought to expand their perfection across the galaxy. and it was for this purpose that pink diamond chose her first colony—the planet earth. on earth, every gem was made to serve pink diamond, each with a role to play in homeworld’s perfect empire. in comparison to their creator, their existence was ordinary. they were life forms only meant to fit their mold. and no one had ever dared to think otherwise, until there was rose quartz. in stature, she was no different than any other quartz. and for a time she did her best to carry out her diamond’s bidding. however, she began to take notice of her strange colony and the life that existed there. GARNET curiosity turned to appreciation. appreciation turned to fondness. and fondness turned to love. soon, she was unable to keep her findings secret and she began asking her fellow gems if they knew of the life on earth and what they made of it. she continuted to pry her fellow kindergarteners with questions so odd that word of her eventually made its way to pink diamond. rose quartz was summoned at once! “quartz,” began pink diamond. “what have you been saying down there?” “my diamond” rose pleaded, “it has come to my attention that your colony, earth, bears life. while i know these organic lifeforms serve no purpose, i ask that we leave this planet and spare their lives.” pink diamond thought for a moment. and then laughed—a wicked, empty sound. GARNET “heh, you wish to save these life forms at the expense of our own? ha. don’t be absurd. return to your post and i will forget your insolence.” and with that rose quartz was dragged back to her kindergarten for duty. only rose could no longer stand to continue aiding in the destruction of earth. she had no choice— she had to fight! “is this what you want?! to inject? to build?! i’ve seen a life that exists for itself! and it lives here! will you destroy it? or will you join it?” rose’s message began to resonate to pink diamond’s dismay. her colony was falling apart. so, like a coward, she called for her diamond allies, yellow and blue, to help. but rose also found herself with allies— other gems that were cast out for being wrong. GARNET a pearl who belonged to no one. a bismuth who built weapons for rebels instead of towers for tyrants. an entirely new fusion, formed not for power, but for love! and countless others—all inspired by rose to live for ourselves on earth— she was our leader and earth was our precious home. and those who to save it became known as… the crystal gems! RHODONITE unbelievable! RUTILE RIGHT there were gems like us? PADPARADSCHA fighting… FLUORITE for their freedom? GARNET yes, and we were fearless! it was an impossible fight, but we fought anyway! and the more gems who saw us—the more who joined! but pink diamond’s forces proved too strong—rose feared that soon she would have nothing left to protect. rose quartz drew her rebel blade—and shattered pink diamond! saving the earth for all time, from her reign of terror! RUTILE RIGHT wow, that’s incredible RUTILE LEFT wow i can’t believe it. FLUORITE wooow. PADPARADSCHA oh my. LARS your mom did all that? that’s awesome! RHODONITE wait, what about the rest? what happened after that? GARNET the other diamonds were furious. in a last ditch attempt to wipe out the ebellion, the diamonds launched a direct attack against earth. and in their fury they used their powers to end the fighting, once and for all. PADPARADSCHA i predict this story won’t have a happy ending. RUTILE LEFT we were all told different stories. RUTILE RIGHT but they all ended the same way. FLOURITE with rose quartz being defeated. RHODONITE this new version of the story is even worse! so she was great – and they beat her? what are we supposed to get out of this? that we can never win? GARNET we haven’t yet! but we can, and we will! they said they annihilated rose’s rebellion, but here we are. they said they annihilated all of you on homeworld, but here you are. they think they have us on the run, but they’re the ones that are running from the truth. and the truth is: we are everywhere! RHODONITE but how many more of us can there be? STEVEN way more than you think! i was only on homeworld for like an hour before i ran into you guys! there must be off-colors all over the place! GARNET rose used to say there was something about earth. something that set gems free. but it’s not just earth. look at you. love, freedom, it’s universal. you all prove it every moment you live as yourselves! you can show everyone! FLUORITE we can do that? LARS not while we’re floating out here like sitting ducks! flourite! let’s take another look at that engine! FLUORITE you got it, lars. RUTILE LEFT before we can activate the thrusters, RUTILE RIGHT we’re gonna need to restart the core… RHODONITE how do we do that? LARS we’ll figure it out together! FLUORITE tooo- PADPARADSCHA i predict we’ll all be helpful FLOURITE -gethhher. STEVEN hey, uh, garnet? when connie and i were stranded on the jungle moon… i…we…saw something… a vision… of pink diamond. STEVEN when blue diamond came to earth, i had dreams where i saw through her eyes, and i was crying her tears. if i’m having the same dreams about pink diamond, what if that means she’s still out there? GARNET she’s gone, steven. your mother made sure of that. STEVEN but i felt such a strong connection! GARNET you have empathetic powers that other gems don’t have. you’re unusual, steven, like them. and like me. it’s not something to fear. it’s something to celebrate. LARS c’mon, c’mon! RUTILE RIGHT hoh, strange. RUTILE LEFT the core should have come online by now… PADPARADSCHA i predict that captain lars will be pressing the wrong button! LARS oh. FLUORITE oh- LARS yes! we did it! FLUORITE my. LARS all right! STEVEN does that mean you can get back to earth? FLUORITE not quite. the nova thrusters still need repairs. LARS we can hit up the nearest colony for parts. rhodonite, tell me there’s one nearby. RHODONITE well, we aren’t far from one of yellow diamond’s asteroid mines, but that place will be crawling with agates, captain, it’s incredibly dangerous! LARS so are we! let’s show ‘em!