Spinel grits her teeth and holds back more tears, before she looks down and realizes what she has done. She cups her mouth with her hands and gasps deeply. Her eyes shaking, she falls back and catches herself with one hand while rubbing her face with the other. She looks up and sees the gems talking, and Steven getting up. Out of fear, she grabs Taaf's gem and runs to the conservatory.
After some running, she drops to her knees and gently sets Taaf's gem down, then leaning over it and covering it with her arms, as if to protect a fire from wind, while tears drop and stain his gem. No results for a while, she pockets Taaf's gem. Spinel had dropped to her knees, crying harder than ever.
•~Meanwhile~•
Pearl: Steven, are you okay!?
Steven: D-Don't worry about me, it's
Spinel and Taaffeite. We need them to remember how to stop her injector. Ugh!
Steven collapses into Greg's hands in defeat and exhaustion.
Steven: Pearl, what do you know about Spinel?
Pearl: Uhh... Well, she was Pink Diamond's little playmate. They used to spend ages together in Pink's garden-
Steven: Garden?!
Pearl: That's where they used to play!
Amethyst: So, what's her problem with us?
Pearl: I don't know. I haven't seen her in 6,000 years. Something must have happened to her since then.
Steven: Ugh... Alright, alright, but what about Taaffeite?
Pearl: Uh... Well, I guess I have a vague idea? Pink Diamond used to talk about him a lot, but I never met him.
Steven: Ugh... Well, maybe if we got one, we could reason with the other.
-Garnet and Lion descend back from the sky too.
Greg: Whoa, kiddo. Are you sure you don't need a break?
Amethyst: It looks like that fusion took everything out of you.
Steven: I gotta do what I can with the little I have left. I'm going after Spinel and Taaffeite.
Steven grabs his jacket from -Garnet and hops on Lion's back, before riding off.
Greg: Steven, wait!
Lion bursts through the warehouse door, where Mayor Nanefua is seen outside.
Mayor Nanefua: Oh, Steven, some stragglers are missing from the shelters!
Steven: Did you see a pink or purple Gem run by?
Nanefua points in the direction of the Beach House.
Steven: Thanks.
•~And now...~•
Steven and Lion ride off to the house, striding across the tainted waters, while Steven clutches his gem in pain and exhaustion.
Steven: Just this morning, everything was perfect. Why did everything have to change?! I want my happily ever after back!
As Steven and Lion arrive at the front of the Beach House, a glow shines from within Steven's conservatory.
Steven: That might be one of them.
Steven hopped off of Lion and leans down to him, and says:
Steven: Go find Connie, we need all hands on deck.
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Relicta | •~Spinel X Male Gem Reader~•
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