@gemtigris // ❛ Time to Begin ❜
Well, it wasn’t fair in Lapis’ mind. She understood why she needed to be sent on this mission -- it was underwater, her powers were the only ones that would be able to open this door, she ... probably wouldn’t fight with anyone. Probably. What she didn’t understand was why they’d all decided it would be best to send her WITH JASPER. All of the others had no trouble getting that there was too much history, too much bad blood, too much crap between the two of them for them to work together like the others did.
She was partly scared that something would go wrong and Jasper would hurt her. But she was also scared that something would go wrong and she would hurt Jasper. Didn’t any of the others THINK about this before pairing them up ? Why didn’t any of them want to even come along just in case ?
Whatever was going on inside the others’ minds, neither Lapis’ nor Jasper’s complaining was going to change it. ( She’d already tried talking to Steven. All he said was that it MIGHT be good for both of them to spend a little one-on-one time together. Even so, it was clear that he had his own reservations, so why would he let them do this alone ? )
Her steps were slow as she stepped up onto the warp pad beside Jasper. As if she thought if she dragged it out long enough, Steven or Pearl or even Garnet would suddenly have a change of heart and take that time to stop them from leaving.
She glanced toward Jasper, one hand clutching at her other arm, standing as far from the warrior as was possible without toppling off of the warp pad.
❝ ... Let’s just get this over with. No touching, no more talking
than necessary -- just in and out as fast as we can so we can
get back. Okay ? ❞
Maybe her voice was a little harsher than she meant it to be, but that was the least of her concerns at the moment.