#spiraledheart

     she still plans to. why else would she keep visiting earth? one day, one day -- she will find her. but -- she can only spend so much time there .. after all, it will be destroyed soon enough, pink’s poor, life-filled, beautiful first colony. to think that it could not even be used for resources, a true shame. but -- yellow refused to let her argue with her on it. and blue decided to focus on other things instead .. things like this garden.

      it’d nearly slipped her mind. the safe haven she had built for pink diamond to enjoy after the other’s refusals to give her a colony. blue understood, understood what it was like to get invalidated by the other diamonds now. she wished that she had been able to protect her -- to give her more. if only she had just .. kept her pearl from white, made her garden nicer, guided her through her colony one small step at a time -- everything put on hold until everything was running perfectly. but no, she had failed. 

      all she had were memories now ; memories of the past -- back before everything was simply empty hallways and closed doors. the other diamonds wanted nothing to do with old memories; nothing to do with the past. meanwhile, blue diamond could not let go of it. it was all she had. so, that was why she was here. what an old, disgusting place this was now --  all the flora had long since decayed and rotted, the vines that once clung to beautifully sculpted pillars now rotted && decayed. a once beautiful myriad of colors && scenery had been reduced to a disgusting mess of pulp; it reminded her of earth.

      and that’s when she sees the gem. it’s a bit hard to make out -- mainly because blue is so much taller than an average gem. but she sees her, even from where she stands at the warp pad. the diamonds moves down the steps, into the central part of the garden; && only then is she fully able to make out who it is. she recognizes this gem, she made this gem for pink!

     ​❝    you ...  what  are  you  doing   here?   ❞  she questions, not seeming to understand. she had forgotten about spinel; but she was pink’s closest companion. there was no logical reason she was here. // @spiraledheart​ lol 

    ------ boy! he was exhausted. nevertheless, being tired had rarely stopped steven before, so as he stifled a yawn, he moved to scratch the back of his neck with a hand, peering down at all of the ingredients in front of him. he’d promised to work on baking some cookies, cupcakes and other snacks for the upcoming graduation at little homeschool.      sure, he wasn’t involved directly anymore, but since lars was off in space and the bakery was closed for emergency renovations, he didn’t mind stepping up to the plate. 

    beginning to pour some flour into a bowl, steven paused for a second as he noticed a very distinct heart-shaped bun peeking from around the corner, followed by familiar pink skin and heart shaped eyes.        he smiled, rolling his eyes skyward in a fond motion, before he gave her a small little wave as a greeting. 

nonverbal starters //  currently   accepting  !  //  @spiraledheart

——    ✰        astro   considered   himself   a   very   positive   person ;  with   it   being   pretty   difficult   for   life   to   weigh   down   on   him.   even   if   things   were   bad,   astro   could   always   hold   onto   the   hope   that   tomorrow   might   be   better.  even   when   the   world   was   dark,   and   everyone   &   everything   seemed   to   be   against   him,  he   held   onto   his   hope   &   eventually,   he   prevailed. 

——    ✰        but   today   was   a  bit   different,  with   the   rather   bleak   state   of   everything   having   come   down   on   him   a   bit   harder   than   it   usually   did.   astro,   who   had   simply   been   planning   to   have   a   fun   day,   was   now   weighed   down   &   defeated;   simply   resigning   himself   to   lay   down   on   the   couch  for   the  majority   of   the   day. 

——    ✰        &   that   was   how   he   had   remained   for   a   majority   of   the  day,   simply   resigned   to   his   fate   of   half-sleep   for   the   entire   day,   until   his   sister meandered   her   way   to   the   couch,   deciding   to   elegantly   plop   herself   down   on   top   of   him   and   wrap   him   in   a   coil   hug. 

——    ✰        smiling   down   at   her,   he   shifts   in   order   to   wrap   his   arms   around   her   (   although   he’s  still   playing   the   game  )   &   rests   his   head   on   top   of   her   own   as   he   lets   out   a   soft   sigh  ;   seeming   to   relax   a   bit.  nelle   was   always   good   at   making   him   feel   better,  &   he   was   hopeful   his   sibling   would   stay   around   for   a   while   so   they   could   talk.  

The Rise of Skywalker Sentence Starters // ACCEPTING   ↳ @spiraledheart​​ said:  ❛ it’s going to be great. ❜

𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓, sitting back to admire their work. In almost no time at all, they’d granted Homeworld new life: young saplings, small yet enduring, peeked through the dirt, and a thin layer of grass staked its claim in land where before only gems had taken root. Two watering cans sat between them ( one for her, large enough to water a forest, and one suited for Spinel’s hands ) , empty now after a day of gardening. 

  “Well, there is plenty and more to do, Nelle.” still, what an odd thing to say; resting with legs folded & a single hand set against her chin as if in thought. To encourage Spinel to follow own example held both, positive & negative sides, yet the thought of someone rushing staying on the same path she had once trod prompted a sentiment that felt akin to a dagger in her side / a sting her her chest [growing; pressure making it hard to breathe. -- stop]. -- this would not do. Deem it a strange case of sympathy; of guilt.  “While Steven is gone, I mean.”

     Cue a meaningful pause, a heartfelt smirk given in petite encouragement; proud of own stance in that matter, proud of the excitement that plenty of options certainly prompted. Lo, she removes preferred left from her chin, now gesturing while she counted. “the theme park, the arcades, the roller skating rink. Why, your possibilities are endless. You simply need to decide what you want. -- I know, I know quite the daunting thought at first but! Certainly fulfilling once you get the metaphorical hang of it.“