war gem

“You’re back! Was it fun, did you find anything  interesting-did you miss me?”   

Her body stiffens a bit as his sturdy, little body collides with her middle, briefly knocking a bit of air out of her lungs. Then she erupts in laughter and drapes one arm around his shoulders, loosely holding him close. ❛ Of course I missed you. But don’t worry, ❜ she starts drawing away from him to walk towards the couch, ❛ you didn’t miss out on a great adventure. Not much happened at all. ❜

      ‘  honestly , it all depends on the publication . some are rather entertaining , i dare say ; while others  —- well , lets just say accuracy was never the intended purpose .  ‘  he assumes it to be safe to say that simply stating himself to be an angel of the lord has little meaning to those with no knowledge of the lord nor of angels . ‘  i reckon i am a — field agent , of sorts . with a very – remote , yet omnipresent boss . awfully boring business , once you get down to it . ‘ all too curious of the stranger , he quickly changes the subject , barely containing the urge to eagerly bounce his heels . ‘  you speak of others , are there many of you ? pray forgive me if it is rude to ask , but i cannot help but to be very curious . i’m afraid it has been a — long time since anything unfamiliar crossed my path . ‘

This man seems very trustworthy, and while Pearl would’ve been hesitant to share any information about gems to humans, this man is exactly not a man. She supposes it’s alright, as long as she keeps it vague and doesn’t expose any weaknesses. Especially since avoidance might edge him on. ❛ How many, I am not exactly sure. There is not a fixed number. Here, on Earth, we are ... not a lot. Most gems are in Homeworld, far away from Earth, further than anyone but gems can reach, really. ❜ There is a possibility of other creatures finding them, yes, but she doesn’t want him to know that, in case he has bad intentions after all. She has been through one too many near death experiences to wish an extra one upon herself.

♡ YOU’RE GOING TO BE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY  

             a soft hand reciprocates her greeting as he eagerly listens to her explanation . how truly marvelous , he would not claim to know all things ( err , well , theoretically he does . but all things is an awful lot of  —  things , and he only has the security clearance to actively remember some twelve percent . perhaps world saving gemstones are above his pay - grade . ) but he did think of himself as quite the veteran within the Apocalypse Reversing Genre , and quite frankly he’d greatly appreciate knowing if the world was  – - well , ending . ‘  oh , well , ‘ he scurries slightly , as to squeeze his little confession in between her rushed sentences , ‘  i’m not strictly human , either . not at all , as a matter of fact . i reckon i’m in a —- whole different ballpark . ever heard of the bible ?  ‘    

Her squeeze is a little too tight for normal standards, but of course Pearl is none the wiser. She smiles broadly when it is revealed that she was correct in her first assumption of the person in front of her not being human. Her gut was right in that sense, then. ❛ The Bible? ❜ she echoes, and purses her lips in deep thought. ❛ I believe I have heard the word before, I’m not sure where, though. ❜ Her brow furrows, until a victorious smile breaks through. ❛ Ah! One time, Garnet and Steven and I were in a bigger town, and some friendly people carrying signs recommended Garnet and I read the Bible. Come to think of it, we never did. Is it any good ?? ❜

       ‘ — it’s not a beard , it’s just a - – well , –  ‘  he pauses , if only to collect himself . there were times when he momentarily forgot about such terribly mundane things as facial hair , or when he was — frightfully busy with —- other things , and simply did not have the time to pay attention to the whims of a human vessel  . still , he is well aware of humans and their norms of hygiene , and has the social competence to look sheepish about it . ‘  ‘ts only a bit of a – scruff . either way i have never understood the fright of hair , it is hardly unhygienic , you were all plenty thankful for it when you lot slept on cold rocks .  ‘  

She blinks slowly and raises her hands to hold her head. I wish Garnet were here. Pearl is just ... a pearl. ❛ But we are rocks. Gems. ❜ She points to the gem lodged snugly into her forehead, frustrated. ❛ Why would we sleep on other gems ?? And why would we sleep at all ?? Yes, Amethyst enjoys it, but even she doesn’t sleep on other gems. ❜

Pearl and her new gf  💕