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[tigermillionaire]

[Steven decides to make a network post, just to be sure he can settle this before it starts getting out of control. When he comes on screen he looks to be a child in ambiguous adolescence, except that he is entirely green, has curls of fuzzy moss for hair, and has plants growing all over his body in the place of any clothing. He looks a little bit disgruntled, but like he’s mostly keeping his patience.]

Hi, my name is Steven! Um...I guess I just thought I should clear some stuff up because Jasper doesn’t understand how babies are made because she’s a gem, so she thinks that I’m my mom, Rose Quartz...which I’m not, so...I mean I sort of am? But only a bit, and I don’t have her memories or anything, so you shouldn’t really call me by her name. She had to give up her physical form so I could be born so she isn’t really around anymore.

And, even if I was my mom, she wasn’t a war criminal! She was a rebel and a revolutionary and she loved everyone and stopped the gem homeworld from destroying the Earth! She was a good person and my whole family loved her, so you really shouldn’t listen to what Jasper or Peridot say about her because they’re wrong. They just think that way because the gems wanted to make Earth into a colony even if it would destroy all the life on it...it’s kind of a cultural thing? A lot of gems are just kind of like that I guess...

Um...and I’m “green now” because I was at another place before here where stuff was weird and kind of crummy...and so I don’t really look as human as I used to. It’s okay, though, don’t worry about it...I guess getting pulled between dimensions because of stuff happens a lot? Kind of scary!

Bluh. I think this was kind of a bad post...oh well. I’m happy to meet all of you guys even if this is sort of awkward, so...um...again, this is Steven, and um...have a good day!

Comments

[neveroutwrenched]

Aha, honestly...this explains a lot. [Like, seriously. A lot. Ratchet's not in the least surprised to find out that this confusion about Steven and "Rose Quartz" boils down to the gems not understanding CHILDREN. There's been plenty enough other road blocks of completely commonplace concepts before this.]

I'm thinking you're probably not gonna have to worry too much about this mix up...most people are pretty aware that the gems are, uh....you know. They look at things differently than a lot of the rest of the ship.

[He's trying to be diplomatic about this.]

[tigermillionaire]

Yeah, I think it's because they're not organic or anything...they just don't do a lot of the same stuff we do. Also I guess they have kind of a mean planet conquering empire that rules them? I just hope they get a bit nicer after being here for a while.

I'm not really that worried about it, but it just makes my kind of uncomfortable when they make that mistake about me and my mom. And I don't want people to think I'm dangerous like they did in the other place.

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[peridork]

I can see everything you two are posting, you know.

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[tigermillionaire]

that's okay, because i'm not trying to keep secrets anyway!

i know you don't understand all the same stuff that humans do but that doesn't mean you're bad or anything...i bet you could be a friend if you had the chance! there's some human stuff the crystal gems still don't understand either...

[peridork]

[All that other stuff kind of just washes over her. She's hung up on one point:]

Wait. Haven't the Crystal Gems been on Earth for thousands of years now? And you're telling me they still haven't gathered a sufficient amount of intelligence about the humans? I knew it, I knew they were stupid, clumpy clods!

[tigermillionaire]

see peridot this is exactly the kind of stuff i'm talking about :T

[peridork]

I don’t understand what you mean.

[neveroutwrenched]

peridot don't you have something you should be doing?

1/3

[peridork]

What? No.

2/3

[peridork]

Not that I'm aware of anyway. You know I always do all of my duties promptly and efficiently!

3/3

[peridork]

Wait. Are you indicating that I missed a memorandum of some sort?!

[tigermillionaire]

oh well if your not busy
we shoooulllldddd
go have ice cream instead!!
or something like that anyway
it would be way better than what we're doing right now.....

[peridork]

Absolutely NOT

[tigermillionaire]

why not??

[peridork]

BECAUSE, you're the enemy, you CLOD. Besides which I refuse to put any of that weird human-made substance in my oral cavity!

[tigermillionaire]

no i'm not!!
we're crewmates now!

[neveroutwrenched]

yeah peridot we're crewmates lighten up and eat some ice cream with us

[Ratchet doesn't even know what ice cream is.]

[peridork]

[Peridot does, but that's literally only because there was some at the reception when she first joined the ship. HANDY.]

I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO TAKE PART IN YOUR BIZARRE ORGANIC "ICE CREAM" RITUAL

[tigermillionaire]

we could do something else!
you can pick peridot
whatever you want
as long as we do it as a TEAM

[peridork]

I want to do NOTHING. WITH EITHER OF YOU! EVER!!!!!!

[neveroutwrenched]

oh real nice attitude peridot. i thought we were friends?

[vengeance_driven]

I don't think I get it.

But ah... sorry about your mother. Sounds like she made a pretty big sacrifice. Sounds like a good mother to me. I am not the right guy to judge war criminals or revolutionaries, but mothers? I can say with confidence it is a big job for them.

[As a relentless former soldier who is also a mama's boy, he should know.]

[tigermillionaire]

Yeah. I never got to know her but...I bet she would have been the best mom. I'm proud that she's still a part of me even if it makes things kind of hard sometimes.

[tigermillionaire]

YEAH!!

well i mean i never thought we were friends but i thought we COULD be friends so
my point stands!!

[vengeance_driven]

Most of the people I know who lost parents have a hard time. Even if it happens before they remember. It is not easy for them.

[tigermillionaire]

[He's a little unsure how to talk about this. It's not something he openly dwells on a lot, even though he thinks about it all the time.]

I just wonder about it a lot. My dad and the other gems have always taken really good care of me, but...

[It's a specific role that they don't exactly fill. He wishes he at least could have met the woman they all loved so much.]

People always say that I remind them of her. And I know they miss he a lot.

[peridork]

STOP TALKING TO ME!!!!!!!!!!

[vengeance_driven]

Hey, good though. They can tell you stories about her. And you got pretty good people taking care of you.

You know, a strange thing about these ships is sometimes people have a chance to speak with people they never expected to meet. Or at least send them a message. Maybe your mother could show up, or you could write down something for her in case she does.

[This idiot writes letters to his mother. Seems as good a solution as any.]

Is not the same, but still, it is a chance most people don't get.