StevenHey, Lars? why didn't you want to hang out with Sadie?
I see her at work. Why do I need to see her on my day off?
Steven
But aren't you gonna get married, and have kids, and name one of them after his uncle Steven?
Oh, let me think…No. Me and Sadie aren't getting married. We aren't even dating. And if she thinks we are, that's her problem.
Steven
You're lying! I know how you feel about Sadie!
You don't know what you're talking about, [squats down to Steven's height] so butt out! [walks off] Go annoy someone else. You little weirdo.
Steven
Why can't you just admit you love her?!
[slowly getting up] Mmm… Huh? Sadie? [gasps in shock as he notices everyone looking at him] How did I get here?! [stands up, panicking] What are you all doing here?!
But Steven really didn't mean to…
[furiously turns to Steven] You! What did you do?!
[Jenny, Sour Cream, and Buck rush in front of him, defending Steven]
Steven
[nervously] I spent the day…with my mind…in your body.
[Lars gasps in shock and screams in disgust]
Whoa. Where's your chill?
Buck is no longer pleased.
MMartha
I'm so sorry. He wasn't like this this morning.
I was acting weird all day and you all just LIKED IT?!
DDante
Please don't make a scene, Laramie.
[Steven and Connie lie down on a car hood by the "It's a Wash" car wash at night; Steven grumpily sighs]
Steven
Yes.
Steven
You don't seem mad.
[sits up] I'm thinking mad. I still feel like there's something big I want to say to him, you know? Something to make him think, like we're thinking.
Steven
Yeah. Too bad we can't just... race against him—to use the first place ribbon to wipe that smug look off his face!
But we're kids. Kids can't drive. That's against the law.
Steven
We weren't kids when we met Kevin.
[smirking] I smell what you're steppin' in.
Steven
Ew.
Ugh! Why do you have to be such a jerk all the time?!
The truth is, I don't mean to be this way. I-I just lash out because of my little brother. [inhales sharply, sighs] He's sick. Been sick all our lives. Sometimes I think if I act real cool and never let anyone see my pain, then maybe the pain will go away. And maybe... [covers face with his hand] I can take his pain away, too.
Steven
Kevin... I had no idea.
[Kevin starts sniffling with his hand still on his face; he slowly starts laughing idiotically]
Dude! I don't even have a brother! I'm like this because I think it's funny!
[amid the dark clouds, Steven sees Lapis on the stem of the boat staring at the ocean]
Steven
Lapis? Um... I have some not-so-good news. There's trouble with the engine, and we might be stuck out here for a while. [Lapis sighs. He pauses] I'm so sorry! This whole thing is my fault. I just wanted you to have fun, but e-everything's a mess. I-I shouldn't have made you come on this trip. [Lapis then walks to the right]
It's my fault. I'm the one to blame.
Steven
That's not true!
I'm really trying to enjoy it out here, but... I can't stop thinking about being fused as Malachite. How I used all my strength to hold her down in the ocean, and how I was always battling against Jasper to keep her bound to me.
Steven
But it's not like that anymore. You don't have to be with Jasper.
That's not it. I... I miss her.
Steven
[shocked] What?!
We were fused for so long.
Steven
But... she's terrible!
I'm terrible! I did horrible things! I-I broke your dad's leg, I stole Earth's ocean! Go on! Tell me I'm wrong!
All we have to do is follow these tracks. [takes a handful of snow and tastes it] Yeah. These are fresh. We trail it until it stops to rest.
Steven
Wow, Connie! You're a wilderness expert.
Well, I like to be prepared. When civilization collapses and this world ends, I need to be ready to build the new one.
Steven
Yeah. I guess if Homeworld invades Earth, things could get pretty crazy for humanity.
Forget Gems! Humans are already starting their own demise! Peak oils, Steven! How do we handle terminal decline without alternate energy sources?!
[confronting Amethyst] I came here to fight Rose, not some runt!
You think you can just keep showing up and picking fights with us? Hah! Why don't you get a life?!
Fighting is my life! It's what I was made for! [points at her] It's what you were made for too, runt!
So? I've got other stuff goin' on. I can fight JUST FINE!! [lashes her whip at Jasper, who catches it easily]
Well, then... let's see it!
[she pulls Amethyst holding her whip, kicks her, spin-dashes her numerous times on the sand. She struggles to get up in front of Jasper]
You're not even trying. Is it because you know you're already a failure? [Amethyst looks up at her] You're a quartz soldier, just like me. But you're not like me, are you?
[cut to show Steven, Connie and Lion fighting the corrupted gem monster; Jasper chuckles as Amethyst gets up]
You're small! [begins rapidly punching Amethyst, slamming her down; Steven sees them]
Steven
Amethyst?! [the monster lunges its hand near them]
Are you that desperate for troops, Rose, that you keep a defect like this?! [Amethyst slowly stands up]
Rose said... I'm perfect... the way I am!
Then she had low standards. [an enraged Amethyst charges at Jasper with her spin-dash] You... could've been me! [kicks Amethyst into the air, falls down as she watches Jasper face to face] And what are you instead? [Amethyst slams into the ground]
CSConnie/Steven
Amethyst! [a badly bruised Amethyst looks back at Jasper]
Steven
[loses to Amethyst on "Lonely Blade" video game] That was crazy good, Amethyst! Nice job!
Knock it off, Steven. I know you let me win.
Steven
[stammers] Wha— me? No, I— pfff... nooo... [Amethyst shuts TV off]
Steven
I'm sorry. I just wanted you to feel better.
Great, and now you're even more mature than me.
Steven
Amethyst?
You're supposed to be the rookie but now you're better than me at everything! [sighs] Now I'm the worst Crystal Gem.
Steven
Wha-what?
Ugh! [mutters] You know what I mean, Steven.
Steven
Uhh, not really! I thought you guys wanted me to be strong. An-and now I am, and you're mad at me?!
No! I get mad at myself! That's, ugh, the thing I do! I get mad at myself, and then it makes me suck at everything I do even more.
Steven
[sighs] Amethyst, you don't suck. You do so many cool things. You have two whips. Two whips! And the dash thing? Amethyst, you're so much better than me!
No way. You have Rose's shield, and bubble, and the floating thing, and— [grunts] I'd just be floating all day!
Steven
Floating? I forget to use that half the time! And the rest of the time my powers aren't even guaranteed to work! I'm... I'm way worse than you!
Steven
No way, I am! I'll prove it! I'll-I'll fight you, and show you how bad I am!
BBoth
Let the worst gem lose!!
[Steven and Amethyst lie down on the floor for a beat, they start up laughing amongst themselves]
Steven
What's wrong with us? [continues laughing]
Well, I know what's wrong with me. I'm not supposed to be small. And everyone's always acting like there's no problem. "You can be anything you wanna be!" No, I can't! [sighs] I can't even be the one thing I'm supposed to be, you know?
Steven
Of course I do. I'm... not Rose Quartz.
[hits her face] Oh no! Oh, Steven—
Steven
Why do you think I've been working so hard?
Steven
[chuckling, gets up] I sure hope so.
[Amethyst sees Steven holding out his hand to her, smiles. She swings her arm but misses, laughing; she misses again before she finally catches his hand. She gets up and laughs with Steven]
Thanks, Steven. [Pearl gasps in horror at the entrance]
What did you two do?! You've ruined the ruins!
Steven
I don't think we're gonna see the prize pouch for a while.
[Steven and the Gems take Bismuth to the strawberry battlefield]
Homeworld's final attack on Earth wiped out all of the Crystal Gems.
Rose was able to protect Garnet and myself, and by the looks of it, she was able to protect you as well. [Bismuth picks up a rusty battle-axe]
I knew those Homeworld elites were twisted. How many of us did they shatter? Crazy Lace? Biggs?! Snowflake?! If I was there, I-I coulda stopped it!!
It's not like they've stopped trying.
Homeworld still has its eyes on this planet.
We continue to thwart their plans over and over. [Steven runs over followed by Amethyst]
Steven
But they just keep coming back!
Good. I thought I wouldn't get another chance to show those upper-crusts who's boss! Let's show 'em what happens when you mess with the Crystal Gems! [slams battle-axe to the ground with a loud roar; Steven smiles]
Steven
Yeah.
Rose Quartz changed my life. I came to Earth thinking this was just another colony. Build another arena for important fighters to fight in, build another spire for important thinkers to think in, and then I met her. Just another quartz soldier, made right here in the dirt, but she was different. And she was different because she decided to be. And she asked me what I wanted to build, and I'd never heard that before. And Gems never hear they can be anything other than what they are, but Rose opened our eyes.
Steven
Everybody always tells me how great Mom was. I just don't feel like I can ever measure up to her. [Bismuth chuckles out loud]
I can't believe this... that I'm the one giving the pep talk to Rose's... Rose's...?
Steven
Son.
Right. You are different. That's what's so exciting. You don't have to be like Rose Quartz. You can be someone even better. You can be you. And you know what? You deserve an even better weapon.
[Steven walks to a severely injured Bismuth holding the Breaking Point]
Steven
Bismuth... this has to stop.
So what are you gonna do, shatter me?! [grabs Breaking Point to her gemstone] Go ahead! JUST DO IT!!!
Steven
..No! Even if we don't agree, nobody deserves this! [Bismuth pauses, yanks Breaking Point from Steven. He steps back, stops at Rose's sword, draws it out as Bismuth advances—SHING!!]
[for a long beat, Steven sees Bismuth impaled holding Rose's sword]
..You shoulda shattered me back then. At least if I were in pieces, I wouldn't have to know how little I mattered to you. You didn't even tell 'em. You bubbled me away and didn't ever tell your friends... My friends...
Steven
I'm going to tell them! I'm gonna tell them everything. [Bismuth takes in a surprise, chuckles in her tears]
Then you really are better than her.
[Inside the barn]
You did all this stuff on purpose? Like, you didn't just knock over a bunch of paint cans and go, "Eh, just leave it"?
Oh, no. This was all very intentional. You see, I had this idea: What if we made music, but instead of sounds, we use things!
Steven
Guys, that's art!
Art? That sounds ridiculous!
I've been calling it "meepmorp".
Let us show you our... morps. [chuckles]
[She shows them something made from her broken recorder, some cassettes and a blue ribbon]
This piece is called "Wow, thanks". It represents the struggles of intercommunication. The tape is the ribbon that binds our experience on Earth together. It has no functional purpose! It just makes me feel bad! [smiles proudly]
[Lapis shows them a baseball bat, mitt and ball hanging from a stick by string]
Here's my meepmorp. This is a baseball bat. It reminds me of when I played baseball. [walks backwards to a leaf sitting on a rock] This is a leaf that Steven gave me. It reminds me of the time Steven... gave me a leaf.
Steven
Hey, yeah, it reminds me of that too! [Peridot grins; Amethyst looks nauseated]
[Next is a TV with two mirrors attached, playing Percy in Camp Pining Hearts saying "I just feel trapped" over and over]
Steven
[worried] Is this one about... the thousands of years you spent trapped in the mirror?
No. I just really like that show.
Wow, Amethyst doesn't seem to understand morps at all.
Steven
No, it's something else. Amethyst found out…she's supposed to be just like Jasper.
Steven
Jasper took her down in a fight, and now she's obsessed with getting a rematch, to prove she's good enough.
Hmm. Amethyst, Ams, Big A. You are way better than Jasper!
What? Oh. [to Steven] What did you tell her?
Steven
I, uh…
What are you even doing comparing yourself to her? Oh, Amethyst, that's ridiculous. I should call you "Ridiculousthyst." [laughs] I mean, seriously, Amethyst and Jasper are two completely different Quartzes. Sure, you're both from Earth, but your Kindergartners are radically different.
Steven
What? Hold-- Hold on. What?!
Well, sure. Amethyst, you're from the Prime Kindergarten in Facet 5. She's from the Beta Kindergarten in Facet 9. Have you seen that place?
Oh. Well, maybe you should, so you could see how the other half was made… Poorly! [laughs] No, seriously. Let's go. You'll get a kick out of this.
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