These are the warps that once connected us to other planets. If something tried to come from space, it would be through here. But wait—this warp pad is broken! Marked inactive by the very depressed cartoon breakfast sticker you placed here yourself!
[walks up to Steven] Look, Pearl's right, like usual. Ugh... you get used to it. [Garnet places hand on Steven's head; Steven moves her hand off him]
Steven[beat] Well... I guess so.
[Steven places his hand beside the "Crying Breakfast Friends" sticker; the Gems all sigh]
Oh, man! Finally! That took all day.
It was important to make Steven feel secure.
Yes, Steven feels much better now. [Steven starts losing his temper even further]
Steven
I'm a little tired... of you guys telling me how I feel!! I know I saw something outside the stream!
SPSteven/Pearl
Why is it so hard to just "listen to Steven"?! / You don't tell me what I already know! [continue arguing]
..Uh, this is new. I kinda like it.
Steven, you just don't know what you're talking about.
Steven
It sounds like... maybe... YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!
[cuts them off] Okay, Steven, that's enough. Let it go.
Steven
I don't get it! I thought I almost had it.
Nobody expects you to be able to perform fusion right away, Steven.
Yeah! It's really hard, even for us.
We'll keep working on the dance for now, and who knows, in a few years... I wonder though if Steven's body is capable of fusion. Fusion merges the physical forms of Gems, but Steven is half-human. He's organic.
Steven
Organic?
Aw, come on! It's Steven! Who knows what's gonna happen? [laughing out loud]
Well, I think Steven can do it.
Steven
[holds the Sea Spire statue, sighs] I... I'm really sorry I forgot it on our mission that time.
Steven
If I had just remembered to pack it, then maybe the Sea Spire would still be around. But now it's gone forever 'cause of me.
Well, yeah, but... Don't worry about it, guy.
You did your best on that mission and that's what counts.
Steven
But the Sea Spire! It was a special, important Gem... place!
[walks to Steven] Oh, Steven, no, no, no. If the Spire had been crucial, we wouldn't have used it as a test for you. It's fine, really.
Steven
[beat] ..Test? What do you mean, "test"?
[Garnet and Amethyst glance at each other. Pearl gets worried with thunderous sounds]
Uhh... well, it wasn't really a "test", per se—not in the traditional sense... We just wanted to see if you were ready to go on missions.
Steven
..That's exactly what a test is!
Steven, it wasn't something we planned behind your back. We just saw an opportunity and—
Steven
[gasps] And I failed it! [long beat] I failed the test...
No way, you got at least a 50 percent.
Oh! And you had that raft so we didn't have to swim home? That's a solid 75—not failing at all! Besides, that Spire was in much worse shape than we thought. It should have been even easier.
Steven
[beat] ...I FAILED AN EASY TEST!?!
[sweating] That's not what I meant! I—
Steven
No! I need another test! A hard one!
[pause] But, Steven... you've come so far.
Steven
Let me prove it! Test me! Test me!!
Steven
I... can't believe it. Arrgh!! "It won't be easy. Good luck, you're gonna need it!" [beat] How am I supposed to prove myself if you guys keep—
[heard offscreen] What's taking him so long?
I didn't think mine was very difficult. [Steven observes the Gems in the distance] Do you think he hurt himself?
There's no way. It's impossible for him to fail.
Uggh. So what's the point?
The point is that he's come so far. He can make Rose's bubble and he's pulled out Rose's shield twice, but he's lost his healing powers. We have to give him another success. He can't lose his confidence like that again!
[Pearl and Amethyst remain silent for a long beat]
Yeah. You can't control him, and he shouldn't be taking advice from me, and we don't have Rose to tell us what to do!
But he needs us to show him how to be a Gem!
Steven is not just a Gem. If there's never been anything or anyone like Steven... we don't know what he needs.
[Steven trips on a tennis ball going downstairs that sends him flying before being catched by Garnet]
Steven
Ah! Garnet!
Good morning to you, Steven.
Steven
Boy, I sure am lucky you showed up when you did. [Garnet puts him down]
Luck's got nothing to do with it.
Steven
Wait... what do you mean by that?
Aw, don't worry about it.
Steven
No, seriously! How do you always know when to be?
[holds MC Bear-Bear] Mmm... I don't think you can handle that information.
Steven
Are you gonna tell me something cool about yourself? [smiles excitedly]
Steven
Aw, come on! I'm a b— large... man now!
Well... I guess you could say that I have a sort of... future vision. [shades glimmer] I'm able to see possible outcomes to most situations—which comes in handy since you seem to attract a lot of danger.
Steven
Well, danger is my middle name.
That's a lie. Your middle name is cutie pie. [touches his nose]
Steven
Hahh!
Steven
[enters the Big Donut] So, what would happen if I said hi to Sadie?
The most probable outcome is that Sadie will say hi back.
Steven
Hmm... Hi, Sadie!
Steven
[chuckles] Aw, that was an easy one. What would happen if... [points to Lars at the coffee machine] I said hi to my BFF, Lars? Our friendship is deep but complicated. So the outcome of this experiment is waaaay unpredictable!
I see a single potential future where Lars gives you a high five. [starry-eyed Steven gasps at Garnet] And two more potential futures where you suffer third-degree burns all over your body.
Steven
A high five... from Lars! [runs to him] Hi, Lars!
[a startled Lars suddenly throws the coffee jar up high and falls down onto Steven before Garnet blocks it with coffee all over her body]
Criminy! Are you okay?! That coffee was really hot!
I drink coffee for breakfast. [absorbs coffee with her body]
Steven
Eh-heheheheh... Funny!
Steven! Get off the roof!
Steven
No! [lightning crashes] If something is going to happen to me... just let it happen.
Steven! You don't understand!
Steven
No, you don't understand! Everything I do shoves me violently towards the end! The more I know, [kneels down with his hands in the air] the more I know that I don't know! I can't live like this! Why did you tell me about future vision?! What's going to happen to me on the roof?!
Steven
Wh...what?!
I knew you might do this if I told you about my power. I saw this, and I told you anyway.
Steven
But... why?!
I took a risk at your expense! There was a chance you'd understand this so we'd be closer! [takes off her shades] Steven, I see so many things that can hurt you. [closeup on three-eyed Garnet in the rain] I should never have let one of them be me.
[Steven pauses for a beat, Garnet puts her shades back on]
There are millions of possibilities for the future, but it's up to you to choose which becomes reality. Please understand! You choose your own future.
Steven
I do understand! I— [lightning crashes] ..What am I doing? [beat] I guess I can't really... see a future for myself up here.
[Steven slides down the roof, runs to Garnet and embraces her]
Steven
I'll watch out for myself from now on.
[for a beat, Garnet gazes at the dark clouds and blocks a lightning bolt which is about to hit Steven]
Steven
What was that?
Steven
It's time to get moving, time for us to have some fun
There's no time to hang around, our adventure's just begun
We'll be thinking 'bout our friends as we chase the setting sun
BBoth
But we're leaving them behind, we're on the run.
SASteven/Amethyst
(We're on the run) I don't care about what all the others say
(We're on the run) Well, I guess there are some things that will just never go away
(We're on the run) I wish that I could say that there's no better place than home
[together] But home's a place that I have never known
That's why we're on the run.
[Steven pushes rubble to clear the entrance of Amethyst's hole, where she sits down sulking]
Steven
Amethyst!
Go away! I'm bad and you shouldn't be around me.
Steven
What? That's ridiculous! Look, I don't know what any of this really means, but I—
Yeah, you don't. 'Cause if you did, you wouldn't be talking to me. [Steven pauses for a beat, turns to Pearl]
Steven
Pearl, get in here. You gotta help me.
Steven
You have to talk to her.
[Pearl slides in next to Amethyst in her hole with Steven watching]
Amethyst? [closeup on Amethyst's tearful face] ..Amethyst, I-I had no idea you've been upset about this.
What?! You had no idea?! [scoffs] This is, like, my entire existence! You want to pretend that none of this ever happened! You think I'm just a big mistake!!
[gasps] No, no, Amethyst! You're not the mistake. You're just the byproduct of a... big mistake. [beat] No, that's not— I... I just never thought of this as you. None of this is your fault! You didn't build this place! I... I'm sorry, Amethyst. I hope you can forgive me. You're the one good thing that came out of this mess. I always thought you were proud of that.
[Steven, Lars, and Ronaldo head down into the lighthouse basement and find a pulsing flesh-like structure with Lars' name carved on the wall]
[to Lars; coldly] It should have been you.
It took her, but it should have been you, Lars!
Steven
Whoa! Hold on, Ronaldo.
Steven
[holding up a gemstone] It's a gem!
[The gem glows, enveloping the place in a bright light, and begins to project a holographic flashback of Ronaldo and Lars as kids]
This is the perfect clubhouse for the Beach City Explorer Club! [laughs]
Secret clubhouse, right, Ronnie? [makes mouth zipping motions] Zip!
[The group watches as Steven laughs and Lars groans]
Lars, you're a riot! [gets startled by scraping noises] Dude!
[using a screwdriver to etch his name on the wall] Just carving our names in. Pretty metal, huh? [sticks the screwdriver into the wall, causing the whole place to rumble]
Weird… [quickly snaps a photo of a wooden board springing outwards from the wall, knocking Young Lars away] Holy smokes! The clubhouse is possessed! [runs over to Lars and shows him the photo] Lars, Lars! When you turn on the TV tomorrow, this is what's gonna be on every station!
[nervously sweating] B-B-But— But you said this was secret.
Our first paranormal discovery! We're gonna take on the world together!
Um… Let me just… Uh, I'll just, uh… [begins ripping the photo into pieces]
[gasps in horror] No! What are you doing?! No-no-no-no-no-no!
I'm just tearing myself out.
Stop! [grabs Lars and reaches for the remains of the photo] Let me… see! [yanks Lars' arm down and retrieves the torn photo] What'd you do? Ohh!
Oh, come on, Ronnie… You know I can't let people see me like that.
What?! What's the matter with you?! [angrily shoves him] Don't you know how important this was?! [he and Young Lars begin wrestling; Young Lars steps on his foot and starts to run away] Why do you care so much about what other people think?!
[tearing up, angrily] You wouldn't say that if you knew what other people say about YOU!
[Ronaldo gets visibly angry as he watches while Lars cowers in shame]
[after Young Lars runs away and disappears] Lars? [also disappears]
[The flashback projection from the gem ends]
Steven
Okay, shh. I've got you. When you were stuck in the wall, was the house like your body? You must have felt like you were under attack back when Lars carved his name in you.
Steven
Uh, sorry. We should let it rest. [bubbles the gem and sends it away to The Burning Room in the temple]
So, all that lashing out was just from feeling hurt and trapped for so long.
[talking about the photo] I didn't mean to rip it up, okay? [looks away] You can stop talking about me now.
What's that? I'm missing the fireworks! It's past midnight! How did I get so sucked into this show again?! It's like everything else just disappears! Ugghh!! [leaves]
[grabs his hand] Whoa, whoa, don't go! We're having a really good time! Here, look. I got the two-part Hawaii special.
But... Steven really wanted me to do New Year's.
He'll be fine! He's Steven, he's tough.
Here, here, it would've been like this. [shapeshifts into Steven] Whoa, fireworks! [guffaws] Hey, Dad, come on! Now let's watch some Li'l Butler!
Amethyst, you know how I feel about shapeshifting.
..Geez, sorry! I was just trying to cheer you up. [shapeshifts into Greg, leans on him] Oh, that's right, I forgot, you're sooo sensitive!
I know you like making me uncomfortable, but it's not funny. I can't stay here and humor you. I have to be there for my son!
[Amethyst goes stiff for a beat before turning back to normal in a fit]
Well, what about me, huh?! I had someone who was always there for me until she started hanging out with YOU!!
Don't do this, Amethyst. Seriously.
I bet you'd stay for her!
What? Do this? [shapeshifts in Rose Quartz, Greg turns away] Hey, Greg! [laughs, with Steven watching] Turn around! Check it out!
I know you're doing it! I want to be friends again, I really do! But I can't let you do this to me again!
Steven
[runs atop the couch] STOP!!
[Amethyst looks right at Steven as Rose. Steven's eyes widen in horror and shuts his eyes. The television suddenly cuts to static and Amethyst turns back to herself with Greg, terrified]
Steven
What are you two doing?! [long beat] ..I get it. It's hard to deal with stuff from the past. You want to put it off because there's tons of it and it's really heavy and... it means a lot to you, so it's hard to let anything go. But you gotta! Because this thing is FULL!! [picks and throws cat carrier] Seriously, when did you even have a cat?!
[Steven warps to the desert where Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst start brawling another giant marble robot]
Stop—coming—here, you—stupid—balls!!
Yeah, let it out! Get crazy!! Whoa!
Steven
Guys, guys, guys! [flailing his arms] Stop!! How many more of these things are you gonna have to fight?!
We don't know! They just keep coming and coming, and we don't even know what they are! We don't know anything!!
Steven
[beat] That's okay. I don't know anything all the time. It's like my whole life. But I have you guys to tell me about tell me about Gem stuff, Connie can explain what Familiars are, and Dad tells me weird dad stuff.
But nobody knows what these things are here to do.
Steven
Well... it probably does.
Steven
We could follow it and see where it goes.
Who knows what could go wrong?!
We can't keep fighting these things forever. Well, we can, but I don't want to. Let's do it Steven's way.
Steven
Yeah! [sings] Let's follow the funky flow!
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