GarnetI don't understand. That thing has laid dormant since we found it.
I haven't heard a Wailing Stone activate since we used them for the rebellion, and I've never heard it sound like that!
Garnet
Someone is trying to send us a message.
But who?! We've rounded up all the Wailing Stones on Earth, and we're not sending this message to ourselves! Unless... Amethyst, is this a prank?!
No way! I want it to stop!! I DON'T LIKE IT!!
Garnet
If it's not coming from Earth, then a Gem must be sending this message from space.
Is that... what some Gems sound like?
No, no. We should be hearing a voice. Maybe this signal is too advanced for the Wailing Stone to process. That would explain the distorted audio.
..Audio? My daddy-o knows audio!
Garnet
Don't whine. Let's try it.
[appears as a visualization on video] Steven!
I can't believe my flipping eyes!
Garnet
Everyone, listen up!
I hope you're able to hear this. There's a Gem that's looking for you. She even knew your name! I don't know how... I didn't tell her, I swear! She's on her way to Earth... and she's not alone! Steven, Homeworld... it's not the way it used to be. Everything here is so advanced! I can't even understand it. There's no way anything on Earth can stand up to it. Please, don't put up a fight. It'll only lead to devastation!
[Video suddenly cuts to static; The group pauses for a beat]
[worried] It's Peridot. She must be talking about Peridot.
Lapis... she sounds so unhappy.
What's wrong with the microwa—ow!! [grumbles] What is the meaning of this?! [knocking on door] Huh? [walks to the door, opens it] Mayor Dewey?
MDMayor Dewey
Hello there, young Universe. Any of your... sisters home?
MDMayor Dewey
Your caretakers, you know. The tall one, the purple one, the hot one? [Steven stares for a beat] Look, the power's out and I've been mayor long enough to know they had something to do with it.
MDMayor Dewey
Is there anyone else I can talk to about this?
Coming! [walks to him with the robonoid] Oh, can I help you?
MDMayor Dewey
Yes... oh, hi! Uh, Beach City is currently experiencing a widespread power outage— [the robonoid sparks]
Oh, don't worry about that. The power should be back on as early as tonight, or as late as... never.
MDMayor Dewey
Never coming back!?!
MDMayor Dewey
No, no, no! It has to come back! The people of Beach City can't handle a situation like this! They need their electronic distractions so they won't notice that this town is a magnet for disaster!!
Oh, don't be dramatic. I saw humans get on fine without power for millennia. You used to hunt and gather. [chuckles] What happened to that?
MDMayor Dewey
You don't understand! Sure, things seem calm now in the light of day, but when the sun goes down, so does... the town.
[beat] He's right. Mayor Dewey, this is our responsibility. We'll help you clean up this mess.
Garnet
[inside] No, we won't! [Pearl goes back inside]
I'll help you clean up this mess.
MDMayor Dewey
Okay. But you're not getting paid.
Garnet
Steven, get out of here!
Garnet
I won't let you risk your life!
[tearing up] But this is my home, and you're all my family! [his gem glows]
I'm… I'm a Crystal Gem TOO! [jumps in front of the firing beam from the ship and summons out Rose's shield, protecting the Gems and himself]
[turns around in shock] That shield! That symbol! [Steven collapses to the ground after his shield dispels] You! You have the power of Rose Quartz!
Now do you believe I needed an escort?
Fire a barrage, widespread! [to Steven after the ship fires a cut line across the beach] Rose, why do you look like that? Why are you so weak?
It wasn't relevant to the mission!
Forget about the mission!
Yellow Diamond needs to see this... thing.
Garnet
No whining. We need to start cleaning up the debris.
Garnet's right. People are already coming back into town!
We've got to keep them off the beach. If any humans got access to Gem technology, [shuts blinds] they could really hurt themselves. Maybe we should shut them out... for good.
You know... we did once have a fence. Let's get a new one—with barbed wire!
This time, let's build a moat. I could be... [shapeshifts her head] the crocodi-i-ile!! Jazz hands!
Garnet
No.
You always say you'll be the crocodile, but you never commit!
Garnet
No fence either.
Garnet
Steven needs to see his father and his friends.
No, I don't! I can't keep clinging to the vestiges of my humanity. It's time I got serious. [his phone starts ring-toning again] Errh!
Steven, why is your communication device playing that song?
It's Connie, trying to call me... but I can't face her anymore.
So... you're just going to ignore her forever?
It's the responsible thing to do.
[sees thru blinds] It's gonna be hard, 'cause she's coming up the steps right now.
What's going on?! Who is this stranger?
He's not a stranger, he's Uncle Grandpa!
[Uncle Grandpa honks his nose]
So that would make him Greg's brother… and father?
Garnet
That would explain a lot.
BBBelly Bag
That's right! He's not just your Uncle Grandpa, Steven. He's everyone in the world's Uncle Grandpa! And when he comes to town, you're sure to have a fun time.
[All their heads circle around the Earth in space]
[laughing] We're in space!
Garnet
[huddling up with Pearl and Amethyst] Gem huddle!
Obviously, we're dealing with some sort of super powerful, reality-warping entity.
Garnet
He could be a danger to the fabric of space itself.
I don't know, guys. I kinda like him.
[huddling in] Hey! What are you guys talking about?
[also huddling in] Are you forming a secret club? [a clone of himself appears] Can we join too?
[The Gems run frantically across the plot hole many times, stop for a breather]
Garnet
There's got to be some way out of here.
[extremely panicked] WE'LL NEVER ESCAPE!! THIS IS OUR NEW HOME!
Garnet
Pearl you're overreacting.
I'M NOT OVERREACTING! [runs around screaming crazily until she crashes into Amethyst]
Hey, where's Steven? [Pizza Steve walks in dressed like Steven]
PSPizza Steve
Lookin' for me, Pizza Steven Universe? [Pearl gasps, cowers behind Garnet]
Ah, nice! [eyes on Pizza Steve]
PSPizza Steve
Whoa, hold on!
Pizza!! [chases Pizza Steve offscreen]
PSPizza Steve
Don't eat Pizza Steve! [munching noises]
[Amethyst walks back on, putting on Pizza Steve's sunglasses from out of her mouth]
Garnet
Okay, I'm ready for this episode to end. [stomps her foot on the ground, causing the plot hole to crack and shatter, leaving them back at the beach]
[They see Steven, Uncle Grandpa, Lion, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger having a tea party]
[sighs] I'm sorry I couldn't help you learn to use your shield, Steven.
It's okay, Uncle Grandpa. I had a lotta fun today.
Garnet
Get away from that man!
[Amethyst hisses and growls]
Hey, cut it out, guys. He's done enough already.
GGems
[diving towards Uncle Grandpa while beating him up] FINISH HIM!!!
[rushing in as a chibi] No, don't hurt him! [lets out a small fart; in slow-motion] STOP!!!!!! [his gem begins to glow and halts the Gems, in shock and surprise, with his shield] Whoa! [turns to Uncle Grandpa] I did it, Uncle Grandpa! I really did it!
Protecting him activated Steven's powers?!
Garnet
He must really care about this stranger.
I hope he didn't care about that pizza.
Listen! It was a big, weird surprise when Uncle Grandpa showed up here today. We've never met anyone like Uncle Grandpa, but you can't just attack people you don't understand. You have to stick up for them, and listen to what they have to say. You guys always do that for me.
[blushing with tears in her eyes, feeling guilty and sorry] Steven, you're right. [cries emotionally] HOW CAN I BE SO BLIND?! I'M SORRY!
I also apologize for Pearl.
Garnet
Thank you, you taught us a valuable lesson, Uncle Grandpa.
[Steven rushes to the Beach House]
Garnet
Steven!
It's an emergency! You have to help me take down all the shirts and stop Buck from making more!
Have the shirts come to life and and possessed the bodies of their wearers?!
Are people catching on fire when they put on the magic shirts?
Are the shirts destroying the wearer's will to continue on in this mortal coil, thereby shutting down Beach City!?!
NOOOOO!!! They're— they're just... using my art in a way I don't agree with.
Garnet
Ah, we'll pass.
What?! But— but I really need your help!
Steven, this sounds like a very abstract problem.
It's not something we can punch!
Garnet
You must learn to help yourself. That's how you become stronger. [shades sparkle]
APAmethyst/Pearl
Good point, good point. / Oh, absolutely.
You figure something out, Steven!
Yes! Why not dust off those conflict resolution skills?
Garnet
Let your problem be known, then you can work towards an understanding.
Oh... I'll make them understand. I'll make them all understand... [leaves]
Garnet
I didn't mean to upset you.
Then will you go out with me?
Garnet
No!
But I've loved you since the moment I saw you.
Garnet
Love at first sight doesn't exist. Love takes time and love takes work. At the very least, you have to know the other person. And you literally have no idea who or what I am. [shades glimmer]
But I bloom for you like— like a... camellia... under moonlight?
Garnet
No, you don't! [long beat] You make a very convincing lovesick fool. You convinced these children. [adjusts her shades] You even convinced yourself. [smiling] You're a fantastic actor.
[beat] ..What am I supposed to do now?
Garnet
Start with local theater. [slaps Jamie's back, then walks away. Connie and Steven walk closer to him]
Yeah. That was some pretty solid advice.
Were those more letters you wrote to Garnet?
No. That was the mail I was supposed to deliver on my last route.
[beat] We'll help you pick it all up.
Garnet
This is not a good choice for your form.
Lighten up, Garnet. Can't you take a joke?
Garnet
It's not funny. You've made yourself ridiculous.
Garnet
Keep your voice down! The creature...
Hrrr... You wanted me to be more like Pearl, and now I am!!
Garnet
[low voice] Pearl would've taken her regeneration seriously!
WHAT DO YOU CARE!?! MY FORM IS MY BUSINESS!!
Garnet
It's my business when it affects the strength of the team!!
..So what?! I'm not strong enough?! [gets dragged by the Slinker]
ARE YOU SAYING... I'M WEAK?!?! [poofs again; Steven catches her gemstone]
Is it weird I'm getting numbed to this?
[belly laughs] Wow, Garnet! That is the funniest thing I've ever heard!
Garnet
Garnet, master of comedy.
Hehehe... Yo, Steven. [pretend-yells] WHY ARE YOU STANDING THERE ALL SAD LIKE THAT?!?!
W-well... Connie is taking sword fighting lessons from Pearl, but I think it's getting a little too serious. She wants Connie to do all this dangerous stuff for me.
Garnet
That makes sense.
Garnet
Back during the war, Pearl took pride in risking her destruction for your mother. She put Rose Quartz over everything — over logic, over consequence, over her own life.
[Pearl and Rose switch to Connie and Steven, respectively. She charges at the enemy before cutting to Steven's horrified face]
I have to do something!! Thanks for telling me that, bye!!
Garnet, you don't think Peridot would come looking for us, do you?
Garnet
We weren't her priority. She was sent here to do something in the Kindergarten.
Do you think she's still going to try to reactivate it?
Garnet
Mm. If she gets it back up and running, the Injectors will turn back on.
Injectors? What're those?
You've already seen them. [projects hologram from her gemstone] Well, you've seen them disabled. If Peridot reactivates them, they'll pick right up where they left off, planting gems in the crust of the Earth, where they'll incubate and suck the life right out of the ground. We can't let Peridot restart Gem production here. If we do... [sighs] the entire planet will become…
Garnet
Janked.
Garnet! [laughs] That mouth! [sniggers]
Garnet
Don't worry. We'll stop her.
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