entranceway | Voice } i think it's time you learned a little better, the nature of this silly little mess...

[this was in no way a good event for Peridot. oh, it had started out well enough, resistances, rebellion, standing up for the little guy, but it had all been wrong, and there for a brief moment, she was something she wasn't supposed to be. not in a metaphorical sense either. in a very real, very horrifying sense.

and then it was over. and she was back to being a gem, as if it had never happened, and was she supposed to forget that? forget that form, that body when she could remember it clearly. this is probably not bothering anyone else, but it's bothering her, and she isn't sure how to bring it up or discuss it or anything.

so she goes to her own stand-by... being bitter.]

Log Date... [she pauses, suddenly realizing she has no idea what the date even is anymore, and then goes on.] Undated Log zero-dash-zero-dash-one.

This is a public transmission from Peridot. Full designation "Peridot Facet-2F5L Cut-5XG," a gem formerly of Homeworld and currently of Earth. Allied with the Crystal Gems. [a snort escapes her- the sound pained] See that's the important word there- Gem. That's what I am. I can deny and change my intended purpose until my form dissipates, but I can't stop being a gem, am I right?

[another noise, this one more pained than the last.] As the last few days will attest, I am not right. At all. It seems whatever machinations Wonderland has in place cannot only take our memories, toy with our minds and sense of reality, and keep us locked on this miserable planet that's a poor copy of Earth, but it can also change our entire make-up on a whim. And who's to say it has to change us back? Are there people who've been stuck like this? [her voice rises, hysterical in pitch] Is this why there's a lizard that talks?? I've never seen a lizard that can speak on Earth! They just crawl around and do things with their tongues! I know, because I followed one around for most of an Earth cycle once out of sheer boredom! Maybe he was once a human, and Wonderland decided, "Why don't I just make him a lizard? It'll be great!"

[she stops mid-rant, unsure of where she was even going with this. she's fine. it's okay. she just... needed to vent about it. publicly. now the healing can begin?

right?]

Talking about what makes you feel bad is supposed to make it go away, right? Why isn't it working?

[maybe because that isn't at all talking about it, Peri.]

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I don't know! You're all mostly human! You're in better touch with your "feelings" than I am.

[hrmph] It's a minor consolation, but I suppose it'll do.

You don't know much about humans, do you?

[In touch with their feelings. lol yeah sure some of them maybe.]

I know enough.

[SO OFFENDED!!! SHE'S ONLY LIVED AROUND THEM FOR MONTHS NOW.

SURELY SHE IS NOW AN EXPERT.]

[You've lived around HALF a human Peridot oh my god.]

A lot of humans are pretty terrible at emotions.

[half a human and...]

The humans on Camp Pining Hearts make it seem like emotions are all that happens when groups of them are together. Wonderland has only really proven that theory.

[except really most of the people she knows are only good at feeling NEGATIVE FEELINGS INTENSELY, and she relates to that.]

Okay, has anyone given you the talk about TV and real life not being the same thing? [She hasn't heard of Camp Pining Hearts, but it sure sounds like a soap opera.]

I know it's a fabrication of Earth reality, but it still seems to be accurate to my observations. Humans act embarrassing around anyone they're even remotely interested in pairing off with, regardless of whether or not such a match would benefit either of them.

[grumbles] Much like that clod Percy and his obsession with someone as useless as Paulette.

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[...yeah, that much she's not wrong about. Pidge hasn't really thought about... pairing off much, but she is friends with Lance. She knows how embarrassing humans can get.]

Yeah, amazingly people don't really use logic in choosing a... um, person to pair with.

It's exceedingly simple if you just observe behavioral patterns and skillsets. And humans think they're so brilliant. [she snorts.] I admire Earth for many things, but no other planet is better at over-complicating everything.

In fact, given enough time, especially if the Wonderclods are really so hard-pressed to smash their faces together, I could come up with a chart that pairs them all off in the most efficient way possible.

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Not exactly the most romantic way of looking at it. [But probably pretty funny.] What makes you think anyone would go along with it?

Because I'm intelligent and rational and clearly know what I'm talking about.

All right, this I'd love to see. Consider yourself challenged.

[A beat.]

But as the challenger and an impartial observer, I can't be a part of the experiment. It would mess with the science.

[And also it's way funnier when it's happening to other people than when it's happening to you.]

Fine. I'll just limit myself to the people I've most frequently observed and interacted with to produce accurate results.

Just keep me in the loop. I want to know your results.

[smugly] With pleasure. [nyeh-heh-heh-heh-heh.]