Lars looks determined
"Okay! Listen up do not keep your eyes off them, take them one by one and do not let them break the line of it will be a carnage, this is very dangerous mission so stay alert, because they do bite!"
Sourcream looks confused
"Lars c'mon. You can't be serious?"
Sadie looks to confirm
"Yeaah... nope. I drop frosting a while back and they nearly took my hand with it!"
Jenny looks unfazed
"Jeez sounds like every Friday the me. Nothing we can't handle"
From doing a group song earlier to now helping distributing sweets and pies.
Sadie - Not that I'm against refreshing my bakery memories but couldn't Mr Dewey get some new employees?
Mr Dewey - Hey maybe if I was given more than just two days which I put into baking all these beauties here! I was also lucky that many gems helped to get this all here. Our budget hurt a lot.
Steven couldn't say much on that due to late timing.
Still Steven looks kind of relieved, all of them together, especially with Lars' comedic sarcasm.
Steven - Okay guys I count on you! Gotta go!
When he said the gems were eager to get a taste he didn't joke, multiple gems especially Quartzes and Amethysts ran up to them fast.
Feels like they're being overrun.
"I WANT A PIZZA CAKE!"
"AWW COME ON!"
"HEY! I WANTED THAT ONE!"
"DONNUT CAKE! DONNUT CAKE!"
"SWEET PIRATES! SWEET PIRATES!"
Buck - Okay okay everyone get in line!
Sadie - Eesh Shep I hope you catch up!
Shep - I do all I can! Wait someone is cutting in-
A certain rule loving gem got in the middle of the crowd and gets in front of them.
Lars - Holly Agate?
Holly - In light and form, I'd like to have your "chocolate pizza cake" for a special person.
"-BUT HOLLY, IT'S MY TURN!-"
Spinel - And that's your plan?
Nora - Just imagine that the crowd is made of your friends like Steven or your rubies even Blue Diamond. I mean you don't feel tense around Connie right?
Spinel looks to Connie and then thinks about the Diamonds...
Pressure rising alert
Spinel - I... rather think of Connie.
She loves the diamonds but imagining hundreds of them would be an overreach.
Nora - Good then you know what you should do. I could tell you not to worry but considering my graduation speech... well words would be useless here.
Connie - Talk about reassurances.
Saby - I still think this isn't necessary. I mean can't Steven Universe do this.
Tuby - This ball is hosted for our Spinel remember!
Aby - We'll be there for you my Spinel. Young feel uncomfortable with us right?
Spinel - Hooray...
She looks at her reflection
'Oh c'mon man up and speak stuff.'
Spinel whispers "Easy to speak for someone who cares not you look stupid"
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Behind the throne
Jamie - Steven how many tables are accounted for?
Steven - I wont lie, it's many. 200 and a half.
Jamie - You called the entire beach city here?
Steven - No, not all I think. Just many that I can remember.
Jamie coughs again
Jamie - So what about the city or the homeschool, you can't empty entire place.
Steven - C'mon it's not completely abandoned right now.
He just hoped not literally all decided to come here.
Steven - And by the way your back scar is still aching?
Jamie - Yeah, I guess... looks like it's forever with me now. I'm not sure how to tell this to them though...
Scratching his neck, Steven could understand
Steven - I don't think you should, I don't tell everything to the gems... neither did Connie tell everything to her parents...
Jamie pats his shoulder
Jamie - Buddy, you were little kids you that gotten entangled into events you couldn't control... its not your fault...
Steven clenched his fist
Steven - You're right I was a little kid, but for all that I could've given a thought to myself too. Couldn't I just make the time.
His hands were glowing pink now.
He noticed quickly however and tried to breathe in and out.
In and out.
Jamie then offered part of the cake he got.
Jamie - Here! Try this.
Steven took the cake as he stuffed his mouth
It did manage to calm his nerves, the glowing slowly faded away
Steven - Phew these glowing are getting too much
"Steven? Were you glowing pink again?"
Steven almost forgot he wasn't alone ...
Steven - No no it's nothing I promise youoooooooohhhh.... White? Why are you-?..
Of all the people here expected to sneak on him were the diamonds.... except the diamonds...
White Diamond who usually was a massive titan, was currently at the same size as Jasper or slightly bigger.
The same could be said for Blue, and Yellow was an inch higher than White.
Jamie - Whoa a surprise to me really... Ms Blue what happened? Why are you all so sizeable now?
Blue Diamond : Isn't it remarkable? You did state that we are too big to fit.
White - And this is our way to equal in size with every gem and human lifeforms.
Steven - Actually why are you smaller than usual?
Yellow - It is thanks to my new abilities such as shapeshifting manipulation.
Blue - Using her electric energy, Yellow can manipulate the physical form of the gems, being able to diminish them, to increase them, to distort or to repair their members, among other things.
Jamie - Aha, and is that permanent?
Yellow - For as long as I don't change them back I suppose. Here...
She came up to Jamie touching his nose which then grew in length landing on the floor.
Steven and Blue giggled at that
Jamie definitely did not expect this either. He tries to lift it only to lose balance and falls flat forward on his belly.
Jamie - Oh ha ha ha looks like I'm a lying Pinocchio now.
Steven - Okay, White do you also something in mind here?
White smiled
White - I may. But that'll wait, now let's get up on the thrones. Star dust is must be waiting for our announcement.
The diamonds grabbed Steven and Jamie who still had a long nose.
Jamie - Wait I'm still-!
The jumped up the throne and then landed on White's throne, preparing the announcement.
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Freckles (Lindsey/Nice Lapis) - So you've seen her?
Rhodonite - That we did, we were traveling through planet systems meeting different gems who were either unaware of era 3 or well... intimidated at the new era.
Rutile Twins - Then on one of them we've met a rogue gem who was 'terror forming' the place. Sure put up a fight, Captain even nicknamed her "Regina" for her mean attitude. And she wasn't alone...
Freckles looks concerned, did she found someone else?
An image was then formed in the air drawing everyone's attention
Much to their surprise, the looked up to see Steven Universe with some substance on his face, with the Quartz sized diamonds behind him not as large as before, and also a large nosed human trying to get behind them.
In short some were bewildered and puzzled, some were intrigued and some were outright holding back laughter.
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Finally found some time and willpower to do another chapter.
The first and last part was definitely hilarious.
Chapter related pic here :
https://www.deviantart.com/otar3000/art/Long-Nosed-Mailman-Mail-Crystal-AU-965503488
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