No party like an pope party??

[archboxer]

[That... that was a thing for everyone. There should be no celebration for Lif but, well, even if Rhea has a very cynical view of such things it's probably for the best that everyone stays together. Her first stop is the cafeteria, after all nothing better to keep people in one spot than free food. There she bumps into Mira, leaving the snacks to her Rhea ends up writing notes to everyone to come to the cafeteria in a few hours.

Some she hands personally and if she can't find someone she slid it under their door. Rin's she slides into her room regardless.

Fortunately, you won't hear a sermon.]

Comments

[lovelikeyou]

Maybe so. There were Crystal Gems who fought for gem liberation more than the life on Earth, too, but I'm not sure she'll ever see herself that way.

[ladygeryon]

...liberation? So you were on opposite sides of a war, huh...? Was she one of the higher-ranked ones?

[lovelikeyou]

She and I would have been the same, under Homeworld's rule. We're both Quartz gems - soldiers.

[ladygeryon]

...and you couldn't be anything else. [Nira can catch the implication there.] But she was happy in that role, and you weren't.

[lovelikeyou]

Once I saw all the life on Earth, I couldn't just let them destroy it. And then I met other Gems who wanted to escape, and heard about all the horrible things that had happened to them...

[ladygeryon]

So you teamed up together to take a stand? That's...quite brave of you, to leave behind what you knew before.

[lovelikeyou]

It was what I had to do.

[ladygeryon]

Well, lots of people encounter all kinds of injustice in their lives, and don't particularly think about doing something themselves. It's...admirable, that you decided right away there was no other option, you know?

[lovelikeyou]

...I suppose.

[Rose seems a little uncomfortable, like she's not very good at taking compliments.]

[ladygeryon]

Yeah! [Though Nira notices the discomfort and steers the conversation slightly away.] You mentioned there are other Gems working with you, right? What are they like?

[lovelikeyou]

Oh - Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst. They're wonderful. I'm sure they have everything well in hand at home. Pearl's probably worried sick, but she'll be okay.

[ladygeryon]

I hope you make it back to them soon, then. It can't be good for her to be worried for so long.

[lovelikeyou]

Pearl worries about a lot of things.

[.....]

Well, maybe she'll finally spend some time with Greg. [SURE ROSE]

[ladygeryon]

...why don't they spend time together? Do-do your other Gem friends spend time with him? [Is this a Gem racism/awkwardness thing or a Pearl-and-Greg thing?]

[lovelikeyou]

They do sometimes! He and Amethyst spend a lot of time together - she likes him a lot. Pearl just...

[look, how to describe this...]

I'm not sure she's ever enjoyed humans as much as I do.

[ladygeryon]

["Enjoyed," huh. Nira's mind isn't that dirty though, so it doesn't jump to that association right away.]

Well, I guess friends can have different interests...but I guess it'd be better if all your friends could get along. Do they have anything in common?

[lovelikeyou]

[hey that interpretation is also very true]

Well...they both like music, but not really the same types. Pearl's still into the older kinds humans used to make, with the strings, and Greg likes rock.

[GOD DAMN STRAIGHT HE DOES]

[ladygeryon]

[She smiles faintly.] You'd be surprised at what kind of genre mashups people can make. Though I don't have the Internet here to look them up for you.

[lovelikeyou]

That sounds fun!

[If not really relevant to Pearl and Greg getting along.]

[ladygeryon]

[Probably not.] I bet it does. I guess we just have to hope they won't get into an argument without you there, then.