Your mother has been destabilized suddenly by none other than the crystal gems! Of course they can't destabilize you, you're just a little gemmy; destabilization is as good as shattering!
Now you must stay with the CGs until they can find a cure to...
"Log date 6-15-27, the corrupted gemling appears have developed an admittedly strange ritual, where it begins to rapidly run in circles, until it becomes a blurr, after which, it'll stagger around and fall into a brief recharging period. After its recovery, it will strangely repeat its process, restarting the cycle again. I've seen this behavior for several days, and yet I can't seem to put my finger on it. Perhaps the gemling is trying to figure out a way to channel its inner power to speed up its growth.. or maybe-"
"Peridot, stop with the tape recorder and come here, she's chasing her tail again!"
Peridot frowned in indignance at the blue gem, who was watching with amusement from her lawn chair as you grunted and spun around, forming a whirlwind of fluff as you tried in vain to catch that waggling stump at the end of your back, only to trip over your own paws and flop onto your back, groaning in a daze. As soon as this happens, lapis breaks out into a fit of laughter, almost falling out of her chair, as Peridot looks on with a brow lifted in dispassion. She then turns back to resume her notes.
"...or perhaps it still has no capabilities in higher thinking... either way, subject (number) will promptly need further testing and observations for a more firm grasp of this so-called "gemling" behavior. Peridot out." And with that she concludes her note with a click.
"Now then..." she turns to your dizzy form, clapping her hands once. "Time for a closer look."
As you recovered yourself from your dizziness, you felt two hands gently lift up. You look up at the two visor covered eyes, which were currently squinted in observation. "Hm... it doesn't appear to be getting any bigger... If anything they've only gotten fluffier." she turns you from side to side, humming quizzically, lightly squeezing you. "Still quite soft and malleable..." she then stares pensively at your face. "And... their face is still..." you squeaked in elation, smiling in a blind joy at the attention, your midarms wrapping around her hands as you reaching for her face making her recoil in surprise. She felt her face suddenly start to burn at your starry-eyed look of adoration, and found herself repressing a smile. "Ahem... Tolerable to look at."
"You know, it's not gonna kill you to admit you like her." Lapis calls over her shoulder, not taking her eyes off a paragraph from her magazine. Peridot lets out a defiant scoff, turning her head to face her blue colleague. "Lazuli, please. This is only for means of study. A gemling that lives with corruption is completely unheard of! This needs to be explored, and I can't be getting attached to my experimental subject!" She turns back to you, her eyes closed. "Yes, these interactions are all done-"
There was a grunt, followed by an extensive silence, save for your joyous giggling.
This made lapis curious enough to tear her eyes away from an article and check to see what the pause was, only to find something that was worth more than reading.
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Sensing lapis' stare, she finishes her claim, albeit with a mildly uncertain note in it.
