Rose Buds

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Isabella and Steven stand in front of the painting of Rose Quartz on the stairs.

"All right. Where should we put Mom?" Steven asks as he takes the painting off the wall.

"I scoped out a few places. Definitely not the Temple Gate, not the conservatory, not outside..." Isabella trails off before Greg and Amethyst enter the house.

"Yo, Schtu-ball, Sweetheart! Still looking for a place to hang that painting of your mom?" Greg asks.

Isabella sighs, "Yeah. After everything that's happened, we don't know if we still want her hanging over us, you know?"

"We just need to find the perfect placement for it." Steven puts the painting back on the wall.

"I'm telling you, man, it's not the placement. It's the frame." Amethyst told him.

Suddenly, the environment gradually got darker and darker.

"Is it me, or is it getting kinda ominous outside?" Greg asks as the four walk outside to see something.

"Woah!"

"Oh-ho ho! Hey!"

"It's the human zoo!"

...

Isabella types on the control panel in the conservatory, a pink screen coming up to show two familiar Zoomans.

"Bell-la, Ste-van! Greetings!"

"Jay-Ten, Wy-Six, how'd you get your space station all the way here?" Isabella asks.

"We took the Zoo ship and made it a cruise ship." Wy-Six explains as Greg and Amethyst walks into the room, "We'd love it if you came by for a visit."

"Sure thing." Steven agrees, "I-Is it ok if Amethyst comes by to say hi to the Famethyst?"

"She's welcome!"

...

Isabella, Steven, and Amethyst enter the human zoo, finding the Famethyst and Zoomans chilling out and enjoying life, "Whoa!"

"Bell-la, Ste-van, welcome to our ca-ruise!" Wy-Six greets them.

"Wy-Six, it's so different here!" Steven exclaims.

"Humans have control of the ship now, while the Amethysts laze about like delinquents all day." Wy-Six turns to a familiar face, "Did I say that right, Holly Blue?"

Holly Blue Agate could be seen yelling at an Amethyst, who ignores her while relaxing, "Stop relaxing and get back to your posts! Ugh! How can you stand this total lack of order?"

"Chill out, Holly Blue. You know you want to." an Amethyst places a flower crown on the blue Gem's head.

"I give up. No one answers to me, and I answer to no one. I'd give anything for an order from the Diamonds, but all they talk about is "Isabella, Isabella, Isabella-"" she jumps upon seeing the woman staring at her, "Isabella!"

"Hi, Holly!" Isabella smiles as Holly Blue Agate awkwardly salutes to her while blushing in embarrassment, quickly walking away, "Bye, Holly."

While Holly Blue walks away, still blushing in embarrassment, the Famethyst laugh at her.

"YO! Famethyst~" Amethyst shouts.

"Amethyst!"

The purple Gem charges up a spin-dash and rolls straight into the Famethyst, crashing into them like bowling pins and knocking them over.

"We missed you! Aw, yeah!" the group laugh together in joy, Isabella and Steven smiling as they watch.

"Bell-la, Ste-van, I have some special friends who wish to meet you. Isn't that wonderful?" Wy-Six leads them out of the Zoo and begin walking through a tunnel hallway.

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