Too Short to Ride

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[Open Int. Beach House]

(You and Steven walking into the living room, Steven holds out a rectangular-shaped gift, wrapped in light green paper, to Peridot.)

Y/N: Hi Peridot, We got a surprise for you

Peridot: Oh. Wow. Thanks. *rips open the gift* It's a... a rectangle.

(Steven puts the ribbon from the gift wrapping on Peridot's hair.)

Steven: And a tablet! *takes the tablet and turns it on* My dad bought it, but he decided he didn't need it. He said something about over-saturation of media being a plague to one's mind, so I thought you might like it. Here.

(Steven starts demonstrating how to use the tablet, and Peridot is awe-struck.)

Y/N: You just swipe the screen with your fingers

Peridot: Like my old finger screens!

(Peridot scrolls through the screens of apps on the tablet.)

Steven: But now you have the Whole Worldwide Web to hang out on.

Peridot: Worldwide? Ha! I had the ability to search and retrieve data from across multiple star systems.

Steven: Hmm, impressive. But I can do you one better: TubeTube.

(Steven taps the TubeTube icon and it opens up to a cat video. Peridot watches it in perplexity.)

PeridotL Why was this documented?

Y/N: Because it's funny, Now you can document your thoughts on the tablet

Steven: You just have to keep it under 140 characters.

Peridot: *in awe again* That's so many people!

(Peridot continues watching the cat video, emitting clattering sounds and cat yowls.)

Steven: I can make you an account so you can start logging as soon as you want.

(Peridot chuckles in anticipation as Steven sets up a social media account for her.)

Peridot: I really, really like this, but it's a shame it doesn't come attached to your body. *gasps* Oh wait!

(Peridot runs to the Steven's storage cabinet inside the steps and begins rummaging through it.)

Steven: I'm gonna leave the profile stuff blank for you to fill in later. There.

Peridot: Gimme!

(Peridot snatches the tablet off of Steven's hand and tapes a strap of velcro onto its back.)

Peridot: *chuckles* Behold! My innovation!

(Peridot dramatically shows off her handiwork, strapping the tablet on a velcro band on her waist while making robotic noises, and does various dramatic poses.)

Peridot: I've harnessed the power of your interlocking fabric strips.

Y/N: That's actually some smart thinking

Steven: *chuckles* Good thing I grew out of those shoes.

Peridot: *caresses her tablet and sighs* To have tech again. It feels good when everything is at your fingertips.

Amethyst: Yo. *walks in* You guys look like you're having fun.

Peridot: Oh, Amethyst. *shows off her handiwork* What do you think?

Amethyst: You look like a square.

Peridot: It's a rectangle.

Amethyst: Heh, truth. Anyway, you three ready to go or what?

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