Five Earth days ago:
Lapis sat alone in her cell, crying into her knees. A loud clank sounded and she looked up, finding Peridot staring down at her emotionlessly. Lapis tried her best to glare through her tears at the green gem.
It had been two Earth weeks since Lapis had been discovered trying to send a message to Earth. After Jasper and Peridot found out, they watched it and made her a prisoner once more.
"I'm not talking." Lapis told Peridot sternly, the only thing Lapis had said in the time since her capture.
Lapis wasn't kidding. Ever since, Peridot had tried everything she could to get Lapis to talk. Trying to bribe her with promises of life, freedom, and respect, horrific torture the likes of which had been the end of many a gem, taking her hydrokinesis; it had been two weeks of hell, but Lapis wouldn't break.
"Trust me," Lapis looked up to see Jasper standing next to Peridot with a sick grin. "you will." Jasper walked into the room and sat in a chair across from Lapis. "Peridot, will you please give us some privacy?"
"Jasper, are you certain you ca-"
"Peridot!" Jasper snapped.
Peridot shrunk back, leaving the cell before Jasper could become further enraged.
A long silence dragged on between the two, Lapis giving Jasper a hate-filled glare while Jasper simply looked at her casually.
"Alright, what're you going to try that the peridot already hasn't?!" Lapis eventually snapped.
Jasper made no response.
"Are you going to make me some promise that I'll be able to go home? Or are you maybe going to crack me and tell me that the only way I'll live is if I tell you?"
Jasper still gave no response.
"Or you might eve-"
"Clearly you're not going to stop this pointless game." Jasper eventually said.
"Oh, so the behemoth speaks?" Lapis asked harshly.
"You best be respectful, lest we find out who this "Steven" is."
Lapis shut her mouth, her hatred for the gem across from her only growing.
Jasper smiled. "Good. You know, I'm actually quite surprised. You're tougher than I first thought. When we first found you making your little warning, I thought you would be spilling all the information you had in exchange for your worthless life." Jasper's eyes narrowed. "But you didn't. You stayed determined to protect this Steven, even after everything. He sure is important to you."
"What's the point of this?" Lapis asked.
"I'm getting the information we want." Jasper answered.
Lapis gave a hollow chuckle. "How exactly are you doing that?" Lapis asked.
Jasper simply shrugged. "Oh well, I guess you don't want your friend's life."
Lapis flinched, Jasper gaining her full attention.
"Good." Jasper purred.
"What are you talking about?" Lapis asked her captor.
"I'm talking about your friend being spared." Jasper looked as Lapis' angry expression softened. "This Steven, she's important to you, yes?"
"He." Lapis corrected. Her eyes quickly moved from Jasper's, the blue gem hesitating before nodding sadly. "And yes."
"You care about his safety?"
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The Halves of Rose
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