Reputation

The Fountian of Infinite Confusion

Spinel

My voice is caught in my throat.

What does she mean that the poison affects gems? I've been feeling perfectly fine...expect for the constant pain and the black out-

Oh okay, this might be an issue.

"How could this have happened?" Amethyst asks, as Pearl decides to sit right next to me on the couch. Almost as if she was expecting me to collapse again or at least confess to the pain I am in. But I don't know how to say it. Or if I should be saying anything at all. "I don't know." Garnet replies quickly and precisely.

"It's amazing that she's still awake, Steven has yet to wake up." Pearl says, to the other gems, even though she continues to look at me. She observes me as if I am to collapse again any second. "What do you mean that Steven hasn't woken up yet, haven't you helped him?" I speak up.

I mean, I did black out because I got him to the car. The whole reason for that is so they could have gotten them immediate help. The crystal gems look a bit surprised, and I don't know how to feel about that. Aren't they concerned about Steven's condition too? I mean, he was literally poisoned and all they care about is what to do with me. And why I seem more concerned about him than they do.

Or maybe they are wondering why I care at all.

Especially after being the one to have landed the injector in the first place. And in the same place, for the second time. Also I just left the diamonds and when Garnet tried to contact them. And the communication was down. Or maybe it was when I have yet to give a reasonable explanation as to why I left in the first place.

I mentally laugh to myself, I really do a sucky job at maintaining my reputation don't I? Even though I may seem to be someone who wouldn't care at all, after all of those years being alone it is quite possible that it made me care even more.

But it was Steven that helped me learn how to move on from Pink Diamond's abandonment. He even saved me from that toxic waste. It was my mistakes that caused him to get hurt...again. I guess that's why I am concerned, he helped me and now I have to help him.

"We don't know what to do." Amethyst responds in the background. I thought they had a plan. They were supposed to have a plan. "We were going to take him down to the fountain, but we don't know if it will work."

Fountain? "What fountain?" Ask, feeling more out of the loop than ever. "It's Rose's old healing fountain, but it only heals physical wounds, not synthetic poisons targeted to alter the composition of a gem." Pearl says, throwing in complicated words that again, go right over my head.

"Hey it's worked for cracked gems, you never know unless you through it in the fountain." Amethyst says causally. She makes it sound like this alleged fountain can solve any problems. But I don't know what to believe.

"We were waiting in hopes that you would have more information about the poison."