Chapter 10: Training

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3rd Person P.O.V.

Steven spent the last few days at home, waiting for Moonlight to strike. She has waited too long, she must have a plan. He knows she is definitely unhappy about him not in her ship anymore and wanting to get him back.

Before Steven last the Palace the other day, he had them give him more of their essences so he can be prepared to heal any corrupted or shattered gems, don't ask how they gave it to him. Steven was a bit curious about the essence properties.

(Howard) What's with the colored water?

(Steven) It's not water, it's the Diamond essences. I have them individually put in vials.

(Howard) Wait, how'd you get them?

(Steven) The Diamonds gave them to me.

(Howard) No, I meant-- never mind. So, why are you looking at them?

(Steven) I'm curious if they're a use aside from healing shattered or corrupted gems.

(Howard) What are you, a chemist?

(Steven) No, but I'm just curious.

He takes the vials and carried them upstairs with Howard following him. He sets them down carefully on a holder so they don't fall over and spill.

(Howard) Can I have a sip?

(Steven) No.

(Howard) Pretty please?

(Steven) No, we don't know what they could do yet. They could be dangerous.

He takes a vial of Yellow substance and pours a bit of it into the analyzer connected to the gem screen type computer. The results came out but written in Gem-Language.

(Howard) I can't read scribbles.

(Steven) I can. It says that the substance belongs to Yellow Diamond. A gem or human can drink the substance and it will result in them being temporarily immune to destabilization, rejuvenation, and corruption. If a gem overdosed the substance, they would poof.

(Howard) What happens if a dude drank too much of it?

(Steven) It would make them sick, but I'm not sure if it's lethal.

Steven takes the Blue substance and pours some of it into the analyzer.

(Steven) Substance belongs to Blue Diamond. This is just a liquified verison of her clouds and her old powers. When ingested, the gem or human would have complete control of their emotions. But if overdosed, they end up acting with a current emotion they have. Like, if they were happy before they overdosed, then they would be happy very much. If they were sad, then very depressed.

(Howard) So, it's like getting drunk?

(Steven) (sighs) Yes, Howard, it's like getting drunk.

He couldn't tell if he was sarcastic or not. Steven pours a portion of the clear substance into the analyzer.

(Steven) This is White Diamond's essence. Any gem or human who drinks this would have a clearer focus and better reflexes.

(Howard) Boy, I wish I had that many years ago.

Last one is the Pink substance. He has a prediction of what it could be. But when the results came back, he was wrong. He believed Pink's essence would be like the healing water in Rose's Spring.

(Steven) This one is Pink Diamond's essence. This... this is different.

(Howard) What?

(Steven) Whoever drinks this will have an increase on their speed, endurance, and strength.

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