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Peridot ([personal profile] diediediediediedie) wrote in [community profile] heyfreemagic2015-08-10 11:22 am

[Open] She's never tailed anyone before but is pretty sure it can't be that hard

[The big question hanging over everything for Peridot was "now what?"

She was stuck in a big human city, ordered to destroy shadow monsters who may or may not pop out at any time with hypothetical powers she has no idea how to use. Most of her own Gem abilities are gone, she has no need of most of the services in the city, and she can't go anywhere.

So what was she meant to do now?

Her training tells her that if she has no idea AT ALL what to do, then she should gather information...but what would that look like? Tracking someone in the hopes that THEY'LL have a clue?

...Yes, apparently. Well, shards.

Perhaps she could tail a likely looking suspect and watch what they do. See if she can catch them working out their powers. It's just a matter of waiting for someone to come by and follow them for a distance.

Of course, that all depends on someone magic walking by...]
panspermia: (Perfect porkchop)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-13 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, whatever works, works! I'm not gonna make you try anything, but I sure as hey enjoy it.

[He gives his gut a little bit of a pat to emphasize.]

Name's Greg, by the way. You're new around here?
panspermia: (Can't be wrong if you don't do it)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-14 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
One thing at a time, I guess. [He's not exactly someone to go to for advice on productivity.

He falters at the name. Peridot. Isn't that... didn't Steven mention...? Isn't she one of the ones who came to--?!
]

Mission, huh... Hah... I think a lot of us would like to know more about it. It, uh. Doesn't quite work like back home, does it...?
panspermia: (Can't be wrong if you don't do it)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-14 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Greg stands there for a while, awkwardly letting the confirmed Gem go off. He clears his throat, once or twice, to no apparent acknowledgement. Being honest, he's less and less certain he even wants to bring her attention back to him, going off of what Steven said.

...You know what, maybe it's for the best she gets it all out. Maybe she'll feel better after a good rant.

........He goes back to picking up garbage.
]
panspermia: (Used to like cartoons)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-17 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? [It took him a second to realize she was actually talking to him properly again.]

Oh, uh... Greg, usually. Heh, or Mr. Universe, if you want.
panspermia: (How hurt can we get?)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-17 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... ha. Humans don't exactly have ranks, Peridot.

[But yes it is pretty low.]
panspermia: (Don't abuse the sound equipment)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-17 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Familiar...?

[After a second, Greg's mouth presses in to a hard line. So, it really is her, then? There's only one possible connection between the two of them.]

You're probably mistaking me for someone else.
panspermia: (Don't abuse the sound equipment)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-18 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. You probably met my son.

[She probably doesn't even know what that means, but he's just being obtuse out of spite.]
panspermia: (Giving the willies)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-18 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[SIGH. Just because he's not surprised doesn't mean he can't be exasperated.]

No. My kid. Steven.
panspermia: (I don't understand anything anymore)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-18 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[...What is this.]

Yeah. I'm his father. When uh, when humans reproduce, it, uh. The new humans usually look like whoever made them.
panspermia: (How hurt can we get?)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-18 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
No, it's... it's complicated.

[He doesn't want to get into the specifics, and he's pretty darn sure she doesn't either.]

Steven's special. That's all that's important.
panspermia: (Almost waffled you)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-18 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can't help but grind his teeth together a little. There's a lot of buttons getting casually pushed. He sure as heck knows she shouldn't count Steven out, but he's not got any desire to egg her on bothering his son any further.]

Look, why are you even bothering with Earth? Find some other planet for whatever creepy plots you Gems are up to, where no one gives you any trouble.
panspermia: (Giving the willies)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-19 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
Because this is my homeworld! You Gems have dozens of planets under your control already. Us humans just have the one, so we'd like to keep it working!
panspermia: (I don't understand anything anymore)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-08-26 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Costly. Right. He fixes her with a very wary rise of the eyebrow. Usually, his very last instinct would be to pry further, but things don't add up.]

Learning, huh. But you took off awful fast, after landing.

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