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

[diediediediediedie]

[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...]

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[diediediediediedie]

[Maybe Peridot hadn't seen what she thought she saw. Maybe the stress of the new environment was getting to her. Maybe if she poked her head around the corner, she's see a totally different giant pink-haired lady. Maybe if she looks again she'll see...

Rose violently smashing things between giant rock walls.

Peridot had been briefed on Rose before she began her tasks on earth. There was no question that she was dangerous: she'd coerced so many Gems to fight and die for such an insignificant planet, she'd upended every plan they had for the planet, set back their progress in every single way.

There was no way she hadn't seen Peridot. This was a message. A warning. Rose was toying with her. Don't interfere or you'll get smashed. How much clearer could she make it?

Peridot couldn't help the little shriek as she shrunk behind the log. Hr only hope was that Rose was going to keep it a warning for now.]

[defactodefector]

[While that's certainly a message Rose would like to convey to Peridot, it wasn't intentional. This time, at least.

She does hear that shriek though, stopping her practice and looking curiously over towards the source. It doesn't look like anyone's there, but...]

If you can hear me, I recommend you leave! There's a very good chance I'll kill you otherwise!

[There! Now if she wasn't imagining it, then whatever poor human happened across her will know how dangerous it is to be here while she's messing with her powers like this! She points back towards the city, and- whoops, she forgot to get her magic back under control and launched a rock in the direction she pointed, near where the source of the voice came from.]

[diediediediediedie]

[She's truly a MONSTER!

It had all been a trick, a manipulation, a ruse to catch her off guard! The sweet tone and kind words might have lead a lesser creature to take a bolder to the gem, but fortunately Peridot was too smart for that. She was a little too close to the impact, however, to avoid having to duck and cover.

When the dust settled, Rose could hear the sound of a mad scramble. Peridot had never heard that Rose had rock powers, but apparently she was a natural deceiver. The only hope now was that Peridot could get away without being seen and chased.

Rose had to be stopped. That was as clear as the gem on Peridot's forehead. She didn't know how, she didn't know when, but she knew there was no one else who understood the danger. They would likely all fall for Rose's tricks.]