[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]

[She throws up her eyebrows.]

That is Homeworld business! What gives the likes of you the right to question?!

[panspermia]

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!

[diediediediediedie]

[Well...that's too bad for the humans. But she supposes she should throw him a bone.]

If you must know...the first Earth debacle was costly for us. My superiors feel there is much to be learned from the aftermath...

[panspermia]

[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.

[diediediediediedie]

[She groans]

Blame Jasper. Once she discovered Rose's new form she deviated from the mission without thinking to test our restraints! If she had just blasted the Crystal Gems like we planned then-

[Wait, what was she doing?]

Why am I telling you this? You know everything you should already.

[panspermia]

[His mouth twists, and he goes back to working, muttering more to himself than her.]

Yeah, sure. Learned all I need from that aftermath.

[diediediediediedie]

[There goes the demandingly raised eyebrow again.]

What is THAT supposed to mean?