"Come on, Peridot, you can make it!"
"Okay, okay!"
Inside the Beach House, things began to get a bit interesting when it came to the "smaller" Gems of the group. Many pillows, sheets, and other things were scattered around. Since there wasn't much going on, and since Steven wanted to, he, Peridot, Emerald, Sapphire, and Ruby, all decided to play a game Steven called "Lava Hop". Basically, this game was made up of getting from point A, to point B, without touching the floor. In this case, the group of small Gems had to make it from the Warp Pad, over to Steven's bed. Ruby and Sapphire didn't play as Garnet, since she was too big to make this much of a challenge, and Peridot insisted that they should split up for this. At this point in the game, The farthest ahead was Sapphire, who was sitting comfortably on the couch. Steven and Ruby both were on the just ahead of Peridot by one pillow, with quite a gap in between them. Peridot needed to jump across in order to get to the next platform. Peridot readied her legs, and made a good jump towards the next pillow. She did just manage to get one foot on the pillow Steven was on, but the momentum of her leap accidentally got her forward, and she ended up tumbling into Steven, and they both tumbled onto the floor, off of their platform. Soon after that, a notable laugh came out from another green Gem, Emerald. Emerald was on the bed already, comfortably chilling and watching the other Gems go about.
"Having fun, Peri? Looks like your out," Emerald said with a smirk. Peridot got off of Steven, who was also disqualified since he was knocked off of the platform too. Luckily for her, Ruby already got her own words ready for the cocky pebble.
"You should talk; you just floated over there on a pillow!" Ruby snapped, which was true.
"No one said I couldn't," replied Emerald, happily putting his hands behind his head, and kicking back on Steven's bed.
"I did," Steven pointed out. Though, Emerald didn't really care much. on that. He got there, and that was that. As he laid there, he took a glance at Steven's clock to check the time, as the others were busy with trying to finish up their game, Sapphire more focusing on them than with Emerald. Steven and Peridot basically had to start over from the beginning, Sapphire sitting comfortably and watching them do so. With their attention off of him, Emerald got up, his attention at the door rather than the Gems, and started to quietly head to it. Thanks to some quick steps, Emerald just managed to slip himself right out the door, and begin to go off. However, Sapphire caught him going off seconds after he stepped outside, but it wasn't until after he walked out of sight when the others then noticed the green Gem off the bed, and basically gone.
"Emerald? Where'd he go?" Steven wondered.
"He went out," Sapphire answered. Peridot went over to the window, and she saw Emerald walk away along the beach for a little bit. After a quick check, he got out one of his hexagons, stood on one, and got his telekinesis to work, soon flying off out of sight. Peridot began to think a bit on this soon after he flew off, slightly suspicious over him just leaving.
"What's with you?" Ruby asked.
"Emerald has been rather ... Absent lately. Anyone else noticed that?" Peridot questioned. This wasn't the first time Emerald had snuck off on them since they came back; most of the time he'd just disappear and reappear depending on the day, and he never really said once on what he did. Then again, not many of them exactly said anything about it so, there's that.
"What's wrong with that? He's probably the type of person that likes his privacy," Steven guessed.
"No, Flint's the one that likes his privacy. Emerald doesn't know what privacy is," Peridot retorted in a groan. Emerald's behavior towards her was proof enough. Steven didn't know if he should bother with him, but, it was curious to what Emerald actually does while being gone.
"I can see where this is going," commented Sapphire.
"I say we go scope it out," Peridot decided. Sapphire called that one easily, though Ruby and Steven both had mixed feelings to this plan.
"Do you even know where he's going?" Steven asked.
"That's what I'm going to find out! Seriously, he just runs off for hours and pops up whenever. Who does that?!" Peridot replied. Ruby and Steven, curious too, still didn't know until -
"Let's go. It can be fun."
Everyone in the room turned over to Sapphire, who was smiling at the idea. Sneaky, sure, but it sounded like a ball to see what Emerald was going to do.
"Thank you, Sapphire - wait, wait, wait. What if he spots us?"
"We really going that far?" Ruby groaned. However, Sapphire got her own little plan already figured out.
"Don't worry, Peridot. How do you feel about a makeover?"
"Excuse me?"
~~~~~~
With the wind at his back, and the skies clear, Emerald kept flying off on his hexagon transport, along the coastal route towards his destination. The flight there was alright, though Emerald had to keep focused on keeping his own transport in the air, or risk falling prematurely to the ground below. After another thirty to forty minutes of flying, the land ahead started to curve inland a bit, the water flowing inward from the sea, into a sort of gulf by the looks of it. When flying over, Emerald than saw what place he was heading off to.
Along the coast around the bay, there was a sort of town, roughly the same size as Beach City in comparison, though might be a bit bigger depending on how you look at it. This place ran along the coast of the bay, some notable docks along the way as well. It didn't go inland too much, but the incline of the land meant that the further inland the town went, the higher up it was. The town itself didn't appear too different from Beach City building wise, not many of them going over two stories or so. The road leading into the town had a sign that signified the boarder, and showed the town name.
Welcome to Bayburgh.
"Alright, time to land," decided Emerald. At the moment, not many people were about in Bayburgh, so they didn't notice Emerald just casually fly in, and landing close to the town Boardwalk. One step off of his hexagon, and it soon disappeared, as Emerald took a walk back into the town, going along the coast, and then heading more inland along the sidewalk. While it was nice checking out the place, he was more set on heading to one building in particular. This one was signified by the sign looking like a large buffalo, mid charge, with a target for the eye. As for words, under the bull it read off as "Bull's Eye Books n' Vids". Emerald took a moment to look at the building before happily heading right off inside. Not much longer after he did so, unaware to him, Steven, Sapphire, Ruby, and Peridot all saw him go in. Yeah, it may seem odd that they show up as quickly, but a few bikes can get somebody from one point to another fairly quick (especially from the aid of a fast Gem like Sapphire). However, while Steven was still the same, the other three had gone through some changes ...
For Sapphire, rather than the usual regal princess look, she instead looked more like one of those Japanese school girls in a sense. She had a blue skirt that went to her knees, with white stockings and even black school shoes. Her top was short-sleeved, and also white. She still had her signature gloves on her hands, though Sapphire was sure it wouldn't be much of an issue.
For Ruby, her attire made her look more like she lived on the streets than compared to Sapphire's good girl look. Her shirt had a fire emblem on it (five bits to guess why), and looked similar to an exercise shirt with no sleeves. To put it simply, it was like she was copying what Amethyst would wear in terms of designs. As for her hands, she had on some biker gloves to cover her gemstone, and to look the part honestly.
For Peridot, however, her choice of attire was mainly Sapphire's choice, since Peridot wasn't as familiar with the Earth attire as Sapphire and Ruby were. This included some glasses over her eyes, which matched the color of her visors beforehand for comfort, a star shirt much like Steven's, average jeans, a pair of green sneakers, and a backward cap to cover her gemstone with. It wasn't really the average thing, and the cap mainly covered one top of her triangle hair, but it'll have to do.
So to put it simply; Sapphire was the "Schoolgirl", Ruby was the "street smart girl", and Peridot was "the nerd girl". Simple to understand, and fitting them each (although Peridot was regretting this decision for how stupid she felt).
"Why did I agree to let you clothe me?" Peridot thought.
Soon, the four went over inside to Bull's Eye Books n' Vids, looking through to see what Emerald was up to. The store itself was books, magazines, comics, VHSs, and DVDs galore! Each shelf along the walls or stands were stocked full, and had its own section depending on the genre each one had. As for Emerald, Peridot and Ruby managed to find him over by a section labeled "Manga" (whatever that was), looking through those in particular. Peridot was more focused on what he was trying to look over rather than browse around the place. Emerald did hear the door open, but, he didn't exactly see who came in just yet. After a bit more, Emerald than pulled a manga off of the shelf, and then went off. Seconds after he did, the spying Gems snuck over, and tried to see what he was getting at.
"Okay, Emerald, what do we have here?" Peridot wondered, grabbing the exact same manga copy from the shelf, and quickly began skimming through the pages. She looked through picture after picture, but it didn't seem to make much sense really. Her face of suspicion turned to one of confusion, especially since this manga had a ... perverted side to it. Especially since one of the characters looked like one particular blue, one-eyed Gem ...
"Eh ... Okay then? Forget it," Peridot said, tossing it over her shoulder, and for it to land in Ruby's hands on. Ruby ended up looking at the same character. Her face turned redder than normal, eyes fixated, and even steam came out of her head after a little bit. Steven glanced over at Ruby, who didn't really notice him until he tapped her shoulder.
"What's that?"
"N-Nothing," Ruby quickly said, shutting the manga fast, and putting it back on the shelf. Ruby made sure to pull Steven away before he could get a chance to look at them ...
It did take a while before Emerald got what he needed, again not seeing the group just yet as far as Peridot, Steven, and Ruby were concern. In his arms were a number of manga, and a few DVDs as well, which he brought right over to the counter. At the moment, Sapphire was actually standing over next to him, holding a DVD set in her hand, and placing it up about the same time as Emerald did. What it was, the other three couldn't see what it was exactly. Peridot was worried that Emerald will recognize her, although not much of a disguise was even used. The cashier did Emerald's first, and counted out how much money Emerald needed.
"That'll be thirty four twenty five," he said. Peridot and Ruby then watched him actually take out a wallet from his pocket, and got out a fifty dollar bill! Okay, where'd he even get that? Once more, why didn't he call Sapphire out yet?! After a little bit, Emerald got his change back, and Emerald went out the door, as Sapphire walked over to the others with the DVD set Emerald bought, for her apparently.
"What just happened back there? Didn't Emerald - what is that?"
"We'll watch it later, Peridot. I know you'll like it," Sapphire replied, giving the DVD set to her. Turned out, the DVDs she bought was for the series "Camp Pining Hearts", and in this case it was the complete first season. They might as well get some souvenir on their trip while in Bayburgh. After they got that, they then left off after Emerald.
~~~~~~
As the day went on, Emerald basically went along his way around Bayburgh for most of the afternoon. Honestly, the actual judgment of what he was doing was taken more seriously by Peridot, though as the afternoon went, the others began to turn this little study into basically a day vacation away from Beach City. Even if they had a basic study in mind, it didn't hurt to have a little fun with their trip through Bayburgh.
As Emerald went along with his stuff, his next stop was the Bayburgh local market. He had a list with him, some stuff he wanted to grab as well (which was surprising considering his fifty dollar bill payment earlier). Emerald, being the size he was, had to go with one of those kiddie carts to use rather than the average-sized ones. Embarrassing, but, efficient all the same.
"Alright, let's see now. Do, de do, de do, what do ya got today?" Emerald wondered, pushing his cart along into the store. Sapphire, Steven, Ruby, and Peridot went in after a while through the sliding doors. Sapphire decided to hang out by the door this time, and letting the others go off into the store. Honestly, it wasn't too much going on, and the situation was getting boring pretty quickly for Steven and Ruby. If they got anything from this, is that Emerald somehow had enough earth cash to get the stuff he needed. After what felt like forever, Emerald then went over to the check out. Peridot noted that Emerald easily worked out the machine, from scanning the items, to proper payment. Peridot kept a sharp eye on the machine in question, and she watched Emerald bag his stuff. However, as Emerald headed to the doors, he quickly caught glances with Sapphire, and soon stopped.
"Hello, Sophie," Emerald said, waving her way. Sapphire decided to use that name for the sake of the disguise from earlier.
"Nice to see you again. How're things?" Sapphire asked. Emerald kept a cool attitude, even leaning on the wall next to her with a smug grin. Ruby, Peridot, and Steven saw this further away.
"Eh, I'm doing alright. Feel like I got some paparazzi after me though," Emerald joked. Sapphire giggled with him, and while Peridot found this confusing, Ruby began to feel unsettled, steam coming from her head again ...
"Hey, by the by, heard there's going to be some party going on by Bayburgh docks."
"You don't say."
"Yep. There's going to be plenty of peeps there, and your visiting, so ..."
"Sounds like fun. Do we need money though?"
"Nah, it's cool. Party starts at eight, I'll see you at the Seaside Hotel, k? Be sure to bring some friends."
"I'll be sure to," Sapphire promised. Emerald gave a wink, and then went out the door. The three didn't exactly follow the conversation too well, though Ruby was a bit ticked to see Emerald basically showing off in front of Sapphire. The trio soon went over to Sapphire sometime after that.
"What was that?!' Ruby gasped, arms out to emphasize how surprised (and upset) she was.
"It's okay, Ruby."
"Okay? Are you kidding me, Emerald just -" Sapphire gave Ruby a kiss on the cheek, which made Ruby change her mind right away.
"Eh ... Nevermind," Ruby finished. Sapphire looked off outside, beginning to think over on what to do next. Emerald wasn't seen at this point in time. They've been basically following Emerald since showing up in Bayburgh, and at this point it was starting to get a little bit late, and if they try to get home at this point, it probably wouldn't go as well judging by what Sapphire was seeing in her visions.
"Oh great, it's getting late," Peridot groaned, realizing what time it was. Peridot assumed Sapphire would want them back home at this point, but -
"Not a problem. We'll go back tomorrow."
"Wait what? B-but what about Steven, we can't just keep him away from Beach City too long," Ruby retorted. Well, that, and she also didn't want to track down Emerald all night. Sapphire felt that some explanation was needed here more than most.
"We might as well. If we go, by the time we get to the route, we'll get ourselves lost in the dark, and end up being mugged while going along. We'll be that way along the trails until tomorrow afternoon." Clearly, this was one of Sapphire's future visions, and a rather detailed one at that. It sounded believable until she mentioned the whole "mugging" bit.
"Mugged? Seriously? We're Gems, we can handle it!"
"You'd be surprised when you find out how strong a iron baseball bat can be," stated Sapphire, again seeing that in her future vision. Peridot, Ruby, and Steven were a bit spooked, and unsure what to say at first. Peridot wasn't sure what a baseball bat was exactly, but if it was enough to act as a weapon, then it was something to consider.
Ruby pointed up, like trying to find a point, and inhaled for her reply ...
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A quick decision really, but the four did eventually go their hotel room in Seaside. The room itself was pretty standard for a hotel room as one would usually go. Basic white walls and carpeting, two beds, a lamp in between, and a TV. Basic stuff, and nothing out of the ordinary. Since Emerald wasn't around to see them, Peridot decided to get out of her disguise, back to normal attire - visor and all. Ruby did the same, yet Sapphire decided to keep her look until tomorrow. Peridot, Sapphire, Ruby, and Steven got comfy on one of the beds, using the TV to turn on "Camp Pining Hearts". While the Gems were fairly new to it, Steven had seen the series already himself, and already knew what to expect for the most part. It was around this point when Peridot was starting to slightly question this love drama, especially when it showed the two main characters kissing.
"What is this strange ritual?" Peridot asked. Steven tried to explain.
"Uh ... Well -"
"Are they attempting fusion?"
"Well, my dad said when a boy and girl reach a point in age -"
"How can anyone indulge in this?! Faceless dribble! I'll have to part of it," Peridot decided, arms crossed, and firm with her word. Sapphire can safely say that Peridot's statement won't go very far on that one. Sapphire looked off outside, out the window, seeing the barely lit sky, not much up in the sky except for the rising moon. It did look nice for the Earth's moon, starting up the night. Sapphire could just imagine if Luna was controlling that moon to make it as beautiful as it was. Things went pretty fine after a few more minute, but after those minutes, they were surprised to hear a knock at their door. Steven decided to check first.
"Hey, you guys in there? We got a party to catch," a voice insisted from the other side of the door. That seemed a little odd, and familiar sounding. Steven placed his ear on the door, trying to hear the voice to better recognize it. Whoever was there knocked on the door again, but with Steven's ear right on it, it was much louder than he expected.
"Who's there?" Steven asked.
"Your escort, that's who. Can you open the door now?"
Escort? Steven didn't remember any escort to any party exactly, but Sapphire happily obliged. Sapphire opened the door, seeing that their escort was Emerald! Peridot quickly hid so Emerald couldn't see her, but Emerald could still see the Gem's hair from behind the bed. He looked a little amused when he saw her hide, but he still wanted to get going.
"What's with her? C'mon pizza slice, I know it's you," Emerald revealed, as Peridot pulled herself up so she could see him.
"What's a pizza slice?"
"You'll find out when we get to the party, now let's get going. Party's already started," Emerald insisted.
"What party? We didn't get told of any party," Ruby said, as Emerald leaned on the door frame. Then Emerald looked a little confused, but remembered Sapphire. Both of them laughed quietly before Sapphire answered.
"Emerald invited us earlier while we were at the market," Sapphire said.
"Cool!" Steven beamed.
"Wait a minute! You knew we were there the whole time?!"
"Come on, Peridot, it's hard not to recognize three Gems walking about town, especially when they look like a square red block, a green pizza piece, and blue cotton candy. Nice try with the disguises though," Emerald explained. While Peridot and Ruby were annoyed, Sapphire couldn't help but giggle at Emerald's joking. She knew that Emerald, although a teaser, still meant well. Peridot though still had a number of questions, even going as far as to pull out some money from his pocket.
"Then where'd you get this?!" Peridot demanded, holding Emerald's money in one hand, and pointing to it with the other. Emerald took his money back, slightly bugged.
"I have a job on Earth too you know. I'm just visiting here on some vacation as all," emerald said, putting his money safely back in his pocket. The others didn't expect Emerald to have a Earth job, since he was a Gem himself.
"You have a job, Emerald?" Ruby asked, completely confused.
"Course I do, what did you think I've been doing on Earth, anyway? Apparently, humans demand this cash for some reason to get anything around here without it being considered stealing, so a job's the only way I can get the stuff without - again - stealing. Seriously," Emerald explained. He personally didn't know what the point was with this green paper and round coins, or why humans have such a high demand for it, but he didn't need to get into trouble with local police for constant stealing so, he basically complied with it. He'd done well with it since. After this, Steven spoke again, him still on about the party.
"So, where's the party at? I'm ready to go!" Steven said, excited. Emerald was glad to hear that, giving a toothy grin.
"Just down by the docks, party boy, you can't miss it if you tried," Emerald answered, starting to go, and signaling the others to follow. Steven was excited, and went right off to join him. Before Sapphire could go though ...
"Why didn't you say anything about this?" Ruby asked.
"I'd like to have some fun. Now let's go do that," Sapphire replied, going with Emerald as Peridot and Ruby followed. Peridot felt played...
~~~~~~
Guided off to the docks by Emerald, they began heading off out of the hotel. The party itself, after looking around, was indeed over by Bayburgh Docks, in particular the center of town. They took a road within Bayburgh that lead straight to it, a bit downhill, and leading right to the center of the docks. Even if the hotel was called "Seaside", it was still higher inland, up on the hill with the road leading downhill to the sea. From where they were, it was still a ways away, and they could see the activity going on for those at the party. Emerald, Steven, Peridot, Ruby, and Sapphire were all looking down from where they were, a straight line right downhill to the party. With the others having their bikes, and Emerald having his floating hexagons, getting there was little to no trouble. Plus it was fun flying down the empty road on their bikes, without the daily traffic getting in the way.
As for the party itself, the place was about as lively as outdoor parties would be. When the Gems arrived and parked their bikes, there was a decent amount of people from Bayburgh at this party; some dancing, some chatting. As for what they saw, there was quite a buzz for it; a DJ for dance music, and a food bar. Mainly it was like an outdoor school dance, or something like that. The dock was cleared for the main floor for the guests to dance, and have fun. As for the music, it was mainly a mix of pop and electro, shifting between the two depending on what the DJ wanted to do. The group of Gems parked their bikes at the nearest bike rack, before heading over to the party spot.
"Woo! Party time!" Steven beamed.
"Eh, is this a normal occurrence? I expected this more from the pony species," Peridot said, observing the many people around. As far as parties go, she mainly saw them whenever the ponies were around.
"Come on, it's a party!"
"I'll pass," Peridot decided. Steven felt bummed out, but Emerald got a little idea in his head.
"Oh I see ..."
"You do?" Peridot asked, surprised and perplexed hearing it from Emerald.
"Yep. You're just scared."
Never mind.
"No I'm not!" Peridot snapped.
"You're totally scared! Scaredy pebble."
"I'M NOT!"
"You are."
"I'M NOT!"
"Of course you are!"
"I'LL PROVE IT!"
Peridot, flustered, stormed right onto the dance floor. Emerald crossed his arms, as the rest joined on in. There was a number of things working against Peeidot though. First of all, no one noticed her because she was small, and once more, she hasn't exactly done this before. She looked all around her, seeing nobody doing any fusion as they were dancing, and this sort wasn't what Peridot could exactly do. Fusion dance was one thing, but casual dance was another. Peridot just stood firm at an opening in the crowd, not sure how to proceed. As she was standing there, she saw Sapphire, Ruby, Steven, and Emerald dancing about, fairly well might she add. Ruby and Sapphire were dancing together, and Steven and Emerald were just free-styling on the dance floor. Eventually, Peridot decided to forget it, and she walked out of the crowd in a stiff walk. The only one who saw was Steven, just seeing her walking out of the dance floor. Peridot didn't stop until she was out of the dance floor, over to the bike rack again. Only then did Peridot relax a bit, as Steven followed her out.
"Hey, Peridot!" Steven called, as he went over to her. Peridot didn't realize she was being followed until that point. Steven didn't stop until he was just a foot away.
"Is everything okay?" Steven asked.
"Y-Yeah," Peridot replied hesitantly, blushing slightly. It was hard not to notice how hesitant her reply was.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm sure!" Peridot snapped, not meaning to. Steven felt a bit hesitant when she responded like that, and Peridot quickly corrected herself.
"Y-Yes, I'm fine. You, uh, go back to the party," Peridot said, her tone normal. Steven looked back to the party for a second, remembering what Emerald did to get her in there to begin with. Honestly, Steven was a smart kid and it didn't take long to put two and two together. Peridot wouldn't admit it, but, she was simply scared with this sort of thing, and Steven had the suspicion that the others knew this too. Peridot saw how unsure Steven was, and decided to quit hiding.
"Okay, maybe I'm a little bit ... Uncomfortable," Peridot admitted, turning away from Steven. The young kid then began to understand a bit more, but then he got an idea in his head.
"With what? Everyone else is dancing."
"Steven, this is different. Nobody in there's fusing or anything, they're just going about, and goofing off ... Anyway ... I ... can't dance."
"Huh?"
"I can't dance, okay?!" Peridot snapped, this time meaning it. Steven though smiled, and took her hand. Kind of odd to hear, since Peridot did a fusion with Lapis months ago, and she had to know how to dance for that to work ... right?
"It's easy, come on, I'll show you," Steven promised. Peridot sighed, trying to relax but found it difficult. She didn't stop him though, and Peridot was back to the dance floor again with Steven. Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire didn't notice them just yet, and the two were basically side by side. Steven began to dance a bit, but Peridot still wasn't too sure yet.
"Come on, Peridot, just move your body to the music," Steven said, as he continued happily dancing about. Peridot began to hear the music, which was mainly beat after beat of pop music. Peridot watched Steven carefully, seeing that Steven's dancing wasn't exactly specific. No exact style, but just him going with the beat. Eventually after a bit, Peridot's foot started to tap to the beat. And a little bit after that, her hips began to sway with the beat. Peridot closed her eyes, and focused on the beat more than much else, trying to go with the music as Steven told her to do. After a minute or two, Steven stopped for a minute to look to Peridot.
She was dancing.
And very good too.
Peridot, letting the music control her body, began to dance the night away, going all out with a number of different styles of dancing. Steven even noted a dance that mixed the moonwalk, and the robot - impressive. Sapphire, Emerald, and Ruby eventually noticed Peridot got all out on dancing, Peridot herself enjoying the dancing pretty well. Peridot cut out the troubles for the moment, and went on with her dancing, enjoying every moment of it. They saw Peridot even smiling during her dancing, and they could tell she was enjoying every second of it. The more Peridot danced, the more she was getting into it, her movements flowing and erratic in dance steps and styles to match the music. Other people began to notice Peridot dancing about, and stopped to watch as the music continued. Emerald and Steven both happily encouraged her with some cheering, though after a bit on hearing them, Peridot opened her eyes ...
Only then did she notice the crowd around her watching.
"Eehh ... heeheehee ... uhh ..."
Peridot, flustered up again, just slinkered away in a sidestep until she was back with the other Gems. The party continued from there, Peridot not entirely sure what just happened back there.
"What happened?" Peridot asked, looking like she was trying to hide behind Steven.
"You were having fun," Sapphire replied with a giggle, playfully fluffing Peridot's hair. The night was young, and they had plenty of party left to enjoy the night.
~~~~~~
The group basically, to sum up their party experience, was a fun one. They stuck around for the next two hours, having a lot of fun throughout the whole time. Despite all the fun though, they had to get back to the hotel at least, since Steven was ready to fall asleep the second they got back to the Seaside Hotel. When the next morning came back around, it was time to get back on their way back home. Getting their stuff, and checking out, they began to ride off out of Bayburgh, and began to return to Beach City. Lucky for them, there was no mugging on their way back home, much to Sapphire's vision correction, and delight. Nice they can avoid getting Steven in trouble with any thief with a iron bat. From the morning since leaving, they managed to get themselves back to Beach City at around nine, tired but overall enjoying their trip. When they got to the Beach House, Star and Diopside were both at the door by the time they showed up.
"Steven, there you are!" Diopside said, happily going right over to see him. Star Quartz came over too, glad to see them back too.
"... Where were you all?" Star asked, a bit confused.
"We visited Bayburgh," Sapphire answered.
"... Where's Bayburgh?"
"Eh, it's not too far from here. Hey, got something to show you," emerald said with a wink. Suddenly, he pulled out something else that he kept saving; a IPhone. Yes, he got one of those. Once more, much to Peridot's surprise, Emerald clicked around with it for a bit, and something began to show on the screen. Diopside and Star Quartz looked, and noticed that a video was being played.
Peridot dancing.
"... That's some unique movements ... You moved uniquely, Peridot," Star Quartz said, Peridot surprised, and looking spooked. blushing up and eyes wide, she saw herself dancing about at the party last night. Peridot knew she wouldn't live this down ...
"You clod, when did you even get this?" Peridot asked, still blushing in the face.
"You were having so much fun, my little pizza slice, I'd thought you'll like a reminder over last night. You have to admit, that's a good shot," Emerald said, showing Peridot some good shots of Peridot dancing from where Emerald was. Since Emerald also had his own telekinesis trick, he also got some cinematic shots, possibly from making his IPhone fly around Peridot.
"Well, maybe, but I insist you get rid of that thing," Peridot said, but Emerald smugly put his IPhone away back in his pocket.
"Eh, I'll get to it after get this up. I swear, this is going to be the next meme by tomorrow morning," Emerald chuckled, not bothering to explain what that was. Sapphire knew that Emerald was joking, not seeing any future vision of that happening, but as for Peridot ...
"Hm ... WAIT A MINUTE, DON'T YOU DARE!!" Peridot suddenly screamed, running inside after Emerald before he can upload her face onto the closest social site. Sapphire just smiled.
Just another day in the life of the Gems.