[ENTRANCEWAY] IC CONTACT

[slapfight]

 

You've reached Peridot, leader of the Crystal Gems. I can't get to your call right now, but you can leave a message, and if I'm not too busy being a great savior and all-around wonderful gem, I'll get back to you.

[pause]

...Is that all I do? When does it- [BEEP]

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[sslillappy]

I know, right?
I guess I've technically never been anywhere but here, but... I kind of miss it too, you know?

[slapfight]

You mean... You have actual memories of the barn?

[THIS IS ENTIRELY NEW INFORMATION FOR HER.]

[sslillappy]

[Normally, M'Lapis would be inclined to brush that off, as she has been doing all along. Having someone else's memories in your head isn't actually that much like remembering things you've experienced yourself, she thinks; if she had really been there, things would have gone very, very differently. It's more like remembering something seen on TV, which is an analogy Peridot would certainly understand.

But right now, for some reason, she feels like playing things the wrong way entirely.]

Well... yeah. I know they're not actually mine, but I remember everything.

[slapfight]

[Either way, it implies something about the Queen of Hearts that she's never thought about. She's wondered who controls the system that makes up Wonderland- if the Queens are pawns or programmers, but no other queen has exhibited such a command of where the Reals come from as to use that information to shape the Mirrors.]

So that means the Queen of Hearts knows everything?

[sslillappy]

[...

..............

...actually, M'Lapis hadn't thought of that. She knows exactly who and what she is, and she tends not to question it. Huh.]

I wonder.

[slapfight]

Could you find out?

SAFELY?

[sslillappy]

I wonder!

[slapfight]

If we figure out her secrets,
we might actually find a way to defeat her! Wouldn't that be great?

[sslillappy]

[Well. Peridot seems to have a basic misapprehension here. Lapis doesn't really want to shut her down too bluntly, which would probably bring down the mood, but she also doesn't want to humor this too far, or say anything too incriminating. Plus, this is already way less fun than talking about themselves.]

Are you sure it's not just that you want to play spy?

[There's another tongue-sticking-out-smiley. Just to make sure.]

[slapfight]

[She turns red again.]

It's just you're such a nice
Mirror! What happens to nice Mirrors over there long-term? It can't be easy.

[sslillappy]

The company leaves a lot to be desired, but I'm not dumb enough to get into any serious trouble.
Such as, for instance, listening to Reals who try asking me to commit treason. Just as an example.

[slapfight]

[awk... ward.]

That's a good point. You'll be okay.

[sslillappy]

Besides...
You realize I could steal an ocean too.

[Y'know, if there was one.]

[slapfight]

That thought hadn't actually occurred to me until this moment...

[Mostly because Mirror Lapis just doesn't seem like the type to steal oceans.

And a little bit that she wanted to believe Mirrors were just less powerful in general. The look on her face suggests it might actually be more than a little bit.]

[sslillappy]

Haha, don't worry. We don't even have one over here.