章節 1: The Kindergarten.
In the installations of the old and abandoned Gamma Kindergarten, a small and unique Peridot was born. Her codename was Peridot Facet-3T6J Cut-9ZM.
Her hair had a pallid and elegant green shade, contrasting with her darker green skin. The Peridot's size was shorter than that of her kind, a typical symptom of late awakening.
Compared to her peers, she had spent 3,000 years locked in her hole without a glimpse of awakening. Homeworld had long considered her dead.
Under normal circumstances, a Peridot wouldn't form an ego in her first days, but Peridot Facet-3T6J Cut-9ZM exhibited behavior as unique as her size.
"What the fuck is this dirt on my body?" she exclaimed in a desperate and incredulous tone. When she noticed her small hands, her pupils trembled in shock.
She desperately put her hands to her lower body and felt nothing. It's natural, after all—gems are a genderless species and wouldn't have any genitals. Unfortunately, Peridot didn't care about gem biology; her simple mind just thought about her old companion that was no longer there.
"It's gone. M-My duck...!" Tears filled her eyes like an endless waterfall.
Just moments ago, she was a typical 22-year-old salaryman eating apples after a stressful day at work. As she contemplated her new body, memories flooded her unprepared mind in an instant.
She remembered: she had died. The shock made her pupils tremble even harder, and her entire body was covered in sweat and tears. But a few seconds later, what once was fear was replaced by shame.
'I died choking on a fucking apple? If Grandma found out I died this way, she would laugh instead of crying at my tomb.' she thought.
After mulling over her futile pride, Peridot finally became aware of her surroundings.
"Is this... a human factory?"
Several holes in the shape of humans, like the one she emerged from, were spread across a cold and desolate planet.
She cautiously got up from her hole and touched the strange rock she came from.
'It's unbelievable I came from here.' she thought.
As she stared at the holes, she noticed strange machines with gems and metal legs. These were injectors; they absorbed the planet's energy to generate gems. But now they no longer produced any gems due to the planet's lack of energy.
Seeing these futuristic and strange machines, Peridot couldn't accept her own reality. When she looked at the sky to avoid the frightening machines, a peculiar sight caught her attention.
"Two moons?" The image of two moons was clearly visible in the sky. It was something she would never have seen on her home planet.
With these facts in front of her eyes, she realized that this wasn't her planet.
"No way, I'm the protagonist?" She delusionally thought about her place in this world. She had read so many fictional books that she confused herself as a special existence.
It didn't take long for her to come to her senses, and despair filled her mind again.
She had walked for hours and hours, and not a single person came into view. She was completely alone in an unknown world without means to escape.
The only fun she had was the fact that she could jump higher due to the weak gravitational power of the planet. But even this fun was over when she got used to it.
'What would I do from now on? I'm so bored here.' Her internet addiction was present even at this moment. She wanted to read a good book, play games, and talk about trivial things with her friends, but obviously none of these things would exist on a desolate planet.
Peridot walked aimlessly for a long time until a beautiful and circular object touched her little feet. The blue and modern object contrasted with the primitive sight of the apocalyptic world. Her eyes were fixed on the object with disbelief. She knew what this object was, but something else surprised her even more.
"Is it me?" She saw her reflection in the surface of the blue object. The gem was directly embedded in her forehead. Peridot thought she seemed like an alien because of her green skin, but her face was so cute that even this green skin had its own charm.
She became melancholic seeing the image that triggered her protective instincts.
Peridot always wanted to form a family. She wanted a unique and proactive wife and a cute child to live together. These feelings remained even after her death.
'It was a shame I became my ideal of a daughter,' she thought eccentrically, touching her own face.
When the shock about her appearance vanished, she finally directed her attention to the blue object.
It was a Warp Pad, one of the means the gems often used to travel to the most distant places in the galaxy. Any kindergarten would have at least one of them. It was a shame that the planet had no energy to activate even a single one in such a state. Unaware of this fact, Peridot's eyes shined with hope.
'So, this is the world of Steven Universe!' she thought.
Steven Universe was the cartoon she had watched the most in her childhood. She waited anxiously for each season and memorized the lines of each episode. After growing up, she stopped watching, but kept listening to the songs from time to time.
The little Peridot stood up on the Warp Pad with shining eyes. She embarrassingly opened her arms wide and squatted like she wanted to fly. She was trying to reproduce one of the most iconic scenes where Steven tried to use the Warp Pad with the Crystal Gems.
"Why isn't it working?" Not even a single light was there. Her eyes looked carefully at the Warp Pad. She instinctively knew that something was missing. The Warp Pad was severely broken on the edge and little crystals were scattered around.
The shining eyes were replaced by fear again. Her little hand touched the Warp Pad as if scanning for any details.
All the processes to fix the Warp Pad, the necessary energy, and even the material it was made of directly appeared in her mind. This was one of her unique skills, appraisal.
A late awakening with unique skills would shock most gems on Homeworld, but it just gave the small Peridot a new layer of shock.
Peridot realized she would never be able to use this Warp Pad to escape, she was trapped in this world.
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Frowfy I hope you enjoyed this beginning. The serialization starts in August 2024 (or more), the author is actually accumulating chapters and polishing his skills. Chapters 1-3 will be released soon in the next few days.
章節 2: False hope?
Two days had passed since Peridot discovered the Warp Pad, and her mood couldn't be worse.
The lively expression from the first day was nowhere to be seen. Instead, her vacant stare and downturned mouth revealed her inner despair.
Peridot's hands trembled as she sat alone, her mind racing. She hadn't slept, but fortunately, gems didn't need to breathe, eat, or sleep. If that wasn't the case, she would have perished long ago.
She spent her days thinking melancholically about her past life.
'Is Grandma doing well? Are they holding my funeral right now?' Her grandma was her only family in her previous world, even though they weren't related by blood. She owed her so much, but now she'd never be able to repay her kindness.
Tears trickled down her cheeks in the lonely world; her eyes were red and swollen, but it didn't bring any comfort.
Peridot knew she had to do something instead of lamenting. She was scared that if she spent more time thinking, she would lose her sanity. With these thoughts, she unwillingly stood up, her legs shaky.
She didn't know where to go. If she was lucky, maybe she could find another Warp Pad or a communicator. However, she didn't want to think about possibilities because she knew hope could hurt her later.
So, she just stood up and walked in the endless world. The days passed this way for her. A week, two weeks; she didn't bother to count.
And then, as if the world was finally giving her a green light, she felt a plane surface under her feet. Her eyes shone for a brief moment. There, a Warp Pad was almost completely intact. Maybe she could use it to go to Earth.
She hesitantly touched the Warp Pad with her hands. In her mind, the image of the Warp Pad formed in detail. Each piece with its respective purpose was described there, along with the energy necessary to operate it.
The Warp Pad was in better shape than the one she had found before, but it lacked the energy to transport someone. Her hope was broken again.
She kept analyzing the Warp Pad, and suddenly an idea came to her mind.
'If there is no energy, I just need to find a good energy source,' she thought. She started to gather all the information she had about gems.
Gems were unique beings with endless lifespans. They could change their bodies to any shape they wished, fuse with each other, and had unique abilities. But something even more interesting was their ability to condense energy from their bodies.
This was the ability that most gems showed in the series, and she, as a gem, should be able to do the same.
Peridot closed her eyes and scanned her body. Information about herself came to her mind. For the first time, she analyzed herself.
The results were fascinating. First, she learned that besides the ability to analyze things, she could also manipulate their forms to some extent. This ability was transmutation. The principle behind her powers was intriguing.
She thought she needed to touch an object to analyze it, but that wasn't true. When she touched something, she was enveloping it in energy, and this energy was something she had never seen before.
The gem biology was simply absurd. She felt like her body was constantly absorbing an unknown substance.
This substance was abundant and everywhere; it was a dense and strange dark substance. Her gem acted like a converter, absorbing this energy and converting it into something that could interact with the physical world.
That was why gems were able to change their bodies—they were made entirely from this energy.
Curiosity filled her eyes. She wanted to know more about her existence and the dark substance. However, when she tried to explore further, a strong headache hit her. She clutched her head, wincing in pain. The information was too much for her to handle.
Peridot felt regret; it was like her favorite series being paused at the best moment. Nevertheless, she had fulfilled her purpose. She was able to generate energy from her body.
The gem condensed the dark substance, and her hands glowed with energy.
She touched the Warp Pad with her hands, and a small light began to emanate from it.
'It's working!' she thought, her heart racing with joy.
However, she couldn't keep generating energy, and the light went out as if it had never existed.
"Damn, why?!" Peridot punched the floor with her small hands. Pain shot through her fists, but the adrenaline was strong enough to suppress it.
She felt like she had finally found a way to escape, only to have her hopes crushed again. Why did this world hate her so much?
'No, it's not time to despair again.' Peridot suppressed her strong emotions; that was something she had gotten used to in the last weeks.
'It's not all over.' She had gathered precious information in her analysis, and she had a unique skill that could change material forms.
If she could deeply understand the principle of the Warp Pad, she would be able to optimize its functions and reduce the necessary requirements for activation.
Peridot started to formulate a new plan in her head.
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