Song of Healing (Euclase and Melody)

[Euclase]

Yet again Euclase was left once again with another element to corrupted gems she neither understood. Melody had explained her situation, speaking to the gem in docility, remaining calm, speaking to it like a gem, not a corruption. It had brought Melody time it seemed, enough time that. If Melody had not calmed the gem, would Euclase have made it in time? She knew the answer to that question and tried not to linger on it. Melody would have been able to escape, she must have been able to escape, Euclase did not linger on the alternatives.

“hmm, corruption can be inconsistent, if I have bemoaned no other point here, your music may not have directly been the deciding factor in aggression, the fact in some form it listened to your general responses, albeit not directly is interesting.” Euclase said, “Ultimately it’s the issue once again of regularity, if nothing else once the cells have been retrofitted to avoid an incident I may, if your willing get some audio recordings of the dialogue you spoke to the gem, we can see if that recording may cite a similar response, if we can get the gem to react to the same way at least a few times we might have” Euclase let out a sigh, a slightly defeated tone in her voice “Something.”

Her optimism was limited, they had many something before and none of them had yielded many results. For now Euclase stood, a figure, exhausted, beaten down and holding the weight of what seemed like an impossible solution, to a task that she was given no guidance on, when all one was given was wall after wall, it didn’t take long for that gem to begin expecting another wall, even if it may look like a door, but she would try to open every door she can, it was the least she could do at this point.

“Do you remember the conversation you had” Euclase asked tentatively, conflicted, the fresher she got the statement the more clearly stuff would probably be remembered, but still, she was not sure about having Melody to dredge up the situation so soon “I know I said I would debrief you later if your able, but, if once again, you’re up for it, is there any chance you can scribe down the dialogue you had with the corrupted gem to the best of your abilities now,” Euclase asked, as she turned to her desk and out of a draw pulled out one of those blue glasslike tablets, identical to the ones Euclase had gotten Pearl to take on that day. The thing lit up to her touch, a keypad of gemglyph forming on the bottom.

“That way we have something to record later, both in your voice and, in others” She added.

[Melody]

Pearl felt terrible, she didn't need to be told to see that the whole thing wasn't affecting Euclase in a positive way. And she used to think that being a Zircon was stressful. Euclase was a manager of the whole base and she had to deal with the first "sickness" known to gem kind.

She was brought to this world with a purpose to help, to support the gem she was made for in any way she can. And she was not going to fail, not again. If there was a chance to be useful, to help Euclase in her endeavors, she was going to take it. All she had to do was to recall what she said back then. 

Did she remember the conversation? How could she not "Yes, yes I do." She said quickly without hesitation. It might have been weeks since that event, but she couldn't stop herself from thinking about that event. Despides all this stress and fear, it was probably the most extraordinary thing that ever happened to her. 

She looked with a bit of uncertainty at Euclase before accepting the device with a more confident look "I will try my best." She then closed her eyes as if she wanted to come back to this specific moment.



Her eyes soon opened up and she started to write. The start seemed simple enough. She remembered greeting the gem just like any of her other patients.
"Hello and welcome to the medical center of our glorious Pink Diamond."

She then... introduced herself, just in case.
"I am Pearl and I you must be one of our many patients, it is a pleasure to see you for the first time."

What was next...? She said something about the hall not being its cell. But she didn't name it like that, it didn't sound like a place where any gem would like to reside in.
"I am afraid that you are not suppose to be  in here. Please, return to your room."

Her eyes didn't leave the screen, but she spoke out to Euclase "I am pretty sure I was playing a tune all this time during our conversation." 

The gem just laid down. They... seemed tired and troubled back then.
"On a second thought, we can stay here."


She tried to relate. Her feelings didn't matter, not really, all that mattered was for her patients to feel alright. But as she grew older, she started to doubt it. Trying to compare her feelings to other gems often helped her understand the situation better. 
"Truth to be told, I am not in the best mood either." 

She started to tense up, what she was about to write down was extremely personal and on normal circumstances she would never allow such thoughts to leave her mind. Her head got closer to the tablet as she tried to escape Euclase's gaze as much as possible.
"You feel like you have seen it all and that you are ready for anything, and then your world just crumbles. And now I am here, but I don't what I am here for, not anymore."

Was she really about to show it to Euclase? She... she had to, it could help those corrupted gems. But then came an even bigger realization. The song. She obviously remembered the whole thing. She could never forget a song she made on her own. It wasn't exactly something that was natural. She wasn't suppose to own stuff, clearly she wasn't suppose to make stuff either. But it was something for her only, stuck in her head. What did worry her were the lyrics. She couldn't help, but worry what will Euclase think. She couldn't support her if she was seen as the one who needed support. She wasn't defective, she couldn't be seen as one.

Her hand started to shake, she couldn't write like that. She took a hold of it and took a big breath. It was for those poor gems, she thought. And she continued to write, there was no time for thinking or looking back, she was doing the right thing. 
"Distant Moon- Suddenly we are here today



Somewhere else... I never thought we could be so far away



Just who we really are? Oh Distant Moon...



My gem is not in tune



Distant Moon-something is not alright



Please lead the way with your moonlight."

It... it wasn't the whole song, but it was the part that she sang to the gem. And perhaps it was for the best. She gave back Euclase her tablet, her eyes were stuck looking at the ground, away from the other gem's face. Now she was the one who looked exhausted.

[Euclase]

It became apparent fairly quickly that this had weighted on Melody far more then what Euclase had initially thought, her body language, everything seemed to drain out of the Pearl as she wrote what she said. Euclase could not help but wonder what on earth had actually happened, what she had said. Despite this though she was almost hesitant to take the tablet back, would it be better to just delete it, throw the thing to the floor and let whatever was spoken, stay unknown, did she deserve to know that, was it fair to make Pearl give it up. Euclase had asked yes, but a little part of her knew that Cream Pearl would not say no, that she was selfless like that, that, no, that wasn’t fair either, Euclase Didn’t know that, she knew Cream Pearl the Pearl would not say no, but she didn’t know what Cream Pearl the Gem would say. Yet the Tablet was extended and Euclase took it anyway, some friend she was.

She read the text quickly and began to understand why, private reservations, concerns not meant to be aired to anyone who could really listen, feelings Euclase could understand, but seemed impossible to articulate or speak about, then, she knew what it was, even in text form, she could imagine it in Pearls voice. Music, Songs, it had always been Melodys, one of the few things that she could own, that she did own.

Highlighting the song text and blanking it out with a security lock, so that only those of correct clearance will see that gem glyph, even if they can access the file otherwise. After a moment’s hesitation she also locked the line above it aswell.

“I can, scrape the song, this text, from this record if you want, it can still be yours, and yours alone” Euclase spoke quietly her hand hovering over the tablet, ready to expunge the locked text with a moments confirmation “You deserve that choice” Euclase said “You never signed up for this fight, you have no obligation to sacrifice anything for it,” She added “dare I say this court has sacrificed enough for this planet.” She would respect Melodies wishes, regardless of what choice she had made.

A moment later, Euclase would speak again, how was one really meant to assuage and reassure someone lost.

“Be here for yourself, and if you can’t yet, know we will be here for you until then” Euclase said, her words seemed like simple platitudes, but she spoke the words she had hoped to hear when she had been in the same positions, not words of a brighter future, or words or some simple solutions, just one reaffirmation, others will stand beside you, until you decide you’re ready to get back up.

[Melody]

The Pearl continued to stare blankly at the floor, she wouldn't even dare to look her new manager in the eyes. She knew deep inside that she wouldn't be able to hide those feelings and thoughts forever, but she had hoped that maybe, just maybe, she would have been more ready for this. What a strange thought, there was no way she could have prepared herself for something like this. Admitting a flaw was like a death sentence. A used component could be easily replaced, there were no exceptions, only Diamonds were perfect. And she was probably lucky anyway for having such a long life span. At the end of the day, she was an outdated model, and not even a fancy one. A simple Pearl. But... somehow she wasn't going to accept it. She wanted to live, it didn't feel like an end. The galaxy was huge, with many sights and sounds she had yet to experience. And it seemed that Eucase wasn't going to stop her, but she couldn't say the same thing about the rest of the galaxy. She still had to know her place, nothing would change her situation.

She shook her head angrily while still avoiding the eye contact. What was that? Scraping the song? How could she? "That would be selfish." She said quietly. What was the point of feeling alive if she was putting her existence over the others? If this simple song was a key to finding the cure, she was ready to sacrifice it for the sake of the better future. The all had to make sacrifices. And it was probably the only thing that she could ever give. However, she couldn't forget that it would mean trouble for her. If someone saw it, what would happen to her? Would Euclasee get in trouble for accepting such behaviour? Suddenly she wasn't so sure about it. Was she at the end the selfish one? She wanted too much, she was in no place to want anything. There were so many corrupted gems, so many gems with a fate much worse than hers. She could be useful, she could help, but would it in any way bring too much attention at Euclase and the base? Her behaviour was shameful, other courts- they wouldn't understand. 

"You are not disappointed? Not at all?" Her gazed raised slightly to look at Eucase. She couldn't understand why was she acting like this. She didn't deserve to be put on a pedestal for many different reasons, but Euclase wasn't aware of it. Maybe it was for the better... perhaps she would overcome her flaws over time. Perhaps there was hope. A chance for a second life here on the Moon. But it still didn't explain one thing. Cream finally looked the gem straight in the eyes  "Why do you even care?" Her voice sounded a bit too angry than she wanted it to be. Her eyes looked like glass so delicate that it could shatter on its own any second now.

[Euclase]

“Selfish implies that you should be expected to give it up, it’s a choice, nothing more or less” Euclase Responded, in an equally quiet tone as she glanced up from the tablet.

Lowering the tablet down to her side she responded “Disappointed in what?” Euclase asked raising a one of her brows “that a gem thrust into a situation and environment she has never been exposed to before is feeling lost, that a gem suddenly having a role that seemingly is familiar in just enough ways, but different in so many other, feels isolated, that a gem, who has left what connections and friendships they perhaps had, does not know what they are even here for” At some point it became unclear who which gem in the room Euclase was speaking about.

Her words lingered before Melody seemed to speak, no, snap back with her own…accusation of Euclase’s motivations for caring, anger, that was a surprise, not an unpleasant one though, she was just happy something seemed to be coming of this conversation. The tragedy of the situation was not lost on her, that this idea, this concept someone would treat her, as an equal, as someone who deserved to be asked, deserved to speak up. Dare her to even say it out loud, but if one thing, this blasted rebellion seem to have right, it was allowing Pearls to same clout as other gems, if nothing else when Pinks Court was completed and Sigma 1 was a full colony, she hoped the way things were ran here would be enough of an example to expand the caste of pearls outside of simple servants and into the far more expansive roles they seemed practical of playing. Holding her hand up 4 of her smaller drones moved out of her pouch and clamped onto the tablet, leaving her hands free.

Her words had not a hint of deception to them as she said them, her own pink eyes gazing into Melodies own, not to pierce, not to intimidate, just to connect, to try and reassure.

“Because, it’s about time someone should.” Euclase stated, adding, with a slight smile “In case you haven’t noticed…Melody, We are not exactly orthodox in this court.”

This entire court was Pink Experimentation; it was easy to see that from how it was run. In some twisted way the rebels and Pinks Court were one in the same, they both wanted change, the problem being that the rebels let one planet stand in the way of that, one court, Pinks court, its simple completion, living, functional proof that Pinks Looser control and slacker caste locking allowed a stronger more loyal colony. Objective evidence to the other Diamonds that Pinks way worked, that it was logical, and with that evidence, the other Diamonds would rationally follow with their own colonies. The Rebellion could have started on any colony, but for some twisted reason, they chose Pinks Planet, and targeted the one Diamond, the one court trying to adapt and update the system. Would the complete colony even be enough proof anymore then, with the rebellion like a dark cloud hanging over it? There was a chance Pinks court would not been seen as a unified and more loyal colony, but instead that slackening the metaphorical chain had allowed the Rebellion to break free and start. ‘No’ Euclase thought ‘The Diamonds, Yellow,Blue and White, they were all reasonable, logical, they would of course see that there was no correlation between Pinks Methods and the rebellion, it was simply timings and luck, a rebellion would have ignited eventually, and could have started on any early colony, be that Blue, Yellows,Or Pinks.’ Moving back out of her own thoughts with a slight head shake she spoke again to Melody. Plucking her tablet out of the air from the drones and looking back at it.

“If you still wish for me to keep that transcript of what you said, you have my word no action will come from it, only those gems I trust the most will be present if they are used.” She added tapping a few button on the tablet before the screen blanked back out, with a swish of her hand the drones grabbed onto it again, and moved it into one of her drawers, a clear and audible click indicating once the draw was shut that it was very much locked. At the same time Euclase pulled her Diadem out of her pouch and clicked it onto her gemstone, completing, at least in her mind, her look.

[Melody]

Her thin hands fiddled with the bottom material of her shawl. She had it all under control, she just had to trust her logic. She couldn't possibly be wrong, she just had to prove it. 

It was selfish, all gems were making sacrifices for their perfect empire. Even simple Rubies were ready to give their lives to protect those higher in the caste system. And she always believed that she was a part of this big machine as well. Through helping her Zircon, she was helping the rest of the gem kind. And she was helping those in need here on the moon. But it wasn't enough, it couldn't be. The "Crystal Gems" were the first gem rebellion on such a big scale. Not only that, they took over her Diamond's first colony. Everything was falling apart and all she could do was smile and look nice at her desk. Now she had this chance to help, to be useful, she couldn't throw it away.

Her hands took a stronger grip at her shawl. Giving up her work, something she was never supposed to have in the first place, perhaps it would help... or not. But what else could she lose at this point. She had to remember that she was doing it for the corrupted gems and... Euclase and her Diamond. They gave her a new purpose, she had to pay back in some sort of way. A single  tear formed in her eyes. "I need to... I need to help." 

The gem didn't even dare to look up again. Did Euclase really understand? Based on what Amethyst said, Euclase wasn't made to be a manager. She was never meant to work on the moon either. But how did it make any sense, she was an Euclase while she was a Pearl, they couldn't be similar. Melody should be the one to comfort her, not the other way around, her problems were meant to be meaningless, but they still hurt, a lot.And... she did want it to stop hurting.

She immediately raised up the moment Euclase implied that she was the first one to care. She glared at the blue gem and stood up, her hands nearly punched the table "She was the one who brought me to this world! She is the reason I am alive!" Her voice was louder than usually and felt like a cold breeze of wind  that lingered in the air for some time. She sit down as if the strength in her legs escaped her. Her face landed in her hands as she shook her head again "She must have cared, she DID care." The sobbing sounds replaced the once emotional voice, probably for the first time in a long time. "She did care..."

She continued, but her face remained hidden "I don't want changes, I want things to be the way they were before." It seemed she started to slowly calm down since sobs weren't as uncontrolled, but she then started to speak again. "How am I supposed to know how to feel, how to act, this new system isn't logical. Why isn't it logical? Why do I start feeling things I am not supposed to feel?" She gasped as the realization hit her "I am only getting worse." Her voice mumbled something under her nose "I am outdated." She stared blankly at her knees as her hands fell. The face was more orange than usually, especially around her eyes. She tried to repress those feelings, but they kept coming back. Perhaps she was fighting with them for too long.

She didn't respond to Euclase's last sentence. She already agreed, the song didn't belong to her anymore. And she had a bigger problem. What now... Was Euclase really not disappointed? Even after her radical behaviour? Was she really okay with dealing with an old hand me down Pearl? She wasn't really that helpful in this state. 

[Euclase]

"She was the one who brought me to this world! She is the reason I am alive!"

“And yet she seemed content to abandon you to it aswell,” Euclase herself responded back, her tone level, logical even, she wonder, as Melody seemed to repeat to herself that Zircon must have cared, whether she was trying to convince Euclase, or herself but she did let out a sigh “I know not of your Zircon, of what past you had, but I know you are here, and they are not.”

"I don't want changes, I want things to be the way they were before."

“you have no idea the planets I would move to get even on day of things being the way they were before, one more quiet day patrolling the fountain, one more day to see them, but time is as cruel to us as anything else, and in the river of it, we must learn to float along with it, even a gem cannot push against its tides forever, we tire, we slow and then all, we can do is sink.” Euclase mused her own thoughts traveling to a time of her own, the Earth, Sigma 1, had taken many things from her, happy memories for some of the few things it could not.


"How am I supposed to know how to feel, how to act, this new system isn't logical. Why isn't it logical? Why do I start feeling things I am not supposed to feel?

Once again Euclase’s tone was level, not enacting any judgement with her words, simply asking one question “Did you start feeling things you did not want to feel, or have you just been trying to ignore and reject what you always felt in an environment you thought wouldn’t accept it?”

Euclase fell silent, letting Melodys words of being outdated sit in the air, a small, almost understanding smile on her face as if to say ‘as am I, and yet, here we are’. Seemingly changing the Topic Euclase Spoke, her head turned towards the wall, as if looking through it to some invisible destination.

“You know It was Pink Diamond’s decision to bring you here, not my own, I knew nothing of your arrival until the cycle it occurred. I think Pink likes to bring in gems that she feels deserve another chance, gems she think could thrive in a system not as beholden to the same rigidity of other courts.” She began, pulling her drones up and generating a screen.

“Never a file misplaced, not a single complaint from any gems that have interacted with you, a outstanding consistency regardless of what task is and is not given, a perfect track record” She vanished the screen once more.

"I think My Diamond knows more about you then you think, the thing is, I don’t think she was telling the whole truth when she recounted your situation, I told her you were affiliated with a Zircon and that they were a lawyer, that checks out, but I have nothing on my system about a previous owner after your Zircon, an owner that was affiliated with you on the sea spire. With that, and a few other little contradictions I have noticed” She trailed off, pausing even for effect “i think Pink was spinning me a yarn, making sure I got enough ‘truthful’ information from her recounts, so that I won’t look into you too much myself, i think she wanted you, even then, to be able to have a fresh start, whatever is in you, regardless of what you label it, a defect, a muse, a spark, whatever it was, Pink Diamond seems to think its worthwile, otherwise, why would you be standing infront of me. She saw something within a Cream Pearl, something she felt her court could bolster and cultivate, in the same way out of a squadron of combat medics, she picked one, one she felt had greater potential up here, then down there.”

[Melody]

She gritted her teeth at Euclase's response. Melody was in no place to question the gem she was made for, she must have had a good enough reason to leave her. But it would also mean that she in fact didn't care about her wellbeing. How could she accept the reality she didn't understand? She has seen so many cases, some that seemed impossible at first to solve, but with her Zircon, they were both able to do anything. Perhaps she didn't contribute much in their victories, she thought, was that why she was left on Earth?

She was snapped back from her train of thought when Euclase spoke again. She was in fact here and Zircon wasn't. But it was just making things more difficult. A lost Pearl without guidance, it was something that Euclase couldn't possibly replace. Could she figure it out on her own? She hoped, she wished, but what were the odds? Did it ever happen before? An independent Pearl? Thinking about it on its own was enough to make her more uncomfortable. It would be against everything she knew. Even if it was acceptable in here, could it really happen? Wouldn't that just confirm that she was defective from the start? But she wasn't defective, Euclase already confirmed that.

“You have no idea the planets I would move to get even on day of things being the way they were before, one more quiet day patrolling the fountain, one more day to see them, but time is as cruel to us as anything else, and in the river of it, we must learn to float along with it, even a gem cannot push against its tides forever, we tire, we slow and then all, we can do is sink.”
While she didn't respond to it in any way, she did listen. It seemed Euclase was also fond of similar tactics. Just how Melody tried to relate to the corrupted gem, now Euclase was looking back at her own history to help herself. And she lowered her slightly in shame, it was hard not to agree with the analogy she came up with. But wasn't it just how things are, something that they all had to accept for the sake of their Empire? Only Diamonds were perfect at the end of the day, but at the same time, she saw with her own eyes that even Diamonds were arguing and had issues. It is not like she thought they are not perfect, stars not, but they seemed more "gem like" in a way because of that.

“Did you start feeling things you did not want to feel, or have you just been trying to ignore and reject what you always felt in an environment you thought wouldn’t accept it?”
She quickly looked up and spoke without hesitation "That is irrelevant!" A second of silence occured before she spoke again, this time with her head once again looking down "It was irrelevant..." She was always there to support her owner, no matter what. But she never remembered it to be this hard. Euclase was nothing like her and would never replace her. But she also didn't expect Euclase to act the way she was meant to act towards her. Suddenly, her feelings  did matter.

She rested her face in her hands. Maybe to rest, maybe to cover the emotions that ruined her nearly never ending stoic expression.


“You know It was Pink Diamond’s decision to bring you here, not my own, I knew nothing of your arrival until the cycle it occurred. I think Pink likes to bring in gems that she feels deserve another chance, gems she think could thrive in a system not as beholden to the same rigidity of other courts.”
She slightly looked up with one eye through her fingers. Her Diamonds truly wanted her that much? It wasn't because of formality? She wasn't special. Even among Pearls, she wasn't a fancy model, but a more common model with gimmicky abilities, a model forgotten by time.


“Never a file misplaced, not a single complaint from any gems that have interacted with you, a outstanding consistency regardless of what task is and is not given, a perfect track record”
Euclase couldn't see that, but her eyes slightly widened. This wasn't right. Was her Diamond responsible of that? It couldn't be, and yet it was the case.


"I think My Diamond knows more about you then you think, the thing is, I don’t think she was telling the whole truth when she recounted your situation, I told her you were affiliated with a Zircon and that they were a lawyer, that checks out, but I have nothing on my system about a previous owner after your Zircon, an owner that was affiliated with you on the sea spire. With that, and a few other little contradictions I have noticed. I think Pink was spinning me a yarn, making sure I got enough ‘truthful’ information from her recounts, so that I won’t look into you too much myself, I think she wanted you, even then, to be able to have a fresh start, whatever is in you, regardless of what you label it, a defect, a muse, a spark, whatever it was, Pink Diamond seems to think its worthwhile, otherwise, why would you be standing in front of me. She saw something within a Cream Pearl, something she felt her court could bolster and cultivate, in the same way out of a squadron of combat medics, she picked one, one she felt had greater potential up here, then down there.”
It was a lot to take in. Conflicting emotions and thoughts flooded her head. Euclase knew that she was never told the truth. Pink Diamond wanted HER, not a pearl of the same model, she wanted HER... for some reason she didn't understand. And she also wanted her to start anew without rejuvenation.

The gem straightened up. The hands left the face and instead rested on her stomach. While her face had some dry tears, it was calm. She took a big breath and sighted, she didn't know why, she didn't need to breath like organics. And then she spoke, a it louder than she wanted to "I want a break."

[Euclase]

A break, it was a simple request really, one many gem perhaps needed, but would never be brave enough to ask for, nothing lavish, nothing crazy, nothing excessive, just something important. Eculases mind churned, the semantics, the loopholes, there must be something she can do, her mind thinking back, a message, more recent, from a former Pearl, and a second one, unrelated, slightly older.

“There may be something,” She pulled up the screens, sifting through list upon list of files, mumbling “Where is it” before pulling something up and reading it, her eyes skimming the glyphs.

“I got this Message a few cycles ago, Survey Team 3 is making a stop off here to the Moonbase, Their next assignment was to travel, scout and survey a prospective colony for Our Diamond just outside this Solar system, the Initial extraterrestrial scans seem to show the Planet is not built up, fairly calm weather patterns,” She squinted a bit, “organic foliage.” Suppose there had to be some catch, but it seemed the best option at this point.

“It would be quiet at least,” Euclase offered “away from gem society; The Survey Teams are small, usually they often divide up to search areas, so you would have some fairly consistent time alone. The Scout mission themselves take anywhere from a few day to a few weeks.“

“I know it’s not much, but it’s what I can do for now.” Euclase added, “Would you be interested in that?”

She wished she could offer something more, but for now her hands were tied.

Euclase did promise herself, once this colony was completed; they would go on a proper vacation together, Perhaps a Tour of the completed Colony, all 67 Sea Spires, a trip through the latest Kindergarden and relaxing at one of the quieter outposts. A Nice Downtime while things are being prepared and Pink moves on to establish her second colony, with a new moonbase. It will be strange not having Pink around, all things considered Euclase suspects that she will be running the Moonbase Full time once Pink Moves onto the Second Base, or perhaps Pink will stay here, considering it her Home Base, afterall In many centuries Sigma 1 will be a historic location, the first Colony of Pink Diamonds Glorious court, treated with the same reverence as the first Colonies of Blue and Yellow’s Courts. What a wonderful day that will be.

[Melody]

To be perfectly honest, she didn't expect such a quick reaction from Euclase. She was in the middle of rubbing one of her eyes, but stopped when Euclase mentioned that there might be something to grand her wish "Huh?" Her gaze turned towards the blue gem, not sure what to think of it. It felt as if her manager had everything planned out already.

She looked curiously as Euclase was going through her files to find what she was looking for. Not sure what to expect, she waited patiently. She honestly wouldn't mind just having a room for herself for some time alone, but she also wasn't going to interrupt Euclase now.

Her eyes widened. A survey team? A possibly future colony, far away from any gems besides the team itself, but with a lot of time for herself. It sounded ridiculous if she had to be honest, but also genius at the same time. She could imagine at that moment what it would be like... silence, complete silence. Truly one of the most beautiful sounds that was so rare nowadays. Did she remember what silence sounds like? She tried to replicate it, record it, but she could always sense some background noise. It sounded like a perfect plan.

The surprised gaze remained, the Pearl that stood in front of Euclase was clearly processing all of this, all possible outcomes and information. It was clear to her at that moment, that the answer was "Yess-" The uncertain "s" sound lingered in the air before being interrupted by the uncomfortable (and not complete) silence. She soon spoke again "You have to promise me..." Her face, now slightly more serious, more determined, continued to stare at her blue Manager. "-that you will still be here when I return."

The eyes didn't dare to move. But she then quickly continued in a more of a rushed tone "I don't doubt that you will be here - but I would still like a confirmation" She took a more professional posture with her back straight and more a neutral expression.

[Euclase]

And, as her own eyes met Melody Euclase would speak.

“I will be here, I will wait for you; I won’t leave you behind” Euclase promised.

Her gaze down turning “I won’t leave anyone behind, never again.” She added quietly, her mind wandering to Earth, where were the other Eucalses now, how many gems had she left behind. Too many, and if she could achieve one thing on this gem forsaken colony, it would be to make sure Melody was never one of them. She was no solider, no medic, no general, she didn’t deserve that torment; she didn’t deserve to be left behind. Eucalse’s thoughts turned, thinking of Melody’s former master. What was in Melody’s past, was it simply a callous gem discarding their Pearl, or something more. A Mystery she had no right to find the answer to, Melody’s past was her own, but still, Eucalse wanted to understand, wanted to know. Maybe it was empathy, maybe it was programing, maybe it was some distortion of her duties as a medic, but she saw a pain inside Melody, and she wanted so much just to be able to make it go away. Watching gems suffer, and being powerless to stop it, it was a torture of its own.

She shook her head out of her own thoughts, to dwell on those you couldn’t help, to dwell on actions she has not done, it was a pit, very easy to sink under. She honestly wondered if it was something minutely similar to the conflict Sapphires must mentally endure seeing continuity parsed infront of them, Perhaps, but regardless for now she focused back on the room before her, back on those she could help.

“Now of course their ship will take some time to arrive onto the planet, ill inform them of the requested detour so she should be here within a week or two” Eucalsed explained “It may be prudent to prepare, if you have supplies or anything you wish to bring along for it.”

With such matters at least resolved somewhat for now Euclase pulled up a screen with one of the drones "Now how long has it been, I think it has been well enough time for them to return that which they…borrowed. Now, do you wish to join me? I need to run a small errand to check whether a certain set of damage walls panels have been correctly returned back to storage and to perhaps make a certain group of Quartzs very nervous as I inspect how well they have stored them.” She explained a slightly playful smile on her face.

[Melody]

"I am glad." Her eyes at the moment seemed slightly glassy at the moment, but not for a different reason this time. A small, but genuine smile also appeared on her face.

Her expression turned into a more confused one when Euclase spoke out again. She wasn't sure what to think of it, who did she leave behind?Perhaps it was the Amethyst she learned about before, but it most likely wasn't the best time to ask questions. She brushed it off, for now, she needed to remember her directive. She served the Moonbase, and Euclase was a major part of it, her well being was important to her, not just because of her purpose now.

"I will keep that in mind." She said, but as the time later showed, she didn't think about what she could bring. Then again, she didn't need much to keep herself occupied.

"I would love too." She said sincerely and she straightened herself up and fixed her attire. "I could possibly help you with a more dramatic entrance if you are interested." She said, a now bigger and also more playful smile appeared on her face. Her gem lit up and she was doing some sort of trick with her one hand. If Euclase paid attention, she would notice that her footsteps were now a bit louder and were making a much more noticeable echo like sound.




A song that fits the thread, but it would be weird if Melody just started to sing