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[it's perhaps one or two in the morning on Thursday when this post goes up. Lapis is nowhere to be seen in the video, having opted to tilt the communicator upwards so it has a fantastic view of the sky. judging by how many stars are visible, it's somewhere remote.

just as Lapis begins to speak, a few meteors suddenly flash across the sky. it's pretty clear why she's out here now, at least. the show continues with increasing frequency as she goes on.]

I've never seen a meteor shower from earth before. [for once she doesn't sound bitter when speaking about the planet, just thoughtful.] I mean, we charted everything, but it was just for transport routes and optimal warp points. We never really...looked at it.

[there's a shifting sound near the comm, like Lapis is either pulling her legs up or spreading them out. even gems can cramp if they're in a position for too long, ok.]

You'd never be able to tell this place is in another universe just from the stars; it feels like I could go up there right now and nothing would have changed. But I know that's wrong - there isn't anything in the world that waits for you, even in space.

[she's reminded of her journey back to Homeworld, the little changes to her once familiar route that she'd noticed only too late thanks to her exuberance. maybe if she'd just been paying a little more attention she wouldn't have been so surprised by the planet she'd returned to. but what would that have done for her? things would have played out the same way.

there's rising emotion in Lapis' voice when she speaks again. when you're carrying so much weight around with you, there aren't many nice things you can enjoy for long before accidentally upsetting yourself.]

...this is stupid.

[coming out here, making this post, everything. the camera jerks suddenly, and there's a flash of little blue alien and watery wings before it's abruptly turned off.

don't expect any answer from her until maybe half an hour after this goes up - she's shot up into space for a little bit to get up close and personal with the meteor shower...and to think.]

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Most lack the vision to look beyond the horizon, much less the stars.

[How small they all were, here on this planet -- how small he could feel, as well, if he allowed himself to. In a mortal body, both feet firmly planted to the ground at all times.

How annoying.]

Then they're missing out on the only view worth seeing.

[beyond the stars is the only place that Lapis had been looking during those thousand years of entrapment, and even now she can't say that's entirely untrue. the possibility of what may lie in this universe's outermost reaches is more appealing than most of the things earth had to offer.]

[Alduin nearly shrugs.] Is it surprising? As I said, their vision is lacking. By their very nature they do not think beyond their own existence.

Do you truly believe nothing waits for you in your world?

No matter what you do, you'll always be left behind. All you can do is make sure it's for a good reason.

[she's protecting Steven as long as she remains Malachite. it means sacrificing her freedom, her happiness, and possibly even her very sense of self, but she's happy to do it. if it keeps Steven safe, she's content with giving up anything.]

Nid. This may be true for others, but not all are so contempt to be "left behind". I, for one, refuse to let such happen to myself.

[He has too much left to do -- too much to lose if he is simply left behind, in both literal and metaphorical sense.]

I hope you don't run into anything that can keep you, then.

[because opinions like that reminds her of Jasper, and she'd managed to entrap her for what would very likely be all eternity. it was foolish to assume you were the exception to such things.]

We will see. This mortal body has been a hindrance, to say the least.

[But a problem quickly solved! Hopefully. Maybe.]

They made you human? [she grimaces, actually sympathy in her expression] I don't think I could have stood that at all.

Yes. [Oh he's got a grimace to match hers, too.] Consider yourself fortunate that you are not encased in a mortal prison like I find myself now.

There's nothing worse than being trapped in your own body.

[and doesn't she know that all too well. Lapis has made that her fate for the foreseeable future at home, with a malevolent headmate to boot. what a great decision.]

Indeed so. And thus I wish to escape this cage as quickly as I am able.

...good luck. I don't think any of the ways gems use would work on humans.

[or human-shaped things, as the current case may be. she's pretty sure they couldn't just retreat into their nonexistent gem and alter their base form just like that.]

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