Mirror Gem/Transcript

[Open Ext. Steven's Room]

Steven: *on the phone with Connie* What? Why not?

[Trans. int. Connie's house]

Connie: Steven, I told you, I can't hang out today. I have tennis practice. And then Mom wants to go out for a family dinner. But she said I could hang out all day tomorrow, and I can come over all the time now that it's summer vacation.

Steven: What's summer vacation?

Connie: You know, when school gets out for the summer?

Steven: I've never been to this—how do you say?—"school". How does it work?

Connie: Its a place where you go to learn. It's full of desks, chalkboards...

Steven: Hmm.

Connie: Books, maps.

Steven: I see.

[Trans. int. Beach house]

* Pearl assembles all the things that Connie mentioned on the floor*

Steven: *looks at pile* Yep, it's all coming together.

Pearl: So, how do we begin our "school"?

Steven: Ugh...I... I don't know! This is everything Connie told me. Why do I never ask follow-up questions?! Who will teach little Stevie now!?

Pearl: *Gasps* Teach you?! Steven! If only I had known that 's what you really wanted!

Pearl: TWOOOAH! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! *does the same ritual from "Lars and the Cool Kids" and summons a mirror*

Pearl: We found this gem-powered mirror at the Galaxy Warp. It can capture and display any event it's witnessed in all of Gem history.

Steven: *Gasps*

Pearl: *comes from behind and places her arms around her* It'll offer you everything you've ever wanted to know about your fellow Gems and our culture.

Steven: *Looking at his reflection in the mirror* I must be incredibly important to Gem culture.

Pearl: *Scoffs* It's just you in there. It hasn't even been activated. *Clears throat* Show us the Galaxy Warp... *The mirror does nothing* Show us the Galaxy Warp. Oh, come on! *tugs on it*

Steven: Whoa! *laughs*

Pearl: I know you've seen it. *Sighs* It is in pretty rough shape. It must finally be broken. *Sighs* What a shame.

Steven: *looking at his reflection again* Doesn't seem broken to me.

Pearl: *Sighs* Oh well. I guess that's the end of our school.

Steven: Whoa. Wha... So you could say...School's out for summer?

Pearl: Yes. Good, Steven. There are many ways to say the same thing.

Steven: *gasps* School's out! *runs out of the house*

* Door closes*

Pearl: *Looking at the pile* Hmm. The asymmetry of this pile is really starting to bother me.

[Trans. ext. Beach House]

Steven: *Running down the beach* *breathing heavily* School's out! Happy summer vacation, Steven. Happy summer vacation, Beach City! *chuckling* Yeah!

Sadie and Lars: *setting up tables* Hey!

Lars: *Steven slams into Lars* Er, watch where you're going, you little... Ssssteven!

Steven: Sorry! I'm just so excited for summer. Are you excited for summer? I'm so excited for summer!

Sadie: *Laughs* Uh, I think I'm as excited as I can get about setting up extra seating for the summer rush. But Lars has big plans.

Lars: You bet I do! All those out-of-town summer babes traveling away from home without their boyfriends, if you know what I mean.

Steven: Nope.

Lars: Maybe I'll get a few numbers. Maybe I'll even... call one.

Sadie: Ha! Well, yeah, maybe I'll meet a new friend.

Steven: That's a great idea - A special new friend to have fun on the beach with in the summer. Maybe if I keep using the mirror to guide me, I'll walk backwards into my own beach-summer-fun buddy! *Starts walking backwards*

Lars: Next time you see me, I'll be on the arm of a hot woman's!

Sadie: You can stop talking about it now.

Steven: *Laughs* ♪ Wo, Wo, Wo, Wo! ♪ Wo, Wo, Wo, Wo! ♪  Wo, Wo, Hee-Hee! ♪ *Imitating Michael Jackson and moonwalks*

Mayor Dewey's Van: May-or Dew-ey.

Mirror: Er, watch where you're going, you little...

Steven: Huh?

(The truck is coming towards Steven)

Mayor Dewey's Van: May-or Dew-ey.

Steven: Nooooo!

* tires screech*

Mayor Dewey: *Leans out of the truck* Car wash kid, what are you doing?!

Steven: I don't know. Why were you driving down the boardwalk?

Mayor Dewey: I'm the mayor—I'm not going to walk anywhere. Now, go get run over somewhere else. I'm late for a speech. *Begins to drive again*

Mayor Dewey's Van:  May-or Dew-ey. May-or Dew-ey.

Steven: What just happened?

Mirror: *Whirs* *laughs*

Steven: You work! This is so cool! What's it like being a mirror?

Mirror: *Whirs* You work!

Steven: So you can repeat stuff?

Mirror: *Chuckling* Yeah!

Mayor Dewey: Hello, Beach City, my friends! It's great to be here to celebrate the coming season. A warm summer breeze wafts through the air.

Steven: *Inhales deeply* PBHT! *fart noise*

* Crowd snickers*

Mayor Dewey: We all look forward to the sounds of the summer season...

Mirror: PBHT!

Mayor Dewey:  ...the smells of the busy boardwalk...

Mirror: PBHT!

Mayor Dewey: ...The hot, wet ocean wind...

Mirror: PBHT!

Mayor Dewey: ...The time to take that pressure that's built up all year and just let it out.

Mirror: PBHT!

* Crowd laughs*

Steven: Wow, you picked that up fast.

[Timeskip to night time]

Mirror: PBHT!

Steven: *Laughs* You got a lot of mileage out of that joke. You're pretty funny for a mirror.

Mirror:  You're pretty funny for a mirror.

Steven: *Chuckles* I'm not a mirror.

Mirror: You're pretty funny for a -- Ssssteven!

Steven: *Gasps* You made something new! Say something else!

Mirror:  Ssssteven—is—a new friend.

Steven: *Blushing* Really?

Mirror: *Laughs* Yeah!

Steven: You're my friend, too!

Mirror: *Laughs*

Steven: I got to go tell the Gems.

Mirror: Noooo!

Steven: Don't be shy, they'll love you.

Mirror: *Echoing* Noooo!

Steven: *Chuckles* Don't worry, they're a good audience.

[Trans. int. Beach House]

Steven: Guys! Wait 'till you see...

Amethyst: Yo! Ste-man!

Pearl: Hello, Steven.

Garnet: Howdy. Bang.

Amethyst: Want to see something hilarious?

* Moves M.C. Bear Bear towards the pile from earlier, now stacked neatly. Pearl thrusts her spear through it*

* Metallic "shing" from spear*

Amethyst: *Laughs*

Pearl: You don't understand. Symmetrical means both sides have to be the same! *Angry grunting* Oh, gosh! *Puts M.C. Bear-Bear into a pile of other stabbed stuff*

Steven: M.C. Bear-Bear! Okay, that's great. Anyway, I fixed the mirror!

Pearl: Excellent work, Steven!

Steven: You didn't tell me it's, like, a person.

* The Gems all look shocked*

Pearl: Wait. What?

Steven: Say "hey." ...Little buddy... Uh...excuse us. *Turns around* Come on. You want to come out, don't you? You have so much to say and funny noises to share from across the ages. Are we not beach-summer-fun buddies?

Mirror: *Whirs* PBHT!

Steven: *Laughs* Just couldn't help yourself, huh?

Mirror: *Whirs* Just for - you - Ssssteven! *repeatedly laughs*

Pearl: It's talking to him? It shouldn't be able to do that. I-it should just be following orders...

Amethyst: Garnet, do something.

Garnet: Steven. *Walks towards him*

Mirror: *Laughs* Noooo!

Garnet: You should just give us back the mirror. It will be safer where we can watch it.

Amethyst: Yeah, let's bubble it!

Mirror: Noooo! *Echoing repeatedly* Noooo!

Steven: Wha...

Garnet: Steven. Don't make me have to take it from you.

Steven: *Gasps* It doesn't want to go with you. Don't you hear it screaming?

Garnet: Steven, it's just a mirror, a tool. It can't want anything.

* Garnet reaches her hand towards the mirror*

Mirror: *Echoing repeatedly* Noooo!

Steven: *Growls* It wants to be with me! (Slaps Garnet's hand away, which hits her in the face and knocks her glasses off.)

Amethyst: *Gasps*

* Garnet looks extremely angry*

Steven: *Gasps* *runs out of the house* Aah-aah! I'm sorry!

Garnet: *Puts glasses back on* That little boy is in big trouble.

Pearl: Garnet, wait! I'm sure he didn't understand what he was doing!

[Trans. Ext. Beach House]

Garnet: Fan out.

Steven: *running* *breathing heavily* *hides behind a rock* *panting* *sighs* What am I gonna do? What's their problem with you? Are you trying to say something?

Mirror: *whirs - distorted* Away from home - Let - Me - Out!

Steven: I don't understand!

Pearl (distantly): Steven!

Steven: Come on! I want to help you! What can I do?

Mirror: *whoosh, whirs, distorted* *shows image of Steven pulling the gem from the back of the mirror*

Steven: *grabs gem and pulls on it* *grunts with effort* Ah!

(The mirror shatters.)

(The gem levitates, soon forming its physical, humanoid form.)

Steven: *gasps* Wha...

Lapis Lazuli: *sighs* Thank you... You didn't— *falls forward, but is caught by Steven* You actually talked to me. You helped me! It's Steven, right?

Steven: *breathes deeply* Mm.

Lapis Lazuli: I'm Lapis. Lapis Lazuli. Are you really a Crystal Gem?

Steven: Yeah!

Lapis Lazuli: But you set me free.

Steven: But— Wha...

Garnet: Steven!

(The Crystal Gems run forward and summon their weapons.)

Steven: *runs in front of them* Wait!

Lapis Lazuli: You... *raises a huge water-arm out of the ocean*

Steven: *gasps*

Lapis Lazuli: You three knew I was in there, and you didn't do anything. Did you even wonder who I used to be?!

(Lapis slams the water-arm onto the Crystal Gems, trapping Garnet underneath it.)

Amethyst/Pearl: *skid in opposite directions* *pained grunting*

Pearl: Steven, run!

Steven: What are you doing?

Lapis Lazuli: I'm Lapis Lazuli, and you can't keep me trapped here anymore!

Steven: Huh?

Lapis Lazuli: They're not going to let us leave.

Steven: Leave?

Lapis Lazuli: *parts the ocean in half to make a path* Steven, come with me.

Steven: Where?

Lapis Lazuli: Home.

Steven: B-b-but... B-but I... Uh...

Lapis Lazuli: Fine.

Garnet: *grunting with effort* *punches the water arm away* *breathing heavily*

Lapis Lazuli: Don't trust them, Steven. Goodbye. *steps into the parted water and the path vanishes*

(A huge wave knocks Steven and Garnet back.)

Garnet/Steven: *pained grunting*

Garnet: *coughs and gags*

Pearl: Steven! *rushes forward and embraces him* Are you okay?

Steven: Yeah. I'm fine. So, that was another Gem?

Pearl: *sighs* Yes.

Garnet: Steven, you're grounded.

[End]