The Future/Transcript

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• rapping* ♪ Oohhhhh! / He's a frozen treat with an all new taste! / / / / Cookie Cat! He's a pet for your tummy! / Cookie Cat! He's super duper yummy! / Cookie Cat! He left his family behind! / Cookie Caaaaat! ♪ *spoken* Now available at Gurgens off Route 109!

Speaker	Dialogue
[Opens on Beach]
(Steven sets down a stereo on the beach. He presses play on the stereo and backs up. The workout track from Future Vision begins to play. During this, Steven performs the exercise routine from the same episode.)
Stereo	*in Korean* Let's exercise! Cha! One... two!... Two... two!... Three... two!... Four... two!...
(Lion roars off-screen, and his portal opens just to the left of the stereo. Lion lands on top of it with Connie on his back.)
Connie	Good morning, Steven. One last routine before hitting the road?
Steven	Yeah... I’ll be sitting for a while
[Cut to the Temple]
Steven	I'll be in Charm City in time for Shep and Sadie’s concert, I’ll meet up with you and Lion on Providence Island when you’re touring schools, and then I’ll catch up with Lars for our weekly space hangout.
Connie	I'll add that to your Boogle Maps doc. So... how did everyone take the news?
Steven	I basically told everyone in Beach City – plus my dad – but, I haven’t told the Gems yet.
Connie	You GOTTA tell them!
Steven	I-I know, I just have no idea how they’re going to take it. They’ve been so protective of me these last few months since my meltdown. I wonder if there’s a way I can let them down easy.
[Cut to the kitchen. Steven (now wearing his pink jacket) standing towards the Warp Pad, where Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl return from.]
Pearl	Oh, Steven! Were you waiting for us?
[Steven opens a cooler full of homemade Cookie Cats.]
Steven	I sure was.
Amethyst	Whoa, Cookie Cat!
Pearl	I thought they stopped making them.
Steven	They did, so I made my own.
Steven	You can kinda tell.
[Garnet takes a bite of her Cookie Cat, while Amethyst has already eaten hers.]
Garnet	They’re delicious.
Amethyst	Mmm-mmm!
[Pearl takes a very small bite out of her Cookie Cat by the ear.]
Pearl	Scrumptious!
Amethyst	Remember when you used to sing that song for us?
Pearl	If I may... *clears throat*
[As the music plays, the Gems recite the lyrics to the Cookie Cat song.]
Pearl	*rapping* Oohhhhh! / He's a frozen treat with an all new taste!
Amethyst	*rapping* 'Cause he came to this planet from outer space!
Garnet	*rapping* A refugee of an interstellar war!
Pearl	*rapping* But now he's at your local grocery store!
Amethyst	*rapping* Cookie Cat!
Pearl	*rapping* He's a pet for your tummy!
Amethyst	*rapping* Cookie Cat!
Pearl	*rapping* He's super-duper yummy!
Amethyst	*rapping* Cookie Cat!
[Music stops.]
Garnet	He left his family behind.
Steven	That’s right, he did leave his family behind.
Amethyst	That’s not how it goes.
Steven	I think maybe Cookie Cat had run out of ways to grow on his home planet. And even though it must’ve been hard, and he loved his family so, so much, maybe he had to leave to move forward.
Amethyst	We're still talking about ice cream, right?
Steven	Everyone... I’ve decided to move out! Don’t worry about me, I have a very comprehensive plan to visit all 39 states before I decide where to settle down, AND I can still video chat my new therapist while I’m on the road. Do not try to talk me out of this!
Pearl	When are you leaving?
Steven	Uh... tomorrow.
Pearl	Oh, so soon! Well, all human adolescents need to cease their independence eventually.
[Pearl gives Steven a hug.]
Pearl	I'm so happy for you.
[Pearl exits.]
Amethyst	Yeah, bud. I’ll miss ya. Peace!
Steven	You guys know I may never come back, right?
[Garnet places her hand on Steven’s shoulder.]
Garnet	We know, Steven. This will be an exciting new chapter in your life.
[Garnet exits.]
Steven	That... went well... right?
[Cut to Little Homeworld.]
Bismuth	You... WHAT?!?! What’s the problem, Steven? Are you mad at me?
Steven	Of course I’m not mad at you.
Bismuth	Then don't leave! Oh no, am I smothering you? (backs away) I get it, I get it.
Steven	Bismuth.
Bismuth	How about I build you a nice vacation house just outside of Little Homeworld?
Lapis	Listen to me, Steven. You can’t run away from yourself. Wherever you go, you’ll be there. Trust me, I know.
[Peridot sobs.]
Steven	Peridot. Come on, it’s okay.
Peridot	Where am I going to find another Steven as good as you, huh? I like this one so much!
Steven	Here, I want you to have this.
[Steven gives Peridot his old salmon-pink shirt from the original series.]
Peridot	My very own Steven shirt?.
Steven	Be the Steven you want to see in the world.
[Peridot wails once more and blows her nose with the shirt.]
Steven	Lapis, this is for you.
[Steven gives Lapis a drawing kit as she reads the description.]
Lapis	What the? 142 pieces? 60 crayons? 24 oil pastels? It even has watercolors?!
Steven	Do you like it?
Lapis	I... love it!
Bismuth	Stay back, Steven!
Steven	Bismuth, I can’t think of anyone who’s more of a Crystal Gem than you. So please take this: the original Crystal Gem flag.
Bismuth	Oh, Steven.
[Peridot (wearing Steven’s old shirt) and Lapis walk up to Bismuth and Steven.]
Bismuth	If it wasn’t for you, none of us would be who we are today. You make me so proud to be a Crystal Gem.
Peridot	[crying] Why did you have to put it so well, Bismuth?
Lapis	[crying] I’m gonna use my tears to make a watercolor painting of you.
[Steven also begins to cry as they all hug each other.]
Steven	[crying] Peridot, Lapis, Bismuth... I love you!
[Cut to outside of the tower Steven and his friends were standing on.]
Peridot, Lapis, and Bismuth	WE LOVE YOU TOO, STEVEN! [all crying]
[Cut to Steven walking as he wipes his tears, with a smile on his face A hole is busted through the wall, revealing it to be Jasper, staying aloof.]
Steven	Jasper, I’m going alone
Jasper	Then who will protect you?!
Steven	I can protect myself!
Jasper	[disappointed sigh] I know.
Jasper	Farewell, my Diamond!
Steven	Whoa! Even Jasper’s upset at me leaving than my own family! Maybe I need a round two?