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{{TD||[Open Int. [[Beach House]]]}} |
{{TD||[Open Int. [[Beach House]]]}} |
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− | {{TD||('' |
+ | {{TD||(''Rain water drips from a [[Warp Tour|hole in the ceiling]], crudely mended with a few planks nailed into it, into a pot. [[Lion]] is seen napping nearby while the [[Crystal Gems]] are playing a board game.'')}} |
{{TD|[[Steven Universe (character)|Steven]]| Ooh hoo! You've got freezer burn, [[Pearl]]! Looks like you lose all your fish sticks.}} |
{{TD|[[Steven Universe (character)|Steven]]| Ooh hoo! You've got freezer burn, [[Pearl]]! Looks like you lose all your fish sticks.}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| What? I needed those for my bachelor meal combo. Now I can't ring the dinner bell. * |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| What? I needed those for my bachelor meal combo. Now I can't ring the dinner bell. *pulls out a very long list of game rules and reads it* These rules make no sense.}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| The game of "Citchen Calamity" may be played for fun, |
+ | {{TD|Steven| The game of "[[Citchen Calamity]]" may be played for fun, but the hunger is real!}} |
− | {{TD|[[Amethyst]]| * |
+ | {{TD|[[Amethyst]]| *starts laughing* Tough break, Pearl. *picks up a game card and reads it* "The sponge in your sink is covered in mold." But I can still eat it, right?}} |
{{TD|Steven| No, no, that means that you lose two turns.}} |
{{TD|Steven| No, no, that means that you lose two turns.}} |
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{{TD|Amethyst| That's baloney!}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| That's baloney!}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| *still reading, looks |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| *still reading the rules list, looks at Amethyst in surprise* What? You have a "bologna" card?}} |
{{TD|Steven| [[Garnet]], your move.}} |
{{TD|Steven| [[Garnet]], your move.}} |
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− | {{TD|Garnet| *picks up card and reads it* I'm now the owner of the "Golden Can Opener". Yesssss |
+ | {{TD|Garnet| *picks up a different game card and reads it* "I'm now the owner of the "Golden Can Opener"". Yesssss!}} |
{{TD|Steven| Now you can check your soups for the alphabet bonus.}} |
{{TD|Steven| Now you can check your soups for the alphabet bonus.}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| Who wrote this game?}} |
{{TD|Pearl| Who wrote this game?}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| My turn! *reads card and gasps* I've gotta roll the dice to escape the eggquake! *presses |
+ | {{TD|Steven| My turn! *reads another game card and gasps* I've gotta roll the dice to escape the eggquake! *presses the game blender which rolls game dices* C'mon, papa needs a new skillet! (''The dices emerge from underneath the blender, both displaying an "egg" face.'') Yeah! Double sunnies! I did it! *moves his player piece across the game board* I win! Yeah! This Citchen Calamity has been cleaned up! Woohoo! *laughs*}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| I don't get it, but nice job. *starts clapping*}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| I don't get it, but nice job. *starts clapping*}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| Yes, well done. *claps* That was very, ''very'' complicated.}} |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| Yes, well done. *claps as well* That was very, ''very'' complicated.}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Well played. *pets Steven*}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Well played. *pets Steven*}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| *giggles and blushes* So, what do you want to play next? * |
+ | {{TD|Steven| *giggles and blushes* So, what do you want to play next? *walks to a closet*}} |
{{TD|Pearl| There are more?}} |
{{TD|Pearl| There are more?}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| *looks through the closet* Oh sure. I got "Polly Polly", "Toppler", "Conquerors of Eldermore", "Not That Sorry", "Don't Wake Father Figure", and "Non-Invasive Operation". I think that one's missing a couple organs. I also have checkers, if you want to take tur- (''The [[Moon Goddess Statue]] rolls out of the closet.'') The [[Lunar Sea Spire|Sea Spire]] statue...}} |
− | {{TD|Amethyst| * |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| *scoffs and laughs* Oh, so that's where you left it. (''Pearl looks at her annoyed.'')}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| I... forgot I still had this. *picks it up and |
+ | {{TD|Steven| I... forgot I still had this. *picks it up and looks at it in guilt* I... I'm really sorry I forgot it on [[Cheeseburger Backpack (episode)|our mission]] that time.}} |
{{TD|Pearl| Oh, Steven.}} |
{{TD|Pearl| Oh, Steven.}} |
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{{TD|Steven| If I had just remembered to pack it, then maybe the Sea Spire would still be around. But now it's gone forever, 'cause of me.}} |
{{TD|Steven| If I had just remembered to pack it, then maybe the Sea Spire would still be around. But now it's gone forever, 'cause of me.}} |
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− | {{TD|Amethyst| Well yeah, but... |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| Well yeah, but... Don't worry about it, 'kay?}} |
− | {{TD|Garnet| You did your best on that mission, |
+ | {{TD|Garnet| You did your best on that mission, and that's what counts.}} |
{{TD|Steven| But the Sea Spire. It was a special, important, Gem... place!}} |
{{TD|Steven| But the Sea Spire. It was a special, important, Gem... place!}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| * |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| *walks to Steven and kneels down* Oh, Steven, no, no, no. If the Spire had been crucial, we wouldn't have used it as a test for you. It's fine, really.}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| * |
+ | {{TD|Steven| *skeptical* "Test"? What do you mean, "test"?}} |
− | {{TD||(''Garnet and Amethyst glance at each other and Pearl gets worried. Thunder is heard outside.'')}} |
+ | {{TD||(''Garnet and Amethyst glance at each other, and Pearl gets worried. Thunder is heard outside.'')}} |
− | {{TD|Pearl| |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| Uhh... Well it wasn't really a "test", per se. Not in the traditional sense. We just wanted to see if you were ready to go on missions.}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| That's exactly what a test is!}} |
+ | {{TD|Steven| ... That's exactly what a test is!}} |
− | {{TD|Pearl| * |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| *gets nervous* Euuuugghhhhh...}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Steven, it wasn't something we planned behind your back. We just saw an opportunity and...}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Steven, it wasn't something we planned behind your back. We just saw an opportunity and...}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| *gasps* And I failed it. I failed the test.}} |
+ | {{TD|Steven| *gasps* And I failed it... I failed the test.}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| No way, you got at least a 50%.}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| No way, you got at least a 50%.}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| Oh, and you had that raft so we didn't have to swim home |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| Oh, and you had that raft so we didn't have to swim home, that's a solid 75, not failing at all! Besides, that Spire was in much worse shape than we thought. It should have been even easier.}} |
{{TD|Steven| I failed an easy test?!}} |
{{TD|Steven| I failed an easy test?!}} |
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− | {{TD|Amethyst| * |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| *glares at Pearl, unimpressed* Nice one.}} |
− | {{TD|Garnet| *gets up and groans |
+ | {{TD|Garnet| *gets up and groans at Pearl* Hmmm!}} |
{{TD|Pearl| That's not what I meant! I—}} |
{{TD|Pearl| That's not what I meant! I—}} |
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{{TD|Steven| No. I need another test! A hard one! *gets excited*}} |
{{TD|Steven| No. I need another test! A hard one! *gets excited*}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| But Steven. You've come so far |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| *exchanges glares with Amethyst* But Steven. You've come so far-}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| Let me prove it. *hyped* Test me! Test me!}} |
+ | {{TD|Steven| Let me prove it. *gets hyped* Test me! Test me!}} |
{{TD||(''Pearl and Amethyst look at Garnet.'')}} |
{{TD||(''Pearl and Amethyst look at Garnet.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD||[Trans. Ext. [[Crystal Temple]]]}} |
+ | {{TD||(''The Crystal Gems stand before the [[Temple Gate]].'')}} |
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− | {{TD|Pearl| Alright, Steven. We've adjusted the metaphysical properties of the temple to create a customized dungeon for you. *projects hologram* Now, just beyond here are three chambers designed by each of us to simulate the challenges of a mission. Should you succeed, you will unlock the final door, where we will be waiting for you. |
+ | {{TD|Pearl| Alright, Steven. We've adjusted the metaphysical properties of the temple to create a customized dungeon for you. *projects a hologram of the dungeon* Now, just beyond here are three chambers designed by each of us to simulate the challenges of a mission. Should you succeed, you will unlock the final door, where we will be waiting for you.}} |
{{TD|Steven| Alright! That's more like it!}} |
{{TD|Steven| Alright! That's more like it!}} |
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− | {{TD|Garnet| Steven, this won't be easy. Be careful in there.}} |
+ | {{TD|Garnet| *places her hand on Steven's shoulder* Steven, this won't be easy. Be careful in there.}} |
{{TD|Steven| Right. I won't let you down this time.}} |
{{TD|Steven| Right. I won't let you down this time.}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| That's the spirit!}} |
{{TD|Pearl| That's the spirit!}} |
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{{TD|Amethyst| Yeaaah! Get amped, Steven!}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| Yeaaah! Get amped, Steven!}} |
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{{TD|Steven| I'm ready.}} |
{{TD|Steven| I'm ready.}} |
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− | {{TD||(''The |
+ | {{TD||(''The Gems open the Temple Gate and Steven walks into a dark hallway.'')}} |
− | {{TD|Amethyst| Good luck! You're gonna need ittttt! |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| Good luck! You're gonna need ittttt!}} |
+ | {{TD||(''The Temple Gate closes, separating Steven from the Gems and leaving him in the darkness.'')}} |
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{{TD||[Trans Int. [[Amethyst's Chamber]]]}} |
{{TD||[Trans Int. [[Amethyst's Chamber]]]}} |
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− | {{TD||('' |
+ | {{TD||(''Purple torches then lit up, dispelling the darkness, and reveals a long stone ramp with deep pits on both sides before Steven.'')}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| Num-ero uno. I wonder if Amethyst made this one. |
+ | {{TD|Steven| Num-ero uno. I wonder if Amethyst made this one. (''Bars suddenly raise and block the entrance behind Steven, and he looks up and see an Amethyst statue at the top of the ramp.'') ''Definitely'' Amethyst.}} |
− | {{TD||('' |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven walks across the ramp, when a giant boulder emerges from the mouth of the Amethyst statue and rolls towards Steven. Steven starts running away from the approaching boulder, and sees a door on a ledge across a gaping pit.'')}} |
− | {{TD|Steven| The door! |
+ | {{TD|Steven| The door!}} |
− | {{TD||(''Steven |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven leaps off the ramp and grabs onto a vine hanging above the pit. The giant boulder barely misses him as he swings across the pit and over to the ledge, and touches the door. The door then starts to foam out towards Steven.}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| Whoa? *backs off a bit, but remembers the pit behind him* Uh-oh! Uhh...}} |
+ | {{TD||(''The door pops, releasing star-shaped balloons and confetti, as a fanfare plays.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| Oh. *chuckles* Yeah! *laughs*}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven approaches through the door into the second chamber.'')}} |
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{{TD||[Trans. Int. [[Pearl's Chamber]]]}} |
{{TD||[Trans. Int. [[Pearl's Chamber]]]}} |
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− | {{TD||(''Bars block the entrance |
+ | {{TD||(''Bars block the entrance behind Steven again, and he sees a door high up on the wall across the room.'')}} |
{{TD|Steven| How do I get up there?}} |
{{TD|Steven| How do I get up there?}} |
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− | {{TD||(''A |
+ | {{TD||(''A short music score starts to play, and certain tiles on the floor glow to each note.'')}} |
+ | {{TD|Steven| Huh?}} |
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⚫ | {{TD|Steven| Hmmm. Oh! A music puzzle. Must be Pearl's room. Only she would make me think. Okay, let's see. Ummm. *steps on tile* Bing. *jumps to another* Bing. *jumps to the last two* Bing, bing. Did that do it? |
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+ | {{TD||(''The music score plays again, and another series of tiles glows this time.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''A chime is heard and the tiles in front of Steven raise, forming stairs to the door.''))}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| *laughs and climbs the stairs* Easy! (''A pendulum blade suddenly swings past behind him.'') Not easy! Aaaaah!}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven quickly runs up the stairs, avoiding several pendulum blades. He barely dodges the last pendulum blade and reaches the door. The door then bursts into star-shaped balloons and confetti while the fanfare plays again.''))}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| Woo-hoooo! That was close. *panting* That was... really close.}} |
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{{TD||[Trans. Int. [[Garnet's Chamber]]]}} |
{{TD||[Trans. Int. [[Garnet's Chamber]]]}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven steps into the final chamber and bars once again block the entrance. Smoke emanates from his flip-flops as they sizzle on the hot floor.''))}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| |
+ | {{TD|Steven| Alright, let's see what we've got.}} |
− | {{TD||(''There is a narrow bridge connecting the two doors, and underneath is a pool of lava. Fire shoots up from one crack in the bridge.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven can see a door straight ahead, separated by a lava pit, connected by a narrow bridge between them. A wall of fire then shoots up from one of the cracks in the bridge.'')}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| Looks like Garnet |
+ | {{TD|Steven| Looks like Garnet... ''turned up the heat''. *chuckles at his own pun* Nice one, Steven. }} |
− | {{TD||(''Steven starts to walk and then fire shoots through a crack. He jumps over and waits until the next one goes down. He starts to walk confidently towards the door but spikes fall from the ceiling above. He starts screaming, but the spikes stop just over his head and start to go back up. To test, he walks away and the spikes hit the ground. When he puts his arm under, it stops over him.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven starts to advance, when another fire wall shoots through another crack. He then avoid several other fire walls on the bridge, quickly reaching the other side. He starts walking confidently towards the door, when spikes suddenly fall from the ceiling above Steven.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| Ah? *cowers* Aaaaahhh!!... Huh?}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''The spikes stop short just above Steven's head, before retracting back to the ceiling. Steven steps away from the spikes and they repeatedly pound hit the ground. Steven then sticks his arm out, the spikes stop just above his arm and retract again.'')}} |
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{{TD|Steven| What?}} |
{{TD|Steven| What?}} |
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− | {{TD||('' |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven backs a bit more over a crack on the bridge, when it starts to glow. A fire wall then shoots up from the crack, but it goes around Steven. He then sticks his arm into the fire wall and finds that it is missing him on purpose.'')}} |
{{TD|Steven| Oh no. It can't be true! }} |
{{TD|Steven| Oh no. It can't be true! }} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven looks at the door that leads out of the chamber, and at the door from the previous chamber, now opened, and ponders.'')}} |
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{{TD||[Trans. Int. Pearl's Chamber]}} |
{{TD||[Trans. Int. Pearl's Chamber]}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven returns back to Pearl's room and sticks his whole body at a pendulum blade. It swings by and Steven finds that it completely phases through him.'')}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| *sees that the blades go through him* Whaat! *starts randomly tapping tiles and stairs go up* It didn't even matter?!?}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| Whaaattt!?}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven starts tapping two floor tiles together, finding it plays the same music score and activates the stairs. He then taps on just one tile, and the stairs still activate.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| It didn't even matter!?}} |
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{{TD||[Trans. Int. Amethyst's Chamber]}} |
{{TD||[Trans. Int. Amethyst's Chamber]}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven returns back to Amethyst's chamber, forgetting about the pit in the room, but quickly finds himself standing on invisible ground over the pit.'')}} |
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− | {{TD|Steven| *starts walking over pit* This too! *ball rolls down and stops right before Steven* ''Everything's riiiiigged! Aaaaah!'' (''He walks up the trail, pushing the ball back into Amethyst's mouth.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| This too!?}} |
− | {{TD||(''Steven |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven walks back to the ramp and the giant boulder starts rolling towards him again. He stands his ground as the boulder approaches, and it stops just in front him.'')}} |
+ | {{TD|Steven| ''Everything's riiiiigged!''}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven starts yelling as he walks up the ramp, pushing the ball back into the mouth of the Amethyst statue.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD||[Trans. Ext. Test Dungeon]}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven then finds him outside the test dungeon, standing atop a big rectangular prism over a black void. He sees all the fake traps as he walks around, examining the setup.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''Steven suddenly hear the Gems talking and walks to the edge of the prism. He then see them standing at a platform, with a large bouquet of star-shaped balloons and a banner reading "Congratulations".'')}} |
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{{TD|Amethyst| What's taking him so long?}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| What's taking him so long?}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| I didn't think mine was very difficult. Do you think he hurt himself?}} |
{{TD|Pearl| I didn't think mine was very difficult. Do you think he hurt himself?}} |
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{{TD|Amethyst| Ugggh. So what's the point?}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| Ugggh. So what's the point?}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| The point is that he's come so far. He can make [[Rose|Rose's]] bubble! And he's pulled out Rose's shield twice. But he's lost his healing powers. We have to give him another "success". He can't lose his confidence like that again.}} |
{{TD|Pearl| The point is that he's come so far. He can make [[Rose|Rose's]] bubble! And he's pulled out Rose's shield twice. But he's lost his healing powers. We have to give him another "success". He can't lose his confidence like that again.}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''There is a brief silence between the Gems.'')}} |
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− | {{TD|Amethyst| |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| ...We're bad at this.}} |
{{TD|Pearl| What?!}} |
{{TD|Pearl| What?!}} |
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− | {{TD|Amethyst| Yeah |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| Yeah! You can't control him, and he shouldn't be taking advice from me, and we don't have Rose to tell us what to do!}} |
{{TD|Pearl| But he needs us to show him how to be a Gem!}} |
{{TD|Pearl| But he needs us to show him how to be a Gem!}} |
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{{TD|Garnet| Steven is not just a Gem. There's never been anything or anyone like Steven. We don't know what he needs.}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Steven is not just a Gem. There's never been anything or anyone like Steven. We don't know what he needs.}} |
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− | {{TD||(''Steven |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven is surprised by what the Gems said about him. He then decides to reenter the test dungeon. He walks confidently through the three chambers, unfazed by the fake obstacles, towards the final door. He pushes it open to a dark doorway. A pathway lights up, and the Gems start clapping as fireworks set up upon Steven's arrival.'')}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Congratulations.}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Congratulations.}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| Congratulations, Steven!}} |
{{TD|Pearl| Congratulations, Steven!}} |
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− | {{TD|Amethyst| Yeaaah, congrats little man! Woop, woop, woop! |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| Yeaaah, congrats little man! Woop, woop, woop! Woop.}} |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven, looking down, walks up to the Gems and kneel down before them.'')}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| Thank goodness you made it! How did it... go?}} |
{{TD|Pearl| Thank goodness you made it! How did it... go?}} |
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+ | {{TD|Steven| *seemingly angry* I can't believe you guys. That was so... *happily* ...''insane!''}} |
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⚫ | {{TD|Steven| |
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+ | {{TD||(''The Gems look at each other in relief.'')}} |
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⚫ | {{TD|Steven| Where do I even begin? Man, you should have seen me. That boulder was coming at me and I just jumped for it. And then the tiles were going like "Bing, bong, bing" and I was like "I see what's going on here". And I thought there's no way I could have been ready for all that fire and lava and spikes but I did it! I really... did it. I... You guys are the best. Thank you so much for doing this for me. This was just what I needed.}} |
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{{TD|Pearl| Oh, Steven.}} |
{{TD|Pearl| Oh, Steven.}} |
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{{TD|Amethyst| Aw, shucks, guy.}} |
{{TD|Amethyst| Aw, shucks, guy.}} |
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{{TD|Garnet| Mmmm.}} |
{{TD|Garnet| Mmmm.}} |
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+ | {{TD||(''The Gems all step forth one by one to hug Steven together.'')}} |
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+ | {{TD|Pearl| I'm so proud of you.}} |
− | {{TD|Amethyst| Yeah, you da man! |
+ | {{TD|Amethyst| Yeah, you da man!}} |
− | {{TD|Garnet| |
+ | {{TD|Garnet| I knew you could do it.}} |
+ | {{TD||(''Steven smiles and embraces the Gems tightly, as the star iris zooms in on his content face, ending the episode.'')}} |
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− | {{TD||[Episode ends with stars]}} |
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{{TD||[END]}} |
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Revision as of 17:11, 20 June 2020
This is a transcribed copy of "The Test". Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the episode. |
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[Open Int. Beach House] | |
(Rain water drips from a hole in the ceiling, crudely mended with a few planks nailed into it, into a pot. Lion is seen napping nearby while the Crystal Gems are playing a board game.) | |
Steven | Ooh hoo! You've got freezer burn, Pearl! Looks like you lose all your fish sticks. |
Pearl | What? I needed those for my bachelor meal combo. Now I can't ring the dinner bell. *pulls out a very long list of game rules and reads it* These rules make no sense. |
Steven | The game of "Citchen Calamity" may be played for fun, but the hunger is real! |
Amethyst | *starts laughing* Tough break, Pearl. *picks up a game card and reads it* "The sponge in your sink is covered in mold." But I can still eat it, right? |
Steven | No, no, that means that you lose two turns. |
Amethyst | That's baloney! |
Pearl | *still reading the rules list, looks at Amethyst in surprise* What? You have a "bologna" card? |
Steven | Garnet, your move. |
Garnet | *picks up a different game card and reads it* "I'm now the owner of the "Golden Can Opener"". Yesssss! |
Steven | Now you can check your soups for the alphabet bonus. |
Pearl | Who wrote this game? |
Steven | My turn! *reads another game card and gasps* I've gotta roll the dice to escape the eggquake! *presses the game blender which rolls game dices* C'mon, papa needs a new skillet! (The dices emerge from underneath the blender, both displaying an "egg" face.) Yeah! Double sunnies! I did it! *moves his player piece across the game board* I win! Yeah! This Citchen Calamity has been cleaned up! Woohoo! *laughs* |
Amethyst | I don't get it, but nice job. *starts clapping* |
Pearl | Yes, well done. *claps as well* That was very, very complicated. |
Garnet | Well played. *pets Steven* |
Steven | *giggles and blushes* So, what do you want to play next? *walks to a closet* |
Pearl | There are more? |
Steven | *looks through the closet* Oh sure. I got "Polly Polly", "Toppler", "Conquerors of Eldermore", "Not That Sorry", "Don't Wake Father Figure", and "Non-Invasive Operation". I think that one's missing a couple organs. I also have checkers, if you want to take tur- (The Moon Goddess Statue rolls out of the closet.) The Sea Spire statue... |
Amethyst | *scoffs and laughs* Oh, so that's where you left it. (Pearl looks at her annoyed.) |
Steven | I... forgot I still had this. *picks it up and looks at it in guilt* I... I'm really sorry I forgot it on our mission that time. |
Pearl | Oh, Steven. |
Steven | If I had just remembered to pack it, then maybe the Sea Spire would still be around. But now it's gone forever, 'cause of me. |
Amethyst | Well yeah, but... Don't worry about it, 'kay? |
Garnet | You did your best on that mission, and that's what counts. |
Steven | But the Sea Spire. It was a special, important, Gem... place! |
Pearl | *walks to Steven and kneels down* Oh, Steven, no, no, no. If the Spire had been crucial, we wouldn't have used it as a test for you. It's fine, really. |
Steven | *skeptical* "Test"? What do you mean, "test"? |
(Garnet and Amethyst glance at each other, and Pearl gets worried. Thunder is heard outside.) | |
Pearl | Uhh... Well it wasn't really a "test", per se. Not in the traditional sense. We just wanted to see if you were ready to go on missions. |
Steven | ... That's exactly what a test is! |
Pearl | *gets nervous* Euuuugghhhhh... |
Garnet | Steven, it wasn't something we planned behind your back. We just saw an opportunity and... |
Steven | *gasps* And I failed it... I failed the test. |
Amethyst | No way, you got at least a 50%. |
Pearl | Oh, and you had that raft so we didn't have to swim home, that's a solid 75, not failing at all! Besides, that Spire was in much worse shape than we thought. It should have been even easier. |
Steven | I failed an easy test?! |
Amethyst | *glares at Pearl, unimpressed* Nice one. |
Garnet | *gets up and groans at Pearl* Hmmm! |
Pearl | That's not what I meant! I— |
Steven | No. I need another test! A hard one! *gets excited* |
Pearl | *exchanges glares with Amethyst* But Steven. You've come so far- |
Steven | Let me prove it. *gets hyped* Test me! Test me! |
(Pearl and Amethyst look at Garnet.) | |
[Trans. Ext. Crystal Temple] | |
(The Crystal Gems stand before the Temple Gate.) | |
Pearl | Alright, Steven. We've adjusted the metaphysical properties of the temple to create a customized dungeon for you. *projects a hologram of the dungeon* Now, just beyond here are three chambers designed by each of us to simulate the challenges of a mission. Should you succeed, you will unlock the final door, where we will be waiting for you. |
Steven | Alright! That's more like it! |
Garnet | *places her hand on Steven's shoulder* Steven, this won't be easy. Be careful in there. |
Steven | Right. I won't let you down this time. |
Pearl | That's the spirit! |
Amethyst | Yeaaah! Get amped, Steven! |
Steven | I'm ready. |
(The Gems open the Temple Gate and Steven walks into a dark hallway.) | |
Amethyst | Good luck! You're gonna need ittttt! |
(The Temple Gate closes, separating Steven from the Gems and leaving him in the darkness.) | |
[Trans Int. Amethyst's Chamber] | |
(Purple torches then lit up, dispelling the darkness, and reveals a long stone ramp with deep pits on both sides before Steven.) | |
Steven | Num-ero uno. I wonder if Amethyst made this one. (Bars suddenly raise and block the entrance behind Steven, and he looks up and see an Amethyst statue at the top of the ramp.) Definitely Amethyst. |
(Steven walks across the ramp, when a giant boulder emerges from the mouth of the Amethyst statue and rolls towards Steven. Steven starts running away from the approaching boulder, and sees a door on a ledge across a gaping pit.) | |
Steven | The door! |
(Steven leaps off the ramp and grabs onto a vine hanging above the pit. The giant boulder barely misses him as he swings across the pit and over to the ledge, and touches the door. The door then starts to foam out towards Steven. | |
Steven | Whoa? *backs off a bit, but remembers the pit behind him* Uh-oh! Uhh... |
(The door pops, releasing star-shaped balloons and confetti, as a fanfare plays.) | |
Steven | Oh. *chuckles* Yeah! *laughs* |
(Steven approaches through the door into the second chamber.) | |
[Trans. Int. Pearl's Chamber] | |
(Bars block the entrance behind Steven again, and he sees a door high up on the wall across the room.) | |
Steven | How do I get up there? |
(A short music score starts to play, and certain tiles on the floor glow to each note.) | |
Steven | Huh? |
(The music score plays again, and another series of tiles glows this time.) | |
Steven | Hmmm... Oh! A music puzzle. Must be Pearl's room. Only she would make me think. Okay, let's see. Ummm... *steps on a tile* Bing. *jumps to another* Bing. *jumps to the last two* Bing, bing. ...Did that do it? |
(A chime is heard and the tiles in front of Steven raise, forming stairs to the door.)) | |
Steven | *laughs and climbs the stairs* Easy! (A pendulum blade suddenly swings past behind him.) Not easy! Aaaaah! |
(Steven quickly runs up the stairs, avoiding several pendulum blades. He barely dodges the last pendulum blade and reaches the door. The door then bursts into star-shaped balloons and confetti while the fanfare plays again.)) | |
Steven | Woo-hoooo! That was close. *panting* That was... really close. |
[Trans. Int. Garnet's Chamber] | |
(Steven steps into the final chamber and bars once again block the entrance. Smoke emanates from his flip-flops as they sizzle on the hot floor.)) | |
Steven | Alright, let's see what we've got. |
(Steven can see a door straight ahead, separated by a lava pit, connected by a narrow bridge between them. A wall of fire then shoots up from one of the cracks in the bridge.) | |
Steven | Looks like Garnet... turned up the heat. *chuckles at his own pun* Nice one, Steven. |
(Steven starts to advance, when another fire wall shoots through another crack. He then avoid several other fire walls on the bridge, quickly reaching the other side. He starts walking confidently towards the door, when spikes suddenly fall from the ceiling above Steven.) | |
Steven | Ah? *cowers* Aaaaahhh!!... Huh? |
(The spikes stop short just above Steven's head, before retracting back to the ceiling. Steven steps away from the spikes and they repeatedly pound hit the ground. Steven then sticks his arm out, the spikes stop just above his arm and retract again.) | |
Steven | What? |
(Steven backs a bit more over a crack on the bridge, when it starts to glow. A fire wall then shoots up from the crack, but it goes around Steven. He then sticks his arm into the fire wall and finds that it is missing him on purpose.) | |
Steven | Oh no. It can't be true! |
(Steven looks at the door that leads out of the chamber, and at the door from the previous chamber, now opened, and ponders.) | |
[Trans. Int. Pearl's Chamber] | |
(Steven returns back to Pearl's room and sticks his whole body at a pendulum blade. It swings by and Steven finds that it completely phases through him.) | |
Steven | Whaaattt!? |
(Steven starts tapping two floor tiles together, finding it plays the same music score and activates the stairs. He then taps on just one tile, and the stairs still activate.) | |
Steven | It didn't even matter!? |
[Trans. Int. Amethyst's Chamber] | |
(Steven returns back to Amethyst's chamber, forgetting about the pit in the room, but quickly finds himself standing on invisible ground over the pit.) | |
Steven | This too!? |
(Steven walks back to the ramp and the giant boulder starts rolling towards him again. He stands his ground as the boulder approaches, and it stops just in front him.) | |
Steven | Everything's riiiiigged! |
(Steven starts yelling as he walks up the ramp, pushing the ball back into the mouth of the Amethyst statue.) | |
[Trans. Ext. Test Dungeon] | |
(Steven then finds him outside the test dungeon, standing atop a big rectangular prism over a black void. He sees all the fake traps as he walks around, examining the setup.) | |
Steven | I... can't believe it. Ugghhh! "It won't be easy. Good luck, you're gonna need it." How am I supposed to prove myself if you guys keep— |
(Steven suddenly hear the Gems talking and walks to the edge of the prism. He then see them standing at a platform, with a large bouquet of star-shaped balloons and a banner reading "Congratulations".) | |
Amethyst | What's taking him so long? |
Pearl | I didn't think mine was very difficult. Do you think he hurt himself? |
Garnet | There's no way. It's impossible for him to fail. |
Amethyst | Ugggh. So what's the point? |
Pearl | The point is that he's come so far. He can make Rose's bubble! And he's pulled out Rose's shield twice. But he's lost his healing powers. We have to give him another "success". He can't lose his confidence like that again. |
(There is a brief silence between the Gems.) | |
Amethyst | ...We're bad at this. |
Pearl | What?! |
Amethyst | Yeah! You can't control him, and he shouldn't be taking advice from me, and we don't have Rose to tell us what to do! |
Pearl | But he needs us to show him how to be a Gem! |
Garnet | Steven is not just a Gem. There's never been anything or anyone like Steven. We don't know what he needs. |
(Steven is surprised by what the Gems said about him. He then decides to reenter the test dungeon. He walks confidently through the three chambers, unfazed by the fake obstacles, towards the final door. He pushes it open to a dark doorway. A pathway lights up, and the Gems start clapping as fireworks set up upon Steven's arrival.) | |
Garnet | Congratulations. |
Pearl | Congratulations, Steven! |
Amethyst | Yeaaah, congrats little man! Woop, woop, woop! Woop. |
(Steven, looking down, walks up to the Gems and kneel down before them.) | |
Pearl | Thank goodness you made it! How did it... go? |
Steven | *seemingly angry* I can't believe you guys. That was so... *happily* ...insane! |
(The Gems look at each other in relief.) | |
Steven | Where do I even begin? Man, you should have seen me. That boulder was coming at me and I just jumped for it. And then the tiles were going like "Bing, bong, bing" and I was like "I see what's going on here". And I thought there's no way I could have been ready for all that fire and lava and spikes but I did it! I really... did it. I... You guys are the best. Thank you so much for doing this for me. This was just what I needed. |
Pearl | Oh, Steven. |
Amethyst | Aw, shucks, guy. |
Garnet | Mmmm. |
(The Gems all step forth one by one to hug Steven together.) | |
Pearl | I'm so proud of you. |
Amethyst | Yeah, you da man! |
Garnet | I knew you could do it. |
(Steven smiles and embraces the Gems tightly, as the star iris zooms in on his content face, ending the episode.) | |
[END] |