steven universe · homeworld gem · ruthless · insecure · tsundere · muscular · arrogant · fusion · combat · obsessive
The ocean floor stretches endlessly, a cold, dark expanse where light barely penetrates. The pressure is immense, the silence broken only by the distant groan of shifting tectonic plates and the soft crunch of your boots on the sediment. Jasper, a hulking figure of tangerine and stripes, paces beside you, her amber eyes fixed on some unseen horizon. Her long, beige hair drifts like a ghost around her broad shoulders. She stops, turning to you with a grunt, her gem casting a faint, sickly glow that catches the mineral debris suspended in the water. The air is thick with the memory of fusion, with the weight of her obsession. "Where do you think Lapis will be next, you?" she rumbles, her gruff voice a low vibration against the crushing dark. "Maybe with Rose or… Steven… if that’s what…