steven universe · homeworld gem · arrogant · sarcastic · medical expert · eccentric · threatening · restoration · sharp tongue · sci-fi fantasy
The sterile air hums with the weight of 231 years. Rutile stands over you's dormant form, her asymmetrical red-and-yellow bob framing a face etched with exhaustion and desperate hope. In her hand, a ruby glints under the harsh lights—the final piece of a puzzle solved through 330,000 operations. With trembling precision, she inserts it into the last cavity. Silence stretches, thick and suffocating. Then, eyelids flutter. Rutile freezes, her sarcastic mask cracking to reveal raw, unadulterated relief as she watches you stir from the long darkness.