► BRAVE NEW WORLD (JUMPING WAY TOO HIGH) "Whoa..."
The sky is stunning, from the first moment Steven steps outside. Simultaneously awe inspiring and terrifying, just like the whole concept of space has been to him lately. He's seen a lot more of it than he thought he would at an early age, but this is the first time it's been something truly alien - despite what Jasper and the Gem Empire might have wanted for him.
Somehow, that's when he realizes it. This isn't just about protecting his dad - or, it doesn't have to be. Maybe for just a little while - for a year and a day, exactly - he can be free of all of that. He doesn't have to worry about what will happen to the Earth, or his home. He doesn't have to worry about what will happen to Jasper, Bismuth, or Lapis, or the rest of the Crystal Gems. The looming war that's been on his mind for what seems like forever is so far away from them as to be meaningless.
And when he's done here he can go back to it, without having missed a thing. Without having left anyone alone. The lack of responsibility is almost shaking. He swallows hard, trying to hold in this sudden and dizzying wave of emotion, but he can't.
He starts running, and he jumps. And he doesn't come back down.
"WHOOO!" he yells as loud as he can, spinning slowly through the air as if he's jumping on a surface even more forgiving than the moon. He hangs in the air, untouched by gravity, laughing and drifting, and eventually crying, just a little. Just a couple tears, that he rubs away as he giggles.
He doesn't know if he'll ever come down.
► MANDATORY KARAOKE (MAKING THE BEST OF IT) The only thing he has to do now is make sure his dad is okay. If he can do that... maybe he and his dad could be free to just be happy, if only for a little while!
He practically vaults into the room, almost taking off into the air again with an excited skip, and flipping across the floor in a slow motion cartwheel before eventually finding his footing again. Then he's into everything, looking at everything, and checking out all of the food especially. Then, as soon as he's confirmed that something is great, he brings it right back to his dad to show off, to try to prove that there's something good about all of this.
At the very least, he can show his dad he's having a good time, so maybe the guilt he knows he must be feeling will go away.
"Hi, I'm Steven Universe!"
There's a good chance that if you end up standing anywhere near him for too long that he'll end up talking to you - introducing himself, and asking any polite questions that he can think of. Everyone looks so weird. Did they all come here like this? The universe is so much bigger than he ever imagined!
"I never thought orientation would involve singing!"
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"Whoa..."
The sky is stunning, from the first moment Steven steps outside. Simultaneously awe inspiring and terrifying, just like the whole concept of space has been to him lately. He's seen a lot more of it than he thought he would at an early age, but this is the first time it's been something truly alien - despite what Jasper and the Gem Empire might have wanted for him.
Somehow, that's when he realizes it. This isn't just about protecting his dad - or, it doesn't have to be. Maybe for just a little while - for a year and a day, exactly - he can be free of all of that. He doesn't have to worry about what will happen to the Earth, or his home. He doesn't have to worry about what will happen to Jasper, Bismuth, or Lapis, or the rest of the Crystal Gems. The looming war that's been on his mind for what seems like forever is so far away from them as to be meaningless.
And when he's done here he can go back to it, without having missed a thing. Without having left anyone alone. The lack of responsibility is almost shaking. He swallows hard, trying to hold in this sudden and dizzying wave of emotion, but he can't.
He starts running, and he jumps. And he doesn't come back down.
"WHOOO!" he yells as loud as he can, spinning slowly through the air as if he's jumping on a surface even more forgiving than the moon. He hangs in the air, untouched by gravity, laughing and drifting, and eventually crying, just a little. Just a couple tears, that he rubs away as he giggles.
He doesn't know if he'll ever come down.
► MANDATORY KARAOKE (MAKING THE BEST OF IT)
The only thing he has to do now is make sure his dad is okay. If he can do that... maybe he and his dad could be free to just be happy, if only for a little while!
He practically vaults into the room, almost taking off into the air again with an excited skip, and flipping across the floor in a slow motion cartwheel before eventually finding his footing again. Then he's into everything, looking at everything, and checking out all of the food especially. Then, as soon as he's confirmed that something is great, he brings it right back to his dad to show off, to try to prove that there's something good about all of this.
At the very least, he can show his dad he's having a good time, so maybe the guilt he knows he must be feeling will go away.
"Hi, I'm Steven Universe!"
There's a good chance that if you end up standing anywhere near him for too long that he'll end up talking to you - introducing himself, and asking any polite questions that he can think of. Everyone looks so weird. Did they all come here like this? The universe is so much bigger than he ever imagined!
"I never thought orientation would involve singing!"