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It was a pleasant autumn day out in the country where the warmth of summer still lingered but the breeze brought a refreshing chill. There were hardly any clouds above allowing Lapis to admire the pale cerulean sky. Days like these reminded her of how much she loved this planet when she first arrived. But after a few millennia inside a godforsaken mirror, that passion has now degraded to a reluctant acceptance that Earth is her permanent residence.

Not everything was terrible though. At least she now has the freedom to do whatever she wants whether that was making modern art or farming. Just as she was turning her focus back to the book Steven got for her on perennial flowers, Lapis saw her roommate lug out what appeared to be two legs from the barn.

"What are those things Peridot?" the ocean gem said with a slight tone of annoyance. This was the fifth convoluted design Peridot had engineered this month; each of course have had varying degrees of success fulfilling their intended purposes.

"These Lazuli will hopefully be the first part of my new limb enhancer suit. After going on numerous missions with Steven and the others, I realized I needed something to improve my mobility until I fine-tune my powers." As she said this, Peridot attached one of the prosthetics over her left leg. "By emitting rapid bursts of air, these new gravity connectors will help me boost jump across challenging terrain."

"Are you sure you didn't just make them because you miss being tall?" Lapis teased.

Though it was subtle, Lapis could see the green gem's face blushing. "Of course not!" she exclaimed. "I built this so I could be of greater assistance to the Crystal Gems during important missions."

Once she finally stood up, Lapis noticed how much the new legs had made Peridot resemble the cold, calculating gem she first met back on Homeworld. Though Lapis didn't want to ruin Peridot's new unveiling, she felt a little queasy seeing her like this. Wanting to divert her mind away from these thoughts, Lapis asked "So where did you find the technology to make your new legs?"

"I mostly scavenged through the remnants of the Kindergarten. Although I was severely limited by the ancient Gem tech, I managed to convert some of the injector batteries into a power source for the legs."

"Are you sure that was the best decision Peridot? I mean that junk has been aging for thousands of years."

"Don't worry Lazuli," said the green gem confidently, "I took great care in choosing the ones that were the least damaged."

"That still doesn't sound…"

"Eh it probably won't make a difference anyway. I just need to get a few feet off the ground and the triggers I have in my hands should control the output of batteries. Now, stand back and watch as I touch the roof of the barn!" However, when Peridot pressed the triggers the feet only created small clouds of dust.

"Wow," said Lapis, "that was a pretty high jump Peridot."

"Oh spare me the sarcasm!" Peridot hissed through closed teeth.

Though Lapis went back to her reading, she kept an eye on Peridot as she meddled with the triggers again. After getting the same results again and again, Peridot finally blew a fuse and began jumping up and down shouting "Why! Aren't! You! Working?!"

Suddenly, the legs created an ear-piercing bang knocking Lapis to the ground. Before she could comprehend what had happened, she saw that Peridot had disappeared. Frantically, Lapis searched her immediate surroundings looking for any clue that would help her determine where Peridot flew off. Then a piece of metal fell from the sky and landed next to Lapis.

She looked up in disbelief but soon realized that Peridot was still falling. She quickly prepared a pool of water to help cushion Peridot's fall and looked back up to find her target. Lapis caught a speck out of the corner of her eye. 'That has to be Peridot.' She reformed the pool into a tall spiraling column and waited for the right moment.

'No pressure. I mean Peridot is a pretty durable gem.' Even if that were true, Lapis knew a fall like this was pushing it. The speck gradually grew in size and Lapis soon heard Peridot as she plummeted through the air. With precise control, Lapis shot the column of water and caught Peridot; as she was moving through the water, Lapis continued twisting the column to slow down the gem's momentum.

Unfortunately, the water wasn't enough to stop Peridot completely and she hit the ground with enough force to create a shallow outline of her body. Lapis rushed over to Peridot praying that what she did stopped her from cracking her gem.

"Are you okay Peridot!?"

Peridot didn't give her a response at first but she slowly raised her left hand and balled it into a thumbs up. Lapis sighed in relief and helped Peridot into the barn and placed her on the couch.

"Maybe next time you should pay more attention to safety before immediately testing things." Lapis went back outside expecting to see the robotic legs but she couldn't find either one. "By the way, what happened to your new limb enhancers?"

"Who knows," replied Peridot, "they probably ended up in the adjacent counties. I guess it's back to the drawing board tomorrow."

Lapis came back to the room and sat next to Peridot on the couch. As she turned on the TV, Lapis leaned over Peridot and said, "Well if it means anything I think the limb enhancers are pointless because you're perfect just the way you are right now."