Escape!
-HOLY CRAP GARNET IS FUCKING BADASS! She gets on top of the turret wall, smiles at Zidane, and rappels off using one of the streamers.
-hahahaha Steiner’s and Zidane’s faces on seeing this hahahahaha
”NOOOO!”
”NOOOO!”
-AND GARNET’S SHEER JOY IN SWINGING DOWN!
”lol cya ;P”
-Some grade-A slapstick as Steiner crashes into a window and we see his legs flailing about, stuck in the building.
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Chase Continues
-Zidane falls down somewhere else in the castle and Garnet falls on top of him, bounding off.
-Garnet busts into a room with a woman straight out of an old western movie named Ruby.
Ruby, Garnet... [Steven Universe spoilers: Lrnu, guvf fubj vf qrrc va zl zvaq evtug abj. Jvyy Ehol grnz hc jvgu Fnccuver gb uryc fnir Tnearg?]
-Ruby knows who Zidane is! Is she part of the acting troupe?
-She blocks him temporarily, and then chases him into the hold at the bottom of the Prima vista.
-LOLOL SHE DOES ASK FOR HIM TO KIDNAP HER im crying
This is hilarious and adorable and I love it.
-They hide. Steiner busts into the room, meeting one of his knights there in the search for Garnet.
-Cinna helps Zidane and Garnet through an escape hatch.
-HAHA these knights are amazing.
XD He literally tries to jump into a hole and does not succeed.
-OH SHIT I FORGOT, I’m a doofus. This wasn’t the Knight. This was the Tantalus dude who stole the knight’s armor and was stalling for time.
-Garnet is one of my favorites already. Zidane starts hitting on her, impressed with her athleticism, and she’s like, “no time for idle banter” and races ahead.
-I messed a bit with the engine, and got two things to fall down. Treasures? …yes! Phoenix Pinion and Phoenix Down.
-Crap! Steiner found us. Say what you will about the Knights of Pluto, but their captain is no slouch.
-BATTLE TIME! Versus Steiner.
-Zidane has a skill called “Detect.”
I think it will let me know whether the enemy has anything to steal.
-Steiner goes super Saiyan
-super briefly lol. He hits Blank, and a swarm of oglops fly out of his clothes/pockets, freaking out Steiner.
-They also freak out everyone else except Zidane and Garnet, who make a break for it. Oglops seem like grasshoppers.
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The Play Continues
-Baku steps out. His King Leo confronts Marcus. The King will execute Marcus when the bell strikes three.
-omg. Everyone down below – Cinna, Garnet, Steiner, Zidane – goes onto a platform that raises them up onto the main stage. They have to improvise.
-hahahahaha I can’t I can’t
She improvises her love for “Marcus” and Steiner is so done
-King Leo wants to marry her off to “Prince Schneider.” XD
I thought Steiner had reached maximum doneness, but he clearly more than a bit doner. He is the donest.
-GARNET. KICKS. ASS. She acts the hell out of sacrificing herself for “Marcus,” and Steiner is legit freaked out that Garnet really got stabbed. [Later edit: or maybe he just decided to act along, not sure.]
-Brahne loves it.
-Puck and Vivi love it too. VIVI’S CRYING BECAUSE IT WAS SAD, NO DON’T CRY
-Two of the knights chase them away.
AND PUCK LEAVES VIVI BEHIND. Puck: you are dead to me.
-They chase Vivi onto the stage.
He tosses out some fire to buy time to escape (he’s a black mage, after all) and accidentally burns the princess.
-…crap. He burned her hood off, exposing her. Steiner won’t leave, feeling it’s his duty to stop her.
-and Zidane calls Steiner “Sir Rustalot” and I’m done XD XD
-Vivi’s now on the team. Everyone on the stage versus Sir Rustalot and his knights!
-The side knights flee the fight quickly and we win.
-The Prima Vista tries to take off, but Brahne orders some grappling hook things to hold it down.
-Brahne fires a cannonball from the city at the ship… wait, not a cannonball, a Bomb. Like, the monster called a Bomb.
-HEE! Zidane says “Look behind you!” to Steiner. Steiner doesn’t fall for it. Except… it’s not a trick. There’s a giant fucking bomb monster behind you dude.
-NOW he sees it. Too late.
-KABOOM!
-hahaha the queen does a little happy dance
-But not for long. The ship sails on a bit longer. Not destroyed, but clearly on a downward spiral. It’s gonna crash.
-It crashes into the forest.
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Back at the Castle
-The Queen seems to know that Garnet was on that ship now, and doesn’t care. Yup. Definite Queen of Hearts territory.
-She calls over Zorn and Thorn.
-Experiment? Can’t be good.
-They offer to kill Garnet, but Brahne wants her alive.
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Next time: the crash site.
