5 - The colonization -

It has been about 3 weeks on this planet since my first gems emerged, all of them strangely male and quite short due to lack of resources. Right now, almost all of them are working together to finish building various structures, among them, the first gem injectors... It really surprises me how fast and efficient they all are when carrying out one of my orders.

As soon as they were born, they got down to work to extract the necessary resources for the construction of the BETA nursery, as they like to call it. This place is becoming more like a small futuristic city than a desert wasteland, and in fact, I think I went a little too far when planting loyalty to me in their gems. Many will wonder why I think this way… - "AND THEY ARE ALL FUCKING BOOTLICKERS!", I yelled comically raising a fist in the air while releasing small tears from my eyes.

The very unhappy ones want to please me all the time and they are aware of everything I do, they never leave me alone for a second and even now I have one of my first 2 peridots waiting for anything I may need in a position where he himself demanded to be and it is that, according to him, due to the lack of water resources on the planet, pearls cannot be made yet, so he would be my temporary pearl until further notice. I'm pretty sure if I farted right now my gems would take it as a holy act or a sign from God...

And I forgot to mention it, but right now I find myself sitting in a makeshift throne room that the same sycophantic peridot I mentioned earlier had built as soon as he could… However, that same peridot is staring at me intently right now, eyes intent and bright, stalking me in the dark, in the same way that the demon in your room looks back at you just before falling asleep... - "I'M SICK!" I yelled to myself comically with an angry expression as a small tear of frustration ran down my right cheek.

- "Does my Luminosity offer you something?" asked the person responsible for all my stress...

- "Forget it, it's nothing", I answered with a sigh, - "Better tell me how they are doing with the construction of the BETA Kindergarten and the power plants"

- "Of course, my Diamond", answered the peridot and then took out a kind of holographic tablet and continued with his report. – "The quartz warriors together with the Bismuth have been the main workforce in the construction of machinery, structures and power plants. While the morganites have been the ones that have provided the designs of the injectors, extractors and processing plants. All of which have already been completed by 55%, I feel the other 45% of the total volume of the injectors that are currently under construction, which means that once the first injectors are ready, we can start production of the first batch of gems proper."

- "That's fantastic!", I replied, - "And how is the progress of the ship?"

- "I-that is… I am very sorry to say it, my Diamond, but I am afraid that at the moment there are not enough resources or enough manpower to build something of such magnitude", he replied dejectedly, - "P-PLEASE FORGIVE OUR INCOMPETENCE!!" he cried out in a deep bow, as beads of sweat ran down his forehead due to his nervousness.

- 'Another of his scenes...' I said to myself with weariness in my mind, - "What have I told you about that kind of behavior?", I asked with disdain.

- "T-That we should adore him even more than we already do?", he asked a little insecure...

- "HELL NO!", I yelled a little tired of this situation, and it wasn't the first time this had happened… - "What I want to make you understand is that they shouldn't apologize or bow down for everything they do. It is normal that at this moment we do not have enough resources for something like a ship, so why are you apologizing, do I see myself as a tyrant who would give meaningless orders and punish his people when someone does not fulfill your whims?

- "NEVER, MY DIAMOND!", he answered with devotion.

- "Then just get to work and don't make us have this conversation again, okay?", I said as I started to walk out of the "throne room" which is really just a rough stone platform with a simple white throne, being for the moment, protected by a tent made of a kind of steel mesh fabric.

- "Yes, my diamond", said Peridot as he silently followed me a few meters away, and behind him, I was also followed by a couple of Jasper guards who were guarding the entrance... I really don't know how with their small statures and short legs can keep up with me without having to run… "Mysteries of science" I suppose.

I hope I have calmed down their devotion to me a bit, I'm pretty tired of them seeing me as some kind of God or something... Little did I know at the time, that the only thing I managed to do was raise their loyalty to a whole new, honestly stupid level...

(Peridot's Mind) I knew it... THERE IS NOTHING MORE PERFECT, COMPASSIONATE, Pious AND DIVINE THAN OUR DIAMOND!

Peridot thought with madness and comic devotion. We should all kneel before his beautiful presence just by being in the same space as him… OH his beautiful divine light is so magnificent… I MUST TELL ALL THE OTHER GEMS; WE ALL SHOULD BE EVEN MORE LOYAL AND DEVOTED TO A TO BE SO MAGNIFICENTLY PERFECT! he told himself with conviction. It's the least that incompetent gems like us have to do to have the right to simply exist in his presence...

At the moment of leaving, all the gems near me, such as: Bismuths, Morganites, Quartz, topazes, etc., abandoned all their activities to bow to me making the Diamond symbol in an orderly row as soon as they saw me leave my room. tent.

- "WELLING TO OUR DIAMOND!" shouted a blue Agate on behalf of all the gems present there.

- "You can continue with your activities", I replied waving my hand in the air, it really is difficult and tiring to have to act like a King... No wonder Steven never accepted to take the throne of Pink Diamond.

On the other hand, I'm quite proud of my gems, that's what I thought while looking at the scenery around me. Quartz, Bismuths, Topazes, Rubies and Sapphires working together, with the occasional Lapis Lazuli flying around carrying things from time to time. Soon I was a good 500 meters away from the small town under construction until I reached a huge canyon 5000 meters deep, this is where "The BETA Kindergarten" would be built.

There is no one here right now, so I ordered my jade bodyguards and my Peridot to wait for me in this place while I went deeper into the canyon, jumping to the bottom and controlling the speed of my descent like Steven would with his power of levitation. It was time to continue practicing with my powers, I thought arriving at my personal training camp.

A huge space in the canyon of about 10,000 square kilometers. I found this place while exploring the site, although it was much better when I first found it, at this moment you can see burn marks, destruction, huge cracks everywhere and a lot of destruction in general… all this, product of my hard training.

And it is that I have not been idle while waiting for the results of the nursery, every day at the same time, I come to this place to practice diligently. And I have achieved many interesting things.

First of all, I have been practicing many of my Kinesis, among them, Hydrokinesis and telekinesis seemed to be the most useful. Although there is not much water on this planet, I have practiced with the little humidity that is in the atmosphere, condensing it around me... And, if a single lapis lazuli could steal the entire ocean in Steven Universe, I wonder what I will be capable of to achieve, my gem being far more powerful than any other.

I also practiced with Dynamokinesis, this being the most destructive I have practiced with so far. But there is one that seems to me the most interesting of all… telepathy, over which I have some mastery. In addition, I have improved with my spear and learned to use my shield very well. The only thing I haven't made much progress on is my power to control energies, which is that it's fucking difficult, I can barely move a single strand of electromagnetic energy.

Anyway... I think I've trained enough for today; I have to get ready, the preparations for the nursery will almost be ready in a couple of days.