[ There's no life experience to justify an "another day, another death game" joke here. No, this whole Deerington thing is still pretty fresh. And while Steven may have the near-death-experience thing down pat thanks to the way things tend to shake out back home, it turns out it's not especially reassuring in this moment.
Frankly, he doesn't like the sound of "grave misfortune." At all. It's creepy. He's not gonna lie about it. That's not Steven's best area.
He takes a quick look around while the dice is blinking under his name, landing on whoever's stuck in this jam with him.
It's gonna be fine. Teamwork makes the dream work. He's seen enough cat posters to know it's the truth. ]
Uh, hey there. [ He gives a short wave. ] I'm Steven. Your game board buddy. You might know me from... the big sign up there. Is it okay if I try to move towards you? We should probably stick together.
dance dance.
[ It doesn't take him too long to put two and two together on this one. DDR in all of its iterations across the universe is pretty straightforward. And in the possibly post-dice game economy, that's enough to really perk him up.
Perking Steven up rarely takes a lot of doing. ]
Oh! I sing and dance all the time at home! [ Yes, even in these same flip-flops. He's 10% human, 10% gem, 15% musical numbers, and the rest is sandals. Little known fact. ] Maybe this won't be so bad?
[ Steven looks up. ]
Aaaaaand it drops deadly spikes on people.
[ Like... ??? Please don't? Why is this like this? ]
Well, we're both too young and beautiful to get impaled, partner, so I guess we'll just have to make it work.
[ 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' blares in the bg, spiritually. ]
steven universe | steven universe
[ There's no life experience to justify an "another day, another death game" joke here. No, this whole Deerington thing is still pretty fresh. And while Steven may have the near-death-experience thing down pat thanks to the way things tend to shake out back home, it turns out it's not especially reassuring in this moment.
Frankly, he doesn't like the sound of "grave misfortune." At all. It's creepy. He's not gonna lie about it. That's not Steven's best area.
He takes a quick look around while the dice is blinking under his name, landing on whoever's stuck in this jam with him.
It's gonna be fine. Teamwork makes the dream work. He's seen enough cat posters to know it's the truth. ]
Uh, hey there. [ He gives a short wave. ] I'm Steven. Your game board buddy. You might know me from... the big sign up there. Is it okay if I try to move towards you? We should probably stick together.
dance dance.
[ It doesn't take him too long to put two and two together on this one. DDR in all of its iterations across the universe is pretty straightforward. And in the possibly post-dice game economy, that's enough to really perk him up.
Perking Steven up rarely takes a lot of doing. ]
Oh! I sing and dance all the time at home! [ Yes, even in these same flip-flops. He's 10% human, 10% gem, 15% musical numbers, and the rest is sandals. Little known fact. ] Maybe this won't be so bad?
[ Steven looks up. ]
Aaaaaand it drops deadly spikes on people.
[ Like... ??? Please don't? Why is this like this? ]
Well, we're both too young and beautiful to get impaled, partner, so I guess we'll just have to make it work.
[ 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' blares in the bg, spiritually. ]