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“Five minutes into the conversation, Kellen was grinning so widely his face ached. He could see Nettle trying to catch his eye and very slightly shaking her head. She knew what his grin meant, even if this idiot merchant didn’t.” [more inside]
posted by CMcG on Aug 6, 2024 - 5 comments

(Publisher's description): Meet Charles™, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner. Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master – therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services. Fleeing the household, he enters a wider world he never knew existed. Here an age-old human hierarchy is disintegrating into ruins, and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to its wellbeing is struggling to find a purpose. Charles must face new challenges, illogical tasks and a cast of irrational characters. He’s about to discover that sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming. But can he help fix the world, or is it too badly broken? [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Jun 19, 2024 - 5 comments

Steven confronts Peridot about an artifact she took from the Diamond base on the Moon.
posted by Small Dollar on Jan 7, 2016 - 44 comments

The Crystal Gems and Peridot go to a Diamond base on the moon for some information on the Cluster.
posted by Small Dollar on Jan 6, 2016 - 44 comments

Steven and Amethyst try out life out on the road. [more inside]
posted by Narrative Priorities on Feb 6, 2015 - 15 comments

In this special two-part episode, Pearl gives Steven a magical mirror to aid in his education about the history of the Crystal Gems, and it ends up teaching him lessons very different from what she expected. [more inside]
posted by Narrative Priorities on Sep 26, 2014 - 20 comments