Fear's Birth

"Fear's Birth" is the eighth episode of the first season of Decay and Rebirth.

Synopsis
Olive Peridot's friend catches the 'mysterious disease'.

Plot/Script
Olive Peridot: *walks over to the elevator and waits for it to arrive*

[Elevator arrives]

Olive Peridot: *steps on the elevator, presses the button for the thirtieth floor, and hums a tune*

[The elevator arrives at the thirtieth floor]

Olive Peridot: *steps off elevator and walks to the Department of Healing's front desk* Hello, Cassiterite.

Cassiterite: Good morning, Ms. Olive, how may I help you?

Olive Peridot: Um, I'm here on a mission for Yellow Diamond. I have been given permission to observe and run some tests on Emerald.

Cassiterite: Er, Ms. Olive, you must have a permission card specifically signed by Yellow Diamond to do so.

Olive Peridot: No problem. *gives Cassiterite Yellow Diamond's signature*

Cassiterite: Thank you, ma'am. *gives Olive Peridot an access card* Her room number is six-one-eight.

Olive Peridot: Thank you.

Cassiterite: Don't forget to shred that signature on the way there.

Olive Peridot: I know. *heads for room six-one-eight* Hmm... That's four-three-eight... Oh, wait, there's a shredder over here. *shreds the signature and throws the remaining pieces in a fireplace* Hmmm... *walks some more* Five-four-four. *starts running down the hall* And... six-one-eight! *opens door*

???: Hello, Olive Peridot Facet 1111 Cut 1AA. We've been expecting you!

Olive Peridot: Oh, uh, hi.

???: I'm Seraphinite. Just call me Seze for short. I'm going to be your guide.

Olive Peridot: Ok.

Seze: As you can see, here's Emerald. *points to her through a thick glass window*

Olive Peridot: W-What is wrong with her?

Seze: That is highly classified Diamond information.

Olive Peridot: Is it the Cluster Disease?

Seze: *gasp* How did you know?

Olive Peridot: Er... The Diamonds, uh, told me.

Seze: Oh ok, phew. I thought the public already found out.

Olive Peridot: Why does she... have so many arms?

Seze: It's part of the disease. We're keeping her drugged with sleeping pills before she... shatters.

Olive Peridot: The Cluster Disease can make gems shatter?!

Seze: Y-Yes. Terrifying but true.

Olive Peridot: How many days has she had this disease?

Seze: You mean years?

Olive Peridot: Years?! She's had this for years?!

Seze: Yep. Thirty-five years and counting.

Olive Peridot: How come I didn't know?

Seze: *shrugs*

Olive Peridot: She's so unfortunate.

Seze: True, but the disease is contagious and we can't let her leave.

Olive Peridot: Oh.

Seze: Today we're testing an antidote on her.

Olive Peridot: What?! I thought I would just be making notes!

Seze: You are. You're going to be taking notes of the antidote's effect.

[There's a knock at the door]

Seze: I'll answer it and tell them to go away. *opens door*

??? Pearl: Wait! Don't slam the door! I have news for Ms. Olive!

Seze: Hmm... Alright. Olive! We've got some Pearl saying that she has news for you!

Olive Peridot: Coming!

??? Pearl: Ms. Olive, there's a dire emergency!

Olive Peridot: What?

??? Pearl: It's Idocrase! She... She got the mysterious disease!

Olive Peridot: No! She was going to... *eyes tear up* Going to... It can't be! It must be a mistake!

??? Pearl: No, it's confirmed ma'am.

Olive Peridot: *cries*

Seze: Hmm, we can't have a crying note taker. Here, Olive, you visit your Idocrase and I'll wait.

Olive Peridot: O-Okay.. *runs after the Pearl to room 959*

??? Pearl: *unlocks door with access card*

Olive Peridot: *runs into the room to discover Idocrase* No! No, it can't be! She was healthy yesterday! She was fine yesterday!

??? Pearl: She contracted the disease because of close contact with Peridot Facet 9O9P Cut 2HV.

Olive Peridot: B-But Peridot Facet 9O9P Cut 2HV was the head of Gem Production!

??? Pearl: We have lost many to the Cluster Disease.

Olive Peridot: I-I... I need to go back to my mission.

??? Pearl: O-Of course.

Olive Peridot: *walks back to the room, crying* Why her? *arrives at the room, wipes tears, and enters room bravely*

Seze: Good, you're back. We've already started the process.

Olive Peridot: Oh, let me get my notes out.

Seze: You should start making the notes now.

Olive Peridot: *scribbles furiously on the paper as the antidode injector enters Emerald's cracked gem pieces.

Seze: This might get messy if it doesn't work.

Olive Peridot: *scribbles faster*

Seze: Oh no, oh no, retract the injector! It's not working!

Olive Peridot: *stops scribbling to look at the Emerald only to discover that the Emerald is flinching and her skin is going purple* Gah! What's going on?

Seze: We're losing her, we're losing her!

Olive Peridot: *forces self to make more notes*

Seze: She's going to be gone, she's going to be.... Wait... We're good. She's okay, but the antidote didn't work. Make sure you write that on the notes, Olive.

Olive Peridot: Y... Y-you're not concerned and scared?

Seze: Pfff, it's like she's already dead. Put her to sleep again.

Olive Peridot: O-Oh. Well, here are my notes. *gives Seze the notes* I need to go.

Seze: Ok, bye!

As Olive Peridot walked out of room six-one-eight, she felt like she needed to make sure that the antidote testing never, ever, ever happened to Idocrase.

[Continued in 'Loyalty Undivided ']