Scene #2771: Black Ice Cream Cat

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Sunstone	Sunstone has been seeking a Cookie Cat factory, and thankfully one of them actually DOES exist out here in the middle of the Planetary Plains. The wonders of modern computing led Sunstone to tracking down its exact address, and so she picked a time in the middle of the day to drive down there in her hovercraft. However, she also brought along Eryl. She explained that she would be expecting trouble after her encounters with Peridot and Lapis Lazuli, and that she would need the backup if something went wrong. The drive is down an industrial avenue where a few of these factories are set up. The hover vehicle passes a large cargo truck carrying the product away from the facility, prompting Sunstone to turn her head and give a look of smiling uncertainty to the Cookie Cat logo on the side. The orange-colored Gem turned down the driveway to the facility and into a parking lot which was, thankfully, not gated off with any kind of major security. She could park the vehicle in a wide spot and climb out without incident. It's a non-descript office building with a factory section off the back. Sunstone waves Eryl to follow and steps around the building to find the back door and open it up to step inside, poking her head in carefully to scan the large warehouse room that all of the factory equipment is housed in. She checked the room for light accessibility, and found the large warehouse skylights were acceptable. Then she stepped inside of the building, shining a great big smile and confidently striding as if she owned the place. She didn't see any workers, though... which makes sense, everyone must've just gone home. Summer light means it's still bright daylight even at 5 PM.
Eryl Fairfax	Eryl tagged along because he happened to be avaliable. For the first time in a while, he had found a settlement on his home world. This of course meant the routine of helping them create farmable land, teaching them to fight, beaming in supplies... but of course, they needed to sleep, and he doesn't. This leaves his nights free for the forseeable future. May as well spend it helping out Unionites. Meeting Sunstone threw him for a moment, but her unusual skin tone could be explained away to Original Face as an artifical tan, so no trouble there! He spends the ride using his implants to reread Union files on the two enemy Gems. Already, he was dreading the confrontation. No doubt Original Face would have a lot to say on the matter. As they drive past the sign, Eryl glances up to look at it. Noticing Sunstone's confustion, he says, "It appears to be a brand of ice-cream sandwich. A slice of ice-cream between biscuits made to look like a cat." When they park, Eryl climbs out quickly, leaving quite the imprint in his seat. How heavy is he? "So, what will our cover sto-" Oh wait, Sunstone is just charging ahead! A tiny sigh escapes the diplomat's nose as he rushes after her. "Hold on, we cannot simply walk in, not without an ex-oh. I'm not picking up any sounds of life." Concerns satisfied, he joins her inside. "So, you have reason to suspect those two will come here?"
Peridot	In the center of the room, admist the old machinery. There rested a single robonoid. It was peculiar from the rest of Peridot's robonoids because this one bore a very interesting face. Evlis Presley. A single line shown down on it and it seemed to be skittering in a small circle. It didn't seem to be doing much else than that. It seemed like one of its legs was broken, and it was clutching a note. Peridot and Lapis were no where to be found. But there was certainly evidence that they had been here. You can distinctively hear the sound of running water. Though it doesn't sound like it's coming from anyone direction. It echoed from various places all over the factory.
Sunstone	"The half-gem child said that he liked this specific brand of ice cream," Sunstone explains while she wanders further into the building, "And Peridot has been stealing things to appease him, and I received a message they might come here..." She trails off while she looks around, and her eyes rest on the the Robonoid. She hesitates, and her smile starts to fade into a frown. She then starts walking forward toward it. "Looks like we might've missed them," she says, sounding only mildly disappointed. Her change in demeanor is quite pronounced, even the way she walks goes from whimsical to rigid. It would be especially pronounced for Eryl, since he had seen only a smiley and friendly demeanor from her until that abrupt change, if he cares to notice it. Sunstone steps over to the Robonoid and carefully moves her boot to try to halt it. Then she reaches down to snatch up the note to get a look at it. "Hmm~"
Eryl Fairfax	"Ah! Understood, a reasonable assumption," Eryl says, nodding with approval. "Since there is the chance of a fight breaking out, I shall take no chances." He then proceeds to shrug off his coat and hang it on a convenient hook, next to some safety equipment. After that, he kicks off his dusty shoes and rolls up his sleeves. With his clothes out of the way, he begins to investigate! Peering around at the machines, Eryl rubs his chin. "I suppose they did not yet have self-managing assembly lines at this level of technological development." Glancing across some conveyer belts at Sunstone, he immediately hears the disappointment in her voice, and responds appropriately. "A terrible shame. But at the very least, if they are going to these lengths for him... well, I can think of worse methods of imprisonment. I am sure he'll survive until another opportunit-wait, do you hear that?" Now he's tilting his head, noticing the sound of running water from several points. "Running water... I seriously doubt that the workers just leave taps on all night. You mentioned that Lapis Lazuli has water manipulation capabilities?" Worry is starting to build in his gut, as he diverts power to all weapon systems. Just in case.
Peridot	The robonoid does not resist as it is plucked from the ground. Sunstone takes the note and unfurls it, and what she sees there is a rather mathematically well-crafted drawing. It was Peridots face, sticking her tongue out and tugging down her eyelid. A taunt she had learned directly from Steven. Next to it, was a note that read in clear letters. "Gotcha, you Clod!" And then, almost as if triggered by the discovery of the note suddenly the rest of the room lights up with bright spotlights. Robonoids that had previously been hidden carefully throughout the factory now spring to life. However, they don't initially attack. [BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrFIfYHHUT4 ] One by one, they open up a slot on their orb like bodies and a lens appears. The lens begins to glow, and creates large holo-screens that begin to line the room with a loud pop as each one appeared. Each of them looked to be about Twenty feet tall. Three of them appeared on the left, showing the face of Peridot who appeared rather pleased with herself. Across from her, giant holoscreens that displayed Lapis. "Nyyyyheh heh heh heh heh." Peridot cackled as she looked down on them. "You fell right in my little trap!" She grinned, leaning forward until her eyes took up the entirety of the screen. "Do you think I'd be so stupid as to let the Steven continue to send messages off my ship without my notice? I know you and that little autobot have been on my case for quite a while and--" She blinks, tilting her head. "Who's that with you? That's not the autobot, or the dopey kid from earlier." She grumbles, grinding her teeth. "Augh, I hate variables."
Guest Lapis Lazuli	Just as everything about kicks into action, several 'people' begin emerging from the shadows. Once in the light, they appear to be complete duplicates of Sunstone, except made out of water. More water seems to slowly lap its way out onto the floor and over the concrete, just a thin layer as if a sink were overflowing. While Lapis has to be nearby, she's not immediately visible. Meaning the mimics of Sunstone have to be autonomous to some extent. The mimics look to the hologram projection of Peridot and just seem to wait around. From the background of Peridot's transmission comes another female voice. Lapis'. "Just attack them already!"
Sunstone	Sunstone's brow knits quite visibly and her mouth distorts into a weird jagged frown that isn't really typical of a human's physical appearance. Consternation? It'd be hard to quantify her as human in any case. She crumples up the note and drops the broken Robonoid to the side carelessly, not really concerned about it when the room starts to light up. When the holoscreen pops up and displays Peridot's face staring down at her, Sunstone's expression mellows out to an icy neutral and she just seems skeptical at Peridot for a while. She remains silent, but her head pivots in an almost robotic fashion to regard Eryl when he was brought up. Her head turns back to look at Peridot and her eyes fixate on the screen, moving just slightly to try to pick out details in it, and it's obvious she's trying to read how sophisticated it's supposed to be (at least to Peridot) by the thorough lookover she gives the screen. Like she were cataloguing its parameters. She just blithely ignores Peridot's triumph. When she hears Lapis, her brows lift. "You fell back in line pretty fast," she observes, only speaking to the vague sound of Lapis' voice. "That's fine, though." And then she would finally look Peridot in the eyes, and stare quite pointedly up at her. "Let's talk, instead. If the factory gets wrecked, it might be harder for you..." She points an armored finger up at Peridot, "To get more Cookie Cat for Steven." She lowers her arm, her eyes momentarily flicking to note the presence of Lapis' water duplicates out of her periphery.
Eryl Fairfax	Eryl flinches as the spotlights come on, Original Face giving him several alerts as the robonoids become visible. He's already pointing at two of them, one with each index finger, when they begin to project a holographic screen. Well, that's preferrable to the alternative, gives him time to plan, line up firing solutions. As Peridot and Lapis's faces appear, Original Face buzzes with concern, making him wince slightly. 'Just makeup and special effects' he thinks at the whiny heuristics. But the Sunstone clones are less easily explained away. A breath is drawn through gritted teeth, making a hissing noise as he pinches the bridge of his nose. But, the transmission has opened, and that means a chance to do what he does best. Putting on his best smile, he bows to both Peridot and Lapis both. "A cunning plan indeed, a fine way of turning a mistake into an advantage." His smile is so genuine that it honestly sounds like he means it. "You are correct though, we have not yet had the pleasure of meeting. I am Eryl Fairfax, diplomat for the ReGenesis Corporation. But today, I am here as a Union representative. Obviously, here with Miss Sunstone, victim to the same trap. So, let us cut to the chase, the matter of the Half-Gem child, MagicalBoySuperS." He's pacing now, back and forward but mantaining eye-contact with the Gems on the screens, still smiling in spite of a mounting headache. He lets Sunstone say her piece, nodding along with her. "You are going to great lengths to look after him. He is clearly no common prisoner, nor a lab rat. No doubt the two of you think you can take us without damaging the factory. But let me assure you, I am highly capable in a fight. But I am a diplomat, first and foremost, I prefer words to action. So, let us talk like rational individuals. I would ask that, as a gesture of faith, you have your..." He gestures at the clones and robotoids. "Fall back, just a little bit."
Peridot	Peridot grimaced at someone off screen. "Let me have my moment! I've earned this!" "And why would I talk to you? I have the upper hand!" She leans back raising her hands into the air. "You've been a pain in my side since I got here. You might not be a crystal gem, but you're a menace just like they are." She looked to the side and the sound of a button being pressed rings over the speakers. "He-yuh!" Several more robonoids appear from behind the ones that were projecting the imagery. These however, look distinctively different. Sunstone would recognize them. They were the same model that attacked her out on the desert when she first crossed paths with Peridot. They were equipped with gem blasters. They were weak, but numerous. Before the water clones have a chance to attack, the robonoids strike first, letting loose a volley of laser fire. Meanwhile, Peridot's laughter echoes throughout the chamber. "Nyaahahaha! We've already made away with the cookie cats. Like we care what happens to this stupid human factory now! As if this were about these strange human confection to begin with! You're the real target here!"
Guest Lapis Lazuli	On the edge of the screen, Lapis is totally scowling at Peridot as she goes on about gloating. After the first laser volley, the water mimics break into action. Three of them are direct copies of Sunstone, armed with a whip, a sword, and.. nothing. Sword-Sunstone charges from behind the hologram. Whip-Sunstone from the side in flanking. Rearing back, it whips out at Sunstone's legs. The whip shouldn't be able to reach from there, but it spontaneously grows in length mid-flight, threatening to trip up the gem. Following that, the Sword-Sunstone will try to bring down the sword on where, and if she falls. Unarmed-Sunstone begins walking menacingly towards Eryu. From the water on the ground, another mimic climbs out as if a hole in the earth. It looks identical to Eryl, though also made out of water.
Sunstone	Sunstone smiles warily at Peridot for a second, apparently morbidly amused by the failure to communicate with the grumpy engineer on the other side of the screen. Sunstone is, unfortunately for the Robonoids, fairly quick on her feet and perceptive of her surroundings, and the initial volley misses her almost entirely but for a few singes that smoke on her physical form when she leaps behind cover. This doesn't go so well, because she had no idea what the extent of Lapis' abilities were, and getting hit from several directions at once definitely isn't something she's prepared for. Nonetheless, she's quick on her feet and doesn't get skewered when she lands and rolls away from the movement of the stabbing attack. This is followed by her slamming her back into one of the machines, with a flash of orange light to signal her drawing her Gem Weapon. She aims quickly at the water duplicate, but only at first, and trains the weapon along to some piping along one of the machines, the one that rapidly cools the ice cream when it's being shaped properly. Making some assumptions on what kind of gas would be stored in machines like this, she opens fire and hopes that something inside will be cold enough to, at the very least, freeze or destabilize one of the duplicates as it comes at her. "We need to leave, mister Fairfax!" she calls over to the other Union member.
Eryl Fairfax	Eryl bites down on his inner cheek when Peridot makes it clear she has no intention of resolving things peacefully. This trap is clearly meant to end in Sunstone's death, and now he is just collateral damage in that plan. Though Original Face is still buzzing with distress at the impossible things, he pushes it to analyze the situation and find a solution. ICE-CREAM FACTORY. COOLANTS WILL BE PRESENT. FREEZE WATER? Well, much less eloquent that its usual output, but it is a good idea. Eryl begins looking about, trying to find a tank of coolant whe the laser volley begins! Eryl sways, not wanting to commit to a dodge that would leave him open. As such, a few lasers come worryingly close. The ones around his face and torso might make his skin bruise and burn, but any that glance his arms and legs would peel away fake flesh to reveal metal underneath. As the unarmed Sunstone approaches, along with a clone of him that rises from the pooling water, Eryl grunts properly and clutches at his skull. Memories of radio discussions as to what he would do if he ever met a clone of himself flash through his mind. "Oh I am in no mood to deal with this... I concur!" he shouts to Sunstone. But, right there! A tank of the coolant used to keep the ice-cream cold during production of Cookie Cats. Eryl calculates a solution and points to it. A single, small ball bearing erupts from his fingertip, puncturing the exterior, and sending a blast of it at the looming water clones!
Peridot	"Leave? Before I utterly destroy you?" She grins, her teeth becoming pointed. "We've only begun! Go my robonoids! Die die die!" The green skinned woman seemed in high spirits. After the day she had had (with Steven) this was practically therapy for her. Her robonoids heed her bidding and press their attack. Some of them getting caught in the cross fire of the ice attack and getting frozen in Lapis's water duplicates. Though they weren't strong individually, there were plenty of them. They move around the ice sculptures of fake-Sunstone and press their attack on the real Sunstone. Not entirely ignoring Eryl, they were mindful of their location to his so they weren't sitting ducks, but Sunstone was clearly the target of this trap.
Guest Lapis Lazuli	It doesn't appear to take much concentration for Lapis to control all of the water mimics. It looks like she's just peacefully meditating in the background, brows slightly knitted with her eyes closed. The room they're in comes through clear in the holo-projection. It looks like some kind of office, a certificate of authority on food safety hands on the wall with a mahagony desk being the centrepiece. It doesn't look like a gem-warship. A plaque on the desk reads: "Aaron James, CEO of Cookie Cats". Unarmed-Sunstone's fist swells to the size of a small block engine as it prepares to bring it down on Eryl, and Eryl's clone's hand begins to unfold as if a gun in of itself. Then the coolant pipe bursts. Several of the clones warp in inhuman ways as if trying to distort their bodies out of the way of the cooling blast, but end up frozen in kafka-esque positions. The water on the floor thickens to ice almost immediately. The remaining clones immediately merge and warp to crest into a giant wave against the tiny nooks and crevices against the machinery before being frozen in a wall-like state. Lapis is trying to trap them with the frozen water before it's all gone. And eventually it is. When she opens her eyes, she's staring at the holoprojector. Finally, she replies to Sunstone's earlier comment, "Just stop fighting! It'll be easier that way, Sunstone!"
Sunstone	Sunstone's too busy trying to duck out of the way of all the shots, her mouth pulling into a pronounced frown. She scrambles through the factory to avoid the Robonoids, firing at them one at a time until she determines where, exactly they are. With some quick calculations in her head, she spots the window overlooking where she and Eryl happen to be, and squints up into it. The wall of ice would freeze behind her when she coils and leaps, leaving a trail of ice flakes trailing behind her. She doesn't provide warning to Eryl before she does this, taking off regardless of if he sussed out their position. She crashes through the window in a dramatic fashion and rolls into a springing sprint down a hallway to shoulder charge through the door that has the name 'Aaron James, CEO' on it. The door would get thrown off its hinges in a violent fashion, in the typical Gem reckless disregard for collateral damage. Her weapon would be held up right at Peridot predictively, knowing just from the perspective through the holoscreen where she is likely to be standing. "Right..." "How are we going to do this?" she wonders, her voice extremely tense and her face showing a creepily mellow smile.
Eryl Fairfax	Eryl smiles with a grim satisfaction as the clones begin to freeze. Seems he and Sunstone had the same idea! He makes a quick mental note to get in touch with the factory after this is over, to apologize for damages and offering to pay for repairs and replacing the spilled coolant. He barely spends his Union paycheck anyway, may as well put it to good use. He takes a quick moment to admire the twisted forms the frozen clones have taken. As the frozen water makes the temperature of the room dip, his breath fails to mist up in the slightest. Glancing at Lapis as she requests Sunstone just lay down and die, he spots the framed picture. "... they're still in the building!" But, Sunstone has clearly already sussed that out, judging by her incredible leap up through the window. Leaving him on the ground. With a bunch of robots that now have nothing to do save target him. "Well. This is not ideal." But, now he doesn't have to worry about Sunstone. Eryl fights best on his own, having never really been trained to do so in a group. And now, Original Face splutters out another idea. ROBOTS MASS PRODUCED, MAY LACK SUFFICENT GROUNDING. WIDESPREAD ELECTRICAL SHOCK. 'But all the water is frozen... unless I bring in more.' It's a risk, but with Sunstone terrorizing the other Gems, maybe they won't notice... with a resolute nod, Eryl looks up, at the pipes on the roof. Lining up several shots, he begins firing at the sprinkers, hoping to get them gushing!
Peridot	Interestingly for a moment, Eryl can see the explosion as a flash of light illuminating one side of Peridot, as she turns to face Sunstone. "What the!?" She takes a step back, as the robonoid that was filming her automatically tracks her movement. She quickly raises her own arm forming it into a blaster, but she doesn't fire right away. Rather she bites her lower lip in hesitation. "Hey.." Meanwhile the robonoids starting getting wet as the water splayed over them.... and... it appears to have no effect on them. Gem tech didn't seem to operate on standard human tech. There were no circuit boards on a robonoid that could short out. If he cracked one open, he would see it ran on a yellow liquid substance and carried a payload of blue liquid. By all it account it was basically alien magic-tech. Without Sunstone as a target, they do switch their agenda and begin walking towards Eryl pelting the area he was in with lasers. She took a step back, to get just a little closer to Lapis. "I knew we should have just blasted the entire building with the ship..." That of course, presented its own problems as Peridot was unwilling to let the Gem Warship stray too far from Kindergarten less it be needed for its defense. Now that the playing field was a bit more even, Peridot grimaced. Sunstone was the better shot, of that, she has no doubt. But her own blaster could do damage, and she still had an army of her robonoids. So, it was still a fair fight- but Peridot didn't like fair fights. "Alright, alright we lured you into a trap and tried to kill you, sure. Whatever." Her eyes stay trained on Sunstone. "But uh.. As I understand it. I believe diplomacy was on the table?" She presses, raising an eyebrow.
Guest Lapis Lazuli	Lapis startles and takes a step back when the door explodes off the hinges. That's intimidating! Especially without any water to defend herself. .. Except.. A loud groaning sound comes from the floor under Sunstone, something that makes the building itself rattle a little bit. Some dust falls from the ceiling plates. Except that she was controlling the puddles directly from the faucets, which lead into the building's sewer and water system.. The floor bursts just in front of Sunstone as the pipes explode. The carpet immediately dampens, and another clone of Sunstone walks out of the floor as it climbing a stairway from a portal, and then turns in place to face Sunstone. Lapis looks a bit surprised when Peridot suggests diplomacy, so she just looks back at Sunstone. The sprinklers rain water, but none of it is attacking Eryl, yet.
Sunstone	Sunstone is really stretching the bounds of her patience when it comes to all of this. Lapis displays more power, grabbing more water from the nearby infrastructure, which is bound to do a LOT of damage to the factory as a result and render it inoperable, a fact that gets her flinching to herself and mentally kicking herself for letting this go on. The distraction prompts her to glance away at one of the water duplicates. She looks back over at Peridot, and then to Lapis. Her smile strains, visibly difficult to maintain it under a buildup of powerful emotion. Sunstone is apparently very expressive... only in that she displays a lot of odd expressions as she fights to maintain her sunny demeanor. Eventually the smile she gains is a sad one. "Ask me one question. Before that, I have one for you." She glances to Lapis, and wonders vaguely at her, "He has a family to return to, they're bound to be somewhere in the Multiverse..." She seems pretty confident the Crystal Gems are around somewhere. "Why bother with any of this?" She gestures with her off hand around the room. She probably means the factory, or them stealing these things for Steven at all.
Eryl Fairfax	Well, Eryl would have been a little disappointed if the robotoids HAD shorted out because of a little water. It would show incredible short-sightedness on Peridot's part to not water-proof them when her partner manipulates water. But, this was only part 1 of his plan! Uh-oh lasers though. He runs to avoid them, taking advantage of the icy, slippery floor to slide about! As one was about to hit him on the head, he suddenly drops! The advantage of mechanical legs is that he can do things like slide on his knees while everything above them is being held up, his upper body parallel to the ground. It's a rather goofy position, looking more in place in a ballet recital than a life-or-death battle. But there is a point to it. With the front of his thighs facing the roof, his pants suddenly tear up, twenty-four micro-rockets flying upwards from there! As afterburners kick in, guiding them back towards the ground, Eryl suddenly stands upright once again, launching himself to stand atop a conveyer belt. The rockets land, forming the points of a circle around the ground-bound robotoids. They do not explode though. Rather, they suddenly discarge a powerful electrical shock, one that conducts along the now-wet floor. Hopefully, into the robotoids!
Peridot	Peridot grimaced. "You rebel gems are a disgrace to gemkind." She answered initially, as if that in itself was answer enough but she proceeded. "The Steven is not my mission parameter; but he is important to Yellow Diamond, so therefore he is important to Homeworld. His Crystal gem guardians have his head full of garbage that we seek to correct." "But, seeing as I've searched everywhere, and can find no trace of Homeworld. That means we are here to stay. Until I see evidence that gemkind exist in this variant of the universe, that means we're an endangered species. So even if we can never see Yellow Diamond again, the Steven may be a valuable asset to my mission to correct this state of things." Her eyes narrowed. "And believe me when I say, I don't plan on spending an eternity surrounded on all sides by these disgusting humans and their various mutant constructs." Meanwhile the robonoids, being the slow-witted mass produced AI they are. Some of them take the electrical shock as the heat from the electricity does the damage. However, after taking the damage, the others seem to retreat and fall back. Disappearing behind the various machines. Perhaps they were making their way to the CEO's office.
Guest Lapis Lazuli	Lapis watches Sunstone, slowly moving herself near Peridot. She moves so gracefully and smoothly, it's incredibly unearthly. Her question is a good one, and fortunately Peridot's the one to reply with her own goals. There are a lot of complicated reasons for why Lapis acts the way that she does with Steven. Homeworld is.. different. And maybe Steven's behavior was influencing her own. He helped her when no one else did. But why now? And why when most of Gem kind is gone? Looking to Peridot, Lapis nods, "I want to go home, too." But not to return Steven as a prize. Everything's always so complicated.
Sunstone	Sunstone doesn't have a lot to say in argument with Peridot, the neutral demeanor she takes to all of her words is pretty evident of how she doesn't seem to feel strongly about the matter of Steven himself, though she nodded slowly in understanding of Peridot's words. "Homeworld's out there, somewhere," she points out to Peridot, with ... is that a warm smile? Is she genuinely confident in that, "Not that I'm happy about that, but I'm pretty sure it is. Ask anyone who's been in this Multiverse for long enough." She starts slowly stepping around the room, as if preparing to do something. There's no windows in the room, but she's got something in mind. "Endangered, though? That's funny," she says, her voice wavering almost nervously, "I thought WE were the ones that did that to other species?" She fires a shot into a nearby wall with a quick swivel, and then leaps into it, barreling through the structure. She moves quickly to locate the nearest window so she can leap through it and, hopefully, fly to safety.
Eryl Fairfax	Eryl watches as several of the robotoids collapse from his improvised attack, nodding to himself. As the others take cover though, he frowns. Are they smartening up, going for flanking and ambush tactics? Or are they going to the defence of thier master? Either way, Eryl needs a plan of action. By now, the gushing water is pooling all over, splashing and rippling underfoot as the cyborg hops down from the conveyer belt. He slowly begins to pursue the robotoids, not wanting to enter an ambush... when a great crash comes out of the smashed window! Eryl's head snaps up! He can't quite see from this angle, but a shrill whistle gives him some rudimentary sonar. As the sound bounces back, it seems that... Sunstone is gone, and there's a hole in the wall? But it doesn't look like Lapis or Peridot threw her through it. D-Did she just ditch him? "Well. I suppose I should go after her." he says, more to himself than anything. So with that, he goes back to the door, picking up his shoes and coat along the way and just... tries to leave. Goodness, all these repairs will take quite a chunk from his saved pay...
Peridot	"I've searched everywhere. Coming back to this planet was my last option." She shouted back, furrowing her brows. "If I haven't found it. It's not out there." She said pointing the sky. Though the offer of diplomacy had been a ruse. Peridot had been attempting to buy time in order for her robonoid minions to make their way back to their master, to protect her and to make it not such a fair fight anymore. "If you stand against us, then you are implicit in the extinction of our kind." As the clutch moment arrived, Lapis would likely see that it was Peridot's plan all along to try to keep Sunstone talking as Shadows flit around behind her as the robonoids move into position. Intent on finishing the job. However as the moment arrived, Sunstone opted to flee the scene, leaping out the window the moment the Robonoids leapt from their various hiding places and fired their lasers in every direction. "Blast her!" Peridot yelled leaping up onto the CEO's desk.