Steven Universe Writing Practice Script
SCENE 1. DAYTIME. EXTERIOR. BEACH [Connie and Steven are seen out on the Beach, both holding Tennis rackets. Steven is dressed normally, but Connie is dressed in a tennis outfit, holding one of the balls] CONNIE Are you sure you want to learn? It’s pretty boring compared to sword fighting... STEVEN I think it looks fun! CONNIE (blushing slightly) Well, if you think so... [She places the ball on her racket, starting to bounce it on top of it. Steven watches on in wonder] CONNIE As I’ve said before, there are a few basic moves... There is... Forehand! [She bounces the ball in the air, before swinging from the outside of her body inwards, hitting the tennis ball towards a small boulder on the beach. It collides with the side, heading back towards Connie] CONNIE There’s... Backhand! [She swings from the other side of her body, hitting the boulder once more. It goes into a high arch over their heads] CONNIE And of course there is... [Steven sudden jumps in front of her, holding his racket above his head] STEVEN OVERHEAD DEATH STRIKE! [He hits the balls fiercely once it comes back down in front of him. It flies into the boulder at an extreme speed, cracking the rock slightly, before flying back at them. It flies past both of their heads, barely missing them, before being seen caught in a semi gloved hand. A faint trail of smoke is seen, as Garnet holds up the ball]
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CONNIE Oh, uh... Sorry Garnet... We were just practicing GARNET No problem... [Garnet smirks, throwing the ball over her shoulder. Amethyst, in the form of a dog, jumps up, grabbing it with her mouth] GARNET ... I’m not easy to hit. [A honk is heard from the nearby road. Connie looks over to see her father, standing next to his car] CONNIE Oh! Hey, Steven, I have to go! [Steven sets down the racket, as Connie picks up her bag, putting on her glasses. She runs off, waving back to him.] CONNIE I’ll be back when we’re done at the Memorial home! STEVEN See ya! [Steven waves back, as Pearl walks up behind him.] PEARL Well, that’s good timing! Come on Steven, we have to check on an anomaly that Garnet has found. STEVEN An anomaly? [Amethyst walks up to his side, with a half eaten tennis ball] AMETHYST Yeah, you know, a weird thing. Somethin’ that probably shouldn’t be there! GARNET A little more than weird... [They walk back towards the house.]
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SCENE 2. DAYTIME. INTERIOR. HOME [They enter, Garnet leading the group, followed closely by Pearl and Amethyst. Steven runs up to catch up with them] STEVEN What do you mean, more than weird? It’s not some weird creature or anything is it? PEARL No, nothing like that. It’s more of a... Building. A big one. [Amethysts scoffs a bit, putting her hands behind her head] AMETHYST Psht. I still don’t see what the big deal is! People build weird things in weird places all the time. GARNET This one is... Different. You’ll understand when we get there. [They all step on the warp pad. Steven steps in front of them, throwing his hands out to the side, activating it and warping them away.] SCENE 3. NIGHT TIME. EXTERIOR. NEARBY THE UNSTABLE GEODE [The three land on the warp pad, facing the Geode, still being held together by a single piece of duct tape] PEARL We really should do something about that... STEVEN So, is the Geode the anomaly? I think I’ve seen it before. GARNET No. It’s much farther away. We’re going to have to walk... [Steven groans, as the other three turn away from the Geode. Steven suddenly seems to get the idea, as he puts his fingers to his mouth, to whistle for Lion. Before he could, though, Garnet grabs his hand, preventing him]
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4. GARNET I’m sorry Steven, but we need to approach quietly... PEARL She’s right. We don’t know what we might face, and showing up on a giant Lion would probably... Cause some issues...
[Steven sighs, but nods understandingly. He then follows behind them, as they make their way across the desolate field. Cut to a side view, of the line of them walking, Garnet being followed by Pearl, Steven and Amethyst] SCENE 4. NIGHT TIME. EXTERIOR. DESOLATE FIELD [A fade to later in the night. They are in a similar line, though Steven was now riding on top of Garnet’s hair, and Amethyst looked slightly exhausted] AMETHYST Uuuuuuuuugh, we’ve been at this for, like, a million hours! PEARL Oh hush! It’s only been three... Or four... Maybe five? [Steven was leaning on his arms on top of Garnet. He stared blankly in front of him. Something catches his eye, though, as he looks to the side. Scattered throughout the field were several stone heads, rounded and plain, blank eyes staring outwards to nothing. Some were somewhat obscured by partially destroyed white brick walls.] STEVEN Wooaah, what’s that?! [They stop for a moment, looking over] PEARL They look like ruins... But nothing I’ve seen before... [Her gem activated, showing several different human like shapes, as if looking through an index of different types of icons and figures] PEARL If I could see how they originally were, I could have a better idea of what we are dealing with... (CONTINUED)
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AMETHYST Well uh... I don’t think we will have to look far... [Pearl’s holograms flicker, as she becomes somewhat aware of what Amethyst said] PEARL Wha-? GARNET We’re almost there... [She points forward, to what looked like a white box in the distance. As they get closer, however, it was revealed to be a rather unsettling large building. It stood several stories tall, standing tall over them, as if an intimidating creature staring down upon them. It appeared to be made of similar white brick, and decorated all over it were the same blank staring faces that littered the ground around it, in no particular pattern on the walls. Steven stared up at it, somewhat amazed, though his expression changed as he looked at several of the faces, which felt as if they were staring directly at him] STEVEN Uh... I’m not sure I like this place... AMETHYST I’m with ya man. Why are we even here anyways? GARNET That. [She pointed to the ground next to her. They looked down to see several large, gauntlet like foot prints, leading up to the front of the building. Where they ended was the the oddest sight on the side of the building: One of the faces seemed to be cut down the middle and separated, giving way to two large doors, nearly 20 feet tall. They were sealed shut, but as they came closer, there was a small hole carved into the thick stone, just big enough to crawl into] GARNET As I thought... We’ll need to get in here. [Garnet reached up, taking Steven off her head and setting him gently to the side. She then reached up, joining her (CONTINUED)
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fingers and summoning her gauntlets. Just as she brought them down to break a hole in the wall, though, a strong sound cut through the air. It sounded as if a church bell rang through the air, and the doors, with a low rumbling, slowly moved aside to let them through.] GARNET ... Oh. [Garnet, with a slight look of disappointment, unsummoned her gauntlets, as they slowly entered the building] SCENE 5. NIGHT TIME. INTERIOR. MYSTERIOUS BUILDING [They were quickly engulfed in darkness as they entered the building] PEARL Hold on, let’s look around first before we advance... [She closes her eyes, focusing for a second before her gem lit up, allowing them to see more clearly. They silently walked forward, Pearl leading the way] PEARL Strange... It’s empty here. Why would there be such interest in a giant hunk of stone? There isn’t even any markings that it was a gem controlled property anyways... AMETHYST Yup, just about what I expected! Giant creepy place filled with nothing interesting. Kinda like that Evil Bear movie that Steven is afraid of... STEVEN Hey! That movie was not age appropriate for me-! [He is cut off mid thought as he ran into what seemed like a boulder, falling backwards. Amethyst runs over, helping him up, as Pearl and Garnet walk up behind the two] AMETHYST Woah, you okay?
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7. STEVEN Ugh, yeah... What did I run into?
[The group of them look up in unison. The boulder was actually the back of a large statue. It’s body was similar to a dog, sitting obediently. It’s head was dog shaped, though it didn’t have a visible muzzle or nose, simply eyes that stared forward. In it’s chest was the carving of a gem.] PEARL Well... That’s... Different... [Pearl looks around, her light falling on several statues, almost identical, but placed slightly differently, to create a circle of them] PEARL ...What do they mean though? [Gauntlet was staring up them as well, her face unreadable. She then slowly looked down, seeing an odd symbol on the ground. After pondering it for a moment, she knelt down, pressing her hand against it. Suddenly, the statues began to move. The gems jump and automatically got into a defensive position. They didn’t step from their position, instead, their raised their heads to better show their gems. One by one, the carved crystals on their chest gave off a bright glow. They lit up a structure in the middle of the room, that all the statues were facing. The structure was beautiful in it’s grotesqueness. Nearly thirty feet tall, it had a bulbous, rounded bottom, thinning out as it rose until it hung limply to the side at the top. It looked like a limp, dead flower, a pale gray/purple color, the texture looking similar to a soft marble. At the bottom, there were several veins reaching out from it, grasping the ground like desperate roots, a small console nestled in the middle of two of them. They approached it slowly, marveling at it’s size. As they approached the console, they noticed that it was slightly beat up and smoking, as if recently attacked] AMETHYST Yup, looks like Peridot’s work. Jeez, she needs to chill out... [Amethyst picks up a piece of the broken off console, as the other two walk forward to observe it. Steven, on the other hand, began to walk around it, still marveling]
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STEVEN What is it? PEARL Well, it looks to be some form of gestation machine. But it’s set up is so foreign... Definitely gem tech, but only some of it familiar... [Pearl continued to talk, but Steven wandered away, still observing the rest of the gigantic wilting flower. He hums lightly to himself, but stops as he comes by a crack in the side of the bulb.] STEVEN Huh. Guess it’s pretty old... [He sets his hands on either side of it, leaning into it and trying to peer inside. He sees some faint lights, and was practically pressing is face against it before hearing an ominous cracking sound...] STEVEN ...Uh oh... [The crack widens for a few moments, before the side of the bulb gives way. A great suction of air pulls Steven inside the infinite blackness, as the gems notice and quickly run over] STEVEN Wuh ah AHHHH1 GARNET, AMETHYST, PEARL STEVEN! [Quick cut to black] SCENE 6. INSIDE THE BULB [Black screen] VOICE Breathe. [Close up of Steven’s face, as he suddenly jostles awake, gasping dramatically. He looks around to see that he is floating in nothingness, soft lights fading in and out around him, like stars coming in and out of existence.]
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STEVEN Wha-what? What’s going on? VOICE Welcome. You are different from those who visit me... [The voice is soft, as if whispering in his ear] STEVEN Who... Who’s there? VOICE We are creations. We are separate. Us and them. But we are not similar. You will create, while I only destroyed, and created more horrid than before... STEVEN What do you mean? [Steven looks around, trying to look for a source of the voice, but finds nothing] VOICE All this life... I envy you... You will do great things... STEVEN Um... Thanks...? VOICE Now you must do one thing for me Steven... STEVEN What? VOICE Breathe. SCENE 7. NIGHT TIME. INTERIOR. MYSTERIOUS BUILDING [Steven suddenly opens his eyes, looking upwards. His eyes come into focus to see the other Crystal Gems looking down at him. They look worried, but at the sight of him coming back to consciousness, they smile, though Pearl still teary eyed]
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STEVEN Uh... What happened? [He sits up, rubbing his head. He looks at the bulb, where the crack was. The hole was present, but was currently being plugged up by one of Garnet’s extra large gauntlets] PEARL (sniffling) Well, you almost fell in, but Amethyst was able to grab you with her whip and... Don’t scare us like that! [Pearl hugs him tightly, as Steven looks uneasily, patting her] STEVEN Well, I’m alright now! You don’t have to worry anymore! [Pearl slowly let’s go of him, and the three of them get up from the ground] GARNET Well, whatever this is, It’s not really functional anymore. We should probably head out before it collapses anymore... STEVEN What about Peridot? PEARL She’s not here. Us staying any longer will just endanger us more STEVEN Yeah... [They turn to leave. As the star wipe closes, Steven looks back at it, with a bit of a curious expression] STEVEN Huh... [Star wipe closes.]
