The weather in the park was cool, crisp and pleasant. Not too hot and not too cold. If Goldilocks was attending the school she would have called it "just right." The traditional decorated tent had all been set up, complete with various tables, an expansive buffet which included a grill and barbecued items, and the all important shadowy corners
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And okay, fine. Maybe he'd missed Mira. They didn't cross paths enough these days. Didn't mean he wasn't going to sit down somewhere and watch for them instead of seeking them out, though.
Which he was doing. Sitting, and watching.
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Occasionally she would smile to herself, as if reacting to some kind of inner dialogue. She certainly didn't appear to be looking for anybody in particular, at least, not at the moment. Though she'd make a point of looking for Steven later. She'd have to. He wasn't her Steven, but then again, every Steven was her Steven, in a way.
Look, it made sense if you had future vision.
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"Thanks," she said easily. "I made it myself."
This was more or less true.
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"I'm Janet."
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"Garnet," she said, simply. "It's a pleasure."
... She was not great at conversation, but at least she had the basic niceties down.
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"Who are you here to see?"
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And she fully intended to terrify one of them shamelessly the entire time she was here.
The other would get hugs.
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"Awww," Jan said because she was a big ol' bleeding heart like that. "Want me to keep an eye out for them?"
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"If it isn't any trouble," she replied. "One is Steven. He'll be in a red shirt, with a yellow star on the front. The other is Peridot."
How to even begin to describe Peridot?
"Green. Triangular. Can't miss her."
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"I'm looking for a Steve too," she said, committing those descriptions to memory. "Tall, blond... also a little triangular."
Like a Dorito!
"And Tony. He's shorter and has a goatee."
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"Students are getting older and older these days," she mused. Completely straight-faced.
It was probably a joke.
It was hard to be sure.
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"Um. They're teachers?"
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