Future Vision

[Open on Steven's Room]

Steven: *brings an empty box to his room* *speaking to his toys* Okay, everyone. I think we all know what's going on here. I'm sure you knew this day was coming sooner or later. I understand your concern, but that language was inappropriate. I'm a Crystal Gem. I'm a big boy now. And I got to stop saying stuff like, *poses* "I'm a big boy now". *picks up and talks to an action figure* Look, I'm sure this is tough, but let's all be positive about this. Man, I guess I can't be in the Ninja Squad anymore. *takes down his Ninja Squad Poster on his wall* Get out of my life, Ninja Squad! *puts up a New Ninja Squad Poster* Yeah! New Ninja Squad! *picks up a box with all his old toys and looks around his bedroom* Mm. That's everything for now. (He walks and picks a teddy bear from the floor.) Hmm? Oh. Master of Ceremonies Bear Bear. *puts on a sad face while talking to the bear* I guess I should get rid of you, too? *suddenly smiles* Nah. You never know when I'll need a cool DJ for a fun party, right? *trips on a baseball while going down the stairs* Whoooah! *crashes onto Garnet as he falls down* Uh... Garnet!

Garnet: Good morning to you, Steven. *smiles as she puts Steven down*

Steven: Boy, I sure am lucky you showed up when you did.

Garnet: *shifts shades* Luck's got nothing to do with it.

Steven: Wait. What do you mean by that? *sits down and picks up all the toys that spilled out the box*

Garnet: *kneels in front of him* Don't worry about it.

Steven: No, seriously. How do you always know where to be?

Garnet: Mmm. *picks up the MC Bear Bear while smiling* I don't think you can handle that information.

Steven: Are you gonna tell me something cool about yourself? *smiles excitedly*

Garnet: Nope.

Steven: Aw, come on. *frowns* I'm a b... large man now. *smirks*

Garnet: Well I guess you could say that I have a sort of future vision. (Her visor reflects light.) I'm able to see possible outcomes to most situations, [Camera switches to Steven, whose eyes have stars and his tongue is out while smiling] which comes in handy since you seem to attract a lot of danger.

Steven: *smirks while talking* Well, danger is my middle name.

Garnet: That's a lie. *Steven pauses for a bit* Your middle name, is cutie pie. *taps Steven's nose*

Steven: *giggles* Haaa!

[Time skip—camera focuses on the beach]

[Mid-tempo music plays]

(Garnet and Steven work out on the beach while marching on the same place.)

(A stereo plays a track of a man making rhythmic noises as Garnet and Steven do different exercise positions according to the noises the man makes.)

(Garnet summons her gauntlets as Steven picks up a pair of dumbbell weights and they continue exercising.)

(Garnet eventually raises her arm and smashes the stereo while exercising with her gauntlet.)

Garnet: Okay, we're done. *dismisses gauntlets*

Steven: *puts down the weights and looks sad* But the day still has so much potential! *stands up and smiles* Garnet, what are my breakfast possibilities?

Garnet: Well, you're already outside, so you'll probably go to the Big Donut.

Steven: *looks amazed* Wow. That's amazing. *scratches his head* Um, do you see any possible futures where you, *Garnet unsummons her gauntlets* um, come with me and have a great time?

Garnet: Hmm.

[Musical whirring] (Steven smiles while his eyes have stars and wiggles his eyebrows.) [Musical whirring stops and camera focus on Garnet] [Whirring resumes] (Steven still wiggles his eyebrows.) [Musical whirring stops and camera focus on Garnet] [Whirring resumes] (Steven still wiggles his eyebrows.) [Musical whirring stops and camera focus on Garnet]

Garnet: *adjusts her glasses* Yes.

Steven: *gasps* Really?! Then let's go! *grabs Garnet by the hand* So, can Pearl and Amethyst see the future, too?

Garnet: No one can see the future. [Camera focuses on her glasses, two dots, resembling her eyes, appear and then close while a third dot above, resembling her third eye, appears and then all changes to a path] I can see options and trajectories. [The path now is seen from above, moving like a river] Time is like a river that splits into creeks or pools into lakes or careens down waterfalls [The river splits into different rivers, then into lake, a pool and a waterfall]. (Garnet adjusts her glasses while the imagery disappears.) I have the map, and I steer the ship.

Steven: *not understanding anything* I see.

[Trans. the Big Donut]

[Door chime jingles]

Steven: So, what would happen if I said "hi" to Sadie?

Garnet: The most probable outcome is that Sadie will say "hi" back.

Steven: *pensive face* Hmm. Hi, Sadie!

Sadie: Oh, hi, Steven.

Steven: *laughs and talks to Garnet* Oh, that was an easy one. What would happen if... *points to Lars* I said "hi" to my BFF, Lars? Our friendship is deep, but complicated. So the outcome of this experiment is waaaay unpredictable!

Garnet: I see a single potential future where Lars gives you a high five.

(Steven is so surprised by this that his eyes fill with hope and ignores the rest of what Garnet says.)

Garnet: And two more potential futures where you suffer third-degree burns all over your body.

Steven: *ignoring the last part* A high five... from Lars! Hi, Lars! (Lars gets startled and drops over the pitcher full of hot coffee towards Steven.) - Ughh! (Garnet protects Steven from the hot coffee by blocking it with her body.) Ohh!

Sadie: *looks surprised as she covers her mouth with both hands*

Lars: Criminy! Are you okay?! That coffee was really hot!

Garnet: *while dripping hot coffee* I drink coffee for breakfast. *shrugs off coffee*

Steven: *nervous chuckling* Funny.

[Trans. Ext. BC Fries]

Steven: *talking to Peedee* You know exactly what I want. *turns around and talks to Garnet* Any possible futures here where I'm hurt by this?

Garnet: *pensive face* Hmm. Mm. Tons.

Steven: Uh, like what?

Garnet: Well, for starters [Scene changes to a cartoon version of Steven] you could just be going on about your business, eating your fry bits [The animated Steven eats the fry bits], and then suddenly you choke to death! [Plink!] [Steven dies from choking and appears as a skeleton] [Whistle!] [Scene changes, still cartoonish] Or you get so distracted that you fall down a manhole! [Cartoon Steven falls down a manhole] [Splash!] [His cartoon skull appears] [Plink] [Scene changes again, he's on the bed and dies] You could get food poisoning, or be bullied by wasps. [Wasps attack Steven while laughing. Later, Cartoon Steven puffs up like a balloon and pops, leaving behind his skeleton] And that's just a few instances off the top of my head.

Steven: *looking scared, taking the fried bits* W-What if I stand perfectly still?

Garnet: You'll probably get a really bad sunburn. Yeah.

Steven: Uh, Garnet, wait up! *breathing heavily*

(Steven begins to think of various ways he could be fatally injured on his walk back to the Beach House.)

[Cartoon Steven appears again walking on the beach, a shark appears and eats Steven] [Water gurgling] [The shark spits out Steven's skull]

[Scene changes to Real Steven, who looks sweaty and worried]

[Cartoon Steven appears again, looking at the Big Donut's donut sign, and it falls on Steven and a skeleton appears in his place]

[Camera changes to Steven who now looks really worried]

[Cartoon Steven now appears again. He looks at the sky and a flying saucer whirring appears with an alien cat.]

Cartoon Steven: Cookie Cat! You're real?! (Cookie Cat zaps Cartoon Steven.) Ah, no! I never considered that you would be evil!

(Cookie Cat kills Cartoon Steven and the camera switches towards the real Steven, now looking absolutely terrified.)

[Trans. Int. Beach House]

(Steven is now standing in front of ingredients for a sandwich in the kitchen while wearing a biking helmet.)

Steven: *panting*

Garnet: Steven.

Steven: Aah!

Garnet: Nice helmet.

Steven: *scoffs* *chuckling* Yeah. *haltingly* You never know when you're gonna ride a bike.

Garnet: And you're making a sandwich.

Steven: Yeah. Just got to pick up the knife and s-spread the mayonnaise. *clears throat* Pick up the *whimpers* the knife! *whimpering* Pick up *heart beating* kni-i-fe! Aah! *panting*

Garnet: Steven.

Steven: Wait! Wait! I've got it. *drops the entire jar of mayonnaise onto the sandwich* [Plop!]

Garnet: *smirking* That will kill you faster.

Steven: Not funny!

Garnet: Oh.

Amethyst: Nice noggin, Steven. *laughs and steps over the Warp Pad*

Pearl: We're ready, Garnet.

Steven: Wait. You're going on a mission? *takes Garnet's Arm* Hold on! Don't leave me! *starts to cry* At least tell me what's gonna happen with my lunch! Do I choke on a pickle?

Garnet: Mm, you don't choke on a pickle.

Steven: *still crying* That means something else happens with the pickle!

Pearl: Garnet! Shouldn't we be going?

Garnet: *kneels down* Steven, I can't be with you all the time. Just trust me when I say that you are in control. *smiles and Steven smiles* Do not go on the roof! [Camera focuses on her now serious face] No matter what.

[Camera changes, outside the Crystal Temple]

[Camera changes again, now inside Steven's Room, Steven's sitting on his bed]

[Thunder crashing]

Steven: *whimpers* What could possibly happen to me on the roof? [Thunder crashes] Aah! [The door opens, wind whistling] Ugh. *breathing heavily* Okay. Calm down. Maybe I should just get a snack. *Gasps* But what if [Cartoon Steven Appears, He tries to open the fridge door and it falls over him] Ooh! [Cartoon Steven Appears, and a chandelier falls over him, making him a skeleton]

[The wasps from earlier attack Steven again]

Cartoon Steven: Ugh! How come you guys are back?!

Wasp 1: We're made of magic.

Wasp 2: Yeah! Magic! [Plink!] [Cartoon Steven dies and becomes a skeleton again while both wasps are laughing, camera switches back to the real Steven]

Steven: Aaaah! [Thunder crashes] Aah! *trips over something while hiding down the table* Ugh! Master of Ceremonies Bear Bear. *picks the bear while crying*

[Camera cuts to the bear and Steven's voice can be heard saying what he said earlier]

I'm a big boy now! [Camera zooms in on the bear] Big boy now! [Camera zooms in on the bear again] Boy now!

Steven: What's happening to me? I'm supposed to be a Crystal Gem. I'm supposed to be a Crystal Gem! [Thunder crashes] Aaaaaah! *stands up and punches the table* Ugh!

[Trans. Ext. Beach House]

[Thunder crashing]

Steven: *breathing heavily, while climbing over the roof* Okay. I'm here. *standing on the roof* What are you gonna do to me, future?

[Scene changes, the warp pad light fills the house]

Garnet: *racing outside* Steven! Get off the roof!

Steven: No! If something is going to happen to me, *closes his eyes* just let it happen.

Garnet: *worried* Steven! You don't understand.

Steven: No, you don't understand. *grabs his head* Everything I do shoves me violently towards the end! The more I know, the more I know that I don't know! *kneels down with his hands up in the air* I can't live like this! Why did you tell me about future vision?! What's going to happen to me on the roof?!

[Camera changes to Garnet on the balcony]

Garnet: This.

[Camera changes to Steven on the roof]

Steven: W-What?

[Camera changes to Garnet]

Garnet: I knew you might do this if I told you about my power. I saw this, and I told you anyway.

[Camera changes to Steven]

Steven: But why?

[Camera changes to Garnet]

Garnet: I took a risk at your expense. There was a chance you'd understand this, and we'd be closer. [Camera changes to Steven's face] Steven, [Camera changes to Garnet] (Garnet takes off her visor, revealing her third eye.) I see so many things that can hurt you. I should never have let one of them be me [Camera changes to Steven's face]. [Camera changes to Garnet on the floor] *puts her visor back on* There are millions of possibilities for the future, but it's up to you to choose which becomes reality. [Camera changes to Steven on the roof] Please understand. You choose your own future.

[Camera changes to Steven's face]

Steven: I do understand. I... [Thunder crashes] What am I doing? I guess I can't really see a future for myself up here. *sighs, while climbing down the roof* Mm. *runs towards Garnet and hugs her while breathing heavily, eyes closed* I'll watch out for myself from now on.

(Garnet looks up, raises her arm just in time when a lightning is about to hit Steven, protecting him.)

[Thunder rumbling]

Steven: What was that?

Garnet: Oh, nothing important.

[END]